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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 51 69
Rank change year-on-year -18 +18 -21
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 865 918 876
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.47% 5.47% 3.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.28% 5.84% 4.45%
Number of salaries quoted 619 403 538
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,633 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £70,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +14.37% -18.39%
75th Percentile £89,375 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £96,625
UK median annual salary £73,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.69% +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 20,199 15,729 19,699
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.99% 93.79% 88.04%
Number of salaries quoted 14,414 8,417 11,709
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,913 £35,042
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,312 £45,000
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 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,033
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.23% -3.28%

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 September 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 10 (1.16%) CMS
2 7 (0.81%) nginx
2 7 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 6 (0.69%) Camunda
4 5 (0.58%) IIS
5 3 (0.35%) DNN
5 3 (0.35%) EPiServer
5 3 (0.35%) Immediacy CMS
5 3 (0.35%) Kentico
5 3 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
5 3 (0.35%) Sitefinity
5 3 (0.35%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.23%) Confluence
6 2 (0.23%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.23%) WordPress
7 1 (0.12%) JBoss
7 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (0.81%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 479 (55.38%) AWS
2 402 (46.47%) Azure
3 157 (18.15%) SaaS
4 136 (15.72%) GCP
5 106 (12.25%) Serverless
6 97 (11.21%) GitHub
7 78 (9.02%) Amazon EKS
8 73 (8.44%) Azure DevOps
9 71 (8.21%) GitHub Copilot
10 70 (8.09%) AWS Lambda
11 54 (6.24%) Amazon S3
12 48 (5.55%) Azure Service Bus
13 42 (4.86%) Amazon ECS
13 42 (4.86%) Amazon SQS
14 32 (3.70%) Amazon EC2
14 32 (3.70%) Azure AKS
15 31 (3.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 27 (3.12%) Azure Monitor
17 26 (3.01%) PaaS
18 23 (2.66%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.73%) Broadband
2 7 (0.81%) Network Security
3 6 (0.69%) Hyperconnected
3 6 (0.69%) Internet
3 6 (0.69%) VPN
4 5 (0.58%) HTTP
5 4 (0.46%) Firewall
6 3 (0.35%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.23%) BGP
7 2 (0.23%) DNS
7 2 (0.23%) OpenVPN
8 1 (0.12%) MQTT
8 1 (0.12%) SSL
8 1 (0.12%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 220 (25.43%) MongoDB
2 148 (17.11%) Azure SQL Database
3 131 (15.14%) Elasticsearch
4 111 (12.83%) PostgreSQL
5 63 (7.28%) SQL Server
6 45 (5.20%) MySQL
7 36 (4.16%) NoSQL
7 36 (4.16%) Relational Database
8 32 (3.70%) Redis
9 23 (2.66%) Amazon RDS
10 15 (1.73%) DynamoDB
11 13 (1.50%) Data Lake
12 9 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (0.92%) Metadata
14 7 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
14 7 (0.81%) RDBMS
15 6 (0.69%) Parquet
16 4 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
16 4 (0.46%) Delta Lake
16 4 (0.46%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 79 (9.13%) Git
2 64 (7.40%) TeamCity
3 32 (3.70%) GitLab
4 25 (2.89%) Cypress.io
5 21 (2.43%) JUnit
6 19 (2.20%) Mockito
7 18 (2.08%) Maven
8 17 (1.97%) Claude Code
9 16 (1.85%) Jenkins
10 9 (1.04%) JIRA
11 8 (0.92%) Selenium
12 5 (0.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 5 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
13 4 (0.46%) Bitbucket
14 3 (0.35%) Visual Studio
15 2 (0.23%) MLflow
15 2 (0.23%) Mocha
15 2 (0.23%) MSTest
15 2 (0.23%) NUnit
15 2 (0.23%) SonarQube
General
1 208 (24.05%) Finance
2 161 (18.61%) Social Skills
3 113 (13.06%) Law
4 101 (11.68%) Retail
5 99 (11.45%) Public Sector
6 90 (10.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 80 (9.25%) Banking
8 70 (8.09%) Legal
9 64 (7.40%) Back Office
10 62 (7.17%) Financial Institution
11 42 (4.86%) Analytical Skills
12 28 (3.24%) Legal Technology
13 26 (3.01%) Games
14 18 (2.08%) Aerospace
15 14 (1.62%) Marketing
16 9 (1.04%) French Language
17 8 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
18 7 (0.81%) Advertising
19 6 (0.69%) Local Government
20 5 (0.58%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 395 (45.66%) Developer
2 190 (21.97%) Senior
3 182 (21.04%) Lead
4 179 (20.69%) .NET Developer
5 171 (19.77%) Software Engineer
6 112 (12.95%) Architect
7 98 (11.33%) Full-Stack Developer
8 96 (11.10%) Senior Developer
9 49 (5.66%) Lead Developer
10 45 (5.20%) Lead Software Engineer
11 43 (4.97%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 40 (4.62%) Senior Software Engineer
13 37 (4.28%) Technical Leader
14 32 (3.70%) Java Developer
14 32 (3.70%) Software Developer
14 32 (3.70%) Team Leader
15 31 (3.58%) Technical Architect
16 28 (3.24%) Lead Architect
17 26 (3.01%) Java Engineer
17 26 (3.01%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 337 (38.96%) .NET
2 259 (29.94%) Node.js
3 238 (27.51%) React
4 181 (20.92%) .NET Core
5 172 (19.88%) ASP.NET
6 150 (17.34%) ASP.NET Core
7 147 (16.99%) Terraform
8 145 (16.76%) Vue
9 118 (13.64%) AngularJS
10 99 (11.45%) Blazor
11 91 (10.52%) ASP.NET Web API
12 90 (10.40%) REST
13 84 (9.71%) Spring
14 76 (8.79%) RESTful
15 62 (7.17%) .NET Framework
16 57 (6.59%) Spring Boot
17 48 (5.55%) Kafka
18 31 (3.58%) WPF
19 30 (3.47%) CSS
20 28 (3.24%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 232 (26.82%) Cloud Native
2 109 (12.60%) Distributed Systems
3 81 (9.36%) Product Ownership
4 34 (3.93%) Legacy Systems
5 30 (3.47%) Greenfield Project
6 21 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
7 18 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.73%) AI Agents
8 15 (1.73%) Virtual Team
9 12 (1.39%) Management Information System
10 11 (1.27%) Blog
11 9 (1.04%) Data Structures
11 9 (1.04%) Legacy Applications
11 9 (1.04%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.81%) IoT
13 6 (0.69%) Onboarding
13 6 (0.69%) Public Cloud
14 5 (0.58%) Algorithms
14 5 (0.58%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 48 (5.55%) Linux
2 28 (3.24%) Windows
3 14 (1.62%) Unix
4 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 479 (55.38%) Agile
2 447 (51.68%) CI/CD
3 326 (37.69%) Full-Stack Development
4 309 (35.72%) Software Engineering
5 279 (32.25%) Mentoring
6 258 (29.83%) DevOps
7 208 (24.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 183 (21.16%) Problem-Solving
9 171 (19.77%) Event-Driven
10 161 (18.61%) AI
11 159 (18.38%) Scrum
12 150 (17.34%) Technical Leadership
13 149 (17.23%) Coaching
13 149 (17.23%) Test Automation
14 139 (16.07%) TDD
15 120 (13.87%) Clean Code
16 119 (13.76%) Architectural Patterns
17 118 (13.64%) Infrastructure as Code
18 115 (13.29%) Event-Driven Architecture
19 109 (12.60%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 359 (41.50%) C#
2 264 (30.52%) SQL
3 245 (28.32%) JavaScript
4 244 (28.21%) Java
5 202 (23.35%) TypeScript
6 114 (13.18%) Python
7 32 (3.70%) Ruby
8 19 (2.20%) Bash
9 17 (1.97%) Go
10 15 (1.73%) PL/SQL
10 15 (1.73%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.62%) Bicep
12 8 (0.92%) Kotlin
12 8 (0.92%) PHP
13 7 (0.81%) C++
14 5 (0.58%) Scala
15 3 (0.35%) Groovy
15 3 (0.35%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.23%) C
16 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 101 (11.68%) Security Cleared
2 81 (9.36%) SC Cleared
3 68 (7.86%) Degree
4 31 (3.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (1.73%) Azure Certification
6 12 (1.39%) AWS Certification
7 11 (1.27%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.04%) CISM
8 9 (1.04%) CISSP
9 8 (0.92%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.58%) CCSP
11 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.23%) CSSLP
13 2 (0.23%) GWAPT
13 2 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (12.02%) QA
2 26 (3.01%) Accessibility
3 24 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (2.08%) GDPR
5 11 (1.27%) NIST
6 9 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
6 9 (1.04%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.04%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 6 (0.69%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.46%) NCSC
8 4 (0.46%) WCAG
9 3 (0.35%) IFRS
9 3 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.35%) SLA
10 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.12%) PSD2
11 1 (0.12%) SEPA
System Software
1 227 (26.24%) Docker
2 9 (1.04%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.12%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 272 (31.45%) Kubernetes
2 77 (8.90%) Grafana
3 17 (1.97%) Argo
4 15 (1.73%) Ansible
5 13 (1.50%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.35%) Kibana
7 2 (0.23%) Cilium
7 2 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.12%) Consul
8 1 (0.12%) Control-M
Vendors
1 228 (26.36%) Microsoft
2 34 (3.93%) Google
3 28 (3.24%) Oracle
4 15 (1.73%) OpenAI
5 13 (1.50%) SAP
6 10 (1.16%) Databricks
7 9 (1.04%) Splunk
8 7 (0.81%) Dynatrace
9 5 (0.58%) HubSpot
10 4 (0.46%) Epicor
10 4 (0.46%) Facebook
10 4 (0.46%) ForgeRock
10 4 (0.46%) IFS
10 4 (0.46%) Infor
10 4 (0.46%) Instagram
10 4 (0.46%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.46%) TikTok
11 3 (0.35%) Alterian
11 3 (0.35%) OpenText
11 3 (0.35%) Sitecore