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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 58 63
Rank change year-on-year +5 +5 -26
Contract jobs citing Microservices 689 508 618
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.52% 3.74% 3.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.98% 4.12% 3.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 455 328 456
10th Percentile £375 £409 £413
25th Percentile £431 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £591 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.83% -11.54%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £688
90th Percentile £727 £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% -14.09%

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 13,833 12,324 16,296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.73% 90.63% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,202 7,872 11,677
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 211 152 339
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.03 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.15 £25.56 £19.49
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +24.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £56.25 £55.38 £51.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.88 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -8 75 £525 -10.26% 61
South London -2 22 £539 +13.46% 10
West London -19 7 £550 +34.47% 18
East London +4 3 £585 - 11
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 31 (4.50%) Confluence
2 14 (2.03%) Apache
3 8 (1.16%) Camunda
4 6 (0.87%) Anypoint
4 6 (0.87%) CMS
4 6 (0.87%) Ethereum
4 6 (0.87%) Hyperledger
4 6 (0.87%) Jupyter
4 6 (0.87%) Palantir Foundry
5 5 (0.73%) Mule
6 4 (0.58%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.44%) Cloud Foundry
7 3 (0.44%) Drupal
7 3 (0.44%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.44%) WordPress
8 2 (0.29%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.15%) nginx
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.15%) Traefik
Applications
1 8 (1.16%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.44%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.15%) Maya
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.58%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.44%) Bloomberg AIM
2 3 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.29%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.15%) Endur
4 1 (0.15%) Magento
4 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.15%) R3 Corda
4 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.15%) Shopify
4 1 (0.15%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 363 (52.69%) AWS
2 250 (36.28%) Azure
3 122 (17.71%) Serverless
4 119 (17.27%) GCP
5 111 (16.11%) GitHub
6 76 (11.03%) Azure DevOps
7 72 (10.45%) AWS Lambda
8 60 (8.71%) Amazon ECS
9 59 (8.56%) GitHub Actions
10 58 (8.42%) Amazon S3
11 44 (6.39%) Azure AKS
12 38 (5.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 38 (5.52%) Amazon EC2
12 38 (5.52%) AWS CloudFormation
13 37 (5.37%) Amazon EKS
14 27 (3.92%) Entra ID
15 26 (3.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 26 (3.77%) SaaS
16 24 (3.48%) Azure Functions
17 22 (3.19%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.31%) HTTP
2 7 (1.02%) Network Security
3 6 (0.87%) DNS
4 5 (0.73%) SSL
5 4 (0.58%) 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%) RFID
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 76 (11.03%) NoSQL
2 71 (10.30%) PostgreSQL
3 62 (9.00%) MongoDB
4 48 (6.97%) Apache Cassandra
4 48 (6.97%) SQL Server
5 43 (6.24%) Relational Database
6 33 (4.79%) Amazon RDS
6 33 (4.79%) MySQL
7 31 (4.50%) Redis
8 29 (4.21%) DynamoDB
9 18 (2.61%) Big Data
10 17 (2.47%) Hadoop
11 16 (2.32%) Azure SQL Database
12 14 (2.03%) BigQuery
13 11 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
14 8 (1.16%) Amazon Aurora
15 7 (1.02%) DB2
15 7 (1.02%) DocumentDB
15 7 (1.02%) Oracle Database
16 6 (0.87%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 98 (14.22%) Git
2 91 (13.21%) Jenkins
3 66 (9.58%) GitLab
4 57 (8.27%) JIRA
5 42 (6.10%) JUnit
6 21 (3.05%) Cucumber
7 20 (2.90%) Mockito
8 16 (2.32%) Maven
9 14 (2.03%) Selenium
10 13 (1.89%) Bitbucket
11 10 (1.45%) SpecFlow
12 9 (1.31%) Postman
13 8 (1.16%) Cypress.io
13 8 (1.16%) REST Assured
14 7 (1.02%) Gradle
14 7 (1.02%) MLflow
14 7 (1.02%) Octopus Deploy
14 7 (1.02%) Zephyr
15 6 (0.87%) Gatling
15 6 (0.87%) Liquibase
General
1 186 (27.00%) Social Skills
2 169 (24.53%) Finance
3 115 (16.69%) Banking
4 64 (9.29%) Public Sector
5 52 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (2.61%) Front Office
7 17 (2.47%) Investment Banking
8 15 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (1.89%) Retail
10 12 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (0.87%) Legal
14 4 (0.58%) Back Office
14 4 (0.58%) Military
15 3 (0.44%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.29%) Marketing
16 2 (0.29%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.29%) Police
16 2 (0.29%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 286 (41.51%) Developer
2 158 (22.93%) Senior
3 115 (16.69%) Architect
4 95 (13.79%) Java Developer
5 85 (12.34%) Senior Developer
6 49 (7.11%) Solutions Architect
7 48 (6.97%) Full-Stack Developer
8 45 (6.53%) Lead
9 44 (6.39%) Java Engineer
10 38 (5.52%) DevOps Engineer
11 36 (5.22%) Software Engineer
12 35 (5.08%) C# Developer
13 34 (4.93%) Senior Java Developer
14 26 (3.77%) Backend Developer
15 23 (3.34%) Cloud Engineer
15 23 (3.34%) Technical Architect
16 22 (3.19%) AWS Engineer
17 18 (2.61%) .NET Developer
17 18 (2.61%) Angular Developer
17 18 (2.61%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (24.96%) Spring
2 161 (23.37%) Kafka
3 156 (22.64%) Spring Boot
4 131 (19.01%) RESTful
5 124 (18.00%) React
6 123 (17.85%) REST
7 108 (15.67%) .NET
8 97 (14.08%) Node.js
9 92 (13.35%) AngularJS
10 49 (7.11%) Middleware
11 45 (6.53%) gRPC
12 39 (5.66%) HTML
13 36 (5.22%) OAuth
14 35 (5.08%) CSS
15 33 (4.79%) .NET Core
16 28 (4.06%) Vue
17 26 (3.77%) Playwright
18 23 (3.34%) Hibernate
18 23 (3.34%) RabbitMQ
19 22 (3.19%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 137 (19.88%) Cloud Native
2 114 (16.55%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (4.93%) Product Ownership
4 17 (2.47%) Onboarding
5 16 (2.32%) Derivative
6 15 (2.18%) AI Agents
6 15 (2.18%) Virtual Team
7 12 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (1.74%) Management Information System
8 11 (1.60%) Algorithms
9 10 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
10 9 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.31%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (1.16%) NHS
12 6 (0.87%) Data Structures
12 6 (0.87%) Distributed Architecture
12 6 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 35 (5.08%) Linux
2 17 (2.47%) Unix
3 5 (0.73%) Windows
4 4 (0.58%) zOS
5 2 (0.29%) Android
5 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 354 (51.38%) CI/CD
2 272 (39.48%) DevOps
3 270 (39.19%) Agile
4 182 (26.42%) Containerisation
5 154 (22.35%) Problem-Solving
6 151 (21.92%) Software Engineering
7 111 (16.11%) Infrastructure as Code
8 110 (15.97%) Full-Stack Development
9 105 (15.24%) Event-Driven
10 104 (15.09%) Test Automation
11 85 (12.34%) TDD
12 84 (12.19%) AI
13 79 (11.47%) Observability
14 72 (10.45%) Scrum
15 71 (10.30%) Code Quality
16 70 (10.16%) SDLC
17 61 (8.85%) Clean Code
17 61 (8.85%) Design Patterns
17 61 (8.85%) Mentoring
17 61 (8.85%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 300 (43.54%) Java
2 165 (23.95%) Python
3 158 (22.93%) SQL
4 102 (14.80%) JavaScript
5 95 (13.79%) C#
6 92 (13.35%) TypeScript
7 53 (7.69%) Go
8 20 (2.90%) Bicep
9 15 (2.18%) Ruby
10 11 (1.60%) Shell Script
11 10 (1.45%) PHP
12 9 (1.31%) Bash
12 9 (1.31%) C++
13 8 (1.16%) Kotlin
14 6 (0.87%) PowerShell
15 5 (0.73%) Scala
16 3 (0.44%) C
16 3 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.44%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.44%) RPG
Qualifications
1 136 (19.74%) Security Cleared
2 116 (16.84%) SC Cleared
3 55 (7.98%) Degree
4 39 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (3.48%) Master's Degree
6 19 (2.76%) AWS Certification
7 16 (2.32%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (1.60%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
12 6 (0.87%) ISTQB
13 5 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.73%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 5 (0.73%) CCSP
13 5 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (0.73%) CISSP
14 4 (0.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
15 3 (0.44%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (7.84%) QA
2 25 (3.63%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.18%) GDPR
4 13 (1.89%) PCI DSS
5 11 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.45%) NIST
7 7 (1.02%) ISO 20022
8 6 (0.87%) PSD2
8 6 (0.87%) WCAG
9 5 (0.73%) SEPA
10 4 (0.58%) SLA
11 3 (0.44%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.44%) NCSC
12 2 (0.29%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.29%) GRC
12 2 (0.29%) HL7
12 2 (0.29%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.29%) MiFID
12 2 (0.29%) TARGET2
13 1 (0.15%) EMIR
System Software
1 288 (41.80%) Docker
2 23 (3.34%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.15%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 285 (41.36%) Kubernetes
2 123 (17.85%) Terraform
3 34 (4.93%) Grafana
4 27 (3.92%) Prometheus
5 20 (2.90%) Argo
6 17 (2.47%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (1.89%) Ansible
8 10 (1.45%) Istio
9 7 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.73%) Opsgenie
11 3 (0.44%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.29%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.29%) Kibana
12 2 (0.29%) Knative
12 2 (0.29%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.29%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.29%) Puppet
13 1 (0.15%) CloudHub
13 1 (0.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 1 (0.15%) Rancher
Vendors
1 72 (10.45%) Microsoft
2 37 (5.37%) Google
3 32 (4.64%) Oracle
4 27 (3.92%) OpenAI
5 22 (3.19%) Databricks
6 19 (2.76%) Splunk
7 13 (1.89%) Dynatrace
8 11 (1.60%) Software AG
9 10 (1.45%) Red Hat
10 8 (1.16%) MuleSoft
11 7 (1.02%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.87%) Cloudera
12 6 (0.87%) Confluent
12 6 (0.87%) Foundry
12 6 (0.87%) Palantir
12 6 (0.87%) Sybase
13 5 (0.73%) AppDynamics
13 5 (0.73%) IBM
13 5 (0.73%) Rapid7
13 5 (0.73%) SAP