Microservices Contract Job Trends in East Sussex

Microservices
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East Sussex requiring Microservices skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 19 18
Rank change year-on-year +5 -1 +5
Contract jobs citing Microservices 5 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in East Sussex 6.67% 2.47% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.58% 2.53% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £387 £367 -
25th Percentile £428 £385 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £430 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.02% - -
75th Percentile £573 £485 -
90th Percentile - £509 -
South East median daily rate £550 £618 £575
% change year-on-year -10.93% +7.39% +4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Sussex

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in East Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 66 79 66
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex 88.00% 97.53% 91.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 55 45
10th Percentile £160 £300 £278
25th Percentile £450 £403 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +10.53% -20.83%
75th Percentile £634 £638 £650
90th Percentile £739 £650 £786
South East median daily rate £500 £501 £501
% change year-on-year -0.10% -0.10% -0.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 9
10th Percentile £12.52 - £11.00
25th Percentile £12.60 - £15.38
Median hourly rate £15.50 - £25.25
Median % change year-on-year - - -54.09%
75th Percentile £17.75 - £26.88
90th Percentile - - £51.50
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -44.44% -5.26% +5.56%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex.

Microservices job vacancy trend in East Sussex

Microservices
Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Microservices.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Microservices

Microservices
Daily Rate Histogram in East Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microservices in East Sussex over the 6 months to 16 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microservices in East Sussex

Microservices
Contract Job Locations in East Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 16 February 2026. 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
Brighton +8 5 £508 +1.50% 3
Microservices
South East

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) GitHub
1 4 (80.00%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) NoSQL
2 4 (80.00%) Apache Cassandra
2 4 (80.00%) Couchbase
2 4 (80.00%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (20.00%) Big Data
3 1 (20.00%) MongoDB
3 1 (20.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Git
1 5 (100.00%) GitLab
2 4 (80.00%) Jenkins
2 4 (80.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (80.00%) Senior
2 4 (80.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Java Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Node.js Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Python Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Kafka
2 4 (80.00%) RabbitMQ
2 4 (80.00%) REST
3 1 (20.00%) Express.js
3 1 (20.00%) MERN Stack
3 1 (20.00%) Node.js
3 1 (20.00%) React
3 1 (20.00%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) TDD
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (80.00%) Open Source
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Regression Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Software Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (20.00%) Kanban
3 1 (20.00%) Pair Programming
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Go
1 4 (80.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Atlassian