Microservices Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Microservices
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 53 30
Rank change year-on-year -1 -23 +6
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 14 24 28
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 1.74% 3.52% 5.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 3.88% 6.02%
Number of salaries quoted 11 10 25
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £41,825
25th Percentile £56,875 £44,063 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.59% -6.82% -21.43%
75th Percentile £100,000 £54,688 £65,000
90th Percentile - £70,278 £82,500
North East median annual salary £70,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -4.55% -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 640 619 465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 79.40% 90.90% 87.74%
Number of salaries quoted 476 267 405
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,875 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,332 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £88,500 £77,500
North East median annual salary £48,897 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.21% +5.26% -5.00%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Microservices job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Microservices
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in Tyne and Wear

Microservices
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -1 11 £85,000 +78.95% 24
Gateshead -2 3 £50,000 -4.76%
Microservices
North East

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 (7.14%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (21.43%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (57.14%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 3 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (21.43%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.14%) SaaS
3 1 (7.14%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) GitLab
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Advertising
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Software Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Developer
2 4 (28.57%) Lead
2 4 (28.57%) Lead Software Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Principal Developer
3 3 (21.43%) Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Business Systems Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) .NET Software Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Mid-Level Software Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Principal Software Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Software Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (57.14%) .NET
2 4 (28.57%) RESTful
3 1 (7.14%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Product Ownership
2 2 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.14%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Fedora
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) DevOps
2 5 (35.71%) Containerisation
2 5 (35.71%) Software Engineering
3 4 (28.57%) Agile
3 4 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (28.57%) Fintech
4 3 (21.43%) Business Analysis
4 3 (21.43%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (21.43%) Data Modelling
4 3 (21.43%) Migration
4 3 (21.43%) Scenario Testing
4 3 (21.43%) SDLC
4 3 (21.43%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 2 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (7.14%) Clean Code
6 1 (7.14%) Code Quality
6 1 (7.14%) Event-Driven
6 1 (7.14%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) C#
2 3 (21.43%) PHP
3 2 (14.29%) Python
3 2 (14.29%) TypeScript
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Red Hat