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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 50 53
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 -6
Contract jobs citing Microservices 830 670 702
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.19% 4.93% 4.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.71% 5.34% 4.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 562 467 509
10th Percentile £407 £389 £403
25th Percentile £463 £452 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £780 £775
England median daily rate £545 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +3.81% -4.55% -13.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 3
10th Percentile - £38.30 £45.10
25th Percentile £92.50 £43.25 £51.63
Median hourly rate £95.00 £80.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% +28.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £97.50 £87.50 -
90th Percentile - £95.00 -
England median hourly rate £72.22 £67.00 £49.19
% change year-on-year +7.79% +36.21% -32.15%

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 17,636 12,537 14,932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.98% 92.16% 88.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,638 8,379 10,607
10th Percentile £363 £330 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £686
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 237 238
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.66 £21.39
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.81 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.92% -9.40% -20.93%
75th Percentile £57.38 £49.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.45 £71.25
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.43%

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 23 July 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
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 23 July 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 -19 94 £555 -5.13% 63
South London -19 22 £545 +2.67% 3
East London +4 9 £432 +12.21% 9
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 (3.13%) CMS
2 21 (2.53%) Apache Spark
2 21 (2.53%) Confluence
3 10 (1.20%) Apache
3 10 (1.20%) Camunda
3 10 (1.20%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.96%) Ethereum
4 8 (0.96%) nginx
5 7 (0.84%) Hyperledger
6 5 (0.60%) Anypoint
7 4 (0.48%) Cloud Foundry
7 4 (0.48%) Mule
7 4 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.36%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.36%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
9 2 (0.24%) Drupal
9 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.48%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.12%) Maya
2 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (0.72%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (0.72%) R3 Corda
3 5 (0.60%) Quorum
4 4 (0.48%) Distributed Ledger
4 4 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.48%) Ripple
5 3 (0.36%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.24%) Bloomberg AIM
6 2 (0.24%) Endur
6 2 (0.24%) Fidessa
6 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.12%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 418 (50.36%) AWS
2 314 (37.83%) Azure
3 159 (19.16%) GCP
4 146 (17.59%) GitHub
5 110 (13.25%) Serverless
6 90 (10.84%) GitHub Actions
7 86 (10.36%) Azure DevOps
8 60 (7.23%) AWS Lambda
9 56 (6.75%) Amazon EKS
10 52 (6.27%) Amazon S3
11 47 (5.66%) Amazon ECS
12 43 (5.18%) Amazon SQS
13 34 (4.10%) Amazon EC2
14 31 (3.73%) Azure AKS
15 25 (3.01%) AWS CloudFormation
16 24 (2.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 23 (2.77%) SaaS
18 22 (2.65%) OpenShift
19 21 (2.53%) Azure Functions
20 20 (2.41%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.96%) HTTP
2 7 (0.84%) VPN
3 6 (0.72%) Network Security
4 3 (0.36%) DNS
5 2 (0.24%) 3GPP
5 2 (0.24%) 4G
5 2 (0.24%) 5G
5 2 (0.24%) Firewall
5 2 (0.24%) FTP
5 2 (0.24%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.24%) Internet
5 2 (0.24%) LTE
5 2 (0.24%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.24%) WAN
6 1 (0.12%) MPLS
6 1 (0.12%) NaaS
6 1 (0.12%) RFID
6 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.12%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (11.81%) PostgreSQL
2 78 (9.40%) NoSQL
3 51 (6.14%) MongoDB
4 49 (5.90%) SQL Server
5 42 (5.06%) Relational Database
6 30 (3.61%) DynamoDB
6 30 (3.61%) Redis
7 29 (3.49%) Amazon RDS
8 23 (2.77%) MySQL
9 20 (2.41%) Power BI
10 19 (2.29%) Big Data
11 17 (2.05%) BigQuery
12 16 (1.93%) Apache Cassandra
13 13 (1.57%) Amazon Aurora
14 11 (1.33%) Data Lake
14 11 (1.33%) Flink
15 10 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
16 8 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
16 8 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
17 7 (0.84%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 145 (17.47%) Git
2 127 (15.30%) Jenkins
3 81 (9.76%) GitLab
4 56 (6.75%) JUnit
5 36 (4.34%) Mockito
6 34 (4.10%) Gradle
7 33 (3.98%) JIRA
8 32 (3.86%) Maven
9 24 (2.89%) Postman
10 19 (2.29%) Cypress.io
11 17 (2.05%) SonarQube
12 15 (1.81%) Liquibase
13 14 (1.69%) Cucumber
14 13 (1.57%) Selenium
15 11 (1.33%) REST Assured
15 11 (1.33%) TeamCity
15 11 (1.33%) Vite
16 10 (1.20%) Octopus Deploy
17 9 (1.08%) JMeter
18 8 (0.96%) MSTest
General
1 231 (27.83%) Finance
2 198 (23.86%) Social Skills
3 129 (15.54%) Banking
4 104 (12.53%) Public Sector
5 71 (8.55%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (3.25%) Front Office
6 27 (3.25%) Investment Banking
7 23 (2.77%) Marketing
8 20 (2.41%) Retail
9 19 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (2.05%) Law
12 12 (1.45%) Legal
12 12 (1.45%) Retail Banking
13 11 (1.33%) Billing
13 11 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (0.96%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.60%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.60%) Police
Job Titles
1 278 (33.49%) Developer
2 170 (20.48%) Senior
3 159 (19.16%) Architect
4 116 (13.98%) Java Developer
5 80 (9.64%) Lead
6 74 (8.92%) Senior Developer
7 73 (8.80%) Software Engineer
8 56 (6.75%) Solutions Architect
9 47 (5.66%) Java Engineer
10 41 (4.94%) Full-Stack Developer
10 41 (4.94%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 37 (4.46%) DevOps Engineer
12 34 (4.10%) Senior Java Developer
13 33 (3.98%) Analyst
14 32 (3.86%) Technical Architect
15 31 (3.73%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 28 (3.37%) Backend Developer
17 26 (3.13%) AWS Engineer
18 25 (3.01%) C# Developer
18 25 (3.01%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 220 (26.51%) Spring
2 194 (23.37%) Spring Boot
3 190 (22.89%) REST
4 181 (21.81%) Kafka
5 163 (19.64%) RESTful
6 147 (17.71%) React
7 105 (12.65%) .NET
8 90 (10.84%) Node.js
9 62 (7.47%) AngularJS
10 52 (6.27%) CSS
11 49 (5.90%) HTML
12 42 (5.06%) OAuth
13 39 (4.70%) RabbitMQ
14 36 (4.34%) OAuth2
15 32 (3.86%) JSON
16 29 (3.49%) LangChain
16 29 (3.49%) Middleware
17 28 (3.37%) Playwright
18 27 (3.25%) .NET Core
18 27 (3.25%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 229 (27.59%) Cloud Native
2 205 (24.70%) Distributed Systems
3 71 (8.55%) Product Ownership
4 39 (4.70%) Legacy Systems
5 33 (3.98%) AI Agents
6 31 (3.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 27 (3.25%) Algorithms
7 27 (3.25%) Onboarding
8 26 (3.13%) Derivative
9 23 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
9 23 (2.77%) Greenfield Project
10 19 (2.29%) Virtual Team
11 17 (2.05%) Data Structures
11 17 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
12 16 (1.93%) Distributed Architecture
13 15 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
13 15 (1.81%) Fixed Income
14 11 (1.33%) Public Cloud
15 10 (1.20%) SWIFT Messaging Network
16 9 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 46 (5.54%) Linux
2 20 (2.41%) Unix
3 9 (1.08%) Windows
4 7 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.48%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.36%) Solaris
6 3 (0.36%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.24%) VMS
8 1 (0.12%) Android
8 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 505 (60.84%) CI/CD
2 368 (44.34%) DevOps
3 334 (40.24%) Agile
4 268 (32.29%) Containerisation
5 240 (28.92%) Event-Driven
6 218 (26.27%) Software Engineering
7 180 (21.69%) AI
8 160 (19.28%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 159 (19.16%) Observability
10 154 (18.55%) Test Automation
11 144 (17.35%) Infrastructure as Code
12 130 (15.66%) Full-Stack Development
13 128 (15.42%) Problem-Solving
14 123 (14.82%) Scrum
15 100 (12.05%) Continuous Improvement
16 99 (11.93%) TDD
17 91 (10.96%) Technical Leadership
18 90 (10.84%) Code Quality
19 81 (9.76%) Integration Patterns
20 80 (9.64%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 374 (45.06%) Java
2 230 (27.71%) Python
3 201 (24.22%) SQL
4 156 (18.80%) TypeScript
5 130 (15.66%) JavaScript
6 110 (13.25%) C#
7 35 (4.22%) Go
8 25 (3.01%) Ruby
9 17 (2.05%) Kotlin
10 15 (1.81%) Bash
10 15 (1.81%) PL/SQL
11 14 (1.69%) Shell Script
12 12 (1.45%) Bicep
13 9 (1.08%) PHP
14 7 (0.84%) PowerShell
14 7 (0.84%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.72%) Solidity
16 5 (0.60%) C++
16 5 (0.60%) Scala
17 3 (0.36%) Rust
Qualifications
1 182 (21.93%) Security Cleared
2 160 (19.28%) SC Cleared
3 52 (6.27%) Degree
4 37 (4.46%) AWS Certification
5 36 (4.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (3.13%) Azure Certification
7 19 (2.29%) DV Cleared
8 16 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (1.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 11 (1.33%) Master's Degree
10 10 (1.20%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 7 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
12 6 (0.72%) CISSP
13 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 4 (0.48%) PhD
14 3 (0.36%) GIAC
14 3 (0.36%) MBA
15 2 (0.24%) AWS Certified Developer
15 2 (0.24%) OSCP
16 1 (0.12%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (8.92%) QA
2 34 (4.10%) Accessibility
3 19 (2.29%) ISO 20022
4 14 (1.69%) GDPR
4 14 (1.69%) NIST
4 14 (1.69%) SEPA
5 13 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.08%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.08%) PSD2
7 8 (0.96%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.48%) WCAG
9 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.36%) ISO 15022
9 3 (0.36%) NCSC
9 3 (0.36%) TARGET2
10 2 (0.24%) GRC
10 2 (0.24%) HL7
10 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.24%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 315 (37.95%) Docker
2 8 (0.96%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.48%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 3 (0.36%) Postfix
5 1 (0.12%) OpenSSH
5 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 306 (36.87%) Kubernetes
2 116 (13.98%) Terraform
3 59 (7.11%) Grafana
4 48 (5.78%) Prometheus
5 29 (3.49%) Ansible
6 10 (1.20%) Kibana
7 9 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.96%) Istio
9 7 (0.84%) Argo
9 7 (0.84%) Puppet
10 4 (0.48%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.36%) Bosun
11 3 (0.36%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.24%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.24%) Kustomize
12 2 (0.24%) Rancher
13 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.12%) Amdocs OSS
13 1 (0.12%) linkerd
13 1 (0.12%) Packer
Vendors
1 92 (11.08%) Microsoft
2 57 (6.87%) Oracle
3 41 (4.94%) Google
4 28 (3.37%) OpenAI
5 16 (1.93%) Dynatrace
6 15 (1.81%) IBM
6 15 (1.81%) Splunk
7 12 (1.45%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.08%) SAP
8 9 (1.08%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.08%) Sybase
9 8 (0.96%) MuleSoft
9 8 (0.96%) New Relic
9 8 (0.96%) Solace
10 6 (0.72%) Confluent
11 5 (0.60%) Amplitude
11 5 (0.60%) AppDynamics
11 5 (0.60%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.60%) Software AG
11 5 (0.60%) Workday