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 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 17 22
Rank change year-on-year +8 +5 -2
Contract jobs citing Microservices 38 13 3
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 14.23% 7.56% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.90% 8.13% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 5 2
10th Percentile £425 £490 £488
25th Percentile £466 £550 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £618 £625
Median % change year-on-year -10.93% -1.20% -3.85%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £700
90th Percentile £746 £642 £723
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £550 £618 £625
% change year-on-year -10.93% -1.20% -3.85%

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 239 160 132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 89.51% 93.02% 87.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 69 97
10th Percentile £170 £309 £248
25th Percentile £358 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £440 £485
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -9.28% -11.82%
75th Percentile £548 £538 £600
90th Percentile £603 £664 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -9.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 7
10th Percentile £14.05 £13.75 £16.40
25th Percentile £17.15 £15.44 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.25 £17.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -10.26% +14.71%
75th Percentile £43.75 £50.00 £26.13
90th Percentile £52.85 £70.00 £32.70
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £19.25 £17.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year +10.00% -10.26% +39.29%

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 1 November 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%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (7.89%) OpenShift
4 2 (5.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 2 (5.26%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (5.26%) Serverless
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 9 (23.68%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (13.16%) NoSQL
4 3 (7.89%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (23.68%) 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 14 (36.84%) Public Sector
2 3 (7.89%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.26%) Military
4 1 (2.63%) Banking
4 1 (2.63%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (31.58%) Developer
1 12 (31.58%) Senior
2 9 (23.68%) Architect
3 8 (21.05%) Security Architect
4 6 (15.79%) Senior Architect
4 6 (15.79%) Senior Developer
5 5 (13.16%) Java Developer
5 5 (13.16%) Lead
5 5 (13.16%) Senior Security Architect
5 5 (13.16%) Test Engineer
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%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
7 3 (7.89%) Senior Front-End Developer
7 3 (7.89%) Senior Java Developer
8 2 (5.26%) Backend Developer
8 2 (5.26%) Lead Security Architect
8 2 (5.26%) Node.js Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (26.32%) Spring Boot
2 8 (21.05%) REST
3 6 (15.79%) Kafka
4 5 (13.16%) Jest
5 4 (10.53%) Node.js
5 4 (10.53%) Spring
5 4 (10.53%) WireMock
6 3 (7.89%) ActiveMQ
6 3 (7.89%) CSS
6 3 (7.89%) HTML
6 3 (7.89%) JAX-RS
6 3 (7.89%) Keycloak
7 2 (5.26%) Express.js
7 2 (5.26%) GraphQL
7 2 (5.26%) OpenAPI
7 2 (5.26%) React
7 2 (5.26%) Swagger
8 1 (2.63%) Akka
8 1 (2.63%) Play Framework
8 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 18 (47.37%) Agile
2 16 (42.11%) CI/CD
2 16 (42.11%) TDD
3 15 (39.47%) BDD
3 15 (39.47%) Test Automation
4 11 (28.95%) Containerisation
5 8 (21.05%) Mentoring
6 7 (18.42%) API Development
6 7 (18.42%) Functional Testing
6 7 (18.42%) Infrastructure as Code
6 7 (18.42%) Non-Functional Testing
6 7 (18.42%) Security Architecture
6 7 (18.42%) Software Engineering
6 7 (18.42%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (15.79%) Coaching
8 5 (13.16%) DevOps
8 5 (13.16%) Migration
8 5 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (13.16%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 5 (13.16%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 17 (44.74%) Java
2 4 (10.53%) SQL
3 3 (7.89%) JavaScript
3 3 (7.89%) Python
4 2 (5.26%) Bash
4 2 (5.26%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.63%) COBOL
5 1 (2.63%) Scala
Qualifications
1 19 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 17 (44.74%) 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 8 (21.05%) QA
2 4 (10.53%) Accessibility
3 3 (7.89%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (34.21%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (26.32%) Kubernetes
2 8 (21.05%) Terraform
3 3 (7.89%) Grafana
3 3 (7.89%) Istio
4 2 (5.26%) Ansible
4 2 (5.26%) Argo
5 1 (2.63%) Kibana
Vendors
1 3 (7.89%) Red Hat
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft