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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 53 54
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -15
Contract jobs citing Microservices 778 542 697
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.21% 4.45% 3.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.75% 4.83% 4.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 375 513
10th Percentile £400 £400 £419
25th Percentile £450 £456 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £688
90th Percentile £775 £808 £775
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -13.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 3
10th Percentile £75.00 £36.65 £45.10
25th Percentile £85.00 £39.13 £51.63
Median hourly rate £90.00 £44.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +102.25% -28.80% -30.56%
75th Percentile £96.88 £72.88 -
90th Percentile £97.50 £89.15 -
England median hourly rate £77.50 £55.00 £47.16
% change year-on-year +40.91% +16.64% -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 16,373 11,226 15,458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.63% 92.27% 88.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,935 7,534 11,094
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £434 £431 £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 £800 £800
England median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 192 316
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.09 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.19% +14.29% -28.97%
75th Percentile £59.00 £49.56 £48.75
90th Percentile £78.13 £62.90 £66.88
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.55 £37.18
% change year-on-year +64.62% -23.21% -0.85%

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 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 30 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 30 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 -23 77 £555 -5.13% 33
South London -19 21 £541 +11.52% 2
East London -1 8 £432 +72.80% 5
West London -33 1 £300 -36.84% 4
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 21 (2.70%) Confluence
2 17 (2.19%) Apache Spark
2 17 (2.19%) CMS
3 13 (1.67%) Camunda
4 12 (1.54%) Ethereum
5 11 (1.41%) Apache
5 11 (1.41%) Hyperledger
6 6 (0.77%) Anypoint
6 6 (0.77%) nginx
7 5 (0.64%) Mule
8 4 (0.51%) Cloud Foundry
8 4 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.51%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.39%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.26%) Drupal
10 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.26%) WordPress
11 1 (0.13%) Apache Pulsar
11 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (0.64%) 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 6 (0.77%) R3 Corda
2 5 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (0.64%) Quorum
3 4 (0.51%) Distributed Ledger
3 4 (0.51%) Ripple
4 3 (0.39%) Bloomberg AIM
4 3 (0.39%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.13%) Endur
6 1 (0.13%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 395 (50.77%) AWS
2 272 (34.96%) Azure
3 129 (16.58%) GCP
4 120 (15.42%) GitHub
5 104 (13.37%) Serverless
6 79 (10.15%) GitHub Actions
7 72 (9.25%) Azure DevOps
8 64 (8.23%) AWS Lambda
9 56 (7.20%) Amazon S3
10 42 (5.40%) Amazon ECS
11 40 (5.14%) Amazon EC2
12 34 (4.37%) Amazon EKS
13 32 (4.11%) AWS CloudFormation
14 30 (3.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 30 (3.86%) Azure AKS
14 30 (3.86%) SaaS
15 28 (3.60%) Amazon SQS
16 25 (3.21%) PaaS
17 21 (2.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 20 (2.57%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.41%) HTTP
2 6 (0.77%) DNS
3 5 (0.64%) VPN
4 3 (0.39%) 3GPP
4 3 (0.39%) 5G
4 3 (0.39%) Network Security
5 2 (0.26%) 4G
5 2 (0.26%) Internet
5 2 (0.26%) LTE
5 2 (0.26%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.26%) SSL
5 2 (0.26%) WAN
6 1 (0.13%) 5G NR
6 1 (0.13%) Firewall
6 1 (0.13%) FTP
6 1 (0.13%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.13%) NaaS
6 1 (0.13%) RFID
6 1 (0.13%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (11.31%) PostgreSQL
2 83 (10.67%) NoSQL
3 55 (7.07%) MongoDB
4 44 (5.66%) SQL Server
5 36 (4.63%) Amazon RDS
5 36 (4.63%) Relational Database
6 35 (4.50%) DynamoDB
6 35 (4.50%) Redis
7 33 (4.24%) Apache Cassandra
8 24 (3.08%) MySQL
9 23 (2.96%) BigQuery
10 18 (2.31%) Amazon Aurora
11 12 (1.54%) Big Data
12 11 (1.41%) Flink
12 11 (1.41%) Power BI
13 10 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
13 10 (1.29%) Data Lake
14 8 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
15 7 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
15 7 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 117 (15.04%) Git
2 112 (14.40%) Jenkins
3 76 (9.77%) GitLab
4 50 (6.43%) JUnit
5 40 (5.14%) JIRA
6 36 (4.63%) Mockito
7 24 (3.08%) Gradle
8 21 (2.70%) Maven
9 19 (2.44%) Postman
10 17 (2.19%) Cucumber
11 15 (1.93%) Liquibase
12 13 (1.67%) SonarQube
13 11 (1.41%) Octopus Deploy
13 11 (1.41%) TeamCity
14 9 (1.16%) Zephyr
15 7 (0.90%) Gatling
15 7 (0.90%) JMeter
15 7 (0.90%) MSTest
15 7 (0.90%) Selenium
15 7 (0.90%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 195 (25.06%) Finance
2 173 (22.24%) Social Skills
3 125 (16.07%) Banking
4 84 (10.80%) Public Sector
5 54 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (3.34%) Front Office
7 22 (2.83%) Investment Banking
8 18 (2.31%) Retail
9 17 (2.19%) Marketing
10 16 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (1.67%) Legal
12 13 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (1.41%) Law
14 9 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.16%) Retail Banking
15 6 (0.77%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.51%) Corporate Banking
16 4 (0.51%) Financial Institution
16 4 (0.51%) Police
Job Titles
1 265 (34.06%) Developer
2 167 (21.47%) Senior
3 137 (17.61%) Architect
4 99 (12.72%) Java Developer
5 75 (9.64%) Senior Developer
6 69 (8.87%) Software Engineer
7 67 (8.61%) Lead
8 53 (6.81%) Java Engineer
9 46 (5.91%) Solutions Architect
10 39 (5.01%) DevOps Engineer
11 36 (4.63%) Technical Architect
12 35 (4.50%) Full-Stack Developer
13 33 (4.24%) C# Developer
14 31 (3.98%) Analyst
15 30 (3.86%) Backend Developer
16 28 (3.60%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 27 (3.47%) Senior Java Developer
18 22 (2.83%) AWS Engineer
18 22 (2.83%) Java Software Engineer
18 22 (2.83%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 217 (27.89%) Spring
2 196 (25.19%) Spring Boot
3 174 (22.37%) Kafka
4 158 (20.31%) RESTful
5 140 (17.99%) REST
6 125 (16.07%) React
7 96 (12.34%) .NET
8 85 (10.93%) Node.js
9 73 (9.38%) AngularJS
10 45 (5.78%) Middleware
11 39 (5.01%) OAuth
12 35 (4.50%) CSS
13 33 (4.24%) OpenTelemetry
14 32 (4.11%) HTML
15 31 (3.98%) OAuth2
16 30 (3.86%) RabbitMQ
17 29 (3.73%) gRPC
18 25 (3.21%) Web Services
19 24 (3.08%) OpenID
20 23 (2.96%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 181 (23.26%) Cloud Native
2 161 (20.69%) Distributed Systems
3 58 (7.46%) Product Ownership
4 27 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
5 26 (3.34%) Onboarding
6 24 (3.08%) Greenfield Project
7 23 (2.96%) AI Agents
8 21 (2.70%) Derivative
8 21 (2.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 17 (2.19%) Algorithms
10 13 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.54%) Distributed Architecture
12 11 (1.41%) Data Structures
12 11 (1.41%) Fixed Income
12 11 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.41%) Management Information System
12 11 (1.41%) Public Cloud
12 11 (1.41%) Virtual Team
13 9 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 47 (6.04%) Linux
2 17 (2.19%) Unix
3 9 (1.16%) Windows
4 7 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.51%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.39%) Solaris
6 3 (0.39%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.39%) zOS
7 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.26%) VMS
8 1 (0.13%) Android
8 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 432 (55.53%) CI/CD
2 322 (41.39%) DevOps
3 287 (36.89%) Agile
4 231 (29.69%) Containerisation
5 207 (26.61%) Software Engineering
6 178 (22.88%) Event-Driven
7 145 (18.64%) Infrastructure as Code
8 143 (18.38%) Observability
9 137 (17.61%) AI
10 111 (14.27%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 109 (14.01%) Test Automation
12 104 (13.37%) Problem-Solving
13 102 (13.11%) Full-Stack Development
13 102 (13.11%) Scrum
14 97 (12.47%) TDD
15 72 (9.25%) Code Quality
16 69 (8.87%) API Design
17 68 (8.74%) Continuous Improvement
18 67 (8.61%) Migration
19 65 (8.35%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 347 (44.60%) Java
2 207 (26.61%) SQL
3 194 (24.94%) Python
4 126 (16.20%) TypeScript
5 101 (12.98%) JavaScript
6 93 (11.95%) C#
7 38 (4.88%) Go
8 24 (3.08%) Ruby
9 15 (1.93%) Shell Script
10 14 (1.80%) Bicep
11 12 (1.54%) Kotlin
12 11 (1.41%) Bash
12 11 (1.41%) PL/SQL
13 8 (1.03%) PHP
14 6 (0.77%) Solidity
14 6 (0.77%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.64%) PowerShell
15 5 (0.64%) Scala
16 4 (0.51%) C++
17 3 (0.39%) RPG
Qualifications
1 171 (21.98%) Security Cleared
2 147 (18.89%) SC Cleared
3 57 (7.33%) Degree
4 43 (5.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.34%) AWS Certification
6 20 (2.57%) Azure Certification
6 20 (2.57%) Master's Degree
7 15 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 7 (0.90%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.77%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 6 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.64%) CISSP
12 4 (0.51%) OSCP
13 3 (0.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.39%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.39%) CCSP
13 3 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.39%) MBA
13 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (7.97%) QA
2 26 (3.34%) Accessibility
3 16 (2.06%) GDPR
3 16 (2.06%) NIST
4 15 (1.93%) ISO 20022
5 13 (1.67%) PSD2
6 12 (1.54%) PCI DSS
7 11 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (1.29%) SEPA
9 9 (1.16%) Data Quality
10 5 (0.64%) SLA
11 4 (0.51%) ISO 8583
12 3 (0.39%) TARGET2
12 3 (0.39%) WCAG
13 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.26%) HL7
13 2 (0.26%) ISO 15022
13 2 (0.26%) NCSC
13 2 (0.26%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 313 (40.23%) Docker
2 15 (1.93%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.39%) Postfix
4 2 (0.26%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.13%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 293 (37.66%) Kubernetes
2 108 (13.88%) Terraform
3 56 (7.20%) Grafana
4 48 (6.17%) Prometheus
5 17 (2.19%) Ansible
6 15 (1.93%) Istio
7 14 (1.80%) Argo
8 13 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (1.03%) Kibana
10 7 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (0.77%) Puppet
12 3 (0.39%) Opsgenie
13 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.26%) Kubeflow
13 2 (0.26%) Rancher
14 1 (0.13%) Amdocs OSS
14 1 (0.13%) Knative
14 1 (0.13%) linkerd
14 1 (0.13%) Packer
14 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 73 (9.38%) Microsoft
2 44 (5.66%) Oracle
3 28 (3.60%) Google
4 22 (2.83%) OpenAI
5 18 (2.31%) Dynatrace
6 14 (1.80%) IBM
6 14 (1.80%) Splunk
7 11 (1.41%) Software AG
8 9 (1.16%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.16%) Sybase
9 8 (1.03%) Confluent
9 8 (1.03%) MuleSoft
10 7 (0.90%) Red Hat
11 6 (0.77%) Atlassian
11 6 (0.77%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.64%) SAP
12 5 (0.64%) Solace
13 4 (0.51%) AppDynamics
13 4 (0.51%) New Relic
13 4 (0.51%) Rapid7