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 citing Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 107 | 118 | 75 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +11 | -43 | -9 |
| Permanent jobs citing Microservices | 160 | 53 | 162 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the South West | 1.46% | 1.43% | 2.60% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 2.04% | 1.78% | 3.41% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 120 | 39 | 103 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,000 | £46,750 | £45,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,750 | £51,250 | £50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £67,500 | £60,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.50% | -4.00% | -3.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £83,125 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £101,250 | £97,500 | £93,500 |
| England median annual salary | £75,000 | £75,000 | £68,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +10.29% | -9.33% |
All Process & 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 citing process or methodology skills in the South West.
| 6 months to 26 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 7,843 | 2,980 | 4,754 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West | 71.37% | 80.45% | 76.30% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5,278 | 1,908 | 2,690 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,713 | £27,645 | £30,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £31,500 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £47,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.79% | -13.64% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £65,000 | £68,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £80,000 | £82,500 |
| England median annual salary | £60,000 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -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 Salary Trend in the South West
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 26 October 2026.
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 26 October 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gloucestershire | -23 | 54 | £82,500 | +32.00% | 6 |
| Somerset | +11 | 37 | £52,500 | -44.74% | 2 |
| Bristol | -16 | 30 | £70,000 | -12.50% | 16 |
| Devon | -12 | 22 | £67,500 | +68.75% | 5 |
| Wiltshire | -15 | 15 | £93,750 | +56.25% | 3 |
| Dorset | -18 | 2 | £45,000 | -18.18% | 2 |
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Microservices Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agile | 60.0% | 96 |
| 2 | CI/CD | 56.3% | 90 |
| 3 | Software Engineering | 45.6% | 73 |
| 4 | DevOps | 40.6% | 65 |
| 5 | Containerisation | 35.6% | 57 |
| 6 | Full-Stack Development | 34.4% | 55 |
| 7 | Test Automation | 26.3% | 42 |
| 8 | Infrastructure as Code | 20.0% | 32 |
| 9 | Mentoring | 18.8% | 30 |
| 10 | Problem-Solving | 17.5% | 28 |
| 10 | Software Architecture | 17.5% | 28 |
| 12 | Stakeholder Management | 16.9% | 27 |
| 13 | SOLID | 13.8% | 22 |
| 14 | DevSecOps | 12.5% | 20 |
| 14 | Integration Patterns | 12.5% | 20 |
| 14 | Scrum | 12.5% | 20 |
| 14 | Technical Leadership | 12.5% | 20 |
| 18 | Deployment Automation | 11.9% | 19 |
| 18 | ETL | 11.9% | 19 |
| 20 | AI | 11.3% | 18 |