Microservices Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Microservices
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Microservices skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 24 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs citing Microservices 7 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 2.33% 2.30% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.29% 3.15% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £511 - -
25th Percentile £528 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £600 £525 £470
% change year-on-year +14.34% +11.65% -17.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £52.75 £51.50 -
25th Percentile £53.13 £53.75 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 -
75th Percentile £56.88 - -
90th Percentile £57.25 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year - +57.14% -53.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 213 127 218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 70.76% 72.99% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 70 89
10th Percentile £352 £378 £400
25th Percentile £460 £418 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £623 £606 £675
90th Percentile £684 £629 £850
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £589
% change year-on-year - -6.62% +12.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 27 89
10th Percentile £13.93 £28.81 £51.06
25th Percentile £46.25 £36.97 £53.40
Median hourly rate £52.43 £50.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +4.85% -12.82% -0.26%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.13 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.55 £63.00 £76.86
Hampshire median hourly rate £45.59 £43.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +6.01% -25.02% +6.70%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Microservices job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Microservices
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Microservices

Microservices
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Microservices.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Microservices

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) AWS
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) JIRA
2 3 (42.86%) Git
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Developer
1 3 (42.86%) Software Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) C# Software Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Java Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Lead Software Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Software Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) C# Developer
3 1 (14.29%) C# Software Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Java Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Java Software Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Java Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared Java Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) .NET
1 3 (42.86%) Hibernate
1 3 (42.86%) React
1 3 (42.86%) RESTful
1 3 (42.86%) Spring
1 3 (42.86%) Spring Boot
2 2 (28.57%) REST
2 2 (28.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 6 (85.71%) Agile
2 6 (85.71%) Scrum
2 6 (85.71%) Sprint Planning
3 5 (71.43%) Design Patterns
4 4 (57.14%) Software Engineering
5 3 (42.86%) Architectural Patterns
5 3 (42.86%) Backlog Refinement
5 3 (42.86%) DevOps
5 3 (42.86%) DevSecOps
5 3 (42.86%) Front End Development
5 3 (42.86%) Issue Tracking
5 3 (42.86%) Mentoring
5 3 (42.86%) Secure Coding
5 3 (42.86%) SysML
5 3 (42.86%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (42.86%) UML
6 2 (28.57%) Performance Tuning
6 2 (28.57%) SDLC
6 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Java
2 3 (42.86%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) C++
2 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared