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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 48 56
Rank change year-on-year -14 +8 -4
Contract jobs citing Microservices 829 677 669
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.12% 5.07% 4.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.64% 5.47% 4.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 555 461 468
10th Percentile £406 £411 £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 £648 £688 £688
90th Percentile £770 £750 £775
England median daily rate £533 £530 £563
% change year-on-year +0.47% -5.86% -6.17%
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 17,861 12,373 14,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.73% 92.58% 89.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,722 8,170 9,513
10th Percentile £358 £325 £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 £669 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 317 241 181
10th Percentile £16.19 £17.08 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.00 £24.15
Median hourly rate £32.63 £30.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.75% -17.81% -2.67%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +63.02% -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 28 September 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 28 September 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 95 £555 -5.13% 104
South London -8 23 £535 -13.99% 12
East London +1 6 £625 +15.74% 7
West London -30 3 £500 +5.26% 35
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 34 (4.10%) Confluence
2 24 (2.90%) CMS
3 19 (2.29%) Apache Spark
3 19 (2.29%) Camunda
4 11 (1.33%) Apache
5 10 (1.21%) 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%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (0.48%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (1.09%) Payment Gateway
2 8 (0.97%) 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%) Endur
6 1 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
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
1 404 (48.73%) AWS
2 308 (37.15%) Azure
3 155 (18.70%) GitHub
4 149 (17.97%) GCP
5 99 (11.94%) Serverless
6 94 (11.34%) GitHub Actions
7 91 (10.98%) Azure DevOps
8 69 (8.32%) Amazon EKS
9 58 (7.00%) AWS Lambda
10 50 (6.03%) Amazon ECS
11 48 (5.79%) Amazon S3
12 47 (5.67%) Amazon SQS
13 35 (4.22%) Amazon EC2
14 33 (3.98%) OpenShift
15 31 (3.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 27 (3.26%) GitHub Copilot
17 26 (3.14%) AWS CloudFormation
18 25 (3.02%) SaaS
19 24 (2.90%) Amazon EventBridge
19 24 (2.90%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.72%) Network Security
2 5 (0.60%) 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%) 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
1 110 (13.27%) PostgreSQL
2 82 (9.89%) NoSQL
3 59 (7.12%) SQL Server
4 56 (6.76%) MongoDB
5 43 (5.19%) Relational Database
6 35 (4.22%) MySQL
7 28 (3.38%) Amazon RDS
8 25 (3.02%) Redis
9 22 (2.65%) DynamoDB
10 19 (2.29%) Power BI
11 18 (2.17%) BigQuery
12 17 (2.05%) Big Data
13 14 (1.69%) Data Lake
14 13 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
15 10 (1.21%) Amazon Aurora
16 8 (0.97%) Flink
16 8 (0.97%) Pinecone
17 7 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
17 7 (0.84%) Metadata
17 7 (0.84%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 156 (18.82%) Jenkins
2 144 (17.37%) Git
3 105 (12.67%) GitLab
4 51 (6.15%) JUnit
5 44 (5.31%) JIRA
6 43 (5.19%) Maven
7 37 (4.46%) Gradle
8 34 (4.10%) Mockito
9 28 (3.38%) SonarQube
10 24 (2.90%) Cypress.io
11 22 (2.65%) Postman
11 22 (2.65%) Selenium
12 20 (2.41%) REST Assured
13 16 (1.93%) Cucumber
13 16 (1.93%) JMeter
14 12 (1.45%) Liquibase
15 11 (1.33%) Bitbucket
15 11 (1.33%) Claude Code
16 8 (0.97%) Gatling
16 8 (0.97%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 248 (29.92%) Finance
2 212 (25.57%) Social Skills
3 150 (18.09%) Banking
4 91 (10.98%) Public Sector
5 82 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (3.62%) Retail
7 29 (3.50%) Investment Banking
8 25 (3.02%) Front Office
9 21 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (2.17%) Marketing
12 16 (1.93%) Retail Banking
13 13 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (1.45%) Billing
14 12 (1.45%) Law
15 9 (1.09%) Police
16 8 (0.97%) Legal
17 7 (0.84%) Local Government
17 7 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (0.84%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 287 (34.62%) Developer
2 170 (20.51%) Senior
3 147 (17.73%) Architect
4 113 (13.63%) Java Developer
5 79 (9.53%) Lead
6 69 (8.32%) Senior Developer
7 65 (7.84%) Software Engineer
8 62 (7.48%) Full-Stack Developer
9 56 (6.76%) Solutions Architect
10 53 (6.39%) Java Engineer
11 44 (5.31%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 39 (4.70%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 37 (4.46%) DevOps Engineer
14 31 (3.74%) Senior Java Developer
15 29 (3.50%) Python Developer
16 26 (3.14%) .NET Developer
16 26 (3.14%) AWS Engineer
17 25 (3.02%) Senior Software Engineer
17 25 (3.02%) Technical Architect
18 23 (2.77%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 225 (27.14%) REST
2 219 (26.42%) Spring
3 206 (24.85%) Kafka
4 204 (24.61%) Spring Boot
5 162 (19.54%) RESTful
6 155 (18.70%) React
7 137 (16.53%) Terraform
8 107 (12.91%) .NET
9 85 (10.25%) Node.js
10 61 (7.36%) AngularJS
11 60 (7.24%) HTML
12 59 (7.12%) CSS
13 57 (6.88%) OAuth
14 47 (5.67%) OAuth2
15 44 (5.31%) RabbitMQ
16 38 (4.58%) HTML5
17 36 (4.34%) SOAP
18 34 (4.10%) .NET Core
18 34 (4.10%) CSS3
19 32 (3.86%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 267 (32.21%) Cloud Native
2 204 (24.61%) Distributed Systems
3 94 (11.34%) Product Ownership
4 47 (5.67%) Legacy Systems
5 42 (5.07%) Enterprise Software
6 38 (4.58%) AI Agents
7 33 (3.98%) Onboarding
8 28 (3.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 24 (2.90%) Derivative
10 20 (2.41%) Data Structures
10 20 (2.41%) Greenfield Project
10 20 (2.41%) Virtual Team
11 17 (2.05%) Algorithms
12 15 (1.81%) Fixed Income
12 15 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
13 14 (1.69%) Distributed Architecture
14 12 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
14 12 (1.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 11 (1.33%) Public Cloud
16 10 (1.21%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 55 (6.63%) Linux
2 29 (3.50%) Unix
3 11 (1.33%) Windows
4 6 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.48%) 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
1 523 (63.09%) CI/CD
2 385 (46.44%) DevOps
3 340 (41.01%) Agile
4 297 (35.83%) Event-Driven
5 231 (27.86%) Containerisation
6 206 (24.85%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 204 (24.61%) Software Engineering
8 198 (23.88%) AI
9 176 (21.23%) Test Automation
10 163 (19.66%) Observability
11 144 (17.37%) Full-Stack Development
12 140 (16.89%) Infrastructure as Code
13 138 (16.65%) Problem-Solving
14 123 (14.84%) Scrum
15 119 (14.35%) Stakeholder Management
16 112 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
16 112 (13.51%) Technical Leadership
17 92 (11.10%) Code Quality
18 91 (10.98%) Integration Patterns
19 85 (10.25%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 375 (45.24%) Java
2 239 (28.83%) Python
3 195 (23.52%) SQL
4 158 (19.06%) TypeScript
5 152 (18.34%) JavaScript
6 111 (13.39%) C#
7 32 (3.86%) Go
8 22 (2.65%) Bash
9 19 (2.29%) Shell Script
10 18 (2.17%) PowerShell
11 17 (2.05%) PL/SQL
12 15 (1.81%) Kotlin
13 11 (1.33%) Bicep
13 11 (1.33%) Ruby
14 8 (0.97%) PHP
15 6 (0.72%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.48%) C++
16 4 (0.48%) Scala
16 4 (0.48%) Solidity
17 3 (0.36%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 193 (23.28%) Security Cleared
2 171 (20.63%) SC Cleared
3 45 (5.43%) Degree
4 39 (4.70%) AWS Certification
5 31 (3.74%) DV Cleared
6 30 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (2.53%) Azure Certification
8 18 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (1.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (0.97%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 7 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
12 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 5 (0.60%) CISSP
13 5 (0.60%) ISTQB
13 5 (0.60%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.48%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 4 (0.48%) PhD
15 2 (0.24%) CSPO
15 2 (0.24%) ISEB
15 2 (0.24%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (11.94%) QA
2 22 (2.65%) Accessibility
3 21 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (2.29%) ISO 20022
5 15 (1.81%) NIST
6 14 (1.69%) Data Quality
6 14 (1.69%) SEPA
7 12 (1.45%) 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%) ISO 15022
10 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.36%) EU AI Act
10 3 (0.36%) GRC
10 3 (0.36%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.36%) WCAG
11 2 (0.24%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 307 (37.03%) 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
1 298 (35.95%) Kubernetes
2 59 (7.12%) Grafana
3 45 (5.43%) Prometheus
4 38 (4.58%) Ansible
5 13 (1.57%) Kibana
6 11 (1.33%) Argo
7 9 (1.09%) Istio
8 6 (0.72%) Puppet
8 6 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.36%) Bosun
9 3 (0.36%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.36%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.24%) Control-M
10 2 (0.24%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.12%) ITRS Geneos
11 1 (0.12%) Packer
Vendors
1 90 (10.86%) Microsoft
2 55 (6.63%) Oracle
3 51 (6.15%) Google
4 26 (3.14%) Splunk
5 24 (2.90%) OpenAI
6 17 (2.05%) Dynatrace
7 16 (1.93%) IBM
7 16 (1.93%) SAP
8 15 (1.81%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.33%) Databricks
10 9 (1.09%) New Relic
11 8 (0.97%) Veracode
12 7 (0.84%) AppDynamics
13 6 (0.72%) Confluent
13 6 (0.72%) MuleSoft
13 6 (0.72%) Solace
13 6 (0.72%) Sybase
13 6 (0.72%) Workday
14 5 (0.60%) Amplitude
14 5 (0.60%) ServiceNow