Microservices Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Microservices
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire citing Microservices skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 58 83
Rank change year-on-year -30 +25 -3
Contract jobs citing Microservices 24 22 3
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 1.28% 2.12% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 2.45% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 15 2
10th Percentile £473 £422 £560
25th Percentile £516 £464 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £690 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +38.00% -16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £775 £691 £625
90th Percentile £855 £705 £640
South East median daily rate £456 £488 £508
% change year-on-year -6.46% -4.05% -14.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 citing process or methodology skills in Hampshire.

6 months to
26 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills 1,509 898 936
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 80.22% 86.35% 80.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 883 595 618
10th Percentile £320 £325 £360
25th Percentile £463 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £525 £566
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% -7.28% +6.34%
75th Percentile £653 £600 £645
90th Percentile £738 £650 £704
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £511
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.19% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 111 64
10th Percentile £13.45 £16.17 £26.25
25th Percentile £16.00 £18.87 £31.25
Median hourly rate £37.24 £20.71 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +79.82% -70.41% +34.72%
75th Percentile £60.00 £26.33 £75.00
90th Percentile £73.25 £50.00 £77.63
South East median hourly rate £41.78 £20.71 £58.17
% change year-on-year +101.73% -64.40% +11.66%

Microservices Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Microservices job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Microservices Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Microservices

Microservices Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microservices in Hampshire over the 6 months to 26 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microservices in Hampshire

Microservices Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Microservices

Microservices Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 26 October 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Portsmouth -8 6 - - 1
Basingstoke -16 4 £533 -21.11%
Romsey - 4 £690 - 1
Southampton -5 3 £720 +22.55% 7
Andover - 3 £750 -
Farnborough -20 2 £475 +1.66% 6
Fareham - 1 £850 -
Microservices
South East

Microservices Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1CI/CD83.3%20
2Agile70.8%17
3Scrum41.7%10
4Continuous Improvement37.5%9
5SDLC33.3%8
6Containerisation29.2%7
6Design Patterns29.2%7
6DevOps29.2%7
6Infrastructure as Code29.2%7
10Cybersecurity25.0%6
10Technical Leadership25.0%6
10Test Automation25.0%6
13AI20.8%5
13DevSecOps20.8%5
13Issue Tracking20.8%5
13Problem-Solving20.8%5
13Sprint Planning20.8%5
13SysML20.8%5
13UML20.8%5
20Agile Coaching16.7%4