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 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 84 126
Rank change year-on-year -61 +42 -58
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 26 61 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.47% 2.68% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 3.13% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 22 22 57
10th Percentile £49,125 £51,375 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% +9.09% -21.43%
75th Percentile £69,250 £78,125 £76,250
90th Percentile - £93,500 £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 3,913 1,952 3,375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 71.15% 85.73% 76.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,557 1,080 2,078
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,875 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -11.29%

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 27 July 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 27 July 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 -22 12 £62,500 -10.71% 7
Leicestershire -38 6 £67,500 +12.50% 3
Derbyshire -4 4 £52,500 -4.55% 1
Northamptonshire -13 4 - - 5
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 6 (23.08%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 23 (88.46%) Azure
2 8 (30.77%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (23.08%) AWS
3 6 (23.08%) npm
3 6 (23.08%) NuGet
3 6 (23.08%) SonarCloud
4 4 (15.38%) GCP
5 1 (3.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.85%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) Hyperconnected
1 3 (11.54%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (34.62%) Azure SQL Database
1 9 (34.62%) MongoDB
1 9 (34.62%) NoSQL
2 7 (26.92%) SQL Server
3 3 (11.54%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Git
2 1 (3.85%) NUnit
2 1 (3.85%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.85%) Finance
2 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.85%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (53.85%) Developer
2 9 (34.62%) .NET Developer
3 8 (30.77%) Senior
4 6 (23.08%) DevOps Engineer
5 5 (19.23%) Senior DevOps
5 5 (19.23%) Senior DevOps Engineer
6 4 (15.38%) Architect
6 4 (15.38%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 4 (15.38%) Azure Engineer
6 4 (15.38%) Software Developer
7 3 (11.54%) Technical Architect
8 2 (7.69%) Lead
8 2 (7.69%) Lead Developer
8 2 (7.69%) Lead Software Developer
8 2 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
8 2 (7.69%) Software Engineer
9 1 (3.85%) Automation Architect
9 1 (3.85%) Backend Developer
9 1 (3.85%) Rust Developer
9 1 (3.85%) Senior Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (84.62%) .NET
2 16 (61.54%) React
3 14 (53.85%) .NET Core
3 14 (53.85%) ASP.NET
4 12 (46.15%) ASP.NET Core
5 10 (38.46%) ASP.NET Web API
5 10 (38.46%) Blazor
6 9 (34.62%) Node.js
7 6 (23.08%) .NET Framework
7 6 (23.08%) LINQ
7 6 (23.08%) YAML
8 4 (15.38%) AngularJS
9 3 (11.54%) CSS
9 3 (11.54%) HTML
9 3 (11.54%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (11.54%) RESTful
10 2 (7.69%) MassTransit
11 1 (3.85%) Kafka
11 1 (3.85%) OpenTelemetry
11 1 (3.85%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.85%) AI Agents
2 1 (3.85%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (3.85%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) Linux
2 6 (23.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (65.38%) Agile
2 12 (46.15%) CI/CD
2 12 (46.15%) DevOps
3 11 (42.31%) Full-Stack Development
4 9 (34.62%) Test Automation
5 8 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (26.92%) Infrastructure as Code
7 6 (23.08%) Containerisation
7 6 (23.08%) DevSecOps
7 6 (23.08%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
7 6 (23.08%) Mentoring
7 6 (23.08%) Technical Leadership
8 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (19.23%) Software Engineering
9 4 (15.38%) Event-Driven
9 4 (15.38%) Migration
9 4 (15.38%) Performance Tuning
10 3 (11.54%) Coaching
10 3 (11.54%) Design Patterns
10 3 (11.54%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 26 (100.00%) C#
2 15 (57.69%) JavaScript
3 13 (50.00%) SQL
4 7 (26.92%) TypeScript
5 6 (23.08%) Bash
5 6 (23.08%) PowerShell
6 5 (19.23%) Python
7 3 (11.54%) Java
8 1 (3.85%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1 (3.85%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 10 (38.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (42.31%) Kubernetes
2 6 (23.08%) Terraform
3 1 (3.85%) Grafana
Vendors
1 9 (34.62%) Microsoft
2 6 (23.08%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (3.85%) Dynatrace
3 1 (3.85%) OpenAI