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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 58 65
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 -28
Contract jobs citing Microservices 690 512 609
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.43% 3.79% 3.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.91% 4.18% 3.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 338 453
10th Percentile £375 £406 £413
25th Percentile £430 £465 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% - -11.54%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £688
90th Percentile £748 £825 £775
England median daily rate £525 £570 £561
% change year-on-year -7.89% +1.67% -10.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 2
10th Percentile £65.70 £36.03 -
25th Percentile £67.69 £36.44 -
Median hourly rate £85.00 £37.75 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +125.17% -39.60% +78.57%
75th Percentile £91.25 £38.94 -
90th Percentile £95.00 £39.28 -
England median hourly rate £74.26 £32.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +132.06% -48.80% -12.28%

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 14,060 12,254 16,339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.32% 90.76% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,407 7,894 11,682
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.82%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 155 348
10th Percentile £17.85 £21.10 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £26.13 £19.34
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +25.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.38 £55.25 £51.94
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.61 £72.50
England median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.26% - -

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 -6 76 £560 -4.27% 78
South London -4 27 £541 +13.87% 11
West London -21 7 £550 +34.47% 21
East London +4 2 £608 +3.85% 11
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 32 (4.64%) Confluence
2 14 (2.03%) Apache
3 7 (1.01%) Camunda
4 6 (0.87%) Anypoint
4 6 (0.87%) Ethereum
4 6 (0.87%) Hyperledger
4 6 (0.87%) Jupyter
4 6 (0.87%) Palantir Foundry
5 5 (0.72%) Mule
6 4 (0.58%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.58%) CMS
7 3 (0.43%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.29%) Drupal
8 2 (0.29%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.29%) nginx
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.29%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.29%) WordPress
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.14%) Traefik
Applications
1 8 (1.16%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.43%) 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
3 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.58%) Bloomberg AIM
1 4 (0.58%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
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%) R3 Corda
4 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 370 (53.62%) AWS
2 251 (36.38%) Azure
3 122 (17.68%) GCP
4 121 (17.54%) Serverless
5 112 (16.23%) GitHub
6 74 (10.72%) AWS Lambda
7 73 (10.58%) Azure DevOps
8 61 (8.84%) Amazon ECS
8 61 (8.84%) Amazon S3
8 61 (8.84%) GitHub Actions
9 40 (5.80%) Amazon EC2
10 39 (5.65%) AWS CloudFormation
10 39 (5.65%) Azure AKS
11 37 (5.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 35 (5.07%) Amazon EKS
13 28 (4.06%) SaaS
14 27 (3.91%) Entra ID
15 22 (3.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 22 (3.19%) PaaS
16 21 (3.04%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.45%) HTTP
2 7 (1.01%) Network Security
3 5 (0.72%) SSL
4 4 (0.58%) DNS
4 4 (0.58%) Firewall
5 2 (0.29%) S/MIME
6 1 (0.14%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.14%) 5G
6 1 (0.14%) 5G NR
6 1 (0.14%) Multicast
6 1 (0.14%) RFID
6 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.14%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.14%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.14%) VPN
6 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (10.72%) NoSQL
2 72 (10.43%) PostgreSQL
3 59 (8.55%) MongoDB
4 49 (7.10%) SQL Server
5 47 (6.81%) Apache Cassandra
6 42 (6.09%) Relational Database
7 35 (5.07%) Amazon RDS
8 32 (4.64%) MySQL
9 31 (4.49%) DynamoDB
10 30 (4.35%) Redis
11 17 (2.46%) Big Data
12 16 (2.32%) Hadoop
13 15 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
14 14 (2.03%) BigQuery
15 12 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
16 9 (1.30%) Amazon Aurora
16 9 (1.30%) DB2
17 7 (1.01%) DocumentDB
18 6 (0.87%) Tableau
19 5 (0.72%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 91 (13.19%) Git
2 88 (12.75%) Jenkins
3 64 (9.28%) GitLab
4 58 (8.41%) JIRA
5 46 (6.67%) JUnit
6 24 (3.48%) Cucumber
7 21 (3.04%) Mockito
8 16 (2.32%) Selenium
9 15 (2.17%) Maven
10 13 (1.88%) Bitbucket
11 10 (1.45%) SpecFlow
12 8 (1.16%) Cypress.io
12 8 (1.16%) Postman
12 8 (1.16%) Zephyr
13 7 (1.01%) MLflow
13 7 (1.01%) Octopus Deploy
13 7 (1.01%) REST Assured
14 6 (0.87%) Gatling
14 6 (0.87%) Gradle
14 6 (0.87%) Liquibase
General
1 186 (26.96%) Social Skills
2 167 (24.20%) Finance
3 111 (16.09%) Banking
4 67 (9.71%) Public Sector
5 58 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (2.61%) Front Office
7 17 (2.46%) Investment Banking
8 15 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (1.88%) Retail
10 12 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (0.87%) Legal
14 3 (0.43%) Back Office
14 3 (0.43%) Military
15 2 (0.29%) Aviation
15 2 (0.29%) Marketing
15 2 (0.29%) Police
15 2 (0.29%) Private Banking
15 2 (0.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 283 (41.01%) Developer
2 161 (23.33%) Senior
3 115 (16.67%) Architect
4 99 (14.35%) Java Developer
5 85 (12.32%) Senior Developer
6 52 (7.54%) Solutions Architect
7 46 (6.67%) Lead
8 45 (6.52%) Java Engineer
9 44 (6.38%) Full-Stack Developer
10 40 (5.80%) Software Engineer
11 35 (5.07%) Senior Java Developer
12 34 (4.93%) C# Developer
13 33 (4.78%) DevOps Engineer
14 27 (3.91%) Backend Developer
15 24 (3.48%) Cloud Engineer
16 22 (3.19%) AWS Engineer
16 22 (3.19%) Technical Architect
17 20 (2.90%) Test Engineer
18 19 (2.75%) Senior Software Engineer
19 18 (2.61%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (25.36%) Spring
2 161 (23.33%) Kafka
3 157 (22.75%) Spring Boot
4 132 (19.13%) RESTful
5 127 (18.41%) REST
6 126 (18.26%) React
7 108 (15.65%) .NET
8 95 (13.77%) AngularJS
8 95 (13.77%) Node.js
9 53 (7.68%) Middleware
10 41 (5.94%) gRPC
10 41 (5.94%) HTML
11 38 (5.51%) CSS
11 38 (5.51%) OAuth
12 29 (4.20%) Vue
13 28 (4.06%) .NET Core
14 27 (3.91%) Playwright
15 23 (3.33%) RabbitMQ
16 22 (3.19%) Entity Framework
16 22 (3.19%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 132 (19.13%) Cloud Native
2 105 (15.22%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (4.93%) Product Ownership
4 17 (2.46%) Onboarding
5 16 (2.32%) Derivative
6 15 (2.17%) AI Agents
7 14 (2.03%) Virtual Team
8 13 (1.88%) Management Information System
9 12 (1.74%) Algorithms
9 12 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (1.74%) Legacy Applications
10 11 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (1.59%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.30%) NHS
12 8 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (1.01%) Data Structures
14 6 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 39 (5.65%) Linux
2 15 (2.17%) Unix
3 7 (1.01%) Windows
4 4 (0.58%) zOS
5 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.29%) Solaris
5 2 (0.29%) VMS
5 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (51.88%) CI/CD
2 282 (40.87%) Agile
3 270 (39.13%) DevOps
4 184 (26.67%) Containerisation
5 156 (22.61%) Problem-Solving
6 149 (21.59%) Software Engineering
7 112 (16.23%) Infrastructure as Code
8 111 (16.09%) Event-Driven
9 106 (15.36%) Full-Stack Development
10 103 (14.93%) Test Automation
11 90 (13.04%) TDD
12 89 (12.90%) AI
13 81 (11.74%) Observability
14 75 (10.87%) SDLC
15 74 (10.72%) Code Quality
15 74 (10.72%) Scrum
16 64 (9.28%) Clean Code
17 63 (9.13%) Design Patterns
17 63 (9.13%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 61 (8.84%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 304 (44.06%) Java
2 174 (25.22%) Python
3 160 (23.19%) SQL
4 108 (15.65%) JavaScript
5 95 (13.77%) TypeScript
6 93 (13.48%) C#
7 50 (7.25%) Go
8 20 (2.90%) Bicep
9 15 (2.17%) Ruby
10 9 (1.30%) Bash
10 9 (1.30%) C++
11 7 (1.01%) Kotlin
11 7 (1.01%) PHP
11 7 (1.01%) Shell Script
12 6 (0.87%) PowerShell
12 6 (0.87%) Scala
13 5 (0.72%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.58%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.43%) C
15 3 (0.43%) RPG
Qualifications
1 139 (20.14%) Security Cleared
2 120 (17.39%) SC Cleared
3 57 (8.26%) Degree
4 41 (5.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (3.62%) Master's Degree
6 22 (3.19%) AWS Certification
7 19 (2.75%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (1.74%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
10 9 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (0.87%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (0.72%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 5 (0.72%) CCSP
12 5 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.72%) CISSP
13 4 (0.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.43%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (8.41%) QA
2 25 (3.62%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.46%) GDPR
4 13 (1.88%) PCI DSS
5 12 (1.74%) ISO 20022
6 11 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.45%) NIST
8 9 (1.30%) PSD2
9 7 (1.01%) SEPA
10 6 (0.87%) WCAG
11 4 (0.58%) SLA
12 3 (0.43%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.43%) ISO 8583
12 3 (0.43%) NCSC
12 3 (0.43%) TARGET2
13 2 (0.29%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.29%) GRC
13 2 (0.29%) HL7
13 2 (0.29%) ISO 15022
14 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 286 (41.45%) Docker
2 23 (3.33%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.14%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 278 (40.29%) Kubernetes
2 120 (17.39%) Terraform
3 37 (5.36%) Grafana
4 28 (4.06%) Prometheus
5 18 (2.61%) Argo
6 16 (2.32%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (1.88%) Ansible
8 10 (1.45%) Istio
9 7 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.72%) Opsgenie
11 3 (0.43%) ITRS Geneos
12 2 (0.29%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.29%) Kibana
12 2 (0.29%) Knative
12 2 (0.29%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.29%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.29%) Puppet
13 1 (0.14%) Data Guard
13 1 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 1 (0.14%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 71 (10.29%) Microsoft
2 34 (4.93%) Google
3 33 (4.78%) Oracle
4 27 (3.91%) OpenAI
5 22 (3.19%) Databricks
6 17 (2.46%) Splunk
7 12 (1.74%) Dynatrace
7 12 (1.74%) Red Hat
7 12 (1.74%) Software AG
8 9 (1.30%) MuleSoft
9 8 (1.16%) IBM
9 8 (1.16%) Sybase
10 7 (1.01%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.87%) AppDynamics
11 6 (0.87%) Cloudera
11 6 (0.87%) Foundry
11 6 (0.87%) Palantir
11 6 (0.87%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.72%) Rapid7
13 4 (0.58%) ForgeRock