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 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 54 54
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -15
Contract jobs citing Microservices 772 527 689
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.21% 4.36% 3.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.75% 4.73% 4.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 529 368 510
10th Percentile £400 £400 £418
25th Percentile £450 £457 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £551 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% -4.17% -11.54%
75th Percentile £650 £736 £688
90th Percentile £775 £813 £775
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -12.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 3
10th Percentile £73.00 £36.65 £45.10
25th Percentile £85.00 £39.13 £51.63
Median hourly rate £90.00 £44.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +102.25% -28.80% -30.56%
75th Percentile £95.00 £72.88 -
90th Percentile £96.50 £89.15 -
England median hourly rate £76.00 £55.00 £47.16
% change year-on-year +38.18% +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 16,241 11,146 15,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.51% 92.25% 88.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,846 7,494 11,093
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £434 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.25% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 187 312
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.60 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.81 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +21.73% +10.33% -29.54%
75th Percentile £58.84 £48.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.73 £63.10 £66.98
England median hourly rate £46.43 £28.18 £36.50
% change year-on-year +64.76% -22.79% -2.46%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -18 76 £555 -5.13% 43
South London -18 21 £541 +11.52% 2
East London 0 8 £432 +72.80% 5
West London -29 3 £509 +7.16% 5
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 20 (2.59%) Confluence
2 17 (2.20%) Apache Spark
2 17 (2.20%) CMS
3 13 (1.68%) Camunda
4 11 (1.42%) Apache
4 11 (1.42%) Ethereum
5 10 (1.30%) Hyperledger
6 6 (0.78%) nginx
7 5 (0.65%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.65%) Mule
8 4 (0.52%) Cloud Foundry
8 4 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.52%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.39%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.26%) Drupal
10 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.26%) WordPress
11 1 (0.13%) Apache Pulsar
11 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (0.65%) 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 5 (0.65%) R3 Corda
2 4 (0.52%) Distributed Ledger
2 4 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.52%) Quorum
3 3 (0.39%) Bloomberg AIM
3 3 (0.39%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.39%) Ripple
4 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.13%) Endur
5 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.13%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 393 (50.91%) AWS
2 270 (34.97%) Azure
3 130 (16.84%) GCP
4 118 (15.28%) GitHub
5 104 (13.47%) Serverless
6 78 (10.10%) GitHub Actions
7 72 (9.33%) Azure DevOps
8 64 (8.29%) AWS Lambda
9 55 (7.12%) Amazon S3
10 41 (5.31%) Amazon ECS
11 39 (5.05%) Amazon EC2
12 33 (4.27%) Amazon EKS
13 32 (4.15%) AWS CloudFormation
14 30 (3.89%) Azure AKS
14 30 (3.89%) SaaS
15 29 (3.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 29 (3.76%) Amazon SQS
16 24 (3.11%) PaaS
17 21 (2.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 20 (2.59%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.42%) HTTP
2 6 (0.78%) DNS
3 5 (0.65%) VPN
4 3 (0.39%) 3GPP
4 3 (0.39%) 5G
4 3 (0.39%) Network Security
5 2 (0.26%) 4G
5 2 (0.26%) Internet
5 2 (0.26%) LTE
5 2 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.26%) SSL
5 2 (0.26%) WAN
6 1 (0.13%) 5G NR
6 1 (0.13%) Firewall
6 1 (0.13%) FTP
6 1 (0.13%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.13%) NaaS
6 1 (0.13%) RFID
6 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (11.27%) PostgreSQL
2 83 (10.75%) NoSQL
3 55 (7.12%) MongoDB
4 44 (5.70%) SQL Server
5 36 (4.66%) DynamoDB
5 36 (4.66%) Relational Database
6 35 (4.53%) Amazon RDS
7 34 (4.40%) Redis
8 33 (4.27%) Apache Cassandra
9 25 (3.24%) BigQuery
10 24 (3.11%) MySQL
11 18 (2.33%) Amazon Aurora
12 12 (1.55%) Big Data
13 11 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
13 11 (1.42%) Flink
13 11 (1.42%) Power BI
14 10 (1.30%) Data Lake
15 8 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
15 8 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
16 7 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 117 (15.16%) Git
2 111 (14.38%) Jenkins
3 73 (9.46%) GitLab
4 49 (6.35%) JUnit
5 39 (5.05%) JIRA
6 35 (4.53%) Mockito
7 23 (2.98%) Gradle
8 21 (2.72%) Maven
9 19 (2.46%) Postman
10 17 (2.20%) Cucumber
11 14 (1.81%) Liquibase
12 13 (1.68%) SonarQube
13 10 (1.30%) Octopus Deploy
13 10 (1.30%) TeamCity
14 9 (1.17%) Zephyr
15 7 (0.91%) Gatling
15 7 (0.91%) JMeter
15 7 (0.91%) MSTest
15 7 (0.91%) Selenium
15 7 (0.91%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 194 (25.13%) Finance
2 173 (22.41%) Social Skills
3 124 (16.06%) Banking
4 84 (10.88%) Public Sector
5 53 (6.87%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (3.24%) Front Office
7 22 (2.85%) Investment Banking
8 17 (2.20%) Marketing
8 17 (2.20%) Retail
9 16 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (1.68%) Legal
11 13 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.30%) Law
13 9 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.04%) Retail Banking
15 6 (0.78%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.52%) Billing
16 4 (0.52%) Corporate Banking
16 4 (0.52%) Police
Job Titles
1 266 (34.46%) Developer
2 167 (21.63%) Senior
3 136 (17.62%) Architect
4 101 (13.08%) Java Developer
5 76 (9.84%) Senior Developer
6 68 (8.81%) Software Engineer
7 65 (8.42%) Lead
8 50 (6.48%) Java Engineer
9 47 (6.09%) Solutions Architect
10 38 (4.92%) DevOps Engineer
11 35 (4.53%) Full-Stack Developer
12 34 (4.40%) Technical Architect
13 32 (4.15%) C# Developer
14 31 (4.02%) Analyst
15 30 (3.89%) Backend Developer
16 29 (3.76%) Senior Java Developer
17 27 (3.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 22 (2.85%) AWS Engineer
18 22 (2.85%) Python Developer
19 21 (2.72%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 213 (27.59%) Spring
2 193 (25.00%) Spring Boot
3 173 (22.41%) Kafka
4 158 (20.47%) RESTful
5 138 (17.88%) REST
6 123 (15.93%) React
7 96 (12.44%) .NET
8 83 (10.75%) Node.js
9 72 (9.33%) AngularJS
10 45 (5.83%) Middleware
11 39 (5.05%) OAuth
12 35 (4.53%) CSS
13 33 (4.27%) OpenTelemetry
14 32 (4.15%) HTML
15 31 (4.02%) OAuth2
16 30 (3.89%) gRPC
16 30 (3.89%) RabbitMQ
17 25 (3.24%) Web Services
18 24 (3.11%) OpenID
19 23 (2.98%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 178 (23.06%) Cloud Native
2 162 (20.98%) Distributed Systems
3 56 (7.25%) Product Ownership
4 27 (3.50%) Legacy Systems
4 27 (3.50%) Onboarding
5 24 (3.11%) Greenfield Project
6 23 (2.98%) AI Agents
7 21 (2.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 20 (2.59%) Derivative
9 17 (2.20%) Algorithms
10 13 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.55%) Distributed Architecture
12 11 (1.42%) Data Structures
12 11 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.42%) Management Information System
12 11 (1.42%) Public Cloud
12 11 (1.42%) Virtual Team
13 10 (1.30%) Fixed Income
14 9 (1.17%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 47 (6.09%) Linux
2 17 (2.20%) Unix
3 9 (1.17%) Windows
4 7 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.52%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.39%) Solaris
6 3 (0.39%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.39%) zOS
7 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.26%) VMS
8 1 (0.13%) Android
8 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 426 (55.18%) CI/CD
2 319 (41.32%) DevOps
3 283 (36.66%) Agile
4 230 (29.79%) Containerisation
5 203 (26.30%) Software Engineering
6 177 (22.93%) Event-Driven
7 144 (18.65%) Infrastructure as Code
8 139 (18.01%) Observability
9 134 (17.36%) AI
10 112 (14.51%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 106 (13.73%) Test Automation
12 104 (13.47%) Problem-Solving
13 100 (12.95%) Full-Stack Development
14 99 (12.82%) Scrum
15 94 (12.18%) TDD
16 74 (9.59%) Code Quality
17 68 (8.81%) API Design
17 68 (8.81%) Migration
18 67 (8.68%) Continuous Improvement
19 66 (8.55%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 343 (44.43%) Java
2 206 (26.68%) SQL
3 192 (24.87%) Python
4 122 (15.80%) TypeScript
5 100 (12.95%) JavaScript
6 92 (11.92%) C#
7 38 (4.92%) Go
8 23 (2.98%) Ruby
9 15 (1.94%) Bicep
9 15 (1.94%) Shell Script
10 11 (1.42%) Kotlin
10 11 (1.42%) PL/SQL
11 10 (1.30%) Bash
12 8 (1.04%) PHP
13 6 (0.78%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.65%) PowerShell
14 5 (0.65%) Scala
14 5 (0.65%) Solidity
15 4 (0.52%) C++
16 3 (0.39%) RPG
Qualifications
1 169 (21.89%) Security Cleared
2 145 (18.78%) SC Cleared
3 57 (7.38%) Degree
4 43 (5.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (3.24%) AWS Certification
6 20 (2.59%) Azure Certification
6 20 (2.59%) Master's Degree
7 15 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 7 (0.91%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.65%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 5 (0.65%) CISSP
12 4 (0.52%) OSCP
13 3 (0.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.39%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.39%) CCSP
13 3 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.39%) MBA
13 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (7.90%) QA
2 26 (3.37%) Accessibility
3 16 (2.07%) GDPR
3 16 (2.07%) NIST
4 15 (1.94%) ISO 20022
5 12 (1.55%) PCI DSS
5 12 (1.55%) PSD2
6 11 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.30%) SEPA
8 9 (1.17%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.65%) SLA
10 4 (0.52%) ISO 8583
11 3 (0.39%) TARGET2
11 3 (0.39%) WCAG
12 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.26%) HL7
12 2 (0.26%) ISO 15022
12 2 (0.26%) NCSC
12 2 (0.26%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 312 (40.41%) Docker
2 15 (1.94%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.39%) Postfix
4 2 (0.26%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.13%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 290 (37.56%) Kubernetes
2 107 (13.86%) Terraform
3 56 (7.25%) Grafana
4 47 (6.09%) Prometheus
5 16 (2.07%) Ansible
6 15 (1.94%) Istio
7 14 (1.81%) Argo
8 13 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (1.04%) Kibana
10 7 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (0.78%) Puppet
12 3 (0.39%) Opsgenie
13 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.26%) Kubeflow
13 2 (0.26%) Rancher
14 1 (0.13%) Amdocs OSS
14 1 (0.13%) Knative
14 1 (0.13%) Kustomize
14 1 (0.13%) linkerd
14 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 73 (9.46%) Microsoft
2 43 (5.57%) Oracle
3 29 (3.76%) Google
4 22 (2.85%) OpenAI
5 18 (2.33%) Dynatrace
6 14 (1.81%) IBM
6 14 (1.81%) Splunk
7 11 (1.42%) Software AG
8 9 (1.17%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.17%) Sybase
9 8 (1.04%) Confluent
10 7 (0.91%) MuleSoft
10 7 (0.91%) Red Hat
10 7 (0.91%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.78%) Atlassian
12 5 (0.65%) SAP
12 5 (0.65%) Solace
13 4 (0.52%) AppDynamics
13 4 (0.52%) New Relic
13 4 (0.52%) Rapid7