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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 57 53
Rank change year-on-year +8 -4 -16
Contract jobs citing Microservices 778 520 681
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.37% 4.14% 3.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.94% 4.49% 4.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 522 364 497
10th Percentile £394 £400 £425
25th Percentile £448 £461 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -11.54%
75th Percentile £650 £734 £695
90th Percentile £775 £813 £775
England median daily rate £525 £537 £550
% change year-on-year -2.23% -2.36% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 3
10th Percentile £65.40 £36.65 £45.10
25th Percentile £66.00 £39.13 £51.63
Median hourly rate £90.00 £44.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +102.25% -28.80% -
75th Percentile £95.00 £72.88 -
90th Percentile - £89.15 -
England median hourly rate £72.50 £50.00 £47.16
% change year-on-year +45.00% +6.03% -34.96%

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 15,735 11,590 15,693
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.36% 92.20% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,521 7,861 11,249
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £756 £813 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 172 322
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.04 £22.73 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.61 £34.25 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% +20.18% -26.92%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.56 £47.34
90th Percentile £74.63 £63.75 £65.68
England median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.05
% change year-on-year +51.53% -16.77% -0.96%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -21 85 £555 -5.13% 75
South London -12 28 £536 +12.84% 2
East London 0 8 £432 +72.80% 8
West London -22 6 £572 +14.97% 10
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 20 (2.57%) Confluence
2 14 (1.80%) Apache
2 14 (1.80%) Apache Spark
2 14 (1.80%) CMS
3 11 (1.41%) Camunda
4 8 (1.03%) Ethereum
5 7 (0.90%) Hyperledger
6 6 (0.77%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.64%) Mule
8 4 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.51%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.26%) Cloud Foundry
10 2 (0.26%) Drupal
10 2 (0.26%) nginx
10 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.26%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.26%) WordPress
11 1 (0.13%) CICS
Applications
1 4 (0.51%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.39%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.13%) Maya
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.51%) Bloomberg AIM
1 4 (0.51%) Distributed Ledger
1 4 (0.51%) Fidessa
1 4 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.26%) R3 Corda
2 2 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.13%) Magento
3 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.13%) Quorum
3 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 409 (52.57%) AWS
2 287 (36.89%) Azure
3 137 (17.61%) GCP
4 121 (15.55%) Serverless
5 117 (15.04%) GitHub
6 79 (10.15%) Azure DevOps
7 76 (9.77%) AWS Lambda
8 73 (9.38%) GitHub Actions
9 62 (7.97%) Amazon S3
10 55 (7.07%) Amazon ECS
11 42 (5.40%) Azure AKS
12 41 (5.27%) Amazon EC2
13 40 (5.14%) AWS CloudFormation
14 36 (4.63%) Amazon EKS
15 34 (4.37%) SaaS
16 33 (4.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 26 (3.34%) Amazon SQS
17 26 (3.34%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 24 (3.08%) PaaS
19 23 (2.96%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.54%) HTTP
2 6 (0.77%) DNS
3 5 (0.64%) VPN
4 4 (0.51%) Network Security
5 3 (0.39%) 3GPP
5 3 (0.39%) 5G
5 3 (0.39%) SSL
6 2 (0.26%) 4G
6 2 (0.26%) Firewall
6 2 (0.26%) Internet
6 2 (0.26%) LTE
6 2 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (0.26%) WAN
7 1 (0.13%) 5G NR
7 1 (0.13%) FTP
7 1 (0.13%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.13%) NaaS
7 1 (0.13%) RFID
7 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (10.67%) NoSQL
2 76 (9.77%) PostgreSQL
3 58 (7.46%) MongoDB
4 41 (5.27%) SQL Server
5 40 (5.14%) Apache Cassandra
6 38 (4.88%) Relational Database
7 35 (4.50%) DynamoDB
8 34 (4.37%) Redis
9 29 (3.73%) Amazon RDS
10 27 (3.47%) MySQL
11 19 (2.44%) BigQuery
12 17 (2.19%) Amazon Aurora
13 14 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
14 12 (1.54%) Big Data
15 11 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
16 10 (1.29%) Power BI
17 9 (1.16%) Flink
18 7 (0.90%) Data Lake
18 7 (0.90%) DocumentDB
18 7 (0.90%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 109 (14.01%) Git
2 108 (13.88%) Jenkins
3 70 (9.00%) GitLab
4 50 (6.43%) JUnit
5 39 (5.01%) JIRA
6 35 (4.50%) Mockito
7 20 (2.57%) Cucumber
8 17 (2.19%) Postman
9 16 (2.06%) Gradle
9 16 (2.06%) Maven
10 13 (1.67%) Liquibase
11 10 (1.29%) TeamCity
12 9 (1.16%) Bitbucket
12 9 (1.16%) Zephyr
13 8 (1.03%) Octopus Deploy
13 8 (1.03%) Selenium
13 8 (1.03%) SonarQube
13 8 (1.03%) Vite
14 7 (0.90%) MSTest
15 6 (0.77%) Mocha
General
1 193 (24.81%) Finance
2 181 (23.26%) Social Skills
3 121 (15.55%) Banking
4 87 (11.18%) Public Sector
5 55 (7.07%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (3.08%) Front Office
7 19 (2.44%) Investment Banking
8 17 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (1.93%) Retail
10 14 (1.80%) Marketing
11 13 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (1.54%) Legal
13 10 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.03%) Law
15 6 (0.77%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.64%) Police
17 4 (0.51%) Billing
17 4 (0.51%) Retail Banking
18 3 (0.39%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 279 (35.86%) Developer
2 171 (21.98%) Senior
3 140 (17.99%) Architect
4 100 (12.85%) Java Developer
5 81 (10.41%) Senior Developer
6 63 (8.10%) Software Engineer
7 62 (7.97%) Lead
8 51 (6.56%) Solutions Architect
9 48 (6.17%) Java Engineer
10 38 (4.88%) Full-Stack Developer
11 37 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
12 35 (4.50%) Technical Architect
13 32 (4.11%) Analyst
14 31 (3.98%) Backend Developer
14 31 (3.98%) Senior Java Developer
15 28 (3.60%) C# Developer
16 26 (3.34%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 22 (2.83%) Senior Software Engineer
18 21 (2.70%) AWS Engineer
18 21 (2.70%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 220 (28.28%) Spring
2 196 (25.19%) Spring Boot
3 168 (21.59%) Kafka
4 154 (19.79%) RESTful
5 131 (16.84%) REST
6 123 (15.81%) React
7 102 (13.11%) .NET
8 91 (11.70%) Node.js
9 81 (10.41%) AngularJS
10 56 (7.20%) Middleware
11 38 (4.88%) CSS
11 38 (4.88%) HTML
12 36 (4.63%) OAuth
13 35 (4.50%) gRPC
14 30 (3.86%) OpenTelemetry
15 29 (3.73%) .NET Core
16 27 (3.47%) OAuth2
16 27 (3.47%) RabbitMQ
17 25 (3.21%) Web Services
18 21 (2.70%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 171 (21.98%) Cloud Native
2 150 (19.28%) Distributed Systems
3 46 (5.91%) Product Ownership
4 27 (3.47%) Onboarding
5 24 (3.08%) AI Agents
6 20 (2.57%) Greenfield Project
6 20 (2.57%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (2.44%) Algorithms
8 18 (2.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 17 (2.19%) Derivative
10 13 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.54%) Management Information System
11 12 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (1.41%) Data Structures
12 11 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.41%) Public Cloud
13 10 (1.29%) Distributed Architecture
13 10 (1.29%) Legacy Applications
13 10 (1.29%) NHS
14 9 (1.16%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.78%) Linux
2 16 (2.06%) Unix
3 8 (1.03%) Windows
4 4 (0.51%) zOS
5 3 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.39%) VMS
5 3 (0.39%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.26%) Solaris
6 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.13%) Android
7 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 430 (55.27%) CI/CD
2 337 (43.32%) DevOps
3 291 (37.40%) Agile
4 235 (30.21%) Containerisation
5 198 (25.45%) Software Engineering
6 158 (20.31%) Event-Driven
7 148 (19.02%) Infrastructure as Code
8 131 (16.84%) AI
9 129 (16.58%) Observability
10 119 (15.30%) Problem-Solving
11 112 (14.40%) Test Automation
12 101 (12.98%) TDD
13 99 (12.72%) Full-Stack Development
14 97 (12.47%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 86 (11.05%) Code Quality
15 86 (11.05%) Scrum
16 72 (9.25%) Migration
17 71 (9.13%) Continuous Improvement
18 68 (8.74%) Technical Leadership
19 67 (8.61%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 346 (44.47%) Java
2 201 (25.84%) Python
3 189 (24.29%) SQL
4 115 (14.78%) TypeScript
5 96 (12.34%) JavaScript
6 91 (11.70%) C#
7 41 (5.27%) Go
8 23 (2.96%) Ruby
9 15 (1.93%) Bicep
10 14 (1.80%) Shell Script
11 12 (1.54%) Kotlin
12 10 (1.29%) Bash
13 6 (0.77%) C++
13 6 (0.77%) PHP
13 6 (0.77%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.77%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.64%) PowerShell
14 5 (0.64%) Scala
15 3 (0.39%) RPG
15 3 (0.39%) Rust
Qualifications
1 173 (22.24%) Security Cleared
2 151 (19.41%) SC Cleared
3 53 (6.81%) Degree
4 41 (5.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (3.47%) AWS Certification
6 22 (2.83%) Master's Degree
7 19 (2.44%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 10 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.03%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 8 (1.03%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.77%) CISSP
12 5 (0.64%) OSCP
12 5 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (0.51%) CCSP
13 4 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.39%) MBA
14 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (0.39%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (8.10%) QA
2 26 (3.34%) Accessibility
3 18 (2.31%) GDPR
4 16 (2.06%) NIST
5 14 (1.80%) ISO 20022
6 13 (1.67%) PCI DSS
7 12 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (1.41%) PSD2
9 9 (1.16%) SEPA
10 8 (1.03%) Data Quality
11 5 (0.64%) SLA
12 4 (0.51%) HL7
12 4 (0.51%) ISO 8583
13 3 (0.39%) TARGET2
13 3 (0.39%) WCAG
14 2 (0.26%) GRC
14 2 (0.26%) ISO 15022
14 2 (0.26%) NCSC
14 2 (0.26%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 306 (39.33%) Docker
2 18 (2.31%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.26%) Postfix
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.13%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.13%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 293 (37.66%) Kubernetes
2 117 (15.04%) Terraform
3 51 (6.56%) Grafana
4 40 (5.14%) Prometheus
5 13 (1.67%) Argo
5 13 (1.67%) Istio
5 13 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (1.41%) Ansible
7 7 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.64%) Kibana
8 5 (0.64%) Opsgenie
9 4 (0.51%) Puppet
10 3 (0.39%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.39%) Rancher
11 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.26%) Knative
11 2 (0.26%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.13%) Amdocs OSS
12 1 (0.13%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.13%) linkerd
Vendors
1 81 (10.41%) Microsoft
2 40 (5.14%) Oracle
3 32 (4.11%) Google
4 27 (3.47%) OpenAI
5 17 (2.19%) Dynatrace
6 16 (2.06%) Splunk
7 13 (1.67%) Databricks
7 13 (1.67%) Software AG
8 11 (1.41%) IBM
9 9 (1.16%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.16%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.03%) Confluent
10 8 (1.03%) MuleSoft
11 6 (0.77%) AppDynamics
11 6 (0.77%) SAP
11 6 (0.77%) Solace
11 6 (0.77%) Sybase
12 5 (0.64%) Atlassian
12 5 (0.64%) Rapid7
12 5 (0.64%) Red Hat