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 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 48 34
Rank change year-on-year -24 -14 +2
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 576 805 1,934
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.42% 5.90% 6.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.01% 6.19% 7.00%
Number of salaries quoted 406 613 1,716
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £71,991 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +10.76% -13.33%
75th Percentile £94,688 £93,778 £83,750
90th Percentile £113,750 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £77,500 £74,870 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.51% +10.92% -13.62%

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 14,351 13,001 27,627
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.11% 95.27% 92.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,433 8,869 22,881
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.78%

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 16 March 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 13 (2.26%) JBoss
2 11 (1.91%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 11 (1.91%) WebSphere
3 5 (0.87%) Apache Pulsar
3 5 (0.87%) CMS
4 4 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.52%) Confluence
5 3 (0.52%) NServiceBus
5 3 (0.52%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.35%) Apache
6 2 (0.35%) Camunda
6 2 (0.35%) nginx
6 2 (0.35%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.17%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.17%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (1.91%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.69%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.35%) Shopify
4 1 (0.17%) Actimize
4 1 (0.17%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.17%) Quorum
4 1 (0.17%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 356 (61.81%) AWS
2 292 (50.69%) Azure
3 170 (29.51%) GCP
4 131 (22.74%) SaaS
5 111 (19.27%) Serverless
6 70 (12.15%) GitHub
7 58 (10.07%) Azure DevOps
8 45 (7.81%) Amazon EKS
9 44 (7.64%) AWS Lambda
10 37 (6.42%) Amazon S3
11 36 (6.25%) Amazon SQS
12 31 (5.38%) Azure Service Bus
13 26 (4.51%) Power Platform
14 25 (4.34%) GitHub Actions
15 24 (4.17%) Amazon ECS
16 23 (3.99%) Amazon EC2
17 21 (3.65%) PaaS
18 20 (3.47%) Azure Event Grid
19 17 (2.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
20 16 (2.78%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 42 (7.29%) Broadband
2 6 (1.04%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (1.04%) Firewall
3 4 (0.69%) DHCP
3 4 (0.69%) DNS
3 4 (0.69%) MQTT
4 3 (0.52%) Modbus
4 3 (0.52%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.35%) AMQP
5 2 (0.35%) Hyperconnected
5 2 (0.35%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (15.28%) PostgreSQL
2 83 (14.41%) NoSQL
3 78 (13.54%) MongoDB
4 62 (10.76%) SQL Server
5 33 (5.73%) MySQL
6 18 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
7 17 (2.95%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (2.95%) Redis
8 15 (2.60%) Power BI
9 12 (2.08%) BigQuery
9 12 (2.08%) DynamoDB
10 11 (1.91%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (1.91%) Relational Database
10 11 (1.91%) Tableau
11 7 (1.22%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.35%) CouchDB
13 2 (0.35%) MariaDB
13 2 (0.35%) NonStop SQL
13 2 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 76 (13.19%) Git
2 40 (6.94%) Jenkins
3 37 (6.42%) TeamCity
4 27 (4.69%) GitLab
5 22 (3.82%) Cypress.io
6 19 (3.30%) JIRA
7 11 (1.91%) Oracle Forms
8 10 (1.74%) Cucumber
8 10 (1.74%) Selenium
9 8 (1.39%) CircleCI
10 7 (1.22%) git-flow
10 7 (1.22%) JUnit
10 7 (1.22%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.87%) Claude Code
12 4 (0.69%) REST Assured
13 3 (0.52%) JMeter
13 3 (0.52%) NUnit
13 3 (0.52%) SpecFlow
14 2 (0.35%) Jasmine
14 2 (0.35%) WebDriver
General
1 168 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 150 (26.04%) Finance
3 69 (11.98%) Law
4 64 (11.11%) Banking
5 52 (9.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 50 (8.68%) Retail
7 45 (7.81%) Financial Institution
8 44 (7.64%) Public Sector
9 41 (7.12%) Back Office
10 29 (5.03%) Analytical Skills
11 26 (4.51%) Telecoms
12 13 (2.26%) Marketing
13 12 (2.08%) Legal
14 11 (1.91%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.22%) Health Technology
17 6 (1.04%) Advertising
17 6 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
18 5 (0.87%) Esports
18 5 (0.87%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 195 (33.85%) Developer
2 169 (29.34%) Senior
3 155 (26.91%) Software Engineer
4 85 (14.76%) Architect
5 83 (14.41%) Lead
6 63 (10.94%) Senior Software Engineer
7 51 (8.85%) .NET Developer
7 51 (8.85%) Full-Stack Developer
7 51 (8.85%) Java Engineer
8 50 (8.68%) Senior Developer
9 35 (6.08%) Java Software Engineer
9 35 (6.08%) Lead Developer
10 26 (4.51%) Software Developer
11 25 (4.34%) C# Developer
12 24 (4.17%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 24 (4.17%) Scala Engineer
13 23 (3.99%) Senior Java Engineer
14 22 (3.82%) Java Developer
14 22 (3.82%) Solutions Architect
15 18 (3.13%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (31.94%) .NET
2 138 (23.96%) React
3 123 (21.35%) RESTful
4 84 (14.58%) Node.js
5 75 (13.02%) Spring
6 66 (11.46%) REST
7 65 (11.28%) Kafka
8 61 (10.59%) .NET Core
8 61 (10.59%) gRPC
9 55 (9.55%) Spring Boot
10 46 (7.99%) AngularJS
11 45 (7.81%) .NET Framework
12 40 (6.94%) ASP.NET
13 37 (6.42%) ASP.NET Web API
14 31 (5.38%) HTML
15 29 (5.03%) RabbitMQ
16 28 (4.86%) CSS
16 28 (4.86%) Entity Framework
17 27 (4.69%) OAuth
18 23 (3.99%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 188 (32.64%) Cloud Native
2 105 (18.23%) Distributed Systems
3 69 (11.98%) Product Ownership
4 55 (9.55%) Enterprise Software
5 36 (6.25%) Over-the-Top Content
5 36 (6.25%) Video\Live Streaming
6 16 (2.78%) Virtual Team
7 14 (2.43%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (2.43%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.91%) AI Agents
9 11 (1.91%) DataPower
10 10 (1.74%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.56%) Data Structures
11 9 (1.56%) Distributed Architecture
12 8 (1.39%) IoT
12 8 (1.39%) Legacy Applications
13 7 (1.22%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.22%) PKI
14 5 (0.87%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.95%) Linux
2 16 (2.78%) Android
3 7 (1.22%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.04%) Unix
5 4 (0.69%) Windows
6 2 (0.35%) VMS
7 1 (0.17%) CentOS
7 1 (0.17%) Debian
7 1 (0.17%) Fedora
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (52.26%) CI/CD
2 264 (45.83%) Software Engineering
3 232 (40.28%) Agile
4 221 (38.37%) DevOps
5 162 (28.13%) Full-Stack Development
6 161 (27.95%) Containerisation
7 154 (26.74%) Mentoring
8 142 (24.65%) Test Automation
9 135 (23.44%) Problem-Solving
10 128 (22.22%) Event-Driven
11 114 (19.79%) Clean Code
11 114 (19.79%) Coaching
11 114 (19.79%) Continuous Improvement
12 104 (18.06%) AI
13 85 (14.76%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 83 (14.41%) Computer Science
15 77 (13.37%) Architectural Patterns
16 72 (12.50%) Machine Learning
17 70 (12.15%) TDD
17 70 (12.15%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 199 (34.55%) Java
2 170 (29.51%) C#
3 150 (26.04%) Python
4 130 (22.57%) SQL
5 121 (21.01%) JavaScript
6 103 (17.88%) TypeScript
7 70 (12.15%) Go
8 36 (6.25%) Scala
9 18 (3.13%) Ruby
10 14 (2.43%) PHP
11 13 (2.26%) Shell Script
12 11 (1.91%) PL/SQL
13 8 (1.39%) Kotlin
14 7 (1.22%) C++
14 7 (1.22%) Rust
15 6 (1.04%) Delphi
16 5 (0.87%) Bicep
17 4 (0.69%) PowerShell
18 3 (0.52%) Erlang
19 2 (0.35%) C
Qualifications
1 98 (17.01%) Degree
2 66 (11.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 49 (8.51%) Security Cleared
4 43 (7.47%) SC Cleared
5 37 (6.42%) AWS Certification
5 37 (6.42%) Azure Certification
6 32 (5.56%) TOGAF Certification
7 29 (5.03%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (4.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (2.08%) CISSP
9 12 (2.08%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.39%) CISM
10 8 (1.39%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.87%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.87%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.69%) GIAC
12 4 (0.69%) ISACA
12 4 (0.69%) SANS
13 3 (0.52%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.52%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (8.51%) QA
2 16 (2.78%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.08%) GDPR
4 12 (2.08%) NIST
5 8 (1.39%) NCSC
6 7 (1.22%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.52%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.35%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.35%) GRC
8 2 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.35%) SEPA
8 2 (0.35%) WCAG
9 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.17%) JSP 440
System Software
1 166 (28.82%) Docker
2 14 (2.43%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.69%) Firmware
4 2 (0.35%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 169 (29.34%) Kubernetes
2 94 (16.32%) Terraform
3 58 (10.07%) Grafana
4 23 (3.99%) Ansible
5 11 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.56%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.39%) Argo
8 7 (1.22%) Kibana
9 2 (0.35%) Opsgenie
9 2 (0.35%) Puppet
10 1 (0.17%) MIIS
Vendors
1 93 (16.15%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.25%) Typelevel
3 26 (4.51%) Oracle
4 24 (4.17%) Google
5 10 (1.74%) Red Hat
6 6 (1.04%) Cisco
6 6 (1.04%) Databricks
6 6 (1.04%) F5
6 6 (1.04%) Juniper
6 6 (1.04%) Palo Alto
7 5 (0.87%) Ericsson
7 5 (0.87%) Mavenir
7 5 (0.87%) Nokia
8 4 (0.69%) ForgeRock
8 4 (0.69%) Guidewire
8 4 (0.69%) Okta
8 4 (0.69%) Revolut
8 4 (0.69%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.69%) SAP
9 3 (0.52%) OpenAI