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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 46 36
Rank change year-on-year -21 -10 +1
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 577 757 1,938
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.43% 5.90% 6.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.07% 6.21% 6.83%
Number of salaries quoted 407 608 1,723
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,750 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £71,991 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% +10.76% -13.33%
75th Percentile £94,375 £93,778 £83,750
90th Percentile £113,750 £115,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £65,465
% change year-on-year +3.33% +14.57% -16.22%

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 14,184 12,193 28,389
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.28% 95.04% 91.81%
Number of salaries quoted 9,612 8,760 23,196
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,784
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 £75,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 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 (2.25%) JBoss
2 11 (1.91%) WebSphere
3 9 (1.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (0.87%) Apache Pulsar
4 5 (0.87%) CMS
5 4 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.52%) NServiceBus
6 3 (0.52%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.35%) Apache
7 2 (0.35%) Camunda
7 2 (0.35%) Confluence
7 2 (0.35%) nginx
7 2 (0.35%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.17%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.17%) Hyperledger
8 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 9 (1.56%) 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
1 363 (62.91%) AWS
2 286 (49.57%) Azure
3 174 (30.16%) GCP
4 133 (23.05%) SaaS
5 107 (18.54%) Serverless
6 67 (11.61%) GitHub
7 54 (9.36%) Azure DevOps
8 45 (7.80%) Amazon EKS
8 45 (7.80%) AWS Lambda
9 39 (6.76%) Amazon S3
10 38 (6.59%) Amazon SQS
11 31 (5.37%) Azure Service Bus
12 26 (4.51%) Amazon ECS
13 25 (4.33%) Amazon EC2
14 24 (4.16%) Power Platform
15 23 (3.99%) GitHub Actions
16 20 (3.47%) Azure Event Grid
16 20 (3.47%) PaaS
17 16 (2.77%) Entra ID
17 16 (2.77%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 42 (7.28%) Broadband
2 6 (1.04%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (1.04%) Firewall
3 5 (0.87%) DHCP
3 5 (0.87%) DNS
4 4 (0.69%) MQTT
5 3 (0.52%) Modbus
5 3 (0.52%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.35%) AMQP
6 2 (0.35%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.35%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (15.08%) PostgreSQL
2 82 (14.21%) NoSQL
3 76 (13.17%) MongoDB
4 59 (10.23%) SQL Server
5 33 (5.72%) MySQL
6 18 (3.12%) Azure SQL Database
7 17 (2.95%) Redis
8 16 (2.77%) Elasticsearch
9 13 (2.25%) Power BI
10 12 (2.08%) BigQuery
11 11 (1.91%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (1.91%) DynamoDB
12 10 (1.73%) Relational Database
13 9 (1.56%) Tableau
14 7 (1.21%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
16 3 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 2 (0.35%) CouchDB
17 2 (0.35%) MariaDB
17 2 (0.35%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 72 (12.48%) Git
2 39 (6.76%) TeamCity
3 38 (6.59%) Jenkins
4 25 (4.33%) GitLab
5 23 (3.99%) Cypress.io
6 15 (2.60%) JIRA
7 11 (1.91%) Selenium
8 10 (1.73%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.56%) Oracle Forms
10 8 (1.39%) CircleCI
10 8 (1.39%) Visual Studio
11 7 (1.21%) git-flow
11 7 (1.21%) JUnit
12 6 (1.04%) Claude Code
13 4 (0.69%) NUnit
13 4 (0.69%) REST Assured
14 3 (0.52%) Jasmine
14 3 (0.52%) JMeter
14 3 (0.52%) SpecFlow
15 2 (0.35%) WebDriver
General
1 158 (27.38%) Social Skills
2 150 (26.00%) Finance
3 70 (12.13%) Law
4 66 (11.44%) Banking
5 53 (9.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 51 (8.84%) Retail
7 46 (7.97%) Financial Institution
8 43 (7.45%) Public Sector
9 41 (7.11%) Back Office
10 29 (5.03%) Analytical Skills
11 26 (4.51%) Telecoms
12 13 (2.25%) Marketing
13 12 (2.08%) Legal
14 11 (1.91%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.21%) Health Technology
15 7 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (1.04%) Advertising
16 6 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.87%) Esports
17 5 (0.87%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 197 (34.14%) Developer
2 173 (29.98%) Senior
3 163 (28.25%) Software Engineer
4 82 (14.21%) Architect
5 81 (14.04%) Lead
6 67 (11.61%) Senior Software Engineer
7 56 (9.71%) Full-Stack Developer
8 52 (9.01%) .NET Developer
8 52 (9.01%) Java Engineer
9 48 (8.32%) Senior Developer
10 35 (6.07%) Java Software Engineer
11 32 (5.55%) Lead Developer
12 28 (4.85%) C# Developer
13 27 (4.68%) Software Developer
14 26 (4.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 24 (4.16%) Scala Engineer
15 24 (4.16%) Senior Java Engineer
16 22 (3.81%) .NET Software Engineer
16 22 (3.81%) Solutions Architect
17 21 (3.64%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (31.89%) .NET
2 142 (24.61%) React
3 116 (20.10%) RESTful
4 89 (15.42%) Node.js
5 72 (12.48%) Spring
6 68 (11.79%) REST
7 61 (10.57%) Kafka
8 60 (10.40%) gRPC
9 58 (10.05%) .NET Core
10 53 (9.19%) Spring Boot
11 45 (7.80%) AngularJS
12 44 (7.63%) .NET Framework
13 41 (7.11%) ASP.NET
14 36 (6.24%) HTML
15 34 (5.89%) ASP.NET Web API
16 33 (5.72%) CSS
17 28 (4.85%) RabbitMQ
17 28 (4.85%) Vue
18 27 (4.68%) Entity Framework
19 26 (4.51%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 188 (32.58%) Cloud Native
2 103 (17.85%) Distributed Systems
3 70 (12.13%) Product Ownership
4 50 (8.67%) Enterprise Software
5 36 (6.24%) Over-the-Top Content
5 36 (6.24%) Video\Live Streaming
6 16 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (2.77%) Virtual Team
7 13 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (1.91%) AI Agents
9 11 (1.91%) DataPower
10 10 (1.73%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.73%) Mobile App
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 (1.21%) PKI
14 5 (0.87%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.95%) Linux
2 16 (2.77%) Android
3 7 (1.21%) 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%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (51.65%) CI/CD
2 267 (46.27%) Software Engineering
3 230 (39.86%) Agile
4 220 (38.13%) DevOps
5 169 (29.29%) Full-Stack Development
6 157 (27.21%) Containerisation
7 149 (25.82%) Mentoring
8 146 (25.30%) Test Automation
9 132 (22.88%) Problem-Solving
10 128 (22.18%) Event-Driven
11 116 (20.10%) Continuous Improvement
12 111 (19.24%) Clean Code
12 111 (19.24%) Coaching
13 105 (18.20%) AI
14 83 (14.38%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 79 (13.69%) Computer Science
16 76 (13.17%) Machine Learning
17 73 (12.65%) Architectural Patterns
18 72 (12.48%) TDD
19 67 (11.61%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 192 (33.28%) Java
2 166 (28.77%) C#
3 145 (25.13%) Python
4 129 (22.36%) SQL
5 127 (22.01%) JavaScript
6 105 (18.20%) TypeScript
7 70 (12.13%) Go
8 36 (6.24%) Scala
9 20 (3.47%) Ruby
10 14 (2.43%) PHP
11 11 (1.91%) Shell Script
12 9 (1.56%) PL/SQL
13 8 (1.39%) Kotlin
14 7 (1.21%) C++
14 7 (1.21%) Rust
15 6 (1.04%) Bicep
15 6 (1.04%) Delphi
16 4 (0.69%) PowerShell
17 3 (0.52%) Erlang
18 2 (0.35%) C
Qualifications
1 94 (16.29%) Degree
2 61 (10.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 48 (8.32%) Security Cleared
4 41 (7.11%) SC Cleared
5 33 (5.72%) AWS Certification
5 33 (5.72%) Azure Certification
6 28 (4.85%) TOGAF Certification
7 26 (4.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (3.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (2.08%) CISSP
10 10 (1.73%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.39%) DBS Check
12 7 (1.21%) CISM
13 5 (0.87%) AWS Certified Developer
13 5 (0.87%) GIAC
13 5 (0.87%) ISACA
13 5 (0.87%) ISTQB
13 5 (0.87%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (0.87%) SANS
14 2 (0.35%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.15%) QA
2 16 (2.77%) Accessibility
3 14 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.08%) GDPR
4 12 (2.08%) NIST
5 7 (1.21%) NCSC
5 7 (1.21%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.52%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.35%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.35%) GRC
7 2 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.35%) SEPA
7 2 (0.35%) WCAG
8 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 169 (29.29%) Docker
2 13 (2.25%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.69%) Firmware
4 2 (0.35%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 170 (29.46%) Kubernetes
2 93 (16.12%) Terraform
3 59 (10.23%) Grafana
4 24 (4.16%) Ansible
5 9 (1.56%) Prometheus
5 9 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.39%) Argo
7 6 (1.04%) Kibana
8 2 (0.35%) MIIS
8 2 (0.35%) Opsgenie
8 2 (0.35%) Puppet
Vendors
1 88 (15.25%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.24%) Typelevel
3 25 (4.33%) Google
4 24 (4.16%) Oracle
5 9 (1.56%) 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%) ForgeRock
7 5 (0.87%) Mavenir
7 5 (0.87%) Nokia
7 5 (0.87%) Okta
8 4 (0.69%) Revolut
8 4 (0.69%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.69%) SAP
9 3 (0.52%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.52%) OpenAI