Microservices Contracts in London

Microservices
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Microservices skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microservices over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 39 25
Rank change year-on-year -15 -14 -3
Contract jobs citing Microservices 670 1,521 2,858
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.78% 5.62% 7.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.27% 6.16% 7.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 491 1,151 2,154
10th Percentile £425 £463 £463
25th Percentile £500 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £697 £743 £727
90th Percentile £775 £800 £813
England median daily rate £550 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile - - £65.52
25th Percentile - £35.00 £73.61
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year - -19.35% +13.97%
75th Percentile - £90.00 £83.44
90th Percentile - - £85.00
England median hourly rate £48.43 £72.50 £56.95
% change year-on-year -33.20% +27.32% -1.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Microservices is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,674 24,676 35,915
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.50% 91.13% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,226 17,739 26,174
10th Percentile £338 £375 £390
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 281 423
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.63 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.63 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +8.33% +10.77%
75th Percentile £46.86 £63.75 £50.68
90th Percentile £66.30 £78.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Microservices as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Microservices in London

Microservices
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microservices in London.

Daily rate trend for Microservices in London

Microservices
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microservices in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microservices in London

Microservices
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microservices in London.

Hourly rate trend 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 April 2024. 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 -3 106 £550 -21.43% 37
South London +7 21 £513 +7.89% 2
West London +19 20 £350 -36.36% 6
East London -4 10 £540 +1.12% 13
Microservices
England

Microservices
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 24 (3.58%) Confluence
2 15 (2.24%) nginx
3 11 (1.64%) Apache Spark
3 11 (1.64%) OpenStack
4 9 (1.34%) Apache
4 9 (1.34%) BizTalk Server
5 7 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.04%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (0.75%) Anypoint
6 5 (0.75%) IIS
7 3 (0.45%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.45%) Camunda
7 3 (0.45%) CMS
7 3 (0.45%) JBoss
8 2 (0.30%) EPiServer
8 2 (0.30%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.30%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 7 (1.04%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.15%) Gliffy
3 1 (0.15%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (0.45%) Endur
1 3 (0.45%) Shopify
2 2 (0.30%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.15%) BusinessWorks
3 1 (0.15%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.15%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 279 (41.64%) AWS
2 166 (24.78%) Azure
3 107 (15.97%) Serverless
4 103 (15.37%) GCP
5 60 (8.96%) AWS Lambda
6 37 (5.52%) Amazon S3
6 37 (5.52%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (4.63%) Amazon EKS
7 31 (4.63%) GitHub
8 28 (4.18%) Azure Functions
9 25 (3.73%) SaaS
10 24 (3.58%) OpenShift
11 23 (3.43%) Amazon EC2
11 23 (3.43%) PaaS
12 21 (3.13%) Amazon SQS
12 21 (3.13%) Azure Service Bus
13 19 (2.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 17 (2.54%) Azure Logic Apps
14 17 (2.54%) Azure Storage
15 16 (2.39%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.63%) HTTP
2 11 (1.64%) DHCP
2 11 (1.64%) DNS
3 9 (1.34%) Firewall
4 5 (0.75%) Internet
5 4 (0.60%) ATM
5 4 (0.60%) HTTPS
5 4 (0.60%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.30%) WAN
7 1 (0.15%) MQTT
7 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (11.19%) NoSQL
2 71 (10.60%) PostgreSQL
3 66 (9.85%) MongoDB
4 50 (7.46%) SQL Server
5 42 (6.27%) Relational Database
6 39 (5.82%) Apache Cassandra
7 27 (4.03%) Amazon RDS
8 24 (3.58%) Big Data
9 19 (2.84%) Azure SQL Database
10 17 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
10 17 (2.54%) RDBMS
11 16 (2.39%) MySQL
12 13 (1.94%) Redis
13 12 (1.79%) BigQuery
14 11 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
15 10 (1.49%) DynamoDB
16 9 (1.34%) Data Lake
17 8 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
17 8 (1.19%) Hadoop
18 7 (1.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 101 (15.07%) Git
2 76 (11.34%) Jenkins
3 34 (5.07%) JIRA
4 33 (4.93%) Cucumber
5 32 (4.78%) GitLab
6 31 (4.63%) JUnit
7 28 (4.18%) TeamCity
8 27 (4.03%) Mockito
9 24 (3.58%) Selenium
10 13 (1.94%) Moq
10 13 (1.94%) NUnit
11 12 (1.79%) Postman
11 12 (1.79%) SoapUI
12 10 (1.49%) Cypress.io
13 9 (1.34%) ScalaTest
13 9 (1.34%) SpecFlow
14 8 (1.19%) Liquibase
14 8 (1.19%) Visual Studio Team System
15 7 (1.04%) Gradle
15 7 (1.04%) Maven
General
1 137 (20.45%) Finance
2 135 (20.15%) Social Skills
3 74 (11.04%) Banking
4 68 (10.15%) Public Sector
5 58 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (4.33%) Retail
7 22 (3.28%) Front Office
8 21 (3.13%) Investment Banking
9 15 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.34%) Tech for Good
11 8 (1.19%) Local Government
11 8 (1.19%) Telecoms
12 6 (0.90%) Back Office
13 4 (0.60%) Law
13 4 (0.60%) Marketing
13 4 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.45%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.45%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 310 (46.27%) Developer
2 134 (20.00%) Architect
3 113 (16.87%) Senior
4 101 (15.07%) Java Developer
5 57 (8.51%) Senior Developer
6 49 (7.31%) Solutions Architect
7 47 (7.01%) Full Stack Developer
8 41 (6.12%) C# Developer
9 40 (5.97%) Lead
10 39 (5.82%) Software Engineer
11 37 (5.52%) Scala Developer
12 30 (4.48%) .NET Developer
12 30 (4.48%) Senior Java Developer
13 27 (4.03%) DevOps Engineer
14 25 (3.73%) Analyst
15 23 (3.43%) Technical Architect
16 20 (2.99%) Senior Software Engineer
17 18 (2.69%) AWS Engineer
17 18 (2.69%) Java Engineer
18 16 (2.39%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (18.06%) .NET
2 119 (17.76%) Kafka
3 109 (16.27%) Spring
4 104 (15.52%) Spring Boot
5 96 (14.33%) REST
6 90 (13.43%) RESTful
7 73 (10.90%) React
8 60 (8.96%) .NET Core
8 60 (8.96%) Node.js
9 42 (6.27%) HTML
9 42 (6.27%) Web Services
10 40 (5.97%) AngularJS
11 39 (5.82%) CSS
12 37 (5.52%) Akka
13 34 (5.07%) Hibernate
14 32 (4.78%) JSON
15 30 (4.48%) RabbitMQ
16 29 (4.33%) JPA
17 27 (4.03%) Middleware
17 27 (4.03%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 46 (6.87%) Cloud Native
2 35 (5.22%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (4.03%) Product Ownership
4 25 (3.73%) Data Structures
4 25 (3.73%) Greenfield Project
5 22 (3.28%) Mobile App
6 19 (2.84%) Data Protection Act
6 19 (2.84%) Onboarding
7 18 (2.69%) Algorithms
7 18 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
8 16 (2.39%) Public Cloud
9 14 (2.09%) Fixed Income
10 13 (1.94%) Management Information System
11 12 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (1.64%) Hedge funds
13 10 (1.49%) Derivative
14 8 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (1.19%) Reference Data
15 7 (1.04%) Distributed Architecture
15 7 (1.04%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 84 (12.54%) Linux
2 48 (7.16%) Unix
3 16 (2.39%) Mac OS X
3 16 (2.39%) Windows
4 5 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.45%) Android
6 1 (0.15%) Alpine Linux
6 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.15%) CentOS
6 1 (0.15%) Debian
6 1 (0.15%) tvOS
6 1 (0.15%) VMS
6 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (43.28%) Agile
2 216 (32.24%) DevOps
3 199 (29.70%) CI/CD
4 150 (22.39%) TDD
5 115 (17.16%) Test Automation
6 96 (14.33%) Scrum
7 92 (13.73%) Software Engineering
8 89 (13.28%) Problem-Solving
9 81 (12.09%) Containerisation
10 71 (10.60%) BDD
10 71 (10.60%) Full Stack Development
11 66 (9.85%) Continuous Integration
12 55 (8.21%) Infrastructure as Code
13 52 (7.76%) SDLC
14 50 (7.46%) Kanban
15 49 (7.31%) Event-Driven
15 49 (7.31%) Pair Programming
16 46 (6.87%) Front End Development
17 43 (6.42%) Computer Science
17 43 (6.42%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 250 (37.31%) Java
2 132 (19.70%) SQL
3 126 (18.81%) C#
4 121 (18.06%) Python
5 105 (15.67%) JavaScript
6 51 (7.61%) TypeScript
7 48 (7.16%) Go
7 48 (7.16%) Scala
8 18 (2.69%) C++
9 17 (2.54%) Shell Script
10 14 (2.09%) PHP
10 14 (2.09%) PowerShell
10 14 (2.09%) T-SQL
11 12 (1.79%) Bash
11 12 (1.79%) PL/SQL
12 11 (1.64%) Ruby
13 7 (1.04%) Perl
14 6 (0.90%) Groovy
15 5 (0.75%) C
16 4 (0.60%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 106 (15.82%) Security Cleared
2 97 (14.48%) SC Cleared
3 47 (7.01%) Degree
4 34 (5.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (1.79%) DV Cleared
6 6 (0.90%) Azure Certification
6 6 (0.90%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.45%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.30%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.30%) ISEB
9 2 (0.30%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.15%) CAPM
10 1 (0.15%) CISSP
10 1 (0.15%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.15%) OCP
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.15%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.28%) QA
2 14 (2.09%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.64%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.04%) MiFID
5 3 (0.45%) GDPR
6 2 (0.30%) NCSC
7 1 (0.15%) EMIR
7 1 (0.15%) FATCA
7 1 (0.15%) GRC
7 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.15%) SLA
7 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 153 (22.84%) Docker
2 14 (2.09%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.19%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.15%) Ceph
4 1 (0.15%) Firmware
4 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.15%) NFS
4 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 225 (33.58%) Kubernetes
2 87 (12.99%) Terraform
3 34 (5.07%) Grafana
4 32 (4.78%) Ansible
5 22 (3.28%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.64%) Consul
6 11 (1.64%) Puppet
7 8 (1.19%) Argo
8 7 (1.04%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.75%) Docker Swarm
9 5 (0.75%) Kibana
10 4 (0.60%) Packer
11 3 (0.45%) Netcool
12 2 (0.30%) Istio
12 2 (0.30%) logstash
13 1 (0.15%) Hadoop YARN
13 1 (0.15%) ITRS Geneos
13 1 (0.15%) Mesos
13 1 (0.15%) Rancher
13 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 79 (11.79%) Microsoft
2 52 (7.76%) Oracle
3 47 (7.01%) Google
4 18 (2.69%) Typelevel
5 17 (2.54%) SAP
6 14 (2.09%) MuleSoft
6 14 (2.09%) Salesforce
6 14 (2.09%) Splunk
6 14 (2.09%) TIBCO
7 8 (1.19%) SaltStack
8 7 (1.04%) Adobe
8 7 (1.04%) IBM
9 6 (0.90%) WSO2
10 5 (0.75%) AppDynamics
11 4 (0.60%) Databricks
11 4 (0.60%) Sitecore
12 3 (0.45%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.45%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.45%) Solace
12 3 (0.45%) Virgin Media