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 3 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 41 49
Rank change year-on-year -21 +8 -10
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 341 411 1,066
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.68% 6.06% 5.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.32% 6.46% 5.63%
Number of salaries quoted 226 326 964
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,450 £74,870 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +15.18% -12.16%
75th Percentile £93,634 £96,250 £83,759
90th Percentile £108,750 £125,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% +15.38% -16.13%

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 7,897 6,361 18,937
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.23% 93.78% 91.28%
Number of salaries quoted 5,676 4,594 15,311
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -12.50%

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 3 months to 11 April 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 12 (1.98%) JBoss
2 10 (1.65%) WebSphere
3 8 (1.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (0.83%) Apache Pulsar
4 5 (0.83%) CMS
5 4 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.50%) Confluence
6 3 (0.50%) NServiceBus
6 3 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.33%) Apache
7 2 (0.33%) Camunda
7 2 (0.33%) nginx
7 2 (0.33%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.33%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.17%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.17%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (1.32%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.66%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.33%) Shopify
5 1 (0.17%) Actimize
5 1 (0.17%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.17%) Quorum
5 1 (0.17%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 377 (62.31%) AWS
2 279 (46.12%) Azure
3 185 (30.58%) GCP
4 125 (20.66%) SaaS
5 107 (17.69%) Serverless
6 62 (10.25%) GitHub
7 60 (9.92%) Azure DevOps
8 47 (7.77%) Amazon EKS
9 46 (7.60%) AWS Lambda
10 39 (6.45%) Amazon S3
10 39 (6.45%) Amazon SQS
11 32 (5.29%) Azure Service Bus
12 28 (4.63%) Amazon EC2
13 27 (4.46%) Amazon ECS
14 25 (4.13%) Power Platform
15 21 (3.47%) GitHub Actions
16 20 (3.31%) Azure AKS
17 19 (3.14%) Azure Event Grid
18 18 (2.98%) PaaS
19 17 (2.81%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 51 (8.43%) Broadband
2 6 (0.99%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (0.99%) Firewall
3 5 (0.83%) DHCP
3 5 (0.83%) DNS
4 4 (0.66%) MQTT
5 3 (0.50%) Modbus
5 3 (0.50%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.33%) AMQP
6 2 (0.33%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.33%) Internet
6 2 (0.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (14.55%) PostgreSQL
2 81 (13.39%) NoSQL
3 71 (11.74%) MongoDB
4 53 (8.76%) SQL Server
5 27 (4.46%) MySQL
6 17 (2.81%) Redis
7 13 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
7 13 (2.15%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (2.15%) Elasticsearch
8 12 (1.98%) BigQuery
9 11 (1.82%) Power BI
10 10 (1.65%) DynamoDB
10 10 (1.65%) Relational Database
11 8 (1.32%) Tableau
12 7 (1.16%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.50%) Oracle Database
15 2 (0.33%) CouchDB
15 2 (0.33%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 76 (12.56%) Git
2 41 (6.78%) TeamCity
3 35 (5.79%) Jenkins
4 29 (4.79%) GitLab
5 24 (3.97%) Cypress.io
6 15 (2.48%) JIRA
7 13 (2.15%) Selenium
8 10 (1.65%) Cucumber
9 8 (1.32%) CircleCI
9 8 (1.32%) Oracle Forms
9 8 (1.32%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.99%) Claude Code
10 6 (0.99%) JUnit
11 5 (0.83%) git-flow
12 4 (0.66%) NUnit
12 4 (0.66%) REST Assured
13 3 (0.50%) Jasmine
13 3 (0.50%) JMeter
13 3 (0.50%) SpecFlow
14 2 (0.33%) Bitbucket
General
1 162 (26.78%) Finance
2 152 (25.12%) Social Skills
3 74 (12.23%) Banking
4 71 (11.74%) Law
5 59 (9.75%) Public Sector
6 55 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 53 (8.76%) Retail
8 48 (7.93%) Financial Institution
9 43 (7.11%) Back Office
10 28 (4.63%) Analytical Skills
11 26 (4.30%) Telecoms
12 14 (2.31%) Legal
13 12 (1.98%) Marketing
14 11 (1.82%) Manufacturing
15 10 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.83%) Advertising
16 5 (0.83%) Esports
16 5 (0.83%) Health Technology
16 5 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.83%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 198 (32.73%) Developer
2 174 (28.76%) Software Engineer
3 171 (28.26%) Senior
4 96 (15.87%) Architect
5 94 (15.54%) Lead
6 68 (11.24%) Senior Software Engineer
7 53 (8.76%) Java Engineer
8 52 (8.60%) Full-Stack Developer
9 49 (8.10%) .NET Developer
10 44 (7.27%) Senior Developer
11 37 (6.12%) Java Software Engineer
12 33 (5.45%) C# Developer
13 31 (5.12%) Lead Developer
14 30 (4.96%) Scala Engineer
15 28 (4.63%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 27 (4.46%) .NET Software Engineer
17 26 (4.30%) Software Developer
18 24 (3.97%) Senior Java Engineer
19 23 (3.80%) Solutions Architect
20 20 (3.31%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (28.60%) .NET
2 142 (23.47%) React
3 114 (18.84%) RESTful
4 92 (15.21%) Node.js
5 70 (11.57%) Spring
6 69 (11.40%) gRPC
7 67 (11.07%) REST
8 58 (9.59%) Kafka
9 49 (8.10%) Spring Boot
10 46 (7.60%) .NET Core
11 41 (6.78%) AngularJS
12 39 (6.45%) .NET Framework
13 38 (6.28%) HTML
14 36 (5.95%) CSS
15 35 (5.79%) ASP.NET
16 32 (5.29%) Vue
17 26 (4.30%) Middleware
17 26 (4.30%) RabbitMQ
18 25 (4.13%) Jest
18 25 (4.13%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 195 (32.23%) Cloud Native
2 110 (18.18%) Distributed Systems
3 68 (11.24%) Product Ownership
4 46 (7.60%) Enterprise Software
5 45 (7.44%) Over-the-Top Content
5 45 (7.44%) Video\Live Streaming
6 17 (2.81%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (2.31%) Virtual Team
8 13 (2.15%) Mobile App
8 13 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.82%) AI Agents
9 11 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.65%) DataPower
11 9 (1.49%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.49%) Distributed Architecture
11 9 (1.49%) Legacy Applications
12 8 (1.32%) Data Structures
13 7 (1.16%) IoT
13 7 (1.16%) PKI
14 5 (0.83%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.31%) Linux
2 16 (2.64%) Android
3 9 (1.49%) Unix
4 7 (1.16%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.99%) Windows
6 1 (0.17%) CentOS
6 1 (0.17%) Debian
6 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (52.23%) CI/CD
2 283 (46.78%) Software Engineering
3 231 (38.18%) Agile
3 231 (38.18%) DevOps
4 169 (27.93%) Containerisation
5 165 (27.27%) Full-Stack Development
6 164 (27.11%) Mentoring
7 156 (25.79%) Test Automation
8 146 (24.13%) Problem-Solving
9 139 (22.98%) Event-Driven
10 129 (21.32%) Coaching
11 123 (20.33%) Continuous Improvement
12 119 (19.67%) Clean Code
13 106 (17.52%) AI
14 88 (14.55%) Machine Learning
15 85 (14.05%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 77 (12.73%) Roadmaps
17 74 (12.23%) Computer Science
18 71 (11.74%) Infrastructure as Code
18 71 (11.74%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 198 (32.73%) Java
2 157 (25.95%) Python
3 156 (25.79%) C#
4 132 (21.82%) JavaScript
5 127 (20.99%) SQL
6 106 (17.52%) TypeScript
7 77 (12.73%) Go
8 45 (7.44%) Scala
9 23 (3.80%) Ruby
10 14 (2.31%) PHP
11 11 (1.82%) Shell Script
12 9 (1.49%) PL/SQL
13 8 (1.32%) C++
13 8 (1.32%) Kotlin
13 8 (1.32%) Rust
14 6 (0.99%) Bicep
14 6 (0.99%) Delphi
15 5 (0.83%) PowerShell
16 2 (0.33%) Bash
16 2 (0.33%) C
Qualifications
1 93 (15.37%) Degree
2 57 (9.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 50 (8.26%) Security Cleared
4 43 (7.11%) SC Cleared
5 33 (5.45%) Azure Certification
6 31 (5.12%) AWS Certification
7 27 (4.46%) TOGAF Certification
8 25 (4.13%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (3.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 14 (2.31%) CISSP
11 9 (1.49%) CISM
11 9 (1.49%) DBS Check
11 9 (1.49%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.99%) AWS Certified Developer
13 5 (0.83%) GIAC
13 5 (0.83%) ISACA
13 5 (0.83%) ISTQB
13 5 (0.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (0.83%) SANS
14 2 (0.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (7.44%) QA
2 18 (2.98%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.48%) GDPR
5 14 (2.31%) NIST
6 10 (1.65%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (1.16%) NCSC
7 7 (1.16%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.66%) WCAG
9 3 (0.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.50%) IFRS
9 3 (0.50%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.33%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.33%) GRC
10 2 (0.33%) SEPA
System Software
1 179 (29.59%) Docker
2 12 (1.98%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.66%) Firmware
4 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 175 (28.93%) Kubernetes
2 98 (16.20%) Terraform
3 62 (10.25%) Grafana
4 24 (3.97%) Ansible
5 11 (1.82%) Argo
6 10 (1.65%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.99%) Kibana
9 2 (0.33%) MIIS
9 2 (0.33%) Opsgenie
9 2 (0.33%) Puppet
Vendors
1 85 (14.05%) Microsoft
2 45 (7.44%) Typelevel
3 26 (4.30%) Oracle
4 25 (4.13%) Google
5 9 (1.49%) Red Hat
6 6 (0.99%) Cisco
6 6 (0.99%) F5
6 6 (0.99%) Juniper
6 6 (0.99%) Palo Alto
7 5 (0.83%) Databricks
7 5 (0.83%) Ericsson
7 5 (0.83%) ForgeRock
7 5 (0.83%) Mavenir
7 5 (0.83%) Nokia
7 5 (0.83%) Okta
8 4 (0.66%) Revolut
8 4 (0.66%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.66%) SAP
9 3 (0.50%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.50%) OpenAI