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 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 48 52
Rank change year-on-year -8 +4 -6
Contract jobs citing Microservices 847 679 690
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.19% 5.01% 4.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.71% 5.42% 4.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 574 471 502
10th Percentile £405 £390 £413
25th Percentile £463 £455 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
England median daily rate £530 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +0.95% -4.55% -12.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 2
10th Percentile - £38.30 £40.59
25th Percentile £92.50 £43.25 £40.62
Median hourly rate £95.00 £80.00 £41.33
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% +93.58% -44.90%
75th Percentile £97.50 £87.50 £42.12
90th Percentile - £95.00 £42.20
England median hourly rate £65.00 £67.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -2.99% +61.45% -42.76%

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 18,001 12,519 14,410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.11% 92.32% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,856 8,363 10,133
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% -1.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £662 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 250 198
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £17.01
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.00 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +19.03% -14.89% -14.11%
75th Percentile £57.00 £49.31 £54.69
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.03 £71.44
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -

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 7 August 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 7 August 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 -9 99 £555 -3.48% 76
South London -19 25 £550 +3.77% 2
East London +3 9 £432 +12.21% 4
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 28 (3.31%) CMS
2 24 (2.83%) Confluence
3 20 (2.36%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.42%) Camunda
5 10 (1.18%) Apache
5 10 (1.18%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.94%) nginx
7 6 (0.71%) Ethereum
8 5 (0.59%) Hyperledger
9 4 (0.47%) Cloud Foundry
9 4 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.35%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.35%) Apache Pulsar
10 3 (0.35%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.35%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.35%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.24%) Mule
12 1 (0.12%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 5 (0.59%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.12%) Maya
2 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (0.71%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.59%) Quorum
3 5 (0.59%) R3 Corda
4 4 (0.47%) Distributed Ledger
4 4 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.47%) Ripple
5 3 (0.35%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.24%) Endur
6 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.12%) Bloomberg AIM
7 1 (0.12%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.12%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 420 (49.59%) AWS
2 318 (37.54%) Azure
3 159 (18.77%) GCP
4 155 (18.30%) GitHub
5 110 (12.99%) Serverless
6 96 (11.33%) GitHub Actions
7 91 (10.74%) Azure DevOps
8 61 (7.20%) Amazon EKS
9 60 (7.08%) AWS Lambda
10 52 (6.14%) Amazon S3
11 50 (5.90%) Amazon ECS
12 44 (5.19%) Amazon SQS
13 36 (4.25%) Amazon EC2
14 31 (3.66%) Azure AKS
15 26 (3.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 25 (2.95%) AWS CloudFormation
16 25 (2.95%) OpenShift
17 22 (2.60%) Power Platform
18 21 (2.48%) Azure Functions
18 21 (2.48%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.83%) VPN
2 6 (0.71%) HTTP
2 6 (0.71%) Network Security
3 3 (0.35%) DNS
4 2 (0.24%) 3GPP
4 2 (0.24%) 4G
4 2 (0.24%) 5G
4 2 (0.24%) FTP
4 2 (0.24%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.24%) Internet
4 2 (0.24%) LTE
4 2 (0.24%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (0.24%) WAN
5 1 (0.12%) Firewall
5 1 (0.12%) MPLS
5 1 (0.12%) NaaS
5 1 (0.12%) RFID
5 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.12%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (11.45%) PostgreSQL
2 80 (9.45%) NoSQL
3 51 (6.02%) MongoDB
4 50 (5.90%) SQL Server
5 38 (4.49%) Relational Database
6 29 (3.42%) Amazon RDS
6 29 (3.42%) DynamoDB
6 29 (3.42%) Redis
7 22 (2.60%) Power BI
8 21 (2.48%) MySQL
9 17 (2.01%) Big Data
9 17 (2.01%) BigQuery
10 13 (1.53%) Amazon Aurora
10 13 (1.53%) Apache Cassandra
10 13 (1.53%) Data Lake
11 11 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
11 11 (1.30%) Flink
12 9 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
13 8 (0.94%) Pinecone
14 7 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 143 (16.88%) Git
2 135 (15.94%) Jenkins
3 87 (10.27%) GitLab
4 51 (6.02%) JUnit
5 36 (4.25%) Mockito
6 35 (4.13%) JIRA
7 34 (4.01%) Gradle
8 33 (3.90%) Maven
9 25 (2.95%) Postman
10 22 (2.60%) Cypress.io
11 21 (2.48%) SonarQube
12 16 (1.89%) Liquibase
13 15 (1.77%) JMeter
14 12 (1.42%) Cucumber
14 12 (1.42%) Selenium
15 10 (1.18%) Octopus Deploy
15 10 (1.18%) TeamCity
15 10 (1.18%) Vite
16 9 (1.06%) Gatling
17 8 (0.94%) Bitbucket
General
1 234 (27.63%) Finance
2 206 (24.32%) Social Skills
3 131 (15.47%) Banking
4 103 (12.16%) Public Sector
5 76 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (3.31%) Front Office
7 27 (3.19%) Investment Banking
8 24 (2.83%) Marketing
9 22 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
9 22 (2.60%) Retail
10 21 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (1.89%) Law
12 13 (1.53%) Retail Banking
13 12 (1.42%) Billing
14 10 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (1.18%) Legal
15 8 (0.94%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.71%) Local Government
16 6 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.71%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 279 (32.94%) Developer
2 177 (20.90%) Senior
3 166 (19.60%) Architect
4 114 (13.46%) Java Developer
5 78 (9.21%) Lead
5 78 (9.21%) Software Engineer
6 75 (8.85%) Senior Developer
7 57 (6.73%) Solutions Architect
8 45 (5.31%) Java Engineer
9 44 (5.19%) Full-Stack Developer
10 39 (4.60%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 36 (4.25%) DevOps Engineer
11 36 (4.25%) Senior Java Developer
12 34 (4.01%) Analyst
12 34 (4.01%) Technical Architect
13 33 (3.90%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 27 (3.19%) .NET Developer
14 27 (3.19%) AWS Engineer
14 27 (3.19%) C# Developer
14 27 (3.19%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 215 (25.38%) Spring
2 198 (23.38%) REST
3 187 (22.08%) Spring Boot
4 180 (21.25%) Kafka
5 162 (19.13%) RESTful
6 149 (17.59%) React
7 109 (12.87%) .NET
8 91 (10.74%) Node.js
9 56 (6.61%) AngularJS
10 52 (6.14%) CSS
11 49 (5.79%) HTML
12 43 (5.08%) OAuth
12 43 (5.08%) RabbitMQ
13 37 (4.37%) OAuth2
14 33 (3.90%) JSON
15 31 (3.66%) .NET Core
16 29 (3.42%) LangChain
17 28 (3.31%) JWT
17 28 (3.31%) Playwright
18 26 (3.07%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 242 (28.57%) Cloud Native
2 206 (24.32%) Distributed Systems
3 78 (9.21%) Product Ownership
4 40 (4.72%) Legacy Systems
5 33 (3.90%) AI Agents
5 33 (3.90%) Onboarding
6 30 (3.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 27 (3.19%) Derivative
8 26 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
9 22 (2.60%) Algorithms
9 22 (2.60%) Greenfield Project
10 18 (2.13%) Data Structures
10 18 (2.13%) Virtual Team
11 15 (1.77%) Distributed Architecture
11 15 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
12 14 (1.65%) Fixed Income
13 10 (1.18%) Public Cloud
14 9 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
14 9 (1.06%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.31%) Linux
2 20 (2.36%) Unix
3 10 (1.18%) Windows
4 7 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.47%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.35%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.35%) Solaris
6 3 (0.35%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.24%) VMS
8 1 (0.12%) Android
8 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 518 (61.16%) CI/CD
2 381 (44.98%) DevOps
3 344 (40.61%) Agile
4 271 (32.00%) Containerisation
5 257 (30.34%) Event-Driven
6 226 (26.68%) Software Engineering
7 190 (22.43%) AI
8 171 (20.19%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 167 (19.72%) Observability
10 160 (18.89%) Test Automation
11 145 (17.12%) Infrastructure as Code
12 136 (16.06%) Full-Stack Development
13 126 (14.88%) Problem-Solving
14 122 (14.40%) Scrum
15 101 (11.92%) Continuous Improvement
16 100 (11.81%) Technical Leadership
17 99 (11.69%) TDD
18 94 (11.10%) Integration Patterns
19 91 (10.74%) Code Quality
20 86 (10.15%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 370 (43.68%) Java
2 236 (27.86%) Python
3 202 (23.85%) SQL
4 161 (19.01%) TypeScript
5 139 (16.41%) JavaScript
6 113 (13.34%) C#
7 32 (3.78%) Go
8 24 (2.83%) Ruby
9 18 (2.13%) PL/SQL
10 17 (2.01%) Kotlin
11 15 (1.77%) Bash
12 14 (1.65%) Shell Script
13 12 (1.42%) Bicep
14 11 (1.30%) PowerShell
15 7 (0.83%) PHP
16 6 (0.71%) C++
16 6 (0.71%) Scala
16 6 (0.71%) T-SQL
17 5 (0.59%) Solidity
18 3 (0.35%) Rust
Qualifications
1 193 (22.79%) Security Cleared
2 169 (19.95%) SC Cleared
3 46 (5.43%) Degree
4 39 (4.60%) AWS Certification
5 32 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (3.19%) Azure Certification
7 20 (2.36%) DV Cleared
8 15 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 10 (1.18%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 9 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (0.83%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.71%) CISSP
14 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 4 (0.47%) PhD
16 3 (0.35%) GIAC
16 3 (0.35%) MBA
17 2 (0.24%) AWS Certified Developer
17 2 (0.24%) OSCP
18 1 (0.12%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (9.80%) QA
2 30 (3.54%) Accessibility
3 18 (2.13%) ISO 20022
4 16 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.77%) SEPA
6 13 (1.53%) GDPR
6 13 (1.53%) NIST
7 11 (1.30%) Data Quality
8 9 (1.06%) PSD2
9 7 (0.83%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.47%) SLA
10 4 (0.47%) WCAG
11 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.35%) GRC
11 3 (0.35%) ISO 15022
11 3 (0.35%) NCSC
12 2 (0.24%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 319 (37.66%) Docker
2 6 (0.71%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.47%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 3 (0.35%) Postfix
5 1 (0.12%) OpenSSH
5 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 308 (36.36%) Kubernetes
2 119 (14.05%) Terraform
3 55 (6.49%) Grafana
4 44 (5.19%) Prometheus
5 30 (3.54%) Ansible
6 9 (1.06%) Kibana
7 8 (0.94%) Argo
7 8 (0.94%) Istio
7 8 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.83%) Puppet
9 4 (0.47%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.35%) Bosun
10 3 (0.35%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.24%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.24%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.24%) Rancher
12 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
12 1 (0.12%) linkerd
12 1 (0.12%) Packer
12 1 (0.12%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 91 (10.74%) Microsoft
2 57 (6.73%) Oracle
3 42 (4.96%) Google
4 27 (3.19%) OpenAI
5 17 (2.01%) Dynatrace
6 16 (1.89%) IBM
7 14 (1.65%) Salesforce
7 14 (1.65%) Splunk
8 11 (1.30%) SAP
9 10 (1.18%) New Relic
9 10 (1.18%) ServiceNow
10 8 (0.94%) Sybase
11 7 (0.83%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.83%) Solace
12 6 (0.71%) Confluent
13 5 (0.59%) Amplitude
13 5 (0.59%) AppDynamics
13 5 (0.59%) Veracode
13 5 (0.59%) Workday
14 4 (0.47%) Jaspersoft