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 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 50 70
Rank change year-on-year -20 +20 -22
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 857 936 873
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.53% 5.76% 3.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.33% 6.18% 4.26%
Number of salaries quoted 613 423 570
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +14.37% -18.39%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,000 £95,125
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +11.54% -13.33%

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 19,802 15,135 20,484
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.49% 93.17% 87.77%
Number of salaries quoted 14,194 8,610 12,632
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 17 September 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 8 (0.93%) CMS
2 7 (0.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 6 (0.70%) nginx
4 5 (0.58%) IIS
5 4 (0.47%) Camunda
6 3 (0.35%) DNN
6 3 (0.35%) EPiServer
6 3 (0.35%) Immediacy CMS
6 3 (0.35%) Kentico
6 3 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.35%) Sitefinity
6 3 (0.35%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.23%) Confluence
7 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.23%) WordPress
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.12%) JBoss
8 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 7 (0.82%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 480 (56.01%) AWS
2 393 (45.86%) Azure
3 151 (17.62%) SaaS
4 139 (16.22%) GCP
5 100 (11.67%) Serverless
6 90 (10.50%) GitHub
7 71 (8.28%) Azure DevOps
8 69 (8.05%) Amazon EKS
8 69 (8.05%) GitHub Copilot
9 67 (7.82%) AWS Lambda
10 51 (5.95%) Amazon S3
11 47 (5.48%) Azure Service Bus
12 41 (4.78%) Amazon ECS
12 41 (4.78%) Amazon SQS
13 32 (3.73%) Amazon EC2
14 31 (3.62%) Azure AKS
14 31 (3.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 26 (3.03%) PaaS
16 24 (2.80%) Azure Monitor
17 21 (2.45%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.80%) Broadband
2 6 (0.70%) Hyperconnected
2 6 (0.70%) Internet
3 5 (0.58%) HTTP
4 4 (0.47%) Network Security
5 2 (0.23%) DNS
6 1 (0.12%) DHCP
6 1 (0.12%) MQTT
6 1 (0.12%) OpenVPN
6 1 (0.12%) SSL
6 1 (0.12%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.12%) VPN
6 1 (0.12%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 219 (25.55%) MongoDB
2 147 (17.15%) Azure SQL Database
3 131 (15.29%) Elasticsearch
4 102 (11.90%) PostgreSQL
5 64 (7.47%) SQL Server
6 43 (5.02%) MySQL
7 37 (4.32%) NoSQL
8 34 (3.97%) Relational Database
9 29 (3.38%) Redis
10 18 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
11 13 (1.52%) DynamoDB
12 11 (1.28%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (0.93%) Metadata
14 7 (0.82%) Amazon Athena
14 7 (0.82%) RDBMS
15 6 (0.70%) Parquet
16 4 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
16 4 (0.47%) Delta Lake
16 4 (0.47%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 78 (9.10%) Git
2 58 (6.77%) TeamCity
3 29 (3.38%) GitLab
4 26 (3.03%) Cypress.io
5 19 (2.22%) JUnit
6 18 (2.10%) Maven
7 17 (1.98%) Mockito
8 16 (1.87%) Claude Code
8 16 (1.87%) Jenkins
9 9 (1.05%) JIRA
9 9 (1.05%) Selenium
10 5 (0.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
11 4 (0.47%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.35%) NUnit
12 3 (0.35%) Visual Studio
13 2 (0.23%) Mocha
13 2 (0.23%) MSTest
13 2 (0.23%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 196 (22.87%) Finance
2 152 (17.74%) Social Skills
3 108 (12.60%) Law
4 93 (10.85%) Public Sector
5 92 (10.74%) Retail
6 84 (9.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 78 (9.10%) Banking
8 71 (8.28%) Legal
9 57 (6.65%) Back Office
10 55 (6.42%) Financial Institution
11 41 (4.78%) Analytical Skills
12 28 (3.27%) Legal Technology
13 26 (3.03%) Games
14 18 (2.10%) Aerospace
15 14 (1.63%) Marketing
16 9 (1.05%) French Language
17 8 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (0.93%) Local Government
18 7 (0.82%) Advertising
19 5 (0.58%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 401 (46.79%) Developer
2 188 (21.94%) Senior
3 184 (21.47%) .NET Developer
4 179 (20.89%) Lead
5 171 (19.95%) Software Engineer
6 110 (12.84%) Architect
7 102 (11.90%) Full-Stack Developer
8 92 (10.74%) Senior Developer
9 50 (5.83%) Lead Developer
10 45 (5.25%) Senior Software Engineer
11 42 (4.90%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 42 (4.90%) Lead Software Engineer
12 38 (4.43%) Technical Leader
13 33 (3.85%) Software Developer
14 31 (3.62%) Java Developer
15 30 (3.50%) Technical Architect
16 29 (3.38%) Team Leader
17 28 (3.27%) Lead Architect
18 27 (3.15%) C# Developer
18 27 (3.15%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 335 (39.09%) .NET
2 264 (30.81%) Node.js
3 238 (27.77%) React
4 177 (20.65%) .NET Core
5 172 (20.07%) ASP.NET
6 150 (17.50%) ASP.NET Core
7 148 (17.27%) Vue
8 136 (15.87%) Terraform
9 116 (13.54%) AngularJS
10 99 (11.55%) Blazor
11 92 (10.74%) ASP.NET Web API
12 86 (10.04%) REST
13 80 (9.33%) Spring
14 73 (8.52%) RESTful
15 62 (7.23%) .NET Framework
16 53 (6.18%) Spring Boot
17 47 (5.48%) Kafka
18 34 (3.97%) CSS
19 31 (3.62%) WPF
20 29 (3.38%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 222 (25.90%) Cloud Native
2 111 (12.95%) Distributed Systems
3 80 (9.33%) Product Ownership
4 35 (4.08%) Legacy Systems
5 30 (3.50%) Greenfield Project
6 18 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (1.75%) AI Agents
8 15 (1.75%) Virtual Team
9 13 (1.52%) Video\Live Streaming
10 10 (1.17%) Mobile App
11 9 (1.05%) Blog
11 9 (1.05%) Over-the-Top Content
12 8 (0.93%) Data Structures
12 8 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
12 8 (0.93%) Management Information System
13 7 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (0.82%) IoT
14 5 (0.58%) Mobile Payment
14 5 (0.58%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 47 (5.48%) Linux
2 25 (2.92%) Windows
3 14 (1.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 474 (55.31%) Agile
2 437 (50.99%) CI/CD
3 337 (39.32%) Full-Stack Development
4 311 (36.29%) Software Engineering
5 272 (31.74%) Mentoring
6 254 (29.64%) DevOps
7 201 (23.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 182 (21.24%) Problem-Solving
9 171 (19.95%) Event-Driven
10 159 (18.55%) AI
11 158 (18.44%) Scrum
12 148 (17.27%) Coaching
13 144 (16.80%) Test Automation
14 142 (16.57%) Technical Leadership
15 136 (15.87%) TDD
16 120 (14.00%) Clean Code
17 115 (13.42%) Architectural Patterns
18 112 (13.07%) Event-Driven Architecture
19 111 (12.95%) Infrastructure as Code
20 109 (12.72%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 358 (41.77%) C#
2 257 (29.99%) SQL
3 253 (29.52%) JavaScript
4 226 (26.37%) Java
5 206 (24.04%) TypeScript
6 115 (13.42%) Python
7 33 (3.85%) Ruby
8 20 (2.33%) Go
9 19 (2.22%) Bash
10 15 (1.75%) PL/SQL
10 15 (1.75%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.63%) Scala
12 13 (1.52%) Bicep
13 8 (0.93%) PHP
14 7 (0.82%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.58%) C++
16 3 (0.35%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.23%) Groovy
17 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
18 1 (0.12%) C
Qualifications
1 94 (10.97%) Security Cleared
2 74 (8.63%) SC Cleared
3 68 (7.93%) Degree
4 31 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (1.52%) AWS Certification
5 13 (1.52%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.17%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.05%) CISSP
8 8 (0.93%) CISM
8 8 (0.93%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.35%) CCSP
12 2 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.23%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (12.25%) QA
2 22 (2.57%) Accessibility
2 22 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (2.22%) GDPR
4 10 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
4 10 (1.17%) NIST
5 9 (1.05%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 5 (0.58%) NCSC
6 5 (0.58%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (0.47%) WCAG
8 3 (0.35%) IFRS
8 3 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.35%) SLA
9 1 (0.12%) PSD2
9 1 (0.12%) SEPA
System Software
1 225 (26.25%) Docker
2 9 (1.05%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.12%) HDFS
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 254 (29.64%) Kubernetes
2 67 (7.82%) Grafana
3 17 (1.98%) Argo
4 16 (1.87%) Ansible
5 13 (1.52%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.23%) Kibana
7 1 (0.12%) Consul
7 1 (0.12%) Control-M
7 1 (0.12%) MIIS
7 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 225 (26.25%) Microsoft
2 31 (3.62%) Google
3 27 (3.15%) Oracle
4 14 (1.63%) OpenAI
5 13 (1.52%) SAP
6 9 (1.05%) Databricks
6 9 (1.05%) Typelevel
7 5 (0.58%) HubSpot
7 5 (0.58%) Splunk
8 4 (0.47%) Dynatrace
8 4 (0.47%) Epicor
8 4 (0.47%) Facebook
8 4 (0.47%) ForgeRock
8 4 (0.47%) IFS
8 4 (0.47%) Infor
8 4 (0.47%) Instagram
8 4 (0.47%) Okta
8 4 (0.47%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.47%) TikTok
9 3 (0.35%) Optimizely