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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 57 54
Rank change year-on-year +8 -3 -15
Contract jobs citing Microservices 775 514 678
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.39% 4.16% 3.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.97% 4.51% 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 523 355 498
10th Percentile £400 £400 £433
25th Percentile £450 £456 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £688
90th Percentile £775 £813 £775
England median daily rate £525 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -1.59% -3.00% -12.00%
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% -
75th Percentile £95.00 £72.88 -
90th Percentile £96.50 £89.15 -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £50.00 £47.16
% change year-on-year +50.00% +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 15,594 11,404 15,572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.29% 92.24% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,437 7,710 11,153
10th Percentile £356 £350 £340
25th Percentile £430 £433 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £688
90th Percentile £755 £813 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 175 312
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.33 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £34.50 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +3.51% +23.57% -28.41%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.45
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.02 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.96% -20.49% -2.25%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -13 81 £555 -5.13% 69
South London -15 25 £541 +13.87% 2
East London +1 8 £432 +72.80% 9
West London -27 5 £550 +10.55% 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 21 (2.71%) Confluence
2 16 (2.06%) Apache Spark
2 16 (2.06%) CMS
3 13 (1.68%) Apache
4 11 (1.42%) Camunda
5 8 (1.03%) Ethereum
6 7 (0.90%) Hyperledger
7 5 (0.65%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.65%) Mule
8 4 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.39%) nginx
9 3 (0.39%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.39%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.26%) Drupal
10 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.26%) WordPress
11 1 (0.13%) Apache Pulsar
11 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%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.13%) Quorum
3 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 401 (51.74%) AWS
2 271 (34.97%) Azure
3 136 (17.55%) GCP
4 116 (14.97%) Serverless
5 114 (14.71%) GitHub
6 74 (9.55%) AWS Lambda
7 73 (9.42%) Azure DevOps
8 69 (8.90%) GitHub Actions
9 61 (7.87%) Amazon S3
10 54 (6.97%) Amazon ECS
11 40 (5.16%) Amazon EC2
12 39 (5.03%) AWS CloudFormation
13 33 (4.26%) Amazon EKS
13 33 (4.26%) SaaS
14 32 (4.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 30 (3.87%) Azure AKS
16 26 (3.35%) Amazon SQS
17 24 (3.10%) PaaS
18 23 (2.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 20 (2.58%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.42%) HTTP
2 6 (0.77%) DNS
3 4 (0.52%) VPN
4 3 (0.39%) 3GPP
4 3 (0.39%) 5G
4 3 (0.39%) Network Security
4 3 (0.39%) SSL
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%) 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
6 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (10.97%) NoSQL
2 81 (10.45%) PostgreSQL
3 58 (7.48%) MongoDB
4 42 (5.42%) SQL Server
5 38 (4.90%) Apache Cassandra
6 37 (4.77%) Relational Database
7 34 (4.39%) DynamoDB
8 33 (4.26%) Redis
9 29 (3.74%) Amazon RDS
10 24 (3.10%) MySQL
11 22 (2.84%) BigQuery
12 18 (2.32%) Amazon Aurora
13 12 (1.55%) Big Data
14 11 (1.42%) Flink
14 11 (1.42%) Power BI
15 9 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
15 9 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
16 7 (0.90%) Data Lake
16 7 (0.90%) Hadoop
16 7 (0.90%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 107 (13.81%) Jenkins
2 105 (13.55%) Git
3 71 (9.16%) GitLab
4 49 (6.32%) JUnit
5 40 (5.16%) JIRA
6 34 (4.39%) Mockito
7 20 (2.58%) Gradle
8 18 (2.32%) Cucumber
8 18 (2.32%) Maven
8 18 (2.32%) Postman
9 12 (1.55%) Liquibase
10 11 (1.42%) SonarQube
11 10 (1.29%) TeamCity
12 9 (1.16%) Octopus Deploy
12 9 (1.16%) Zephyr
13 8 (1.03%) Bitbucket
14 7 (0.90%) MSTest
14 7 (0.90%) Selenium
14 7 (0.90%) Vite
15 6 (0.77%) MLflow
General
1 197 (25.42%) Finance
2 174 (22.45%) Social Skills
3 123 (15.87%) Banking
4 81 (10.45%) Public Sector
5 55 (7.10%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (3.10%) Front Office
7 22 (2.84%) Investment Banking
8 16 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (2.06%) Marketing
9 15 (1.94%) Retail
10 14 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
11 13 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (1.68%) Legal
12 9 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.16%) Law
13 7 (0.90%) Retail Banking
14 6 (0.77%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.65%) Police
16 4 (0.52%) Billing
16 4 (0.52%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 273 (35.23%) Developer
2 166 (21.42%) Senior
3 138 (17.81%) Architect
4 103 (13.29%) Java Developer
5 78 (10.06%) Senior Developer
6 66 (8.52%) Software Engineer
7 61 (7.87%) Lead
8 50 (6.45%) Java Engineer
9 47 (6.06%) Solutions Architect
10 39 (5.03%) Full-Stack Developer
11 36 (4.65%) DevOps Engineer
12 35 (4.52%) Analyst
13 33 (4.26%) Senior Java Developer
13 33 (4.26%) Technical Architect
14 30 (3.87%) Backend Developer
14 30 (3.87%) C# Developer
15 24 (3.10%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 22 (2.84%) Senior Software Engineer
17 21 (2.71%) Cloud Engineer
18 20 (2.58%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 219 (28.26%) Spring
2 197 (25.42%) Spring Boot
3 170 (21.94%) Kafka
4 157 (20.26%) RESTful
5 125 (16.13%) REST
6 122 (15.74%) React
7 97 (12.52%) .NET
8 82 (10.58%) Node.js
9 75 (9.68%) AngularJS
10 52 (6.71%) Middleware
11 36 (4.65%) CSS
11 36 (4.65%) HTML
12 34 (4.39%) OAuth
13 32 (4.13%) gRPC
14 30 (3.87%) OpenTelemetry
15 29 (3.74%) RabbitMQ
16 26 (3.35%) .NET Core
16 26 (3.35%) OAuth2
17 22 (2.84%) Web Services
18 21 (2.71%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 173 (22.32%) Cloud Native
2 158 (20.39%) Distributed Systems
3 49 (6.32%) Product Ownership
4 25 (3.23%) Onboarding
5 23 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
6 22 (2.84%) Greenfield Project
7 21 (2.71%) AI Agents
8 20 (2.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 19 (2.45%) Algorithms
9 19 (2.45%) Derivative
10 13 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (1.42%) Data Structures
12 11 (1.42%) Distributed Architecture
12 11 (1.42%) Management Information System
12 11 (1.42%) Public Cloud
13 10 (1.29%) Legacy Applications
13 10 (1.29%) NHS
14 9 (1.16%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 47 (6.06%) Linux
2 17 (2.19%) Unix
3 9 (1.16%) Windows
4 4 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.52%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.52%) zOS
5 3 (0.39%) Solaris
5 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.26%) VMS
7 1 (0.13%) Android
7 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 420 (54.19%) CI/CD
2 326 (42.06%) DevOps
3 281 (36.26%) Agile
4 235 (30.32%) Containerisation
5 200 (25.81%) Software Engineering
6 159 (20.52%) Event-Driven
7 142 (18.32%) Infrastructure as Code
8 132 (17.03%) Observability
9 131 (16.90%) AI
10 116 (14.97%) Problem-Solving
11 109 (14.06%) Test Automation
12 98 (12.65%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 97 (12.52%) Full-Stack Development
13 97 (12.52%) TDD
14 85 (10.97%) Scrum
15 82 (10.58%) Code Quality
16 70 (9.03%) Migration
17 67 (8.65%) Clean Code
17 67 (8.65%) Continuous Improvement
18 66 (8.52%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 340 (43.87%) Java
2 192 (24.77%) SQL
3 190 (24.52%) Python
4 114 (14.71%) TypeScript
5 94 (12.13%) JavaScript
6 89 (11.48%) C#
7 40 (5.16%) Go
8 22 (2.84%) Ruby
9 15 (1.94%) Shell Script
10 13 (1.68%) Bicep
11 11 (1.42%) Bash
11 11 (1.42%) Kotlin
12 8 (1.03%) PHP
13 7 (0.90%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.77%) C++
14 6 (0.77%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.65%) Scala
16 4 (0.52%) PowerShell
17 3 (0.39%) C
17 3 (0.39%) RPG
Qualifications
1 172 (22.19%) Security Cleared
2 150 (19.35%) SC Cleared
3 54 (6.97%) Degree
4 42 (5.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (3.48%) AWS Certification
6 21 (2.71%) Master's Degree
7 19 (2.45%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 9 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.03%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 8 (1.03%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.77%) CISSP
12 5 (0.65%) OSCP
12 5 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (0.52%) CCSP
13 4 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.39%) MBA
14 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (0.39%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.61%) QA
2 25 (3.23%) Accessibility
3 18 (2.32%) GDPR
4 16 (2.06%) NIST
5 15 (1.94%) ISO 20022
6 13 (1.68%) PCI DSS
7 12 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.55%) PSD2
8 10 (1.29%) SEPA
9 8 (1.03%) Data Quality
10 5 (0.65%) SLA
11 4 (0.52%) HL7
11 4 (0.52%) ISO 8583
12 3 (0.39%) TARGET2
12 3 (0.39%) WCAG
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 (39.23%) Docker
2 15 (1.94%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.26%) Postfix
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.13%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 285 (36.77%) Kubernetes
2 106 (13.68%) Terraform
3 49 (6.32%) Grafana
4 40 (5.16%) Prometheus
5 13 (1.68%) Istio
5 13 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (1.55%) Ansible
6 12 (1.55%) Argo
7 7 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (0.77%) Kibana
9 4 (0.52%) Puppet
10 3 (0.39%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.39%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.26%) Knative
11 2 (0.26%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.26%) Rancher
12 1 (0.13%) Amdocs OSS
12 1 (0.13%) linkerd
12 1 (0.13%) Packer
Vendors
1 71 (9.16%) Microsoft
2 39 (5.03%) Oracle
3 31 (4.00%) Google
4 23 (2.97%) OpenAI
5 17 (2.19%) Dynatrace
6 15 (1.94%) Splunk
7 12 (1.55%) IBM
7 12 (1.55%) Software AG
8 9 (1.16%) Databricks
9 8 (1.03%) Confluent
9 8 (1.03%) ServiceNow
10 7 (0.90%) MuleSoft
10 7 (0.90%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.77%) Red Hat
11 6 (0.77%) Sybase
12 5 (0.65%) AppDynamics
12 5 (0.65%) Atlassian
12 5 (0.65%) Rapid7
12 5 (0.65%) SAP
12 5 (0.65%) Solace