Microservices
South East > Kent
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent requiring Microservices skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microservices over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 18 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Microservices | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent | 2.86% | - | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 3.16% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £395 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £444 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £656 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £735 | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | £550 | £613 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.20% | +11.36% | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent
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 Kent.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 95 | 133 | 166 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent | 90.48% | 65.84% | 75.80% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 70 | 93 | 126 |
| 10th Percentile | £199 | £205 | £122 |
| 25th Percentile | £213 | £263 | £205 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £333 | £425 | £350 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.76% | +21.43% | -19.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £545 | £540 | £514 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £656 | £674 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £508 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -1.53% | +1.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 13 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.68 | £11.47 | £36.85 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.52 | £15.00 | £41.16 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.43 | £35.50 | £52.28 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -39.63% | -32.09% | +47.07% |
| 75th Percentile | £22.61 | £46.87 | £57.44 |
| 90th Percentile | £51.55 | £62.96 | £62.25 |
| South East median hourly rate | £28.00 | £47.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -41.05% | -5.00% | +122.22% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Kent
Job postings citing Microservices as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microservices in Kent.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Kent
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microservices in Kent over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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: