Microservices Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microservices
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 88 122
Rank change year-on-year -51 +34 -56
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 30 60 55
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.51% 2.60% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 3.05% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 21 21 50
10th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £39,175
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,500 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +9.09% -24.14%
75th Percentile £69,250 £78,750 £79,063
90th Percentile - £95,000 £91,250
England median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +11.54% -16.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,169 1,970 3,148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 71.00% 85.47% 75.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,723 1,099 1,854
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,208 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £62,125 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Microservices
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the East Midlands

Microservices
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 August 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Nottinghamshire -18 13 £62,500 -10.71% 16
Leicestershire -37 9 £67,500 +12.50% 5
Derbyshire -13 4 £52,500 -4.55% 3
Northamptonshire -22 4 - - 2
Microservices
England

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 5 (16.67%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 24 (80.00%) Azure
2 9 (30.00%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (23.33%) AWS
3 7 (23.33%) SonarCloud
4 5 (16.67%) npm
4 5 (16.67%) NuGet
5 4 (13.33%) GCP
6 3 (10.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (6.67%) IaaS
7 2 (6.67%) PaaS
7 2 (6.67%) SaaS
8 1 (3.33%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (3.33%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) Hyperconnected
1 3 (10.00%) Internet
2 2 (6.67%) DNS
2 2 (6.67%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (33.33%) NoSQL
2 9 (30.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (30.00%) MongoDB
3 8 (26.67%) SQL Server
4 3 (10.00%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (20.00%) Git
2 1 (3.33%) NUnit
2 1 (3.33%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (10.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.67%) Finance
2 2 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (6.67%) Manufacturing
2 2 (6.67%) Retail
3 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (46.67%) Developer
2 9 (30.00%) .NET Developer
2 9 (30.00%) Senior
3 7 (23.33%) DevOps Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Architect
4 4 (13.33%) Senior DevOps
4 4 (13.33%) Senior DevOps Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Software Developer
5 3 (10.00%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Azure Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Lead
5 3 (10.00%) Software Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Technical Architect
6 2 (6.67%) Lead Developer
6 2 (6.67%) Lead Software Developer
6 2 (6.67%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) .NET Architect
7 1 (3.33%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (76.67%) .NET
2 16 (53.33%) ASP.NET
2 16 (53.33%) React
3 15 (50.00%) .NET Core
4 14 (46.67%) ASP.NET Core
5 10 (33.33%) ASP.NET Web API
5 10 (33.33%) Blazor
6 8 (26.67%) Node.js
7 7 (23.33%) .NET Framework
7 7 (23.33%) YAML
8 6 (20.00%) LINQ
9 4 (13.33%) AngularJS
10 3 (10.00%) CSS
10 3 (10.00%) HTML
10 3 (10.00%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (10.00%) RESTful
11 2 (6.67%) MassTransit
11 2 (6.67%) REST
12 1 (3.33%) Model Context Protocol
12 1 (3.33%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (6.67%) Legacy Applications
2 2 (6.67%) Tandem
3 1 (3.33%) AI Agents
3 1 (3.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (3.33%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 8 (26.67%) Linux
2 7 (23.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (63.33%) Agile
2 13 (43.33%) CI/CD
2 13 (43.33%) DevOps
3 11 (36.67%) Full-Stack Development
4 10 (33.33%) Containerisation
5 8 (26.67%) Infrastructure as Code
5 8 (26.67%) Mentoring
5 8 (26.67%) Test Automation
6 7 (23.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (23.33%) DevSecOps
6 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (20.00%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
7 6 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
8 5 (16.67%) Software Engineering
9 4 (13.33%) Coaching
9 4 (13.33%) Event-Driven
9 4 (13.33%) Performance Testing
9 4 (13.33%) TDD
10 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Automation
10 3 (10.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 27 (90.00%) C#
2 15 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 15 (50.00%) SQL
3 9 (30.00%) PowerShell
4 8 (26.67%) Python
4 8 (26.67%) TypeScript
5 7 (23.33%) Bash
6 4 (13.33%) Java
7 1 (3.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1 (3.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 13 (43.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (46.67%) Kubernetes
2 7 (23.33%) Terraform
3 3 (10.00%) Grafana
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (23.33%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (10.00%) Dynatrace
4 2 (6.67%) IFS
4 2 (6.67%) ServiceNow
4 2 (6.67%) Veracode
5 1 (3.33%) OpenAI