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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 49 51
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -5
Contract jobs citing Microservices 828 665 708
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.19% 4.91% 4.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.71% 5.33% 4.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 562 458 515
10th Percentile £409 £389 £402
25th Percentile £463 £450 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £775
England median daily rate £545 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +3.81% -4.55% -13.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile - £38.30 £45.10
25th Percentile £85.00 £43.25 £51.63
Median hourly rate £92.50 £80.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% +28.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £97.50 £87.50 -
90th Percentile - £95.00 -
England median hourly rate £76.00 £67.00 £49.19
% change year-on-year +13.43% +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 17,589 12,488 14,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.92% 92.12% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,618 8,349 10,661
10th Percentile £363 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £542 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
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 276 238 247
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £21.41 £24.66 £21.05
Median hourly rate £36.00 £30.40 £33.55
Median % change year-on-year +18.41% -9.38% -19.16%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £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 21 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 21 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 93 £555 -5.13% 68
South London -17 22 £545 +2.43% 3
East London +3 9 £432 +12.21% 10
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 25 (3.02%) CMS
2 21 (2.54%) Confluence
3 20 (2.42%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.45%) Ethereum
5 11 (1.33%) Camunda
5 11 (1.33%) Hyperledger
6 10 (1.21%) Apache
6 10 (1.21%) SharePoint
7 8 (0.97%) nginx
8 5 (0.60%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.48%) Cloud Foundry
9 4 (0.48%) Mule
9 4 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.36%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.36%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
11 2 (0.24%) Drupal
11 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
11 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 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (0.85%) 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 2 (0.24%) Bloomberg AIM
5 2 (0.24%) Endur
5 2 (0.24%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.24%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.12%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 414 (50.00%) AWS
2 310 (37.44%) Azure
3 153 (18.48%) GCP
4 142 (17.15%) GitHub
5 109 (13.16%) Serverless
6 90 (10.87%) GitHub Actions
7 86 (10.39%) Azure DevOps
8 60 (7.25%) AWS Lambda
9 54 (6.52%) Amazon S3
10 52 (6.28%) Amazon EKS
11 47 (5.68%) Amazon ECS
12 42 (5.07%) Amazon SQS
13 35 (4.23%) Amazon EC2
14 31 (3.74%) Azure AKS
15 25 (3.02%) AWS CloudFormation
16 24 (2.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 23 (2.78%) SaaS
18 22 (2.66%) OpenShift
19 20 (2.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 20 (2.42%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.45%) HTTP
2 6 (0.72%) Network Security
2 6 (0.72%) VPN
3 2 (0.24%) 3GPP
3 2 (0.24%) 4G
3 2 (0.24%) 5G
3 2 (0.24%) DNS
3 2 (0.24%) FTP
3 2 (0.24%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.24%) Internet
3 2 (0.24%) LTE
3 2 (0.24%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.12%) Firewall
4 1 (0.12%) NaaS
4 1 (0.12%) RFID
4 1 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (11.35%) PostgreSQL
2 81 (9.78%) NoSQL
3 51 (6.16%) MongoDB
4 49 (5.92%) SQL Server
5 41 (4.95%) Relational Database
6 30 (3.62%) Amazon RDS
6 30 (3.62%) DynamoDB
7 27 (3.26%) Redis
8 22 (2.66%) MySQL
9 20 (2.42%) Power BI
10 18 (2.17%) Big Data
11 16 (1.93%) Apache Cassandra
11 16 (1.93%) BigQuery
12 13 (1.57%) Amazon Aurora
13 11 (1.33%) Data Lake
13 11 (1.33%) Flink
14 10 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
15 8 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
15 8 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
16 7 (0.85%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 149 (18.00%) Git
2 127 (15.34%) Jenkins
3 81 (9.78%) GitLab
4 59 (7.13%) JUnit
5 37 (4.47%) JIRA
6 36 (4.35%) Mockito
7 34 (4.11%) Gradle
8 32 (3.86%) Maven
9 24 (2.90%) Postman
10 19 (2.29%) Cypress.io
11 17 (2.05%) SonarQube
12 15 (1.81%) Cucumber
12 15 (1.81%) Liquibase
13 14 (1.69%) Selenium
14 11 (1.33%) REST Assured
14 11 (1.33%) TeamCity
14 11 (1.33%) Vite
15 10 (1.21%) Octopus Deploy
16 8 (0.97%) JMeter
16 8 (0.97%) MSTest
General
1 228 (27.54%) Finance
2 197 (23.79%) Social Skills
3 129 (15.58%) Banking
4 102 (12.32%) Public Sector
5 70 (8.45%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (3.14%) Front Office
6 26 (3.14%) Investment Banking
7 23 (2.78%) Marketing
8 19 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (2.17%) Retail
10 17 (2.05%) Law
11 13 (1.57%) Legal
12 12 (1.45%) Retail Banking
13 11 (1.33%) Billing
13 11 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.85%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.60%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.60%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 276 (33.33%) Developer
2 171 (20.65%) Senior
3 157 (18.96%) Architect
4 115 (13.89%) Java Developer
5 80 (9.66%) Lead
6 74 (8.94%) Software Engineer
7 73 (8.82%) Senior Developer
8 55 (6.64%) Solutions Architect
9 48 (5.80%) Java Engineer
10 41 (4.95%) Full-Stack Developer
11 40 (4.83%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 37 (4.47%) DevOps Engineer
13 33 (3.99%) Analyst
13 33 (3.99%) Senior Java Developer
13 33 (3.99%) Technical Architect
14 31 (3.74%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 30 (3.62%) Backend Developer
16 27 (3.26%) AWS Engineer
17 25 (3.02%) C# Developer
17 25 (3.02%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 217 (26.21%) Spring
2 192 (23.19%) Spring Boot
3 186 (22.46%) REST
4 178 (21.50%) Kafka
5 161 (19.44%) RESTful
6 147 (17.75%) React
7 107 (12.92%) .NET
8 90 (10.87%) Node.js
9 65 (7.85%) AngularJS
10 52 (6.28%) CSS
11 49 (5.92%) HTML
12 41 (4.95%) OAuth
13 37 (4.47%) RabbitMQ
14 35 (4.23%) OAuth2
15 30 (3.62%) JSON
16 29 (3.50%) Playwright
17 28 (3.38%) LangChain
17 28 (3.38%) Middleware
18 27 (3.26%) .NET Core
18 27 (3.26%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 222 (26.81%) Cloud Native
2 197 (23.79%) Distributed Systems
3 74 (8.94%) Product Ownership
4 39 (4.71%) Legacy Systems
5 31 (3.74%) AI Agents
6 30 (3.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 26 (3.14%) Algorithms
7 26 (3.14%) Onboarding
8 25 (3.02%) Derivative
9 23 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
10 22 (2.66%) Enterprise Software
11 18 (2.17%) Virtual Team
12 17 (2.05%) Data Structures
12 17 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
13 16 (1.93%) Distributed Architecture
14 15 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
15 14 (1.69%) Fixed Income
16 11 (1.33%) Public Cloud
17 10 (1.21%) SWIFT Messaging Network
18 9 (1.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 47 (5.68%) Linux
2 19 (2.29%) Unix
3 9 (1.09%) Windows
4 7 (0.85%) 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
1 501 (60.51%) CI/CD
2 360 (43.48%) DevOps
3 336 (40.58%) Agile
4 262 (31.64%) Containerisation
5 233 (28.14%) Event-Driven
6 215 (25.97%) Software Engineering
7 178 (21.50%) AI
8 155 (18.72%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 153 (18.48%) Test Automation
10 152 (18.36%) Observability
11 139 (16.79%) Infrastructure as Code
12 129 (15.58%) Full-Stack Development
13 126 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
14 125 (15.10%) Scrum
15 99 (11.96%) Continuous Improvement
15 99 (11.96%) TDD
16 92 (11.11%) Code Quality
17 88 (10.63%) Technical Leadership
18 80 (9.66%) API Design
19 79 (9.54%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 373 (45.05%) Java
2 230 (27.78%) Python
3 197 (23.79%) SQL
4 161 (19.44%) TypeScript
5 130 (15.70%) JavaScript
6 111 (13.41%) C#
7 35 (4.23%) Go
8 26 (3.14%) Ruby
9 17 (2.05%) Kotlin
10 14 (1.69%) Bash
10 14 (1.69%) PL/SQL
11 13 (1.57%) Shell Script
12 11 (1.33%) Bicep
13 9 (1.09%) PHP
14 7 (0.85%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.72%) PowerShell
15 6 (0.72%) Solidity
16 5 (0.60%) C++
16 5 (0.60%) Scala
17 3 (0.36%) Rust
Qualifications
1 184 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 164 (19.81%) SC Cleared
3 51 (6.16%) Degree
4 37 (4.47%) AWS Certification
5 36 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (3.14%) 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 (1.21%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 7 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
12 6 (0.72%) CISSP
13 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (0.36%) GIAC
14 3 (0.36%) MBA
14 3 (0.36%) PhD
15 2 (0.24%) AWS Certified Developer
15 2 (0.24%) OSCP
16 1 (0.12%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (8.94%) QA
2 34 (4.11%) Accessibility
3 19 (2.29%) ISO 20022
4 15 (1.81%) GDPR
4 15 (1.81%) NIST
5 14 (1.69%) SEPA
6 13 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.09%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.09%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.09%) PSD2
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
1 310 (37.44%) Docker
2 8 (0.97%) 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
1 299 (36.11%) Kubernetes
2 110 (13.29%) Terraform
3 59 (7.13%) Grafana
4 47 (5.68%) Prometheus
5 29 (3.50%) Ansible
6 10 (1.21%) Kibana
7 9 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.97%) Istio
9 7 (0.85%) Argo
9 7 (0.85%) Puppet
10 4 (0.48%) Progress Chef
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%) Opsgenie
13 1 (0.12%) Packer
Vendors
1 91 (10.99%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.52%) Oracle
3 37 (4.47%) Google
4 27 (3.26%) OpenAI
5 15 (1.81%) Dynatrace
5 15 (1.81%) IBM
5 15 (1.81%) Splunk
6 11 (1.33%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.09%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.09%) Sybase
8 8 (0.97%) MuleSoft
8 8 (0.97%) SAP
8 8 (0.97%) Solace
9 6 (0.72%) Confluent
10 5 (0.60%) Amplitude
10 5 (0.60%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.60%) New Relic
10 5 (0.60%) Red Hat
10 5 (0.60%) Software AG
11 4 (0.48%) AppDynamics