Microservices Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microservices
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 100 105
Rank change year-on-year +38 +5 -57
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Microservices 568 376 504
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.70% 2.07% 2.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.14% 2.50% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 389 273 383
10th Percentile £320 £363 £410
25th Percentile £400 £425 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +2.33%
75th Percentile £556 £622 £688
90th Percentile £664 £709 £731
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 12
10th Percentile £55.00 £37.00 £46.54
25th Percentile £56.69 £40.00 £65.63
Median hourly rate £67.00 £52.50 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.62% -27.59% +10.89%
75th Percentile £71.13 £56.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £76.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £67.00 £41.50 £72.50
% change year-on-year +61.45% -42.76% +13.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,713 15,053 19,209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.21% 82.75% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,234 8,986 12,838
10th Percentile £238 £250 £260
25th Percentile £366 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £690
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,387 1,466 1,202
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.69 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.30 £17.55
Median hourly rate £22.84 £41.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.96% +10.67% +70.45%
75th Percentile £43.88 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.50 £41.50
% change year-on-year -37.90% -2.41% +54.56%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Microservices as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Microservices in the UK excluding London

Microservices
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Microservices.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Microservices

Microservices
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microservices in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microservices in the UK excluding London

Microservices
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Microservices.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Microservices

Microservices
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microservices in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Microservices in the UK excluding London

Microservices
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +26 229 £500 -6.98% 249
North West +23 123 £469 -10.67% 141
Midlands +40 92 £463 +8.82% 85
Scotland +1 89 £475 - 38
South East +13 88 £425 -19.05% 218
Yorkshire +32 86 £531 -3.41% 78
West Midlands +29 48 £500 +11.11% 59
East Midlands +14 44 £420 -1.18% 24
South West +34 33 £550 +1.15% 73
North East +14 23 £525 - 31
East of England +11 20 £450 +12.50% 51
Northern Ireland -6 12 £470 +7.43% 35
Wales - 10 £475 - 32
Microservices
UK

Microservices
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 37 (6.51%) Confluence
2 27 (4.75%) JBoss
3 15 (2.64%) Mule
4 12 (2.11%) Tomcat
5 10 (1.76%) Camunda
5 10 (1.76%) CMS
5 10 (1.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 9 (1.58%) Anypoint
7 8 (1.41%) nginx
8 7 (1.23%) WebSphere
9 6 (1.06%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.70%) Apache
10 4 (0.70%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.53%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.53%) Oracle Application Server
11 3 (0.53%) WebLogic Portal
12 2 (0.35%) GemFire
12 2 (0.35%) GeoServer
12 2 (0.35%) Mule ESB
12 2 (0.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.53%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.18%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (1.41%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.70%) Avolution ABACUS
3 3 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.18%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.18%) Finacle
5 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 251 (44.19%) AWS
2 138 (24.30%) Azure
3 87 (15.32%) GCP
4 70 (12.32%) Serverless
5 62 (10.92%) GitHub
6 51 (8.98%) AWS Lambda
7 43 (7.57%) OpenShift
8 41 (7.22%) Amazon SQS
9 39 (6.87%) Amazon S3
10 30 (5.28%) Amazon EC2
11 25 (4.40%) SaaS
12 23 (4.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 23 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
13 20 (3.52%) Amazon ECS
14 19 (3.35%) AWS CloudFormation
14 19 (3.35%) GitHub Actions
15 14 (2.46%) Route 53
16 13 (2.29%) Amazon EventBridge
16 13 (2.29%) Datadog
16 13 (2.29%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.94%) DNS
2 8 (1.41%) HTTP
3 7 (1.23%) HTTPS
3 7 (1.23%) MPLS
4 5 (0.88%) 4G
4 5 (0.88%) 5G
4 5 (0.88%) Firewall
4 5 (0.88%) SSL
5 4 (0.70%) BGP
5 4 (0.70%) LAN
5 4 (0.70%) WAN
6 3 (0.53%) DOCSIS
6 3 (0.53%) GPON
6 3 (0.53%) LTE
6 3 (0.53%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (0.53%) SAN
6 3 (0.53%) VoIP
6 3 (0.53%) xDSL
7 2 (0.35%) AMQP
7 2 (0.35%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (20.07%) PostgreSQL
2 95 (16.73%) MongoDB
3 80 (14.08%) NoSQL
4 69 (12.15%) Relational Database
5 41 (7.22%) MySQL
6 36 (6.34%) Amazon Aurora
7 29 (5.11%) Amazon RDS
8 26 (4.58%) DynamoDB
9 18 (3.17%) RDBMS
9 18 (3.17%) Redis
10 16 (2.82%) Oracle Database
10 16 (2.82%) SQL Server
11 12 (2.11%) Apache Cassandra
11 12 (2.11%) Elasticsearch
12 9 (1.58%) Big Data
13 8 (1.41%) BigQuery
14 6 (1.06%) DocumentDB
15 5 (0.88%) MariaDB
16 4 (0.70%) CockroachDB
17 3 (0.53%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 157 (27.64%) Jenkins
2 122 (21.48%) Git
3 99 (17.43%) JIRA
4 82 (14.44%) GitLab
5 80 (14.08%) JUnit
6 54 (9.51%) SonarQube
7 49 (8.63%) Maven
8 41 (7.22%) Mockito
9 38 (6.69%) Sonatype Nexus
10 30 (5.28%) Gradle
11 22 (3.87%) Artifactory
12 20 (3.52%) Bitbucket Server
12 20 (3.52%) Liquibase
13 17 (2.99%) Cypress.io
14 16 (2.82%) Bitbucket
14 16 (2.82%) Cucumber
15 13 (2.29%) Postman
16 12 (2.11%) Selenium
17 11 (1.94%) CA Release Automation
17 11 (1.94%) TeamCity
General
1 156 (27.46%) Social Skills
2 108 (19.01%) Finance
3 99 (17.43%) Public Sector
4 77 (13.56%) Banking
5 30 (5.28%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (4.23%) Telecoms
7 17 (2.99%) Retail
8 14 (2.46%) Manufacturing
9 13 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (2.11%) Financial Institution
10 12 (2.11%) Marketing
11 11 (1.94%) Military
12 10 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.76%) Electronics
13 6 (1.06%) Billing
13 6 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.88%) Legal
15 4 (0.70%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.70%) General Ledger
15 4 (0.70%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 234 (41.20%) Developer
2 121 (21.30%) Java Developer
3 109 (19.19%) Architect
4 73 (12.85%) Senior
5 58 (10.21%) Software Engineer
6 39 (6.87%) Lead
7 37 (6.51%) Full-Stack Developer
7 37 (6.51%) Senior Developer
8 31 (5.46%) Solutions Architect
9 23 (4.05%) Software Developer
10 22 (3.87%) Senior Java Developer
10 22 (3.87%) Technical Architect
11 19 (3.35%) Analyst
12 18 (3.17%) DevOps Engineer
12 18 (3.17%) Java Engineer
13 17 (2.99%) .NET Developer
13 17 (2.99%) Full-Stack Java Developer
14 16 (2.82%) React Developer
15 15 (2.64%) AWS Developer
15 15 (2.64%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (27.82%) Spring Boot
2 152 (26.76%) Spring
3 142 (25.00%) RESTful
4 139 (24.47%) React
5 119 (20.95%) REST
6 116 (20.42%) Kafka
7 84 (14.79%) Node.js
8 79 (13.91%) AngularJS
9 64 (11.27%) CSS
10 60 (10.56%) HTML
11 51 (8.98%) .NET
12 45 (7.92%) Web Services
13 44 (7.75%) Hibernate
14 39 (6.87%) SOAP
15 31 (5.46%) ActiveMQ
16 30 (5.28%) JSON
16 30 (5.28%) OAuth
16 30 (5.28%) Swagger
17 29 (5.11%) JPA
18 28 (4.93%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 76 (13.38%) Cloud Native
2 50 (8.80%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (5.81%) Product Ownership
4 25 (4.40%) Data Protection Act
5 24 (4.23%) Algorithms
6 23 (4.05%) Public Cloud
7 16 (2.82%) Data Structures
8 12 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (2.11%) Linux Command Line
8 12 (2.11%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.58%) Private Cloud
10 9 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.41%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.41%) TM Forum
12 7 (1.23%) PKI
13 6 (1.06%) Distributed Applications
13 6 (1.06%) IoT
13 6 (1.06%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 93 (16.37%) Linux
2 39 (6.87%) Windows
3 28 (4.93%) Unix
4 16 (2.82%) Windows Server
5 13 (2.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.06%) Mac OS X
7 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (54.05%) Agile
2 281 (49.47%) CI/CD
3 221 (38.91%) DevOps
4 142 (25.00%) Containerisation
5 129 (22.71%) TDD
6 117 (20.60%) Software Engineering
7 101 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
8 94 (16.55%) Test Automation
9 93 (16.37%) Scrum
10 83 (14.61%) Continuous Integration
11 77 (13.56%) Full-Stack Development
12 67 (11.80%) Design Patterns
12 67 (11.80%) SDLC
13 63 (11.09%) Event-Driven
14 59 (10.39%) BDD
15 57 (10.04%) Migration
16 55 (9.68%) Artificial Intelligence
17 53 (9.33%) Infrastructure as Code
17 53 (9.33%) Unit Testing
18 51 (8.98%) API Development
Programming Languages
1 281 (49.47%) Java
2 138 (24.30%) SQL
3 114 (20.07%) JavaScript
3 114 (20.07%) Python
4 88 (15.49%) TypeScript
5 46 (8.10%) C#
6 27 (4.75%) Bash
7 25 (4.40%) Go
8 22 (3.87%) Perl
9 18 (3.17%) PL/SQL
10 15 (2.64%) PowerShell
10 15 (2.64%) Shell Script
11 13 (2.29%) C++
12 6 (1.06%) DataWeave
13 5 (0.88%) PHP
14 4 (0.70%) Ruby
15 3 (0.53%) C
15 3 (0.53%) Groovy
15 3 (0.53%) Kotlin
16 2 (0.35%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 126 (22.18%) Security Cleared
2 94 (16.55%) SC Cleared
3 44 (7.75%) Degree
4 34 (5.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.82%) Master's Degree
6 15 (2.64%) AWS Certification
6 15 (2.64%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (1.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 9 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.58%) CISSP
9 7 (1.23%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.70%) CCIE
10 4 (0.70%) JNCIE
10 4 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.35%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.18%) CCSP
13 1 (0.18%) CTC Cleared
13 1 (0.18%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.18%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (10.74%) QA
2 20 (3.52%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.11%) WCAG
4 6 (1.06%) Disclosure Scotland
5 5 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.70%) GDPR
7 3 (0.53%) NCSC
7 3 (0.53%) NIST
8 2 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.35%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.35%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.35%) OASIS TOSCA
8 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.35%) PSD2
8 2 (0.35%) SEPA
9 1 (0.18%) COBIT
9 1 (0.18%) HL7
9 1 (0.18%) SLA
9 1 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 180 (31.69%) Docker
2 25 (4.40%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.23%) Postfix
4 3 (0.53%) LXC
5 1 (0.18%) HDFS
5 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 167 (29.40%) Kubernetes
2 70 (12.32%) Terraform
3 56 (9.86%) Grafana
4 38 (6.69%) Prometheus
5 35 (6.16%) Ansible
6 14 (2.46%) Progress Chef
7 13 (2.29%) Kibana
8 6 (1.06%) Istio
9 5 (0.88%) Kustomize
9 5 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.53%) Control-M
10 3 (0.53%) Kiali
11 2 (0.35%) Amdocs OSS
11 2 (0.35%) Argo
11 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.35%) Puppet
12 1 (0.18%) CloudHub
12 1 (0.18%) Consul
12 1 (0.18%) Oracle Identity Management
12 1 (0.18%) Podman
Vendors
1 55 (9.68%) Oracle
2 49 (8.63%) Splunk
3 39 (6.87%) Microsoft
4 26 (4.58%) Google
5 25 (4.40%) Red Hat
6 18 (3.17%) AppDynamics
7 16 (2.82%) Dynatrace
8 12 (2.11%) Atlassian
8 12 (2.11%) Salesforce
8 12 (2.11%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.94%) Cisco
9 11 (1.94%) MuleSoft
10 10 (1.76%) SAP
11 8 (1.41%) Jaspersoft
11 8 (1.41%) Veracode
12 7 (1.23%) CA Agile Central
12 7 (1.23%) Cloudera
13 6 (1.06%) Citrix
13 6 (1.06%) Gigya
13 6 (1.06%) IBM