Microservices Contract Job Trends in Luton

Microservices
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Luton requiring Microservices skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - 32
Rank change year-on-year - - -10
Contract jobs citing Microservices 12 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 8.05% - 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.09% - 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile £498 - £344
25th Percentile £531 - £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £438
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.50%
75th Percentile - - £497
90th Percentile £630 - £521
Bedfordshire median daily rate £625 - £438
% change year-on-year - - -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £75.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 132 79 180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 88.59% 96.34% 89.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 44 116
10th Percentile £350 £224 £452
25th Percentile £413 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £678 £560
90th Percentile £650 £700 £600
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 10 24
10th Percentile £60.00 £20.26 -
25th Percentile £62.50 £43.06 £15.39
Median hourly rate £68.21 £57.20 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year +19.25% +189.62% -65.35%
75th Percentile £80.00 £67.03 £30.69
90th Percentile £88.75 £81.25 £65.75
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £68.21 £45.75 £21.50
% change year-on-year +49.09% +112.79% -59.05%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton.

Microservices job vacancy trend in Luton

Microservices
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Microservices.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Microservices

Microservices
Daily Rate Histogram in Luton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microservices in Luton over the 6 months to 5 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Microservices in Luton

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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 7 (58.33%) CMS
1 7 (58.33%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (8.33%) Apache
2 1 (8.33%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (8.33%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 10 (83.33%) AWS
2 2 (16.67%) Azure
3 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (8.33%) GCP
3 1 (8.33%) GitHub
3 1 (8.33%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (58.33%) NoSQL
2 6 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (8.33%) Big Data
3 1 (8.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (8.33%) Hadoop
3 1 (8.33%) Metadata
3 1 (8.33%) MySQL
3 1 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (8.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Finance
3 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Architect
2 5 (41.67%) Technical Architect
3 3 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (16.67%) Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (8.33%) .NET Software Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) C# Software Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Data Architect
5 1 (8.33%) ETL Architect
5 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (66.67%) .NET
2 7 (58.33%) AngularJS
2 7 (58.33%) ASP.NET
2 7 (58.33%) ASP.NET Core
2 7 (58.33%) CSS
2 7 (58.33%) HTML
2 7 (58.33%) jQuery
2 7 (58.33%) Node.js
2 7 (58.33%) React
3 5 (41.67%) REST
4 2 (16.67%) .NET Core
4 2 (16.67%) Express.js
4 2 (16.67%) NestJS
4 2 (16.67%) RESTful
5 1 (8.33%) Kafka
5 1 (8.33%) WinForms
5 1 (8.33%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (25.00%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Agile
1 8 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 8 (66.67%) DevOps
1 8 (66.67%) Scrum
2 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (50.00%) Data Governance
3 6 (50.00%) Front End Development
3 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (41.67%) Personalization
4 5 (41.67%) Translating Business Requirements
5 4 (33.33%) Data Modelling
6 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (25.00%) ERP
6 3 (25.00%) Kanban
6 3 (25.00%) Prototyping
6 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
6 3 (25.00%) TOGAF
7 2 (16.67%) Deployment Automation
7 2 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
7 2 (16.67%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) C#
2 3 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (8.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) CFA
2 3 (25.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) Degree
4 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (8.33%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Sitecore
2 4 (33.33%) Oracle
3 3 (25.00%) Ariba
3 3 (25.00%) SAP
4 1 (8.33%) Google
4 1 (8.33%) Informatica
4 1 (8.33%) Talend