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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 52 56
Rank change year-on-year -12 +4 -2
Contract jobs citing Microservices 834 682 672
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.10% 5.06% 4.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.61% 5.46% 4.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 557 458 468
10th Percentile £410 £406 £409
25th Percentile £463 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £750 £775
England median daily rate £530 £530 £575
% change year-on-year - -7.83% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 3
10th Percentile - £54.95 £36.72
25th Percentile £92.50 £68.25 £38.16
Median hourly rate £95.00 £80.00 £41.16
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% +94.39% -50.12%
75th Percentile £97.50 £87.50 £41.99
90th Percentile - £92.50 £42.15
England median hourly rate £65.00 £67.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -2.99% +61.45% -44.67%

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 18,082 12,492 14,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.85% 92.60% 89.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,829 8,233 9,474
10th Percentile £358 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £668 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 246 181
10th Percentile £16.04 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.00 £24.18
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.25 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% -17.12% -2.67%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £78.75
England median hourly rate £40.08 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.36% -41.51% -3.37%

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 3 October 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
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 3 October 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 -11 96 £555 -5.13% 105
South London -5 24 £535 -13.99% 15
East London +1 5 £750 +38.89% 5
West London -30 4 £500 +5.26% 30
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 35 (4.20%) Confluence
2 22 (2.64%) CMS
3 18 (2.16%) Apache Spark
3 18 (2.16%) Camunda
4 10 (1.20%) Apache
5 9 (1.08%) SharePoint
6 7 (0.84%) nginx
7 5 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.60%) Ethereum
8 4 (0.48%) Hyperledger
9 3 (0.36%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.36%) Apache Pulsar
9 3 (0.36%) Cloud Foundry
9 3 (0.36%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.24%) Mule
10 2 (0.24%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.12%) SAS
11 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.48%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (1.08%) Payment Gateway
2 8 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.48%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.48%) Quorum
3 4 (0.48%) R3 Corda
3 4 (0.48%) Ripple
3 4 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.24%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.24%) Endur
6 1 (0.12%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.12%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.12%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
6 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 407 (48.80%) AWS
2 312 (37.41%) Azure
3 157 (18.82%) GitHub
4 153 (18.35%) GCP
5 99 (11.87%) Serverless
6 97 (11.63%) GitHub Actions
7 93 (11.15%) Azure DevOps
8 73 (8.75%) Amazon EKS
9 57 (6.83%) AWS Lambda
10 50 (6.00%) Amazon ECS
10 50 (6.00%) Amazon S3
11 47 (5.64%) Amazon SQS
12 37 (4.44%) Amazon EC2
13 35 (4.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 34 (4.08%) OpenShift
15 27 (3.24%) AWS CloudFormation
16 26 (3.12%) Anthropic Claude
16 26 (3.12%) GitHub Copilot
17 25 (3.00%) SaaS
18 24 (2.88%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.72%) Network Security
2 4 (0.48%) VPN
3 3 (0.36%) DNS
3 3 (0.36%) HTTP
4 2 (0.24%) FTP
4 2 (0.24%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.12%) Firewall
5 1 (0.12%) Internet
5 1 (0.12%) MPLS
5 1 (0.12%) OpenLDAP
5 1 (0.12%) OpenVPN
5 1 (0.12%) RTP
5 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.12%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (13.55%) PostgreSQL
2 87 (10.43%) NoSQL
3 60 (7.19%) SQL Server
4 58 (6.95%) MongoDB
5 45 (5.40%) Relational Database
6 36 (4.32%) MySQL
7 29 (3.48%) Amazon RDS
8 26 (3.12%) Redis
9 21 (2.52%) DynamoDB
10 18 (2.16%) BigQuery
11 17 (2.04%) Big Data
11 17 (2.04%) Power BI
12 13 (1.56%) Data Lake
13 12 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (1.08%) Amazon Aurora
15 8 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
15 8 (0.96%) Flink
15 8 (0.96%) Metadata
15 8 (0.96%) Oracle Database
15 8 (0.96%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 156 (18.71%) Jenkins
2 151 (18.11%) Git
3 112 (13.43%) GitLab
4 50 (6.00%) JUnit
5 46 (5.52%) JIRA
6 44 (5.28%) Maven
7 39 (4.68%) Gradle
8 33 (3.96%) Mockito
9 28 (3.36%) SonarQube
10 24 (2.88%) Cypress.io
11 22 (2.64%) Selenium
12 20 (2.40%) REST Assured
13 19 (2.28%) Postman
14 16 (1.92%) Cucumber
14 16 (1.92%) JMeter
15 12 (1.44%) Bitbucket
15 12 (1.44%) Liquibase
16 11 (1.32%) Claude Code
17 8 (0.96%) Gatling
17 8 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 252 (30.22%) Finance
2 212 (25.42%) Social Skills
3 149 (17.87%) Banking
4 93 (11.15%) Public Sector
5 86 (10.31%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (3.72%) Investment Banking
6 31 (3.72%) Retail
7 25 (3.00%) Front Office
8 20 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
9 16 (1.92%) Marketing
10 15 (1.80%) Retail Banking
11 13 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (1.44%) Billing
12 12 (1.44%) Law
13 9 (1.08%) Local Government
13 9 (1.08%) Police
14 7 (0.84%) Legal
14 7 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (0.84%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 292 (35.01%) Developer
2 165 (19.78%) Senior
3 144 (17.27%) Architect
4 112 (13.43%) Java Developer
5 78 (9.35%) Lead
6 66 (7.91%) Senior Developer
7 65 (7.79%) Software Engineer
8 63 (7.55%) Full-Stack Developer
9 57 (6.83%) Solutions Architect
10 53 (6.35%) Java Engineer
11 46 (5.52%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 39 (4.68%) DevOps Engineer
13 38 (4.56%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 30 (3.60%) Python Developer
15 28 (3.36%) .NET Developer
15 28 (3.36%) Senior Java Developer
16 27 (3.24%) AWS Engineer
17 25 (3.00%) Backend Developer
17 25 (3.00%) Senior Software Engineer
18 22 (2.64%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 231 (27.70%) REST
2 221 (26.50%) Spring
3 214 (25.66%) Kafka
4 206 (24.70%) Spring Boot
5 160 (19.18%) RESTful
6 155 (18.59%) React
7 139 (16.67%) Terraform
8 108 (12.95%) .NET
9 85 (10.19%) Node.js
10 64 (7.67%) AngularJS
11 62 (7.43%) HTML
12 61 (7.31%) CSS
13 55 (6.59%) OAuth
14 45 (5.40%) OAuth2
15 43 (5.16%) RabbitMQ
16 38 (4.56%) HTML5
17 35 (4.20%) SOAP
18 34 (4.08%) .NET Core
18 34 (4.08%) CSS3
19 33 (3.96%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 268 (32.13%) Cloud Native
2 204 (24.46%) Distributed Systems
3 92 (11.03%) Product Ownership
4 49 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
5 45 (5.40%) Enterprise Software
6 38 (4.56%) AI Agents
7 32 (3.84%) Onboarding
8 26 (3.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 24 (2.88%) Derivative
10 20 (2.40%) Virtual Team
11 19 (2.28%) Data Structures
11 19 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
12 15 (1.80%) Algorithms
13 14 (1.68%) Fixed Income
13 14 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
14 13 (1.56%) Distributed Architecture
14 13 (1.56%) Legacy Applications
15 12 (1.44%) Public Cloud
15 12 (1.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
16 10 (1.20%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 58 (6.95%) Linux
2 29 (3.48%) Unix
3 11 (1.32%) Windows
4 8 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.72%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.36%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.24%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.24%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.12%) Android
8 1 (0.12%) Solaris
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 531 (63.67%) CI/CD
2 386 (46.28%) DevOps
3 348 (41.73%) Agile
4 303 (36.33%) Event-Driven
5 229 (27.46%) Containerisation
6 210 (25.18%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 209 (25.06%) Software Engineering
8 201 (24.10%) AI
9 178 (21.34%) Test Automation
10 166 (19.90%) Observability
11 145 (17.39%) Full-Stack Development
12 139 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
13 138 (16.55%) Problem-Solving
14 124 (14.87%) Scrum
15 120 (14.39%) Stakeholder Management
16 117 (14.03%) Continuous Improvement
17 113 (13.55%) Technical Leadership
18 90 (10.79%) TDD
19 89 (10.67%) Code Quality
20 88 (10.55%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 373 (44.72%) Java
2 244 (29.26%) Python
3 200 (23.98%) SQL
4 161 (19.30%) TypeScript
5 153 (18.35%) JavaScript
6 112 (13.43%) C#
7 33 (3.96%) Go
8 26 (3.12%) Bash
9 19 (2.28%) Shell Script
10 18 (2.16%) PL/SQL
10 18 (2.16%) PowerShell
11 13 (1.56%) Kotlin
12 12 (1.44%) Bicep
13 10 (1.20%) Ruby
14 8 (0.96%) PHP
15 7 (0.84%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.48%) C++
16 4 (0.48%) Scala
16 4 (0.48%) Solidity
17 3 (0.36%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 195 (23.38%) Security Cleared
2 173 (20.74%) SC Cleared
3 47 (5.64%) Degree
4 41 (4.92%) AWS Certification
5 32 (3.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (3.60%) DV Cleared
7 21 (2.52%) Azure Certification
8 17 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 9 (1.08%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 7 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
12 6 (0.72%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.60%) CISSP
13 5 (0.60%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.48%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 4 (0.48%) PhD
15 2 (0.24%) CSPO
15 2 (0.24%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.24%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (11.63%) QA
2 22 (2.64%) Accessibility
3 21 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (2.28%) ISO 20022
5 15 (1.80%) Data Quality
6 14 (1.68%) NIST
6 14 (1.68%) SEPA
7 11 (1.32%) GDPR
8 6 (0.72%) NCSC
8 6 (0.72%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.72%) PSD2
8 6 (0.72%) SLA
9 4 (0.48%) EU AI Act
9 4 (0.48%) ISO 15022
9 4 (0.48%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.36%) GRC
10 3 (0.36%) WCAG
11 2 (0.24%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 311 (37.29%) Docker
2 5 (0.60%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.48%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.24%) Postfix
5 1 (0.12%) OpenSSH
5 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 306 (36.69%) Kubernetes
2 63 (7.55%) Grafana
3 49 (5.88%) Prometheus
4 42 (5.04%) Ansible
5 13 (1.56%) Kibana
6 11 (1.32%) Argo
7 9 (1.08%) Istio
8 8 (0.96%) Puppet
9 6 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.36%) Bosun
10 3 (0.36%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.36%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.24%) Control-M
11 2 (0.24%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.12%) ITRS Geneos
12 1 (0.12%) Packer
Vendors
1 89 (10.67%) Microsoft
2 56 (6.71%) Oracle
3 53 (6.35%) Google
4 27 (3.24%) Splunk
5 25 (3.00%) OpenAI
6 17 (2.04%) Dynatrace
7 16 (1.92%) SAP
8 15 (1.80%) IBM
8 15 (1.80%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.32%) Databricks
10 9 (1.08%) New Relic
11 8 (0.96%) Veracode
12 7 (0.84%) AppDynamics
13 6 (0.72%) Confluent
13 6 (0.72%) MuleSoft
13 6 (0.72%) Sybase
13 6 (0.72%) Workday
14 5 (0.60%) Amplitude
14 5 (0.60%) ServiceNow
14 5 (0.60%) Solace