Microservices Jobs with Work from Home 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 36 30
Rank change year-on-year -35 -6 -4
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,078 2,257 7,195
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.86% 6.88% 9.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.36% 7.17% 9.43%
Number of salaries quoted 926 1,473 3,408
10th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,750 £75,000 £71,547
Median % change year-on-year -16.33% +4.83% +10.07%
75th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £75,554 £75,000
% change year-on-year -13.97% +0.74% +7.14%

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 24,720 31,469 76,283
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.48% 95.89% 97.14%
Number of salaries quoted 17,624 23,346 43,834
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Microservices
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microservices as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microservices trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microservices
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Microservices over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 14 (1.30%) nginx
2 9 (0.83%) Confluence
3 8 (0.74%) Apache
3 8 (0.74%) IIS
4 6 (0.56%) OpenStack
5 5 (0.46%) CMS
5 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.37%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.37%) JBoss
7 3 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.28%) Red Hat Fuse
8 2 (0.19%) DNN
8 2 (0.19%) Drupal
8 2 (0.19%) EPiServer
8 2 (0.19%) Immediacy CMS
8 2 (0.19%) Kentico
8 2 (0.19%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.19%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
Applications
1 32 (2.97%) Simulink
2 7 (0.65%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.28%) S-PLUS
5 1 (0.093%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.093%) Sketch
5 1 (0.093%) UXPin
5 1 (0.093%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 2 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.093%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.093%) Maximo
2 1 (0.093%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 589 (54.64%) Azure
2 524 (48.61%) AWS
3 135 (12.52%) Serverless
4 132 (12.24%) SaaS
5 100 (9.28%) GCP
6 93 (8.63%) Azure DevOps
7 77 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
8 60 (5.57%) GitHub
9 57 (5.29%) Amazon EKS
10 45 (4.17%) Amazon ECS
11 41 (3.80%) Amazon S3
12 33 (3.06%) Amazon SQS
13 31 (2.88%) PaaS
14 30 (2.78%) Azure Functions
15 28 (2.60%) AWS CloudFormation
16 26 (2.41%) Azure AKS
17 25 (2.32%) Azure Service Bus
18 24 (2.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 23 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
20 22 (2.04%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.04%) Internet
2 21 (1.95%) DNS
3 20 (1.86%) Firewall
4 14 (1.30%) Network Security
5 5 (0.46%) AMQP
5 5 (0.46%) DHCP
5 5 (0.46%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.46%) VPN
6 4 (0.37%) HTTP
7 3 (0.28%) GPRS
7 3 (0.28%) Hyperconnected
7 3 (0.28%) SMS
7 3 (0.28%) Wireless
8 1 (0.093%) Broadband
8 1 (0.093%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (0.093%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 237 (21.99%) SQL Server
2 157 (14.56%) NoSQL
3 146 (13.54%) MongoDB
4 124 (11.50%) PostgreSQL
5 96 (8.91%) Elasticsearch
6 79 (7.33%) MySQL
7 62 (5.75%) Relational Database
8 33 (3.06%) Redis
9 31 (2.88%) DynamoDB
10 25 (2.32%) Azure SQL Database
11 12 (1.11%) DB2
11 12 (1.11%) RDBMS
12 10 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
12 10 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
13 9 (0.83%) Big Data
13 9 (0.83%) MariaDB
14 8 (0.74%) Amazon Aurora
15 5 (0.46%) Neo4j
15 5 (0.46%) Oracle Database
15 5 (0.46%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 201 (18.65%) Git
2 54 (5.01%) Jenkins
3 33 (3.06%) Vagrant
4 31 (2.88%) TeamCity
5 29 (2.69%) Visual Studio
6 27 (2.50%) JIRA
7 25 (2.32%) Cucumber
7 25 (2.32%) GitLab
8 22 (2.04%) Selenium
9 18 (1.67%) SpecFlow
10 17 (1.58%) Cypress.io
11 16 (1.48%) Octopus Deploy
11 16 (1.48%) Team Foundation Server
12 15 (1.39%) JUnit
12 15 (1.39%) Postman
13 13 (1.21%) NUnit
14 10 (0.93%) Moq
15 9 (0.83%) Jasmine
15 9 (0.83%) SonarQube
16 8 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 198 (18.37%) Social Skills
2 172 (15.96%) Finance
3 106 (9.83%) Public Sector
4 73 (6.77%) Retail
5 56 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (5.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 43 (3.99%) Banking
7 37 (3.43%) Law
8 34 (3.15%) Legal
9 26 (2.41%) Games
10 24 (2.23%) Automotive
10 24 (2.23%) Marketing
11 20 (1.86%) Tech for Good
12 19 (1.76%) Advertising
13 16 (1.48%) Back Office
14 10 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (0.93%) Music Industry
15 9 (0.83%) Manufacturing
16 8 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (0.65%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 474 (43.97%) Developer
2 272 (25.23%) Senior
3 215 (19.94%) .NET Developer
4 203 (18.83%) Software Engineer
5 194 (18.00%) Architect
6 148 (13.73%) Lead
7 116 (10.76%) Senior Developer
8 113 (10.48%) Solutions Architect
9 109 (10.11%) C# Developer
10 92 (8.53%) Java Engineer
11 87 (8.07%) Software Developer
12 81 (7.51%) C# .NET Developer
13 78 (7.24%) Senior Software Engineer
14 71 (6.59%) Java Software Engineer
15 50 (4.64%) Lead Developer
16 48 (4.45%) Senior Architect
16 48 (4.45%) Senior Java Engineer
17 46 (4.27%) Senior Solutions Architect
18 43 (3.99%) Technical Architect
19 38 (3.53%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 379 (35.16%) .NET
2 247 (22.91%) AngularJS
3 213 (19.76%) .NET Core
4 199 (18.46%) React
5 198 (18.37%) ASP.NET
6 179 (16.60%) Node.js
7 172 (15.96%) .NET Framework
7 172 (15.96%) ASP.NET Web API
7 172 (15.96%) RESTful
8 154 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
9 137 (12.71%) Entity Framework
10 126 (11.69%) REST
11 118 (10.95%) Kafka
11 118 (10.95%) Vue
12 95 (8.81%) HTML
13 86 (7.98%) Spring
14 78 (7.24%) Spring Boot
15 77 (7.14%) Web Services
16 75 (6.96%) RabbitMQ
17 64 (5.94%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 94 (8.72%) Public Cloud
2 93 (8.63%) Cloud Native
3 62 (5.75%) Greenfield Project
4 48 (4.45%) Distributed Systems
5 44 (4.08%) Product Ownership
6 43 (3.99%) Enterprise Software
7 34 (3.15%) Mobile App
8 27 (2.50%) IoT
9 25 (2.32%) Blog
10 22 (2.04%) Algorithms
11 19 (1.76%) Client/Server
12 16 (1.48%) Management Information System
13 15 (1.39%) Data Structures
13 15 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (1.21%) PMI
15 11 (1.02%) iPhone
16 10 (0.93%) Data Centre
16 10 (0.93%) Legacy Code
17 9 (0.83%) Podcast
17 9 (0.83%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 79 (7.33%) Linux
2 52 (4.82%) Android
3 37 (3.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 34 (3.15%) Windows
5 33 (3.06%) CentOS
5 33 (3.06%) Ubuntu
6 7 (0.65%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.37%) Unix
8 3 (0.28%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.093%) Solaris
10 1 (0.093%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 576 (53.43%) Agile
2 305 (28.29%) Software Engineering
3 275 (25.51%) DevOps
4 273 (25.32%) TDD
5 262 (24.30%) Full Stack Development
6 237 (21.99%) CI/CD
7 188 (17.44%) MVC
8 165 (15.31%) Scrum
9 164 (15.21%) Mentoring
10 152 (14.10%) Design Patterns
11 150 (13.91%) BDD
12 140 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
13 128 (11.87%) Test Automation
14 127 (11.78%) Coaching
15 117 (10.85%) Kanban
16 102 (9.46%) Continuous Deployment
17 97 (9.00%) Event-Driven
18 95 (8.81%) Architectural Patterns
19 93 (8.63%) Containerisation
20 92 (8.53%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 378 (35.06%) C#
2 370 (34.32%) JavaScript
3 318 (29.50%) Java
4 229 (21.24%) SQL
5 183 (16.98%) TypeScript
6 159 (14.75%) Python
7 62 (5.75%) Go
8 54 (5.01%) C++
9 47 (4.36%) Kotlin
10 38 (3.53%) PHP
11 24 (2.23%) PowerShell
12 21 (1.95%) C
13 11 (1.02%) Bicep
14 6 (0.56%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.46%) Bash
15 5 (0.46%) Scala
15 5 (0.46%) VB.NET
16 4 (0.37%) Ruby
16 4 (0.37%) Swift
17 3 (0.28%) Ada
Qualifications
1 114 (10.58%) Degree
2 90 (8.35%) Security Cleared
3 76 (7.05%) SC Cleared
4 63 (5.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (2.69%) Azure Certification
6 17 (1.58%) TOGAF Certification
7 14 (1.30%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.21%) PMI Certification
9 9 (0.83%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 9 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (0.74%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (0.65%) CIPD
11 7 (0.65%) CISSP
12 4 (0.37%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.28%) CREST Certified
13 3 (0.28%) OSCE
13 3 (0.28%) OSCP
14 2 (0.19%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (2.50%) QA
2 12 (1.11%) GDPR
3 9 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (0.74%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.65%) WCAG
6 5 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.37%) EMIR
7 4 (0.37%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.37%) MiFID
7 4 (0.37%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.19%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.19%) GRC
8 2 (0.19%) NIST
9 1 (0.093%) COBIT
9 1 (0.093%) SLA
9 1 (0.093%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 239 (22.17%) Docker
2 24 (2.23%) Virtual Machines
3 21 (1.95%) Active Directory
4 16 (1.48%) Virtual Servers
5 9 (0.83%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.093%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 216 (20.04%) Kubernetes
2 119 (11.04%) Terraform
3 56 (5.19%) Ansible
4 39 (3.62%) Grafana
5 15 (1.39%) Prometheus
6 14 (1.30%) Puppet
7 8 (0.74%) MIIS
8 6 (0.56%) Consul
8 6 (0.56%) Kibana
9 5 (0.46%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.46%) SCOM
10 4 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.28%) Argo
11 3 (0.28%) Galera Cluster
11 3 (0.28%) Nessus
11 3 (0.28%) NetIQ Identity Manager
11 3 (0.28%) Nmap
11 3 (0.28%) Podman
12 1 (0.093%) Hadoop YARN
12 1 (0.093%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 265 (24.58%) Microsoft
2 63 (5.84%) Google
3 46 (4.27%) Oracle
4 32 (2.97%) Xilinx
5 20 (1.86%) ForgeRock
6 18 (1.67%) Sitecore
7 17 (1.58%) Facebook
7 17 (1.58%) Salesforce
8 13 (1.21%) IBM
9 8 (0.74%) OpenAI
10 7 (0.65%) Apple
10 7 (0.65%) Sony
10 7 (0.65%) Yahoo!
11 6 (0.56%) Dynatrace
11 6 (0.56%) Splunk
11 6 (0.56%) WSO2
11 6 (0.56%) YouTube
12 5 (0.46%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.46%) SolarWinds
13 3 (0.28%) GoCardless