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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 56 59
Rank change year-on-year +4 +3 -21
Contract jobs citing Microservices 748 507 635
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.44% 4.01% 3.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.96% 4.39% 3.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 503 342 469
10th Percentile £376 £385 £418
25th Percentile £432 £454 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £556 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.58% -3.30% -11.54%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £700
90th Percentile £768 £824 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 2
10th Percentile £65.50 £38.98 -
25th Percentile £70.13 £39.69 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £41.75 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +109.58% -33.20% +78.57%
75th Percentile £93.75 £44.19 -
90th Percentile £95.00 £45.13 -
England median hourly rate £74.63 £44.50 £48.43
% change year-on-year +67.71% -8.11% -30.99%

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 15,087 11,541 15,943
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.56% 91.38% 88.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,132 7,833 11,413
10th Percentile £356 £350 £338
25th Percentile £428 £443 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £752 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 233 170 337
10th Percentile £18.11 £18.91 £15.98
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.05% -22.67%
75th Percentile £57.50 £51.07 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £65.25 £68.75
England median hourly rate £37.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +13.85% - -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 31 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 31 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 31 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 -12 81 £525 -10.26% 97
South London -12 25 £537 +13.05% 1
West London -23 7 £550 +34.47% 4
East London +3 6 £432 +3.47% 6
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 24 (3.21%) Confluence
2 16 (2.14%) Apache
3 9 (1.20%) Camunda
4 8 (1.07%) CMS
4 8 (1.07%) Ethereum
5 7 (0.94%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.94%) Hyperledger
6 6 (0.80%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.67%) Mule
7 5 (0.67%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.53%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.53%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.27%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.27%) Drupal
9 2 (0.27%) nginx
9 2 (0.27%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.27%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.53%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.40%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.13%) Maya
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.53%) Bloomberg AIM
1 4 (0.53%) Distributed Ledger
1 4 (0.53%) Fidessa
1 4 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.27%) R3 Corda
4 1 (0.13%) Magento
4 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.13%) Quorum
4 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 403 (53.88%) AWS
2 287 (38.37%) Azure
3 129 (17.25%) GCP
3 129 (17.25%) Serverless
4 115 (15.37%) GitHub
5 83 (11.10%) Azure DevOps
6 76 (10.16%) AWS Lambda
7 66 (8.82%) GitHub Actions
8 62 (8.29%) Amazon ECS
9 60 (8.02%) Amazon S3
10 50 (6.68%) Azure AKS
11 43 (5.75%) AWS CloudFormation
12 39 (5.21%) Amazon EC2
13 37 (4.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 34 (4.55%) Amazon EKS
15 29 (3.88%) SaaS
16 28 (3.74%) Entra ID
17 27 (3.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 26 (3.48%) Amazon SQS
18 26 (3.48%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.60%) HTTP
2 5 (0.67%) DNS
2 5 (0.67%) Network Security
3 4 (0.53%) Firewall
3 4 (0.53%) VPN
4 3 (0.40%) 3GPP
4 3 (0.40%) 5G
4 3 (0.40%) SSL
5 2 (0.27%) 4G
5 2 (0.27%) LTE
5 2 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.27%) WAN
6 1 (0.13%) 5G NR
6 1 (0.13%) Internet
6 1 (0.13%) Multicast
6 1 (0.13%) NaaS
6 1 (0.13%) RFID
6 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (10.96%) NoSQL
2 74 (9.89%) PostgreSQL
3 58 (7.75%) MongoDB
4 47 (6.28%) Apache Cassandra
5 45 (6.02%) Relational Database
6 37 (4.95%) SQL Server
7 35 (4.68%) DynamoDB
8 33 (4.41%) Redis
9 31 (4.14%) Amazon RDS
10 30 (4.01%) MySQL
11 16 (2.14%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (1.74%) Amazon Aurora
12 13 (1.74%) Big Data
12 13 (1.74%) BigQuery
13 11 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
13 11 (1.47%) Hadoop
14 9 (1.20%) DB2
15 8 (1.07%) Flink
16 7 (0.94%) DocumentDB
16 7 (0.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 112 (14.97%) Git
2 99 (13.24%) Jenkins
3 69 (9.22%) GitLab
4 50 (6.68%) JUnit
5 48 (6.42%) JIRA
6 29 (3.88%) Mockito
7 24 (3.21%) Cucumber
8 15 (2.01%) Maven
9 13 (1.74%) Bitbucket
9 13 (1.74%) Selenium
10 12 (1.60%) Liquibase
11 11 (1.47%) Postman
12 10 (1.34%) Gradle
13 9 (1.20%) Zephyr
14 8 (1.07%) Cypress.io
14 8 (1.07%) Octopus Deploy
14 8 (1.07%) TeamCity
14 8 (1.07%) Vite
15 6 (0.80%) MLflow
15 6 (0.80%) REST Assured
General
1 187 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 176 (23.53%) Finance
3 115 (15.37%) Banking
4 85 (11.36%) Public Sector
5 60 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (2.81%) Front Office
7 18 (2.41%) Investment Banking
8 17 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (1.74%) Retail
11 12 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.34%) Legal
13 7 (0.94%) Marketing
13 7 (0.94%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.80%) Law
15 4 (0.53%) Police
16 3 (0.40%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.40%) Publishing
17 2 (0.27%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 280 (37.43%) Developer
2 169 (22.59%) Senior
3 131 (17.51%) Architect
4 97 (12.97%) Java Developer
5 81 (10.83%) Senior Developer
6 56 (7.49%) Lead
7 52 (6.95%) Solutions Architect
8 51 (6.82%) Software Engineer
9 45 (6.02%) Java Engineer
10 40 (5.35%) DevOps Engineer
11 33 (4.41%) Full-Stack Developer
11 33 (4.41%) Technical Architect
12 30 (4.01%) Backend Developer
13 29 (3.88%) Senior Java Developer
14 27 (3.61%) C# Developer
15 25 (3.34%) Analyst
15 25 (3.34%) Cloud Engineer
16 23 (3.07%) AWS Engineer
16 23 (3.07%) Python Engineer
17 21 (2.81%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 193 (25.80%) Spring
2 171 (22.86%) Spring Boot
3 164 (21.93%) Kafka
4 145 (19.39%) RESTful
5 136 (18.18%) REST
6 130 (17.38%) React
7 105 (14.04%) Node.js
8 95 (12.70%) .NET
9 91 (12.17%) AngularJS
10 53 (7.09%) Middleware
11 42 (5.61%) gRPC
12 39 (5.21%) OAuth
13 38 (5.08%) CSS
13 38 (5.08%) HTML
14 27 (3.61%) .NET Core
14 27 (3.61%) OpenTelemetry
15 26 (3.48%) Vue
16 25 (3.34%) RabbitMQ
17 24 (3.21%) Web Services
18 23 (3.07%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 151 (20.19%) Cloud Native
2 132 (17.65%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (5.08%) Product Ownership
4 25 (3.34%) AI Agents
5 23 (3.07%) Onboarding
6 18 (2.41%) Derivative
7 16 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (2.01%) Algorithms
9 13 (1.74%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (1.47%) Public Cloud
11 10 (1.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 10 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.34%) Management Information System
11 10 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.20%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (1.20%) Legacy Applications
13 8 (1.07%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 45 (6.02%) Linux
2 16 (2.14%) Unix
3 6 (0.80%) Windows
4 4 (0.53%) zOS
5 3 (0.40%) 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 (0.13%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 401 (53.61%) CI/CD
2 315 (42.11%) DevOps
3 280 (37.43%) Agile
4 212 (28.34%) Containerisation
5 190 (25.40%) Software Engineering
6 141 (18.85%) Event-Driven
7 136 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
7 136 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
8 116 (15.51%) AI
9 113 (15.11%) Observability
10 110 (14.71%) Test Automation
11 104 (13.90%) TDD
12 94 (12.57%) Full-Stack Development
13 82 (10.96%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 80 (10.70%) Code Quality
15 77 (10.29%) Scrum
16 67 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
16 67 (8.96%) Migration
17 66 (8.82%) SDLC
18 64 (8.56%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 322 (43.05%) Java
2 198 (26.47%) Python
3 179 (23.93%) SQL
4 110 (14.71%) TypeScript
5 95 (12.70%) JavaScript
6 81 (10.83%) C#
7 47 (6.28%) Go
8 23 (3.07%) Ruby
9 16 (2.14%) Bicep
10 11 (1.47%) Bash
10 11 (1.47%) Shell Script
11 8 (1.07%) C++
12 7 (0.94%) Kotlin
12 7 (0.94%) PowerShell
13 6 (0.80%) PHP
13 6 (0.80%) Scala
14 4 (0.53%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.40%) C
15 3 (0.40%) RPG
15 3 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 157 (20.99%) Security Cleared
2 132 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 54 (7.22%) Degree
4 42 (5.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (3.61%) AWS Certification
6 22 (2.94%) Master's Degree
7 19 (2.54%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.20%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.07%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 5 (0.67%) CISSP
11 5 (0.67%) OSCP
12 4 (0.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (0.53%) CCSP
12 4 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.53%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.40%) MBA
13 3 (0.40%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (7.75%) QA
2 28 (3.74%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.01%) GDPR
4 14 (1.87%) ISO 20022
5 12 (1.60%) NIST
5 12 (1.60%) PCI DSS
6 10 (1.34%) PSD2
7 9 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (1.07%) SEPA
9 7 (0.94%) WCAG
10 5 (0.67%) SLA
11 4 (0.53%) Data Quality
11 4 (0.53%) ISO 8583
12 3 (0.40%) HL7
12 3 (0.40%) TARGET2
13 2 (0.27%) GRC
13 2 (0.27%) ISO 15022
13 2 (0.27%) NCSC
14 1 (0.13%) EMIR
14 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 293 (39.17%) Docker
2 23 (3.07%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.13%) Postfix
4 1 (0.13%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.13%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 285 (38.10%) Kubernetes
2 120 (16.04%) Terraform
3 45 (6.02%) Grafana
4 33 (4.41%) Prometheus
5 15 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (1.74%) Ansible
6 13 (1.74%) Argo
7 11 (1.47%) Istio
8 7 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (0.67%) Opsgenie
10 3 (0.40%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.40%) Puppet
10 3 (0.40%) Rancher
11 2 (0.27%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.27%) Kibana
11 2 (0.27%) Knative
11 2 (0.27%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.27%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.13%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.13%) linkerd
Vendors
1 80 (10.70%) Microsoft
2 42 (5.61%) Oracle
3 34 (4.55%) Google
4 30 (4.01%) OpenAI
5 19 (2.54%) Databricks
6 15 (2.01%) Splunk
7 14 (1.87%) Dynatrace
8 12 (1.60%) Software AG
9 11 (1.47%) IBM
10 9 (1.20%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.07%) Confluent
11 8 (1.07%) MuleSoft
11 8 (1.07%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.07%) Sybase
12 6 (0.80%) AppDynamics
12 6 (0.80%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.67%) Cloudera
13 5 (0.67%) Foundry
13 5 (0.67%) Rapid7
13 5 (0.67%) Solace