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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 61 45
Rank change year-on-year -21 -16 -7
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 497 873 1,289
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.29% 4.52% 6.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.64% 4.99% 6.52%
Number of salaries quoted 401 529 989
10th Percentile £52,400 £45,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £105,000 £106,100
UK median annual salary £77,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +10.71% -6.67% -3.23%

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 13,636 17,488 19,782
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.23% 90.62% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8,573 10,553 16,034
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,070
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 1 December 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 14 (2.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 8 (1.61%) JBoss
3 7 (1.41%) Confluence
3 7 (1.41%) WebSphere
4 6 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.21%) nginx
5 5 (1.01%) CMS
6 4 (0.80%) Apache Pulsar
6 4 (0.80%) IIS
7 3 (0.60%) Apache
7 3 (0.60%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.20%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.20%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.20%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.20%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.60%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.20%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 14 (2.82%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.20%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.20%) Quorum
2 1 (0.20%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 280 (56.34%) Azure
2 264 (53.12%) AWS
3 97 (19.52%) SaaS
4 95 (19.11%) GCP
5 77 (15.49%) Serverless
6 72 (14.49%) Azure DevOps
7 65 (13.08%) GitHub
8 34 (6.84%) Azure Service Bus
9 29 (5.84%) AWS Lambda
10 26 (5.23%) Amazon S3
10 26 (5.23%) PaaS
10 26 (5.23%) Power Platform
11 24 (4.83%) Amazon EKS
11 24 (4.83%) GitHub Actions
12 23 (4.63%) Amazon ECS
13 21 (4.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 17 (3.42%) OCI
15 15 (3.02%) Amazon SQS
16 14 (2.82%) Azure App Service
16 14 (2.82%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.60%) Broadband
2 2 (0.40%) AMQP
2 2 (0.40%) Network Security
3 1 (0.20%) Firewall
3 1 (0.20%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (17.71%) MongoDB
2 74 (14.89%) NoSQL
2 74 (14.89%) SQL Server
3 64 (12.88%) PostgreSQL
4 46 (9.26%) Azure SQL Database
5 34 (6.84%) Elasticsearch
6 26 (5.23%) MySQL
7 19 (3.82%) Power BI
8 18 (3.62%) DynamoDB
9 14 (2.82%) Redis
9 14 (2.82%) Tableau
10 13 (2.62%) Relational Database
11 10 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (1.41%) NonStop SQL
13 6 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (1.01%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.80%) BigQuery
16 3 (0.60%) Snowflake Schema
17 2 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
17 2 (0.40%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 88 (17.71%) Git
2 43 (8.65%) Jenkins
3 25 (5.03%) JIRA
4 17 (3.42%) GitLab
5 14 (2.82%) Oracle Forms
5 14 (2.82%) TeamCity
6 12 (2.41%) Cypress.io
7 11 (2.21%) Selenium
8 8 (1.61%) git-flow
8 8 (1.61%) JUnit
8 8 (1.61%) Octopus Deploy
8 8 (1.61%) Team Foundation Server
9 7 (1.41%) Cucumber
9 7 (1.41%) Visual Studio
10 6 (1.21%) CircleCI
11 5 (1.01%) MSBuild
12 4 (0.80%) JMeter
12 4 (0.80%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.60%) Mockito
13 3 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 144 (28.97%) Social Skills
2 112 (22.54%) Finance
3 37 (7.44%) Law
4 31 (6.24%) Banking
5 29 (5.84%) Retail
6 22 (4.43%) Public Sector
7 20 (4.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (3.82%) Back Office
9 18 (3.62%) Financial Institution
10 17 (3.42%) Billing
11 16 (3.22%) Analytical Skills
11 16 (3.22%) Telecoms
12 13 (2.62%) Legal
13 12 (2.41%) Front Office
14 10 (2.01%) Advertising
15 8 (1.61%) Marketing
16 7 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
18 4 (0.80%) Manufacturing
18 4 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 198 (39.84%) Developer
2 137 (27.57%) Senior
3 96 (19.32%) Software Engineer
4 80 (16.10%) .NET Developer
5 78 (15.69%) Architect
6 62 (12.47%) Lead
7 45 (9.05%) Senior Developer
8 40 (8.05%) Senior Software Engineer
9 30 (6.04%) Lead Developer
10 28 (5.63%) C# Developer
11 27 (5.43%) Full-Stack Developer
12 26 (5.23%) Software Developer
13 25 (5.03%) Principal Engineer
14 23 (4.63%) Java Engineer
15 21 (4.23%) Java Developer
15 21 (4.23%) Solutions Architect
16 20 (4.02%) Applications Engineer
16 20 (4.02%) Cloud Engineer
17 19 (3.82%) Technical Architect
18 18 (3.62%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (41.65%) .NET
2 141 (28.37%) React
3 125 (25.15%) RESTful
4 80 (16.10%) AngularJS
5 77 (15.49%) .NET Core
6 67 (13.48%) Kafka
7 66 (13.28%) Node.js
8 63 (12.68%) ASP.NET Web API
9 60 (12.07%) Spring
10 59 (11.87%) REST
11 57 (11.47%) .NET Framework
12 55 (11.07%) ASP.NET
13 54 (10.87%) Spring Boot
14 50 (10.06%) Entity Framework
14 50 (10.06%) HTML
15 38 (7.65%) ASP.NET MVC
15 38 (7.65%) CSS
16 35 (7.04%) RabbitMQ
16 35 (7.04%) Vue
17 32 (6.44%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 141 (28.37%) Cloud Native
2 65 (13.08%) Distributed Systems
3 46 (9.26%) Enterprise Software
4 44 (8.85%) Product Ownership
5 21 (4.23%) Onboarding
6 16 (3.22%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (2.82%) Data Structures
8 12 (2.41%) Algorithms
8 12 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (2.01%) Virtual Team
10 8 (1.61%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.41%) DataPower
11 7 (1.41%) IoT
12 6 (1.21%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.21%) Management Information System
12 6 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.01%) Augmented Reality
13 5 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (1.01%) Derivative
13 5 (1.01%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.02%) Linux
2 17 (3.42%) Windows
3 9 (1.81%) Android
4 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.40%) VMS
5 1 (0.20%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (53.72%) Agile
2 222 (44.67%) CI/CD
3 206 (41.45%) DevOps
4 168 (33.80%) Software Engineering
5 144 (28.97%) Full-Stack Development
6 124 (24.95%) Mentoring
7 94 (18.91%) Event-Driven
8 92 (18.51%) Containerisation
9 88 (17.71%) AI
10 87 (17.51%) Continuous Improvement
10 87 (17.51%) Problem-Solving
11 83 (16.70%) Test Automation
12 80 (16.10%) TDD
13 75 (15.09%) Clean Code
14 70 (14.08%) Scrum
15 63 (12.68%) Computer Science
16 62 (12.47%) Coaching
17 61 (12.27%) MVC
18 60 (12.07%) Design Patterns
19 59 (11.87%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 217 (43.66%) C#
2 165 (33.20%) Java
3 161 (32.39%) SQL
4 124 (24.95%) JavaScript
5 107 (21.53%) TypeScript
6 106 (21.33%) Python
7 32 (6.44%) Go
8 14 (2.82%) PL/SQL
8 14 (2.82%) Shell Script
9 10 (2.01%) Ruby
10 9 (1.81%) PHP
11 8 (1.61%) PowerShell
12 6 (1.21%) C++
12 6 (1.21%) Delphi
13 4 (0.80%) Bicep
13 4 (0.80%) C
14 3 (0.60%) Bash
14 3 (0.60%) Elixir
14 3 (0.60%) Erlang
14 3 (0.60%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 71 (14.29%) Degree
2 54 (10.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 38 (7.65%) AWS Certification
4 34 (6.84%) Security Cleared
5 31 (6.24%) SC Cleared
6 27 (5.43%) Azure Certification
7 23 (4.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 22 (4.43%) TOGAF Certification
9 20 (4.02%) Master's Degree
10 18 (3.62%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.21%) CISM
11 6 (1.21%) CISSP
12 4 (0.80%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (0.60%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 2 (0.40%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (11.47%) QA
2 21 (4.23%) GDPR
3 12 (2.41%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.81%) NIST
5 7 (1.41%) HIPAA
5 7 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.01%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.60%) NCSC
7 3 (0.60%) WCAG
8 2 (0.40%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.40%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.20%) JSP 440
System Software
1 117 (23.54%) Docker
2 11 (2.21%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.40%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.40%) vSphere
5 1 (0.20%) Firmware
5 1 (0.20%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 128 (25.75%) Kubernetes
2 56 (11.27%) Terraform
3 34 (6.84%) Grafana
4 14 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (2.21%) Prometheus
6 9 (1.81%) Ansible
7 6 (1.21%) Argo
7 6 (1.21%) Kibana
8 2 (0.40%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.40%) Puppet
9 1 (0.20%) Istio
Vendors
1 117 (23.54%) Microsoft
2 28 (5.63%) Oracle
3 15 (3.02%) Guidewire
4 12 (2.41%) Google
5 7 (1.41%) Facebook
5 7 (1.41%) YouTube
6 6 (1.21%) Databricks
7 5 (1.01%) Red Hat
8 4 (0.80%) BiZZdesign
8 4 (0.80%) Ericsson
8 4 (0.80%) Mavenir
8 4 (0.80%) Nokia
9 3 (0.60%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.60%) MuleSoft
9 3 (0.60%) Sage
9 3 (0.60%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.60%) Trayport
10 2 (0.40%) SAP
10 2 (0.40%) SnapLogic
10 2 (0.40%) VMware