Microservices Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microservices
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Microservices skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microservices over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 50 28
Rank change year-on-year -21 -22 +4
Contract jobs citing Microservices 446 1,152 2,930
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.89% 4.41% 6.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.29% 4.91% 7.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 858 2,160
10th Percentile £398 £445 £413
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +11.65%
75th Percentile £630 £700 £675
90th Percentile £715 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £613 £600
% change year-on-year -10.20% +2.08% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 12 18
10th Percentile - £63.25 £47.83
25th Percentile - £70.94 £48.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £73.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.54% +22.92% +37.93%
75th Percentile - £75.00 £65.54
90th Percentile - - £68.63
UK median hourly rate £48.43 £72.50 £56.00
% change year-on-year -33.20% +29.46% +24.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Microservices is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,569 23,472 40,758
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.77% 89.84% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,056 16,562 29,562
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £425 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.81%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 563 559 545
10th Percentile £14.90 £19.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £24.00 £30.65 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +57.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £69.25 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.90
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

Microservices
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microservices as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microservices trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microservices
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Microservices over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

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 a work from home option citing Microservices.

Microservices hourly rate 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 16 (3.59%) nginx
2 13 (2.91%) Confluence
3 6 (1.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (1.12%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.12%) CMS
4 5 (1.12%) JBoss
5 4 (0.90%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.45%) Apache
6 2 (0.45%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.45%) Cloud Foundry
6 2 (0.45%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.45%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.45%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.45%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.22%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.22%) Drupal
7 1 (0.22%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.22%) IIS
7 1 (0.22%) Strapi
7 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (2.24%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.22%) Gliffy
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (0.90%) Temenos T24
2 3 (0.67%) Endur
3 2 (0.45%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 190 (42.60%) AWS
2 141 (31.61%) Azure
3 58 (13.00%) Serverless
4 41 (9.19%) GCP
5 32 (7.17%) Azure DevOps
6 29 (6.50%) AWS Lambda
7 25 (5.61%) PaaS
8 21 (4.71%) Amazon S3
9 20 (4.48%) OpenShift
10 17 (3.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 17 (3.81%) Entra ID
11 16 (3.59%) Amazon EC2
11 16 (3.59%) AWS CloudFormation
12 15 (3.36%) Amazon EKS
12 15 (3.36%) IaaS
13 14 (3.14%) Azure AKS
13 14 (3.14%) Azure Service Bus
13 14 (3.14%) SaaS
14 13 (2.91%) Azure Data Factory
14 13 (2.91%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.36%) HTTP
2 8 (1.79%) ATM
3 4 (0.90%) DNS
3 4 (0.90%) HTTPS
3 4 (0.90%) IPsec
3 4 (0.90%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.45%) Internet
5 1 (0.22%) Broadband
5 1 (0.22%) MQTT
5 1 (0.22%) Network Security
5 1 (0.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (11.88%) PostgreSQL
2 41 (9.19%) MongoDB
3 33 (7.40%) NoSQL
4 29 (6.50%) SQL Server
5 21 (4.71%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (4.48%) Relational Database
7 16 (3.59%) MySQL
8 13 (2.91%) Amazon Aurora
8 13 (2.91%) Redis
9 12 (2.69%) Azure SQL Database
9 12 (2.69%) Big Data
10 11 (2.47%) Apache Cassandra
10 11 (2.47%) RDBMS
10 11 (2.47%) Snowflake Schema
11 10 (2.24%) Elasticsearch
12 9 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
13 7 (1.57%) DynamoDB
13 7 (1.57%) OLTP
14 6 (1.35%) Couchbase
14 6 (1.35%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 54 (12.11%) Git
2 32 (7.17%) Jenkins
3 30 (6.73%) JIRA
4 25 (5.61%) GitLab
5 14 (3.14%) JUnit
5 14 (3.14%) Selenium
6 13 (2.91%) Cypress.io
7 12 (2.69%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.79%) Maven
8 8 (1.79%) TeamCity
9 7 (1.57%) Visual Studio
10 6 (1.35%) Gradle
10 6 (1.35%) JMeter
10 6 (1.35%) REST Assured
10 6 (1.35%) WebDriver
11 5 (1.12%) Mockito
11 5 (1.12%) SoapUI
11 5 (1.12%) SpecFlow
11 5 (1.12%) TestNG
11 5 (1.12%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 90 (20.18%) Social Skills
2 89 (19.96%) Finance
3 57 (12.78%) Public Sector
4 51 (11.43%) Banking
5 30 (6.73%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (2.69%) Retail
6 12 (2.69%) Telecoms
7 7 (1.57%) Investment Banking
7 7 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.35%) German Language
9 5 (1.12%) Financial Institution
9 5 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (1.12%) Tech for Good
10 4 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.90%) Legal
10 4 (0.90%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.90%) Marketing
11 3 (0.67%) Wholesale Banking
12 2 (0.45%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (0.45%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 206 (46.19%) Developer
2 122 (27.35%) Architect
3 60 (13.45%) Senior
4 59 (13.23%) Java Developer
5 56 (12.56%) Solutions Architect
6 42 (9.42%) Full Stack Developer
7 35 (7.85%) Senior Developer
8 23 (5.16%) Lead
9 20 (4.48%) Software Engineer
10 19 (4.26%) .NET Developer
11 18 (4.04%) Data Architect
12 16 (3.59%) Java Engineer
12 16 (3.59%) Senior Java Developer
13 15 (3.36%) Technical Architect
14 14 (3.14%) Scala Developer
14 14 (3.14%) Software Developer
15 13 (2.91%) C# Developer
15 13 (2.91%) DevOps Engineer
16 12 (2.69%) Azure Developer
16 12 (2.69%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (16.14%) REST
2 68 (15.25%) React
3 66 (14.80%) Spring Boot
4 63 (14.13%) Spring
5 62 (13.90%) .NET
6 59 (13.23%) Kafka
7 44 (9.87%) Node.js
8 43 (9.64%) RESTful
9 38 (8.52%) HTML
10 37 (8.30%) CSS
11 35 (7.85%) JSON
12 29 (6.50%) AngularJS
13 28 (6.28%) .NET Core
14 26 (5.83%) RabbitMQ
15 24 (5.38%) Web Services
16 23 (5.16%) XML
17 19 (4.26%) .NET Framework
17 19 (4.26%) GraphQL
18 17 (3.81%) SOAP
19 15 (3.36%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.52%) Product Ownership
2 30 (6.73%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (6.28%) Cloud Native
3 28 (6.28%) Data Structures
4 14 (3.14%) Greenfield Project
5 13 (2.91%) Mobile App
6 12 (2.69%) Algorithms
6 12 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (2.69%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (2.47%) Public Cloud
8 9 (2.02%) Mainframe
8 9 (2.02%) Reference Data
9 8 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.79%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 6 (1.35%) IoT
11 5 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (0.90%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 53 (11.88%) Linux
2 23 (5.16%) Unix
3 7 (1.57%) Windows
4 6 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.12%) Android
6 4 (0.90%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.90%) CentOS
7 3 (0.67%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.22%) tvOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (41.48%) Agile
2 146 (32.74%) DevOps
3 135 (30.27%) CI/CD
4 73 (16.37%) Test Automation
5 71 (15.92%) TDD
6 69 (15.47%) Problem-Solving
7 59 (13.23%) SDLC
8 57 (12.78%) Full Stack Development
9 50 (11.21%) Infrastructure as Code
9 50 (11.21%) Software Engineering
10 42 (9.42%) Design Patterns
11 41 (9.19%) Scrum
12 37 (8.30%) Containerisation
12 37 (8.30%) Data Modelling
13 36 (8.07%) Continuous Integration
13 36 (8.07%) Event-Driven
14 32 (7.17%) Kanban
15 31 (6.95%) User Experience
16 30 (6.73%) Analytics
16 30 (6.73%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 153 (34.30%) Java
2 85 (19.06%) JavaScript
3 73 (16.37%) SQL
4 69 (15.47%) Python
5 56 (12.56%) C#
6 44 (9.87%) TypeScript
7 36 (8.07%) Go
8 27 (6.05%) PHP
9 23 (5.16%) Scala
10 19 (4.26%) Shell Script
11 10 (2.24%) C++
12 8 (1.79%) PowerShell
13 7 (1.57%) Kotlin
14 6 (1.35%) Bash
15 5 (1.12%) Perl
16 4 (0.90%) Ruby
17 3 (0.67%) C
17 3 (0.67%) T-SQL
18 2 (0.45%) PL/SQL
18 2 (0.45%) XPath
Qualifications
1 59 (13.23%) Security Cleared
2 50 (11.21%) SC Cleared
3 27 (6.05%) Degree
4 17 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (0.90%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.67%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.45%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.45%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (0.45%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.45%) ISEB
8 2 (0.45%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.22%) CCNP
9 1 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.22%) CISSP
9 1 (0.22%) MCSE
9 1 (0.22%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.22%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.28%) Accessibility
2 22 (4.93%) QA
3 13 (2.91%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.57%) GDPR
5 6 (1.35%) NIST
6 5 (1.12%) Disclosure Scotland
6 5 (1.12%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.90%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.67%) MiFID
9 2 (0.45%) PSD2
9 2 (0.45%) WCAG
10 1 (0.22%) EMIR
10 1 (0.22%) FATCA
10 1 (0.22%) GxP
10 1 (0.22%) NCSC
10 1 (0.22%) NIST 800
System Software
1 69 (15.47%) Docker
2 16 (3.59%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.79%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 95 (21.30%) Kubernetes
2 46 (10.31%) Terraform
3 25 (5.61%) Grafana
4 15 (3.36%) Prometheus
5 14 (3.14%) Ansible
6 11 (2.47%) Consul
7 8 (1.79%) Kibana
8 7 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (1.35%) Progress Chef
10 5 (1.12%) Puppet
11 4 (0.90%) Istio
12 3 (0.67%) Argo
12 3 (0.67%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.67%) Packer
13 2 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.45%) TIBCO Hawk
13 2 (0.45%) Zipkin
14 1 (0.22%) FreeIPA
14 1 (0.22%) Icinga
14 1 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 41 (9.19%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.30%) Oracle
3 15 (3.36%) Google
4 11 (2.47%) IBM
4 11 (2.47%) SAP
5 10 (2.24%) Splunk
6 8 (1.79%) SaltStack
7 6 (1.35%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.12%) Atlassian
8 5 (1.12%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.90%) Databricks
9 4 (0.90%) TSYS
9 4 (0.90%) VMware
10 3 (0.67%) AppDynamics
10 3 (0.67%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.67%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.45%) Guidewire
11 2 (0.45%) Optimizely
11 2 (0.45%) PayPal
11 2 (0.45%) Sitecore