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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 54 34
Rank change year-on-year -29 -20 +3
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 498 871 1,534
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.26% 5.32% 6.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.75% 5.66% 7.17%
Number of salaries quoted 396 543 1,283
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £57,688 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £84,250
90th Percentile £113,750 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £77,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +10.71% - -10.42%

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 13,279 15,397 21,384
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.01% 94.02% 93.31%
Number of salaries quoted 8,444 9,059 17,420
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £41,925 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -7.26%

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 19 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 (3.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 11 (2.21%) JBoss
3 10 (2.01%) WebSphere
4 5 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.00%) Apache Pulsar
4 5 (1.00%) Confluence
5 3 (0.60%) Apache
5 3 (0.60%) nginx
5 3 (0.60%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.60%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.40%) CMS
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.20%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.20%) Camunda
7 1 (0.20%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.20%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.20%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.60%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.20%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 17 (3.41%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.20%) Actimize
2 1 (0.20%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.20%) Quorum
2 1 (0.20%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 290 (58.23%) AWS
2 274 (55.02%) Azure
3 108 (21.69%) SaaS
4 107 (21.49%) Serverless
5 104 (20.88%) GCP
6 77 (15.46%) GitHub
7 67 (13.45%) Azure DevOps
8 40 (8.03%) AWS Lambda
9 33 (6.63%) Amazon S3
10 30 (6.02%) Amazon EKS
10 30 (6.02%) Amazon SQS
10 30 (6.02%) Power Platform
11 28 (5.62%) GitHub Actions
12 27 (5.42%) Amazon ECS
13 26 (5.22%) Azure Service Bus
14 25 (5.02%) PaaS
15 20 (4.02%) Azure App Service
15 20 (4.02%) OCI
16 17 (3.41%) GitHub Copilot
17 16 (3.21%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.60%) AMQP
2 2 (0.40%) Broadband
3 1 (0.20%) Hyperconnected
3 1 (0.20%) Internet
3 1 (0.20%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (16.47%) MongoDB
2 73 (14.66%) NoSQL
3 71 (14.26%) PostgreSQL
4 62 (12.45%) SQL Server
5 33 (6.63%) Azure SQL Database
6 26 (5.22%) Elasticsearch
7 23 (4.62%) MySQL
8 22 (4.42%) Power BI
9 17 (3.41%) DynamoDB
9 17 (3.41%) Tableau
10 12 (2.41%) BigQuery
10 12 (2.41%) Redis
11 10 (2.01%) Relational Database
12 9 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
12 9 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
13 5 (1.00%) NonStop SQL
14 4 (0.80%) Data Lake
15 2 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
15 2 (0.40%) PostHog
15 2 (0.40%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 83 (16.67%) Git
2 45 (9.04%) Jenkins
3 24 (4.82%) JIRA
4 20 (4.02%) GitLab
5 19 (3.82%) Cypress.io
6 17 (3.41%) Oracle Forms
6 17 (3.41%) TeamCity
7 13 (2.61%) Selenium
8 10 (2.01%) CircleCI
8 10 (2.01%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.81%) Visual Studio
10 8 (1.61%) git-flow
10 8 (1.61%) JUnit
11 6 (1.20%) JMeter
12 5 (1.00%) Postman
13 4 (0.80%) REST Assured
14 3 (0.60%) Mockito
14 3 (0.60%) SpecFlow
14 3 (0.60%) Storybook
14 3 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 163 (32.73%) Social Skills
2 126 (25.30%) Finance
3 43 (8.63%) Law
4 38 (7.63%) Banking
5 27 (5.42%) Public Sector
5 27 (5.42%) Retail
6 26 (5.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (4.82%) Financial Institution
8 21 (4.22%) Back Office
9 20 (4.02%) Telecoms
10 18 (3.61%) Analytical Skills
11 13 (2.61%) Legal
12 12 (2.41%) Billing
13 11 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.61%) Advertising
15 7 (1.41%) Marketing
16 6 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (1.00%) Esports
17 5 (1.00%) Front Office
18 4 (0.80%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 180 (36.14%) Developer
2 145 (29.12%) Senior
3 107 (21.49%) Software Engineer
4 80 (16.06%) Architect
5 78 (15.66%) Lead
6 63 (12.65%) .NET Developer
7 48 (9.64%) Senior Software Engineer
8 44 (8.84%) Senior Developer
9 35 (7.03%) Full-Stack Developer
10 32 (6.43%) Lead Developer
11 27 (5.42%) Java Engineer
12 24 (4.82%) Applications Engineer
13 23 (4.62%) Cloud Engineer
13 23 (4.62%) Principal Engineer
13 23 (4.62%) Software Developer
14 22 (4.42%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 21 (4.22%) Java Developer
16 20 (4.02%) C# Developer
17 19 (3.82%) Azure Developer
17 19 (3.82%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (37.75%) .NET
2 154 (30.92%) React
3 125 (25.10%) RESTful
4 83 (16.67%) Node.js
5 72 (14.46%) Kafka
6 71 (14.26%) Spring
7 70 (14.06%) .NET Core
8 66 (13.25%) AngularJS
9 57 (11.45%) Spring Boot
10 56 (11.24%) ASP.NET Web API
11 53 (10.64%) REST
12 48 (9.64%) .NET Framework
13 46 (9.24%) ASP.NET
14 38 (7.63%) Entity Framework
15 33 (6.63%) HTML
16 31 (6.22%) RabbitMQ
17 29 (5.82%) ASP.NET MVC
18 28 (5.62%) OAuth
18 28 (5.62%) Vue
19 27 (5.42%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 150 (30.12%) Cloud Native
2 74 (14.86%) Distributed Systems
3 61 (12.25%) Enterprise Software
4 50 (10.04%) Product Ownership
5 15 (3.01%) Data Structures
5 15 (3.01%) Virtual Team
6 14 (2.81%) Algorithms
6 14 (2.81%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (2.81%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (2.01%) AI Agents
8 10 (2.01%) DataPower
9 9 (1.81%) Distributed Architecture
9 9 (1.81%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.20%) IoT
11 5 (1.00%) Derivative
11 5 (1.00%) Legacy Applications
11 5 (1.00%) PKI
11 5 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.80%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.21%) Android
2 15 (3.01%) Linux
3 9 (1.81%) Windows
4 7 (1.41%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.40%) VMS
6 1 (0.20%) CentOS
6 1 (0.20%) Debian
6 1 (0.20%) Fedora
6 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (49.60%) CI/CD
2 246 (49.40%) Agile
3 209 (41.97%) DevOps
4 184 (36.95%) Software Engineering
5 160 (32.13%) Full-Stack Development
6 138 (27.71%) Mentoring
7 115 (23.09%) Event-Driven
8 104 (20.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 101 (20.28%) Containerisation
10 100 (20.08%) Test Automation
11 95 (19.08%) AI
12 91 (18.27%) Problem-Solving
13 83 (16.67%) Computer Science
14 76 (15.26%) Architectural Patterns
15 75 (15.06%) Clean Code
15 75 (15.06%) TDD
16 74 (14.86%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 67 (13.45%) Coaching
18 66 (13.25%) Technical Leadership
19 63 (12.65%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 188 (37.75%) C#
2 179 (35.94%) Java
3 140 (28.11%) SQL
4 125 (25.10%) JavaScript
5 111 (22.29%) TypeScript
6 106 (21.29%) Python
7 36 (7.23%) Go
8 19 (3.82%) Shell Script
9 17 (3.41%) PL/SQL
10 15 (3.01%) Ruby
11 9 (1.81%) C++
12 7 (1.41%) PHP
13 6 (1.20%) Delphi
14 5 (1.00%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.80%) Bicep
15 4 (0.80%) C
15 4 (0.80%) PowerShell
16 3 (0.60%) Elixir
16 3 (0.60%) Erlang
17 2 (0.40%) Rust
Qualifications
1 88 (17.67%) Degree
2 72 (14.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 42 (8.43%) AWS Certification
4 41 (8.23%) Security Cleared
5 38 (7.63%) Azure Certification
6 37 (7.43%) SC Cleared
7 34 (6.83%) TOGAF Certification
8 31 (6.22%) Microsoft Certification
9 27 (5.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 17 (3.41%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.20%) CISM
11 6 (1.20%) CISSP
11 6 (1.20%) ISTQB
11 6 (1.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.80%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (0.80%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.80%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.40%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 2 (0.40%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (10.84%) QA
2 16 (3.21%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.61%) GDPR
4 10 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.61%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.20%) NCSC
6 6 (1.20%) NIST
7 5 (1.00%) WCAG
8 3 (0.60%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.40%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.20%) JSP 440
System Software
1 112 (22.49%) Docker
2 13 (2.61%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.40%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.40%) vSphere
4 1 (0.20%) Firmware
4 1 (0.20%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 136 (27.31%) Kubernetes
2 82 (16.47%) Terraform
3 33 (6.63%) Grafana
4 17 (3.41%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (2.81%) Ansible
6 10 (2.01%) Argo
7 6 (1.20%) Kibana
7 6 (1.20%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.60%) Puppet
9 2 (0.40%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.20%) Istio
Vendors
1 113 (22.69%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.02%) Oracle
3 12 (2.41%) Google
3 12 (2.41%) Guidewire
4 6 (1.20%) Databricks
5 5 (1.00%) Ericsson
5 5 (1.00%) Facebook
5 5 (1.00%) Mavenir
5 5 (1.00%) Nokia
5 5 (1.00%) YouTube
6 4 (0.80%) BiZZdesign
6 4 (0.80%) Red Hat
7 3 (0.60%) Dynatrace
8 2 (0.40%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.40%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.40%) SAP
8 2 (0.40%) SendGrid
8 2 (0.40%) Solarflare
8 2 (0.40%) Sparx
8 2 (0.40%) VMware