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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 37 46
Rank change year-on-year -28 +9 -7
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 763 1,111 1,759
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.74% 7.14% 5.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.56% 7.56% 5.78%
Number of salaries quoted 570 553 1,567
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 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +14.37% -18.39%
75th Percentile £88,148 £93,778 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £74,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.68% +14.62% -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 16,750 14,693 30,457
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.05% 94.39% 88.84%
Number of salaries quoted 12,187 8,560 23,487
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,969 £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 £78,750 £75,000
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 24 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%) 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%) IIS
3 2 (0.26%) Immediacy CMS
3 2 (0.26%) Kentico
3 2 (0.26%) nginx
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 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.26%) Shopify
5 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 474 (62.12%) AWS
2 368 (48.23%) Azure
3 164 (21.49%) GCP
4 138 (18.09%) SaaS
5 110 (14.42%) Serverless
6 77 (10.09%) GitHub
7 72 (9.44%) Azure DevOps
8 58 (7.60%) AWS Lambda
9 57 (7.47%) Amazon EKS
10 51 (6.68%) GitHub Copilot
11 44 (5.77%) Amazon S3
12 43 (5.64%) Amazon SQS
13 38 (4.98%) Amazon ECS
13 38 (4.98%) Azure AKS
13 38 (4.98%) Azure Service Bus
14 34 (4.46%) Amazon EC2
15 29 (3.80%) PaaS
16 26 (3.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 19 (2.49%) Azure Functions
18 18 (2.36%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 64 (8.39%) 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 (0.52%) Network Security
5 4 (0.52%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.39%) Modbus
7 2 (0.26%) AMQP
8 1 (0.13%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (23.98%) MongoDB
2 111 (14.55%) PostgreSQL
3 105 (13.76%) Azure SQL Database
4 92 (12.06%) Elasticsearch
5 71 (9.31%) NoSQL
6 49 (6.42%) SQL Server
7 46 (6.03%) MySQL
8 26 (3.41%) Relational Database
9 23 (3.01%) Redis
10 20 (2.62%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (0.92%) RDBMS
12 6 (0.79%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.79%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.79%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.79%) Metadata
13 5 (0.66%) MariaDB
14 4 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.52%) Delta Lake
15 3 (0.39%) Oracle Database
15 3 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 60 (7.86%) Git
2 45 (5.90%) TeamCity
3 44 (5.77%) GitLab
4 25 (3.28%) Cypress.io
5 20 (2.62%) Jenkins
6 17 (2.23%) Claude Code
7 11 (1.44%) JIRA
7 11 (1.44%) JUnit
7 11 (1.44%) Maven
8 9 (1.18%) Mockito
9 8 (1.05%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.92%) Selenium
11 6 (0.79%) NUnit
12 5 (0.66%) REST Assured
13 4 (0.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 4 (0.52%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.52%) Cucumber
14 3 (0.39%) Jasmine
14 3 (0.39%) JMeter
14 3 (0.39%) SpecFlow
General
1 186 (24.38%) Finance
2 127 (16.64%) Social Skills
3 82 (10.75%) Public Sector
4 75 (9.83%) Banking
5 73 (9.57%) Retail
6 71 (9.31%) Law
7 56 (7.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 44 (5.77%) Financial Institution
9 43 (5.64%) Back Office
10 38 (4.98%) Analytical Skills
11 15 (1.97%) Marketing
12 12 (1.57%) Aerospace
12 12 (1.57%) Games
12 12 (1.57%) Legal
13 10 (1.31%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.18%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.66%) Aviation
15 5 (0.66%) Publishing
16 4 (0.52%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 307 (40.24%) Developer
2 200 (26.21%) Software Engineer
3 150 (19.66%) Lead
4 145 (19.00%) Senior
5 141 (18.48%) .NET Developer
6 99 (12.98%) Architect
7 89 (11.66%) Full-Stack Developer
8 63 (8.26%) Senior Software Engineer
9 47 (6.16%) Java Engineer
10 43 (5.64%) Lead Developer
11 36 (4.72%) Senior Developer
12 34 (4.46%) .NET Software Engineer
12 34 (4.46%) Lead Software Engineer
13 33 (4.33%) C# Developer
13 33 (4.33%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 32 (4.19%) Java Software Engineer
15 30 (3.93%) C# Software Engineer
15 30 (3.93%) Scala Engineer
16 28 (3.67%) C# .NET Developer
16 28 (3.67%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 254 (33.29%) .NET
2 206 (27.00%) Node.js
2 206 (27.00%) React
3 139 (18.22%) .NET Core
4 126 (16.51%) ASP.NET
5 118 (15.47%) Vue
6 109 (14.29%) ASP.NET Core
7 94 (12.32%) AngularJS
8 92 (12.06%) RESTful
9 74 (9.70%) ASP.NET Web API
10 73 (9.57%) REST
11 71 (9.31%) Spring
12 60 (7.86%) Blazor
13 59 (7.73%) .NET Framework
14 52 (6.82%) gRPC
15 51 (6.68%) Spring Boot
16 41 (5.37%) CSS
17 40 (5.24%) HTML
18 39 (5.11%) Kafka
19 28 (3.67%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 223 (29.23%) Cloud Native
2 126 (16.51%) Distributed Systems
3 71 (9.31%) Product Ownership
4 46 (6.03%) Video\Live Streaming
5 45 (5.90%) Over-the-Top Content
6 26 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
7 23 (3.01%) Greenfield Project
8 22 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (1.97%) Virtual Team
10 13 (1.70%) Legacy Applications
10 13 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.18%) AI Agents
11 9 (1.18%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.92%) Data Structures
12 7 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.92%) Onboarding
12 7 (0.92%) PKI
13 6 (0.79%) Blog
13 6 (0.79%) Management Information System
14 5 (0.66%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.90%) Linux
2 20 (2.62%) Unix
3 18 (2.36%) 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
1 383 (50.20%) CI/CD
2 369 (48.36%) Agile
3 322 (42.20%) Software Engineering
4 291 (38.14%) Full-Stack Development
5 260 (34.08%) DevOps
6 213 (27.92%) Mentoring
7 163 (21.36%) Containerisation
8 159 (20.84%) Coaching
9 157 (20.58%) Test Automation
10 152 (19.92%) Problem-Solving
11 150 (19.66%) Continuous Improvement
12 144 (18.87%) Event-Driven
13 140 (18.35%) Scrum
14 138 (18.09%) Clean Code
15 130 (17.04%) AI
16 118 (15.47%) Infrastructure as Code
16 118 (15.47%) TDD
17 111 (14.55%) Technical Leadership
18 103 (13.50%) Event-Driven Architecture
19 84 (11.01%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 252 (33.03%) C#
2 229 (30.01%) SQL
3 218 (28.57%) JavaScript
4 207 (27.13%) Java
5 175 (22.94%) TypeScript
6 152 (19.92%) Python
7 52 (6.82%) Go
8 47 (6.16%) Scala
9 28 (3.67%) Ruby
10 15 (1.97%) Bicep
11 14 (1.83%) Bash
11 14 (1.83%) PHP
12 12 (1.57%) PowerShell
13 10 (1.31%) PL/SQL
14 8 (1.05%) Rust
15 7 (0.92%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.39%) C++
17 2 (0.26%) Shell Script
17 2 (0.26%) T-SQL
18 1 (0.13%) Perl
Qualifications
1 70 (9.17%) Security Cleared
2 66 (8.65%) Degree
3 51 (6.68%) SC Cleared
4 27 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.62%) Azure Certification
6 16 (2.10%) AWS Certification
7 15 (1.97%) CISSP
8 14 (1.83%) DBS Check
9 10 (1.31%) CISM
9 10 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (1.31%) 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 (0.52%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (0.52%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.39%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (6.55%) QA
2 23 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (2.75%) GDPR
4 17 (2.23%) Accessibility
5 15 (1.97%) NIST
6 10 (1.31%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.92%) NCSC
7 7 (0.92%) 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
9 3 (0.39%) WCAG
10 2 (0.26%) GRC
10 2 (0.26%) SEPA
System Software
1 231 (30.28%) Docker
2 13 (1.70%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.39%) Firmware
4 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 222 (29.10%) Kubernetes
2 119 (15.60%) Terraform
3 57 (7.47%) Grafana
4 27 (3.54%) Ansible
5 16 (2.10%) Argo
6 12 (1.57%) 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
1 175 (22.94%) Microsoft
2 45 (5.90%) Typelevel
3 28 (3.67%) Google
4 22 (2.88%) Oracle
5 14 (1.83%) 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 (0.52%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.52%) Splunk
11 3 (0.39%) Foundry
11 3 (0.39%) Infor
11 3 (0.39%) ServiceNow