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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 46 74
Rank change year-on-year -20 +28 -29
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 865 966 913
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.72% 5.84% 3.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.53% 6.28% 4.20%
Number of salaries quoted 635 448 697
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,600 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £88,148 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,751 £95,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +11.54% -13.33%

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 19,083 15,382 21,719
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.10% 92.95% 87.49%
Number of salaries quoted 13,785 8,957 14,909
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 August 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 9 (1.04%) CMS
2 7 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 5 (0.58%) Camunda
3 5 (0.58%) IIS
3 5 (0.58%) nginx
4 3 (0.35%) DNN
4 3 (0.35%) EPiServer
4 3 (0.35%) Immediacy CMS
4 3 (0.35%) Kentico
4 3 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
4 3 (0.35%) Sitefinity
4 3 (0.35%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.23%) Confluence
5 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.23%) WordPress
6 1 (0.12%) Apache
6 1 (0.12%) JBoss
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (0.81%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.23%) Shopify
4 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 479 (55.38%) AWS
2 404 (46.71%) Azure
3 146 (16.88%) SaaS
4 141 (16.30%) GCP
5 97 (11.21%) Serverless
6 91 (10.52%) GitHub
7 77 (8.90%) Azure DevOps
8 70 (8.09%) GitHub Copilot
9 63 (7.28%) AWS Lambda
10 59 (6.82%) Amazon EKS
11 49 (5.66%) Azure Service Bus
12 47 (5.43%) Amazon S3
13 42 (4.86%) Amazon SQS
14 41 (4.74%) Amazon ECS
15 36 (4.16%) Azure AKS
16 33 (3.82%) Amazon EC2
17 31 (3.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 25 (2.89%) PaaS
19 24 (2.77%) Azure Monitor
20 20 (2.31%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 36 (4.16%) Broadband
2 7 (0.81%) Hyperconnected
2 7 (0.81%) Internet
3 4 (0.46%) HTTP
3 4 (0.46%) Network Security
3 4 (0.46%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (0.35%) Firewall
4 3 (0.35%) Modbus
5 2 (0.23%) DNS
6 1 (0.12%) DHCP
6 1 (0.12%) MQTT
6 1 (0.12%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 220 (25.43%) MongoDB
2 150 (17.34%) Azure SQL Database
3 134 (15.49%) Elasticsearch
4 104 (12.02%) PostgreSQL
5 70 (8.09%) SQL Server
6 47 (5.43%) NoSQL
7 44 (5.09%) MySQL
8 33 (3.82%) Relational Database
9 29 (3.35%) Redis
10 20 (2.31%) Amazon RDS
11 12 (1.39%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.92%) Metadata
13 7 (0.81%) Data Lake
13 7 (0.81%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.46%) Delta Lake
14 4 (0.46%) MariaDB
14 4 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 2 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
15 2 (0.23%) DuckDB
Development Applications
1 73 (8.44%) Git
2 47 (5.43%) TeamCity
3 31 (3.58%) GitLab
4 26 (3.01%) Cypress.io
5 18 (2.08%) JUnit
6 17 (1.97%) Maven
7 16 (1.85%) Claude Code
7 16 (1.85%) Jenkins
7 16 (1.85%) Mockito
8 9 (1.04%) JIRA
8 9 (1.04%) Selenium
9 5 (0.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 5 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
10 4 (0.46%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.46%) NUnit
11 3 (0.35%) Jasmine
11 3 (0.35%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.23%) Karma Test Runner
12 2 (0.23%) Mocha
General
1 181 (20.92%) Finance
2 151 (17.46%) Social Skills
3 98 (11.33%) Law
4 93 (10.75%) Public Sector
5 83 (9.60%) Retail
6 75 (8.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 71 (8.21%) Legal
8 66 (7.63%) Banking
9 45 (5.20%) Back Office
10 44 (5.09%) Financial Institution
11 38 (4.39%) Analytical Skills
12 28 (3.24%) Legal Technology
13 25 (2.89%) Games
14 17 (1.97%) Aerospace
14 17 (1.97%) Marketing
15 9 (1.04%) Local Government
16 8 (0.92%) Advertising
17 7 (0.81%) French Language
17 7 (0.81%) Telecoms
18 6 (0.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 411 (47.51%) Developer
2 189 (21.85%) .NET Developer
3 185 (21.39%) Senior
4 180 (20.81%) Software Engineer
5 174 (20.12%) Lead
6 107 (12.37%) Architect
7 104 (12.02%) Full-Stack Developer
8 91 (10.52%) Senior Developer
9 52 (6.01%) Lead Developer
10 47 (5.43%) Senior Software Engineer
11 42 (4.86%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 42 (4.86%) Lead Software Engineer
12 35 (4.05%) Software Developer
13 33 (3.82%) Technical Leader
14 30 (3.47%) Java Developer
15 28 (3.24%) .NET Software Engineer
15 28 (3.24%) C# Developer
15 28 (3.24%) Solutions Architect
16 27 (3.12%) C# .NET Developer
16 27 (3.12%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 357 (41.27%) .NET
2 267 (30.87%) Node.js
3 238 (27.51%) React
4 182 (21.04%) .NET Core
5 178 (20.58%) ASP.NET
6 154 (17.80%) ASP.NET Core
7 151 (17.46%) Vue
8 125 (14.45%) Terraform
9 118 (13.64%) AngularJS
10 100 (11.56%) Blazor
11 93 (10.75%) ASP.NET Web API
12 90 (10.40%) REST
13 78 (9.02%) RESTful
14 75 (8.67%) Spring
15 69 (7.98%) .NET Framework
16 51 (5.90%) Spring Boot
17 42 (4.86%) Kafka
18 38 (4.39%) CSS
19 33 (3.82%) gRPC
20 31 (3.58%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 222 (25.66%) Cloud Native
2 119 (13.76%) Distributed Systems
3 73 (8.44%) Product Ownership
4 36 (4.16%) Legacy Systems
5 30 (3.47%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (2.54%) Video\Live Streaming
7 19 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (2.08%) Over-the-Top Content
9 15 (1.73%) AI Agents
10 14 (1.62%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.16%) Mobile App
12 9 (1.04%) Blog
12 9 (1.04%) IoT
12 9 (1.04%) Legacy Applications
13 8 (0.92%) Management Information System
14 7 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
15 6 (0.69%) Data Structures
15 6 (0.69%) Marketing Technology
16 5 (0.58%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.66%) Linux
2 24 (2.77%) Windows
3 17 (1.97%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 479 (55.38%) Agile
2 444 (51.33%) CI/CD
3 343 (39.65%) Full-Stack Development
4 329 (38.03%) Software Engineering
5 260 (30.06%) DevOps
6 259 (29.94%) Mentoring
7 200 (23.12%) Continuous Improvement
8 178 (20.58%) Problem-Solving
9 172 (19.88%) Event-Driven
10 165 (19.08%) Scrum
11 158 (18.27%) AI
12 146 (16.88%) Coaching
13 143 (16.53%) Technical Leadership
14 140 (16.18%) TDD
15 138 (15.95%) Test Automation
16 127 (14.68%) Clean Code
17 121 (13.99%) Containerisation
17 121 (13.99%) Infrastructure as Code
18 118 (13.64%) Event-Driven Architecture
19 112 (12.95%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 373 (43.12%) C#
2 262 (30.29%) SQL
3 261 (30.17%) JavaScript
4 211 (24.39%) TypeScript
5 209 (24.16%) Java
6 125 (14.45%) Python
7 33 (3.82%) Ruby
8 29 (3.35%) Go
9 23 (2.66%) Scala
10 19 (2.20%) Bash
11 15 (1.73%) PL/SQL
11 15 (1.73%) PowerShell
12 14 (1.62%) Bicep
12 14 (1.62%) PHP
13 6 (0.69%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.46%) C++
15 3 (0.35%) Rust
15 3 (0.35%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.12%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 83 (9.60%) Security Cleared
2 65 (7.51%) Degree
3 64 (7.40%) SC Cleared
4 32 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (1.39%) AWS Certification
6 11 (1.27%) Azure Certification
6 11 (1.27%) DV Cleared
7 8 (0.92%) CISSP
8 7 (0.81%) CISM
8 7 (0.81%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.46%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.35%) CCSP
11 3 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.23%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (12.37%) QA
2 23 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (2.20%) GDPR
4 15 (1.73%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.16%) Actionable Recommendations
6 9 (1.04%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 8 (0.92%) NIST
8 4 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.46%) NCSC
8 4 (0.46%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.46%) WCAG
9 3 (0.35%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.35%) IFRS
9 3 (0.35%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.23%) SLA
11 1 (0.12%) PSD2
11 1 (0.12%) SEPA
System Software
1 234 (27.05%) Docker
2 8 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 246 (28.44%) Kubernetes
2 57 (6.59%) Grafana
3 17 (1.97%) Ansible
3 17 (1.97%) Argo
4 13 (1.50%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.23%) MIIS
6 1 (0.12%) Consul
6 1 (0.12%) Kibana
6 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 230 (26.59%) Microsoft
2 34 (3.93%) Google
3 27 (3.12%) Oracle
4 18 (2.08%) Typelevel
5 13 (1.50%) OpenAI
5 13 (1.50%) SAP
6 9 (1.04%) Databricks
7 5 (0.58%) HubSpot
7 5 (0.58%) Splunk
8 4 (0.46%) Dynatrace
8 4 (0.46%) Epicor
8 4 (0.46%) Facebook
8 4 (0.46%) IFS
8 4 (0.46%) Infor
8 4 (0.46%) Instagram
8 4 (0.46%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.46%) TikTok
9 3 (0.35%) F5
9 3 (0.35%) Foundry
9 3 (0.35%) Sitecore