Hybrid/Remote Microservices Job Trends

Microservices
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 46 31
Rank change year-on-year -28 -15 +6
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 556 906 1,842
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.39% 5.91% 6.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.95% 6.23% 7.15%
Number of salaries quoted 410 605 1,624
10th Percentile £51,172 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £71,991 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.18% +10.76% -13.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £83,750
90th Percentile £113,750 £114,700 £97,500
UK median annual salary £77,500 £74,870 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.51% +10.92% -13.62%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,069 14,554 25,755
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.89% 94.92% 92.71%
Number of salaries quoted 9,144 8,791 21,402
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £34,760
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Microservices
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Microservices over the 6 months to 22 February 2026.

Microservices salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 15 (2.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 13 (2.34%) JBoss
3 11 (1.98%) WebSphere
4 5 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.90%) Apache Pulsar
5 4 (0.72%) Confluence
6 3 (0.54%) CMS
6 3 (0.54%) nginx
6 3 (0.54%) NServiceBus
6 3 (0.54%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.36%) Apache
8 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.18%) Camunda
8 1 (0.18%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.18%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (2.70%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.18%) Actimize
3 1 (0.18%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.18%) Quorum
3 1 (0.18%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 340 (61.15%) AWS
2 293 (52.70%) Azure
3 149 (26.80%) GCP
4 128 (23.02%) SaaS
5 111 (19.96%) Serverless
6 72 (12.95%) GitHub
7 64 (11.51%) Azure DevOps
8 46 (8.27%) Amazon EKS
9 42 (7.55%) AWS Lambda
10 35 (6.29%) Amazon S3
11 32 (5.76%) Amazon SQS
12 28 (5.04%) Azure Service Bus
12 28 (5.04%) Power Platform
13 27 (4.86%) Amazon ECS
14 25 (4.50%) GitHub Actions
15 23 (4.14%) PaaS
16 18 (3.24%) OCI
17 17 (3.06%) Azure App Service
17 17 (3.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 17 (3.06%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.60%) Broadband
2 4 (0.72%) DHCP
2 4 (0.72%) DNS
3 3 (0.54%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (0.54%) Firewall
3 3 (0.54%) MQTT
4 2 (0.36%) AMQP
5 1 (0.18%) Hyperconnected
5 1 (0.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (15.11%) PostgreSQL
2 81 (14.57%) MongoDB
3 75 (13.49%) NoSQL
4 61 (10.97%) SQL Server
5 30 (5.40%) MySQL
6 21 (3.78%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (3.78%) Elasticsearch
7 19 (3.42%) Power BI
8 15 (2.70%) Tableau
9 14 (2.52%) DynamoDB
9 14 (2.52%) Redis
10 12 (2.16%) BigQuery
11 11 (1.98%) Relational Database
12 6 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.72%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.54%) NonStop SQL
15 2 (0.36%) Big Data
15 2 (0.36%) Hadoop
15 2 (0.36%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 80 (14.39%) Git
2 43 (7.73%) Jenkins
3 34 (6.12%) TeamCity
4 26 (4.68%) GitLab
5 23 (4.14%) JIRA
6 20 (3.60%) Cypress.io
7 15 (2.70%) Oracle Forms
8 10 (1.80%) Cucumber
8 10 (1.80%) Selenium
9 8 (1.44%) CircleCI
9 8 (1.44%) git-flow
10 7 (1.26%) JUnit
10 7 (1.26%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.72%) JMeter
11 4 (0.72%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.54%) Claude Code
12 3 (0.54%) Postman
12 3 (0.54%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.36%) Mockito
13 2 (0.36%) WebDriver
General
1 172 (30.94%) Social Skills
2 153 (27.52%) Finance
3 64 (11.51%) Law
4 61 (10.97%) Banking
5 47 (8.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 46 (8.27%) Retail
7 43 (7.73%) Financial Institution
8 41 (7.37%) Public Sector
9 39 (7.01%) Back Office
10 23 (4.14%) Telecoms
11 22 (3.96%) Analytical Skills
12 12 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (2.16%) Legal
13 9 (1.62%) Marketing
14 8 (1.44%) Billing
15 7 (1.26%) Health Technology
16 6 (1.08%) Advertising
16 6 (1.08%) Manufacturing
16 6 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.90%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 186 (33.45%) Developer
2 167 (30.04%) Senior
3 147 (26.44%) Software Engineer
4 83 (14.93%) Architect
5 80 (14.39%) Lead
6 61 (10.97%) Senior Software Engineer
7 54 (9.71%) .NET Developer
8 49 (8.81%) Senior Developer
9 48 (8.63%) Java Engineer
10 44 (7.91%) Full-Stack Developer
11 35 (6.29%) Lead Developer
12 33 (5.94%) Java Software Engineer
13 25 (4.50%) C# Developer
14 24 (4.32%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 24 (4.32%) Java Developer
14 24 (4.32%) Principal Engineer
15 23 (4.14%) Software Developer
16 22 (3.96%) Applications Engineer
17 21 (3.78%) Cloud Engineer
17 21 (3.78%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (32.19%) .NET
2 150 (26.98%) React
3 125 (22.48%) RESTful
4 83 (14.93%) Node.js
5 81 (14.57%) Spring
6 77 (13.85%) Kafka
7 63 (11.33%) Spring Boot
8 61 (10.97%) REST
9 58 (10.43%) .NET Core
10 57 (10.25%) AngularJS
11 44 (7.91%) ASP.NET Web API
12 43 (7.73%) .NET Framework
13 41 (7.37%) ASP.NET
13 41 (7.37%) gRPC
14 32 (5.76%) Entity Framework
14 32 (5.76%) RabbitMQ
15 30 (5.40%) HTML
15 30 (5.40%) OAuth
16 25 (4.50%) CSS
17 24 (4.32%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 183 (32.91%) Cloud Native
2 91 (16.37%) Distributed Systems
3 66 (11.87%) Product Ownership
4 61 (10.97%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (3.24%) Over-the-Top Content
5 18 (3.24%) Video\Live Streaming
6 16 (2.88%) Virtual Team
7 15 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.98%) Algorithms
9 11 (1.98%) Data Structures
9 11 (1.98%) DataPower
10 10 (1.80%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.80%) Distributed Architecture
10 10 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.44%) Onboarding
12 7 (1.26%) Legacy Applications
12 7 (1.26%) PKI
13 6 (1.08%) Mobile App
14 5 (0.90%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.42%) Linux
2 16 (2.88%) Android
3 7 (1.26%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.90%) Windows
5 3 (0.54%) Unix
6 2 (0.36%) VMS
7 1 (0.18%) CentOS
7 1 (0.18%) Debian
7 1 (0.18%) Fedora
7 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (50.90%) CI/CD
2 243 (43.71%) Agile
3 237 (42.63%) Software Engineering
4 224 (40.29%) DevOps
5 163 (29.32%) Full-Stack Development
6 156 (28.06%) Mentoring
7 133 (23.92%) Test Automation
8 132 (23.74%) Containerisation
9 120 (21.58%) Event-Driven
10 115 (20.68%) Problem-Solving
11 110 (19.78%) Continuous Improvement
12 106 (19.06%) Coaching
13 99 (17.81%) AI
14 95 (17.09%) Clean Code
15 89 (16.01%) Computer Science
16 82 (14.75%) Architectural Patterns
17 78 (14.03%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 76 (13.67%) TDD
19 69 (12.41%) Technical Leadership
20 64 (11.51%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 213 (38.31%) Java
2 173 (31.12%) C#
3 130 (23.38%) SQL
4 127 (22.84%) Python
5 122 (21.94%) JavaScript
6 110 (19.78%) TypeScript
7 51 (9.17%) Go
8 19 (3.42%) Scala
9 17 (3.06%) Shell Script
10 15 (2.70%) PL/SQL
10 15 (2.70%) Ruby
11 8 (1.44%) PHP
12 7 (1.26%) C++
12 7 (1.26%) Kotlin
13 6 (1.08%) Delphi
14 4 (0.72%) Bicep
14 4 (0.72%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.72%) Rust
15 3 (0.54%) Erlang
16 2 (0.36%) Bash
Qualifications
1 102 (18.35%) Degree
2 71 (12.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 51 (9.17%) Security Cleared
4 45 (8.09%) SC Cleared
5 42 (7.55%) AWS Certification
6 40 (7.19%) Azure Certification
7 35 (6.29%) TOGAF Certification
8 31 (5.58%) Microsoft Certification
9 27 (4.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 14 (2.52%) Master's Degree
11 12 (2.16%) CISSP
12 8 (1.44%) CISM
13 7 (1.26%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.90%) ISTQB
14 5 (0.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 4 (0.72%) AWS Certified Developer
15 4 (0.72%) GIAC
15 4 (0.72%) ISACA
15 4 (0.72%) SANS
16 2 (0.36%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (8.63%) QA
2 15 (2.70%) Accessibility
3 14 (2.52%) GDPR
4 13 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (2.16%) NIST
6 9 (1.62%) PCI DSS
7 8 (1.44%) NCSC
8 3 (0.54%) WCAG
9 2 (0.36%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.36%) GRC
9 2 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.36%) SEPA
9 2 (0.36%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.18%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 139 (25.00%) Docker
2 15 (2.70%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.36%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.36%) vSphere
4 1 (0.18%) Firmware
4 1 (0.18%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 167 (30.04%) Kubernetes
2 95 (17.09%) Terraform
3 54 (9.71%) Grafana
4 22 (3.96%) Ansible
5 15 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.62%) Argo
6 9 (1.62%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.44%) Kibana
8 3 (0.54%) Puppet
9 2 (0.36%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.18%) Istio
10 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 104 (18.71%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.40%) Oracle
3 20 (3.60%) Google
4 18 (3.24%) Typelevel
5 7 (1.26%) Guidewire
5 7 (1.26%) Red Hat
6 6 (1.08%) Databricks
7 5 (0.90%) Ericsson
7 5 (0.90%) Mavenir
7 5 (0.90%) Nokia
7 5 (0.90%) OpenAI
8 4 (0.72%) BiZZdesign
8 4 (0.72%) ForgeRock
8 4 (0.72%) Okta
8 4 (0.72%) Revolut
9 3 (0.54%) F5
9 3 (0.54%) Facebook
9 3 (0.54%) Juniper
9 3 (0.54%) Palo Alto
9 3 (0.54%) YouTube