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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 46 74
Rank change year-on-year -20 +28 -28
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 857 962 879
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.67% 5.87% 3.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.48% 6.31% 4.13%
Number of salaries quoted 627 445 645
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,450 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £88,148 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £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 19,145 15,240 21,286
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.96% 92.98% 87.58%
Number of salaries quoted 13,809 8,865 14,207
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £44,541
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,225
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,075
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.92% -6.54%

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 2 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 8 (0.93%) CMS
2 7 (0.82%) 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%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.23%) WordPress
6 1 (0.12%) Apache
6 1 (0.12%) JBoss
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (0.82%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 474 (55.31%) AWS
2 399 (46.56%) Azure
3 141 (16.45%) SaaS
4 139 (16.22%) GCP
5 95 (11.09%) Serverless
6 91 (10.62%) GitHub
7 77 (8.98%) Azure DevOps
8 70 (8.17%) GitHub Copilot
9 61 (7.12%) AWS Lambda
10 59 (6.88%) Amazon EKS
11 49 (5.72%) Azure Service Bus
12 45 (5.25%) Amazon S3
13 42 (4.90%) Amazon SQS
14 41 (4.78%) Amazon ECS
15 34 (3.97%) Azure AKS
16 31 (3.62%) Amazon EC2
16 31 (3.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 25 (2.92%) PaaS
18 24 (2.80%) Azure Monitor
19 20 (2.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 36 (4.20%) Broadband
2 7 (0.82%) Hyperconnected
2 7 (0.82%) Internet
3 4 (0.47%) HTTP
3 4 (0.47%) Network Security
4 3 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (0.35%) Firewall
5 2 (0.23%) DNS
5 2 (0.23%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.12%) DHCP
6 1 (0.12%) Modbus
6 1 (0.12%) MQTT
6 1 (0.12%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 220 (25.67%) MongoDB
2 150 (17.50%) Azure SQL Database
3 134 (15.64%) Elasticsearch
4 102 (11.90%) PostgreSQL
5 68 (7.93%) SQL Server
6 43 (5.02%) MySQL
7 42 (4.90%) NoSQL
8 33 (3.85%) Relational Database
9 29 (3.38%) Redis
10 18 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
11 12 (1.40%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.93%) Metadata
13 7 (0.82%) RDBMS
14 5 (0.58%) Data Lake
15 4 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.47%) Delta Lake
15 4 (0.47%) MariaDB
15 4 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 2 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
16 2 (0.23%) DuckDB
Development Applications
1 72 (8.40%) Git
2 47 (5.48%) TeamCity
3 31 (3.62%) GitLab
4 26 (3.03%) Cypress.io
5 18 (2.10%) JUnit
6 17 (1.98%) Maven
7 16 (1.87%) Jenkins
7 16 (1.87%) Mockito
8 15 (1.75%) Claude Code
9 9 (1.05%) Selenium
10 8 (0.93%) JIRA
11 5 (0.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 5 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
12 4 (0.47%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.47%) NUnit
13 3 (0.35%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
14 2 (0.23%) Jasmine
14 2 (0.23%) MLflow
14 2 (0.23%) SonarQube
General
1 181 (21.12%) Finance
2 150 (17.50%) Social Skills
3 100 (11.67%) Law
4 96 (11.20%) Public Sector
5 82 (9.57%) Retail
6 74 (8.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 71 (8.28%) Legal
8 66 (7.70%) Banking
9 45 (5.25%) Back Office
10 44 (5.13%) Financial Institution
11 38 (4.43%) Analytical Skills
12 28 (3.27%) Legal Technology
13 27 (3.15%) Games
14 17 (1.98%) Aerospace
15 16 (1.87%) Marketing
16 9 (1.05%) French Language
16 9 (1.05%) Local Government
17 7 (0.82%) Advertising
17 7 (0.82%) Telecoms
18 5 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 407 (47.49%) Developer
2 187 (21.82%) .NET Developer
3 184 (21.47%) Senior
4 175 (20.42%) Lead
5 174 (20.30%) Software Engineer
6 107 (12.49%) Architect
7 101 (11.79%) Full-Stack Developer
8 91 (10.62%) Senior Developer
9 52 (6.07%) Lead Developer
10 47 (5.48%) Senior Software Engineer
11 40 (4.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 40 (4.67%) Lead Software Engineer
12 36 (4.20%) Technical Leader
13 35 (4.08%) Software Developer
14 29 (3.38%) Java Developer
14 29 (3.38%) Technical Architect
15 27 (3.15%) Team Leader
16 26 (3.03%) Java Engineer
17 25 (2.92%) C# .NET Developer
17 25 (2.92%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 348 (40.61%) .NET
2 267 (31.16%) Node.js
3 237 (27.65%) React
4 180 (21.00%) .NET Core
5 176 (20.54%) ASP.NET
6 153 (17.85%) ASP.NET Core
7 149 (17.39%) Vue
8 125 (14.59%) Terraform
9 117 (13.65%) AngularJS
10 100 (11.67%) Blazor
11 93 (10.85%) ASP.NET Web API
12 88 (10.27%) REST
13 75 (8.75%) RESTful
14 74 (8.63%) Spring
15 66 (7.70%) .NET Framework
16 50 (5.83%) Spring Boot
17 42 (4.90%) Kafka
18 35 (4.08%) CSS
19 31 (3.62%) gRPC
19 31 (3.62%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 216 (25.20%) Cloud Native
2 117 (13.65%) Distributed Systems
3 73 (8.52%) Product Ownership
4 36 (4.20%) Legacy Systems
5 30 (3.50%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (2.57%) Video\Live Streaming
7 21 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (2.10%) Over-the-Top Content
9 17 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (1.75%) AI Agents
11 14 (1.63%) Virtual Team
12 10 (1.17%) Mobile App
13 9 (1.05%) Blog
13 9 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
14 8 (0.93%) Management Information System
15 7 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
15 7 (0.82%) IoT
16 6 (0.70%) Data Structures
17 5 (0.58%) Marketing Technology
17 5 (0.58%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.72%) Linux
2 24 (2.80%) Windows
3 17 (1.98%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 474 (55.31%) Agile
2 438 (51.11%) CI/CD
3 340 (39.67%) Full-Stack Development
4 317 (36.99%) Software Engineering
5 260 (30.34%) Mentoring
6 254 (29.64%) DevOps
7 198 (23.10%) Continuous Improvement
8 180 (21.00%) Problem-Solving
9 173 (20.19%) Event-Driven
10 161 (18.79%) Scrum
11 156 (18.20%) AI
12 149 (17.39%) Coaching
13 144 (16.80%) Technical Leadership
14 137 (15.99%) TDD
14 137 (15.99%) Test Automation
15 124 (14.47%) Clean Code
16 119 (13.89%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 119 (13.89%) Infrastructure as Code
17 115 (13.42%) Containerisation
18 112 (13.07%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 364 (42.47%) C#
2 258 (30.11%) JavaScript
3 256 (29.87%) SQL
4 211 (24.62%) TypeScript
5 208 (24.27%) Java
6 124 (14.47%) Python
7 33 (3.85%) Ruby
8 29 (3.38%) Go
9 23 (2.68%) Scala
10 19 (2.22%) Bash
11 15 (1.75%) PL/SQL
11 15 (1.75%) PowerShell
12 14 (1.63%) Bicep
13 12 (1.40%) PHP
14 6 (0.70%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.47%) C++
16 3 (0.35%) Rust
16 3 (0.35%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
18 1 (0.12%) Perl
Qualifications
1 84 (9.80%) Security Cleared
2 67 (7.82%) Degree
3 64 (7.47%) SC Cleared
4 32 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (1.40%) AWS Certification
6 11 (1.28%) Azure Certification
6 11 (1.28%) DV Cleared
7 8 (0.93%) CISSP
8 7 (0.82%) CISM
8 7 (0.82%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.47%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
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
1 105 (12.25%) QA
2 21 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (2.22%) GDPR
4 17 (1.98%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
6 9 (1.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 8 (0.93%) NIST
8 4 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.47%) NCSC
8 4 (0.47%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.47%) WCAG
9 3 (0.35%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.35%) IFRS
9 3 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.23%) SLA
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.12%) PSD2
11 1 (0.12%) SEPA
System Software
1 233 (27.19%) Docker
2 8 (0.93%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.12%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 243 (28.35%) Kubernetes
2 57 (6.65%) Grafana
3 17 (1.98%) Ansible
3 17 (1.98%) Argo
4 13 (1.52%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.23%) MIIS
6 1 (0.12%) Consul
6 1 (0.12%) Kibana
6 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 229 (26.72%) Microsoft
2 34 (3.97%) Google
3 27 (3.15%) Oracle
4 18 (2.10%) Typelevel
5 14 (1.63%) SAP
6 13 (1.52%) OpenAI
7 9 (1.05%) Databricks
8 5 (0.58%) HubSpot
8 5 (0.58%) Splunk
9 4 (0.47%) Dynatrace
9 4 (0.47%) Epicor
9 4 (0.47%) Facebook
9 4 (0.47%) IFS
9 4 (0.47%) Infor
9 4 (0.47%) Instagram
9 4 (0.47%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.47%) TikTok
10 3 (0.35%) F5
10 3 (0.35%) Foundry
10 3 (0.35%) Sitecore