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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 35 45
Rank change year-on-year -31 +10 -7
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 703 1,109 1,793
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.57% 7.33% 5.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.35% 7.75% 5.86%
Number of salaries quoted 512 550 1,605
10th Percentile £45,798 £48,165 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,468 £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 £88,148 £93,778 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,225 £115,000 £97,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £74,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.67% +14.62% -14.10%

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 16,157 14,306 30,602
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.04% 94.59% 89.26%
Number of salaries quoted 11,595 8,366 23,757
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

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 June 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 (1.00%) JBoss
2 5 (0.71%) CMS
3 4 (0.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (0.57%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.28%) Apache
5 2 (0.28%) Camunda
5 2 (0.28%) Confluence
5 2 (0.28%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.28%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.14%) DNN
6 1 (0.14%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.14%) Immediacy CMS
6 1 (0.14%) Kentico
6 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.14%) Sitefinity
6 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.28%) Shopify
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 442 (62.87%) AWS
2 333 (47.37%) Azure
3 155 (22.05%) GCP
4 125 (17.78%) SaaS
5 105 (14.94%) Serverless
6 65 (9.25%) Azure DevOps
6 65 (9.25%) GitHub
7 55 (7.82%) AWS Lambda
8 46 (6.54%) Amazon EKS
9 43 (6.12%) Amazon SQS
10 41 (5.83%) Amazon S3
11 40 (5.69%) GitHub Copilot
12 35 (4.98%) Amazon ECS
12 35 (4.98%) Azure AKS
13 33 (4.69%) Azure Service Bus
14 32 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
15 25 (3.56%) PaaS
16 18 (2.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 18 (2.56%) Azure Event Grid
16 18 (2.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 60 (8.53%) Broadband
2 6 (0.85%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (0.85%) DNS
2 6 (0.85%) Firewall
3 5 (0.71%) DHCP
3 5 (0.71%) Hyperconnected
3 5 (0.71%) Internet
3 5 (0.71%) MQTT
4 4 (0.57%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.43%) Modbus
5 3 (0.43%) Network Security
6 2 (0.28%) AMQP
7 1 (0.14%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (22.05%) MongoDB
2 104 (14.79%) PostgreSQL
3 74 (10.53%) NoSQL
4 73 (10.38%) Azure SQL Database
5 63 (8.96%) Elasticsearch
6 41 (5.83%) MySQL
7 40 (5.69%) SQL Server
8 24 (3.41%) Relational Database
9 19 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
9 19 (2.70%) Redis
10 7 (1.00%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.85%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.85%) Metadata
12 5 (0.71%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.57%) MariaDB
14 3 (0.43%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.43%) Oracle Database
14 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 2 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
15 2 (0.28%) Looker
Development Applications
1 57 (8.11%) Git
2 40 (5.69%) GitLab
2 40 (5.69%) TeamCity
3 24 (3.41%) Cypress.io
4 20 (2.84%) Jenkins
5 15 (2.13%) Claude Code
6 11 (1.56%) JUnit
6 11 (1.56%) Maven
7 9 (1.28%) Mockito
8 8 (1.14%) JIRA
8 8 (1.14%) Visual Studio
9 7 (1.00%) Selenium
10 5 (0.71%) NUnit
10 5 (0.71%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.57%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.57%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.43%) Jasmine
12 3 (0.43%) JMeter
12 3 (0.43%) SpecFlow
General
1 173 (24.61%) Finance
2 117 (16.64%) Social Skills
3 81 (11.52%) Public Sector
4 72 (10.24%) Banking
5 66 (9.39%) Law
6 62 (8.82%) Retail
7 48 (6.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 42 (5.97%) Financial Institution
9 39 (5.55%) Back Office
10 35 (4.98%) Analytical Skills
11 14 (1.99%) Marketing
12 10 (1.42%) Aerospace
12 10 (1.42%) Legal
13 9 (1.28%) Games
13 9 (1.28%) Manufacturing
13 9 (1.28%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.71%) Aviation
15 5 (0.71%) Health Technology
15 5 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 272 (38.69%) Developer
2 189 (26.88%) Software Engineer
3 145 (20.63%) Senior
4 137 (19.49%) Lead
5 111 (15.79%) .NET Developer
6 94 (13.37%) Architect
7 82 (11.66%) Full-Stack Developer
8 60 (8.53%) Senior Software Engineer
9 47 (6.69%) Java Engineer
10 41 (5.83%) Lead Developer
11 36 (5.12%) .NET Software Engineer
12 35 (4.98%) C# Developer
13 34 (4.84%) Senior Developer
14 32 (4.55%) Java Software Engineer
15 31 (4.41%) C# Software Engineer
15 31 (4.41%) Lead Software Engineer
16 30 (4.27%) Scala Engineer
17 29 (4.13%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 28 (3.98%) C# .NET Developer
19 26 (3.70%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 214 (30.44%) .NET
2 179 (25.46%) React
3 173 (24.61%) Node.js
4 105 (14.94%) .NET Core
5 93 (13.23%) RESTful
5 93 (13.23%) Vue
6 90 (12.80%) ASP.NET
7 79 (11.24%) ASP.NET Core
8 75 (10.67%) AngularJS
9 70 (9.96%) REST
10 69 (9.82%) Spring
11 54 (7.68%) ASP.NET Web API
12 53 (7.54%) gRPC
13 48 (6.83%) Spring Boot
14 46 (6.54%) .NET Framework
15 42 (5.97%) Blazor
15 42 (5.97%) Kafka
16 38 (5.41%) CSS
16 38 (5.41%) HTML
17 26 (3.70%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 213 (30.30%) Cloud Native
2 115 (16.36%) Distributed Systems
3 68 (9.67%) Product Ownership
4 46 (6.54%) Video\Live Streaming
5 45 (6.40%) Over-the-Top Content
6 26 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
7 24 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
8 19 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
9 13 (1.85%) Legacy Applications
10 12 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.42%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.28%) AI Agents
12 9 (1.28%) Mobile App
13 8 (1.14%) Data Structures
13 8 (1.14%) PKI
14 7 (1.00%) Algorithms
14 7 (1.00%) Onboarding
15 6 (0.85%) IoT
16 5 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
16 5 (0.71%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 39 (5.55%) Linux
2 20 (2.84%) Unix
3 14 (1.99%) Windows
4 5 (0.71%) Android
5 3 (0.43%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.14%) CentOS
6 1 (0.14%) Debian
6 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (50.78%) CI/CD
2 319 (45.38%) Agile
3 298 (42.39%) Software Engineering
4 248 (35.28%) Full-Stack Development
5 238 (33.85%) DevOps
6 199 (28.31%) Mentoring
7 164 (23.33%) Containerisation
8 156 (22.19%) Coaching
9 150 (21.34%) Test Automation
10 141 (20.06%) Problem-Solving
11 139 (19.77%) Continuous Improvement
12 137 (19.49%) Event-Driven
13 132 (18.78%) Clean Code
14 118 (16.79%) AI
15 116 (16.50%) Scrum
16 108 (15.36%) Infrastructure as Code
17 105 (14.94%) Technical Leadership
18 101 (14.37%) TDD
19 98 (13.94%) Event-Driven Architecture
20 84 (11.95%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 210 (29.87%) C#
2 203 (28.88%) Java
3 198 (28.17%) JavaScript
4 195 (27.74%) SQL
5 150 (21.34%) TypeScript
6 149 (21.19%) Python
7 56 (7.97%) Go
8 47 (6.69%) Scala
9 25 (3.56%) Ruby
10 15 (2.13%) PHP
11 14 (1.99%) Bash
12 12 (1.71%) PL/SQL
13 11 (1.56%) Bicep
14 10 (1.42%) PowerShell
15 8 (1.14%) Kotlin
15 8 (1.14%) Rust
16 5 (0.71%) C++
17 4 (0.57%) Shell Script
18 2 (0.28%) T-SQL
19 1 (0.14%) Perl
Qualifications
1 67 (9.53%) Security Cleared
2 66 (9.39%) Degree
3 50 (7.11%) SC Cleared
4 32 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (3.13%) Azure Certification
6 18 (2.56%) AWS Certification
7 16 (2.28%) CISSP
8 15 (2.13%) TOGAF Certification
9 14 (1.99%) DBS Check
10 11 (1.56%) CISM
10 11 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.71%) GIAC
12 5 (0.71%) ISACA
12 5 (0.71%) SANS
13 4 (0.57%) AWS Certified Developer
13 4 (0.57%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 3 (0.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (0.43%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (5.97%) QA
2 21 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (2.56%) GDPR
4 17 (2.42%) Accessibility
5 16 (2.28%) NIST
6 10 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (1.14%) NCSC
7 8 (1.14%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.43%) IFRS
8 3 (0.43%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.43%) WCAG
9 2 (0.28%) GRC
9 2 (0.28%) SEPA
System Software
1 205 (29.16%) Docker
2 11 (1.56%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.43%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 199 (28.31%) Kubernetes
2 115 (16.36%) Terraform
3 50 (7.11%) Grafana
4 26 (3.70%) Ansible
5 16 (2.28%) Argo
6 10 (1.42%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.43%) Kibana
7 3 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.28%) MIIS
8 2 (0.28%) Opsgenie
8 2 (0.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 139 (19.77%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.40%) Typelevel
3 26 (3.70%) Google
4 18 (2.56%) Oracle
5 11 (1.56%) OpenAI
6 7 (1.00%) Red Hat
7 6 (0.85%) Cisco
7 6 (0.85%) F5
7 6 (0.85%) Juniper
7 6 (0.85%) Palo Alto
8 5 (0.71%) ForgeRock
8 5 (0.71%) HubSpot
8 5 (0.71%) Okta
9 4 (0.57%) Databricks
9 4 (0.57%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.57%) Splunk
10 3 (0.43%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.43%) Foundry
10 3 (0.43%) Revolut
10 3 (0.43%) ServiceNow