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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 48 49
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing Microservices 843 675 699
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.20% 4.96% 4.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.72% 5.38% 4.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 575 472 506
10th Percentile £408 £391 £405
25th Percentile £463 £455 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £786 £775
England median daily rate £538 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.38% -4.55% -12.70%
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 £67.22 £67.00 £43.69
% change year-on-year +0.33% +53.35% -39.74%

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 17,865 12,538 14,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.00% 92.17% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,797 8,407 10,335
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -0.94% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £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 295 245 209
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.94 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £30.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.33% -11.76% -18.07%
75th Percentile £56.63 £49.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.38
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -39.40% -2.35%

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 31 July 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 31 July 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 -10 98 £555 -5.13% 62
South London -19 22 £550 +3.77% 3
East London +4 9 £432 +12.21% 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 28 (3.32%) CMS
2 24 (2.85%) Confluence
3 20 (2.37%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.19%) Apache
4 10 (1.19%) Camunda
4 10 (1.19%) SharePoint
5 8 (0.95%) nginx
6 6 (0.71%) Ethereum
7 5 (0.59%) Hyperledger
8 4 (0.47%) Cloud Foundry
8 4 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.36%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.36%) Apache Pulsar
9 3 (0.36%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.36%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.36%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.24%) Mule
11 1 (0.12%) Appian
Applications
1 4 (0.47%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.12%) Maya
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
1 7 (0.83%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (0.59%) Quorum
2 5 (0.59%) R3 Corda
3 4 (0.47%) Distributed Ledger
3 4 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.47%) Ripple
4 3 (0.36%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.24%) Bloomberg AIM
5 2 (0.24%) Endur
5 2 (0.24%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.12%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 420 (49.82%) AWS
2 316 (37.49%) Azure
3 157 (18.62%) GCP
4 151 (17.91%) GitHub
5 113 (13.40%) Serverless
6 92 (10.91%) GitHub Actions
7 88 (10.44%) Azure DevOps
8 61 (7.24%) AWS Lambda
9 60 (7.12%) Amazon EKS
10 52 (6.17%) Amazon S3
11 50 (5.93%) Amazon ECS
12 45 (5.34%) Amazon SQS
13 35 (4.15%) Amazon EC2
14 31 (3.68%) Azure AKS
15 25 (2.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 25 (2.97%) OpenShift
16 24 (2.85%) AWS CloudFormation
17 22 (2.61%) SaaS
18 21 (2.49%) Azure Functions
18 21 (2.49%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.83%) VPN
2 6 (0.71%) HTTP
2 6 (0.71%) Network Security
3 3 (0.36%) DNS
4 2 (0.24%) 3GPP
4 2 (0.24%) 4G
4 2 (0.24%) 5G
4 2 (0.24%) Firewall
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%) 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
1 101 (11.98%) PostgreSQL
2 80 (9.49%) NoSQL
3 52 (6.17%) MongoDB
3 52 (6.17%) SQL Server
4 41 (4.86%) Relational Database
5 31 (3.68%) DynamoDB
6 30 (3.56%) Redis
7 28 (3.32%) Amazon RDS
8 22 (2.61%) MySQL
9 21 (2.49%) Power BI
10 17 (2.02%) Big Data
11 16 (1.90%) BigQuery
12 14 (1.66%) Apache Cassandra
13 13 (1.54%) Amazon Aurora
14 12 (1.42%) Data Lake
15 11 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
15 11 (1.30%) Flink
16 9 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
17 7 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
17 7 (0.83%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 141 (16.73%) Git
2 133 (15.78%) Jenkins
3 84 (9.96%) GitLab
4 52 (6.17%) JUnit
5 36 (4.27%) Mockito
6 35 (4.15%) JIRA
7 34 (4.03%) Gradle
8 33 (3.91%) Maven
9 24 (2.85%) Postman
10 20 (2.37%) Cypress.io
11 19 (2.25%) SonarQube
12 16 (1.90%) Liquibase
13 14 (1.66%) Cucumber
13 14 (1.66%) JMeter
14 12 (1.42%) Selenium
15 11 (1.30%) REST Assured
15 11 (1.30%) TeamCity
16 10 (1.19%) Octopus Deploy
16 10 (1.19%) Vite
17 8 (0.95%) Bitbucket
General
1 239 (28.35%) Finance
2 206 (24.44%) Social Skills
3 130 (15.42%) Banking
4 105 (12.46%) Public Sector
5 75 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (3.32%) Front Office
7 27 (3.20%) Investment Banking
8 24 (2.85%) Marketing
9 22 (2.61%) Retail
10 21 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
11 19 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 17 (2.02%) Law
13 12 (1.42%) Billing
13 12 (1.42%) Retail Banking
14 11 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (1.30%) Legal
15 8 (0.95%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.59%) Police
17 5 (0.59%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 280 (33.21%) Developer
2 177 (21.00%) Senior
3 162 (19.22%) Architect
4 116 (13.76%) Java Developer
5 78 (9.25%) Lead
5 78 (9.25%) Software Engineer
6 75 (8.90%) Senior Developer
7 57 (6.76%) Solutions Architect
8 45 (5.34%) Full-Stack Developer
9 43 (5.10%) Java Engineer
10 40 (4.74%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 36 (4.27%) DevOps Engineer
12 35 (4.15%) Senior Java Developer
13 34 (4.03%) Analyst
14 33 (3.91%) Technical Architect
15 32 (3.80%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 29 (3.44%) Senior Software Engineer
17 27 (3.20%) .NET Developer
17 27 (3.20%) AWS Engineer
17 27 (3.20%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 213 (25.27%) Spring
2 193 (22.89%) REST
3 188 (22.30%) Spring Boot
4 182 (21.59%) Kafka
5 163 (19.34%) RESTful
6 153 (18.15%) React
7 108 (12.81%) .NET
8 95 (11.27%) Node.js
9 59 (7.00%) AngularJS
10 53 (6.29%) CSS
11 50 (5.93%) HTML
12 42 (4.98%) OAuth
13 40 (4.74%) RabbitMQ
14 37 (4.39%) OAuth2
15 32 (3.80%) JSON
16 31 (3.68%) .NET Core
17 28 (3.32%) LangChain
18 27 (3.20%) OpenTelemetry
18 27 (3.20%) Playwright
19 26 (3.08%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 240 (28.47%) Cloud Native
2 210 (24.91%) Distributed Systems
3 78 (9.25%) Product Ownership
4 40 (4.74%) Legacy Systems
5 34 (4.03%) AI Agents
6 32 (3.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 30 (3.56%) Onboarding
8 27 (3.20%) Algorithms
9 26 (3.08%) Derivative
10 24 (2.85%) Enterprise Software
11 23 (2.73%) Greenfield Project
12 19 (2.25%) Data Structures
13 18 (2.14%) Virtual Team
14 17 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
15 16 (1.90%) Distributed Architecture
16 15 (1.78%) Fixed Income
17 14 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
18 11 (1.30%) Public Cloud
19 10 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
20 9 (1.07%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.34%) Linux
2 20 (2.37%) Unix
3 10 (1.19%) Windows
4 7 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.47%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.36%) Solaris
6 3 (0.36%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.24%) VMS
8 1 (0.12%) Android
8 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 516 (61.21%) CI/CD
2 373 (44.25%) DevOps
3 348 (41.28%) Agile
4 271 (32.15%) Containerisation
5 256 (30.37%) Event-Driven
6 227 (26.93%) Software Engineering
7 187 (22.18%) AI
8 173 (20.52%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 166 (19.69%) Observability
10 159 (18.86%) Test Automation
11 144 (17.08%) Infrastructure as Code
12 137 (16.25%) Full-Stack Development
13 129 (15.30%) Problem-Solving
14 125 (14.83%) Scrum
15 102 (12.10%) Continuous Improvement
16 100 (11.86%) TDD
17 98 (11.63%) Technical Leadership
18 91 (10.79%) Code Quality
19 90 (10.68%) Integration Patterns
20 84 (9.96%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 372 (44.13%) Java
2 232 (27.52%) Python
3 203 (24.08%) SQL
4 164 (19.45%) TypeScript
5 134 (15.90%) JavaScript
6 111 (13.17%) C#
7 34 (4.03%) Go
8 24 (2.85%) Ruby
9 19 (2.25%) Kotlin
10 16 (1.90%) PL/SQL
11 15 (1.78%) Bash
12 14 (1.66%) Shell Script
13 12 (1.42%) Bicep
14 8 (0.95%) PowerShell
15 7 (0.83%) PHP
15 7 (0.83%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.71%) Scala
17 5 (0.59%) C++
17 5 (0.59%) Solidity
18 3 (0.36%) Rust
Qualifications
1 185 (21.95%) Security Cleared
2 162 (19.22%) SC Cleared
3 49 (5.81%) Degree
4 38 (4.51%) AWS Certification
5 34 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (3.08%) Azure Certification
7 20 (2.37%) DV Cleared
8 14 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 10 (1.19%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 8 (0.95%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (0.71%) CISSP
14 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 4 (0.47%) PhD
16 3 (0.36%) GIAC
16 3 (0.36%) MBA
17 2 (0.24%) AWS Certified Developer
17 2 (0.24%) OSCP
18 1 (0.12%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (9.49%) QA
2 33 (3.91%) Accessibility
3 18 (2.14%) ISO 20022
4 15 (1.78%) SEPA
5 14 (1.66%) GDPR
5 14 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.66%) NIST
6 11 (1.30%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.07%) PSD2
8 8 (0.95%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.47%) WCAG
10 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.36%) GRC
10 3 (0.36%) ISO 15022
10 3 (0.36%) NCSC
11 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.24%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.24%) SLA
11 2 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 316 (37.49%) Docker
2 7 (0.83%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.47%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 3 (0.36%) Postfix
5 1 (0.12%) OpenSSH
5 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 306 (36.30%) Kubernetes
2 116 (13.76%) Terraform
3 59 (7.00%) Grafana
4 47 (5.58%) Prometheus
5 30 (3.56%) Ansible
6 11 (1.30%) Kibana
7 8 (0.95%) Argo
7 8 (0.95%) Istio
7 8 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.83%) Puppet
9 4 (0.47%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.36%) Bosun
10 3 (0.36%) 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 90 (10.68%) Microsoft
2 56 (6.64%) Oracle
3 41 (4.86%) Google
4 27 (3.20%) OpenAI
5 18 (2.14%) Dynatrace
6 16 (1.90%) IBM
7 15 (1.78%) Splunk
8 14 (1.66%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.19%) New Relic
10 9 (1.07%) SAP
10 9 (1.07%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.07%) Solace
10 9 (1.07%) Sybase
11 6 (0.71%) AppDynamics
11 6 (0.71%) Confluent
11 6 (0.71%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.59%) Amplitude
12 5 (0.59%) Atlassian
12 5 (0.59%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.59%) Workday