Microservices Contract Job Trends in London

Microservices
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Microservices skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 55 54
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 -15
Contract jobs citing Microservices 773 524 681
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.35% 4.17% 3.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.92% 4.52% 4.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 367 497
10th Percentile £393 £400 £423
25th Percentile £447 £457 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -11.54%
75th Percentile £650 £729 £688
90th Percentile £775 £813 £775
England median daily rate £525 £537 £550
% change year-on-year -2.23% -2.36% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 3
10th Percentile £65.40 £36.65 £45.10
25th Percentile £66.00 £39.13 £51.63
Median hourly rate £90.00 £44.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +102.25% -28.80% -
75th Percentile £95.00 £72.88 -
90th Percentile - £89.15 -
England median hourly rate £72.50 £50.00 £47.16
% change year-on-year +45.00% +6.03% -34.96%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,718 11,590 15,773
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.49% 92.20% 88.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,522 7,861 11,306
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £813 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 171 326
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.54 £22.71 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.41% +19.30% -26.45%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.50 £47.34
90th Percentile £73.75 £63.75 £66.25
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year +50.00% -16.67% -3.59%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Microservices job vacancy trend in London

Microservices
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Microservices

Microservices
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microservices in London over the 6 months to 3 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microservices in London

Microservices
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Microservices

Microservices
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microservices in London over the 6 months to 3 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Microservices in London

Microservices
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the London region over the 6 months to 3 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
Central London -14 88 £555 -5.13% 91
South London -13 28 £535 +12.63% 1
West London -24 7 £550 +18.41% 11
East London 0 6 £432 +72.80% 8
Microservices
England

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 19 (2.46%) Confluence
2 14 (1.81%) Apache
2 14 (1.81%) Apache Spark
3 12 (1.55%) CMS
4 11 (1.42%) Camunda
5 8 (1.03%) Ethereum
6 7 (0.91%) Hyperledger
7 6 (0.78%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.65%) Mule
9 4 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.52%) SharePoint
10 3 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.26%) Cloud Foundry
11 2 (0.26%) Drupal
11 2 (0.26%) nginx
11 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.26%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.26%) WordPress
12 1 (0.13%) Solana
Applications
1 4 (0.52%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.39%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.13%) Maya
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.52%) Bloomberg AIM
1 4 (0.52%) Distributed Ledger
1 4 (0.52%) Fidessa
1 4 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.26%) R3 Corda
2 2 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.13%) Magento
3 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.13%) Quorum
3 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 409 (52.91%) AWS
2 288 (37.26%) Azure
3 136 (17.59%) GCP
4 123 (15.91%) Serverless
5 118 (15.27%) GitHub
6 81 (10.48%) Azure DevOps
7 75 (9.70%) AWS Lambda
8 73 (9.44%) GitHub Actions
9 61 (7.89%) Amazon S3
10 55 (7.12%) Amazon ECS
11 44 (5.69%) Azure AKS
12 41 (5.30%) AWS CloudFormation
13 39 (5.05%) Amazon EC2
14 34 (4.40%) Amazon EKS
15 33 (4.27%) SaaS
16 32 (4.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 27 (3.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 25 (3.23%) Amazon SQS
19 24 (3.10%) Entra ID
19 24 (3.10%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.55%) HTTP
2 6 (0.78%) DNS
3 5 (0.65%) VPN
4 4 (0.52%) Network Security
5 3 (0.39%) 3GPP
5 3 (0.39%) 5G
5 3 (0.39%) Firewall
5 3 (0.39%) SSL
6 2 (0.26%) 4G
6 2 (0.26%) Internet
6 2 (0.26%) LTE
6 2 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.26%) WAN
7 1 (0.13%) 5G NR
7 1 (0.13%) FTP
7 1 (0.13%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.13%) NaaS
7 1 (0.13%) RFID
7 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (10.74%) NoSQL
2 74 (9.57%) PostgreSQL
3 58 (7.50%) MongoDB
4 40 (5.17%) Apache Cassandra
4 40 (5.17%) SQL Server
5 39 (5.05%) Relational Database
6 35 (4.53%) DynamoDB
6 35 (4.53%) Redis
7 30 (3.88%) Amazon RDS
8 27 (3.49%) MySQL
9 19 (2.46%) BigQuery
10 17 (2.20%) Amazon Aurora
11 14 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (1.55%) Big Data
13 11 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (1.29%) Power BI
15 9 (1.16%) Flink
16 7 (0.91%) Data Lake
16 7 (0.91%) Hadoop
16 7 (0.91%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 114 (14.75%) Git
2 106 (13.71%) Jenkins
3 70 (9.06%) GitLab
4 49 (6.34%) JUnit
5 39 (5.05%) JIRA
6 35 (4.53%) Mockito
7 20 (2.59%) Cucumber
8 16 (2.07%) Maven
9 15 (1.94%) Postman
10 14 (1.81%) Gradle
11 12 (1.55%) Liquibase
12 11 (1.42%) TeamCity
13 10 (1.29%) Bitbucket
14 9 (1.16%) Octopus Deploy
14 9 (1.16%) Selenium
14 9 (1.16%) Zephyr
15 8 (1.03%) SonarQube
15 8 (1.03%) Vite
16 6 (0.78%) Gatling
16 6 (0.78%) MLflow
General
1 194 (25.10%) Finance
2 181 (23.42%) Social Skills
3 119 (15.39%) Banking
4 87 (11.25%) Public Sector
5 54 (6.99%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (3.10%) Front Office
7 19 (2.46%) Investment Banking
8 17 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
10 14 (1.81%) Retail
11 13 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (1.55%) Legal
12 12 (1.55%) Marketing
13 11 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.03%) Law
15 6 (0.78%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.65%) Police
17 4 (0.52%) Billing
17 4 (0.52%) Retail Banking
18 3 (0.39%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 281 (36.35%) Developer
2 171 (22.12%) Senior
3 138 (17.85%) Architect
4 101 (13.07%) Java Developer
5 81 (10.48%) Senior Developer
6 61 (7.89%) Lead
7 57 (7.37%) Software Engineer
8 52 (6.73%) Solutions Architect
9 47 (6.08%) Java Engineer
10 38 (4.92%) Full-Stack Developer
11 37 (4.79%) DevOps Engineer
12 35 (4.53%) Technical Architect
13 31 (4.01%) Backend Developer
13 31 (4.01%) Senior Java Developer
14 30 (3.88%) Analyst
15 29 (3.75%) C# Developer
16 26 (3.36%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 21 (2.72%) AWS Engineer
17 21 (2.72%) Cloud Engineer
18 20 (2.59%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 215 (27.81%) Spring
2 192 (24.84%) Spring Boot
3 166 (21.47%) Kafka
4 153 (19.79%) RESTful
5 130 (16.82%) REST
6 124 (16.04%) React
7 103 (13.32%) .NET
8 96 (12.42%) Node.js
9 80 (10.35%) AngularJS
10 56 (7.24%) Middleware
11 36 (4.66%) CSS
12 35 (4.53%) gRPC
12 35 (4.53%) HTML
12 35 (4.53%) OAuth
13 30 (3.88%) .NET Core
13 30 (3.88%) OpenTelemetry
14 27 (3.49%) RabbitMQ
15 26 (3.36%) OAuth2
16 25 (3.23%) Web Services
17 21 (2.72%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 170 (21.99%) Cloud Native
2 150 (19.40%) Distributed Systems
3 43 (5.56%) Product Ownership
4 25 (3.23%) AI Agents
4 25 (3.23%) Onboarding
5 19 (2.46%) Algorithms
6 18 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
7 17 (2.20%) Derivative
7 17 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
8 16 (2.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 13 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.55%) Management Information System
11 11 (1.42%) Data Structures
11 11 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
11 11 (1.42%) Public Cloud
11 11 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.29%) Distributed Architecture
12 10 (1.29%) Legacy Applications
12 10 (1.29%) NHS
12 10 (1.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 46 (5.95%) Linux
2 16 (2.07%) Unix
3 8 (1.03%) Windows
4 4 (0.52%) zOS
5 3 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.39%) VMS
5 3 (0.39%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.26%) Solaris
6 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 425 (54.98%) CI/CD
2 335 (43.34%) DevOps
3 286 (37.00%) Agile
4 232 (30.01%) Containerisation
5 192 (24.84%) Software Engineering
6 158 (20.44%) Event-Driven
7 147 (19.02%) Infrastructure as Code
8 130 (16.82%) Observability
9 128 (16.56%) AI
10 120 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
11 113 (14.62%) Test Automation
12 101 (13.07%) Full-Stack Development
13 100 (12.94%) TDD
14 97 (12.55%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 88 (11.38%) Code Quality
16 84 (10.87%) Scrum
17 72 (9.31%) Migration
18 69 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
19 67 (8.67%) Integration Patterns
19 67 (8.67%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 343 (44.37%) Java
2 203 (26.26%) Python
3 188 (24.32%) SQL
4 114 (14.75%) TypeScript
5 94 (12.16%) JavaScript
6 91 (11.77%) C#
7 41 (5.30%) Go
8 24 (3.10%) Ruby
9 16 (2.07%) Bicep
10 14 (1.81%) Shell Script
11 11 (1.42%) Kotlin
12 10 (1.29%) Bash
13 6 (0.78%) C++
13 6 (0.78%) PHP
13 6 (0.78%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.78%) PowerShell
14 5 (0.65%) Scala
15 4 (0.52%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.39%) C
16 3 (0.39%) RPG
Qualifications
1 169 (21.86%) Security Cleared
2 146 (18.89%) SC Cleared
3 53 (6.86%) Degree
4 41 (5.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (3.49%) AWS Certification
6 22 (2.85%) Master's Degree
7 19 (2.46%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (1.03%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 8 (1.03%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.65%) CISSP
11 5 (0.65%) OSCP
11 5 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (0.52%) CCSP
12 4 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.39%) MBA
13 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.39%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (8.15%) QA
2 27 (3.49%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.20%) GDPR
4 14 (1.81%) ISO 20022
4 14 (1.81%) NIST
5 12 (1.55%) PCI DSS
6 11 (1.42%) PSD2
7 10 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.16%) SEPA
9 8 (1.03%) Data Quality
10 5 (0.65%) SLA
11 4 (0.52%) HL7
11 4 (0.52%) ISO 8583
11 4 (0.52%) WCAG
12 3 (0.39%) TARGET2
13 2 (0.26%) GRC
13 2 (0.26%) ISO 15022
13 2 (0.26%) NCSC
13 2 (0.26%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 304 (39.33%) Docker
2 19 (2.46%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.26%) Postfix
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.13%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.13%) Varnish
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 295 (38.16%) Kubernetes
2 119 (15.39%) Terraform
3 51 (6.60%) Grafana
4 40 (5.17%) Prometheus
5 13 (1.68%) Argo
5 13 (1.68%) Istio
6 12 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (1.42%) Ansible
8 7 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.65%) Kibana
9 5 (0.65%) Opsgenie
10 4 (0.52%) Puppet
11 3 (0.39%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.39%) Rancher
12 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.26%) Knative
12 2 (0.26%) Kubeflow
13 1 (0.13%) Amdocs OSS
13 1 (0.13%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.13%) linkerd
Vendors
1 83 (10.74%) Microsoft
2 41 (5.30%) Oracle
3 33 (4.27%) Google
4 28 (3.62%) OpenAI
5 17 (2.20%) Dynatrace
6 16 (2.07%) Splunk
7 14 (1.81%) Databricks
8 13 (1.68%) Software AG
9 11 (1.42%) IBM
10 9 (1.16%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.03%) Confluent
11 8 (1.03%) MuleSoft
11 8 (1.03%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.78%) AppDynamics
12 6 (0.78%) SAP
12 6 (0.78%) Solace
13 5 (0.65%) Atlassian
13 5 (0.65%) Rapid7
13 5 (0.65%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.65%) Sybase