Microservices Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microservices
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 53 68 51
Rank change year-on-year +15 -17 -24
Contract jobs citing Microservices 391 447 1,128
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.95% 2.91% 4.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.33% 3.32% 4.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 348 842
10th Percentile £379 £400 £445
25th Percentile £425 £450 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.57% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £588 £632 £700
90th Percentile £688 £710 £750
UK median daily rate £534 £550 £613
% change year-on-year -3.00% -10.20% +2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 12
10th Percentile - - £63.25
25th Percentile £25.25 - £70.94
Median hourly rate £26.50 £35.00 £73.75
Median % change year-on-year -24.29% -52.54% +22.92%
75th Percentile £72.50 - £75.00
90th Percentile £76.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £49.75 £48.43 £72.50
% change year-on-year +2.73% -33.20% +20.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Microservices
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Microservices as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microservices trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Microservices
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Microservices.

Microservices daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microservices
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Microservices over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Microservices daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microservices
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Microservices.

Microservices hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Microservices
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Microservices over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Microservices hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microservices
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 22 (5.63%) Confluence
2 10 (2.56%) Apache Spark
3 8 (2.05%) JBoss
4 5 (1.28%) Camunda
4 5 (1.28%) WebSphere
5 4 (1.02%) Apache
6 3 (0.77%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.51%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.51%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.26%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.26%) CICS
8 1 (0.26%) CMS
8 1 (0.26%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.26%) Mule
8 1 (0.26%) nginx
8 1 (0.26%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 3 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.51%) Endur
3 1 (0.26%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.26%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 183 (46.80%) AWS
2 110 (28.13%) Azure
3 66 (16.88%) Serverless
4 55 (14.07%) GCP
5 38 (9.72%) AWS Lambda
6 28 (7.16%) Amazon S3
6 28 (7.16%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (7.16%) GitHub
7 26 (6.65%) SaaS
8 23 (5.88%) PaaS
9 21 (5.37%) Amazon SQS
10 17 (4.35%) IaaS
11 15 (3.84%) GitHub Actions
12 14 (3.58%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (3.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 12 (3.07%) Amazon ECS
13 12 (3.07%) Azure AKS
14 11 (2.81%) Amazon EKS
14 11 (2.81%) Entra ID
14 11 (2.81%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.37%) HTTP
2 11 (2.81%) SSL
3 10 (2.56%) Firewall
4 6 (1.53%) DNS
4 6 (1.53%) VSAN
5 5 (1.28%) FTP
6 4 (1.02%) SMTP
6 4 (1.02%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.77%) IPsec
7 3 (0.77%) Kerberos
7 3 (0.77%) Network Security
8 2 (0.51%) 3GPP
8 2 (0.51%) 4G
8 2 (0.51%) 5G
8 2 (0.51%) NGFW
8 2 (0.51%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (0.51%) Wireless
9 1 (0.26%) ATM
9 1 (0.26%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (18.41%) PostgreSQL
2 50 (12.79%) Relational Database
3 47 (12.02%) MongoDB
4 38 (9.72%) NoSQL
5 31 (7.93%) MySQL
6 24 (6.14%) Redis
7 18 (4.60%) Elasticsearch
8 15 (3.84%) SQL Server
9 14 (3.58%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (2.81%) DynamoDB
11 10 (2.56%) Apache Cassandra
12 9 (2.30%) Big Data
12 9 (2.30%) Hadoop
13 7 (1.79%) Amazon Aurora
13 7 (1.79%) DocumentDB
14 6 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (1.53%) MS Access
15 5 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
16 4 (1.02%) Data Lake
16 4 (1.02%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 63 (16.11%) Git
2 61 (15.60%) Jenkins
3 44 (11.25%) JIRA
4 42 (10.74%) GitLab
5 31 (7.93%) JUnit
6 22 (5.63%) Maven
6 22 (5.63%) SonarQube
7 17 (4.35%) Mockito
8 15 (3.84%) Cypress.io
9 14 (3.58%) Gradle
10 11 (2.81%) Cucumber
11 9 (2.30%) Bitbucket
11 9 (2.30%) Liquibase
11 9 (2.30%) Postman
11 9 (2.30%) REST Assured
12 8 (2.05%) MSI
12 8 (2.05%) Selenium
13 6 (1.53%) Jasmine
13 6 (1.53%) JMeter
13 6 (1.53%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 94 (24.04%) Social Skills
2 59 (15.09%) Public Sector
3 57 (14.58%) Finance
4 30 (7.67%) Banking
5 24 (6.14%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (3.07%) Telecoms
7 7 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.28%) Billing
10 4 (1.02%) Front Office
10 4 (1.02%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.02%) Legal
10 4 (1.02%) Marketing
11 3 (0.77%) Retail
12 2 (0.51%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.51%) French Language
12 2 (0.51%) Military
13 1 (0.26%) Electronics
13 1 (0.26%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.26%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 146 (37.34%) Developer
2 64 (16.37%) Architect
3 61 (15.60%) Senior
4 53 (13.55%) Java Developer
5 41 (10.49%) Lead
6 30 (7.67%) Software Engineer
7 28 (7.16%) Solutions Architect
8 27 (6.91%) Full-Stack Developer
9 22 (5.63%) .NET Developer
9 22 (5.63%) Technical Architect
10 21 (5.37%) Lead Developer
10 21 (5.37%) Senior Developer
11 19 (4.86%) DevOps Engineer
12 16 (4.09%) Java Engineer
12 16 (4.09%) Senior Java Developer
13 15 (3.84%) AWS Engineer
14 14 (3.58%) Lead Java Developer
15 11 (2.81%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 11 (2.81%) JavaScript Engineer
16 10 (2.56%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (20.46%) Spring Boot
2 78 (19.95%) RESTful
3 76 (19.44%) Spring
4 62 (15.86%) Kafka
5 57 (14.58%) React
6 56 (14.32%) Node.js
7 54 (13.81%) .NET
8 44 (11.25%) REST
9 41 (10.49%) AngularJS
10 35 (8.95%) Swagger
11 31 (7.93%) OpenAPI
12 28 (7.16%) CSS
13 26 (6.65%) OAuth
14 24 (6.14%) HTML
14 24 (6.14%) Web Services
15 23 (5.88%) .NET Core
16 19 (4.86%) GraphQL
17 17 (4.35%) Hibernate
18 15 (3.84%) J2EE
18 15 (3.84%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.21%) Cloud Native
2 19 (4.86%) Product Ownership
3 18 (4.60%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (3.58%) Public Cloud
5 12 (3.07%) PKI
6 9 (2.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 9 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.05%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.05%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.53%) Mainframe
9 6 (1.53%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.28%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.28%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.02%) Frameworx
11 4 (1.02%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 4 (1.02%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 38 (9.72%) Linux
2 24 (6.14%) Windows
3 20 (5.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 15 (3.84%) Unix
5 4 (1.02%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.26%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (0.26%) CentOS
6 1 (0.26%) VMS
6 1 (0.26%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (45.52%) Agile
2 173 (44.25%) CI/CD
3 136 (34.78%) DevOps
4 117 (29.92%) Containerisation
5 75 (19.18%) Problem-Solving
5 75 (19.18%) Software Engineering
6 74 (18.93%) Test Automation
7 69 (17.65%) Full-Stack Development
8 64 (16.37%) TDD
9 61 (15.60%) Infrastructure as Code
10 49 (12.53%) Continuous Integration
11 47 (12.02%) Migration
12 44 (11.25%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 43 (11.00%) Mentoring
14 41 (10.49%) Event-Driven
15 39 (9.97%) Technical Leadership
16 36 (9.21%) Scrum
17 35 (8.95%) Code Quality
17 35 (8.95%) Design Patterns
18 29 (7.42%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 146 (37.34%) Java
2 96 (24.55%) JavaScript
3 86 (21.99%) Python
3 86 (21.99%) SQL
4 62 (15.86%) TypeScript
5 52 (13.30%) C#
6 24 (6.14%) Bash
7 14 (3.58%) PowerShell
8 11 (2.81%) PL/SQL
9 10 (2.56%) Go
10 9 (2.30%) Scala
11 8 (2.05%) Shell Script
12 7 (1.79%) Bicep
12 7 (1.79%) Perl
12 7 (1.79%) PHP
13 6 (1.53%) C++
14 3 (0.77%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.77%) Ruby
15 2 (0.51%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 100 (25.58%) Security Cleared
2 94 (24.04%) SC Cleared
3 20 (5.12%) Degree
4 13 (3.32%) AWS Certification
4 13 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (1.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (1.53%) MCSE
7 5 (1.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (1.28%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
8 4 (1.02%) CISSP
9 3 (0.77%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.51%) CISM
10 2 (0.51%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.26%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.26%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.14%) QA
2 20 (5.12%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.05%) NCSC
4 6 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.53%) NIST
5 4 (1.02%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.77%) GDPR
7 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.51%) WCAG
8 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.26%) SLA
8 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 138 (35.29%) Docker
2 8 (2.05%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.53%) VMware NSX
4 3 (0.77%) RACF
5 2 (0.51%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 2 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 141 (36.06%) Kubernetes
2 72 (18.41%) Terraform
3 31 (7.93%) Grafana
4 25 (6.39%) Ansible
5 24 (6.14%) Prometheus
6 12 (3.07%) Progress Chef
7 11 (2.81%) Kibana
8 9 (2.30%) Argo
8 9 (2.30%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (2.05%) Istio
9 8 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
9 8 (2.05%) Puppet
10 4 (1.02%) Packer
10 4 (1.02%) Perfmon
11 3 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.77%) Control-M
11 3 (0.77%) Rundeck
12 2 (0.51%) logstash
13 1 (0.26%) QRadar
13 1 (0.26%) Rancher
Vendors
1 31 (7.93%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.67%) Oracle
3 23 (5.88%) Google
4 11 (2.81%) Dynatrace
5 10 (2.56%) Splunk
6 8 (2.05%) MuleSoft
6 8 (2.05%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.05%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.79%) IBM
7 7 (1.79%) New Relic
7 7 (1.79%) Red Hat
7 7 (1.79%) VMware
8 6 (1.53%) AppDynamics
8 6 (1.53%) Cisco
8 6 (1.53%) Citrix
8 6 (1.53%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.02%) CA Agile Central
9 4 (1.02%) Pega
9 4 (1.02%) Virgin Media
10 3 (0.77%) SAP