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 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 53 49
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 +15
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 51 13 74
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 2.65% 2.29% 4.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.68% 2.49% 4.60%
Number of salaries quoted 45 9 72
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,289 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -18.31% -12.56%
75th Percentile £74,987 £72,000 £71,435
90th Percentile £100,000 £72,155 £75,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +15.38% -18.75%

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 1,384 523 1,608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 71.82% 92.08% 87.01%
Number of salaries quoted 954 328 1,311
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,875 £27,873
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -2.06%
75th Percentile £66,098 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,175 £82,500 £75,772
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 7 May 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 7 May 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 +6 51 £65,000 +36.84% 23
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 1 (1.96%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (3.92%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 17 (33.33%) Azure
2 10 (19.61%) AWS
3 8 (15.69%) Azure Service Bus
4 5 (9.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 5 (9.80%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (7.84%) GCP
6 3 (5.88%) Azure AKS
6 3 (5.88%) Serverless
6 3 (5.88%) Vertex AI
7 2 (3.92%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (3.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (3.92%) iPaaS
8 1 (1.96%) GitHub
8 1 (1.96%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.88%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.76%) MongoDB
2 5 (9.80%) NoSQL
2 5 (9.80%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (5.88%) SQL Server
4 2 (3.92%) MySQL
5 1 (1.96%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 4 (7.84%) GitLab
2 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.96%) SonarQube
General
1 8 (15.69%) Public Sector
2 4 (7.84%) Finance
3 3 (5.88%) Banking
3 3 (5.88%) Social Skills
4 2 (3.92%) Advertising
4 2 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.96%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 27 (52.94%) Developer
2 16 (31.37%) Lead
3 13 (25.49%) Java Developer
4 7 (13.73%) Software Developer
5 6 (11.76%) Analyst
5 6 (11.76%) Lead Developer
5 6 (11.76%) Principal Developer
5 6 (11.76%) Software Engineer
6 5 (9.80%) Architect
6 5 (9.80%) Java Engineer
6 5 (9.80%) Senior
7 4 (7.84%) Agile Business Analyst
7 4 (7.84%) Business Analyst
7 4 (7.84%) Lead Software Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) Cloud Architect
8 3 (5.88%) DevOps Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) Lead Software Developer
8 3 (5.88%) Security Architect
8 3 (5.88%) Senior DevOps
8 3 (5.88%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (35.29%) .NET
2 11 (21.57%) RESTful
3 6 (11.76%) .NET Core
3 6 (11.76%) Vue
4 5 (9.80%) Spring
4 5 (9.80%) Spring Boot
5 3 (5.88%) Kafka
5 3 (5.88%) Node.js
5 3 (5.88%) REST
6 1 (1.96%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (1.96%) Middleware
6 1 (1.96%) Spring MVC
6 1 (1.96%) SubSonic
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.80%) Cloud Native
1 5 (9.80%) Legacy Applications
2 3 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (5.88%) Legacy Code
2 3 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.92%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.88%) Linux
1 3 (5.88%) Unix
1 3 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (31.37%) Agile
2 13 (25.49%) CI/CD
3 11 (21.57%) DevOps
3 11 (21.57%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 10 (19.61%) Coaching
4 10 (19.61%) Event-Driven
4 10 (19.61%) Full-Stack Development
5 9 (17.65%) Mentoring
5 9 (17.65%) Test Automation
6 7 (13.73%) Software Engineering
7 6 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (11.76%) Fintech
8 5 (9.80%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 5 (9.80%) Roadmaps
8 5 (9.80%) Scrum
9 4 (7.84%) Containerisation
9 4 (7.84%) Design Patterns
9 4 (7.84%) Migration
9 4 (7.84%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (7.84%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 21 (41.18%) Java
2 11 (21.57%) C#
3 6 (11.76%) SQL
4 5 (9.80%) TypeScript
5 4 (7.84%) Python
6 3 (5.88%) PHP
7 1 (1.96%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (5.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 3 (5.88%) CCSP
1 3 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (5.88%) CISM
1 3 (5.88%) CISSP
2 2 (3.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (5.88%) NIST
2 2 (3.92%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.96%) QA
System Software
1 5 (9.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (13.73%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.88%) Argo
2 3 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (5.88%) Microsoft