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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 57 60
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 -22
Contract jobs citing Microservices 731 513 635
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.39% 4.00% 3.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.89% 4.38% 3.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 492 348 469
10th Percentile £375 £386 £413
25th Percentile £428 £456 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £560 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -2.61% -11.54%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £700
90th Percentile £750 £825 £775
England median daily rate £523 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile £65.50 £36.30 -
25th Percentile £70.13 £37.13 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £39.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +124.36% -37.60% +78.57%
75th Percentile £93.75 £42.63 -
90th Percentile £95.00 £44.50 -
England median hourly rate £74.63 £41.75 £48.43
% change year-on-year +78.75% -13.79% -33.20%

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 14,953 11,720 16,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.78% 91.29% 88.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,029 7,873 11,444
10th Percentile £353 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £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 232 165 339
10th Percentile £18.09 £20.18 £15.99
25th Percentile £21.87 £24.66 £19.74
Median hourly rate £35.50 £36.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.74% +19.67% -21.54%
75th Percentile £56.97 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.25 £71.15 £69.60
England median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -4.41% +4.62% -13.33%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -11 78 £525 -10.26% 101
South London -9 25 £537 +13.05% 5
West London -20 7 £550 +34.47% 4
East London -2 5 £432 +3.47% 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 26 (3.56%) Confluence
2 13 (1.78%) Apache
3 8 (1.09%) CMS
3 8 (1.09%) Ethereum
4 7 (0.96%) Camunda
4 7 (0.96%) Hyperledger
5 6 (0.82%) Anypoint
6 5 (0.68%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.68%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.68%) Mule
6 5 (0.68%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.55%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.27%) Drupal
8 2 (0.27%) nginx
8 2 (0.27%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.27%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.27%) WordPress
9 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 7 (0.96%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.41%) 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 (0.55%) Bloomberg AIM
1 4 (0.55%) Fidessa
1 4 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.27%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.27%) R3 Corda
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
1 394 (53.90%) AWS
2 285 (38.99%) Azure
3 129 (17.65%) GCP
4 126 (17.24%) Serverless
5 119 (16.28%) GitHub
6 81 (11.08%) Azure DevOps
7 73 (9.99%) AWS Lambda
8 63 (8.62%) GitHub Actions
9 62 (8.48%) Amazon ECS
10 59 (8.07%) Amazon S3
11 47 (6.43%) Azure AKS
12 43 (5.88%) AWS CloudFormation
13 38 (5.20%) Amazon EC2
14 36 (4.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 35 (4.79%) Amazon EKS
16 28 (3.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 28 (3.83%) Entra ID
16 28 (3.83%) SaaS
17 26 (3.56%) Amazon SQS
17 26 (3.56%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.64%) HTTP
2 7 (0.96%) Network Security
3 5 (0.68%) DNS
3 5 (0.68%) SSL
4 4 (0.55%) Firewall
4 4 (0.55%) VPN
5 3 (0.41%) 3GPP
5 3 (0.41%) 5G
6 2 (0.27%) 4G
6 2 (0.27%) LTE
6 2 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.27%) S/MIME
6 2 (0.27%) WAN
7 1 (0.14%) Internet
7 1 (0.14%) Multicast
7 1 (0.14%) NaaS
7 1 (0.14%) RFID
7 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.14%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (11.49%) PostgreSQL
2 82 (11.22%) NoSQL
3 60 (8.21%) MongoDB
4 49 (6.70%) Apache Cassandra
5 42 (5.75%) Relational Database
6 40 (5.47%) SQL Server
7 34 (4.65%) DynamoDB
8 32 (4.38%) Amazon RDS
8 32 (4.38%) Redis
9 30 (4.10%) MySQL
10 16 (2.19%) Azure SQL Database
11 14 (1.92%) BigQuery
12 13 (1.78%) Big Data
13 11 (1.50%) Amazon Aurora
13 11 (1.50%) Hadoop
14 10 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
15 9 (1.23%) DB2
16 7 (0.96%) DocumentDB
17 6 (0.82%) Pinecone
17 6 (0.82%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 113 (15.46%) Git
2 98 (13.41%) Jenkins
3 68 (9.30%) GitLab
4 52 (7.11%) JUnit
5 50 (6.84%) JIRA
6 30 (4.10%) Mockito
7 25 (3.42%) Cucumber
8 15 (2.05%) Maven
9 14 (1.92%) Bitbucket
9 14 (1.92%) Selenium
10 12 (1.64%) Postman
11 11 (1.50%) Liquibase
12 9 (1.23%) Gradle
12 9 (1.23%) Zephyr
13 8 (1.09%) Octopus Deploy
14 7 (0.96%) Cypress.io
14 7 (0.96%) REST Assured
14 7 (0.96%) TeamCity
14 7 (0.96%) Vite
15 6 (0.82%) MLflow
General
1 188 (25.72%) Social Skills
2 165 (22.57%) Finance
3 111 (15.18%) Banking
4 84 (11.49%) Public Sector
5 61 (8.34%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (3.01%) Front Office
7 17 (2.33%) Investment Banking
8 15 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (1.78%) Retail
11 12 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (0.96%) Marketing
14 6 (0.82%) Legal
14 6 (0.82%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.55%) Law
16 3 (0.41%) Back Office
16 3 (0.41%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.41%) Military
17 2 (0.27%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 282 (38.58%) Developer
2 169 (23.12%) Senior
3 122 (16.69%) Architect
4 96 (13.13%) Java Developer
5 83 (11.35%) Senior Developer
6 49 (6.70%) Lead
7 48 (6.57%) Software Engineer
8 46 (6.29%) Solutions Architect
9 44 (6.02%) Java Engineer
10 40 (5.47%) Full-Stack Developer
11 37 (5.06%) DevOps Engineer
12 33 (4.51%) Technical Architect
13 31 (4.24%) Senior Java Developer
14 30 (4.10%) C# Developer
15 29 (3.97%) Backend Developer
16 25 (3.42%) Analyst
16 25 (3.42%) Cloud Engineer
17 23 (3.15%) AWS Engineer
17 23 (3.15%) Python Engineer
18 21 (2.87%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (25.72%) Spring
2 163 (22.30%) Spring Boot
3 162 (22.16%) Kafka
4 139 (19.02%) RESTful
5 135 (18.47%) REST
6 134 (18.33%) React
7 106 (14.50%) Node.js
8 99 (13.54%) .NET
8 99 (13.54%) AngularJS
9 52 (7.11%) Middleware
10 44 (6.02%) CSS
10 44 (6.02%) HTML
11 43 (5.88%) gRPC
12 39 (5.34%) OAuth
13 32 (4.38%) Vue
14 27 (3.69%) .NET Core
15 25 (3.42%) OpenTelemetry
16 24 (3.28%) OpenID
16 24 (3.28%) RabbitMQ
17 23 (3.15%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 146 (19.97%) Cloud Native
2 123 (16.83%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (5.06%) Product Ownership
4 23 (3.15%) AI Agents
5 19 (2.60%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.33%) Derivative
7 16 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (2.05%) Algorithms
9 13 (1.78%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (1.50%) Public Cloud
11 10 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.37%) Legacy Applications
11 10 (1.37%) Management Information System
12 9 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.23%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (0.96%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 43 (5.88%) Linux
2 16 (2.19%) Unix
3 6 (0.82%) Windows
4 4 (0.55%) zOS
5 3 (0.41%) VMS
6 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.27%) Solaris
6 2 (0.27%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 390 (53.35%) CI/CD
2 306 (41.86%) DevOps
3 283 (38.71%) Agile
4 203 (27.77%) Containerisation
5 175 (23.94%) Software Engineering
6 149 (20.38%) Problem-Solving
7 132 (18.06%) Event-Driven
8 125 (17.10%) Infrastructure as Code
9 109 (14.91%) AI
10 108 (14.77%) Test Automation
11 102 (13.95%) Full-Stack Development
12 101 (13.82%) TDD
13 97 (13.27%) Observability
14 82 (11.22%) Code Quality
15 77 (10.53%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 77 (10.53%) Scrum
16 71 (9.71%) SDLC
17 67 (9.17%) Migration
18 64 (8.76%) Design Patterns
19 63 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 316 (43.23%) Java
2 194 (26.54%) Python
3 177 (24.21%) SQL
4 112 (15.32%) TypeScript
5 97 (13.27%) JavaScript
6 83 (11.35%) C#
7 49 (6.70%) Go
8 23 (3.15%) Ruby
9 16 (2.19%) Bicep
10 11 (1.50%) Bash
11 10 (1.37%) Shell Script
12 9 (1.23%) Kotlin
13 8 (1.09%) C++
14 7 (0.96%) PHP
14 7 (0.96%) PowerShell
15 6 (0.82%) Scala
16 4 (0.55%) PL/SQL
17 3 (0.41%) C
17 3 (0.41%) RPG
17 3 (0.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 156 (21.34%) Security Cleared
2 132 (18.06%) SC Cleared
3 54 (7.39%) Degree
4 42 (5.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.15%) AWS Certification
6 21 (2.87%) Master's Degree
7 18 (2.46%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (1.09%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 8 (1.09%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.96%) CISSP
12 6 (0.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (0.82%) CCSP
12 6 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.82%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.68%) ISTQB
13 5 (0.68%) OSCP
14 3 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 3 (0.41%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (8.34%) QA
2 28 (3.83%) Accessibility
3 16 (2.19%) GDPR
4 14 (1.92%) ISO 20022
4 14 (1.92%) PCI DSS
5 11 (1.50%) NIST
6 10 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.37%) PSD2
7 8 (1.09%) SEPA
8 6 (0.82%) WCAG
9 5 (0.68%) SLA
10 4 (0.55%) Data Quality
10 4 (0.55%) ISO 8583
11 3 (0.41%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.41%) TARGET2
12 2 (0.27%) GRC
12 2 (0.27%) HL7
12 2 (0.27%) ISO 15022
12 2 (0.27%) NCSC
13 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 292 (39.95%) Docker
2 23 (3.15%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.14%) Postfix
4 1 (0.14%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 285 (38.99%) Kubernetes
2 119 (16.28%) Terraform
3 42 (5.75%) Grafana
4 31 (4.24%) Prometheus
5 19 (2.60%) Argo
6 17 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (1.78%) Ansible
8 11 (1.50%) Istio
9 7 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.68%) Opsgenie
11 3 (0.41%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.41%) Puppet
11 3 (0.41%) Rancher
12 2 (0.27%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.27%) Kibana
12 2 (0.27%) Knative
12 2 (0.27%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.27%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.14%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.14%) linkerd
Vendors
1 71 (9.71%) Microsoft
2 36 (4.92%) Oracle
3 33 (4.51%) Google
4 30 (4.10%) OpenAI
5 20 (2.74%) Databricks
6 16 (2.19%) Splunk
7 12 (1.64%) Dynatrace
7 12 (1.64%) Red Hat
7 12 (1.64%) Software AG
8 9 (1.23%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.09%) IBM
9 8 (1.09%) Sybase
10 7 (0.96%) MuleSoft
10 7 (0.96%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.82%) AppDynamics
11 6 (0.82%) Confluent
12 5 (0.68%) Foundry
12 5 (0.68%) Rapid7
12 5 (0.68%) Solace
13 4 (0.55%) Atlassian