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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 46 37
Rank change year-on-year -22 -9 0
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 598 757 1,938
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.47% 5.89% 6.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.16% 6.22% 6.72%
Number of salaries quoted 419 606 1,726
10th Percentile £48,658 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,750 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £71,991 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% +10.76% -13.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £82,548
90th Percentile £113,750 £115,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £65,465
% change year-on-year +3.33% +14.57% -15.53%

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 14,363 12,178 28,842
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.42% 94.80% 91.63%
Number of salaries quoted 10,040 8,855 23,360
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +9.09% -10.57%

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 8 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 13 (2.17%) JBoss
2 11 (1.84%) WebSphere
3 8 (1.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (0.84%) Apache Pulsar
4 5 (0.84%) CMS
5 4 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.50%) Confluence
6 3 (0.50%) NServiceBus
6 3 (0.50%) OpenStack
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%) 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 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (1.34%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.67%) 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
1 373 (62.37%) AWS
2 284 (47.49%) Azure
3 187 (31.27%) GCP
4 129 (21.57%) SaaS
5 109 (18.23%) Serverless
6 64 (10.70%) GitHub
7 60 (10.03%) Azure DevOps
8 48 (8.03%) Amazon EKS
9 45 (7.53%) AWS Lambda
10 39 (6.52%) Amazon S3
11 38 (6.35%) Amazon SQS
12 30 (5.02%) Azure Service Bus
13 28 (4.68%) Amazon EC2
13 28 (4.68%) Amazon ECS
14 25 (4.18%) Power Platform
15 23 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
16 20 (3.34%) Azure Event Grid
16 20 (3.34%) PaaS
17 17 (2.84%) Azure AKS
17 17 (2.84%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 51 (8.53%) Broadband
2 6 (1.00%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (1.00%) Firewall
3 5 (0.84%) DHCP
3 5 (0.84%) DNS
4 4 (0.67%) 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
7 1 (0.17%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (14.88%) PostgreSQL
2 82 (13.71%) NoSQL
3 69 (11.54%) MongoDB
4 55 (9.20%) SQL Server
5 28 (4.68%) MySQL
6 17 (2.84%) Redis
7 13 (2.17%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (2.17%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (2.17%) Relational Database
8 12 (2.01%) Amazon RDS
8 12 (2.01%) BigQuery
9 11 (1.84%) Power BI
10 9 (1.51%) DynamoDB
11 8 (1.34%) Tableau
12 7 (1.17%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.50%) Oracle Database
15 2 (0.33%) Looker
15 2 (0.33%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 79 (13.21%) Git
2 40 (6.69%) TeamCity
3 38 (6.35%) Jenkins
4 26 (4.35%) GitLab
5 24 (4.01%) Cypress.io
6 15 (2.51%) JIRA
7 13 (2.17%) Selenium
8 10 (1.67%) Cucumber
9 8 (1.34%) CircleCI
9 8 (1.34%) Oracle Forms
9 8 (1.34%) Visual Studio
10 7 (1.17%) JUnit
11 6 (1.00%) Claude Code
12 5 (0.84%) git-flow
13 4 (0.67%) NUnit
13 4 (0.67%) REST Assured
14 3 (0.50%) Jasmine
14 3 (0.50%) JMeter
14 3 (0.50%) SpecFlow
15 2 (0.33%) Bitbucket
General
1 159 (26.59%) Finance
2 156 (26.09%) Social Skills
3 72 (12.04%) Banking
4 70 (11.71%) Law
5 54 (9.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 52 (8.70%) Retail
7 51 (8.53%) Public Sector
8 47 (7.86%) Financial Institution
9 42 (7.02%) Back Office
10 30 (5.02%) Analytical Skills
11 26 (4.35%) Telecoms
12 14 (2.34%) Legal
13 12 (2.01%) Marketing
14 11 (1.84%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (1.00%) Advertising
17 5 (0.84%) Esports
17 5 (0.84%) Health Technology
17 5 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.84%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 199 (33.28%) Developer
2 172 (28.76%) Senior
2 172 (28.76%) Software Engineer
3 91 (15.22%) Architect
4 88 (14.72%) Lead
5 68 (11.37%) Senior Software Engineer
6 55 (9.20%) Full-Stack Developer
7 52 (8.70%) Java Engineer
8 49 (8.19%) .NET Developer
9 46 (7.69%) Senior Developer
10 36 (6.02%) Java Software Engineer
11 31 (5.18%) C# Developer
12 30 (5.02%) Lead Developer
12 30 (5.02%) Scala Engineer
13 28 (4.68%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 26 (4.35%) .NET Software Engineer
14 26 (4.35%) Software Developer
15 24 (4.01%) Senior Java Engineer
16 22 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
17 21 (3.51%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (29.77%) .NET
2 143 (23.91%) React
3 115 (19.23%) RESTful
4 91 (15.22%) Node.js
5 74 (12.37%) Spring
6 70 (11.71%) REST
7 69 (11.54%) gRPC
8 58 (9.70%) Kafka
9 52 (8.70%) Spring Boot
10 50 (8.36%) .NET Core
11 43 (7.19%) AngularJS
12 42 (7.02%) .NET Framework
13 37 (6.19%) HTML
14 36 (6.02%) ASP.NET
15 35 (5.85%) CSS
16 31 (5.18%) Vue
17 27 (4.52%) RabbitMQ
18 26 (4.35%) ASP.NET Web API
18 26 (4.35%) Middleware
18 26 (4.35%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 191 (31.94%) Cloud Native
2 111 (18.56%) Distributed Systems
3 67 (11.20%) Product Ownership
4 46 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
5 45 (7.53%) Over-the-Top Content
5 45 (7.53%) Video\Live Streaming
6 17 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (2.51%) Virtual Team
8 13 (2.17%) Mobile App
8 13 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.84%) AI Agents
9 11 (1.84%) DataPower
9 11 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.51%) Algorithms
10 9 (1.51%) Distributed Architecture
11 8 (1.34%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.34%) Legacy Applications
12 7 (1.17%) IoT
12 7 (1.17%) PKI
13 5 (0.84%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.84%) Linux
2 16 (2.68%) Android
3 7 (1.17%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.00%) Unix
5 3 (0.50%) 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
1 317 (53.01%) CI/CD
2 282 (47.16%) Software Engineering
3 231 (38.63%) Agile
3 231 (38.63%) DevOps
4 170 (28.43%) Containerisation
5 168 (28.09%) Full-Stack Development
6 157 (26.25%) Mentoring
7 154 (25.75%) Test Automation
8 145 (24.25%) Problem-Solving
9 132 (22.07%) Event-Driven
10 124 (20.74%) Continuous Improvement
11 121 (20.23%) Coaching
12 118 (19.73%) Clean Code
13 107 (17.89%) AI
14 87 (14.55%) Machine Learning
15 84 (14.05%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 76 (12.71%) Computer Science
17 73 (12.21%) Roadmaps
17 73 (12.21%) TDD
18 72 (12.04%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 196 (32.78%) Java
2 158 (26.42%) C#
3 157 (26.25%) Python
4 132 (22.07%) JavaScript
5 129 (21.57%) SQL
6 106 (17.73%) TypeScript
7 77 (12.88%) Go
8 45 (7.53%) Scala
9 23 (3.85%) Ruby
10 14 (2.34%) PHP
11 11 (1.84%) Shell Script
12 9 (1.51%) PL/SQL
13 8 (1.34%) C++
13 8 (1.34%) Kotlin
13 8 (1.34%) Rust
14 6 (1.00%) Bicep
14 6 (1.00%) Delphi
15 5 (0.84%) PowerShell
16 2 (0.33%) Bash
16 2 (0.33%) C
Qualifications
1 93 (15.55%) Degree
2 58 (9.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 50 (8.36%) Security Cleared
4 43 (7.19%) SC Cleared
5 33 (5.52%) Azure Certification
6 31 (5.18%) AWS Certification
7 27 (4.52%) TOGAF Certification
8 25 (4.18%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (3.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 13 (2.17%) CISSP
11 10 (1.67%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.34%) CISM
12 8 (1.34%) DBS Check
13 6 (1.00%) AWS Certified Developer
14 5 (0.84%) GIAC
14 5 (0.84%) ISACA
14 5 (0.84%) ISTQB
14 5 (0.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 5 (0.84%) SANS
15 2 (0.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (7.69%) QA
2 18 (3.01%) Accessibility
3 16 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.51%) GDPR
5 13 (2.17%) NIST
6 7 (1.17%) NCSC
6 7 (1.17%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.67%) 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
1 183 (30.60%) Docker
2 13 (2.17%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.67%) Firmware
4 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 175 (29.26%) Kubernetes
2 94 (15.72%) Terraform
3 61 (10.20%) Grafana
4 26 (4.35%) Ansible
5 10 (1.67%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.34%) Argo
6 8 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.00%) Kibana
8 2 (0.33%) MIIS
8 2 (0.33%) Opsgenie
8 2 (0.33%) Puppet
Vendors
1 86 (14.38%) Microsoft
2 45 (7.53%) Typelevel
3 26 (4.35%) Oracle
4 25 (4.18%) Google
5 9 (1.51%) Red Hat
6 6 (1.00%) Cisco
6 6 (1.00%) F5
6 6 (1.00%) Juniper
6 6 (1.00%) Palo Alto
7 5 (0.84%) Databricks
7 5 (0.84%) Ericsson
7 5 (0.84%) ForgeRock
7 5 (0.84%) Mavenir
7 5 (0.84%) Nokia
7 5 (0.84%) Okta
8 4 (0.67%) Revolut
8 4 (0.67%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.67%) SAP
9 3 (0.50%) Foundry
9 3 (0.50%) Guidewire