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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 46 37
Rank change year-on-year -20 -9 0
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 599 756 1,935
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.52% 5.86% 6.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.22% 6.19% 6.73%
Number of salaries quoted 417 606 1,723
10th Percentile £48,289 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £71,991 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% +10.76% -13.33%
75th Percentile £93,750 £93,778 £82,548
90th Percentile £113,750 £115,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £65,465
% change year-on-year +3.33% +14.57% -15.53%

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 14,197 12,222 28,738
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.45% 94.81% 91.62%
Number of salaries quoted 9,911 8,883 23,314
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,375 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% +9.09% -10.57%

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 6 April 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 13 (2.17%) JBoss
2 11 (1.84%) WebSphere
3 8 (1.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (0.83%) Apache Pulsar
4 5 (0.83%) CMS
5 4 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.50%) Confluence
6 3 (0.50%) NServiceBus
6 3 (0.50%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.33%) Apache
7 2 (0.33%) Camunda
7 2 (0.33%) nginx
7 2 (0.33%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.17%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.17%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (1.34%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.67%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.33%) Shopify
5 1 (0.17%) Actimize
5 1 (0.17%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.17%) Quorum
5 1 (0.17%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 375 (62.60%) AWS
2 287 (47.91%) Azure
3 185 (30.88%) GCP
4 129 (21.54%) SaaS
5 108 (18.03%) Serverless
6 65 (10.85%) GitHub
7 58 (9.68%) Azure DevOps
8 48 (8.01%) Amazon EKS
9 45 (7.51%) AWS Lambda
10 39 (6.51%) Amazon S3
11 38 (6.34%) Amazon SQS
12 30 (5.01%) Azure Service Bus
13 27 (4.51%) Amazon EC2
13 27 (4.51%) Amazon ECS
14 25 (4.17%) Power Platform
15 23 (3.84%) GitHub Actions
16 20 (3.34%) Azure Event Grid
17 19 (3.17%) PaaS
18 16 (2.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 16 (2.67%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 51 (8.51%) Broadband
2 6 (1.00%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (1.00%) Firewall
3 5 (0.83%) DHCP
3 5 (0.83%) DNS
4 4 (0.67%) MQTT
5 3 (0.50%) Modbus
5 3 (0.50%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.33%) AMQP
6 2 (0.33%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (14.86%) PostgreSQL
2 84 (14.02%) NoSQL
3 75 (12.52%) MongoDB
4 54 (9.02%) SQL Server
5 31 (5.18%) MySQL
6 18 (3.01%) Azure SQL Database
7 17 (2.84%) Redis
8 16 (2.67%) Elasticsearch
9 12 (2.00%) Amazon RDS
9 12 (2.00%) BigQuery
9 12 (2.00%) Relational Database
10 11 (1.84%) Power BI
11 10 (1.67%) DynamoDB
12 8 (1.34%) Tableau
13 7 (1.17%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 3 (0.50%) Oracle Database
16 2 (0.33%) CouchDB
16 2 (0.33%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 76 (12.69%) Git
2 40 (6.68%) TeamCity
3 38 (6.34%) Jenkins
4 26 (4.34%) GitLab
5 23 (3.84%) Cypress.io
6 15 (2.50%) JIRA
7 12 (2.00%) Selenium
8 10 (1.67%) Cucumber
9 8 (1.34%) CircleCI
9 8 (1.34%) Oracle Forms
9 8 (1.34%) Visual Studio
10 7 (1.17%) JUnit
11 6 (1.00%) Claude Code
11 6 (1.00%) git-flow
12 4 (0.67%) NUnit
12 4 (0.67%) REST Assured
13 3 (0.50%) Jasmine
13 3 (0.50%) JMeter
13 3 (0.50%) SpecFlow
14 2 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 158 (26.38%) Finance
2 156 (26.04%) Social Skills
3 71 (11.85%) Banking
4 70 (11.69%) Law
5 54 (9.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 52 (8.68%) Retail
7 51 (8.51%) Public Sector
8 47 (7.85%) Financial Institution
9 42 (7.01%) Back Office
10 28 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
11 26 (4.34%) Telecoms
12 12 (2.00%) Legal
12 12 (2.00%) Marketing
13 11 (1.84%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (1.00%) Advertising
16 5 (0.83%) Esports
16 5 (0.83%) Health Technology
16 5 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.83%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 205 (34.22%) Developer
2 173 (28.88%) Senior
3 172 (28.71%) Software Engineer
4 87 (14.52%) Lead
5 86 (14.36%) Architect
6 69 (11.52%) Senior Software Engineer
7 57 (9.52%) Full-Stack Developer
8 53 (8.85%) .NET Developer
9 52 (8.68%) Java Engineer
10 47 (7.85%) Senior Developer
11 36 (6.01%) Java Software Engineer
12 30 (5.01%) C# Developer
12 30 (5.01%) Lead Developer
12 30 (5.01%) Scala Engineer
13 28 (4.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 26 (4.34%) Software Developer
15 25 (4.17%) .NET Software Engineer
16 24 (4.01%) Senior Java Engineer
17 22 (3.67%) Java Developer
18 21 (3.51%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 179 (29.88%) .NET
2 146 (24.37%) React
3 117 (19.53%) RESTful
4 94 (15.69%) Node.js
5 75 (12.52%) Spring
6 71 (11.85%) REST
7 69 (11.52%) gRPC
8 59 (9.85%) Kafka
9 55 (9.18%) .NET Core
10 53 (8.85%) Spring Boot
11 49 (8.18%) AngularJS
12 45 (7.51%) .NET Framework
13 41 (6.84%) ASP.NET
14 39 (6.51%) HTML
15 35 (5.84%) CSS
16 33 (5.51%) Vue
17 31 (5.18%) ASP.NET Web API
18 28 (4.67%) RabbitMQ
19 27 (4.51%) Entity Framework
20 26 (4.34%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 189 (31.55%) Cloud Native
2 110 (18.36%) Distributed Systems
3 69 (11.52%) Product Ownership
4 47 (7.85%) Enterprise Software
5 45 (7.51%) Over-the-Top Content
5 45 (7.51%) Video\Live Streaming
6 17 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (2.34%) Virtual Team
8 13 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (2.00%) Mobile App
10 11 (1.84%) AI Agents
10 11 (1.84%) DataPower
11 9 (1.50%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.50%) Distributed Architecture
12 8 (1.34%) Data Structures
12 8 (1.34%) IoT
12 8 (1.34%) Legacy Applications
13 7 (1.17%) PKI
14 5 (0.83%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.84%) Linux
2 16 (2.67%) Android
3 7 (1.17%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.00%) Unix
5 3 (0.50%) Windows
6 1 (0.17%) CentOS
6 1 (0.17%) Debian
6 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (52.42%) CI/CD
2 280 (46.74%) Software Engineering
3 236 (39.40%) Agile
4 229 (38.23%) DevOps
5 174 (29.05%) Full-Stack Development
6 167 (27.88%) Containerisation
7 157 (26.21%) Mentoring
8 153 (25.54%) Test Automation
9 143 (23.87%) Problem-Solving
10 130 (21.70%) Event-Driven
11 123 (20.53%) Continuous Improvement
12 121 (20.20%) Coaching
13 120 (20.03%) Clean Code
14 107 (17.86%) AI
15 87 (14.52%) Machine Learning
16 83 (13.86%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 77 (12.85%) Computer Science
18 76 (12.69%) TDD
19 69 (11.52%) Architectural Patterns
19 69 (11.52%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 194 (32.39%) Java
2 161 (26.88%) C#
3 155 (25.88%) Python
4 135 (22.54%) JavaScript
5 134 (22.37%) SQL
6 110 (18.36%) TypeScript
7 77 (12.85%) Go
8 45 (7.51%) Scala
9 21 (3.51%) Ruby
10 15 (2.50%) PHP
11 11 (1.84%) Shell Script
12 9 (1.50%) Kotlin
12 9 (1.50%) PL/SQL
13 8 (1.34%) Rust
14 7 (1.17%) C++
15 6 (1.00%) Bicep
15 6 (1.00%) Delphi
16 4 (0.67%) PowerShell
17 2 (0.33%) C
18 1 (0.17%) Perl
Qualifications
1 93 (15.53%) Degree
2 59 (9.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 50 (8.35%) Security Cleared
4 43 (7.18%) SC Cleared
5 32 (5.34%) Azure Certification
6 30 (5.01%) AWS Certification
7 27 (4.51%) TOGAF Certification
8 25 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (3.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 12 (2.00%) CISSP
11 10 (1.67%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.34%) DBS Check
13 7 (1.17%) CISM
14 6 (1.00%) AWS Certified Developer
15 5 (0.83%) GIAC
15 5 (0.83%) ISACA
15 5 (0.83%) ISTQB
15 5 (0.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 5 (0.83%) SANS
16 2 (0.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (7.68%) QA
2 17 (2.84%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.50%) GDPR
3 15 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.00%) NIST
5 7 (1.17%) NCSC
5 7 (1.17%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (0.50%) IFRS
7 3 (0.50%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.50%) WCAG
8 2 (0.33%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.33%) GRC
8 2 (0.33%) SEPA
System Software
1 182 (30.38%) Docker
2 13 (2.17%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.67%) Firmware
4 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 175 (29.22%) Kubernetes
2 95 (15.86%) Terraform
3 60 (10.02%) Grafana
4 25 (4.17%) Ansible
5 9 (1.50%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.34%) Argo
6 8 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.00%) Kibana
8 2 (0.33%) MIIS
8 2 (0.33%) Opsgenie
8 2 (0.33%) Puppet
Vendors
1 91 (15.19%) Microsoft
2 45 (7.51%) Typelevel
3 25 (4.17%) Google
3 25 (4.17%) Oracle
4 9 (1.50%) Red Hat
5 6 (1.00%) Cisco
5 6 (1.00%) F5
5 6 (1.00%) Juniper
5 6 (1.00%) Palo Alto
6 5 (0.83%) Databricks
6 5 (0.83%) Ericsson
6 5 (0.83%) ForgeRock
6 5 (0.83%) Mavenir
6 5 (0.83%) Nokia
6 5 (0.83%) Okta
7 4 (0.67%) Revolut
7 4 (0.67%) Salesforce
7 4 (0.67%) SAP
8 3 (0.50%) Guidewire
8 3 (0.50%) OpenAI