Microservices Contracts in Lancashire

Microservices
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 20 21 33
Rank change year-on-year +1 +12 -8
Contract jobs citing Microservices 9 11 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 5.14% 5.64% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.70% 7.14% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 1
10th Percentile £513 £599 -
25th Percentile £550 £616 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £615 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £45.88 -
North West median hourly rate £75.00 £45.88 £35.00
% change year-on-year +63.47% +31.09% -26.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 158 154 211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 90.29% 78.97% 87.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 74 118
10th Percentile £400 £313 £339
25th Percentile £463 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £538 £533
Median % change year-on-year -0.93% +0.94% +11.52%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £625
90th Percentile £630 £747 £700
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 51 42
10th Percentile £14.62 - £22.31
25th Percentile £23.87 £16.06 £28.85
Median hourly rate £28.75 £19.18 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +49.90% -54.87% +7.59%
75th Percentile £43.94 £46.03 £49.52
90th Percentile £60.59 £48.00 £53.43
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Job postings citing Microservices as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Job vacancy trend for Microservices in Lancashire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microservices in Lancashire.

Daily rate trend for Microservices in Lancashire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microservices in Lancashire.

Hourly rate trend for Microservices in Lancashire

Microservices
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Serverless
2 3 (33.33%) AWS
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) GitLab
2 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) .NET Architect
1 4 (44.44%) .NET Technical Architect
1 4 (44.44%) Applications Architect
1 4 (44.44%) Architect
1 4 (44.44%) Java Applications Architect
1 4 (44.44%) Java Architect
1 4 (44.44%) Java Technical Architect
1 4 (44.44%) Technical Architect
2 3 (33.33%) DevOps Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Lead
4 1 (11.11%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Full-Stack Java Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Lead Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Lead DevOps
4 1 (11.11%) Lead DevOps Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Lead Java Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Senior DevOps
4 1 (11.11%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) .NET
2 1 (11.11%) Jest
2 1 (11.11%) Node.js
2 1 (11.11%) Spring
2 1 (11.11%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) CI/CD
1 7 (77.78%) DevOps
2 5 (55.56%) Agile
3 4 (44.44%) Architectural Patterns
3 4 (44.44%) Containerisation
3 4 (44.44%) Data Integration
3 4 (44.44%) Event-Driven
3 4 (44.44%) Integration Patterns
3 4 (44.44%) The Twelve-Factor App
4 3 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
5 1 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (11.11%) BDD
5 1 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (11.11%) Generative AI
5 1 (11.11%) Kanban
5 1 (11.11%) LLM
5 1 (11.11%) Machine Learning
5 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Project Management
5 1 (11.11%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) Java
2 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
3 3 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (77.78%) Kubernetes
2 3 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Virgin Media