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 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 51 51
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 -11
Contract jobs citing Microservices 807 585 740
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.22% 4.63% 4.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.75% 5.01% 4.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 403 543
10th Percentile £401 £400 £413
25th Percentile £453 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -5.22% -11.54%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £699
90th Percentile £765 £798 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -13.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 3
10th Percentile £75.00 £37.48 £45.10
25th Percentile £85.00 £41.19 £51.63
Median hourly rate £90.00 £62.25 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +44.58% -0.40% -30.56%
75th Percentile £96.88 £85.00 -
90th Percentile £97.50 £94.00 -
England median hourly rate £77.50 £55.00 £47.16
% change year-on-year +40.91% +16.64% -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 17,000 11,667 15,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.91% 92.40% 88.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,345 7,819 11,135
10th Percentile £360 £338 £343
25th Percentile £438 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 214 309
10th Percentile £18.01 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +17.35% -28.75%
75th Percentile £59.99 £49.94 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.60 £68.15
England median hourly rate £47.00 £26.45 £37.50
% change year-on-year +77.69% -29.47% +6.72%

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 25 June 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 -15 81 £555 -5.13% 36
South London -26 17 £535 +8.08%
East London +6 8 £432 +72.80% 7
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 21 (2.60%) CMS
2 20 (2.48%) Confluence
3 18 (2.23%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.61%) Camunda
5 12 (1.49%) Ethereum
6 11 (1.36%) Hyperledger
7 10 (1.24%) Apache
7 10 (1.24%) SharePoint
8 8 (0.99%) Anypoint
8 8 (0.99%) nginx
9 7 (0.87%) Mule
10 4 (0.50%) Cloud Foundry
10 4 (0.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.37%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.25%) Apache Pulsar
12 2 (0.25%) Drupal
12 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.25%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (0.62%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.37%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.12%) Maya
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
1 6 (0.74%) Payment Gateway
1 6 (0.74%) R3 Corda
2 5 (0.62%) Quorum
3 4 (0.50%) Distributed Ledger
3 4 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.50%) Ripple
4 3 (0.37%) Bloomberg AIM
4 3 (0.37%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.25%) Endur
5 2 (0.25%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.12%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 416 (51.55%) AWS
2 283 (35.07%) Azure
3 130 (16.11%) GCP
4 127 (15.74%) GitHub
5 105 (13.01%) Serverless
6 85 (10.53%) GitHub Actions
7 75 (9.29%) Azure DevOps
8 68 (8.43%) AWS Lambda
9 63 (7.81%) Amazon S3
10 55 (6.82%) Amazon ECS
11 50 (6.20%) Amazon EKS
12 41 (5.08%) Amazon EC2
13 40 (4.96%) Amazon SQS
14 34 (4.21%) AWS CloudFormation
15 31 (3.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 30 (3.72%) Azure AKS
17 27 (3.35%) SaaS
18 21 (2.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 19 (2.35%) OpenShift
19 19 (2.35%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.49%) HTTP
2 6 (0.74%) DNS
2 6 (0.74%) VPN
3 5 (0.62%) Network Security
4 3 (0.37%) 3GPP
4 3 (0.37%) 5G
5 2 (0.25%) 4G
5 2 (0.25%) FTP
5 2 (0.25%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.25%) Internet
5 2 (0.25%) LTE
5 2 (0.25%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.25%) WAN
6 1 (0.12%) 5G NR
6 1 (0.12%) Firewall
6 1 (0.12%) NaaS
6 1 (0.12%) RFID
6 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.12%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (12.14%) PostgreSQL
2 83 (10.29%) NoSQL
3 56 (6.94%) MongoDB
4 49 (6.07%) SQL Server
5 41 (5.08%) Amazon RDS
6 39 (4.83%) Relational Database
7 36 (4.46%) Redis
8 34 (4.21%) DynamoDB
9 27 (3.35%) Apache Cassandra
10 23 (2.85%) MySQL
11 17 (2.11%) Amazon Aurora
11 17 (2.11%) BigQuery
11 17 (2.11%) Power BI
12 16 (1.98%) Big Data
13 11 (1.36%) Data Lake
13 11 (1.36%) Flink
14 7 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
14 7 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 6 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 129 (15.99%) Git
2 124 (15.37%) Jenkins
3 86 (10.66%) GitLab
4 56 (6.94%) JUnit
5 37 (4.58%) Mockito
6 36 (4.46%) JIRA
7 29 (3.59%) Gradle
8 26 (3.22%) Maven
9 22 (2.73%) Postman
10 16 (1.98%) Cucumber
11 15 (1.86%) Liquibase
11 15 (1.86%) SonarQube
12 11 (1.36%) Octopus Deploy
13 10 (1.24%) TeamCity
14 9 (1.12%) Vite
15 8 (0.99%) MSTest
16 7 (0.87%) REST Assured
16 7 (0.87%) Selenium
16 7 (0.87%) Team Foundation Server
17 6 (0.74%) Claude Code
General
1 206 (25.53%) Finance
2 183 (22.68%) Social Skills
3 129 (15.99%) Banking
4 99 (12.27%) Public Sector
5 61 (7.56%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (3.35%) Front Office
6 27 (3.35%) Investment Banking
7 20 (2.48%) Marketing
8 18 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.11%) Law
10 16 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (1.86%) Retail
12 12 (1.49%) Legal
13 11 (1.36%) Retail Banking
14 10 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.74%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.62%) Local Government
16 5 (0.62%) Police
17 4 (0.50%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 266 (32.96%) Developer
2 173 (21.44%) Senior
3 141 (17.47%) Architect
4 108 (13.38%) Java Developer
5 79 (9.79%) Software Engineer
6 75 (9.29%) Lead
7 73 (9.05%) Senior Developer
8 57 (7.06%) Java Engineer
9 48 (5.95%) Solutions Architect
10 38 (4.71%) DevOps Engineer
11 37 (4.58%) Full-Stack Developer
12 35 (4.34%) Analyst
13 33 (4.09%) Technical Architect
14 32 (3.97%) C# Developer
14 32 (3.97%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 29 (3.59%) Backend Developer
15 29 (3.59%) Senior Java Developer
16 26 (3.22%) AWS Engineer
16 26 (3.22%) Senior Software Engineer
17 24 (2.97%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 221 (27.39%) Spring
2 195 (24.16%) Spring Boot
3 179 (22.18%) Kafka
4 168 (20.82%) REST
5 166 (20.57%) RESTful
6 132 (16.36%) React
7 102 (12.64%) .NET
8 81 (10.04%) Node.js
9 64 (7.93%) AngularJS
10 45 (5.58%) OAuth
11 40 (4.96%) Middleware
12 38 (4.71%) CSS
13 37 (4.58%) OAuth2
14 36 (4.46%) HTML
15 35 (4.34%) RabbitMQ
16 31 (3.84%) OpenTelemetry
17 27 (3.35%) gRPC
17 27 (3.35%) JSON
18 26 (3.22%) OpenID
19 24 (2.97%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 209 (25.90%) Cloud Native
2 182 (22.55%) Distributed Systems
3 63 (7.81%) Product Ownership
4 33 (4.09%) Legacy Systems
5 26 (3.22%) Derivative
5 26 (3.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 25 (3.10%) Onboarding
7 24 (2.97%) AI Agents
8 23 (2.85%) Greenfield Project
9 19 (2.35%) Algorithms
10 16 (1.98%) Virtual Team
11 15 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.73%) Fixed Income
12 14 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
13 13 (1.61%) Distributed Architecture
14 12 (1.49%) Public Cloud
15 11 (1.36%) Data Structures
15 11 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
15 11 (1.36%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 50 (6.20%) Linux
2 19 (2.35%) Unix
3 8 (0.99%) Windows
4 7 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.50%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.37%) Solaris
6 3 (0.37%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.37%) zOS
7 2 (0.25%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.25%) VMS
8 1 (0.12%) Android
8 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 465 (57.62%) CI/CD
2 341 (42.26%) DevOps
3 317 (39.28%) Agile
4 244 (30.24%) Containerisation
5 215 (26.64%) Software Engineering
6 208 (25.77%) Event-Driven
7 149 (18.46%) AI
8 148 (18.34%) Observability
9 144 (17.84%) Infrastructure as Code
10 125 (15.49%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 125 (15.49%) Test Automation
11 114 (14.13%) Full-Stack Development
11 114 (14.13%) Problem-Solving
11 114 (14.13%) Scrum
12 104 (12.89%) TDD
13 81 (10.04%) Continuous Improvement
14 79 (9.79%) API Design
15 77 (9.54%) Integration Patterns
16 75 (9.29%) Code Quality
17 74 (9.17%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 377 (46.72%) Java
2 219 (27.14%) Python
3 199 (24.66%) SQL
4 142 (17.60%) TypeScript
5 114 (14.13%) JavaScript
6 104 (12.89%) C#
7 38 (4.71%) Go
8 26 (3.22%) Ruby
9 16 (1.98%) Kotlin
10 13 (1.61%) PL/SQL
10 13 (1.61%) Shell Script
11 11 (1.36%) Bash
12 9 (1.12%) Bicep
13 8 (0.99%) PHP
14 7 (0.87%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.74%) Solidity
16 5 (0.62%) C++
16 5 (0.62%) Rust
17 4 (0.50%) PowerShell
17 4 (0.50%) Scala
Qualifications
1 183 (22.68%) Security Cleared
2 159 (19.70%) SC Cleared
3 50 (6.20%) Degree
4 37 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (3.97%) AWS Certification
6 21 (2.60%) Azure Certification
7 15 (1.86%) DV Cleared
7 15 (1.86%) Master's Degree
8 13 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (0.87%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 7 (0.87%) CISSP
10 7 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.50%) OSCP
12 3 (0.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (0.37%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (0.37%) CCSP
12 3 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.37%) MBA
12 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (8.43%) QA
2 35 (4.34%) Accessibility
3 19 (2.35%) NIST
4 17 (2.11%) GDPR
5 14 (1.73%) ISO 20022
5 14 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.73%) PCI DSS
6 11 (1.36%) PSD2
7 10 (1.24%) SEPA
8 9 (1.12%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.50%) SLA
9 4 (0.50%) WCAG
10 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.37%) ISO 8583
10 3 (0.37%) NCSC
10 3 (0.37%) TARGET2
11 2 (0.25%) GRC
11 2 (0.25%) HL7
11 2 (0.25%) ISO 15022
11 2 (0.25%) NIST 800
System Software
1 314 (38.91%) Docker
2 10 (1.24%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.50%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 3 (0.37%) Postfix
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 299 (37.05%) Kubernetes
2 116 (14.37%) Terraform
3 59 (7.31%) Grafana
4 48 (5.95%) Prometheus
5 22 (2.73%) Ansible
6 12 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (1.12%) Istio
7 9 (1.12%) Kibana
8 8 (0.99%) Argo
9 5 (0.62%) Puppet
10 4 (0.50%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.25%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.25%) Rancher
13 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
13 1 (0.12%) linkerd
13 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 1 (0.12%) Packer
13 1 (0.12%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.12%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 77 (9.54%) Microsoft
2 51 (6.32%) Oracle
3 27 (3.35%) Google
4 23 (2.85%) OpenAI
5 18 (2.23%) Dynatrace
6 16 (1.98%) Splunk
7 15 (1.86%) IBM
8 12 (1.49%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.36%) Sybase
10 10 (1.24%) MuleSoft
11 9 (1.12%) ServiceNow
12 8 (0.99%) Software AG
13 7 (0.87%) SAP
14 6 (0.74%) Atlassian
14 6 (0.74%) Confluent
14 6 (0.74%) Red Hat
14 6 (0.74%) Solace
15 5 (0.62%) Amplitude
16 4 (0.50%) Veracode
16 4 (0.50%) Workday