Microservices Job Trends in the South West

Microservices
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 82 59
Rank change year-on-year -48 -23 +25
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 53 153 226
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.21% 2.60% 5.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 3.38% 5.43%
Number of salaries quoted 39 99 187
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £73,125 £86,000 £77,542
90th Percentile £87,750 £94,695 £97,290
England median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £75,554
% change year-on-year +7.14% -7.35% -3.31%

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 3,390 4,526 4,160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 77.61% 77.04% 93.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,254 2,517 3,150
10th Percentile £27,707 £30,000 £30,725
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £54,545
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,350 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Microservices job vacancy trend in the South West

Microservices
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices in the South West over the 6 months to 20 November 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 20 November 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
Dorset 0 15 £57,500 +15.00% 6
Gloucestershire +11 10 £63,750 -5.56% 32
Bristol -26 10 £65,000 -7.14% 24
Wiltshire +1 8 £60,000 -28.57% 9
Devon +6 4 £50,000 -9.09% 6
Cornwall - 3 - -
Microservices
England

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (7.55%) Confluence
2 2 (3.77%) Apache
3 1 (1.89%) NServiceBus
Cloud Services
1 46 (86.79%) AWS
2 18 (33.96%) Azure
3 11 (20.75%) Serverless
4 8 (15.09%) Amazon S3
5 7 (13.21%) Amazon ECS
5 7 (13.21%) SaaS
6 6 (11.32%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (9.43%) GitHub
8 4 (7.55%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (5.66%) Entra ID
9 3 (5.66%) IaaS
9 3 (5.66%) PaaS
10 2 (3.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (3.77%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (3.77%) Amazon MSK
10 2 (3.77%) AWS Fargate
10 2 (3.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (3.77%) Azure Functions
10 2 (3.77%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.77%) AMQP
1 2 (3.77%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (18.87%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (16.98%) MySQL
3 8 (15.09%) SQL Server
4 6 (11.32%) MongoDB
5 2 (3.77%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (3.77%) Big Data
5 2 (3.77%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (3.77%) InterSystems Cache
5 2 (3.77%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.89%) Redis
6 1 (1.89%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (13.21%) Git
1 7 (13.21%) Jenkins
2 4 (7.55%) Cypress.io
2 4 (7.55%) JIRA
2 4 (7.55%) JUnit
3 3 (5.66%) Selenium
4 2 (3.77%) Bitbucket
4 2 (3.77%) CircleCI
4 2 (3.77%) Gatling
4 2 (3.77%) GitLab
4 2 (3.77%) LoadRunner
4 2 (3.77%) Locust
4 2 (3.77%) Mockito
4 2 (3.77%) TestRail
4 2 (3.77%) Zephyr
5 1 (1.89%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.89%) Postman
General
1 15 (28.30%) Social Skills
2 11 (20.75%) Finance
3 8 (15.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (11.32%) Banking
4 6 (11.32%) Law
5 5 (9.43%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.89%) Games
7 1 (1.89%) Health Technology
7 1 (1.89%) Legal
7 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.89%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 16 (30.19%) Software Engineer
2 15 (28.30%) Developer
3 8 (15.09%) Full-Stack Developer
3 8 (15.09%) Senior
4 7 (13.21%) Lead
5 6 (11.32%) Java Engineer
6 5 (9.43%) .NET Developer
6 5 (9.43%) Senior Developer
7 4 (7.55%) Architect
7 4 (7.55%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 4 (7.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Cloud Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Operations Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Principal Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Security Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Software Developer
8 3 (5.66%) Support Engineer
9 2 (3.77%) Java Developer
9 2 (3.77%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (41.51%) React
2 19 (35.85%) Spring
3 14 (26.42%) Spring Boot
4 11 (20.75%) AngularJS
4 11 (20.75%) Kafka
5 10 (18.87%) RESTful
6 9 (16.98%) .NET
7 7 (13.21%) Node.js
8 6 (11.32%) REST
9 4 (7.55%) .NET Core
9 4 (7.55%) CSS
9 4 (7.55%) HTML
10 2 (3.77%) ActiveMQ
10 2 (3.77%) ASP.NET
10 2 (3.77%) Hibernate
10 2 (3.77%) J2EE
10 2 (3.77%) Jest
10 2 (3.77%) JSF
10 2 (3.77%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (3.77%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 16 (30.19%) Cloud Native
2 5 (9.43%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (9.43%) Product Ownership
3 4 (7.55%) IoT
3 4 (7.55%) Reference Data
4 3 (5.66%) Cloud Security Posture
4 3 (5.66%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (5.66%) Public Cloud
4 3 (5.66%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.77%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (3.77%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (3.77%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.89%) DataPower
6 1 (1.89%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.89%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.43%) Linux
2 3 (5.66%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (62.26%) CI/CD
2 31 (58.49%) Agile
3 23 (43.40%) DevOps
4 20 (37.74%) Software Engineering
5 17 (32.08%) Full-Stack Development
6 14 (26.42%) Containerisation
7 12 (22.64%) AI
8 11 (20.75%) Mentoring
9 10 (18.87%) Coaching
10 8 (15.09%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (15.09%) Machine Learning
11 7 (13.21%) Infrastructure as Code
11 7 (13.21%) SDLC
11 7 (13.21%) TDD
11 7 (13.21%) Test Automation
11 7 (13.21%) User Experience
12 6 (11.32%) Collaborative Culture
12 6 (11.32%) Decision-Making
12 6 (11.32%) Operational Stability
13 5 (9.43%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 25 (47.17%) Java
2 14 (26.42%) TypeScript
3 12 (22.64%) JavaScript
4 10 (18.87%) C#
5 9 (16.98%) SQL
6 8 (15.09%) Python
7 5 (9.43%) PHP
8 3 (5.66%) Bicep
9 2 (3.77%) VB.NET
10 1 (1.89%) C
10 1 (1.89%) C++
10 1 (1.89%) Go
10 1 (1.89%) T-SQL
10 1 (1.89%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (16.98%) SC Cleared
1 9 (16.98%) Security Cleared
2 7 (13.21%) Degree
3 4 (7.55%) CISM
3 4 (7.55%) CISSP
4 3 (5.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (5.66%) AWS Certification
4 3 (5.66%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (5.66%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.77%) ISTQB
5 2 (3.77%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.89%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.89%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.43%) QA
2 2 (3.77%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.89%) GDPR
3 1 (1.89%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (33.96%) Docker
2 3 (5.66%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (32.08%) Kubernetes
2 6 (11.32%) Terraform
3 4 (7.55%) Kibana
4 1 (1.89%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (9.43%) Oracle
2 4 (7.55%) Microsoft
3 3 (5.66%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (5.66%) Fortinet
3 3 (5.66%) Palo Alto
4 2 (3.77%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.89%) IBM
5 1 (1.89%) SnapLogic