Microservices Jobs in the South West

Microservices
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Microservices skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microservices over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 91 104
Rank change year-on-year +12 +13 -29
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 109 278 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.14% 2.88% 2.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.38% 3.52% 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 70 224 132
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,525 £60,250 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year +13.73% -13.24% +20.78%
75th Percentile £93,778 £73,750 £80,625
90th Percentile £114,375 £90,875 £97,290
England median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% -18.75% +6.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,228 7,892 6,395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 92.97% 81.68% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,817 5,677 3,521
10th Percentile £27,150 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £39,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -6.48% +8.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,000 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Microservices as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Microservices in the South West

Microservices
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Microservices in the South West.

Salary trend for Microservices in the South West

Microservices
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices in the South West over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the South West

Microservices
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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
Bristol +13 53 £71,991 +4.28% 103
Gloucestershire +45 26 £90,000 +50.00% 160
Dorset +10 12 £47,500 -9.52% 68
Wiltshire +22 5 £68,525 +9.64% 65
Devon +3 5 £55,000 - 127
Somerset +4 4 £95,000 +90.00% 82
Microservices
England

Microservices
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (18.35%) Jupyter
2 5 (4.59%) Confluence
3 2 (1.83%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 1 (0.92%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 54 (49.54%) AWS
2 47 (43.12%) Azure
3 20 (18.35%) GCP
4 13 (11.93%) Serverless
5 11 (10.09%) npm
6 10 (9.17%) AWS Lambda
7 8 (7.34%) Apigee
8 6 (5.50%) PaaS
9 4 (3.67%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (2.75%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (2.75%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.75%) GitHub
11 2 (1.83%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (1.83%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (1.83%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.83%) Datadog
11 2 (1.83%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 2 (1.83%) SaaS
11 2 (1.83%) Snowflake
11 2 (1.83%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.59%) Internet
2 1 (0.92%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (20.18%) Big Data
2 12 (11.01%) MySQL
2 12 (11.01%) Relational Database
3 11 (10.09%) SQL Server
4 8 (7.34%) DynamoDB
5 7 (6.42%) MongoDB
5 7 (6.42%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (5.50%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.92%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.92%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.92%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 20 (18.35%) Git
2 13 (11.93%) Cypress.io
2 13 (11.93%) Sonatype Nexus
3 11 (10.09%) Cucumber
3 11 (10.09%) GitLab
3 11 (10.09%) Jenkins
3 11 (10.09%) webpack
4 5 (4.59%) JIRA
5 3 (2.75%) JUnit
6 2 (1.83%) CircleCI
6 2 (1.83%) Fiddler
6 2 (1.83%) Gatling
6 2 (1.83%) LoadRunner
6 2 (1.83%) Locust
6 2 (1.83%) Maven
6 2 (1.83%) Postman
6 2 (1.83%) Selenium
6 2 (1.83%) TeamCity
6 2 (1.83%) TestRail
6 2 (1.83%) Visual Studio
General
1 55 (50.46%) Finance
2 28 (25.69%) Banking
3 23 (21.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (11.01%) Social Skills
5 8 (7.34%) Retail
6 6 (5.50%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.83%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.83%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.83%) Law
7 2 (1.83%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.92%) Digital Healthcare
8 1 (0.92%) Games
8 1 (0.92%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 32 (29.36%) Senior
2 27 (24.77%) Developer
3 26 (23.85%) Lead
4 22 (20.18%) Software Engineer
5 20 (18.35%) Data Scientist
5 20 (18.35%) Senior Data Scientist
6 17 (15.60%) Java Engineer
7 14 (12.84%) Architect
8 13 (11.93%) Solutions Architect
9 10 (9.17%) Full-Stack Developer
10 8 (7.34%) Java Software Engineer
10 8 (7.34%) Lead Java Engineer
10 8 (7.34%) Senior Developer
11 6 (5.50%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
11 6 (5.50%) Software Developer
12 5 (4.59%) .NET Developer
12 5 (4.59%) Lead Developer
13 4 (3.67%) Angular Developer
13 4 (3.67%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
13 4 (3.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (33.03%) React
2 30 (27.52%) RESTful
3 29 (26.61%) Spring Boot
4 25 (22.94%) AngularJS
5 21 (19.27%) Node.js
6 17 (15.60%) Kafka
7 14 (12.84%) .NET
8 13 (11.93%) Web Services
9 12 (11.01%) Spring
10 11 (10.09%) Jest
11 10 (9.17%) .NET Core
12 9 (8.26%) GraphQL
12 9 (8.26%) React Native
13 8 (7.34%) CSS
13 8 (7.34%) REST
14 7 (6.42%) Vue
15 6 (5.50%) .NET Framework
15 6 (5.50%) HTML
16 5 (4.59%) Next.js
17 4 (3.67%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 20 (18.35%) Algorithms
1 20 (18.35%) Cyberattack
2 14 (12.84%) Cloud Native
3 13 (11.93%) Product Ownership
4 12 (11.01%) Public Cloud
5 8 (7.34%) IoT
6 6 (5.50%) DataPower
6 6 (5.50%) Distributed Applications
6 6 (5.50%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (3.67%) Management Information System
7 4 (3.67%) N-Tier
8 3 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (2.75%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (2.75%) Reference Data
9 2 (1.83%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (1.83%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.83%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.83%) Replication
9 2 (1.83%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.92%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.50%) Android
1 6 (5.50%) Apple iOS
2 4 (3.67%) Linux
3 2 (1.83%) Unix
3 2 (1.83%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (51.38%) Software Engineering
2 51 (46.79%) Agile
3 45 (41.28%) DevOps
4 41 (37.61%) CI/CD
5 37 (33.94%) Test Automation
6 36 (33.03%) Mentoring
7 35 (32.11%) Full-Stack Development
8 33 (30.28%) Event-Driven
9 29 (26.61%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 28 (25.69%) Computer Science
11 27 (24.77%) Problem-Solving
12 26 (23.85%) Containerisation
13 23 (21.10%) Decision-Making
14 21 (19.27%) Artificial Intelligence
14 21 (19.27%) Machine Learning
14 21 (19.27%) Mathematics
15 20 (18.35%) Data Analysis
15 20 (18.35%) OpenUP
15 20 (18.35%) Statistics
15 20 (18.35%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 66 (60.55%) Java
2 42 (38.53%) JavaScript
3 31 (28.44%) Python
4 20 (18.35%) TypeScript
5 19 (17.43%) SQL
6 14 (12.84%) C#
7 4 (3.67%) Go
7 4 (3.67%) PHP
8 2 (1.83%) Bash
8 2 (1.83%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (31.19%) Security Cleared
2 30 (27.52%) Degree
3 25 (22.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (20.18%) DV Cleared
5 10 (9.17%) AWS Certification
6 9 (8.26%) SC Cleared
7 6 (5.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (2.75%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.75%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (1.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.83%) CISM
9 2 (1.83%) CISSP
9 2 (1.83%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.83%) ISTQB
9 2 (1.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.92%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.75%) QA
2 2 (1.83%) GDPR
2 2 (1.83%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.92%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.92%) GRC
3 1 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.92%) SOC 2
System Software
1 53 (48.62%) Docker
2 1 (0.92%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 39 (35.78%) Kubernetes
2 11 (10.09%) Terraform
3 3 (2.75%) Ansible
4 2 (1.83%) Grafana
4 2 (1.83%) Istio
4 2 (1.83%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.92%) Packer
Vendors
1 10 (9.17%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.42%) Google
3 6 (5.50%) Apple
3 6 (5.50%) IBM
4 2 (1.83%) Databricks
4 2 (1.83%) Dynatrace
5 1 (0.92%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.92%) Genesys
5 1 (0.92%) Oracle
5 1 (0.92%) SnapLogic