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 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 51 51
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -10
Contract jobs citing Microservices 808 577 736
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.24% 4.61% 4.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.78% 4.99% 4.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 551 394 542
10th Percentile £402 £400 £413
25th Percentile £453 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £548 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.46% -4.78% -11.54%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £695
90th Percentile £769 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -13.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 3
10th Percentile £75.00 £37.48 £45.10
25th Percentile £85.00 £41.19 £51.63
Median hourly rate £90.00 £62.25 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +44.58% -0.40% -30.56%
75th Percentile £96.88 £85.00 -
90th Percentile £97.50 £94.00 -
England median hourly rate £77.50 £55.00 £47.16
% change year-on-year +40.91% +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 16,916 11,555 15,666
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.87% 92.40% 88.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,270 7,751 11,170
10th Percentile £360 £338 £340
25th Percentile £437 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 210 314
10th Percentile £18.06 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.22 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +18.39% -29.38%
75th Percentile £59.99 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.70
England median hourly rate £47.50 £27.40 £37.63
% change year-on-year +73.36% -27.18% +4.81%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -21 82 £555 -5.13% 32
South London -17 20 £541 +9.27%
East London +5 8 £432 +72.80% 7
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 (2.60%) CMS
2 20 (2.48%) Confluence
3 18 (2.23%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.61%) Camunda
5 12 (1.49%) Ethereum
6 11 (1.36%) Hyperledger
7 10 (1.24%) Apache
8 9 (1.11%) SharePoint
9 8 (0.99%) Anypoint
10 7 (0.87%) Mule
10 7 (0.87%) nginx
11 4 (0.50%) Cloud Foundry
11 4 (0.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.37%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.25%) Apache Pulsar
13 2 (0.25%) Drupal
13 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
13 2 (0.25%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (0.62%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.37%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.12%) Maya
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.74%) Payment Gateway
1 6 (0.74%) R3 Corda
2 5 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (0.62%) Quorum
3 4 (0.50%) Distributed Ledger
3 4 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.50%) Ripple
4 3 (0.37%) Bloomberg AIM
4 3 (0.37%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.25%) Endur
5 2 (0.25%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.12%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 414 (51.24%) AWS
2 284 (35.15%) Azure
3 132 (16.34%) GCP
4 127 (15.72%) GitHub
5 103 (12.75%) Serverless
6 86 (10.64%) GitHub Actions
7 73 (9.03%) Azure DevOps
8 68 (8.42%) AWS Lambda
9 62 (7.67%) Amazon S3
10 52 (6.44%) Amazon ECS
11 47 (5.82%) Amazon EKS
12 41 (5.07%) Amazon EC2
13 39 (4.83%) Amazon SQS
14 34 (4.21%) AWS CloudFormation
15 31 (3.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 30 (3.71%) Azure AKS
17 28 (3.47%) SaaS
18 22 (2.72%) PaaS
19 20 (2.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
20 18 (2.23%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.49%) HTTP
2 6 (0.74%) DNS
2 6 (0.74%) VPN
3 5 (0.62%) Network Security
4 3 (0.37%) 3GPP
4 3 (0.37%) 5G
5 2 (0.25%) 4G
5 2 (0.25%) FTP
5 2 (0.25%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.25%) Internet
5 2 (0.25%) LTE
5 2 (0.25%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.25%) WAN
6 1 (0.12%) 5G NR
6 1 (0.12%) Firewall
6 1 (0.12%) NaaS
6 1 (0.12%) RFID
6 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.12%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (11.88%) PostgreSQL
2 85 (10.52%) NoSQL
3 56 (6.93%) MongoDB
4 47 (5.82%) SQL Server
5 40 (4.95%) Amazon RDS
6 39 (4.83%) Redis
7 37 (4.58%) Relational Database
8 34 (4.21%) DynamoDB
9 28 (3.47%) Apache Cassandra
10 23 (2.85%) MySQL
11 19 (2.35%) BigQuery
12 17 (2.10%) Amazon Aurora
13 16 (1.98%) Power BI
14 15 (1.86%) Big Data
15 11 (1.36%) Data Lake
15 11 (1.36%) Flink
16 7 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
16 7 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
16 7 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 6 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 124 (15.35%) Git
2 122 (15.10%) Jenkins
3 85 (10.52%) GitLab
4 55 (6.81%) JUnit
5 38 (4.70%) JIRA
6 36 (4.46%) Mockito
7 28 (3.47%) Gradle
8 25 (3.09%) Maven
9 22 (2.72%) Postman
10 16 (1.98%) Cucumber
11 15 (1.86%) Liquibase
12 14 (1.73%) SonarQube
13 11 (1.36%) Octopus Deploy
14 10 (1.24%) TeamCity
15 9 (1.11%) Vite
16 8 (0.99%) MSTest
16 8 (0.99%) Zephyr
17 7 (0.87%) REST Assured
17 7 (0.87%) Selenium
17 7 (0.87%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 212 (26.24%) Finance
2 180 (22.28%) Social Skills
3 132 (16.34%) Banking
4 97 (12.00%) Public Sector
5 58 (7.18%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (3.34%) Front Office
7 26 (3.22%) Investment Banking
8 20 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (2.48%) Marketing
9 17 (2.10%) Law
10 16 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (1.86%) Retail
12 13 (1.61%) Legal
13 11 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (1.36%) Retail Banking
14 9 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.74%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.62%) Local Government
16 5 (0.62%) Police
17 4 (0.50%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 262 (32.43%) Developer
2 173 (21.41%) Senior
3 141 (17.45%) Architect
4 107 (13.24%) Java Developer
5 78 (9.65%) Software Engineer
6 77 (9.53%) Lead
7 73 (9.03%) Senior Developer
8 57 (7.05%) Java Engineer
9 50 (6.19%) Solutions Architect
10 42 (5.20%) DevOps Engineer
11 36 (4.46%) Full-Stack Developer
12 34 (4.21%) Analyst
13 32 (3.96%) C# Developer
14 31 (3.84%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 31 (3.84%) Technical Architect
15 29 (3.59%) Backend Developer
15 29 (3.59%) Senior Java Developer
16 26 (3.22%) AWS Engineer
16 26 (3.22%) Senior Software Engineer
17 24 (2.97%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 220 (27.23%) Spring
2 196 (24.26%) Spring Boot
3 179 (22.15%) Kafka
4 163 (20.17%) REST
4 163 (20.17%) RESTful
5 129 (15.97%) React
6 98 (12.13%) .NET
7 79 (9.78%) Node.js
8 64 (7.92%) AngularJS
9 44 (5.45%) OAuth
10 41 (5.07%) Middleware
11 38 (4.70%) CSS
12 36 (4.46%) HTML
12 36 (4.46%) OAuth2
13 35 (4.33%) RabbitMQ
14 32 (3.96%) OpenTelemetry
15 28 (3.47%) gRPC
16 27 (3.34%) JSON
17 25 (3.09%) OpenID
18 24 (2.97%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 206 (25.50%) Cloud Native
2 180 (22.28%) Distributed Systems
3 63 (7.80%) Product Ownership
4 31 (3.84%) Legacy Systems
5 26 (3.22%) Onboarding
6 25 (3.09%) AI Agents
6 25 (3.09%) Derivative
6 25 (3.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 23 (2.85%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (2.35%) Algorithms
9 15 (1.86%) Virtual Team
10 14 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (1.73%) Fixed Income
10 14 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
11 13 (1.61%) Distributed Architecture
12 11 (1.36%) Data Structures
12 11 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.36%) Management Information System
13 10 (1.24%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 50 (6.19%) Linux
2 19 (2.35%) Unix
3 8 (0.99%) Windows
4 7 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.50%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.37%) Solaris
6 3 (0.37%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.37%) zOS
7 2 (0.25%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.25%) VMS
8 1 (0.12%) Android
8 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 464 (57.43%) CI/CD
2 340 (42.08%) DevOps
3 310 (38.37%) Agile
4 244 (30.20%) Containerisation
5 215 (26.61%) Software Engineering
6 207 (25.62%) Event-Driven
7 150 (18.56%) AI
8 147 (18.19%) Infrastructure as Code
8 147 (18.19%) Observability
9 127 (15.72%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 121 (14.98%) Test Automation
11 111 (13.74%) Problem-Solving
11 111 (13.74%) Scrum
12 110 (13.61%) Full-Stack Development
13 101 (12.50%) TDD
14 77 (9.53%) API Design
14 77 (9.53%) Continuous Improvement
14 77 (9.53%) Integration Patterns
15 74 (9.16%) Code Quality
15 74 (9.16%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 373 (46.16%) Java
2 217 (26.86%) Python
3 201 (24.88%) SQL
4 140 (17.33%) TypeScript
5 112 (13.86%) JavaScript
6 100 (12.38%) C#
7 38 (4.70%) Go
8 25 (3.09%) Ruby
9 15 (1.86%) Kotlin
10 13 (1.61%) Shell Script
11 12 (1.49%) PL/SQL
12 11 (1.36%) Bash
13 8 (0.99%) Bicep
13 8 (0.99%) PHP
14 7 (0.87%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.74%) Solidity
16 5 (0.62%) C++
16 5 (0.62%) Rust
17 4 (0.50%) PowerShell
17 4 (0.50%) Scala
Qualifications
1 180 (22.28%) Security Cleared
2 156 (19.31%) SC Cleared
3 51 (6.31%) Degree
4 38 (4.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (3.96%) AWS Certification
6 21 (2.60%) Azure Certification
7 16 (1.98%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.73%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (0.87%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 7 (0.87%) CISSP
11 7 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.50%) OSCP
13 3 (0.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.37%) CCSP
13 3 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.37%) GIAC
13 3 (0.37%) MBA
13 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (8.42%) QA
2 34 (4.21%) Accessibility
3 19 (2.35%) NIST
4 17 (2.10%) GDPR
5 15 (1.86%) ISO 20022
6 14 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.73%) PCI DSS
7 13 (1.61%) PSD2
8 11 (1.36%) SEPA
9 9 (1.11%) Data Quality
10 4 (0.50%) ISO 8583
10 4 (0.50%) SLA
10 4 (0.50%) WCAG
11 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.37%) NCSC
11 3 (0.37%) TARGET2
12 2 (0.25%) GRC
12 2 (0.25%) ISO 15022
12 2 (0.25%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 318 (39.36%) Docker
2 14 (1.73%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.50%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 3 (0.37%) Postfix
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 300 (37.13%) Kubernetes
2 116 (14.36%) Terraform
3 60 (7.43%) Grafana
4 50 (6.19%) Prometheus
5 23 (2.85%) Ansible
6 14 (1.73%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (1.24%) Istio
8 9 (1.11%) Argo
8 9 (1.11%) Kibana
9 7 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.62%) Puppet
11 4 (0.50%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.25%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.25%) Rancher
13 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
13 1 (0.12%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.12%) linkerd
13 1 (0.12%) Opsgenie
13 1 (0.12%) Packer
13 1 (0.12%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 79 (9.78%) Microsoft
2 48 (5.94%) Oracle
3 28 (3.47%) Google
4 23 (2.85%) OpenAI
5 19 (2.35%) Dynatrace
6 15 (1.86%) IBM
6 15 (1.86%) Splunk
7 11 (1.36%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.36%) Sybase
8 10 (1.24%) MuleSoft
9 9 (1.11%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.11%) Software AG
10 7 (0.87%) Confluent
10 7 (0.87%) SAP
11 6 (0.74%) Atlassian
11 6 (0.74%) Red Hat
11 6 (0.74%) Solace
12 4 (0.50%) AppDynamics
12 4 (0.50%) Jaspersoft
12 4 (0.50%) Rapid7