SkillAdmin

APIs for tech skills & certifications

SkillAdmin provides a public catalog of tech skills and professional certifications, ready to be integrated into your applications.

/api/skills/

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "javascript",
      "name": "JavaScript",
      "category": "Programming Language",
      "tags": ["frontend", "backend", "web"],
    },
    {
      "id": "react",
      "name": "React", 
      "category": "Frontend Framework",
      "tags": ["frontend", "spa", "component-based"],
    },
    {
      "id": "python",
      "name": "Python",
      "category": "Programming Language",
      "tags": ["backend", "data-science", "automation"],
    },
    {
      "id": "typescript",
      "name": "TypeScript",
      "category": "Programming Language",
      "tags": ["frontend", "backend", "web", "type-safety"],
    },
    {
      "id": "node-js",
      "name": "Node.js",
      "category": "Runtime Environment",
      "tags": ["backend", "server-side", "javascript"],
    },
    {
      "id": "docker",
      "name": "Docker",
      "category": "Containerization",
      "tags": ["devops", "containers", "deployment"],
    },
    {
      "id": "kubernetes",
      "name": "Kubernetes",
      "category": "Container Orchestration",
      "tags": ["devops", "containers", "orchestration", "cloud"],
    },
    {
      "id": "aws",
      "name": "Amazon Web Services",
      "category": "Cloud Platform",
      "tags": ["cloud", "infrastructure", "serverless"],
    },
    {
      "id": "git",
      "name": "Git",
      "category": "Version Control",
      "tags": ["version-control", "collaboration", "development"],
    },
    {
      "id": "sql",
      "name": "SQL",
      "category": "Database Language",
      "tags": ["database", "data", "queries"],
    }
  ],
  "total": 8247,
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 20
}
Built for developers

Stop building skills databases from scratch

Why spend weeks researching and categorizing thousands of tech skills when you can integrate our comprehensive, standardized catalog in minutes? Get back to building features that matter to your users.

HR & Talent Platforms

Build skill assessments, track employee capabilities, and identify skill gaps across your organization

Learning Management Systems

Create personalized learning paths, recommend courses, and track certification progress

Project Management Tools

Match team members to projects based on skills, estimate project feasibility, and optimize resource allocation

Simple REST API

Get access to a comprehensive catalog of tech skills and professional certifications via a simple and intuitive REST API. Easy to integrate into any application.

API Key Authentication

Secure your access with simple API key authentication. Get up and running in minutes without complex OAuth flows. Perfect for server-to-server integrations.

500+ skills across programming languages, frameworks, cloud platforms, and professional certifications

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A smarter way to manage skills and certifications

Soon, you'll be able to use SkillAdmin to manage your own organization's skills. From individual proficiency to organizational-wide talent pools, SkillAdmin will provide the tools you need to make data-driven decisions.

Track Proficiency

Monitor and rate employee skills with a customizable proficiency system to identify experts and growth areas.

Manage Certifications

Keep track of all professional certifications, with automated reminders for upcoming expirations.

Automated Sync

Effortlessly sync your employee directory to keep your skills database up-to-date with minimal manual entry.

And much more...

We're always adding new features to help you build the most effective team.

Trusted by developers worldwide

See what our users are saying about the SkillAdmin API.

This API was incredibly easy to integrate. It saved us weeks of development time building out our own skills taxonomy. Highly recommended for any dev-focused company.

Alex Rivera

Alex Rivera

VP, Engineering

The public catalog is a game-changer. We enriched our internal HR platform with standardized skill data, making our analytics far more powerful.

Samantha Chen

Samantha Chen

Lead Engineer

Finally, a developer-first approach to skills management. The API is clean, well-documented, and performs flawlessly. It's clear this was built by developers, for developers.

Emily Davis

Emily Davis

Senior Developer Advocate

The SkillAdmin team is fantastic. They were responsive to our questions and open to feedback. It's great to see a product that truly listens to its users.

Zin Chou

Zin Chou

Group Product Manager

Using SkillAdmin has transformed how we manage skills and certifications across our organization. The insights we've gained are invaluable.

Michael Thompson

Michael Thompson

Software Engineer

The API's simplicity is unmatched, allowing us to focus on building great products instead of wrestling with data management.

Jordan Lee

Jordan Lee

Full Stack Developer

When we found it, we knew we had a reliable partner for managing our skills data.

Adam Newton

Adam Newton

Software Architect

It just works. That's the best thing I can say about it.

Mika Morgan

Mika Morgan

HR Director

The API is robust and reliable, handling our large volume of requests with ease. It's been a critical component of our tech stack.

David Kim

David Kim

VP, Mobile Development

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Integrate in minutes, not weeks

Join thousands of developers who trust SkillAdmin to power their applications with comprehensive skills and certification data. Our simple REST API gets you up and running fast.

Free tier with 1,000 API calls per month
No credit card required to get started
Comprehensive documentation and examples
Developer-friendly support team
99.9%
API uptime
500+
Skills in catalog
500+
Certifications in catalog
50ms
Avg Response Time
24/7
Developer Support

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