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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
5 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 66 48
Rank change year-on-year -14 -18 -14
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 585 814 1,349
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.67% 4.10% 6.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.96% 4.64% 6.49%
Number of salaries quoted 394 469 1,038
10th Percentile £50,375 £40,000 £49,053
25th Percentile £57,500 £49,383 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -13.33% +0.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £88,750
90th Percentile £103,500 £100,000 £106,275
UK median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -

All Process and 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 14,787 17,530 20,772
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 92.77% 88.25% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8,599 10,445 16,813
10th Percentile £29,450 £36,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £47,481
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,375
90th Percentile £99,800 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £54,250 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.58% - -

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 5 November 2025.

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 9 (1.54%) Confluence
1 9 (1.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 6 (1.03%) Apache
2 6 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.85%) JBoss
3 5 (0.85%) nginx
4 4 (0.68%) CMS
4 4 (0.68%) IIS
4 4 (0.68%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.34%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.17%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.17%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 9 (1.54%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 370 (63.25%) Azure
2 337 (57.61%) AWS
3 139 (23.76%) GCP
4 84 (14.36%) SaaS
5 75 (12.82%) Azure DevOps
6 64 (10.94%) Serverless
7 48 (8.21%) GitHub
8 28 (4.79%) AWS Lambda
8 28 (4.79%) Azure Service Bus
9 25 (4.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 24 (4.10%) Amazon S3
11 22 (3.76%) PaaS
12 21 (3.59%) GitHub Actions
12 21 (3.59%) Power Platform
13 20 (3.42%) Amazon ECS
13 20 (3.42%) Amazon EKS
14 16 (2.74%) Azure Logic Apps
14 16 (2.74%) Power Automate
15 12 (2.05%) Azure App Service
15 12 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.68%) Broadband
2 2 (0.34%) AMQP
2 2 (0.34%) Internet
2 2 (0.34%) Network Security
3 1 (0.17%) Firewall
3 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (17.95%) SQL Server
2 85 (14.53%) MongoDB
3 74 (12.65%) NoSQL
4 49 (8.38%) PostgreSQL
5 46 (7.86%) Azure SQL Database
6 38 (6.50%) Elasticsearch
7 27 (4.62%) MySQL
8 18 (3.08%) DynamoDB
9 15 (2.56%) Redis
10 14 (2.39%) Relational Database
11 11 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
11 11 (1.88%) Power BI
12 9 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
12 9 (1.54%) Tableau
13 8 (1.37%) NonStop SQL
14 6 (1.03%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.68%) Snowflake Schema
16 2 (0.34%) Apache Cassandra
16 2 (0.34%) Couchbase
16 2 (0.34%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 91 (15.56%) Git
2 57 (9.74%) JIRA
3 48 (8.21%) GitLab
4 41 (7.01%) Selenium
4 41 (7.01%) SonarQube
5 38 (6.50%) Maven
6 37 (6.32%) Cucumber
7 36 (6.15%) Bitbucket
7 36 (6.15%) Sonatype Nexus
8 35 (5.98%) Jenkins
9 13 (2.22%) Octopus Deploy
10 12 (2.05%) Team Foundation Server
10 12 (2.05%) Visual Studio
11 11 (1.88%) TeamCity
12 9 (1.54%) MSBuild
12 9 (1.54%) Oracle Forms
13 8 (1.37%) Cypress.io
14 6 (1.03%) git-flow
15 4 (0.68%) CircleCI
15 4 (0.68%) Mockito
General
1 139 (23.76%) Finance
2 117 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 115 (19.66%) Social Skills
4 68 (11.62%) Banking
5 65 (11.11%) Retail
6 37 (6.32%) Investment Banking
6 37 (6.32%) Law
7 36 (6.15%) Corporate Banking
8 23 (3.93%) Public Sector
9 21 (3.59%) Billing
10 18 (3.08%) Front Office
11 17 (2.91%) Analytical Skills
11 17 (2.91%) Back Office
12 13 (2.22%) Financial Institution
13 9 (1.54%) Advertising
14 7 (1.20%) Legal
15 6 (1.03%) Marketing
15 6 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.68%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 198 (33.85%) Developer
2 195 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 170 (29.06%) Senior
4 99 (16.92%) Senior Software Engineer
5 85 (14.53%) .NET Developer
6 73 (12.48%) Architect
7 61 (10.43%) Lead
8 36 (6.15%) C# Developer
9 35 (5.98%) Senior Developer
10 27 (4.62%) Java Engineer
11 26 (4.44%) Lead Developer
12 25 (4.27%) Java Developer
13 24 (4.10%) Solutions Architect
14 22 (3.76%) Full-Stack Developer
14 22 (3.76%) Principal Engineer
15 19 (3.25%) Technical Architect
16 18 (3.08%) Java Software Engineer
17 15 (2.56%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 15 (2.56%) Software Developer
18 14 (2.39%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 286 (48.89%) .NET
2 172 (29.40%) React
3 150 (25.64%) RESTful
4 121 (20.68%) Node.js
5 103 (17.61%) REST
6 98 (16.75%) Spring
7 94 (16.07%) Kafka
8 92 (15.73%) Spring Boot
9 91 (15.56%) HTML
10 81 (13.85%) .NET Core
11 77 (13.16%) AngularJS
11 77 (13.16%) CSS
12 63 (10.77%) ASP.NET Web API
13 62 (10.60%) ASP.NET
14 59 (10.09%) .NET Framework
15 57 (9.74%) HTML5
16 53 (9.06%) Entity Framework
17 43 (7.35%) Jest
18 42 (7.18%) Redux
19 41 (7.01%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 127 (21.71%) Cloud Native
2 73 (12.48%) Self-Motivation
3 72 (12.31%) Product Ownership
4 71 (12.14%) Enterprise Software
5 63 (10.77%) Cyberattack
5 63 (10.77%) Linux Command Line
6 52 (8.89%) Distributed Systems
7 25 (4.27%) Onboarding
8 14 (2.39%) Data Structures
9 12 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (1.88%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.37%) IoT
11 8 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.37%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.37%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.03%) BYOD
12 6 (1.03%) Derivative
12 6 (1.03%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.85%) Augmented Reality
13 5 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 86 (14.70%) Linux
2 20 (3.42%) Windows
3 2 (0.34%) Android
3 2 (0.34%) VMS
4 1 (0.17%) Fedora
4 1 (0.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (62.56%) Agile
2 258 (44.10%) Software Engineering
3 250 (42.74%) CI/CD
4 241 (41.20%) DevOps
5 206 (35.21%) Mentoring
6 161 (27.52%) Full-Stack Development
7 143 (24.44%) Scrum
8 138 (23.59%) User Experience
9 122 (20.85%) Containerisation
10 108 (18.46%) Test Automation
11 92 (15.73%) Machine Learning
12 86 (14.70%) TDD
13 84 (14.36%) Continuous Improvement
13 84 (14.36%) Migration
14 83 (14.19%) SDLC
15 79 (13.50%) Problem-Solving
16 78 (13.33%) Cloud Security
17 74 (12.65%) Data Engineering
17 74 (12.65%) Event-Driven
18 71 (12.14%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 260 (44.44%) Java
2 234 (40.00%) C#
3 232 (39.66%) JavaScript
4 199 (34.02%) SQL
5 150 (25.64%) Python
6 133 (22.74%) TypeScript
7 82 (14.02%) Go
8 66 (11.28%) C++
9 65 (11.11%) Rust
10 10 (1.71%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.71%) Shell Script
11 9 (1.54%) PHP
11 9 (1.54%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.85%) Ruby
13 4 (0.68%) Bash
13 4 (0.68%) Bicep
13 4 (0.68%) C
14 3 (0.51%) Elixir
14 3 (0.51%) Erlang
14 3 (0.51%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 97 (16.58%) Security Cleared
2 96 (16.41%) AWS Certification
3 83 (14.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 66 (11.28%) AWS Certified Developer
4 66 (11.28%) DV Cleared
5 48 (8.21%) Degree
6 35 (5.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 30 (5.13%) SC Cleared
8 23 (3.93%) Azure Certification
9 20 (3.42%) Master's Degree
10 16 (2.74%) TOGAF Certification
11 12 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.03%) CISM
12 6 (1.03%) CISSP
13 3 (0.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.51%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.34%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (16.07%) QA
2 46 (7.86%) Accessibility
3 27 (4.62%) GDPR
4 11 (1.88%) NIST
5 10 (1.71%) HIPAA
6 9 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.85%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.51%) NCSC
8 3 (0.51%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.51%) WCAG
9 1 (0.17%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.17%) JSP 440
System Software
1 153 (26.15%) Docker
2 9 (1.54%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.34%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.34%) vSphere
5 1 (0.17%) Firmware
5 1 (0.17%) HDFS
5 1 (0.17%) KVM
5 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 157 (26.84%) Kubernetes
2 47 (8.03%) Terraform
3 25 (4.27%) Grafana
4 13 (2.22%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.71%) Ansible
6 9 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.03%) Kibana
8 4 (0.68%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.51%) Puppet
10 2 (0.34%) Argo
11 1 (0.17%) CFEngine
11 1 (0.17%) Istio
Vendors
1 117 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.15%) Solace
3 19 (3.25%) Guidewire
4 16 (2.74%) Oracle
5 11 (1.88%) Google
6 7 (1.20%) Facebook
6 7 (1.20%) YouTube
7 6 (1.03%) Sage
7 6 (1.03%) Trayport
8 4 (0.68%) BiZZdesign
8 4 (0.68%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.51%) Databricks
9 3 (0.51%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.51%) MuleSoft
9 3 (0.51%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.51%) VMware
10 2 (0.34%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.34%) Solarflare
10 2 (0.34%) Sparx
10 2 (0.34%) Splunk
1,149 hybrid/remote Microservices jobs