Microservices Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microservices
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Microservices skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microservices over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 80 82
Rank change year-on-year +32 +2 -8
Contract jobs citing Microservices 54 66 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.57% 2.46% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.85% 2.82% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 53 48
10th Percentile £350 £431 £454
25th Percentile £409 £473 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £563
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +11.11% +3.54%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £675
90th Percentile £743 £750 £700
South East median daily rate £550 £613 £550
% change year-on-year -10.20% +11.36% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Microservices as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Microservices in the Thames Valley

Microservices
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microservices in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Microservices in the Thames Valley

Microservices
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microservices in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microservices in the Thames Valley

Microservices
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microservices in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Microservices in the Thames Valley

Microservices
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Berkshire +9 30 £478 -18.72% 35
Buckinghamshire +26 24 £575 -23.33% 34
Microservices
South East

Microservices
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.70%) Camunda
1 2 (3.70%) Confluence
2 1 (1.85%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 34 (62.96%) Azure
2 24 (44.44%) AWS
3 15 (27.78%) Serverless
4 12 (22.22%) Azure Functions
4 12 (22.22%) SaaS
5 10 (18.52%) PaaS
6 9 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
7 8 (14.81%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (14.81%) IaaS
8 7 (12.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 7 (12.96%) Entra ID
8 7 (12.96%) GCP
9 6 (11.11%) Amazon ECS
9 6 (11.11%) GitHub
10 4 (7.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (7.41%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (7.41%) Azure AKS
11 3 (5.56%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (3.70%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (18.52%) VSAN
2 5 (9.26%) NGFW
3 4 (7.41%) Network Security
4 3 (5.56%) SSL
5 2 (3.70%) BGP
5 2 (3.70%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (3.70%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (3.70%) DNS
5 2 (3.70%) Firewall
5 2 (3.70%) MPLS
5 2 (3.70%) OSPF
5 2 (3.70%) SD-WAN
5 2 (3.70%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.70%) VLAN
5 2 (3.70%) VPN
5 2 (3.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (22.22%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (9.26%) NoSQL
3 4 (7.41%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (7.41%) Redis
4 3 (5.56%) Big Data
4 3 (5.56%) MongoDB
4 3 (5.56%) MySQL
5 2 (3.70%) DynamoDB
5 2 (3.70%) MS Access
5 2 (3.70%) RDBMS
5 2 (3.70%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.85%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (1.85%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (1.85%) Apache Hive
6 1 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.85%) Hadoop
6 1 (1.85%) HBase
6 1 (1.85%) HDInsight
6 1 (1.85%) Impala
Development Applications
1 11 (20.37%) Git
2 6 (11.11%) Jenkins
3 3 (5.56%) GitLab
3 3 (5.56%) JUnit
3 3 (5.56%) Mockito
3 3 (5.56%) Selenium
4 2 (3.70%) JIRA
4 2 (3.70%) JMeter
4 2 (3.70%) Terragrunt
5 1 (1.85%) Artifactory
5 1 (1.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (1.85%) Bitbucket Server
5 1 (1.85%) DbUnit
5 1 (1.85%) jMock
5 1 (1.85%) Maven
5 1 (1.85%) SonarQube
General
1 11 (20.37%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.81%) Public Sector
3 7 (12.96%) Telecoms
4 6 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (11.11%) Finance
5 5 (9.26%) Billing
6 2 (3.70%) Financial Institution
6 2 (3.70%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (48.15%) Architect
2 19 (35.19%) Developer
3 14 (25.93%) Senior
4 12 (22.22%) Technical Architect
5 9 (16.67%) Python Developer
5 9 (16.67%) Senior Architect
5 9 (16.67%) Senior Technical Architect
6 8 (14.81%) Azure Developer
6 8 (14.81%) Full-Stack Developer
7 6 (11.11%) React Developer
8 5 (9.26%) Designer
8 5 (9.26%) Full-Stack Python Developer
8 5 (9.26%) Security Architect
8 5 (9.26%) Solutions Designer
9 4 (7.41%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
9 4 (7.41%) Principal Architect
9 4 (7.41%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (7.41%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
10 3 (5.56%) Java Developer
10 3 (5.56%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (18.52%) Web Services
2 9 (16.67%) React
3 8 (14.81%) REST
3 8 (14.81%) RESTful
4 7 (12.96%) JSON
5 5 (9.26%) Spring Boot
6 4 (7.41%) GraphQL
6 4 (7.41%) Prisma
7 3 (5.56%) ActiveMQ
7 3 (5.56%) AngularJS
7 3 (5.56%) Django
7 3 (5.56%) FastAPI
7 3 (5.56%) Flask
7 3 (5.56%) Hibernate
7 3 (5.56%) HTML
7 3 (5.56%) Kafka
7 3 (5.56%) Node.js
7 3 (5.56%) SAML
7 3 (5.56%) Spring
8 2 (3.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.37%) Hybrid Cloud
2 10 (18.52%) PKI
3 7 (12.96%) Public Cloud
4 6 (11.11%) Product Ownership
5 5 (9.26%) Frameworx
5 5 (9.26%) TM Forum
6 3 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.85%) IoT
8 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.85%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.85%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.96%) Windows
2 4 (7.41%) Windows Server
3 3 (5.56%) Linux
3 3 (5.56%) Unix
4 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (55.56%) CI/CD
2 22 (40.74%) Containerisation
3 21 (38.89%) TOGAF
4 19 (35.19%) DevOps
5 17 (31.48%) Agile
6 16 (29.63%) ITIL
7 15 (27.78%) Continuous Integration
7 15 (27.78%) DevSecOps
8 14 (25.93%) Continuous Delivery
8 14 (25.93%) Infrastructure as Code
8 14 (25.93%) Zachman Framework
9 11 (20.37%) Full-Stack Development
9 11 (20.37%) IT Strategy
10 10 (18.52%) Matrix Organization
10 10 (18.52%) Technology Strategy
11 8 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (14.81%) SDLC
11 8 (14.81%) Use Case
12 7 (12.96%) Enterprise Architecture
12 7 (12.96%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (25.93%) Python
2 11 (20.37%) Java
3 6 (11.11%) SQL
4 5 (9.26%) TypeScript
5 3 (5.56%) C#
5 3 (5.56%) JavaScript
5 3 (5.56%) Shell Script
6 2 (3.70%) PowerShell
6 2 (3.70%) Ruby
7 1 (1.85%) Perl
Qualifications
1 18 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 16 (29.63%) SC Cleared
3 14 (25.93%) MCSE
3 14 (25.93%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (18.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 6 (11.11%) CISSP
6 5 (9.26%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (9.26%) DV Cleared
7 4 (7.41%) CCNP
8 3 (5.56%) CISM
9 2 (3.70%) AWS Certification
9 2 (3.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (3.70%) Azure Certification
9 2 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (3.70%) Degree
10 1 (1.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (1.85%) CCSP
10 1 (1.85%) OSCP
10 1 (1.85%) SANS
10 1 (1.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (27.78%) NCSC
2 13 (24.07%) NIST
3 9 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.85%) Data Quality
System Software
1 12 (22.22%) Active Directory
1 12 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (18.52%) Docker
2 10 (18.52%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.85%) Apache Flume
3 1 (1.85%) Postfix
3 1 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 4 (7.41%) Terraform
3 3 (5.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (3.70%) Kibana
4 2 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.85%) Ansible
5 1 (1.85%) Grafana
5 1 (1.85%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 16 (29.63%) VMware
2 12 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 10 (18.52%) Cisco
3 10 (18.52%) Palo Alto
4 7 (12.96%) Salesforce
5 5 (9.26%) ServiceNow
6 2 (3.70%) Citrix
6 2 (3.70%) Dynatrace
6 2 (3.70%) Splunk
7 1 (1.85%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.85%) Databricks
7 1 (1.85%) Google
7 1 (1.85%) Jaspersoft
7 1 (1.85%) New Relic
7 1 (1.85%) Rapid7
7 1 (1.85%) StreamSets
7 1 (1.85%) Zscaler