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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 55 57
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 -18
Contract jobs citing Microservices 766 520 673
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.33% 4.14% 3.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.88% 4.50% 4.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 511 362 494
10th Percentile £388 £400 £425
25th Percentile £440 £456 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -11.54%
75th Percentile £647 £725 £698
90th Percentile £775 £813 £775
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 2
10th Percentile £65.40 £36.65 -
25th Percentile £66.00 £39.13 -
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 £49.75 £48.43
% change year-on-year +45.73% +2.73% -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 15,684 11,567 15,790
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.64% 92.16% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,506 7,851 11,317
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £440 £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 £760 £813 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 172 325
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.00 £22.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.25 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.65% +20.18% -25.25%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £46.86
90th Percentile £73.75 £63.70 £66.30
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £35.68
% change year-on-year +50.00% -15.92% -4.85%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 30 April 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 -13 86 £555 -5.13% 79
South London -13 28 £535 +12.63% 8
West London -21 7 £550 +34.47% 12
East London 0 6 £432 +72.80% 12
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 18 (2.35%) Confluence
2 14 (1.83%) Apache
3 13 (1.70%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.57%) CMS
5 11 (1.44%) Camunda
6 8 (1.04%) Ethereum
7 7 (0.91%) Hyperledger
8 6 (0.78%) Anypoint
9 5 (0.65%) Mule
10 4 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.52%) SharePoint
11 3 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
12 2 (0.26%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.26%) Drupal
12 2 (0.26%) nginx
12 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
12 2 (0.26%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.26%) WordPress
13 1 (0.13%) Solana
Applications
1 4 (0.52%) 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 (0.52%) Bloomberg AIM
1 4 (0.52%) Distributed Ledger
1 4 (0.52%) Fidessa
1 4 (0.52%) 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
1 406 (53.00%) AWS
2 282 (36.81%) Azure
3 137 (17.89%) GCP
4 122 (15.93%) Serverless
5 115 (15.01%) GitHub
6 77 (10.05%) Azure DevOps
7 75 (9.79%) AWS Lambda
8 70 (9.14%) GitHub Actions
9 61 (7.96%) Amazon S3
10 56 (7.31%) Amazon ECS
11 44 (5.74%) Azure AKS
12 42 (5.48%) AWS CloudFormation
13 39 (5.09%) Amazon EC2
14 35 (4.57%) Amazon EKS
15 33 (4.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 33 (4.31%) SaaS
16 27 (3.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 24 (3.13%) Amazon SQS
17 24 (3.13%) Entra ID
17 24 (3.13%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.44%) HTTP
2 5 (0.65%) DNS
2 5 (0.65%) VPN
3 4 (0.52%) Firewall
3 4 (0.52%) Network Security
4 3 (0.39%) 3GPP
4 3 (0.39%) 5G
4 3 (0.39%) SSL
5 2 (0.26%) 4G
5 2 (0.26%) LTE
5 2 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.26%) WAN
6 1 (0.13%) 5G NR
6 1 (0.13%) FTP
6 1 (0.13%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.13%) Internet
6 1 (0.13%) NaaS
6 1 (0.13%) RFID
6 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (10.57%) NoSQL
2 74 (9.66%) PostgreSQL
3 58 (7.57%) MongoDB
4 41 (5.35%) Apache Cassandra
5 40 (5.22%) Relational Database
6 39 (5.09%) SQL Server
7 35 (4.57%) Redis
8 34 (4.44%) DynamoDB
9 31 (4.05%) Amazon RDS
10 28 (3.66%) MySQL
11 18 (2.35%) BigQuery
12 17 (2.22%) Amazon Aurora
13 14 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
14 11 (1.44%) Big Data
14 11 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
15 9 (1.17%) Flink
15 9 (1.17%) Power BI
16 7 (0.91%) DocumentDB
16 7 (0.91%) Hadoop
16 7 (0.91%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 115 (15.01%) Git
2 105 (13.71%) Jenkins
3 69 (9.01%) GitLab
4 48 (6.27%) JUnit
5 39 (5.09%) JIRA
6 34 (4.44%) Mockito
7 20 (2.61%) Cucumber
8 15 (1.96%) Maven
8 15 (1.96%) Postman
9 14 (1.83%) Gradle
10 12 (1.57%) Liquibase
11 11 (1.44%) Bitbucket
12 10 (1.31%) TeamCity
13 9 (1.17%) Octopus Deploy
13 9 (1.17%) Selenium
13 9 (1.17%) Zephyr
14 8 (1.04%) Vite
15 7 (0.91%) SonarQube
16 6 (0.78%) Gatling
16 6 (0.78%) MLflow
General
1 191 (24.93%) Finance
2 182 (23.76%) Social Skills
3 118 (15.40%) Banking
4 86 (11.23%) Public Sector
5 52 (6.79%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (3.00%) Front Office
7 19 (2.48%) Investment Banking
8 17 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
10 14 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (1.70%) Retail
12 12 (1.57%) Legal
12 12 (1.57%) Marketing
13 11 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (0.91%) Law
15 6 (0.78%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.65%) Police
17 4 (0.52%) Billing
18 3 (0.39%) Manufacturing
18 3 (0.39%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 279 (36.42%) Developer
2 166 (21.67%) Senior
3 137 (17.89%) Architect
4 102 (13.32%) Java Developer
5 79 (10.31%) Senior Developer
6 60 (7.83%) Lead
7 53 (6.92%) Software Engineer
8 51 (6.66%) Solutions Architect
9 45 (5.87%) Java Engineer
10 38 (4.96%) DevOps Engineer
11 36 (4.70%) Full-Stack Developer
12 35 (4.57%) Technical Architect
13 31 (4.05%) Backend Developer
13 31 (4.05%) Senior Java Developer
14 29 (3.79%) Analyst
14 29 (3.79%) C# Developer
15 25 (3.26%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 22 (2.87%) Cloud Engineer
17 20 (2.61%) AWS Developer
17 20 (2.61%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 215 (28.07%) Spring
2 192 (25.07%) Spring Boot
3 163 (21.28%) Kafka
4 150 (19.58%) RESTful
5 129 (16.84%) REST
6 123 (16.06%) React
7 98 (12.79%) .NET
8 97 (12.66%) Node.js
9 81 (10.57%) AngularJS
10 55 (7.18%) Middleware
11 36 (4.70%) gRPC
12 35 (4.57%) CSS
12 35 (4.57%) HTML
13 33 (4.31%) OAuth
14 30 (3.92%) OpenTelemetry
15 27 (3.52%) .NET Core
16 25 (3.26%) OAuth2
16 25 (3.26%) RabbitMQ
17 24 (3.13%) Web Services
18 22 (2.87%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 166 (21.67%) Cloud Native
2 147 (19.19%) Distributed Systems
3 42 (5.48%) Product Ownership
4 25 (3.26%) AI Agents
4 25 (3.26%) Onboarding
5 19 (2.48%) Algorithms
6 18 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
7 17 (2.22%) Derivative
8 16 (2.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 15 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.57%) Management Information System
12 11 (1.44%) Data Structures
12 11 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.44%) Public Cloud
12 11 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.31%) Legacy Applications
13 10 (1.31%) NHS
13 10 (1.31%) Virtual Team
14 9 (1.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 46 (6.01%) Linux
2 15 (1.96%) Unix
3 8 (1.04%) Windows
4 4 (0.52%) 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%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 421 (54.96%) CI/CD
2 329 (42.95%) DevOps
3 282 (36.81%) Agile
4 231 (30.16%) Containerisation
5 189 (24.67%) Software Engineering
6 152 (19.84%) Event-Driven
7 146 (19.06%) Infrastructure as Code
8 126 (16.45%) AI
8 126 (16.45%) Observability
9 122 (15.93%) Problem-Solving
10 108 (14.10%) Test Automation
11 100 (13.05%) TDD
12 97 (12.66%) Full-Stack Development
13 93 (12.14%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 89 (11.62%) Code Quality
15 82 (10.70%) Scrum
16 70 (9.14%) Migration
17 67 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
17 67 (8.75%) Technical Leadership
18 66 (8.62%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 341 (44.52%) Java
2 203 (26.50%) Python
3 183 (23.89%) SQL
4 110 (14.36%) TypeScript
5 92 (12.01%) JavaScript
6 86 (11.23%) C#
7 42 (5.48%) Go
8 25 (3.26%) Ruby
9 16 (2.09%) Bicep
10 13 (1.70%) Shell Script
11 10 (1.31%) Bash
11 10 (1.31%) Kotlin
12 7 (0.91%) PowerShell
13 6 (0.78%) C++
13 6 (0.78%) PHP
13 6 (0.78%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.65%) Scala
15 3 (0.39%) C
15 3 (0.39%) RPG
15 3 (0.39%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 168 (21.93%) Security Cleared
2 145 (18.93%) SC Cleared
3 54 (7.05%) Degree
4 42 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (3.79%) AWS Certification
6 22 (2.87%) Master's Degree
7 20 (2.61%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.04%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 8 (1.04%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.65%) CISSP
10 5 (0.65%) OSCP
10 5 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.52%) CCSP
11 4 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.39%) MBA
12 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.39%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (8.09%) QA
2 27 (3.52%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.22%) GDPR
4 14 (1.83%) ISO 20022
4 14 (1.83%) NIST
5 12 (1.57%) PCI DSS
6 10 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.31%) PSD2
7 8 (1.04%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.04%) SEPA
8 5 (0.65%) SLA
9 4 (0.52%) HL7
9 4 (0.52%) ISO 8583
9 4 (0.52%) WCAG
10 3 (0.39%) TARGET2
11 2 (0.26%) GRC
11 2 (0.26%) ISO 15022
11 2 (0.26%) NCSC
11 2 (0.26%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 304 (39.69%) Docker
2 19 (2.48%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.26%) Postfix
3 2 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.13%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.13%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 294 (38.38%) Kubernetes
2 118 (15.40%) Terraform
3 51 (6.66%) Grafana
4 40 (5.22%) Prometheus
5 13 (1.70%) Istio
6 12 (1.57%) Argo
6 12 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (1.44%) Ansible
8 7 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.65%) Kibana
9 5 (0.65%) Opsgenie
10 4 (0.52%) Puppet
11 3 (0.39%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.39%) Rancher
12 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.26%) Knative
12 2 (0.26%) Kubeflow
13 1 (0.13%) CloudHub
13 1 (0.13%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.13%) Packer
Vendors
1 81 (10.57%) Microsoft
2 43 (5.61%) Oracle
3 34 (4.44%) Google
4 28 (3.66%) OpenAI
5 17 (2.22%) Dynatrace
5 17 (2.22%) Splunk
6 14 (1.83%) Databricks
7 13 (1.70%) Software AG
8 11 (1.44%) IBM
9 9 (1.17%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.04%) Confluent
10 8 (1.04%) MuleSoft
10 8 (1.04%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.78%) AppDynamics
11 6 (0.78%) SAP
11 6 (0.78%) Solace
12 5 (0.65%) Atlassian
12 5 (0.65%) Rapid7
12 5 (0.65%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.65%) Sybase