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 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 54 66
Rank change year-on-year -1 +12 -28
Contract jobs citing Microservices 716 525 609
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.40% 3.91% 3.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.89% 4.30% 3.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 481 351 450
10th Percentile £375 £406 £406
25th Percentile £428 £464 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £638 £689 £688
90th Percentile £750 £825 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 2
10th Percentile £65.50 £36.03 -
25th Percentile £70.13 £36.44 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £37.75 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +131.79% -39.60% +78.57%
75th Percentile £93.75 £38.94 -
90th Percentile £95.00 £39.28 -
England median hourly rate £74.63 £32.00 £56.25
% change year-on-year +133.22% -43.11% -22.41%

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 14,655 12,200 16,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.11% 90.98% 88.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,838 8,002 11,621
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £650 £679 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 162 351
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.45 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.02 £24.66 £19.49
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% +17.50% -16.08%
75th Percentile £56.13 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £69.42 £77.25 £70.00
England median hourly rate £29.61 £35.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -15.40% +6.06% -6.46%

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 7 March 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 7 March 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 7 March 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 -12 74 £525 -10.26% 75
South London -9 27 £541 +13.87% 19
West London -19 7 £550 +34.47% 17
East London -1 1 £675 +17.39% 12
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 29 (4.05%) Confluence
2 12 (1.68%) Apache
3 7 (0.98%) Camunda
3 7 (0.98%) Ethereum
3 7 (0.98%) Hyperledger
4 6 (0.84%) Anypoint
4 6 (0.84%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.84%) CMS
4 6 (0.84%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.70%) Mule
5 5 (0.70%) Palantir Foundry
5 5 (0.70%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.28%) Drupal
6 2 (0.28%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.28%) nginx
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.28%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.28%) WordPress
7 1 (0.14%) Traefik
Applications
1 8 (1.12%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.42%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.14%) Maya
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.56%) Bloomberg AIM
1 4 (0.56%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.28%) R3 Corda
4 1 (0.14%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.14%) Endur
4 1 (0.14%) Magento
4 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.14%) Quorum
4 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 383 (53.49%) AWS
2 276 (38.55%) Azure
3 129 (18.02%) GCP
4 125 (17.46%) Serverless
5 114 (15.92%) GitHub
6 77 (10.75%) Azure DevOps
7 73 (10.20%) AWS Lambda
8 66 (9.22%) GitHub Actions
9 63 (8.80%) Amazon ECS
10 60 (8.38%) Amazon S3
11 43 (6.01%) Azure AKS
12 40 (5.59%) AWS CloudFormation
13 38 (5.31%) Amazon EC2
14 37 (5.17%) Amazon EKS
15 35 (4.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 30 (4.19%) Entra ID
17 29 (4.05%) SaaS
18 25 (3.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 24 (3.35%) Amazon SQS
19 24 (3.35%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.40%) HTTP
2 7 (0.98%) Network Security
3 5 (0.70%) DNS
3 5 (0.70%) SSL
4 4 (0.56%) Firewall
4 4 (0.56%) VPN
5 2 (0.28%) 3GPP
5 2 (0.28%) 5G
5 2 (0.28%) S/MIME
5 2 (0.28%) WAN
6 1 (0.14%) 4G
6 1 (0.14%) 5G NR
6 1 (0.14%) Internet
6 1 (0.14%) LTE
6 1 (0.14%) Multicast
6 1 (0.14%) NaaS
6 1 (0.14%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.14%) RFID
6 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.14%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (11.45%) NoSQL
1 82 (11.45%) PostgreSQL
2 64 (8.94%) MongoDB
3 49 (6.84%) Apache Cassandra
4 48 (6.70%) SQL Server
5 43 (6.01%) Relational Database
6 36 (5.03%) Redis
7 32 (4.47%) Amazon RDS
7 32 (4.47%) DynamoDB
8 30 (4.19%) MySQL
9 17 (2.37%) Azure SQL Database
10 15 (2.09%) Big Data
11 14 (1.96%) BigQuery
12 13 (1.82%) Hadoop
13 12 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (1.40%) Amazon Aurora
15 9 (1.26%) DB2
16 7 (0.98%) DocumentDB
17 6 (0.84%) Pinecone
17 6 (0.84%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 99 (13.83%) Git
2 93 (12.99%) Jenkins
3 67 (9.36%) GitLab
4 50 (6.98%) JIRA
5 49 (6.84%) JUnit
6 25 (3.49%) Cucumber
6 25 (3.49%) Mockito
7 15 (2.09%) Maven
7 15 (2.09%) Selenium
8 14 (1.96%) Bitbucket
9 10 (1.40%) Octopus Deploy
9 10 (1.40%) Postman
10 9 (1.26%) Cypress.io
10 9 (1.26%) Zephyr
11 7 (0.98%) MLflow
11 7 (0.98%) SpecFlow
11 7 (0.98%) TeamCity
12 6 (0.84%) Liquibase
12 6 (0.84%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.84%) Vite
General
1 193 (26.96%) Social Skills
2 169 (23.60%) Finance
3 115 (16.06%) Banking
4 76 (10.61%) Public Sector
5 60 (8.38%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (3.07%) Front Office
7 19 (2.65%) Investment Banking
8 14 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (1.96%) Retail
9 12 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (0.84%) Legal
13 5 (0.70%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.56%) Marketing
15 3 (0.42%) Back Office
15 3 (0.42%) Military
16 2 (0.28%) Billing
16 2 (0.28%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.28%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 289 (40.36%) Developer
2 167 (23.32%) Senior
3 119 (16.62%) Architect
4 99 (13.83%) Java Developer
5 86 (12.01%) Senior Developer
6 50 (6.98%) Solutions Architect
7 48 (6.70%) Lead
8 42 (5.87%) Java Engineer
9 40 (5.59%) Full-Stack Developer
9 40 (5.59%) Software Engineer
10 35 (4.89%) C# Developer
10 35 (4.89%) DevOps Engineer
10 35 (4.89%) Senior Java Developer
11 29 (4.05%) Backend Developer
12 27 (3.77%) Technical Architect
13 25 (3.49%) Cloud Engineer
14 24 (3.35%) AWS Engineer
15 21 (2.93%) .NET Developer
15 21 (2.93%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 20 (2.79%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (25.14%) Spring
2 162 (22.63%) Kafka
3 157 (21.93%) Spring Boot
4 139 (19.41%) RESTful
5 134 (18.72%) REST
6 133 (18.58%) React
7 109 (15.22%) .NET
8 106 (14.80%) Node.js
9 100 (13.97%) AngularJS
10 54 (7.54%) Middleware
11 44 (6.15%) HTML
12 43 (6.01%) CSS
12 43 (6.01%) gRPC
13 39 (5.45%) OAuth
14 33 (4.61%) Vue
15 29 (4.05%) .NET Core
16 26 (3.63%) Playwright
17 24 (3.35%) OAuth2
17 24 (3.35%) OpenTelemetry
17 24 (3.35%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 141 (19.69%) Cloud Native
2 109 (15.22%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (5.17%) Product Ownership
4 20 (2.79%) Derivative
5 19 (2.65%) AI Agents
6 18 (2.51%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (1.82%) Algorithms
8 13 (1.82%) Virtual Team
9 12 (1.68%) Legacy Applications
9 12 (1.68%) Management Information System
10 11 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (1.54%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.12%) Data Structures
13 7 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (0.98%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 42 (5.87%) Linux
2 16 (2.23%) Unix
3 7 (0.98%) Windows
4 4 (0.56%) zOS
5 3 (0.42%) VMS
6 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.28%) Solaris
6 2 (0.28%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (52.65%) CI/CD
2 292 (40.78%) DevOps
3 284 (39.66%) Agile
4 192 (26.82%) Containerisation
5 156 (21.79%) Problem-Solving
6 155 (21.65%) Software Engineering
7 121 (16.90%) Event-Driven
8 119 (16.62%) Infrastructure as Code
9 106 (14.80%) Full-Stack Development
10 105 (14.66%) Test Automation
11 101 (14.11%) AI
12 90 (12.57%) TDD
13 88 (12.29%) Observability
14 78 (10.89%) Code Quality
15 74 (10.34%) Scrum
15 74 (10.34%) SDLC
16 71 (9.92%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 66 (9.22%) Continuous Improvement
17 66 (9.22%) Migration
18 63 (8.80%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 304 (42.46%) Java
2 186 (25.98%) Python
3 170 (23.74%) SQL
4 107 (14.94%) JavaScript
5 106 (14.80%) TypeScript
6 91 (12.71%) C#
7 49 (6.84%) Go
8 20 (2.79%) Bicep
9 16 (2.23%) Ruby
10 10 (1.40%) Bash
11 9 (1.26%) Kotlin
11 9 (1.26%) Shell Script
12 8 (1.12%) C++
13 7 (0.98%) PHP
13 7 (0.98%) PowerShell
14 6 (0.84%) Scala
15 5 (0.70%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.56%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.42%) Perl
17 3 (0.42%) RPG
Qualifications
1 148 (20.67%) Security Cleared
2 127 (17.74%) SC Cleared
3 56 (7.82%) Degree
4 43 (6.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (3.49%) AWS Certification
6 24 (3.35%) Master's Degree
7 22 (3.07%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (1.40%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.40%) TOGAF Certification
10 9 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (0.98%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 6 (0.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (0.84%) CCSP
12 6 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.84%) CISSP
12 6 (0.84%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.56%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (8.24%) QA
2 28 (3.91%) Accessibility
3 16 (2.23%) GDPR
4 14 (1.96%) ISO 20022
4 14 (1.96%) PCI DSS
5 11 (1.54%) NIST
6 10 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.40%) PSD2
7 8 (1.12%) SEPA
8 6 (0.84%) WCAG
9 4 (0.56%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.56%) ISO 8583
9 4 (0.56%) SLA
10 3 (0.42%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.42%) TARGET2
11 2 (0.28%) GRC
11 2 (0.28%) HL7
11 2 (0.28%) ISO 15022
11 2 (0.28%) NCSC
12 1 (0.14%) COBIT
System Software
1 290 (40.50%) Docker
2 24 (3.35%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.14%) Postfix
4 1 (0.14%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 286 (39.94%) Kubernetes
2 126 (17.60%) Terraform
3 41 (5.73%) Grafana
4 31 (4.33%) Prometheus
5 18 (2.51%) Argo
6 17 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (1.82%) Ansible
8 11 (1.54%) Istio
9 7 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.70%) Opsgenie
11 3 (0.42%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.28%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.28%) Kibana
12 2 (0.28%) Knative
12 2 (0.28%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.28%) Puppet
12 2 (0.28%) Rancher
13 1 (0.14%) Amdocs OSS
13 1 (0.14%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.14%) linkerd
Vendors
1 72 (10.06%) Microsoft
2 35 (4.89%) Google
3 32 (4.47%) Oracle
4 29 (4.05%) OpenAI
5 22 (3.07%) Databricks
6 16 (2.23%) Splunk
7 13 (1.82%) Dynatrace
8 12 (1.68%) Red Hat
8 12 (1.68%) Software AG
9 9 (1.26%) MuleSoft
9 9 (1.26%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.12%) IBM
10 8 (1.12%) Sybase
11 7 (0.98%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.84%) AppDynamics
13 5 (0.70%) Cloudera
13 5 (0.70%) Foundry
13 5 (0.70%) Palantir
13 5 (0.70%) Rapid7
14 4 (0.56%) Bloomberg