Microservices Contract Job Trends in Essex

Microservices
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Microservices skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 17 30
Rank change year-on-year -15 +13 -3
Contract jobs citing Microservices 1 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.41% 1.16% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 1.22% 2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £393
25th Percentile £503 £459 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £468 £520
Median % change year-on-year +8.02% -10.10% -1.89%
75th Percentile £508 £476 £588
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £600 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +33.33% -18.18% +5.16%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 184 82 178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 75.10% 95.35% 82.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 39 91
10th Percentile £300 £187 £194
25th Percentile £346 £317 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £465
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -13.98% -6.81%
75th Percentile £506 £481 £557
90th Percentile £588 £502 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 18 49
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.25 £10.42
25th Percentile £16.04 £15.19 £15.76
Median hourly rate £20.26 £32.50 £59.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.68% -45.38% +34.98%
75th Percentile £35.53 £48.30 £80.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £144.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £24.55 £38.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -35.39% -5.00% +81.82%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Microservices job vacancy trend in Essex

Microservices
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Microservices.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Microservices

Microservices
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Microservices.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Microservices

Microservices
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the Essex region over the 6 months to 24 May 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
Witham - 1 £505 -
Microservices
East of England

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
General
1 1 (100.00%) Agriculture
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Express.js
1 1 (100.00%) MERN Stack
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Micro Frontends
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft