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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 55 55
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 -16
Contract jobs citing Microservices 772 524 683
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.22% 4.34% 3.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.77% 4.70% 4.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 529 365 504
10th Percentile £400 £400 £419
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 £734 £688
90th Percentile £775 £813 £775
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -12.70%
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% -30.56%
75th Percentile £95.00 £72.88 -
90th Percentile £96.50 £89.15 -
England median hourly rate £76.00 £55.00 £47.16
% change year-on-year +38.18% +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 16,181 11,140 15,429
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.43% 92.20% 88.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,808 7,503 11,081
10th Percentile £358 £350 £338
25th Percentile £435 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £762 £800 £800
England median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 182 312
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.76 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £30.90 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +20.54% +10.68% -29.54%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.68 £63.23 £66.98
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +60.71% -23.29% -2.67%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -21 79 £555 -5.13% 44
South London -17 21 £541 +11.52% 2
East London +1 8 £432 +72.80% 4
West London -33 3 £509 +7.16% 5
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 20 (2.59%) Confluence
2 17 (2.20%) CMS
3 16 (2.07%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.68%) Camunda
5 11 (1.42%) Apache
6 9 (1.17%) Ethereum
7 8 (1.04%) Hyperledger
8 5 (0.65%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.65%) Mule
8 5 (0.65%) nginx
9 4 (0.52%) Cloud Foundry
9 4 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.39%) SharePoint
10 3 (0.39%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.26%) Drupal
11 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.26%) WordPress
12 1 (0.13%) Apache Pulsar
12 1 (0.13%) Solana
Applications
1 5 (0.65%) 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%) Distributed Ledger
1 4 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.39%) Bloomberg AIM
2 3 (0.39%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.39%) R3 Corda
3 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.26%) Quorum
3 2 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.13%) Endur
4 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.13%) Ripple
4 1 (0.13%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 390 (50.52%) AWS
2 266 (34.46%) Azure
3 129 (16.71%) GCP
4 116 (15.03%) GitHub
5 105 (13.60%) Serverless
6 76 (9.84%) GitHub Actions
7 69 (8.94%) Azure DevOps
8 67 (8.68%) AWS Lambda
9 57 (7.38%) Amazon S3
10 43 (5.57%) Amazon ECS
11 40 (5.18%) Amazon EC2
12 33 (4.27%) AWS CloudFormation
13 32 (4.15%) Amazon EKS
14 30 (3.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 30 (3.89%) Azure AKS
14 30 (3.89%) SaaS
15 29 (3.76%) Amazon SQS
16 24 (3.11%) PaaS
17 21 (2.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 19 (2.46%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.42%) HTTP
2 6 (0.78%) DNS
3 4 (0.52%) VPN
4 3 (0.39%) 3GPP
4 3 (0.39%) 5G
5 2 (0.26%) 4G
5 2 (0.26%) Internet
5 2 (0.26%) LTE
5 2 (0.26%) Network Security
5 2 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.26%) SSL
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 88 (11.40%) PostgreSQL
2 82 (10.62%) NoSQL
3 55 (7.12%) MongoDB
4 44 (5.70%) SQL Server
5 37 (4.79%) Relational Database
6 36 (4.66%) DynamoDB
7 34 (4.40%) Amazon RDS
8 33 (4.27%) Apache Cassandra
8 33 (4.27%) Redis
9 24 (3.11%) BigQuery
9 24 (3.11%) MySQL
10 19 (2.46%) Amazon Aurora
11 11 (1.42%) Big Data
11 11 (1.42%) Flink
11 11 (1.42%) Power BI
12 10 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (1.17%) Data Lake
14 8 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
14 8 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
15 7 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 114 (14.77%) Git
2 108 (13.99%) Jenkins
3 72 (9.33%) GitLab
4 49 (6.35%) JUnit
5 39 (5.05%) JIRA
6 34 (4.40%) Mockito
7 22 (2.85%) Gradle
8 21 (2.72%) Maven
9 19 (2.46%) Postman
10 17 (2.20%) Cucumber
11 13 (1.68%) Liquibase
11 13 (1.68%) SonarQube
12 10 (1.30%) Octopus Deploy
12 10 (1.30%) TeamCity
13 9 (1.17%) Zephyr
14 7 (0.91%) Gatling
14 7 (0.91%) JMeter
14 7 (0.91%) MSTest
14 7 (0.91%) Selenium
14 7 (0.91%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 195 (25.26%) Finance
2 172 (22.28%) Social Skills
3 125 (16.19%) Banking
4 84 (10.88%) Public Sector
5 54 (6.99%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (3.24%) Front Office
7 23 (2.98%) Investment Banking
8 17 (2.20%) Marketing
8 17 (2.20%) Retail
9 16 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (1.68%) Legal
11 13 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.17%) Law
13 8 (1.04%) Retail Banking
14 6 (0.78%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.65%) Police
16 4 (0.52%) Billing
16 4 (0.52%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 267 (34.59%) Developer
2 164 (21.24%) Senior
3 135 (17.49%) Architect
4 102 (13.21%) Java Developer
5 75 (9.72%) Senior Developer
6 67 (8.68%) Software Engineer
7 65 (8.42%) Lead
8 50 (6.48%) Java Engineer
9 46 (5.96%) Solutions Architect
10 38 (4.92%) DevOps Engineer
11 34 (4.40%) Full-Stack Developer
11 34 (4.40%) Technical Architect
12 32 (4.15%) C# Developer
13 31 (4.02%) Analyst
13 31 (4.02%) Backend Developer
14 29 (3.76%) Senior Java Developer
15 27 (3.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 22 (2.85%) AWS Engineer
16 22 (2.85%) Python Developer
17 21 (2.72%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 211 (27.33%) Spring
2 192 (24.87%) Spring Boot
3 173 (22.41%) Kafka
4 158 (20.47%) RESTful
5 136 (17.62%) REST
6 122 (15.80%) React
7 95 (12.31%) .NET
8 81 (10.49%) Node.js
9 72 (9.33%) AngularJS
10 45 (5.83%) Middleware
11 39 (5.05%) OAuth
12 35 (4.53%) CSS
13 34 (4.40%) OpenTelemetry
14 32 (4.15%) HTML
15 31 (4.02%) OAuth2
16 30 (3.89%) gRPC
17 29 (3.76%) RabbitMQ
18 25 (3.24%) Web Services
19 24 (3.11%) JSON
19 24 (3.11%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 176 (22.80%) Cloud Native
2 162 (20.98%) Distributed Systems
3 55 (7.12%) Product Ownership
4 27 (3.50%) Legacy Systems
4 27 (3.50%) Onboarding
5 23 (2.98%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (2.85%) AI Agents
7 20 (2.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 19 (2.46%) Derivative
9 18 (2.33%) Algorithms
10 13 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
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 (1.30%) Fixed Income
13 10 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (1.30%) Virtual Team
14 9 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 46 (5.96%) Linux
2 17 (2.20%) Unix
3 9 (1.17%) Windows
4 6 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.52%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.39%) Solaris
6 3 (0.39%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.39%) zOS
7 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.26%) VMS
8 1 (0.13%) Android
8 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (55.31%) CI/CD
2 319 (41.32%) DevOps
3 282 (36.53%) Agile
4 232 (30.05%) Containerisation
5 199 (25.78%) Software Engineering
6 176 (22.80%) Event-Driven
7 144 (18.65%) Infrastructure as Code
8 139 (18.01%) Observability
9 134 (17.36%) AI
10 113 (14.64%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 105 (13.60%) Test Automation
12 104 (13.47%) Problem-Solving
13 98 (12.69%) Full-Stack Development
13 98 (12.69%) Scrum
14 94 (12.18%) TDD
15 74 (9.59%) Code Quality
16 69 (8.94%) API Design
16 69 (8.94%) Continuous Improvement
17 67 (8.68%) Migration
18 64 (8.29%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 342 (44.30%) Java
2 203 (26.30%) SQL
3 192 (24.87%) Python
4 117 (15.16%) TypeScript
5 100 (12.95%) JavaScript
6 91 (11.79%) C#
7 40 (5.18%) Go
8 23 (2.98%) Ruby
9 15 (1.94%) Bicep
9 15 (1.94%) Shell Script
10 12 (1.55%) Kotlin
11 10 (1.30%) Bash
11 10 (1.30%) PL/SQL
12 8 (1.04%) PHP
13 6 (0.78%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.65%) PowerShell
14 5 (0.65%) Scala
15 4 (0.52%) C++
16 3 (0.39%) RPG
16 3 (0.39%) Rust
Qualifications
1 170 (22.02%) Security Cleared
2 146 (18.91%) SC Cleared
3 56 (7.25%) Degree
4 42 (5.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (3.24%) AWS Certification
6 20 (2.59%) Master's Degree
7 19 (2.46%) Azure Certification
8 14 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (0.91%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (0.65%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 5 (0.65%) CISSP
13 4 (0.52%) OSCP
14 3 (0.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (0.39%) AWS Certified Developer
14 3 (0.39%) CCSP
14 3 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.39%) MBA
14 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (7.90%) QA
2 26 (3.37%) Accessibility
3 16 (2.07%) GDPR
4 15 (1.94%) ISO 20022
4 15 (1.94%) NIST
5 12 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.55%) PCI DSS
5 12 (1.55%) PSD2
6 10 (1.30%) SEPA
7 8 (1.04%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.65%) SLA
9 4 (0.52%) ISO 8583
10 3 (0.39%) TARGET2
10 3 (0.39%) WCAG
11 2 (0.26%) HL7
11 2 (0.26%) ISO 15022
11 2 (0.26%) NCSC
11 2 (0.26%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.13%) GRC
System Software
1 310 (40.16%) Docker
2 14 (1.81%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.39%) Postfix
4 2 (0.26%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.13%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 290 (37.56%) Kubernetes
2 106 (13.73%) Terraform
3 57 (7.38%) Grafana
4 48 (6.22%) Prometheus
5 15 (1.94%) Ansible
5 15 (1.94%) Istio
6 14 (1.81%) Argo
7 13 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (1.04%) Kibana
9 7 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (0.78%) Puppet
11 3 (0.39%) Opsgenie
12 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.26%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.26%) Rancher
13 1 (0.13%) Amdocs OSS
13 1 (0.13%) Knative
13 1 (0.13%) linkerd
13 1 (0.13%) Packer
13 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 71 (9.20%) Microsoft
2 41 (5.31%) Oracle
3 28 (3.63%) Google
4 22 (2.85%) OpenAI
5 18 (2.33%) Dynatrace
6 15 (1.94%) Splunk
7 14 (1.81%) IBM
8 11 (1.42%) Software AG
9 9 (1.17%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.17%) Sybase
10 8 (1.04%) Confluent
11 7 (0.91%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.91%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.78%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.78%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.65%) SAP
13 5 (0.65%) Solace
14 4 (0.52%) AppDynamics
14 4 (0.52%) Jaspersoft
14 4 (0.52%) New Relic