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 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 49 54
Rank change year-on-year -11 +5 -2
Contract jobs citing Microservices 853 675 695
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.19% 5.03% 4.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.72% 5.43% 4.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 571 456 488
10th Percentile £413 £408 £413
25th Percentile £463 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% -4.17% -6.98%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £750 £775
England median daily rate £537 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +2.29% -8.70% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 2
10th Percentile - £54.95 £40.59
25th Percentile £92.50 £68.25 £40.62
Median hourly rate £95.00 £80.00 £41.33
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% +93.58% -49.91%
75th Percentile £97.50 £87.50 £42.12
90th Percentile - £92.50 £42.20
England median hourly rate £65.00 £67.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -2.99% +61.45% -43.73%

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 18,089 12,436 14,413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.92% 92.58% 89.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,828 8,226 9,619
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 300 251 180
10th Percentile £16.68 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £33.92 £31.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.67% -10.00% -12.31%
75th Percentile £57.13 £48.13 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.63 £63.75 £72.19
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.91%

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 17 September 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
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 17 September 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 -7 105 £572 -0.52% 114
South London -8 23 £535 -13.99% 12
East London +5 11 £432 -20.00% 7
West London -30 2 £500 +5.26% 39
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 32 (3.75%) Confluence
2 25 (2.93%) CMS
3 19 (2.23%) Apache Spark
3 19 (2.23%) Camunda
4 10 (1.17%) SharePoint
5 8 (0.94%) Apache
6 7 (0.82%) nginx
7 6 (0.70%) Ethereum
8 5 (0.59%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.47%) Cloud Foundry
9 4 (0.47%) Hyperledger
10 3 (0.35%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.35%) Apache Pulsar
10 3 (0.35%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.23%) Mule
11 2 (0.23%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (0.47%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (1.06%) Payment Gateway
2 8 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.47%) Distributed Ledger
4 4 (0.47%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.47%) Quorum
4 4 (0.47%) R3 Corda
4 4 (0.47%) Ripple
4 4 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.23%) Endur
6 1 (0.12%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.12%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.12%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
6 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 423 (49.59%) AWS
2 313 (36.69%) Azure
3 160 (18.76%) GCP
4 159 (18.64%) GitHub
5 102 (11.96%) Serverless
6 100 (11.72%) GitHub Actions
7 92 (10.79%) Azure DevOps
8 66 (7.74%) Amazon EKS
9 60 (7.03%) AWS Lambda
10 50 (5.86%) Amazon ECS
11 48 (5.63%) Amazon S3
12 46 (5.39%) Amazon SQS
13 35 (4.10%) Amazon EC2
14 29 (3.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 28 (3.28%) AWS CloudFormation
15 28 (3.28%) OpenShift
16 26 (3.05%) SaaS
17 24 (2.81%) Amazon EventBridge
17 24 (2.81%) GitHub Copilot
18 23 (2.70%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.70%) Network Security
2 5 (0.59%) VPN
3 4 (0.47%) HTTP
4 3 (0.35%) DNS
5 2 (0.23%) FTP
5 2 (0.23%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.12%) Firewall
6 1 (0.12%) Internet
6 1 (0.12%) MPLS
6 1 (0.12%) OpenVPN
6 1 (0.12%) RTP
6 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.12%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (12.31%) PostgreSQL
2 82 (9.61%) NoSQL
3 58 (6.80%) SQL Server
4 54 (6.33%) MongoDB
5 50 (5.86%) Relational Database
6 32 (3.75%) MySQL
7 28 (3.28%) Amazon RDS
8 24 (2.81%) DynamoDB
8 24 (2.81%) Redis
9 21 (2.46%) Power BI
10 18 (2.11%) Big Data
10 18 (2.11%) BigQuery
11 14 (1.64%) Data Lake
12 12 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
13 11 (1.29%) Amazon Aurora
14 8 (0.94%) Flink
15 7 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
15 7 (0.82%) Pinecone
15 7 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 6 (0.70%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 154 (18.05%) Jenkins
2 146 (17.12%) Git
3 101 (11.84%) GitLab
4 52 (6.10%) JUnit
5 42 (4.92%) JIRA
5 42 (4.92%) Maven
6 38 (4.45%) Gradle
7 34 (3.99%) Mockito
8 28 (3.28%) SonarQube
9 24 (2.81%) Cypress.io
10 22 (2.58%) Postman
11 18 (2.11%) REST Assured
12 16 (1.88%) Selenium
13 15 (1.76%) JMeter
14 14 (1.64%) Liquibase
15 10 (1.17%) Bitbucket
16 9 (1.06%) Claude Code
16 9 (1.06%) Cucumber
17 8 (0.94%) Gatling
18 7 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 252 (29.54%) Finance
2 226 (26.49%) Social Skills
3 145 (17.00%) Banking
4 98 (11.49%) Public Sector
5 86 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (3.17%) Investment Banking
7 26 (3.05%) Retail
8 25 (2.93%) Front Office
9 22 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (2.23%) Marketing
11 16 (1.88%) Retail Banking
12 15 (1.76%) Law
13 13 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (1.41%) Billing
15 11 (1.29%) Legal
16 10 (1.17%) Police
17 7 (0.82%) Local Government
18 6 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (0.70%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 290 (34.00%) Developer
2 171 (20.05%) Senior
3 159 (18.64%) Architect
4 118 (13.83%) Java Developer
5 86 (10.08%) Lead
6 70 (8.21%) Senior Developer
6 70 (8.21%) Software Engineer
7 61 (7.15%) Solutions Architect
8 59 (6.92%) Full-Stack Developer
9 51 (5.98%) Java Engineer
10 42 (4.92%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 38 (4.45%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 37 (4.34%) DevOps Engineer
13 33 (3.87%) Senior Java Developer
14 30 (3.52%) Technical Architect
15 27 (3.17%) Python Developer
16 26 (3.05%) Analyst
16 26 (3.05%) Senior Software Engineer
17 25 (2.93%) .NET Developer
18 24 (2.81%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 227 (26.61%) REST
2 225 (26.38%) Spring
3 210 (24.62%) Spring Boot
4 196 (22.98%) Kafka
5 162 (18.99%) RESTful
6 154 (18.05%) React
7 133 (15.59%) Terraform
8 106 (12.43%) .NET
9 90 (10.55%) Node.js
10 57 (6.68%) AngularJS
10 57 (6.68%) HTML
11 56 (6.57%) CSS
12 51 (5.98%) OAuth
13 46 (5.39%) OAuth2
13 46 (5.39%) RabbitMQ
14 35 (4.10%) HTML5
15 34 (3.99%) .NET Core
16 32 (3.75%) CSS3
16 32 (3.75%) FastAPI
16 32 (3.75%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 270 (31.65%) Cloud Native
2 211 (24.74%) Distributed Systems
3 94 (11.02%) Product Ownership
4 45 (5.28%) Legacy Systems
5 41 (4.81%) Enterprise Software
6 37 (4.34%) AI Agents
7 36 (4.22%) Onboarding
8 27 (3.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 24 (2.81%) Derivative
10 23 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
11 22 (2.58%) Virtual Team
12 20 (2.34%) Data Structures
13 18 (2.11%) Algorithms
14 14 (1.64%) Distributed Architecture
14 14 (1.64%) Fixed Income
14 14 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
16 11 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
16 11 (1.29%) Public Cloud
17 9 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 47 (5.51%) Linux
2 26 (3.05%) Unix
3 10 (1.17%) Windows
4 6 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.47%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.35%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.23%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.12%) Android
8 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.12%) Solaris
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 538 (63.07%) CI/CD
2 397 (46.54%) DevOps
3 343 (40.21%) Agile
4 301 (35.29%) Event-Driven
5 255 (29.89%) Containerisation
6 222 (26.03%) Software Engineering
7 208 (24.38%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 199 (23.33%) AI
9 178 (20.87%) Observability
10 175 (20.52%) Test Automation
11 153 (17.94%) Infrastructure as Code
12 141 (16.53%) Full-Stack Development
13 138 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
14 125 (14.65%) Scrum
15 119 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
16 118 (13.83%) Technical Leadership
17 111 (13.01%) Continuous Improvement
18 105 (12.31%) Integration Patterns
19 93 (10.90%) Code Quality
20 92 (10.79%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 393 (46.07%) Java
2 249 (29.19%) Python
3 200 (23.45%) SQL
4 163 (19.11%) TypeScript
5 151 (17.70%) JavaScript
6 108 (12.66%) C#
7 31 (3.63%) Go
8 21 (2.46%) Bash
9 20 (2.34%) Ruby
10 18 (2.11%) PowerShell
11 17 (1.99%) PL/SQL
12 15 (1.76%) Kotlin
13 14 (1.64%) Shell Script
14 11 (1.29%) Bicep
15 7 (0.82%) PHP
16 5 (0.59%) Scala
16 5 (0.59%) Solidity
17 4 (0.47%) C++
17 4 (0.47%) T-SQL
18 3 (0.35%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 201 (23.56%) Security Cleared
2 179 (20.98%) SC Cleared
3 49 (5.74%) Degree
4 41 (4.81%) AWS Certification
5 34 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (3.28%) DV Cleared
7 22 (2.58%) Azure Certification
8 17 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 9 (1.06%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 8 (0.94%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.82%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (0.70%) CISSP
14 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 4 (0.47%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
15 4 (0.47%) ISTQB
15 4 (0.47%) PhD
16 3 (0.35%) GIAC
16 3 (0.35%) MBA
17 2 (0.23%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (11.61%) QA
2 23 (2.70%) Accessibility
3 20 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (2.11%) ISO 20022
5 15 (1.76%) NIST
6 14 (1.64%) SEPA
7 13 (1.52%) Data Quality
8 11 (1.29%) GDPR
9 6 (0.70%) NCSC
9 6 (0.70%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.70%) PSD2
9 6 (0.70%) SLA
10 4 (0.47%) ISO 15022
10 4 (0.47%) WCAG
11 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.35%) GRC
11 3 (0.35%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.23%) EU AI Act
12 2 (0.23%) HL7
12 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 313 (36.69%) Docker
2 5 (0.59%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.47%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.23%) Postfix
5 1 (0.12%) OpenSSH
5 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 306 (35.87%) Kubernetes
2 60 (7.03%) Grafana
3 44 (5.16%) Prometheus
4 36 (4.22%) Ansible
5 11 (1.29%) Kibana
6 9 (1.06%) Argo
6 9 (1.06%) Istio
7 7 (0.82%) Puppet
8 5 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.47%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.35%) Bosun
10 3 (0.35%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.23%) Control-M
11 2 (0.23%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.12%) ITRS Geneos
12 1 (0.12%) Packer
12 1 (0.12%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 93 (10.90%) Microsoft
2 63 (7.39%) Oracle
3 51 (5.98%) Google
4 24 (2.81%) OpenAI
5 20 (2.34%) Dynatrace
5 20 (2.34%) Splunk
6 18 (2.11%) IBM
7 16 (1.88%) Salesforce
7 16 (1.88%) SAP
8 11 (1.29%) Databricks
9 10 (1.17%) New Relic
10 8 (0.94%) Veracode
11 7 (0.82%) AppDynamics
11 7 (0.82%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.70%) Confluent
12 6 (0.70%) Solace
12 6 (0.70%) Sybase
12 6 (0.70%) Workday
13 5 (0.59%) Amplitude
13 5 (0.59%) ServiceNow