Microservices Job Trends in the North East

Microservices
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 61 59
Rank change year-on-year +15 -2 -10
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 85 7 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 3.19% 0.83% 3.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.38% 1.01% 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 72 3 57
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,700 £43,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,375 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -10.14% -9.32%
75th Percentile £88,148 £65,625 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £70,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +11.54% -16.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,939 694 1,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 72.70% 82.72% 81.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,451 442 1,273
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £28,188 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £75,772
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Microservices job vacancy trend in the North East

Microservices
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices in the North East over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the North East

Microservices
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the North East region over the 6 months to 16 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
Tyne and Wear +16 84 £65,000 +1.96% 14
Microservices
England

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 2 (2.35%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 30 (35.29%) Azure
2 22 (25.88%) AWS
3 17 (20.00%) GitHub
4 13 (15.29%) GitHub Copilot
5 6 (7.06%) Serverless
6 5 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (5.88%) Azure Service Bus
7 4 (4.71%) GCP
8 3 (3.53%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (3.53%) Azure AKS
8 3 (3.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (3.53%) Vertex AI
9 2 (2.35%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (2.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (2.35%) iPaaS
10 1 (1.18%) Amazon ECR
10 1 (1.18%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (1.18%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (1.18%) AWS KMS
10 1 (1.18%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.53%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (21.18%) MongoDB
2 13 (15.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (10.59%) NoSQL
3 9 (10.59%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (7.06%) MySQL
5 2 (2.35%) DynamoDB
5 2 (2.35%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (2.35%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.18%) DocumentDB
6 1 (1.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (10.59%) GitLab
2 5 (5.88%) Jenkins
3 4 (4.71%) Git
4 3 (3.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (1.18%) SonarQube
General
1 16 (18.82%) Public Sector
2 7 (8.24%) Aerospace
2 7 (8.24%) Social Skills
3 5 (5.88%) Finance
4 3 (3.53%) Banking
5 1 (1.18%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.18%) Legal
Job Titles
1 56 (65.88%) Developer
2 31 (36.47%) Java Developer
3 18 (21.18%) Lead
4 15 (17.65%) Senior
5 13 (15.29%) .NET Developer
6 11 (12.94%) Senior Developer
7 8 (9.41%) Software Engineer
8 7 (8.24%) Software Developer
9 6 (7.06%) Architect
9 6 (7.06%) DevOps Engineer
9 6 (7.06%) Lead Developer
9 6 (7.06%) Senior .NET Developer
10 5 (5.88%) Java Engineer
10 5 (5.88%) Lead Software Engineer
11 4 (4.71%) Agile Business Analyst
11 4 (4.71%) Analyst
11 4 (4.71%) Business Analyst
12 3 (3.53%) Cloud Architect
12 3 (3.53%) Lead Software Developer
12 3 (3.53%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (34.12%) .NET
2 14 (16.47%) ASP.NET
2 14 (16.47%) ASP.NET Core
3 12 (14.12%) .NET Core
3 12 (14.12%) RESTful
3 12 (14.12%) Vue
4 9 (10.59%) AngularJS
5 8 (9.41%) Node.js
6 7 (8.24%) React
6 7 (8.24%) Spring
6 7 (8.24%) Spring Boot
6 7 (8.24%) SubSonic
7 4 (4.71%) Kafka
7 4 (4.71%) REST
8 3 (3.53%) Middleware
9 2 (2.35%) Spring MVC
9 2 (2.35%) Swagger
10 1 (1.18%) Jest
10 1 (1.18%) MEAN Stack
10 1 (1.18%) Nunjucks
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.76%) Cloud Native
2 5 (5.88%) Legacy Applications
3 3 (3.53%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.35%) Legacy Code
5 1 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.06%) Linux
2 3 (3.53%) CentOS
2 3 (3.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (3.53%) Unix
2 3 (3.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (38.82%) Agile
2 23 (27.06%) Full-Stack Development
3 22 (25.88%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 18 (21.18%) CI/CD
4 18 (21.18%) TDD
5 15 (17.65%) Test Automation
6 14 (16.47%) Coaching
7 13 (15.29%) DevOps
7 13 (15.29%) Event-Driven
7 13 (15.29%) Mentoring
8 12 (14.12%) Continuous Integration
9 10 (11.76%) Scrum
10 9 (10.59%) Software Engineering
11 8 (9.41%) Analytics
11 8 (9.41%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 8 (9.41%) Technical Leadership
12 7 (8.24%) Data Analytics
12 7 (8.24%) Problem-Solving
13 6 (7.06%) Roadmaps
14 5 (5.88%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 43 (50.59%) Java
2 23 (27.06%) C#
3 22 (25.88%) SQL
4 16 (18.82%) TypeScript
5 8 (9.41%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (7.06%) Security Cleared
2 4 (4.71%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (3.53%) CCSP
3 3 (3.53%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (3.53%) CISM
3 3 (3.53%) CISSP
3 3 (3.53%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.24%) QA
2 3 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.53%) NIST
3 2 (2.35%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.18%) Accessibility
System Software
1 20 (23.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (28.24%) Kubernetes
2 8 (9.41%) Terraform
3 3 (3.53%) Ansible
3 3 (3.53%) Argo
Vendors
1 7 (8.24%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.18%) Confluent
2 1 (1.18%) Dynatrace