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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 36 45
Rank change year-on-year -31 +9 -7
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 675 1,101 1,815
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.52% 7.55% 5.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.25% 7.96% 6.11%
Number of salaries quoted 483 546 1,647
10th Percentile £46,418 £50,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £70,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +13.82% -18.00%
75th Percentile £88,148 £93,778 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £75,000 £74,870 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.17% +15.18% -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 15,889 13,827 29,727
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.91% 94.82% 90.27%
Number of salaries quoted 11,338 8,083 23,433
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,300 £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 £106,100 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.39% +5.51% -9.84%

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 28 May 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 (1.04%) JBoss
1 7 (1.04%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 4 (0.59%) CMS
2 4 (0.59%) WebSphere
3 3 (0.44%) Camunda
3 3 (0.44%) Confluence
3 3 (0.44%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.30%) Apache
4 2 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.30%) NServiceBus
4 2 (0.30%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.15%) Apache Pulsar
5 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.15%) nginx
5 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.59%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.30%) Shopify
4 1 (0.15%) Actimize
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 426 (63.11%) AWS
2 309 (45.78%) Azure
3 162 (24.00%) GCP
4 124 (18.37%) SaaS
5 111 (16.44%) Serverless
6 67 (9.93%) Azure DevOps
7 60 (8.89%) GitHub
8 55 (8.15%) AWS Lambda
9 47 (6.96%) Amazon EKS
10 45 (6.67%) Amazon SQS
11 39 (5.78%) Amazon S3
12 35 (5.19%) Amazon ECS
13 34 (5.04%) Azure AKS
14 32 (4.74%) Amazon EC2
15 30 (4.44%) GitHub Copilot
16 29 (4.30%) Azure Service Bus
17 27 (4.00%) PaaS
18 21 (3.11%) Power Platform
19 18 (2.67%) Azure Event Grid
20 15 (2.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 60 (8.89%) Broadband
2 6 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (0.89%) DNS
2 6 (0.89%) Firewall
3 5 (0.74%) DHCP
3 5 (0.74%) MQTT
4 4 (0.59%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.44%) Hyperconnected
5 3 (0.44%) Internet
5 3 (0.44%) Modbus
5 3 (0.44%) Network Security
6 2 (0.30%) AMQP
7 1 (0.15%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (20.00%) MongoDB
2 104 (15.41%) PostgreSQL
3 80 (11.85%) NoSQL
4 48 (7.11%) Azure SQL Database
5 43 (6.37%) Elasticsearch
6 40 (5.93%) MySQL
7 39 (5.78%) SQL Server
8 20 (2.96%) Amazon RDS
9 18 (2.67%) Relational Database
10 17 (2.52%) Redis
11 9 (1.33%) BigQuery
12 8 (1.19%) DynamoDB
13 6 (0.89%) Metadata
14 5 (0.74%) Power BI
14 5 (0.74%) Tableau
15 4 (0.59%) MariaDB
15 4 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 3 (0.44%) Data Lake
16 3 (0.44%) Oracle Database
17 2 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 70 (10.37%) Git
2 41 (6.07%) TeamCity
3 40 (5.93%) GitLab
4 25 (3.70%) Jenkins
5 24 (3.56%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.78%) Claude Code
6 12 (1.78%) JIRA
7 11 (1.63%) JUnit
7 11 (1.63%) Maven
8 9 (1.33%) Mockito
9 8 (1.19%) Visual Studio
10 7 (1.04%) Selenium
11 5 (0.74%) CircleCI
11 5 (0.74%) Oracle Forms
11 5 (0.74%) REST Assured
12 4 (0.59%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.59%) NUnit
13 3 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 3 (0.44%) Jasmine
13 3 (0.44%) SpecFlow
General
1 172 (25.48%) Finance
2 115 (17.04%) Social Skills
3 81 (12.00%) Public Sector
4 73 (10.81%) Banking
5 71 (10.52%) Law
6 58 (8.59%) Retail
7 50 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 44 (6.52%) Financial Institution
9 40 (5.93%) Back Office
10 34 (5.04%) Analytical Skills
11 13 (1.93%) Marketing
12 12 (1.78%) Legal
13 10 (1.48%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.33%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.19%) Aerospace
15 8 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.89%) Games
17 5 (0.74%) Aviation
17 5 (0.74%) Health Technology
17 5 (0.74%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 248 (36.74%) Developer
2 190 (28.15%) Software Engineer
3 145 (21.48%) Senior
4 134 (19.85%) Lead
5 93 (13.78%) Architect
6 88 (13.04%) .NET Developer
7 75 (11.11%) Full-Stack Developer
8 60 (8.89%) Senior Software Engineer
9 47 (6.96%) Java Engineer
10 40 (5.93%) Lead Developer
11 36 (5.33%) .NET Software Engineer
12 34 (5.04%) C# Developer
13 32 (4.74%) Java Software Engineer
13 32 (4.74%) Lead Software Engineer
13 32 (4.74%) Senior Developer
14 31 (4.59%) C# Software Engineer
15 30 (4.44%) Scala Engineer
16 29 (4.30%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 29 (4.30%) Java Developer
17 27 (4.00%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (27.70%) .NET
2 163 (24.15%) React
3 153 (22.67%) Node.js
4 102 (15.11%) RESTful
5 80 (11.85%) .NET Core
6 72 (10.67%) Vue
7 69 (10.22%) Spring
8 68 (10.07%) REST
9 67 (9.93%) ASP.NET
10 60 (8.89%) AngularJS
11 56 (8.30%) ASP.NET Core
11 56 (8.30%) gRPC
12 47 (6.96%) Spring Boot
13 45 (6.67%) Kafka
14 41 (6.07%) .NET Framework
15 40 (5.93%) ASP.NET Web API
15 40 (5.93%) HTML
16 39 (5.78%) CSS
17 29 (4.30%) Blazor
18 27 (4.00%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 204 (30.22%) Cloud Native
2 109 (16.15%) Distributed Systems
3 71 (10.52%) Product Ownership
4 46 (6.81%) Video\Live Streaming
5 45 (6.67%) Over-the-Top Content
6 32 (4.74%) Enterprise Software
7 21 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
8 13 (1.93%) Legacy Applications
8 13 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.78%) Virtual Team
10 10 (1.48%) Mobile App
11 9 (1.33%) Data Structures
12 8 (1.19%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.19%) Algorithms
13 7 (1.04%) Onboarding
13 7 (1.04%) PKI
14 6 (0.89%) IoT
15 5 (0.74%) Distributed Architecture
15 5 (0.74%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 40 (5.93%) Linux
2 20 (2.96%) Unix
3 14 (2.07%) Windows
4 8 (1.19%) Android
5 5 (0.74%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.15%) CentOS
6 1 (0.15%) Debian
6 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (52.00%) CI/CD
2 297 (44.00%) Software Engineering
3 295 (43.70%) Agile
4 243 (36.00%) DevOps
5 218 (32.30%) Full-Stack Development
6 201 (29.78%) Mentoring
7 162 (24.00%) Containerisation
8 157 (23.26%) Coaching
8 157 (23.26%) Test Automation
9 139 (20.59%) Event-Driven
9 139 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
10 134 (19.85%) Continuous Improvement
11 129 (19.11%) Clean Code
12 109 (16.15%) AI
13 107 (15.85%) Scrum
14 101 (14.96%) Infrastructure as Code
15 99 (14.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 98 (14.52%) Technical Leadership
17 92 (13.63%) TDD
18 84 (12.44%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 208 (30.81%) Java
2 187 (27.70%) JavaScript
3 182 (26.96%) C#
4 176 (26.07%) SQL
5 149 (22.07%) Python
6 130 (19.26%) TypeScript
7 60 (8.89%) Go
8 47 (6.96%) Scala
9 25 (3.70%) Ruby
10 15 (2.22%) PHP
10 15 (2.22%) PL/SQL
11 13 (1.93%) Bash
12 10 (1.48%) PowerShell
13 9 (1.33%) Bicep
14 8 (1.19%) Kotlin
14 8 (1.19%) Rust
14 8 (1.19%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.89%) C++
16 1 (0.15%) Perl
16 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (10.22%) Degree
1 69 (10.22%) Security Cleared
2 53 (7.85%) SC Cleared
3 34 (5.04%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (3.41%) Azure Certification
5 19 (2.81%) AWS Certification
6 17 (2.52%) TOGAF Certification
7 15 (2.22%) CISSP
8 14 (2.07%) DBS Check
8 14 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 10 (1.48%) CISM
10 5 (0.74%) GIAC
10 5 (0.74%) ISACA
10 5 (0.74%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.74%) SANS
11 4 (0.59%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.59%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.59%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (6.81%) QA
2 20 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (2.67%) Accessibility
4 16 (2.37%) GDPR
5 15 (2.22%) NIST
6 10 (1.48%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (1.04%) NCSC
7 7 (1.04%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.59%) WCAG
9 3 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.44%) IFRS
9 3 (0.44%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.30%) GRC
10 2 (0.30%) SEPA
11 1 (0.15%) Data Quality
System Software
1 198 (29.33%) Docker
2 11 (1.63%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 196 (29.04%) Kubernetes
2 119 (17.63%) Terraform
3 51 (7.56%) Grafana
4 28 (4.15%) Ansible
5 18 (2.67%) Argo
6 9 (1.33%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.44%) Kibana
9 2 (0.30%) MIIS
9 2 (0.30%) Opsgenie
9 2 (0.30%) Puppet
Vendors
1 119 (17.63%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.67%) Typelevel
3 25 (3.70%) Google
4 21 (3.11%) Oracle
5 9 (1.33%) OpenAI
6 7 (1.04%) Red Hat
7 6 (0.89%) Cisco
7 6 (0.89%) F5
7 6 (0.89%) Juniper
7 6 (0.89%) Palo Alto
8 5 (0.74%) ForgeRock
8 5 (0.74%) HubSpot
8 5 (0.74%) Okta
9 4 (0.59%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.44%) Databricks
10 3 (0.44%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.44%) Foundry
10 3 (0.44%) Revolut
10 3 (0.44%) Splunk
11 2 (0.30%) AppDynamics