Microservices Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Microservices
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 44 35
Rank change year-on-year -1 -9 -1
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 11 19 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.90% 3.54% 4.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 3.93% 5.31%
Number of salaries quoted 8 5 17
10th Percentile £68,175 - £42,050
25th Percentile £69,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +78.95% -13.64% -21.43%
75th Percentile £100,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile - £71,666 £70,000
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £70,000 £51,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +36.59% -6.82% -21.43%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 461 483 377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 79.62% 90.11% 89.34%
Number of salaries quoted 357 198 326
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,750 £40,188 £37,594
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,028
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.78% -7.22%
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,444 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £77,500
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Microservices job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Microservices
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in Newcastle upon Tyne

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 1 (9.09%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 3 (27.27%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
3 1 (9.09%) SaaS
3 1 (9.09%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
2 1 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) GitLab
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Software Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Developer
2 4 (36.36%) Lead
2 4 (36.36%) Lead Software Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Principal Developer
3 1 (9.09%) .NET Software Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Mid-Level Software Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Principal Software Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Software Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (72.73%) .NET
2 4 (36.36%) RESTful
3 1 (9.09%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (18.18%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (9.09%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Fedora
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Containerisation
1 5 (45.45%) DevOps
1 5 (45.45%) Software Engineering
2 4 (36.36%) CI/CD
2 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (36.36%) Fintech
3 3 (27.27%) Migration
4 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
4 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (9.09%) Agile
5 1 (9.09%) Architectural Design
5 1 (9.09%) Clean Code
5 1 (9.09%) Coaching
5 1 (9.09%) Code Quality
5 1 (9.09%) Design Patterns
5 1 (9.09%) Event-Driven
5 1 (9.09%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 1 (9.09%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (9.09%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (9.09%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) C#
2 3 (27.27%) PHP
3 2 (18.18%) Python
3 2 (18.18%) TypeScript
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
1 1 (9.09%) Red Hat