Microservices Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire
Microservices
East Midlands > Northamptonshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire requiring Microservices skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 17 | 19 | 30 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +2 | +11 | -1 |
| Contract jobs citing Microservices | 15 | 35 | 12 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire | 5.75% | 11.33% | 4.53% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 7.73% | 11.78% | 5.08% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 13 | 34 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £269 | £411 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £313 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £402 | £359 | £445 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.98% | -19.33% | +11.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £447 | £452 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £500 | £533 | £462 |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £426 | £382 | £445 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.66% | -14.27% | +4.71% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Northamptonshire
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 Northamptonshire.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 194 | 297 | 236 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire | 74.33% | 96.12% | 89.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 100 | 265 | 179 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £297 | £340 |
| 25th Percentile | £380 | £350 | £359 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £402 | £393 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.29% | -7.53% | -13.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £530 | £450 | £509 |
| 90th Percentile | £602 | £537 | £600 |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £475 | £413 | £445 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.15% | -7.30% | -9.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 25 | 5 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.11 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £14.56 | - | £23.10 |
| Median hourly rate | £15.00 | £21.39 | £24.20 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -29.87% | -11.61% | -43.74% |
| 75th Percentile | £21.22 | - | £25.30 |
| 90th Percentile | £36.99 | £41.56 | - |
| East Midlands median hourly rate | £17.87 | £18.87 | £23.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.30% | -18.84% | +3.33% |
Microservices Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.
Microservices Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Microservices.
Microservices Daily Rate Histogram in Northamptonshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microservices in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.
Microservices Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 17 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northampton | +8 | 15 | £402 | +12.29% | 2 |
| Microservices East Midlands |
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Microservices Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CI/CD | 86.7% | 13 |
| 1 | Event-Driven | 86.7% | 13 |
| 3 | Event-Driven Architecture | 80.0% | 12 |
| 4 | DevOps | 53.3% | 8 |
| 5 | API Development | 46.7% | 7 |
| 6 | Containerisation | 40.0% | 6 |
| 6 | Performance Optimisation | 40.0% | 6 |
| 8 | Agile | 33.3% | 5 |
| 8 | Integration Patterns | 33.3% | 5 |
| 8 | Service Design | 33.3% | 5 |
| 11 | Code Quality | 26.7% | 4 |
| 11 | Identity Access Management | 26.7% | 4 |
| 13 | Data Modelling | 20.0% | 3 |
| 13 | Observability | 20.0% | 3 |
| 13 | TDD | 20.0% | 3 |
| 13 | Test Automation | 20.0% | 3 |
| 17 | Data Management | 13.3% | 2 |
| 17 | Deployment Automation | 13.3% | 2 |
| 17 | Low Latency | 13.3% | 2 |
| 17 | Mentoring | 13.3% | 2 |