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 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 60 64
Rank change year-on-year +9 +4 -28
Contract jobs citing Microservices 683 504 619
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.58% 3.67% 3.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.04% 4.06% 3.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 328 462
10th Percentile £375 £413 £413
25th Percentile £430 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £598 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.21% +3.91% -11.54%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £688
90th Percentile £750 £825 £775
England median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 2
10th Percentile £65.80 £36.03 -
25th Percentile £68.25 £36.44 -
Median hourly rate £85.00 £37.75 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +125.17% -39.60% -
75th Percentile £90.00 £38.94 -
90th Percentile £95.00 £39.28 -
England median hourly rate £74.26 £32.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +132.06% -48.80% -14.38%

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 13,562 12,418 16,381
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.85% 90.52% 88.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,022 7,884 11,754
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 154 346
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.08 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.04 £25.48 £19.10
Median hourly rate £34.00 £36.65 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.23% +22.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £55.75 £53.75 £51.50
90th Percentile £70.25 £79.63 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -1.41% +2.66%

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 6 February 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 6 February 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 6 February 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 -5 74 £525 -10.26% 85
South London -1 21 £537 +13.05% 5
West London -20 7 £550 +34.47% 9
East London +3 4 £563 -3.85% 6
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 33 (4.83%) Confluence
2 14 (2.05%) Apache
3 8 (1.17%) Camunda
4 6 (0.88%) Anypoint
4 6 (0.88%) CMS
4 6 (0.88%) Ethereum
4 6 (0.88%) Hyperledger
4 6 (0.88%) Jupyter
4 6 (0.88%) Palantir Foundry
5 5 (0.73%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.73%) Mule
6 3 (0.44%) Cloud Foundry
6 3 (0.44%) Drupal
6 3 (0.44%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.44%) WordPress
7 2 (0.29%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.29%) nginx
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.15%) Traefik
Applications
1 8 (1.17%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.44%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.44%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.59%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.44%) Aladdin
2 3 (0.44%) Bloomberg AIM
2 3 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.15%) Endur
3 1 (0.15%) Magento
3 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.15%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.15%) Shopify
3 1 (0.15%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 352 (51.54%) AWS
2 240 (35.14%) Azure
3 120 (17.57%) Serverless
4 111 (16.25%) GCP
5 108 (15.81%) GitHub
6 76 (11.13%) Azure DevOps
7 71 (10.40%) AWS Lambda
8 59 (8.64%) GitHub Actions
9 58 (8.49%) Amazon ECS
10 55 (8.05%) Amazon S3
11 44 (6.44%) Azure AKS
12 37 (5.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 37 (5.42%) Amazon EC2
12 37 (5.42%) Amazon EKS
13 35 (5.12%) AWS CloudFormation
14 27 (3.95%) Entra ID
14 27 (3.95%) SaaS
15 25 (3.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 24 (3.51%) Azure Functions
17 22 (3.22%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.32%) HTTP
2 7 (1.02%) Network Security
3 6 (0.88%) DNS
4 5 (0.73%) SSL
5 4 (0.59%) Firewall
6 2 (0.29%) S/MIME
7 1 (0.15%) 3GPP
7 1 (0.15%) 5G
7 1 (0.15%) 5G NR
7 1 (0.15%) Multicast
7 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.15%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.15%) VPN
7 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (11.27%) NoSQL
2 70 (10.25%) PostgreSQL
3 63 (9.22%) MongoDB
4 53 (7.76%) SQL Server
5 47 (6.88%) Apache Cassandra
6 44 (6.44%) Relational Database
7 33 (4.83%) Amazon RDS
8 32 (4.69%) MySQL
9 30 (4.39%) Redis
10 27 (3.95%) DynamoDB
11 19 (2.78%) Big Data
12 18 (2.64%) Hadoop
13 16 (2.34%) Azure SQL Database
14 14 (2.05%) BigQuery
15 11 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
16 9 (1.32%) DB2
17 8 (1.17%) Amazon Aurora
18 7 (1.02%) Data Lake
18 7 (1.02%) DocumentDB
18 7 (1.02%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 93 (13.62%) Git
2 91 (13.32%) Jenkins
3 65 (9.52%) GitLab
4 60 (8.78%) JIRA
5 42 (6.15%) JUnit
6 22 (3.22%) Cucumber
7 20 (2.93%) Mockito
8 16 (2.34%) Maven
9 15 (2.20%) Bitbucket
9 15 (2.20%) Selenium
10 12 (1.76%) SpecFlow
11 11 (1.61%) Postman
12 10 (1.46%) Cypress.io
13 8 (1.17%) REST Assured
14 7 (1.02%) Gradle
14 7 (1.02%) Octopus Deploy
14 7 (1.02%) TeamCity
15 6 (0.88%) Liquibase
15 6 (0.88%) Zephyr
16 5 (0.73%) Gatling
General
1 193 (28.26%) Social Skills
2 171 (25.04%) Finance
3 119 (17.42%) Banking
4 60 (8.78%) Public Sector
5 54 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (2.64%) Front Office
6 18 (2.64%) Investment Banking
7 15 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (1.61%) Retail
10 10 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.02%) Legal
13 5 (0.73%) Back Office
14 4 (0.59%) Military
14 4 (0.59%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.29%) Marketing
15 2 (0.29%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.29%) Police
15 2 (0.29%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 289 (42.31%) Developer
2 156 (22.84%) Senior
3 109 (15.96%) Architect
4 99 (14.49%) Java Developer
5 88 (12.88%) Senior Developer
6 46 (6.73%) Full-Stack Developer
6 46 (6.73%) Solutions Architect
7 44 (6.44%) Java Engineer
7 44 (6.44%) Lead
8 37 (5.42%) DevOps Engineer
9 36 (5.27%) C# Developer
9 36 (5.27%) Senior Java Developer
10 35 (5.12%) Software Engineer
11 27 (3.95%) Backend Developer
12 23 (3.37%) Technical Architect
13 22 (3.22%) AWS Engineer
13 22 (3.22%) Cloud Engineer
14 20 (2.93%) Angular Developer
15 18 (2.64%) .NET Developer
15 18 (2.64%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (25.18%) Spring
2 161 (23.57%) Kafka
3 158 (23.13%) Spring Boot
4 138 (20.20%) RESTful
5 122 (17.86%) React
5 122 (17.86%) REST
6 107 (15.67%) .NET
7 95 (13.91%) Node.js
8 94 (13.76%) AngularJS
9 47 (6.88%) Middleware
10 44 (6.44%) gRPC
11 40 (5.86%) HTML
12 35 (5.12%) CSS
13 34 (4.98%) .NET Core
13 34 (4.98%) OAuth
14 27 (3.95%) Vue
15 25 (3.66%) Playwright
16 24 (3.51%) Entity Framework
16 24 (3.51%) Hibernate
16 24 (3.51%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 137 (20.06%) Cloud Native
2 110 (16.11%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (4.98%) Product Ownership
4 17 (2.49%) Onboarding
5 16 (2.34%) Derivative
6 15 (2.20%) AI Agents
6 15 (2.20%) Virtual Team
7 13 (1.90%) Management Information System
8 12 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (1.46%) Algorithms
9 10 (1.46%) Legacy Applications
10 9 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.32%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (1.17%) NHS
12 7 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 6 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (0.88%) Data Structures
13 6 (0.88%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 35 (5.12%) Linux
2 17 (2.49%) Unix
3 4 (0.59%) Windows
3 4 (0.59%) zOS
4 2 (0.29%) Android
4 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (50.66%) CI/CD
2 273 (39.97%) Agile
3 268 (39.24%) DevOps
4 177 (25.92%) Containerisation
5 160 (23.43%) Problem-Solving
6 148 (21.67%) Software Engineering
7 107 (15.67%) Full-Stack Development
8 104 (15.23%) Infrastructure as Code
9 103 (15.08%) Event-Driven
10 98 (14.35%) Test Automation
11 83 (12.15%) TDD
12 76 (11.13%) AI
13 75 (10.98%) Scrum
14 74 (10.83%) Observability
15 71 (10.40%) SDLC
16 69 (10.10%) Code Quality
17 63 (9.22%) Clean Code
17 63 (9.22%) Design Patterns
18 62 (9.08%) Computer Science
19 61 (8.93%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 301 (44.07%) Java
2 163 (23.87%) SQL
3 155 (22.69%) Python
4 99 (14.49%) JavaScript
5 97 (14.20%) C#
6 88 (12.88%) TypeScript
7 52 (7.61%) Go
8 19 (2.78%) Bicep
9 14 (2.05%) Ruby
10 10 (1.46%) Bash
10 10 (1.46%) PHP
10 10 (1.46%) Shell Script
11 8 (1.17%) C++
11 8 (1.17%) Kotlin
12 6 (0.88%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.73%) Scala
14 4 (0.59%) Perl
15 3 (0.44%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.44%) RPG
15 3 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 130 (19.03%) Security Cleared
2 112 (16.40%) SC Cleared
3 60 (8.78%) Degree
4 43 (6.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.81%) Master's Degree
6 19 (2.78%) AWS Certification
7 15 (2.20%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.61%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.17%) TOGAF Certification
11 7 (1.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (0.73%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 5 (0.73%) CCSP
12 5 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.73%) CISSP
12 5 (0.73%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.44%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (7.47%) QA
2 22 (3.22%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.20%) GDPR
4 13 (1.90%) PCI DSS
5 11 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.46%) NIST
7 6 (0.88%) ISO 20022
7 6 (0.88%) PSD2
7 6 (0.88%) WCAG
8 4 (0.59%) SEPA
8 4 (0.59%) SLA
9 3 (0.44%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.44%) NCSC
10 2 (0.29%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.29%) GRC
10 2 (0.29%) HL7
10 2 (0.29%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.29%) MiFID
10 2 (0.29%) TARGET2
11 1 (0.15%) ISO 15022
System Software
1 283 (41.43%) Docker
2 23 (3.37%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.15%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 282 (41.29%) Kubernetes
2 119 (17.42%) Terraform
3 34 (4.98%) Grafana
4 25 (3.66%) Prometheus
5 20 (2.93%) Argo
6 16 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
7 15 (2.20%) Ansible
8 10 (1.46%) Istio
9 7 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.73%) Opsgenie
11 3 (0.44%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.44%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.29%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.29%) Kibana
12 2 (0.29%) Knative
12 2 (0.29%) Puppet
13 1 (0.15%) Data Guard
13 1 (0.15%) Foglight
13 1 (0.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 1 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 72 (10.54%) Microsoft
2 40 (5.86%) Google
3 32 (4.69%) Oracle
4 24 (3.51%) OpenAI
5 21 (3.07%) Databricks
6 20 (2.93%) Splunk
7 12 (1.76%) Dynatrace
8 11 (1.61%) Software AG
9 10 (1.46%) Red Hat
9 10 (1.46%) Salesforce
10 9 (1.32%) MuleSoft
11 6 (0.88%) Cloudera
11 6 (0.88%) Confluent
11 6 (0.88%) Foundry
11 6 (0.88%) Palantir
11 6 (0.88%) ServiceNow
11 6 (0.88%) Sybase
12 5 (0.73%) Charles River
12 5 (0.73%) IBM
12 5 (0.73%) Rapid7