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 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 37 47
Rank change year-on-year -27 +10 -8
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 760 1,112 1,640
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.72% 7.12% 4.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.53% 7.55% 5.48%
Number of salaries quoted 568 555 1,457
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £88,148 £93,778 £83,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £74,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +2.07% +11.54% -13.97%

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 16,791 14,738 29,927
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.17% 94.32% 89.12%
Number of salaries quoted 12,235 8,589 23,073
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,500 £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 £79,625 £75,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 27 June 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 6 (0.79%) CMS
1 6 (0.79%) JBoss
2 3 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.39%) Confluence
2 3 (0.39%) IIS
2 3 (0.39%) nginx
2 3 (0.39%) WebSphere
3 2 (0.26%) Apache
3 2 (0.26%) Camunda
3 2 (0.26%) DNN
3 2 (0.26%) EPiServer
3 2 (0.26%) Immediacy CMS
3 2 (0.26%) Kentico
3 2 (0.26%) NServiceBus
3 2 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.26%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
3 2 (0.26%) Sitefinity
3 2 (0.26%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.26%) Shopify
5 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 473 (62.24%) AWS
2 369 (48.55%) Azure
3 162 (21.32%) GCP
4 140 (18.42%) SaaS
5 107 (14.08%) Serverless
6 76 (10.00%) GitHub
7 73 (9.61%) Azure DevOps
8 57 (7.50%) Amazon EKS
8 57 (7.50%) AWS Lambda
9 51 (6.71%) GitHub Copilot
10 43 (5.66%) Amazon S3
11 42 (5.53%) Amazon SQS
12 40 (5.26%) Azure Service Bus
13 39 (5.13%) Azure AKS
14 37 (4.87%) Amazon ECS
15 33 (4.34%) Amazon EC2
16 29 (3.82%) PaaS
17 28 (3.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 19 (2.50%) Azure Functions
19 18 (2.37%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 64 (8.42%) Broadband
2 8 (1.05%) Hyperconnected
2 8 (1.05%) Internet
3 6 (0.79%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (0.79%) DNS
3 6 (0.79%) Firewall
4 5 (0.66%) DHCP
4 5 (0.66%) MQTT
5 4 (0.53%) Network Security
5 4 (0.53%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.39%) Modbus
7 2 (0.26%) AMQP
8 1 (0.13%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (24.08%) MongoDB
2 110 (14.47%) PostgreSQL
3 107 (14.08%) Azure SQL Database
4 94 (12.37%) Elasticsearch
5 68 (8.95%) NoSQL
6 53 (6.97%) SQL Server
7 46 (6.05%) MySQL
8 26 (3.42%) Relational Database
9 25 (3.29%) Redis
10 20 (2.63%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (0.92%) Metadata
11 7 (0.92%) RDBMS
12 6 (0.79%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.79%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.66%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.66%) MariaDB
14 4 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.53%) Delta Lake
15 3 (0.39%) Oracle Database
15 3 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 59 (7.76%) Git
2 45 (5.92%) TeamCity
3 43 (5.66%) GitLab
4 24 (3.16%) Cypress.io
5 20 (2.63%) Jenkins
6 17 (2.24%) Claude Code
7 11 (1.45%) JIRA
7 11 (1.45%) JUnit
7 11 (1.45%) Maven
8 9 (1.18%) Mockito
9 7 (0.92%) Selenium
9 7 (0.92%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.79%) NUnit
11 4 (0.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.53%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.53%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.53%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.39%) CircleCI
12 3 (0.39%) Postman
12 3 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 182 (23.95%) Finance
2 127 (16.71%) Social Skills
3 82 (10.79%) Public Sector
4 74 (9.74%) Banking
5 73 (9.61%) Retail
6 71 (9.34%) Law
7 58 (7.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 43 (5.66%) Back Office
8 43 (5.66%) Financial Institution
9 36 (4.74%) Analytical Skills
10 14 (1.84%) Marketing
11 12 (1.58%) Aerospace
11 12 (1.58%) Games
11 12 (1.58%) Legal
12 10 (1.32%) Telecoms
13 9 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.18%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.66%) Aviation
15 4 (0.53%) Health Technology
15 4 (0.53%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 309 (40.66%) Developer
2 198 (26.05%) Software Engineer
3 149 (19.61%) Lead
4 143 (18.82%) .NET Developer
4 143 (18.82%) Senior
5 97 (12.76%) Architect
6 89 (11.71%) Full-Stack Developer
7 62 (8.16%) Senior Software Engineer
8 46 (6.05%) Java Engineer
8 46 (6.05%) Lead Developer
9 36 (4.74%) Senior Developer
10 34 (4.47%) .NET Software Engineer
10 34 (4.47%) Lead Software Engineer
11 33 (4.34%) C# Developer
12 32 (4.21%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 32 (4.21%) Java Software Engineer
13 30 (3.95%) C# Software Engineer
13 30 (3.95%) Scala Engineer
13 30 (3.95%) Software Developer
14 28 (3.68%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 256 (33.68%) .NET
2 206 (27.11%) Node.js
2 206 (27.11%) React
3 139 (18.29%) .NET Core
4 128 (16.84%) ASP.NET
5 120 (15.79%) Vue
6 110 (14.47%) ASP.NET Core
7 94 (12.37%) AngularJS
8 89 (11.71%) RESTful
9 74 (9.74%) ASP.NET Web API
10 73 (9.61%) REST
11 70 (9.21%) Spring
12 62 (8.16%) Blazor
13 60 (7.89%) .NET Framework
14 53 (6.97%) gRPC
15 50 (6.58%) Spring Boot
16 40 (5.26%) CSS
17 39 (5.13%) HTML
17 39 (5.13%) Kafka
18 26 (3.42%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 223 (29.34%) Cloud Native
2 127 (16.71%) Distributed Systems
3 70 (9.21%) Product Ownership
4 46 (6.05%) Video\Live Streaming
5 45 (5.92%) Over-the-Top Content
6 26 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
7 23 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
8 21 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (1.97%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.58%) Legacy Applications
10 12 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.18%) AI Agents
11 9 (1.18%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.92%) Onboarding
13 6 (0.79%) Blog
13 6 (0.79%) Data Structures
13 6 (0.79%) Management Information System
13 6 (0.79%) PKI
14 5 (0.66%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 46 (6.05%) Linux
2 20 (2.63%) Unix
3 19 (2.50%) Windows
4 3 (0.39%) Android
4 3 (0.39%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) CentOS
5 1 (0.13%) Debian
5 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (50.26%) CI/CD
2 368 (48.42%) Agile
3 319 (41.97%) Software Engineering
4 292 (38.42%) Full-Stack Development
5 258 (33.95%) DevOps
6 214 (28.16%) Mentoring
7 160 (21.05%) Containerisation
8 159 (20.92%) Coaching
9 158 (20.79%) Test Automation
10 152 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
11 149 (19.61%) Continuous Improvement
12 143 (18.82%) Event-Driven
13 140 (18.42%) Clean Code
13 140 (18.42%) Scrum
14 134 (17.63%) AI
15 117 (15.39%) Infrastructure as Code
16 116 (15.26%) TDD
17 112 (14.74%) Technical Leadership
18 102 (13.42%) Event-Driven Architecture
19 84 (11.05%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 253 (33.29%) C#
2 231 (30.39%) SQL
3 219 (28.82%) JavaScript
4 205 (26.97%) Java
5 175 (23.03%) TypeScript
6 151 (19.87%) Python
7 51 (6.71%) Go
8 47 (6.18%) Scala
9 27 (3.55%) Ruby
10 15 (1.97%) Bicep
11 14 (1.84%) Bash
11 14 (1.84%) PHP
12 13 (1.71%) PowerShell
13 10 (1.32%) PL/SQL
14 8 (1.05%) Rust
15 6 (0.79%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.39%) C++
17 2 (0.26%) T-SQL
18 1 (0.13%) Perl
18 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 69 (9.08%) Security Cleared
2 68 (8.95%) Degree
3 50 (6.58%) SC Cleared
4 28 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.37%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.97%) AWS Certification
7 14 (1.84%) CISSP
8 13 (1.71%) DBS Check
9 9 (1.18%) CISM
9 9 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.66%) GIAC
11 5 (0.66%) ISACA
11 5 (0.66%) SANS
12 4 (0.53%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.39%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.39%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (6.71%) QA
2 22 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (2.63%) GDPR
4 15 (1.97%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.84%) NIST
6 10 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (0.79%) NCSC
7 6 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.66%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.39%) IFRS
9 3 (0.39%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.26%) GRC
10 2 (0.26%) SEPA
10 2 (0.26%) WCAG
11 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
System Software
1 230 (30.26%) Docker
2 13 (1.71%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.39%) Firmware
3 3 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 220 (28.95%) Kubernetes
2 116 (15.26%) Terraform
3 58 (7.63%) Grafana
4 27 (3.55%) Ansible
5 16 (2.11%) Argo
6 13 (1.71%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.39%) Kibana
8 2 (0.26%) MIIS
8 2 (0.26%) Opsgenie
8 2 (0.26%) Puppet
9 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 176 (23.16%) Microsoft
2 45 (5.92%) Typelevel
3 27 (3.55%) Google
4 22 (2.89%) Oracle
5 14 (1.84%) OpenAI
6 8 (1.05%) Databricks
7 7 (0.92%) Red Hat
8 6 (0.79%) Cisco
8 6 (0.79%) F5
8 6 (0.79%) Juniper
8 6 (0.79%) Palo Alto
9 5 (0.66%) ForgeRock
9 5 (0.66%) HubSpot
9 5 (0.66%) Okta
9 5 (0.66%) SAP
10 4 (0.53%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.53%) Splunk
11 3 (0.39%) Foundry
11 3 (0.39%) Infor
11 3 (0.39%) ServiceNow