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 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 51 49
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 -8
Contract jobs citing Microservices 848 651 737
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.27% 4.81% 4.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.80% 5.22% 4.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 575 452 532
10th Percentile £402 £390 £404
25th Percentile £453 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £694
90th Percentile £766 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -14.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 3
10th Percentile £75.00 £37.48 £45.10
25th Percentile £85.00 £41.19 £51.63
Median hourly rate £90.00 £62.25 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +44.58% -0.40% -24.24%
75th Percentile £96.88 £85.00 -
90th Percentile £97.50 £94.00 -
England median hourly rate £77.50 £64.75 £45.88
% change year-on-year +19.69% +41.13% -36.72%

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 17,684 12,469 15,548
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.06% 92.20% 88.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,749 8,337 11,045
10th Percentile £360 £331 £341
25th Percentile £440 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £769 £790 £800
England median daily rate £525 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +2.14% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 233 283
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £22.73 £24.66 £20.03
Median hourly rate £36.50 £32.00 £30.12
Median % change year-on-year +14.06% +6.24% -27.42%
75th Percentile £58.92 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.65 £68.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.09%

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 11 July 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 11 July 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 11 July 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 -16 90 £530 -9.40% 54
South London -18 18 £541 +8.72% 2
East London +3 9 £432 +12.21% 7
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 25 (2.95%) CMS
2 23 (2.71%) Confluence
3 20 (2.36%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.53%) Camunda
5 12 (1.42%) Ethereum
6 11 (1.30%) Hyperledger
7 10 (1.18%) Apache
7 10 (1.18%) SharePoint
8 8 (0.94%) nginx
9 7 (0.83%) Anypoint
10 6 (0.71%) Mule
11 4 (0.47%) Cloud Foundry
11 4 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.35%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.35%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
13 2 (0.24%) Drupal
13 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
13 2 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (0.59%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.35%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.12%) Maya
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (0.71%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (0.71%) R3 Corda
3 5 (0.59%) Quorum
4 4 (0.47%) Distributed Ledger
4 4 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.47%) Ripple
5 3 (0.35%) Bloomberg AIM
5 3 (0.35%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.24%) Endur
6 2 (0.24%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.12%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 437 (51.53%) AWS
2 299 (35.26%) Azure
3 145 (17.10%) GCP
4 136 (16.04%) GitHub
5 110 (12.97%) Serverless
6 83 (9.79%) GitHub Actions
7 80 (9.43%) Azure DevOps
8 64 (7.55%) AWS Lambda
9 60 (7.08%) Amazon S3
10 57 (6.72%) Amazon ECS
11 52 (6.13%) Amazon EKS
12 41 (4.83%) Amazon EC2
13 40 (4.72%) Amazon SQS
14 31 (3.66%) Azure AKS
15 30 (3.54%) AWS CloudFormation
16 27 (3.18%) SaaS
17 25 (2.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 21 (2.48%) OpenShift
19 20 (2.36%) Power Platform
20 19 (2.24%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.42%) HTTP
2 6 (0.71%) Network Security
2 6 (0.71%) VPN
3 3 (0.35%) 3GPP
3 3 (0.35%) 5G
4 2 (0.24%) 4G
4 2 (0.24%) DNS
4 2 (0.24%) FTP
4 2 (0.24%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.24%) Internet
4 2 (0.24%) LTE
4 2 (0.24%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (0.24%) WAN
5 1 (0.12%) 5G NR
5 1 (0.12%) Firewall
5 1 (0.12%) NaaS
5 1 (0.12%) RFID
5 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.12%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (11.67%) PostgreSQL
2 82 (9.67%) NoSQL
3 57 (6.72%) MongoDB
4 51 (6.01%) SQL Server
5 43 (5.07%) Relational Database
6 37 (4.36%) Amazon RDS
7 30 (3.54%) DynamoDB
8 29 (3.42%) Redis
9 24 (2.83%) MySQL
10 23 (2.71%) Apache Cassandra
11 20 (2.36%) Power BI
12 18 (2.12%) Big Data
13 16 (1.89%) BigQuery
14 13 (1.53%) Amazon Aurora
15 11 (1.30%) Data Lake
15 11 (1.30%) Flink
16 10 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
17 8 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
17 8 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
18 7 (0.83%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 143 (16.86%) Git
2 128 (15.09%) Jenkins
3 83 (9.79%) GitLab
4 61 (7.19%) JUnit
5 41 (4.83%) JIRA
6 37 (4.36%) Mockito
7 33 (3.89%) Gradle
7 33 (3.89%) Maven
8 24 (2.83%) Postman
9 17 (2.00%) Cucumber
9 17 (2.00%) SonarQube
10 15 (1.77%) Liquibase
11 11 (1.30%) Cypress.io
11 11 (1.30%) Octopus Deploy
11 11 (1.30%) TeamCity
11 11 (1.30%) Vite
12 10 (1.18%) Selenium
13 9 (1.06%) REST Assured
14 8 (0.94%) JMeter
14 8 (0.94%) MSTest
General
1 230 (27.12%) Finance
2 197 (23.23%) Social Skills
3 136 (16.04%) Banking
4 102 (12.03%) Public Sector
5 71 (8.37%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (3.54%) Investment Banking
7 28 (3.30%) Front Office
8 22 (2.59%) Marketing
9 18 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (2.00%) Law
11 16 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (1.89%) Retail
12 12 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (1.42%) Legal
12 12 (1.42%) Retail Banking
13 9 (1.06%) Billing
13 9 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.83%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.59%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.59%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 286 (33.73%) Developer
2 173 (20.40%) Senior
3 153 (18.04%) Architect
4 119 (14.03%) Java Developer
5 81 (9.55%) Lead
6 79 (9.32%) Software Engineer
7 73 (8.61%) Senior Developer
8 58 (6.84%) Java Engineer
9 53 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
10 45 (5.31%) Full-Stack Developer
11 36 (4.25%) Analyst
11 36 (4.25%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 34 (4.01%) DevOps Engineer
13 32 (3.77%) Senior Java Developer
13 32 (3.77%) Technical Architect
14 30 (3.54%) Backend Developer
15 27 (3.18%) C# Developer
16 26 (3.07%) AWS Engineer
17 25 (2.95%) Python Developer
17 25 (2.95%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 234 (27.59%) Spring
2 205 (24.17%) Spring Boot
3 184 (21.70%) Kafka
4 183 (21.58%) REST
5 170 (20.05%) RESTful
6 147 (17.33%) React
7 104 (12.26%) .NET
8 93 (10.97%) Node.js
9 69 (8.14%) AngularJS
10 49 (5.78%) CSS
11 47 (5.54%) HTML
12 41 (4.83%) OAuth
13 37 (4.36%) RabbitMQ
14 33 (3.89%) Middleware
14 33 (3.89%) OAuth2
15 26 (3.07%) JSON
15 26 (3.07%) OpenTelemetry
16 25 (2.95%) .NET Core
16 25 (2.95%) Web Services
17 24 (2.83%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 223 (26.30%) Cloud Native
2 191 (22.52%) Distributed Systems
3 72 (8.49%) Product Ownership
4 39 (4.60%) Legacy Systems
5 31 (3.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 28 (3.30%) Onboarding
7 27 (3.18%) Derivative
8 24 (2.83%) Greenfield Project
9 23 (2.71%) AI Agents
10 22 (2.59%) Algorithms
11 20 (2.36%) Virtual Team
12 17 (2.00%) Data Structures
12 17 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
14 15 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
14 15 (1.77%) Fixed Income
15 14 (1.65%) Distributed Architecture
16 12 (1.42%) Public Cloud
17 11 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
17 11 (1.30%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 51 (6.01%) Linux
2 19 (2.24%) Unix
3 9 (1.06%) Windows
4 7 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.47%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.35%) Solaris
6 3 (0.35%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.35%) zOS
7 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.24%) VMS
8 1 (0.12%) Android
8 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 495 (58.37%) CI/CD
2 355 (41.86%) DevOps
3 340 (40.09%) Agile
4 265 (31.25%) Containerisation
5 231 (27.24%) Event-Driven
6 220 (25.94%) Software Engineering
7 164 (19.34%) AI
8 147 (17.33%) Observability
9 146 (17.22%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 139 (16.39%) Infrastructure as Code
11 138 (16.27%) Test Automation
12 128 (15.09%) Full-Stack Development
12 128 (15.09%) Scrum
13 126 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
14 105 (12.38%) TDD
15 96 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
16 91 (10.73%) Code Quality
17 82 (9.67%) Technical Leadership
18 81 (9.55%) API Design
19 78 (9.20%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 401 (47.29%) Java
2 228 (26.89%) Python
3 202 (23.82%) SQL
4 158 (18.63%) TypeScript
5 129 (15.21%) JavaScript
6 106 (12.50%) C#
7 38 (4.48%) Go
8 26 (3.07%) Ruby
9 17 (2.00%) Kotlin
10 14 (1.65%) Shell Script
11 12 (1.42%) Bash
11 12 (1.42%) PL/SQL
12 11 (1.30%) Bicep
13 8 (0.94%) PHP
14 7 (0.83%) Scala
14 7 (0.83%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.71%) Solidity
16 5 (0.59%) C++
17 4 (0.47%) PowerShell
18 3 (0.35%) RPG
Qualifications
1 186 (21.93%) Security Cleared
2 163 (19.22%) SC Cleared
3 52 (6.13%) Degree
4 39 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (4.01%) AWS Certification
6 22 (2.59%) Azure Certification
7 17 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (2.00%) DV Cleared
8 15 (1.77%) Master's Degree
9 12 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (0.94%) CISSP
11 7 (0.83%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 7 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.47%) OSCP
13 3 (0.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.35%) CCSP
13 3 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.35%) GIAC
13 3 (0.35%) MBA
13 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (8.37%) QA
2 36 (4.25%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.00%) ISO 20022
4 16 (1.89%) GDPR
4 16 (1.89%) NIST
5 13 (1.53%) SEPA
6 11 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.18%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.06%) Data Quality
8 9 (1.06%) PSD2
9 4 (0.47%) SLA
10 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.35%) NCSC
10 3 (0.35%) TARGET2
10 3 (0.35%) WCAG
11 2 (0.24%) GRC
11 2 (0.24%) HL7
11 2 (0.24%) ISO 15022
11 2 (0.24%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 319 (37.62%) Docker
2 8 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.47%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 3 (0.35%) Postfix
5 1 (0.12%) OpenSSH
5 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 311 (36.67%) Kubernetes
2 113 (13.33%) Terraform
3 57 (6.72%) Grafana
4 44 (5.19%) Prometheus
5 24 (2.83%) Ansible
6 10 (1.18%) Kibana
6 10 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.94%) Istio
8 7 (0.83%) Argo
9 5 (0.59%) Puppet
10 4 (0.47%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.24%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.24%) Kustomize
11 2 (0.24%) Rancher
12 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
12 1 (0.12%) linkerd
12 1 (0.12%) Opsgenie
12 1 (0.12%) Packer
12 1 (0.12%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 84 (9.91%) Microsoft
2 55 (6.49%) Oracle
3 31 (3.66%) Google
4 21 (2.48%) OpenAI
5 16 (1.89%) Splunk
6 15 (1.77%) Dynatrace
6 15 (1.77%) IBM
7 12 (1.42%) Salesforce
8 11 (1.30%) Sybase
9 9 (1.06%) MuleSoft
9 9 (1.06%) ServiceNow
10 8 (0.94%) SAP
10 8 (0.94%) Solace
11 6 (0.71%) Atlassian
11 6 (0.71%) Confluent
11 6 (0.71%) Red Hat
11 6 (0.71%) Software AG
12 5 (0.59%) Amplitude
12 5 (0.59%) AppDynamics
13 4 (0.47%) New Relic