Microservices Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microservices
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Microservices skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microservices over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 42 37
Rank change year-on-year -9 -5 -8
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 768 1,911 3,018
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.14% 5.65% 7.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.51% 6.16% 7.35%
Number of salaries quoted 621 1,684 2,063
10th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £49,800
25th Percentile £56,250 £50,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £62,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.19% -16.67% +4.83%
75th Percentile £93,778 £82,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £96,539 £107,500
UK median annual salary £74,870 £65,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +15.18% -16.13% +3.33%

All Process and 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 13,930 31,014 41,082
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.15% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,709 23,583 28,561
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,930 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Microservices
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Microservices as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microservices trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Microservices
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Microservices.

Microservices salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microservices
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Microservices over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Microservices salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microservices
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (2.99%) Confluence
1 23 (2.99%) Jupyter
2 8 (1.04%) SAS
3 6 (0.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (0.65%) Apache
4 5 (0.65%) CMS
5 4 (0.52%) JBoss
6 3 (0.39%) GemFire
6 3 (0.39%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.39%) OpenEdge
6 3 (0.39%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.26%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.26%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.13%) ColdFusion
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.26%) Adobe XD
2 2 (0.26%) Moqups
2 2 (0.26%) Sketch
3 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 338 (44.01%) Azure
2 306 (39.84%) AWS
3 160 (20.83%) GCP
4 98 (12.76%) Serverless
5 74 (9.64%) SaaS
6 66 (8.59%) Azure DevOps
7 65 (8.46%) AWS Lambda
8 43 (5.60%) GitHub
9 36 (4.69%) Azure Service Bus
10 33 (4.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 29 (3.78%) AWS CloudFormation
12 24 (3.13%) SonarCloud
13 22 (2.86%) Apigee
14 19 (2.47%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 18 (2.34%) Amazon EC2
16 17 (2.21%) Amazon S3
16 17 (2.21%) npm
17 15 (1.95%) GitHub Actions
18 14 (1.82%) AWS KMS
18 14 (1.82%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.60%) Network Security
2 18 (2.34%) Internet
3 4 (0.52%) DAB
4 3 (0.39%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.26%) Broadband
5 2 (0.26%) Firewall
5 2 (0.26%) VPN
6 1 (0.13%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.13%) 4G
6 1 (0.13%) 5G
6 1 (0.13%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (0.13%) HTTP
6 1 (0.13%) MQTT
6 1 (0.13%) OpenVPN
6 1 (0.13%) SCTP
6 1 (0.13%) SSH
6 1 (0.13%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (15.76%) NoSQL
2 84 (10.94%) MongoDB
3 71 (9.24%) PostgreSQL
4 65 (8.46%) SQL Server
5 56 (7.29%) Elasticsearch
6 45 (5.86%) Relational Database
7 40 (5.21%) Big Data
8 39 (5.08%) DynamoDB
9 38 (4.95%) MySQL
10 35 (4.56%) Azure SQL Database
11 22 (2.86%) Redis
12 18 (2.34%) Data Lake
13 11 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
14 10 (1.30%) RDBMS
15 6 (0.78%) NonStop SQL
15 6 (0.78%) Oracle Database
15 6 (0.78%) Tableau
16 5 (0.65%) Amazon Aurora
16 5 (0.65%) Oracle ODI
17 4 (0.52%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 133 (17.32%) Git
2 68 (8.85%) Jenkins
3 43 (5.60%) Visual Studio
4 41 (5.34%) JUnit
5 35 (4.56%) JIRA
6 34 (4.43%) SonarQube
7 32 (4.17%) Maven
8 30 (3.91%) Sonatype Nexus
9 27 (3.52%) Jasmine
9 27 (3.52%) Karma Test Runner
9 27 (3.52%) Mockito
9 27 (3.52%) Octopus Deploy
10 24 (3.13%) MSBuild
10 24 (3.13%) Team Foundation Server
11 23 (2.99%) Protractor
12 22 (2.86%) Eclipse
12 22 (2.86%) GitLab
12 22 (2.86%) IntelliJ
12 22 (2.86%) webpack
13 17 (2.21%) Cypress.io
General
1 234 (30.47%) Finance
2 189 (24.61%) Social Skills
3 159 (20.70%) Banking
4 62 (8.07%) Retail
5 58 (7.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (3.52%) Law
7 21 (2.73%) Analytical Skills
8 19 (2.47%) Public Sector
9 18 (2.34%) Games
10 13 (1.69%) Automotive
11 10 (1.30%) Advertising
12 9 (1.17%) Marketing
13 8 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (0.91%) Front Office
14 7 (0.91%) Tech for Good
15 6 (0.78%) Back Office
16 5 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (0.52%) Telecoms
18 3 (0.39%) Legal
Job Titles
1 258 (33.59%) Developer
2 229 (29.82%) Senior
3 159 (20.70%) Software Engineer
4 149 (19.40%) Architect
5 126 (16.41%) Lead
6 85 (11.07%) Solutions Architect
7 79 (10.29%) Senior Developer
8 71 (9.24%) Senior Software Engineer
9 68 (8.85%) .NET Developer
10 46 (5.99%) Java Developer
11 44 (5.73%) Java Engineer
12 38 (4.95%) Full-Stack Developer
12 38 (4.95%) Software Developer
13 34 (4.43%) C# Developer
14 33 (4.30%) Senior Architect
15 29 (3.78%) Senior Software Developer
16 27 (3.52%) Technical Architect
17 24 (3.13%) Java Software Engineer
18 23 (2.99%) Data Scientist
18 23 (2.99%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 220 (28.65%) .NET
2 218 (28.39%) React
3 126 (16.41%) RESTful
4 125 (16.28%) AngularJS
5 120 (15.63%) Spring
6 107 (13.93%) HTML
6 107 (13.93%) Node.js
7 106 (13.80%) .NET Core
7 106 (13.80%) REST
8 104 (13.54%) Spring Boot
9 94 (12.24%) CSS
10 85 (11.07%) ASP.NET
11 79 (10.29%) Kafka
12 73 (9.51%) .NET Framework
13 59 (7.68%) RabbitMQ
14 49 (6.38%) GraphQL
15 46 (5.99%) Hibernate
16 43 (5.60%) ASP.NET Web API
17 42 (5.47%) Web Services
18 40 (5.21%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 78 (10.16%) Cloud Native
2 75 (9.77%) Product Ownership
3 61 (7.94%) Algorithms
4 38 (4.95%) Distributed Systems
5 36 (4.69%) Management Information System
6 34 (4.43%) Greenfield Project
7 28 (3.65%) Legacy Systems
8 26 (3.39%) Public Cloud
9 23 (2.99%) Cyberattack
10 18 (2.34%) Private Cloud
11 17 (2.21%) IoT
12 16 (2.08%) Mobile App
12 16 (2.08%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.56%) Mobile Games
14 11 (1.43%) Data Structures
14 11 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
15 9 (1.17%) Online Banking
16 8 (1.04%) Credit Risk
16 8 (1.04%) Distributed Applications
16 8 (1.04%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 65 (8.46%) Linux
2 19 (2.47%) Unix
3 17 (2.21%) Android
4 16 (2.08%) Windows
5 7 (0.91%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.26%) Debian
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 369 (48.05%) Agile
2 346 (45.05%) DevOps
3 324 (42.19%) Software Engineering
4 248 (32.29%) CI/CD
5 190 (24.74%) Containerisation
6 179 (23.31%) Mentoring
7 154 (20.05%) Event-Driven
8 152 (19.79%) Problem-Solving
9 148 (19.27%) Test Automation
10 146 (19.01%) Full-Stack Development
11 143 (18.62%) TDD
12 128 (16.67%) Unit Testing
13 125 (16.28%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 104 (13.54%) Design Patterns
15 96 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
16 95 (12.37%) Roadmaps
17 93 (12.11%) Computer Science
18 85 (11.07%) Clean Code
19 78 (10.16%) MVC
20 76 (9.90%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 308 (40.10%) Java
2 232 (30.21%) C#
3 229 (29.82%) JavaScript
4 228 (29.69%) SQL
5 140 (18.23%) Python
6 125 (16.28%) TypeScript
7 53 (6.90%) Go
8 27 (3.52%) PHP
9 25 (3.26%) C++
10 20 (2.60%) C
11 15 (1.95%) Kotlin
11 15 (1.95%) Ruby
12 10 (1.30%) Perl
13 9 (1.17%) Rust
14 8 (1.04%) Groovy
14 8 (1.04%) PowerShell
14 8 (1.04%) T-SQL
15 7 (0.91%) R
16 5 (0.65%) Bash
16 5 (0.65%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 111 (14.45%) Degree
2 76 (9.90%) Computer Science Degree
2 76 (9.90%) Security Cleared
3 41 (5.34%) SC Cleared
4 36 (4.69%) AWS Certification
5 29 (3.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 27 (3.52%) DV Cleared
7 15 (1.95%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.56%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.91%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.39%) OCP
11 3 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
11 3 (0.39%) PhD
12 2 (0.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.26%) CISM
12 2 (0.26%) CISSP
12 2 (0.26%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (6.77%) GDPR
2 47 (6.12%) QA
3 19 (2.47%) HIPAA
4 13 (1.69%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.91%) Basel II
5 7 (0.91%) Basel III
5 7 (0.91%) Dodd-Frank
5 7 (0.91%) IFRS
5 7 (0.91%) IFRS 9
5 7 (0.91%) NIST
5 7 (0.91%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.78%) CDISC
7 3 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.13%) GRC
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 307 (39.97%) Docker
2 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 277 (36.07%) Kubernetes
2 94 (12.24%) Terraform
3 34 (4.43%) Prometheus
4 23 (2.99%) Grafana
5 16 (2.08%) Istio
6 12 (1.56%) Ansible
7 11 (1.43%) Argo
8 3 (0.39%) Packer
8 3 (0.39%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.13%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.13%) Kibana
9 1 (0.13%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.13%) logstash
9 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.13%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.13%) Puppet
9 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 90 (11.72%) Microsoft
2 55 (7.16%) Google
3 40 (5.21%) IBM
4 18 (2.34%) Oracle
5 13 (1.69%) Dynatrace
6 8 (1.04%) Atlassian
6 8 (1.04%) Cisco
6 8 (1.04%) New Relic
7 6 (0.78%) Apple
8 5 (0.65%) YouTube
9 4 (0.52%) AppDynamics
9 4 (0.52%) Facebook
9 4 (0.52%) Progress
9 4 (0.52%) Splunk
10 3 (0.39%) Databricks
10 3 (0.39%) SAP
10 3 (0.39%) Solace
10 3 (0.39%) TIBCO
11 2 (0.26%) OpenAI
11 2 (0.26%) Revolut