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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 47 76
Rank change year-on-year -16 +29 -30
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 865 970 895
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.75% 5.84% 3.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.56% 6.28% 4.13%
Number of salaries quoted 628 450 692
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,425 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +10.24% -15.33%
75th Percentile £88,148 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,251 £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 18,968 15,434 21,650
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.20% 92.98% 87.43%
Number of salaries quoted 13,701 8,953 14,944
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 £97,500
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 24 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%) JBoss
5 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.23%) WordPress
6 1 (0.12%) Apache
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%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.23%) Shopify
4 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 482 (55.72%) AWS
2 406 (46.94%) Azure
3 147 (16.99%) GCP
4 144 (16.65%) SaaS
5 98 (11.33%) Serverless
6 91 (10.52%) GitHub
7 79 (9.13%) Azure DevOps
8 70 (8.09%) GitHub Copilot
9 63 (7.28%) AWS Lambda
10 56 (6.47%) Amazon EKS
11 51 (5.90%) Azure Service Bus
12 46 (5.32%) Amazon S3
13 42 (4.86%) Amazon SQS
14 40 (4.62%) Amazon ECS
15 37 (4.28%) Azure AKS
16 32 (3.70%) 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 45 (5.20%) 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
5 2 (0.23%) MQTT
6 1 (0.12%) DHCP
6 1 (0.12%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 219 (25.32%) MongoDB
2 150 (17.34%) Azure SQL Database
3 134 (15.49%) Elasticsearch
4 104 (12.02%) PostgreSQL
5 72 (8.32%) SQL Server
6 47 (5.43%) NoSQL
7 44 (5.09%) MySQL
8 33 (3.82%) Relational Database
9 31 (3.58%) 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%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 74 (8.55%) Git
2 44 (5.09%) TeamCity
3 32 (3.70%) GitLab
4 25 (2.89%) Cypress.io
5 18 (2.08%) JUnit
6 17 (1.97%) Jenkins
6 17 (1.97%) Maven
7 16 (1.85%) Claude Code
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%) MLflow
General
1 181 (20.92%) Finance
2 149 (17.23%) Social Skills
3 96 (11.10%) Law
4 87 (10.06%) Public Sector
5 81 (9.36%) Retail
6 72 (8.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 71 (8.21%) Legal
8 63 (7.28%) Banking
9 42 (4.86%) Back Office
10 41 (4.74%) Financial Institution
11 38 (4.39%) Analytical Skills
12 28 (3.24%) Legal Technology
13 25 (2.89%) Games
14 18 (2.08%) Marketing
15 17 (1.97%) Aerospace
16 9 (1.04%) Local Government
17 8 (0.92%) Advertising
18 7 (0.81%) French Language
18 7 (0.81%) Manufacturing
18 7 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 413 (47.75%) Developer
2 189 (21.85%) .NET Developer
3 183 (21.16%) Senior
4 180 (20.81%) Software Engineer
5 168 (19.42%) Lead
6 103 (11.91%) Full-Stack Developer
7 102 (11.79%) Architect
8 90 (10.40%) Senior Developer
9 52 (6.01%) Lead Developer
10 47 (5.43%) Senior Software Engineer
11 42 (4.86%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 41 (4.74%) Lead Software Engineer
13 37 (4.28%) Software Developer
14 31 (3.58%) Java Developer
15 28 (3.24%) .NET Software Engineer
15 28 (3.24%) C# Developer
15 28 (3.24%) Solutions Architect
15 28 (3.24%) Technical Leader
16 27 (3.12%) C# .NET Developer
17 26 (3.01%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 358 (41.39%) .NET
2 265 (30.64%) Node.js
3 238 (27.51%) React
4 184 (21.27%) .NET Core
5 178 (20.58%) ASP.NET
6 154 (17.80%) ASP.NET Core
7 151 (17.46%) Vue
8 121 (13.99%) Terraform
9 118 (13.64%) AngularJS
10 99 (11.45%) Blazor
11 93 (10.75%) ASP.NET Web API
12 88 (10.17%) REST
13 80 (9.25%) RESTful
14 72 (8.32%) Spring
15 70 (8.09%) .NET Framework
16 48 (5.55%) Spring Boot
17 42 (4.86%) gRPC
17 42 (4.86%) Kafka
18 39 (4.51%) CSS
19 32 (3.70%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 217 (25.09%) Cloud Native
2 128 (14.80%) Distributed Systems
3 71 (8.21%) Product Ownership
4 37 (4.28%) Legacy Systems
5 31 (3.58%) Video\Live Streaming
6 29 (3.35%) Greenfield Project
7 27 (3.12%) Over-the-Top Content
8 19 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
8 19 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
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 48 (5.55%) Linux
2 24 (2.77%) Windows
3 17 (1.97%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 476 (55.03%) Agile
2 448 (51.79%) CI/CD
3 340 (39.31%) Full-Stack Development
4 334 (38.61%) Software Engineering
5 258 (29.83%) DevOps
6 249 (28.79%) Mentoring
7 199 (23.01%) Continuous Improvement
8 185 (21.39%) Problem-Solving
9 167 (19.31%) Event-Driven
10 166 (19.19%) Scrum
11 159 (18.38%) AI
12 147 (16.99%) Coaching
13 140 (16.18%) TDD
14 136 (15.72%) Test Automation
15 135 (15.61%) Technical Leadership
16 133 (15.38%) Clean Code
17 131 (15.14%) Containerisation
18 121 (13.99%) Infrastructure as Code
19 114 (13.18%) Enterprise Architecture
19 114 (13.18%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 374 (43.24%) C#
2 263 (30.40%) SQL
3 260 (30.06%) JavaScript
4 211 (24.39%) TypeScript
5 204 (23.58%) Java
6 135 (15.61%) Python
7 39 (4.51%) Go
8 32 (3.70%) Ruby
8 32 (3.70%) Scala
9 19 (2.20%) Bash
10 15 (1.73%) PL/SQL
10 15 (1.73%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.62%) Bicep
11 14 (1.62%) PHP
12 4 (0.46%) C++
12 4 (0.46%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.46%) Rust
13 3 (0.35%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.12%) Perl
Qualifications
1 82 (9.48%) Security Cleared
2 67 (7.75%) Degree
3 63 (7.28%) SC Cleared
4 32 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (1.27%) AWS Certification
5 11 (1.27%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.16%) Azure Certification
7 7 (0.81%) CISSP
7 7 (0.81%) DBS Check
8 6 (0.69%) CISM
9 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.46%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
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
1 109 (12.60%) QA
2 22 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (2.08%) GDPR
4 16 (1.85%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.16%) Actionable Recommendations
6 9 (1.04%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 7 (0.81%) NIST
8 4 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
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%) NCSC
9 3 (0.35%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.23%) SLA
11 1 (0.12%) PSD2
11 1 (0.12%) SEPA
System Software
1 241 (27.86%) Docker
2 8 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 240 (27.75%) Kubernetes
2 55 (6.36%) Grafana
3 19 (2.20%) Ansible
4 17 (1.97%) Argo
5 14 (1.62%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.23%) MIIS
7 1 (0.12%) Consul
7 1 (0.12%) Kibana
7 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 231 (26.71%) Microsoft
2 34 (3.93%) Google
3 28 (3.24%) Oracle
4 27 (3.12%) 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