Microservices based, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS and Headless (MACH)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MACH skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited MACH over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 884 918 1193
Rank change year-on-year +34 +275 -302
Permanent jobs citing MACH 12 52 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.050% 0.025%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.057% 0.16% 0.063%
Number of salaries quoted 12 33 24
10th Percentile £65,000 £79,250 £62,500
25th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £96,250 £90,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.94% +16.13% -3.13%
75th Percentile £118,125 £112,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £127,500 £120,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £110,000 £70,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +57.14% -12.50% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

MACH is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 20,974 31,729 61,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.39% 30.32% 40.17%
Number of salaries quoted 15,673 19,469 30,328
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,117 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £79,600 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

MACH
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MACH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MACH in the UK

MACH
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MACH.

Salary trend for MACH in the UK

MACH
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MACH over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for MACH in the UK

MACH
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MACH within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +73 12 £96,250 +6.94% 1
Work from Home +73 8 £85,000 -26.09% 1
UK excluding London +19 7 £110,000 +57.14% 1
London +87 5 £70,000 -22.22%
East of England - 4 £125,000 -
North West - 3 £97,500 - 1
North of England - 3 £97,500 - 1

MACH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (33.33%) CMS
2 3 (25.00%) Drupal
2 3 (25.00%) Umbraco
3 1 (8.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Headless CMS
3 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) AWS
2 4 (33.33%) SaaS
3 3 (25.00%) Serverless
4 2 (16.67%) Azure
4 2 (16.67%) Azure API Management
4 2 (16.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (16.67%) Azure Event Grid
4 2 (16.67%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (16.67%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (16.67%) MySQL
1 2 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (58.33%) Retail
2 4 (33.33%) Marketing
3 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Aviation
3 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Architect
2 4 (33.33%) Digital Architect
2 4 (33.33%) Enterprise Architect
3 3 (25.00%) Asset Management Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) Management Consultant
4 2 (16.67%) Chief Technology Officer
4 2 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365 Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Power Platform Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) .NET
2 1 (8.33%) Apache Felix
2 1 (8.33%) Apache Sling
2 1 (8.33%) CSS
2 1 (8.33%) HTML
2 1 (8.33%) HTML5
2 1 (8.33%) J2EE
2 1 (8.33%) OSGi
2 1 (8.33%) RESTful
2 1 (8.33%) Web Services
2 1 (8.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) Cloud Native
2 4 (33.33%) Marketing Technology
3 2 (16.67%) Mobile App
4 1 (8.33%) Client/Server
4 1 (8.33%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (8.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 8 (66.67%) Microservices
3 5 (41.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 4 (33.33%) Content Management
4 4 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
5 3 (25.00%) Asset Management
5 3 (25.00%) Business Strategy
5 3 (25.00%) Containerisation
5 3 (25.00%) Customer Experience
5 3 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
5 3 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
5 3 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
6 2 (16.67%) Agile
6 2 (16.67%) B2B
6 2 (16.67%) B2C
6 2 (16.67%) High Availability
6 2 (16.67%) Identity Management
6 2 (16.67%) Software Architecture
6 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) C#
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) Java
2 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Databricks
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (8.33%) Adobe
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Sitecore