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 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 76 68
Rank change year-on-year -48 -8 +9
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 53 157 216
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.38% 2.55% 4.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% 3.35% 4.96%
Number of salaries quoted 39 101 179
10th Percentile £46,750 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% +0.81%
75th Percentile £83,125 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £97,290
England median annual salary £75,000 £69,375 £75,000
% change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -3.23%

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 3,092 4,689 4,359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 80.29% 76.23% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,988 2,665 3,311
10th Percentile £27,707 £30,000 £30,431
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £41,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 30 October 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 30 October 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 -3 13 £55,000 +10.00% 6
Gloucestershire +19 10 £63,750 - 16
Bristol -14 10 £80,000 +18.52% 12
Wiltshire -2 7 £60,000 -28.57% 5
Devon +8 4 £40,000 -27.27% 5
Cornwall - 3 - -
Somerset -7 1 £95,000 +80.95% 6
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
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 48 (90.57%) AWS
2 20 (37.74%) Azure
3 13 (24.53%) Serverless
4 8 (15.09%) Amazon S3
5 7 (13.21%) Amazon ECS
5 7 (13.21%) AWS Lambda
6 5 (9.43%) SaaS
7 4 (7.55%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (7.55%) GitHub
8 3 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (5.66%) Entra ID
8 3 (5.66%) GCP
8 3 (5.66%) IaaS
8 3 (5.66%) PaaS
9 2 (3.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (3.77%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (3.77%) Amazon MSK
9 2 (3.77%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 2 (3.77%) AWS Fargate
9 2 (3.77%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.77%) AMQP
1 2 (3.77%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (16.98%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (13.21%) SQL Server
3 6 (11.32%) MySQL
4 5 (9.43%) MongoDB
5 2 (3.77%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (3.77%) Big Data
5 2 (3.77%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (3.77%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (1.89%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.89%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (13.21%) Git
1 7 (13.21%) Jenkins
2 5 (9.43%) Cypress.io
3 4 (7.55%) JIRA
3 4 (7.55%) JUnit
3 4 (7.55%) Selenium
4 3 (5.66%) CircleCI
4 3 (5.66%) Gatling
4 3 (5.66%) LoadRunner
4 3 (5.66%) Locust
4 3 (5.66%) TestRail
4 3 (5.66%) Zephyr
5 2 (3.77%) Bitbucket
5 2 (3.77%) GitLab
5 2 (3.77%) Mockito
6 1 (1.89%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.89%) Postman
General
1 14 (26.42%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.87%) Finance
3 8 (15.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (11.32%) Banking
4 6 (11.32%) Law
4 6 (11.32%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Digital Healthcare
6 1 (1.89%) Games
6 1 (1.89%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.89%) Legal
6 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 16 (30.19%) Software Engineer
2 12 (22.64%) Developer
3 9 (16.98%) Lead
4 7 (13.21%) Java Engineer
5 6 (11.32%) Full-Stack Developer
5 6 (11.32%) Senior
6 5 (9.43%) Architect
6 5 (9.43%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) .NET Developer
7 4 (7.55%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Analyst
8 3 (5.66%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
8 3 (5.66%) Operations Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Principal Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) QA Test Analyst
8 3 (5.66%) Security Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Senior Developer
8 3 (5.66%) Software Developer
8 3 (5.66%) Support Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (41.51%) React
2 20 (37.74%) Spring
3 15 (28.30%) Spring Boot
4 13 (24.53%) Kafka
5 9 (16.98%) RESTful
6 8 (15.09%) .NET
6 8 (15.09%) AngularJS
7 7 (13.21%) Node.js
8 4 (7.55%) .NET Core
8 4 (7.55%) REST
9 3 (5.66%) CSS
9 3 (5.66%) HTML
10 2 (3.77%) ActiveMQ
10 2 (3.77%) Hibernate
10 2 (3.77%) J2EE
10 2 (3.77%) Jest
10 2 (3.77%) JSF
10 2 (3.77%) Next.js
10 2 (3.77%) Redux
10 2 (3.77%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 17 (32.08%) Cloud Native
2 5 (9.43%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (7.55%) Reference Data
4 3 (5.66%) Cloud Security Posture
4 3 (5.66%) IoT
4 3 (5.66%) Legacy Applications
4 3 (5.66%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (5.66%) Product Ownership
4 3 (5.66%) Public Cloud
4 3 (5.66%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.77%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.89%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.89%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.43%) Linux
2 3 (5.66%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (62.26%) CI/CD
2 29 (54.72%) Agile
3 25 (47.17%) DevOps
4 22 (41.51%) Software Engineering
5 16 (30.19%) Full-Stack Development
6 14 (26.42%) Containerisation
7 12 (22.64%) AI
8 11 (20.75%) Mentoring
9 10 (18.87%) Coaching
10 9 (16.98%) Infrastructure as Code
11 8 (15.09%) Machine Learning
11 8 (15.09%) SDLC
11 8 (15.09%) User Experience
12 7 (13.21%) Event-Driven
12 7 (13.21%) Test Automation
13 6 (11.32%) Collaborative Culture
13 6 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
13 6 (11.32%) Design Patterns
13 6 (11.32%) Operational Stability
13 6 (11.32%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 30 (56.60%) Java
2 14 (26.42%) JavaScript
3 13 (24.53%) TypeScript
4 9 (16.98%) C#
4 9 (16.98%) Python
5 8 (15.09%) SQL
6 3 (5.66%) Bicep
7 2 (3.77%) PHP
7 2 (3.77%) VB.NET
8 1 (1.89%) C
8 1 (1.89%) C++
8 1 (1.89%) Go
8 1 (1.89%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.89%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (20.75%) SC Cleared
1 11 (20.75%) Security Cleared
2 7 (13.21%) Degree
3 5 (9.43%) AWS Certification
4 3 (5.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (5.66%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (5.66%) CISM
4 3 (5.66%) CISSP
4 3 (5.66%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (5.66%) ISTQB
4 3 (5.66%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.89%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.89%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.21%) QA
2 2 (3.77%) GDPR
2 2 (3.77%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.89%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.89%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (32.08%) Docker
2 3 (5.66%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (35.85%) Kubernetes
2 5 (9.43%) Terraform
3 4 (7.55%) Kibana
Vendors
1 4 (7.55%) Microsoft
1 4 (7.55%) Oracle
2 3 (5.66%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (5.66%) Fortinet
2 3 (5.66%) Palo Alto
3 2 (3.77%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.89%) Genesys
4 1 (1.89%) SnapLogic