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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 39 62
Rank change year-on-year -22 +23 -19
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 887 1,069 1,057
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.00% 6.49% 3.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.83% 6.97% 4.52%
Number of salaries quoted 643 514 901
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +12.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £88,148 £90,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,979 £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 18,379 15,333 23,410
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.97% 93.03% 88.01%
Number of salaries quoted 13,361 9,055 17,187
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,000 £42,672
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 31 July 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 (0.79%) CMS
2 5 (0.56%) IIS
2 5 (0.56%) nginx
2 5 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 4 (0.45%) Camunda
4 3 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.34%) Confluence
4 3 (0.34%) DNN
4 3 (0.34%) EPiServer
4 3 (0.34%) Immediacy CMS
4 3 (0.34%) JBoss
4 3 (0.34%) Kentico
4 3 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
4 3 (0.34%) Sitefinity
4 3 (0.34%) Umbraco
4 3 (0.34%) WordPress
5 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.11%) Apache
6 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.11%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 6 (0.68%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.23%) Shopify
4 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 498 (56.14%) AWS
2 430 (48.48%) Azure
3 159 (17.93%) GCP
4 145 (16.35%) SaaS
5 96 (10.82%) Serverless
6 89 (10.03%) GitHub
7 78 (8.79%) Azure DevOps
8 70 (7.89%) GitHub Copilot
9 57 (6.43%) AWS Lambda
10 54 (6.09%) Amazon EKS
11 48 (5.41%) Azure Service Bus
12 43 (4.85%) Amazon S3
13 41 (4.62%) Amazon SQS
14 39 (4.40%) Azure AKS
15 35 (3.95%) Amazon ECS
16 31 (3.49%) Amazon EC2
16 31 (3.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 26 (2.93%) PaaS
18 20 (2.25%) Azure Monitor
19 16 (1.80%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 55 (6.20%) Broadband
2 7 (0.79%) Hyperconnected
2 7 (0.79%) Internet
3 6 (0.68%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (0.68%) Firewall
4 5 (0.56%) DNS
5 4 (0.45%) DHCP
5 4 (0.45%) HTTP
5 4 (0.45%) MQTT
5 4 (0.45%) Network Security
5 4 (0.45%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.34%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 225 (25.37%) MongoDB
2 150 (16.91%) Azure SQL Database
3 131 (14.77%) Elasticsearch
4 111 (12.51%) PostgreSQL
5 65 (7.33%) SQL Server
6 60 (6.76%) NoSQL
7 50 (5.64%) MySQL
8 29 (3.27%) Redis
8 29 (3.27%) Relational Database
9 21 (2.37%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.90%) Metadata
11 7 (0.79%) Data Lake
11 7 (0.79%) DynamoDB
11 7 (0.79%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.45%) Delta Lake
12 4 (0.45%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.34%) Oracle Database
14 2 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 74 (8.34%) Git
2 43 (4.85%) TeamCity
3 38 (4.28%) GitLab
4 23 (2.59%) Cypress.io
5 20 (2.25%) Jenkins
6 16 (1.80%) Claude Code
7 15 (1.69%) JUnit
7 15 (1.69%) Maven
8 13 (1.47%) Mockito
9 11 (1.24%) JIRA
10 9 (1.01%) Selenium
11 5 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 5 (0.56%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.56%) Octopus Deploy
12 4 (0.45%) NUnit
13 3 (0.34%) Jasmine
13 3 (0.34%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.34%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
14 2 (0.23%) MLflow
General
1 187 (21.08%) Finance
2 143 (16.12%) Social Skills
3 97 (10.94%) Law
4 93 (10.48%) Public Sector
5 83 (9.36%) Retail
6 71 (8.00%) Legal
7 67 (7.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 63 (7.10%) Banking
9 40 (4.51%) Financial Institution
10 39 (4.40%) Back Office
11 38 (4.28%) Analytical Skills
12 28 (3.16%) Legal Technology
13 19 (2.14%) Games
13 19 (2.14%) Marketing
14 17 (1.92%) Aerospace
15 10 (1.13%) Manufacturing
15 10 (1.13%) Telecoms
16 8 (0.90%) Advertising
17 5 (0.56%) Aviation
17 5 (0.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 411 (46.34%) Developer
2 194 (21.87%) Software Engineer
3 190 (21.42%) .NET Developer
4 186 (20.97%) Senior
5 169 (19.05%) Lead
6 102 (11.50%) Architect
7 97 (10.94%) Full-Stack Developer
8 88 (9.92%) Senior Developer
9 52 (5.86%) Lead Developer
10 50 (5.64%) Senior Software Engineer
11 45 (5.07%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 41 (4.62%) Lead Software Engineer
13 38 (4.28%) Java Engineer
14 33 (3.72%) C# Developer
15 32 (3.61%) .NET Software Engineer
16 30 (3.38%) C# .NET Developer
16 30 (3.38%) Software Developer
17 28 (3.16%) Java Developer
17 28 (3.16%) Team Leader
17 28 (3.16%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 357 (40.25%) .NET
2 252 (28.41%) Node.js
3 234 (26.38%) React
4 178 (20.07%) .NET Core
5 175 (19.73%) ASP.NET
6 154 (17.36%) ASP.NET Core
7 149 (16.80%) Vue
8 117 (13.19%) AngularJS
9 95 (10.71%) Blazor
10 94 (10.60%) ASP.NET Web API
11 87 (9.81%) RESTful
12 86 (9.70%) REST
13 73 (8.23%) .NET Framework
14 67 (7.55%) Spring
15 48 (5.41%) Spring Boot
16 47 (5.30%) gRPC
17 41 (4.62%) Kafka
18 40 (4.51%) CSS
19 37 (4.17%) HTML
20 29 (3.27%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 234 (26.38%) Cloud Native
2 135 (15.22%) Distributed Systems
3 73 (8.23%) Product Ownership
4 40 (4.51%) Video\Live Streaming
5 37 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
6 36 (4.06%) Over-the-Top Content
7 30 (3.38%) Greenfield Project
8 22 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (1.69%) Virtual Team
10 13 (1.47%) AI Agents
11 12 (1.35%) Legacy Applications
12 10 (1.13%) IoT
12 10 (1.13%) Management Information System
13 8 (0.90%) Mobile App
14 7 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (0.79%) Onboarding
15 6 (0.68%) Blog
15 6 (0.68%) Data Structures
15 6 (0.68%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.86%) Linux
2 23 (2.59%) Windows
3 20 (2.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 488 (55.02%) Agile
2 451 (50.85%) CI/CD
3 353 (39.80%) Software Engineering
4 340 (38.33%) Full-Stack Development
5 266 (29.99%) DevOps
6 244 (27.51%) Mentoring
7 208 (23.45%) Continuous Improvement
8 199 (22.44%) Problem-Solving
9 170 (19.17%) Scrum
10 167 (18.83%) Event-Driven
11 164 (18.49%) Coaching
12 158 (17.81%) AI
13 149 (16.80%) Test Automation
14 148 (16.69%) Containerisation
15 145 (16.35%) TDD
16 139 (15.67%) Clean Code
17 130 (14.66%) Technical Leadership
18 123 (13.87%) Infrastructure as Code
19 117 (13.19%) Event-Driven Architecture
20 114 (12.85%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 370 (41.71%) C#
2 274 (30.89%) SQL
3 255 (28.75%) JavaScript
4 206 (23.22%) Java
5 203 (22.89%) TypeScript
6 152 (17.14%) Python
7 48 (5.41%) Go
8 40 (4.51%) Scala
9 27 (3.04%) Ruby
10 18 (2.03%) Bash
11 16 (1.80%) PHP
12 15 (1.69%) PowerShell
13 14 (1.58%) Bicep
14 13 (1.47%) PL/SQL
15 7 (0.79%) Rust
16 4 (0.45%) C++
17 3 (0.34%) Kotlin
17 3 (0.34%) VB.NET
18 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
19 1 (0.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 82 (9.24%) Security Cleared
2 67 (7.55%) Degree
3 61 (6.88%) SC Cleared
4 28 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (1.24%) AWS Certification
6 10 (1.13%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.13%) CISSP
6 10 (1.13%) DBS Check
6 10 (1.13%) DV Cleared
7 6 (0.68%) CISM
8 5 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.45%) AWS Certified Developer
9 4 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.45%) GIAC
9 4 (0.45%) ISACA
9 4 (0.45%) SANS
10 3 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (12.40%) QA
2 22 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (2.03%) GDPR
4 15 (1.69%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
5 10 (1.13%) NIST
6 9 (1.01%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 4 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 4 (0.45%) WCAG
8 3 (0.34%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.34%) IFRS
8 3 (0.34%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.34%) NCSC
8 3 (0.34%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.34%) SEPA
9 2 (0.23%) GRC
10 1 (0.11%) PSD2
System Software
1 249 (28.07%) Docker
2 11 (1.24%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.34%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 247 (27.85%) Kubernetes
2 114 (12.85%) Terraform
3 59 (6.65%) Grafana
4 26 (2.93%) Ansible
5 17 (1.92%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.80%) Argo
7 3 (0.34%) Kibana
8 2 (0.23%) MIIS
8 2 (0.23%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.11%) Puppet
9 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 234 (26.38%) Microsoft
2 36 (4.06%) Typelevel
3 35 (3.95%) Google
4 27 (3.04%) Oracle
5 14 (1.58%) OpenAI
6 10 (1.13%) Databricks
7 9 (1.01%) SAP
8 6 (0.68%) Cisco
8 6 (0.68%) F5
8 6 (0.68%) ForgeRock
8 6 (0.68%) Juniper
8 6 (0.68%) Okta
8 6 (0.68%) Palo Alto
8 6 (0.68%) Red Hat
9 5 (0.56%) HubSpot
9 5 (0.56%) Splunk
10 4 (0.45%) Epicor
10 4 (0.45%) Facebook
10 4 (0.45%) Infor
10 4 (0.45%) ServiceNow