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 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 52 31
Rank change year-on-year -23 -21 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 534 888 1,866
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.34% 5.57% 6.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.86% 5.89% 7.33%
Number of salaries quoted 409 578 1,624
10th Percentile £52,400 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,750 £53,753 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £113,750 £112,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £77,500 £72,500 £68,912
% change year-on-year +6.90% +5.21% -12.21%

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 13,845 15,075 25,445
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.66% 94.54% 92.80%
Number of salaries quoted 8,824 8,952 21,022
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £34,751
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.62% -7.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 6 February 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 17 (3.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 13 (2.43%) JBoss
3 11 (2.06%) WebSphere
4 5 (0.94%) Apache Pulsar
5 4 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.56%) CMS
6 3 (0.56%) Confluence
6 3 (0.56%) nginx
6 3 (0.56%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.37%) Apache
7 2 (0.37%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.37%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.19%) Camunda
8 1 (0.19%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.19%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.56%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.19%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 17 (3.18%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.19%) Actimize
3 1 (0.19%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.19%) Quorum
3 1 (0.19%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 313 (58.61%) AWS
2 284 (53.18%) Azure
3 125 (23.41%) GCP
4 123 (23.03%) SaaS
5 110 (20.60%) Serverless
6 78 (14.61%) GitHub
7 67 (12.55%) Azure DevOps
8 41 (7.68%) AWS Lambda
9 38 (7.12%) Amazon EKS
10 33 (6.18%) Amazon S3
11 31 (5.81%) Amazon SQS
11 31 (5.81%) Power Platform
12 27 (5.06%) Amazon ECS
12 27 (5.06%) GitHub Actions
13 26 (4.87%) Azure Service Bus
13 26 (4.87%) PaaS
14 20 (3.75%) OCI
15 18 (3.37%) Azure App Service
15 18 (3.37%) GitHub Copilot
16 16 (3.00%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.06%) Broadband
2 2 (0.37%) AMQP
3 1 (0.19%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (0.19%) DHCP
3 1 (0.19%) DNS
3 1 (0.19%) Firewall
3 1 (0.19%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.19%) Internet
3 1 (0.19%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (15.36%) MongoDB
2 76 (14.23%) PostgreSQL
3 69 (12.92%) NoSQL
4 62 (11.61%) SQL Server
5 31 (5.81%) Azure SQL Database
6 26 (4.87%) Elasticsearch
7 22 (4.12%) MySQL
7 22 (4.12%) Power BI
8 17 (3.18%) Tableau
9 15 (2.81%) DynamoDB
10 14 (2.62%) Redis
11 12 (2.25%) BigQuery
12 11 (2.06%) Relational Database
13 7 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
13 7 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
14 5 (0.94%) NonStop SQL
15 4 (0.75%) Data Lake
16 2 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
16 2 (0.37%) Oracle Database
16 2 (0.37%) PostHog
Development Applications
1 79 (14.79%) Git
2 41 (7.68%) Jenkins
3 25 (4.68%) TeamCity
4 23 (4.31%) JIRA
5 22 (4.12%) GitLab
6 19 (3.56%) Cypress.io
7 17 (3.18%) Oracle Forms
8 10 (1.87%) Cucumber
8 10 (1.87%) Selenium
9 9 (1.69%) CircleCI
10 8 (1.50%) git-flow
11 7 (1.31%) JUnit
11 7 (1.31%) Visual Studio
12 4 (0.75%) JMeter
12 4 (0.75%) REST Assured
13 3 (0.56%) Postman
13 3 (0.56%) SpecFlow
14 2 (0.37%) Mockito
14 2 (0.37%) NUnit
14 2 (0.37%) WebDriver
General
1 167 (31.27%) Social Skills
2 147 (27.53%) Finance
3 51 (9.55%) Banking
4 49 (9.18%) Law
5 37 (6.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (6.55%) Financial Institution
7 34 (6.37%) Retail
8 31 (5.81%) Back Office
9 30 (5.62%) Public Sector
10 21 (3.93%) Telecoms
11 20 (3.75%) Analytical Skills
12 12 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (2.06%) Legal
14 9 (1.69%) Billing
15 8 (1.50%) Advertising
15 8 (1.50%) Marketing
16 6 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.94%) Esports
17 5 (0.94%) Front Office
17 5 (0.94%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 193 (36.14%) Developer
2 160 (29.96%) Senior
3 124 (23.22%) Software Engineer
4 86 (16.10%) Architect
5 79 (14.79%) Lead
6 63 (11.80%) .NET Developer
7 57 (10.67%) Senior Software Engineer
8 47 (8.80%) Senior Developer
9 41 (7.68%) Full-Stack Developer
10 36 (6.74%) Java Engineer
11 35 (6.55%) Lead Developer
12 26 (4.87%) C# Developer
13 25 (4.68%) Java Developer
14 24 (4.49%) Applications Engineer
14 24 (4.49%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 24 (4.49%) Principal Engineer
14 24 (4.49%) Software Developer
15 23 (4.31%) Cloud Engineer
15 23 (4.31%) Solutions Architect
16 20 (3.75%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 191 (35.77%) .NET
2 154 (28.84%) React
3 124 (23.22%) RESTful
4 89 (16.67%) Node.js
5 79 (14.79%) Spring
6 73 (13.67%) Kafka
7 70 (13.11%) .NET Core
8 65 (12.17%) AngularJS
9 62 (11.61%) Spring Boot
10 61 (11.42%) REST
11 55 (10.30%) ASP.NET Web API
12 49 (9.18%) ASP.NET
13 48 (8.99%) .NET Framework
14 38 (7.12%) Entity Framework
15 34 (6.37%) gRPC
16 33 (6.18%) HTML
17 30 (5.62%) RabbitMQ
18 29 (5.43%) ASP.NET MVC
18 29 (5.43%) OAuth
19 28 (5.24%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 158 (29.59%) Cloud Native
2 82 (15.36%) Distributed Systems
3 62 (11.61%) Enterprise Software
4 57 (10.67%) Product Ownership
5 15 (2.81%) Greenfield Project
5 15 (2.81%) Virtual Team
6 13 (2.43%) Algorithms
6 13 (2.43%) Data Structures
7 12 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (2.06%) DataPower
9 10 (1.87%) AI Agents
9 10 (1.87%) Onboarding
10 9 (1.69%) Distributed Architecture
10 9 (1.69%) Over-the-Top Content
10 9 (1.69%) Video\Live Streaming
11 8 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.31%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.31%) PKI
13 5 (0.94%) Derivative
13 5 (0.94%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.00%) Android
1 16 (3.00%) Linux
2 7 (1.31%) Apple iOS
3 6 (1.12%) Windows
4 2 (0.37%) VMS
5 1 (0.19%) CentOS
5 1 (0.19%) Debian
5 1 (0.19%) Fedora
5 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (49.63%) CI/CD
2 239 (44.76%) Agile
3 214 (40.07%) Software Engineering
4 211 (39.51%) DevOps
5 171 (32.02%) Full-Stack Development
6 144 (26.97%) Mentoring
7 118 (22.10%) Test Automation
8 115 (21.54%) Containerisation
9 114 (21.35%) Event-Driven
10 105 (19.66%) Continuous Improvement
11 104 (19.48%) Problem-Solving
12 98 (18.35%) AI
13 88 (16.48%) Computer Science
14 84 (15.73%) Clean Code
15 82 (15.36%) Architectural Patterns
16 81 (15.17%) Coaching
17 75 (14.04%) TDD
18 72 (13.48%) Event-Driven Architecture
19 69 (12.92%) Technical Leadership
20 63 (11.80%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 194 (36.33%) Java
2 187 (35.02%) C#
3 138 (25.84%) SQL
4 125 (23.41%) JavaScript
5 118 (22.10%) Python
6 113 (21.16%) TypeScript
7 43 (8.05%) Go
8 19 (3.56%) Shell Script
9 17 (3.18%) PL/SQL
10 15 (2.81%) Ruby
11 10 (1.87%) Scala
12 9 (1.69%) C++
13 8 (1.50%) PHP
14 6 (1.12%) Delphi
14 6 (1.12%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.94%) PowerShell
16 4 (0.75%) Bicep
16 4 (0.75%) C
16 4 (0.75%) Rust
17 3 (0.56%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 96 (17.98%) Degree
2 73 (13.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 46 (8.61%) Security Cleared
4 43 (8.05%) AWS Certification
4 43 (8.05%) SC Cleared
5 40 (7.49%) Azure Certification
6 35 (6.55%) TOGAF Certification
7 31 (5.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 27 (5.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 16 (3.00%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.69%) CISSP
11 8 (1.50%) CISM
12 5 (0.94%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.75%) AWS Certified Developer
13 4 (0.75%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.37%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.37%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 1 (0.19%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (9.36%) QA
2 16 (3.00%) GDPR
3 15 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (2.43%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.87%) PCI DSS
6 9 (1.69%) NIST
7 8 (1.50%) NCSC
8 3 (0.56%) WCAG
9 2 (0.37%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.37%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.19%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 125 (23.41%) Docker
2 13 (2.43%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.37%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.37%) vSphere
4 1 (0.19%) Firmware
4 1 (0.19%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 150 (28.09%) Kubernetes
2 90 (16.85%) Terraform
3 42 (7.87%) Grafana
4 17 (3.18%) Single Sign-On
5 16 (3.00%) Ansible
6 9 (1.69%) Argo
7 7 (1.31%) Prometheus
8 6 (1.12%) Kibana
9 4 (0.75%) Puppet
10 2 (0.37%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.19%) Istio
Vendors
1 113 (21.16%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.99%) Oracle
3 15 (2.81%) Google
4 9 (1.69%) Guidewire
4 9 (1.69%) Typelevel
5 6 (1.12%) Databricks
6 5 (0.94%) Ericsson
6 5 (0.94%) Facebook
6 5 (0.94%) Mavenir
6 5 (0.94%) Nokia
6 5 (0.94%) OpenAI
6 5 (0.94%) Red Hat
6 5 (0.94%) YouTube
7 4 (0.75%) BiZZdesign
7 4 (0.75%) Revolut
8 3 (0.56%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.37%) SAP
9 2 (0.37%) SendGrid
9 2 (0.37%) Sparx
9 2 (0.37%) VMware