Microservices Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microservices
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Microservices skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microservices over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 89 49
Rank change year-on-year -22 -40 -3
Contract jobs citing Microservices 396 652 1,363
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.93% 2.77% 4.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 3.10% 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 506 999
10th Percentile £363 £425 £408
25th Percentile £418 £463 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.33% +13.16%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £638
90th Percentile £688 £723 £701
UK median daily rate £550 £613 £600
% change year-on-year -10.20% +2.08% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 25
10th Percentile £39.00 £40.25 £45.48
25th Percentile - £64.38 £46.25
Median hourly rate £45.88 £72.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.72% +45.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £48.43 £75.00 £65.50
90th Percentile £56.25 - £76.30
UK median hourly rate £47.16 £72.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -34.96% +20.83% +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Microservices is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,341 21,054 27,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.49% 89.57% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,323 14,598 19,040
10th Percentile £250 £256 £232
25th Percentile £375 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,053 1,291 1,337
10th Percentile £12.31 £11.00 £12.23
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.12
90th Percentile £72.82 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Microservices as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Microservices in the UK excluding London

Microservices
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microservices in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Microservices in the UK excluding London

Microservices
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microservices in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microservices in the UK excluding London

Microservices
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microservices in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Microservices in the UK excluding London

Microservices
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microservices in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microservices in the UK excluding London

Microservices
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +8 134 £550 - 144
North West +34 101 £550 +7.32% 83
Scotland +18 94 £466 -2.71% 33
South East -28 94 £623 +13.18% 78
South West -29 37 £494 -16.84% 46
Midlands -8 30 £445 -22.61% 77
Yorkshire -8 29 £400 -30.43% 46
West Midlands -2 19 £450 -25.00% 36
East of England -15 16 £550 +4.76% 20
East Midlands +9 11 £375 -11.76% 41
North East +2 8 £413 -35.04% 16
Microservices
UK

Microservices
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (2.78%) Confluence
2 10 (2.53%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.77%) JBoss
4 5 (1.26%) nginx
4 5 (1.26%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (1.01%) Apache Solr
6 3 (0.76%) Cloud Foundry
6 3 (0.76%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.76%) IIS
7 2 (0.51%) Apache
8 1 (0.25%) Camunda
8 1 (0.25%) CMS
8 1 (0.25%) Mule
8 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.25%) Traefik
Applications
1 6 (1.52%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.25%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 5 (1.26%) Temenos T24
2 3 (0.76%) Maximo
3 2 (0.51%) Avolution ABACUS
3 2 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 160 (40.40%) AWS
2 112 (28.28%) Azure
3 45 (11.36%) Serverless
4 35 (8.84%) GCP
5 27 (6.82%) OpenShift
6 22 (5.56%) Amazon S3
6 22 (5.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 21 (5.30%) Azure Data Factory
8 20 (5.05%) Entra ID
9 19 (4.80%) Azure Monitor
10 17 (4.29%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (4.29%) Azure Functions
10 17 (4.29%) SaaS
11 14 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (3.03%) PaaS
13 10 (2.53%) Amazon EKS
13 10 (2.53%) GitHub
13 10 (2.53%) IaaS
14 8 (2.02%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.04%) VPN
2 12 (3.03%) Firewall
3 6 (1.52%) DNS
3 6 (1.52%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.26%) ATM
4 5 (1.26%) HTTP
4 5 (1.26%) IPsec
5 4 (1.01%) HTTPS
5 4 (1.01%) SSL
6 3 (0.76%) Network Security
7 1 (0.25%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (15.91%) NoSQL
2 54 (13.64%) PostgreSQL
3 44 (11.11%) MongoDB
4 42 (10.61%) Relational Database
5 21 (5.30%) Elasticsearch
6 14 (3.54%) MySQL
6 14 (3.54%) SQL Server
7 12 (3.03%) Amazon Aurora
7 12 (3.03%) Oracle Database
8 10 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (2.02%) Apache Cassandra
9 8 (2.02%) DB2
10 7 (1.77%) Couchbase
10 7 (1.77%) RDBMS
11 6 (1.52%) Snowflake Schema
12 5 (1.26%) CockroachDB
12 5 (1.26%) Data Lake
12 5 (1.26%) OLAP
12 5 (1.26%) OLTP
12 5 (1.26%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 74 (18.69%) Git
2 43 (10.86%) Jenkins
3 33 (8.33%) JIRA
3 33 (8.33%) JUnit
4 28 (7.07%) GitLab
5 15 (3.79%) Mockito
6 9 (2.27%) Selenium
6 9 (2.27%) Sonatype Nexus
6 9 (2.27%) TeamCity
7 6 (1.52%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.26%) Bitbucket
8 5 (1.26%) Bitbucket Server
8 5 (1.26%) CA Release Automation
8 5 (1.26%) Cucumber
8 5 (1.26%) Maven
8 5 (1.26%) Subversion
9 4 (1.01%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.76%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.76%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.76%) JMeter
General
1 77 (19.44%) Finance
2 49 (12.37%) Social Skills
3 46 (11.62%) Public Sector
4 43 (10.86%) Banking
5 26 (6.57%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (2.78%) Legal
8 6 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (1.26%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.76%) Retail
11 2 (0.51%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.51%) Law
11 2 (0.51%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.51%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.25%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.25%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.25%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 203 (51.26%) Developer
2 100 (25.25%) Java Developer
3 81 (20.45%) Architect
4 48 (12.12%) Senior
5 38 (9.60%) Lead
6 34 (8.59%) Full Stack Developer
7 28 (7.07%) Software Engineer
8 27 (6.82%) Senior Developer
9 26 (6.57%) Solutions Architect
10 22 (5.56%) Senior Java Developer
11 21 (5.30%) .NET Developer
11 21 (5.30%) Azure Developer
11 21 (5.30%) Technical Architect
12 17 (4.29%) Technical Leader
13 15 (3.79%) Lead Architect
13 15 (3.79%) Python Developer
14 14 (3.54%) Full Stack Engineer
15 13 (3.28%) Java Engineer
15 13 (3.28%) Lead Developer
16 10 (2.53%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (29.80%) Spring
2 106 (26.77%) Spring Boot
3 82 (20.71%) React
4 76 (19.19%) REST
5 74 (18.69%) RESTful
6 69 (17.42%) Kafka
7 56 (14.14%) Node.js
8 55 (13.89%) .NET
9 36 (9.09%) AngularJS
10 33 (8.33%) CSS
11 31 (7.83%) RabbitMQ
12 29 (7.32%) HTML
13 28 (7.07%) JPA
14 20 (5.05%) Hibernate
15 19 (4.80%) Elastic Stack
16 18 (4.55%) AWS CDK
16 18 (4.55%) JSON
16 18 (4.55%) Web Services
17 14 (3.54%) .NET Framework
18 11 (2.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 40 (10.10%) Public Cloud
3 28 (7.07%) Cloud Native
4 25 (6.31%) Data Structures
4 25 (6.31%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (4.04%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.77%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.52%) Reference Data
9 5 (1.26%) DataPower
9 5 (1.26%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (1.26%) Mainframe
9 5 (1.26%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.26%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 4 (1.01%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.01%) Blockchain
10 4 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.05%) Android
2 19 (4.80%) Apple iOS
2 19 (4.80%) Linux
2 19 (4.80%) Windows
3 12 (3.03%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.02%) Unix
5 7 (1.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.26%) CentOS
7 2 (0.51%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (52.27%) Agile
2 151 (38.13%) DevOps
3 143 (36.11%) CI/CD
4 79 (19.95%) Software Engineering
5 71 (17.93%) SDLC
5 71 (17.93%) TDD
6 61 (15.40%) Design Patterns
6 61 (15.40%) Full Stack Development
7 53 (13.38%) Test Automation
8 51 (12.88%) Containerisation
9 40 (10.10%) Problem-Solving
9 40 (10.10%) Scrum
10 39 (9.85%) Unit Testing
11 38 (9.60%) Infrastructure as Code
12 37 (9.34%) Continuous Integration
13 34 (8.59%) Event-Driven
14 32 (8.08%) Change Management
15 26 (6.57%) BDD
16 25 (6.31%) Domain-Driven Design
16 25 (6.31%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 191 (48.23%) Java
2 77 (19.44%) SQL
3 62 (15.66%) Python
4 60 (15.15%) JavaScript
5 55 (13.89%) TypeScript
6 44 (11.11%) C#
7 18 (4.55%) Scala
8 17 (4.29%) Go
9 13 (3.28%) Kotlin
9 13 (3.28%) Shell Script
10 12 (3.03%) PHP
11 10 (2.53%) Bash
12 8 (2.02%) C
13 5 (1.26%) Bicep
13 5 (1.26%) Perl
14 4 (1.01%) PL/SQL
14 4 (1.01%) Ruby
15 1 (0.25%) Groovy
15 1 (0.25%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.25%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 57 (14.39%) Security Cleared
2 48 (12.12%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.06%) Degree
4 17 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.54%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.77%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.01%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.51%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.25%) CCNP
10 1 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.25%) MCSE
10 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.25%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.25%) PMP
10 1 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.55%) Accessibility
2 13 (3.28%) QA
3 6 (1.52%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.52%) NIST
4 5 (1.26%) Disclosure Scotland
4 5 (1.26%) GDPR
5 4 (1.01%) HIPAA
5 4 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.51%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.51%) ISO 8583
6 2 (0.51%) NCSC
7 1 (0.25%) FATCA
7 1 (0.25%) GxP
7 1 (0.25%) MiFID
7 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.25%) SLA
7 1 (0.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 77 (19.44%) Docker
2 27 (6.82%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.76%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.25%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.25%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 93 (23.48%) Kubernetes
2 33 (8.33%) Terraform
3 22 (5.56%) Grafana
4 17 (4.29%) Kibana
4 17 (4.29%) Prometheus
5 9 (2.27%) Ansible
5 9 (2.27%) Istio
6 8 (2.02%) Zipkin
7 7 (1.77%) Argo
7 7 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.52%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.51%) Puppet
10 1 (0.25%) FreeIPA
10 1 (0.25%) Graphite
10 1 (0.25%) Hadoop YARN
10 1 (0.25%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.25%) Icinga
10 1 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.25%) Podman
10 1 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 41 (10.35%) Oracle
2 26 (6.57%) Microsoft
3 13 (3.28%) Google
3 13 (3.28%) Splunk
4 12 (3.03%) IBM
5 9 (2.27%) VMware
6 8 (2.02%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.26%) AppDynamics
7 5 (1.26%) Apple
7 5 (1.26%) SAP
7 5 (1.26%) TSYS
8 4 (1.01%) Atlassian
8 4 (1.01%) Confluent
9 3 (0.76%) CA Agile Central
9 3 (0.76%) Nintex
9 3 (0.76%) Pega
10 2 (0.51%) Databricks
10 2 (0.51%) Greenplum
11 1 (0.25%) Talend
11 1 (0.25%) Wallstreet Suite