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 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 40 72
Rank change year-on-year -23 +32 -27
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 876 1,018 922
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.86% 6.20% 3.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.67% 6.67% 4.21%
Number of salaries quoted 637 468 742
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,481 £70,000 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% +8.53% -14.00%
75th Percentile £88,148 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +11.54% -13.97%

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 18,751 15,258 21,879
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.66% 92.88% 87.75%
Number of salaries quoted 13,547 8,951 15,627
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.84%

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 12 August 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 7 (0.80%) CMS
1 7 (0.80%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 5 (0.57%) Camunda
2 5 (0.57%) IIS
2 5 (0.57%) nginx
3 3 (0.34%) Confluence
3 3 (0.34%) DNN
3 3 (0.34%) EPiServer
3 3 (0.34%) Immediacy CMS
3 3 (0.34%) Kentico
3 3 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
3 3 (0.34%) Sitefinity
3 3 (0.34%) Umbraco
3 3 (0.34%) WordPress
4 2 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.23%) JBoss
4 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.11%) Apache
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 7 (0.80%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.23%) Shopify
4 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 494 (56.39%) AWS
2 424 (48.40%) Azure
3 151 (17.24%) GCP
4 144 (16.44%) SaaS
5 102 (11.64%) Serverless
6 91 (10.39%) GitHub
7 79 (9.02%) Azure DevOps
8 70 (7.99%) GitHub Copilot
9 64 (7.31%) AWS Lambda
10 53 (6.05%) Amazon EKS
11 49 (5.59%) Azure Service Bus
12 48 (5.48%) Amazon S3
13 44 (5.02%) Amazon SQS
14 40 (4.57%) Amazon ECS
15 37 (4.22%) Azure AKS
16 34 (3.88%) Amazon EC2
17 31 (3.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 26 (2.97%) PaaS
19 21 (2.40%) Azure Monitor
20 20 (2.28%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 46 (5.25%) Broadband
2 7 (0.80%) Hyperconnected
2 7 (0.80%) Internet
3 5 (0.57%) Cisco ASA
3 5 (0.57%) DNS
3 5 (0.57%) Firewall
4 4 (0.46%) DHCP
4 4 (0.46%) HTTP
4 4 (0.46%) Network Security
4 4 (0.46%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.34%) Modbus
5 3 (0.34%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 222 (25.34%) MongoDB
2 150 (17.12%) Azure SQL Database
3 132 (15.07%) Elasticsearch
4 109 (12.44%) PostgreSQL
5 71 (8.11%) SQL Server
6 54 (6.16%) NoSQL
7 47 (5.37%) MySQL
8 32 (3.65%) Relational Database
9 31 (3.54%) Redis
10 21 (2.40%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (1.03%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.91%) Metadata
13 7 (0.80%) Data Lake
13 7 (0.80%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.46%) Delta Lake
14 4 (0.46%) MariaDB
14 4 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 2 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
15 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 78 (8.90%) Git
2 42 (4.79%) TeamCity
3 36 (4.11%) GitLab
4 26 (2.97%) Cypress.io
5 21 (2.40%) Jenkins
6 17 (1.94%) JUnit
6 17 (1.94%) Maven
7 16 (1.83%) Claude Code
8 15 (1.71%) Mockito
9 11 (1.26%) JIRA
10 9 (1.03%) Selenium
11 5 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 5 (0.57%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.57%) Octopus Deploy
12 4 (0.46%) NUnit
13 3 (0.34%) Jasmine
13 3 (0.34%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
14 2 (0.23%) MLflow
14 2 (0.23%) SonarQube
General
1 184 (21.00%) Finance
2 146 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 98 (11.19%) Law
4 94 (10.73%) Public Sector
5 81 (9.25%) Retail
6 73 (8.33%) Legal
7 67 (7.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 62 (7.08%) Banking
9 38 (4.34%) Back Office
9 38 (4.34%) Financial Institution
10 37 (4.22%) Analytical Skills
11 28 (3.20%) Legal Technology
12 21 (2.40%) Games
13 19 (2.17%) Marketing
14 17 (1.94%) Aerospace
15 9 (1.03%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.03%) Telecoms
16 8 (0.91%) Advertising
17 7 (0.80%) Local Government
18 5 (0.57%) French Language
Job Titles
1 412 (47.03%) Developer
2 189 (21.58%) .NET Developer
3 187 (21.35%) Senior
4 184 (21.00%) Software Engineer
5 171 (19.52%) Lead
6 104 (11.87%) Architect
7 102 (11.64%) Full-Stack Developer
8 91 (10.39%) Senior Developer
9 54 (6.16%) Lead Developer
10 47 (5.37%) Senior Software Engineer
11 44 (5.02%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 41 (4.68%) Lead Software Engineer
13 34 (3.88%) Software Developer
14 31 (3.54%) Java Engineer
15 29 (3.31%) C# Developer
15 29 (3.31%) Java Developer
16 28 (3.20%) .NET Software Engineer
16 28 (3.20%) C# .NET Developer
16 28 (3.20%) Team Leader
16 28 (3.20%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 359 (40.98%) .NET
2 260 (29.68%) Node.js
3 241 (27.51%) React
4 182 (20.78%) .NET Core
5 177 (20.21%) ASP.NET
6 154 (17.58%) ASP.NET Core
7 152 (17.35%) Vue
8 120 (13.70%) AngularJS
9 96 (10.96%) Blazor
10 94 (10.73%) ASP.NET Web API
11 87 (9.93%) REST
12 81 (9.25%) RESTful
13 72 (8.22%) .NET Framework
14 71 (8.11%) Spring
15 47 (5.37%) Spring Boot
16 42 (4.79%) Kafka
17 40 (4.57%) CSS
18 39 (4.45%) gRPC
19 35 (4.00%) HTML
20 31 (3.54%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 228 (26.03%) Cloud Native
2 125 (14.27%) Distributed Systems
3 73 (8.33%) Product Ownership
4 37 (4.22%) Legacy Systems
5 31 (3.54%) Video\Live Streaming
6 29 (3.31%) Greenfield Project
7 27 (3.08%) Over-the-Top Content
8 22 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
9 19 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (1.71%) AI Agents
11 14 (1.60%) Virtual Team
12 12 (1.37%) Legacy Applications
13 10 (1.14%) IoT
13 10 (1.14%) Management Information System
14 9 (1.03%) Mobile App
15 8 (0.91%) Blog
16 7 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
17 6 (0.68%) Data Structures
17 6 (0.68%) Marketing Technology
17 6 (0.68%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 53 (6.05%) Linux
2 24 (2.74%) Windows
3 19 (2.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 490 (55.94%) Agile
2 445 (50.80%) CI/CD
3 346 (39.50%) Full-Stack Development
4 335 (38.24%) Software Engineering
5 267 (30.48%) DevOps
6 247 (28.20%) Mentoring
7 206 (23.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 190 (21.69%) Problem-Solving
9 170 (19.41%) Scrum
10 167 (19.06%) Event-Driven
11 165 (18.84%) AI
12 153 (17.47%) Coaching
13 144 (16.44%) TDD
14 143 (16.32%) Test Automation
15 137 (15.64%) Containerisation
15 137 (15.64%) Technical Leadership
16 131 (14.95%) Clean Code
17 125 (14.27%) Infrastructure as Code
18 116 (13.24%) Enterprise Architecture
19 115 (13.13%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 372 (42.47%) C#
2 271 (30.94%) SQL
3 265 (30.25%) JavaScript
4 211 (24.09%) TypeScript
5 203 (23.17%) Java
6 140 (15.98%) Python
7 38 (4.34%) Go
8 32 (3.65%) Ruby
8 32 (3.65%) Scala
9 20 (2.28%) Bash
10 15 (1.71%) PHP
10 15 (1.71%) PL/SQL
10 15 (1.71%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.60%) Bicep
12 5 (0.57%) Kotlin
12 5 (0.57%) Rust
13 4 (0.46%) C++
14 3 (0.34%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 85 (9.70%) Security Cleared
2 72 (8.22%) Degree
3 64 (7.31%) SC Cleared
4 32 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (1.26%) AWS Certification
5 11 (1.26%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.14%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.14%) CISSP
6 10 (1.14%) DBS Check
7 6 (0.68%) CISM
8 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.46%) AWS Certified Developer
9 4 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.46%) GIAC
9 4 (0.46%) ISACA
9 4 (0.46%) SANS
10 3 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (12.56%) QA
2 22 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (2.05%) GDPR
4 17 (1.94%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
5 10 (1.14%) NIST
6 9 (1.03%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 4 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (0.46%) WCAG
8 3 (0.34%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.34%) IFRS
8 3 (0.34%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.34%) NCSC
8 3 (0.34%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.23%) SEPA
10 1 (0.11%) GRC
10 1 (0.11%) PSD2
System Software
1 242 (27.63%) Docker
2 11 (1.26%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.34%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 242 (27.63%) Kubernetes
2 115 (13.13%) Terraform
3 56 (6.39%) Grafana
4 25 (2.85%) Ansible
5 17 (1.94%) Argo
6 16 (1.83%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.34%) Kibana
8 2 (0.23%) MIIS
9 1 (0.11%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 234 (26.71%) Microsoft
2 37 (4.22%) Google
3 28 (3.20%) Oracle
4 27 (3.08%) Typelevel
5 13 (1.48%) OpenAI
6 11 (1.26%) SAP
7 9 (1.03%) Databricks
8 6 (0.68%) ForgeRock
8 6 (0.68%) Okta
9 5 (0.57%) Cisco
9 5 (0.57%) F5
9 5 (0.57%) HubSpot
9 5 (0.57%) Juniper
9 5 (0.57%) Palo Alto
9 5 (0.57%) Red Hat
9 5 (0.57%) Splunk
10 4 (0.46%) Epicor
10 4 (0.46%) IFS
10 4 (0.46%) Instagram
10 4 (0.46%) TikTok