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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 49 70
Rank change year-on-year -21 +21 -20
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 852 922 879
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.42% 5.48% 3.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.24% 5.84% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 606 408 541
10th Percentile £44,465 £48,165 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +12.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £88,148 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +11.54% -13.33%

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 20,104 15,790 19,699
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.81% 93.84% 88.14%
Number of salaries quoted 14,346 8,455 11,710
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,750 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year +9.09% -6.30% -2.17%

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 3 October 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 10 (1.17%) CMS
2 7 (0.82%) nginx
2 7 (0.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 6 (0.70%) Camunda
4 5 (0.59%) IIS
5 3 (0.35%) DNN
5 3 (0.35%) EPiServer
5 3 (0.35%) Immediacy CMS
5 3 (0.35%) Kentico
5 3 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
5 3 (0.35%) Sitefinity
5 3 (0.35%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.35%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.23%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.23%) WordPress
7 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.12%) JBoss
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 7 (0.82%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 474 (55.63%) AWS
2 399 (46.83%) Azure
3 156 (18.31%) SaaS
4 134 (15.73%) GCP
5 102 (11.97%) Serverless
6 97 (11.38%) GitHub
7 77 (9.04%) Amazon EKS
8 71 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
8 71 (8.33%) GitHub Copilot
9 68 (7.98%) AWS Lambda
10 52 (6.10%) Amazon S3
11 48 (5.63%) Azure Service Bus
12 41 (4.81%) Amazon SQS
13 40 (4.69%) Amazon ECS
14 32 (3.76%) Azure AKS
15 31 (3.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 30 (3.52%) Amazon EC2
17 27 (3.17%) Azure Monitor
18 26 (3.05%) PaaS
19 23 (2.70%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.76%) Broadband
2 8 (0.94%) Network Security
3 7 (0.82%) VPN
4 6 (0.70%) Hyperconnected
4 6 (0.70%) Internet
5 5 (0.59%) Firewall
5 5 (0.59%) HTTP
6 4 (0.47%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.35%) BGP
8 2 (0.23%) DNS
8 2 (0.23%) OpenVPN
9 1 (0.12%) MQTT
9 1 (0.12%) SSL
9 1 (0.12%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 219 (25.70%) MongoDB
2 148 (17.37%) Azure SQL Database
3 131 (15.38%) Elasticsearch
4 110 (12.91%) PostgreSQL
5 62 (7.28%) SQL Server
6 46 (5.40%) MySQL
7 35 (4.11%) NoSQL
8 34 (3.99%) Relational Database
9 32 (3.76%) Redis
10 24 (2.82%) Amazon RDS
11 15 (1.76%) DynamoDB
12 13 (1.53%) Data Lake
13 9 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (0.94%) Metadata
15 7 (0.82%) Amazon Athena
16 6 (0.70%) Parquet
16 6 (0.70%) RDBMS
17 4 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
17 4 (0.47%) Delta Lake
17 4 (0.47%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 75 (8.80%) Git
2 65 (7.63%) TeamCity
3 31 (3.64%) GitLab
4 24 (2.82%) Cypress.io
5 23 (2.70%) JUnit
6 21 (2.46%) Mockito
7 18 (2.11%) Maven
8 17 (2.00%) Claude Code
9 14 (1.64%) Jenkins
10 9 (1.06%) JIRA
11 7 (0.82%) Selenium
12 5 (0.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 5 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
13 4 (0.47%) Bitbucket
14 3 (0.35%) Visual Studio
15 2 (0.23%) MLflow
15 2 (0.23%) Mocha
15 2 (0.23%) NUnit
16 1 (0.12%) Karma Test Runner
16 1 (0.12%) MSTest
General
1 209 (24.53%) Finance
2 161 (18.90%) Social Skills
3 113 (13.26%) Law
4 102 (11.97%) Retail
5 92 (10.80%) Public Sector
6 90 (10.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 79 (9.27%) Banking
8 70 (8.22%) Legal
9 65 (7.63%) Back Office
10 63 (7.39%) Financial Institution
11 43 (5.05%) Analytical Skills
12 28 (3.29%) Legal Technology
13 26 (3.05%) Games
14 17 (2.00%) Aerospace
15 14 (1.64%) Marketing
16 9 (1.06%) French Language
17 8 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
18 7 (0.82%) Advertising
19 5 (0.59%) Front Office
19 5 (0.59%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 387 (45.42%) Developer
2 191 (22.42%) Senior
3 177 (20.77%) .NET Developer
4 175 (20.54%) Lead
5 169 (19.84%) Software Engineer
6 107 (12.56%) Architect
7 95 (11.15%) Senior Developer
8 94 (11.03%) Full-Stack Developer
9 49 (5.75%) Lead Developer
10 45 (5.28%) Lead Software Engineer
11 40 (4.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 40 (4.69%) Senior Software Engineer
12 36 (4.23%) Technical Leader
13 32 (3.76%) Software Developer
13 32 (3.76%) Team Leader
14 30 (3.52%) Java Developer
15 29 (3.40%) Java Engineer
15 29 (3.40%) Technical Architect
16 26 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
17 24 (2.82%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 335 (39.32%) .NET
2 255 (29.93%) Node.js
3 228 (26.76%) React
4 181 (21.24%) .NET Core
5 172 (20.19%) ASP.NET
6 150 (17.61%) ASP.NET Core
7 145 (17.02%) Terraform
8 141 (16.55%) Vue
9 114 (13.38%) AngularJS
10 100 (11.74%) Blazor
11 91 (10.68%) ASP.NET Web API
12 90 (10.56%) REST
13 82 (9.62%) Spring
14 75 (8.80%) RESTful
15 62 (7.28%) .NET Framework
16 56 (6.57%) Spring Boot
17 49 (5.75%) Kafka
18 31 (3.64%) WPF
19 28 (3.29%) CSS
20 27 (3.17%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 232 (27.23%) Cloud Native
2 110 (12.91%) Distributed Systems
3 80 (9.39%) Product Ownership
4 32 (3.76%) Legacy Systems
5 30 (3.52%) Greenfield Project
6 23 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
7 18 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.76%) AI Agents
8 15 (1.76%) Virtual Team
9 13 (1.53%) Management Information System
10 12 (1.41%) Blog
11 9 (1.06%) Data Structures
11 9 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
12 7 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.82%) IoT
12 7 (0.82%) Mobile App
13 6 (0.70%) Onboarding
13 6 (0.70%) Public Cloud
14 5 (0.59%) Algorithms
14 5 (0.59%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 48 (5.63%) Linux
2 28 (3.29%) Windows
3 14 (1.64%) Unix
4 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 474 (55.63%) Agile
2 447 (52.46%) CI/CD
3 318 (37.32%) Full-Stack Development
4 305 (35.80%) Software Engineering
5 276 (32.39%) Mentoring
6 253 (29.69%) DevOps
7 202 (23.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 185 (21.71%) Problem-Solving
9 165 (19.37%) Event-Driven
10 159 (18.66%) AI
11 158 (18.54%) Scrum
12 151 (17.72%) Technical Leadership
13 145 (17.02%) Test Automation
14 144 (16.90%) Coaching
15 138 (16.20%) TDD
16 119 (13.97%) Architectural Patterns
16 119 (13.97%) Clean Code
17 116 (13.62%) Infrastructure as Code
18 113 (13.26%) Event-Driven Architecture
19 105 (12.32%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 357 (41.90%) C#
2 263 (30.87%) SQL
3 243 (28.52%) Java
4 240 (28.17%) JavaScript
5 197 (23.12%) TypeScript
6 115 (13.50%) Python
7 31 (3.64%) Ruby
8 19 (2.23%) Bash
9 18 (2.11%) Go
10 15 (1.76%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.64%) Bicep
11 14 (1.64%) PL/SQL
12 8 (0.94%) PHP
13 7 (0.82%) C++
13 7 (0.82%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.59%) Scala
15 3 (0.35%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.23%) C
16 2 (0.23%) Groovy
16 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 99 (11.62%) Security Cleared
2 79 (9.27%) SC Cleared
3 67 (7.86%) Degree
4 31 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (1.76%) Azure Certification
6 12 (1.41%) AWS Certification
7 11 (1.29%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.17%) CISM
8 10 (1.17%) CISSP
9 8 (0.94%) DBS Check
10 7 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (0.70%) CCSP
12 5 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.23%) CSSLP
14 2 (0.23%) GWAPT
14 2 (0.23%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (11.97%) QA
2 25 (2.93%) Accessibility
3 24 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (2.11%) GDPR
5 12 (1.41%) NIST
6 9 (1.06%) Data Quality
7 8 (0.94%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 7 (0.82%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.47%) NCSC
11 3 (0.35%) IFRS
11 3 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.35%) SLA
11 3 (0.35%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.35%) WCAG
12 1 (0.12%) PSD2
12 1 (0.12%) SEPA
System Software
1 227 (26.64%) Docker
2 9 (1.06%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.12%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 275 (32.28%) Kubernetes
2 78 (9.15%) Grafana
3 17 (2.00%) Argo
4 13 (1.53%) Ansible
4 13 (1.53%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.35%) Cilium
6 2 (0.23%) Kibana
6 2 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.12%) Consul
7 1 (0.12%) Control-M
Vendors
1 227 (26.64%) Microsoft
2 35 (4.11%) Google
3 28 (3.29%) Oracle
4 16 (1.88%) OpenAI
5 13 (1.53%) SAP
6 10 (1.17%) Databricks
7 9 (1.06%) Splunk
8 7 (0.82%) Dynatrace
9 5 (0.59%) HubSpot
10 4 (0.47%) Epicor
10 4 (0.47%) Facebook
10 4 (0.47%) ForgeRock
10 4 (0.47%) IFS
10 4 (0.47%) Infor
10 4 (0.47%) Instagram
10 4 (0.47%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.47%) TikTok
11 3 (0.35%) Okta
11 3 (0.35%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.35%) Solace