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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 54 32
Rank change year-on-year -27 -22 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 524 878 1,731
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.32% 5.41% 6.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.82% 5.73% 7.12%
Number of salaries quoted 400 554 1,486
10th Percentile £52,490 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,750 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -14.23%
75th Percentile £92,625 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £113,750 £108,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £77,500 £72,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.64% +2.86% -12.10%

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 13,702 15,325 24,328
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.77% 94.40% 92.93%
Number of salaries quoted 8,707 9,051 20,015
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.13%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +6.19% -9.60%

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 30 January 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 (3.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 12 (2.29%) JBoss
3 11 (2.10%) WebSphere
4 5 (0.95%) Apache Pulsar
5 4 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.76%) Confluence
6 3 (0.57%) nginx
6 3 (0.57%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.38%) Apache
7 2 (0.38%) CMS
7 2 (0.38%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.38%) 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 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.19%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 17 (3.24%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.57%) 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
1 310 (59.16%) AWS
2 279 (53.24%) Azure
3 123 (23.47%) GCP
4 120 (22.90%) SaaS
5 111 (21.18%) Serverless
6 78 (14.89%) GitHub
7 69 (13.17%) Azure DevOps
8 41 (7.82%) AWS Lambda
9 38 (7.25%) Amazon EKS
10 33 (6.30%) Amazon S3
11 32 (6.11%) Amazon SQS
11 32 (6.11%) Power Platform
12 28 (5.34%) GitHub Actions
13 27 (5.15%) Amazon ECS
13 27 (5.15%) Azure Service Bus
14 26 (4.96%) PaaS
15 20 (3.82%) OCI
16 19 (3.63%) Azure App Service
17 17 (3.24%) GitHub Copilot
18 16 (3.05%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.10%) Broadband
2 2 (0.38%) AMQP
3 1 (0.19%) DHCP
3 1 (0.19%) DNS
3 1 (0.19%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.19%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (15.65%) MongoDB
2 76 (14.50%) PostgreSQL
3 70 (13.36%) NoSQL
4 64 (12.21%) SQL Server
5 32 (6.11%) Azure SQL Database
6 26 (4.96%) Elasticsearch
7 24 (4.58%) MySQL
8 22 (4.20%) Power BI
9 17 (3.24%) Tableau
10 16 (3.05%) DynamoDB
11 13 (2.48%) Redis
12 12 (2.29%) BigQuery
12 12 (2.29%) Relational Database
13 7 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
13 7 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
14 5 (0.95%) NonStop SQL
15 4 (0.76%) Data Lake
16 2 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
16 2 (0.38%) MariaDB
16 2 (0.38%) PostHog
Development Applications
1 80 (15.27%) Git
2 43 (8.21%) Jenkins
3 25 (4.77%) TeamCity
4 24 (4.58%) JIRA
5 21 (4.01%) GitLab
6 20 (3.82%) Cypress.io
7 17 (3.24%) Oracle Forms
8 11 (2.10%) Selenium
9 10 (1.91%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.72%) CircleCI
11 8 (1.53%) git-flow
11 8 (1.53%) JUnit
11 8 (1.53%) Visual Studio
12 5 (0.95%) JMeter
13 4 (0.76%) Postman
13 4 (0.76%) REST Assured
14 3 (0.57%) Mockito
14 3 (0.57%) SpecFlow
15 2 (0.38%) NUnit
15 2 (0.38%) WebDriver
General
1 165 (31.49%) Social Skills
2 141 (26.91%) Finance
3 50 (9.54%) Banking
3 50 (9.54%) Law
4 36 (6.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 36 (6.87%) Retail
5 34 (6.49%) Financial Institution
6 32 (6.11%) Back Office
7 29 (5.53%) Public Sector
8 20 (3.82%) Telecoms
9 19 (3.63%) Analytical Skills
10 12 (2.29%) Legal
11 11 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (1.91%) Billing
13 8 (1.53%) Advertising
13 8 (1.53%) Marketing
14 6 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.95%) Esports
15 5 (0.95%) Front Office
15 5 (0.95%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 188 (35.88%) Developer
2 157 (29.96%) Senior
3 120 (22.90%) Software Engineer
4 86 (16.41%) Architect
5 79 (15.08%) Lead
6 62 (11.83%) .NET Developer
7 54 (10.31%) Senior Software Engineer
8 47 (8.97%) Senior Developer
9 38 (7.25%) Full-Stack Developer
10 34 (6.49%) Java Engineer
11 33 (6.30%) Lead Developer
12 24 (4.58%) Applications Engineer
12 24 (4.58%) Principal Engineer
12 24 (4.58%) Software Developer
13 23 (4.39%) Cloud Engineer
13 23 (4.39%) Java Developer
13 23 (4.39%) Solutions Architect
14 22 (4.20%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 21 (4.01%) C# Developer
16 19 (3.63%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (36.26%) .NET
2 155 (29.58%) React
3 126 (24.05%) RESTful
4 88 (16.79%) Node.js
5 75 (14.31%) Spring
6 71 (13.55%) .NET Core
6 71 (13.55%) Kafka
7 66 (12.60%) AngularJS
8 59 (11.26%) REST
8 59 (11.26%) Spring Boot
9 56 (10.69%) ASP.NET Web API
10 47 (8.97%) .NET Framework
10 47 (8.97%) ASP.NET
11 37 (7.06%) Entity Framework
12 34 (6.49%) gRPC
12 34 (6.49%) HTML
13 29 (5.53%) ASP.NET MVC
13 29 (5.53%) OAuth
13 29 (5.53%) RabbitMQ
14 27 (5.15%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 159 (30.34%) Cloud Native
2 81 (15.46%) Distributed Systems
3 61 (11.64%) Enterprise Software
4 55 (10.50%) Product Ownership
5 15 (2.86%) Virtual Team
6 14 (2.67%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (2.48%) Algorithms
7 13 (2.48%) Data Structures
8 12 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (2.10%) DataPower
9 11 (2.10%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.91%) AI Agents
11 9 (1.72%) Distributed Architecture
11 9 (1.72%) Over-the-Top Content
11 9 (1.72%) Video\Live Streaming
12 8 (1.53%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.34%) PKI
13 7 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (0.95%) Derivative
14 5 (0.95%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.05%) Android
2 15 (2.86%) Linux
3 7 (1.34%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.34%) Windows
4 2 (0.38%) 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
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (49.81%) CI/CD
2 239 (45.61%) Agile
3 210 (40.08%) DevOps
4 206 (39.31%) Software Engineering
5 165 (31.49%) Full-Stack Development
6 143 (27.29%) Mentoring
7 115 (21.95%) Event-Driven
8 114 (21.76%) Test Automation
9 111 (21.18%) Containerisation
10 105 (20.04%) Continuous Improvement
11 103 (19.66%) Problem-Solving
12 96 (18.32%) AI
13 88 (16.79%) Computer Science
14 83 (15.84%) Clean Code
15 80 (15.27%) Coaching
16 79 (15.08%) Architectural Patterns
17 75 (14.31%) TDD
18 73 (13.93%) Event-Driven Architecture
19 69 (13.17%) Technical Leadership
20 64 (12.21%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 190 (36.26%) Java
2 187 (35.69%) C#
3 138 (26.34%) SQL
4 127 (24.24%) JavaScript
5 114 (21.76%) Python
5 114 (21.76%) TypeScript
6 43 (8.21%) Go
7 19 (3.63%) Shell Script
8 17 (3.24%) PL/SQL
9 15 (2.86%) Ruby
10 10 (1.91%) Scala
11 9 (1.72%) C++
12 8 (1.53%) PHP
13 6 (1.15%) Delphi
13 6 (1.15%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.95%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.76%) Bicep
15 4 (0.76%) C
16 3 (0.57%) Erlang
17 2 (0.38%) Bash
Qualifications
1 94 (17.94%) Degree
2 74 (14.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 44 (8.40%) Security Cleared
4 43 (8.21%) AWS Certification
5 40 (7.63%) Azure Certification
5 40 (7.63%) SC Cleared
6 36 (6.87%) TOGAF Certification
7 31 (5.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 27 (5.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 17 (3.24%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.72%) CISSP
11 8 (1.53%) CISM
12 5 (0.95%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.95%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.76%) AWS Certified Developer
13 4 (0.76%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.57%) DV Cleared
15 2 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
15 2 (0.38%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 1 (0.19%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (9.16%) QA
2 16 (3.05%) GDPR
3 15 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (2.67%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.91%) PCI DSS
6 9 (1.72%) NIST
7 8 (1.53%) NCSC
8 4 (0.76%) WCAG
9 2 (0.38%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.38%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.19%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 122 (23.28%) Docker
2 14 (2.67%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.38%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.38%) vSphere
4 1 (0.19%) Firmware
4 1 (0.19%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 145 (27.67%) Kubernetes
2 91 (17.37%) Terraform
3 40 (7.63%) Grafana
4 17 (3.24%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (2.86%) Ansible
6 9 (1.72%) Argo
7 6 (1.15%) Kibana
8 5 (0.95%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.57%) Puppet
10 2 (0.38%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.19%) Istio
Vendors
1 115 (21.95%) Microsoft
2 31 (5.92%) Oracle
3 14 (2.67%) Google
4 10 (1.91%) Guidewire
5 9 (1.72%) Typelevel
6 6 (1.15%) Databricks
7 5 (0.95%) Ericsson
7 5 (0.95%) Facebook
7 5 (0.95%) Mavenir
7 5 (0.95%) Nokia
7 5 (0.95%) YouTube
8 4 (0.76%) BiZZdesign
8 4 (0.76%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.57%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.57%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.38%) SAP
10 2 (0.38%) SendGrid
10 2 (0.38%) Solarflare
10 2 (0.38%) Sparx
10 2 (0.38%) VMware