Microservices Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Microservices
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Microservices skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 21 27
Rank change year-on-year +8 +6 -7
Contract jobs citing Microservices 38 15 1
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 11.52% 7.65% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.84% 8.24% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 9 0
10th Percentile £425 £425 -
25th Percentile £438 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -
75th Percentile £600 £626 -
90th Percentile £745 £650 -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £519 £550 -
% change year-on-year -5.68% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 296 182 137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 89.70% 92.86% 84.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 90 96
10th Percentile £179 £298 £238
25th Percentile £368 £354 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £485
Median % change year-on-year - -7.22% -11.82%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £585
90th Percentile £577 £650 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £452 £475
% change year-on-year -0.44% -4.84% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 1
10th Percentile £14.05 £13.75 -
25th Percentile £17.59 £14.83 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £16.00 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +125.00% - -28.89%
75th Percentile £53.75 £19.25 £16.50
90th Percentile £54.50 £19.93 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £27.63 £16.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +72.66% -8.57% -22.22%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Microservices job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Microservices
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Microservices.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Microservices

Microservices
Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microservices in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microservices in Newcastle upon Tyne

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 2 (5.26%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 25 (65.79%) AWS
2 5 (13.16%) Azure
2 5 (13.16%) GitHub
3 3 (7.89%) Amazon EKS
3 3 (7.89%) AWS Lambda
3 3 (7.89%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (7.89%) OpenShift
3 3 (7.89%) Serverless
4 2 (5.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.63%) Kong
5 1 (2.63%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (39.47%) MongoDB
2 8 (21.05%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (15.79%) NoSQL
4 3 (7.89%) Redis
5 1 (2.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (28.95%) GitLab
2 5 (13.16%) Cucumber
2 5 (13.16%) Jenkins
2 5 (13.16%) Mocha
2 5 (13.16%) REST Assured
3 4 (10.53%) Git
4 3 (7.89%) Mockito
5 2 (5.26%) JIRA
5 2 (5.26%) Postman
6 1 (2.63%) Selenium
6 1 (2.63%) SoapUI
6 1 (2.63%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (31.58%) Public Sector
2 3 (7.89%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Banking
4 1 (2.63%) Finance
4 1 (2.63%) Military
Job Titles
1 14 (36.84%) Developer
2 12 (31.58%) Senior
3 8 (21.05%) Architect
4 7 (18.42%) Java Developer
4 7 (18.42%) Security Architect
4 7 (18.42%) Senior Developer
5 5 (13.16%) Senior Architect
5 5 (13.16%) Test Engineer
6 4 (10.53%) Lead
6 4 (10.53%) Senior Java Developer
6 4 (10.53%) Senior Security Architect
6 4 (10.53%) Software Engineer
7 3 (7.89%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 3 (7.89%) Java Engineer
7 3 (7.89%) Java Software Engineer
7 3 (7.89%) Node.js Developer
7 3 (7.89%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
7 3 (7.89%) Senior Front-End Developer
8 2 (5.26%) Lead Architect
8 2 (5.26%) Lead Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (28.95%) Spring Boot
2 8 (21.05%) REST
3 7 (18.42%) Kafka
4 6 (15.79%) Spring
5 5 (13.16%) Jest
5 5 (13.16%) Node.js
6 4 (10.53%) React
6 4 (10.53%) WireMock
7 3 (7.89%) ActiveMQ
7 3 (7.89%) CSS
7 3 (7.89%) Express.js
7 3 (7.89%) HTML
7 3 (7.89%) JAX-RS
7 3 (7.89%) Keycloak
8 2 (5.26%) GraphQL
8 2 (5.26%) OpenAPI
8 2 (5.26%) Swagger
9 1 (2.63%) MERN Stack
9 1 (2.63%) Next.js
9 1 (2.63%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.89%) Cloud Native
2 2 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (5.26%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.63%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.89%) Linux
1 3 (7.89%) Mac OS X
1 3 (7.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 18 (47.37%) Agile
2 18 (47.37%) TDD
3 16 (42.11%) BDD
4 15 (39.47%) Test Automation
5 14 (36.84%) Containerisation
6 9 (23.68%) Infrastructure as Code
6 9 (23.68%) Mentoring
7 8 (21.05%) Functional Testing
7 8 (21.05%) Non-Functional Testing
7 8 (21.05%) Software Engineering
7 8 (21.05%) Technical Leadership
8 7 (18.42%) API Development
8 7 (18.42%) Coaching
9 6 (15.79%) Security Architecture
10 5 (13.16%) DevOps
10 5 (13.16%) Migration
10 5 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (13.16%) User Stories
10 5 (13.16%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 18 (47.37%) Java
2 4 (10.53%) JavaScript
2 4 (10.53%) SQL
3 3 (7.89%) Python
4 2 (5.26%) Bash
4 2 (5.26%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.63%) Scala
Qualifications
1 18 (47.37%) Security Cleared
2 16 (42.11%) SC Cleared
3 5 (13.16%) CISSP
4 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.63%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.79%) QA
2 5 (13.16%) Accessibility
3 4 (10.53%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (39.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (23.68%) Kubernetes
1 9 (23.68%) Terraform
2 3 (7.89%) Grafana
2 3 (7.89%) Istio
3 2 (5.26%) Ansible
3 2 (5.26%) Argo
4 1 (2.63%) Kibana
Vendors
1 3 (7.89%) Red Hat
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft