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 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 56 62
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 -24
Contract jobs citing Microservices 721 498 620
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.39% 3.90% 3.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.89% 4.27% 3.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 336 464
10th Percentile £375 £400 £413
25th Percentile £429 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -11.54%
75th Percentile £638 £693 £699
90th Percentile £750 £825 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile £65.50 £36.30 -
25th Percentile £70.13 £37.13 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £39.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +124.36% -37.60% +78.57%
75th Percentile £93.75 £42.63 -
90th Percentile £95.00 £44.50 -
England median hourly rate £74.63 £37.75 £48.43
% change year-on-year +97.70% -22.05% -33.20%

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 14,757 11,654 16,064
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.76% 91.18% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,899 7,809 11,494
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £504 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 162 342
10th Percentile £18.13 £20.05 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.93
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.70 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% +18.35% -18.49%
75th Percentile £56.85 £53.75 £49.97
90th Percentile £71.75 £77.25 £69.43
England median hourly rate £31.45 £33.40 £32.50
% change year-on-year -5.84% +2.77% -10.41%

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 19 March 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 19 March 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 19 March 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 -20 76 £525 -10.26% 94
South London -9 25 £537 +13.05% 2
West London -18 7 £550 +34.47% 4
East London -4 1 £675 +61.68% 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 26 (3.61%) Confluence
2 13 (1.80%) Apache
3 8 (1.11%) CMS
4 7 (0.97%) Camunda
4 7 (0.97%) Ethereum
4 7 (0.97%) Hyperledger
5 6 (0.83%) Anypoint
5 6 (0.83%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.69%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.69%) Mule
6 5 (0.69%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.55%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.28%) Drupal
8 2 (0.28%) nginx
8 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.28%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.28%) WordPress
9 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 7 (0.97%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.42%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.14%) Maya
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.55%) Bloomberg AIM
1 4 (0.55%) Fidessa
1 4 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.28%) R3 Corda
4 1 (0.14%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.14%) Endur
4 1 (0.14%) Magento
4 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.14%) Quorum
4 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 390 (54.09%) AWS
2 281 (38.97%) Azure
3 126 (17.48%) GCP
4 125 (17.34%) Serverless
5 114 (15.81%) GitHub
6 80 (11.10%) Azure DevOps
7 73 (10.12%) AWS Lambda
8 62 (8.60%) Amazon ECS
9 60 (8.32%) GitHub Actions
10 59 (8.18%) Amazon S3
11 46 (6.38%) Azure AKS
12 41 (5.69%) AWS CloudFormation
13 38 (5.27%) Amazon EC2
14 35 (4.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 35 (4.85%) Amazon EKS
15 28 (3.88%) Entra ID
15 28 (3.88%) SaaS
16 27 (3.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 26 (3.61%) Amazon SQS
17 26 (3.61%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.53%) HTTP
2 7 (0.97%) Network Security
3 5 (0.69%) DNS
3 5 (0.69%) SSL
4 4 (0.55%) Firewall
4 4 (0.55%) VPN
5 3 (0.42%) 3GPP
5 3 (0.42%) 5G
6 2 (0.28%) 4G
6 2 (0.28%) LTE
6 2 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.28%) S/MIME
6 2 (0.28%) WAN
7 1 (0.14%) 5G NR
7 1 (0.14%) Internet
7 1 (0.14%) Multicast
7 1 (0.14%) NaaS
7 1 (0.14%) RFID
7 1 (0.14%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (11.37%) PostgreSQL
2 81 (11.23%) NoSQL
3 59 (8.18%) MongoDB
4 49 (6.80%) Apache Cassandra
5 41 (5.69%) Relational Database
5 41 (5.69%) SQL Server
6 33 (4.58%) DynamoDB
6 33 (4.58%) Redis
7 32 (4.44%) Amazon RDS
8 30 (4.16%) MySQL
9 16 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
10 14 (1.94%) Big Data
10 14 (1.94%) BigQuery
11 12 (1.66%) Hadoop
12 11 (1.53%) Amazon Aurora
12 11 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
13 9 (1.25%) DB2
14 7 (0.97%) DocumentDB
15 6 (0.83%) Pinecone
15 6 (0.83%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 110 (15.26%) Git
2 94 (13.04%) Jenkins
3 65 (9.02%) GitLab
4 50 (6.93%) JIRA
4 50 (6.93%) JUnit
5 29 (4.02%) Mockito
6 24 (3.33%) Cucumber
7 14 (1.94%) Bitbucket
7 14 (1.94%) Maven
7 14 (1.94%) Selenium
8 12 (1.66%) Postman
9 10 (1.39%) Liquibase
10 9 (1.25%) Octopus Deploy
10 9 (1.25%) Zephyr
11 8 (1.11%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.97%) Gradle
12 7 (0.97%) REST Assured
12 7 (0.97%) TeamCity
12 7 (0.97%) Vite
13 6 (0.83%) MLflow
General
1 190 (26.35%) Social Skills
2 164 (22.75%) Finance
3 112 (15.53%) Banking
4 83 (11.51%) Public Sector
5 61 (8.46%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (3.05%) Front Office
7 18 (2.50%) Investment Banking
8 15 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (1.80%) Retail
11 12 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (0.97%) Marketing
14 6 (0.83%) Legal
15 5 (0.69%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.42%) Back Office
16 3 (0.42%) Law
16 3 (0.42%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.42%) Military
17 2 (0.28%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 282 (39.11%) Developer
2 166 (23.02%) Senior
3 123 (17.06%) Architect
4 96 (13.31%) Java Developer
5 83 (11.51%) Senior Developer
6 48 (6.66%) Lead
7 46 (6.38%) Solutions Architect
8 45 (6.24%) Software Engineer
9 43 (5.96%) Java Engineer
10 40 (5.55%) Full-Stack Developer
11 35 (4.85%) DevOps Engineer
12 33 (4.58%) Technical Architect
13 31 (4.30%) C# Developer
13 31 (4.30%) Senior Java Developer
14 29 (4.02%) Backend Developer
15 25 (3.47%) Cloud Engineer
16 23 (3.19%) Analyst
16 23 (3.19%) AWS Engineer
17 21 (2.91%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 21 (2.91%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (25.94%) Spring
2 162 (22.47%) Spring Boot
3 161 (22.33%) Kafka
4 138 (19.14%) RESTful
5 133 (18.45%) React
6 132 (18.31%) REST
7 104 (14.42%) Node.js
8 100 (13.87%) .NET
9 99 (13.73%) AngularJS
10 52 (7.21%) Middleware
11 44 (6.10%) CSS
11 44 (6.10%) gRPC
11 44 (6.10%) HTML
12 39 (5.41%) OAuth
13 32 (4.44%) Vue
14 28 (3.88%) .NET Core
15 24 (3.33%) OpenID
15 24 (3.33%) OpenTelemetry
16 23 (3.19%) Playwright
16 23 (3.19%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 142 (19.69%) Cloud Native
2 117 (16.23%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (5.13%) Product Ownership
4 22 (3.05%) AI Agents
5 18 (2.50%) Derivative
6 17 (2.36%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.94%) Algorithms
9 12 (1.66%) Legacy Applications
9 12 (1.66%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (1.53%) Public Cloud
11 10 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.39%) Management Information System
12 9 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.25%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (0.97%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 43 (5.96%) Linux
2 16 (2.22%) Unix
3 6 (0.83%) Windows
4 4 (0.55%) zOS
5 3 (0.42%) VMS
6 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.28%) Solaris
6 2 (0.28%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (52.70%) CI/CD
2 299 (41.47%) DevOps
3 281 (38.97%) Agile
4 196 (27.18%) Containerisation
5 169 (23.44%) Software Engineering
6 148 (20.53%) Problem-Solving
7 128 (17.75%) Event-Driven
8 120 (16.64%) Infrastructure as Code
9 106 (14.70%) AI
10 103 (14.29%) Test Automation
11 101 (14.01%) Full-Stack Development
12 98 (13.59%) TDD
13 93 (12.90%) Observability
14 80 (11.10%) Code Quality
15 77 (10.68%) Scrum
16 74 (10.26%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 69 (9.57%) SDLC
18 65 (9.02%) Migration
19 64 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
19 64 (8.88%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 313 (43.41%) Java
2 189 (26.21%) Python
3 175 (24.27%) SQL
4 110 (15.26%) TypeScript
5 98 (13.59%) JavaScript
6 84 (11.65%) C#
7 49 (6.80%) Go
8 21 (2.91%) Ruby
9 16 (2.22%) Bicep
10 10 (1.39%) Bash
10 10 (1.39%) Shell Script
11 9 (1.25%) Kotlin
12 8 (1.11%) C++
13 7 (0.97%) PHP
13 7 (0.97%) PowerShell
14 6 (0.83%) Scala
15 4 (0.55%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.42%) Perl
16 3 (0.42%) RPG
16 3 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 154 (21.36%) Security Cleared
2 131 (18.17%) SC Cleared
3 54 (7.49%) Degree
4 42 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (3.05%) AWS Certification
6 21 (2.91%) Master's Degree
7 17 (2.36%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (1.11%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.97%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 6 (0.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (0.83%) CCSP
12 6 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.83%) CISSP
12 6 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.69%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.55%) OSCP
15 3 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 3 (0.42%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (7.91%) QA
2 28 (3.88%) Accessibility
3 16 (2.22%) GDPR
4 14 (1.94%) ISO 20022
4 14 (1.94%) PCI DSS
5 11 (1.53%) NIST
6 10 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.39%) PSD2
7 8 (1.11%) SEPA
8 6 (0.83%) WCAG
9 5 (0.69%) SLA
10 4 (0.55%) Data Quality
10 4 (0.55%) ISO 8583
11 3 (0.42%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.42%) TARGET2
12 2 (0.28%) GRC
12 2 (0.28%) HL7
12 2 (0.28%) ISO 15022
12 2 (0.28%) NCSC
13 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 286 (39.67%) Docker
2 23 (3.19%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.14%) Postfix
4 1 (0.14%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 278 (38.56%) Kubernetes
2 116 (16.09%) Terraform
3 40 (5.55%) Grafana
4 29 (4.02%) Prometheus
5 19 (2.64%) Argo
6 17 (2.36%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (1.66%) Ansible
8 11 (1.53%) Istio
9 7 (0.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.69%) Opsgenie
11 3 (0.42%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.42%) Rancher
12 2 (0.28%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.28%) Kibana
12 2 (0.28%) Knative
12 2 (0.28%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.28%) Puppet
13 1 (0.14%) Data Guard
13 1 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 1 (0.14%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 72 (9.99%) Microsoft
2 36 (4.99%) Oracle
3 32 (4.44%) Google
4 29 (4.02%) OpenAI
5 20 (2.77%) Databricks
6 16 (2.22%) Splunk
7 12 (1.66%) Dynatrace
7 12 (1.66%) Red Hat
7 12 (1.66%) Software AG
8 9 (1.25%) MuleSoft
8 9 (1.25%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.11%) IBM
9 8 (1.11%) Sybase
10 7 (0.97%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.83%) AppDynamics
11 6 (0.83%) Confluent
12 5 (0.69%) Foundry
12 5 (0.69%) Rapid7
12 5 (0.69%) Solace
13 4 (0.55%) Atlassian