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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 49 34
Rank change year-on-year -22 -15 +3
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 574 775 1,936
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.39% 5.80% 6.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.00% 6.09% 6.98%
Number of salaries quoted 404 601 1,718
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,631 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £71,991 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +10.76% -13.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £83,750
90th Percentile £113,750 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £77,500 £74,870 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.51% +10.92% -13.62%

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 14,348 12,730 27,722
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.84% 95.26% 92.02%
Number of salaries quoted 9,446 8,781 22,926
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £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 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 20 March 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 (2.26%) JBoss
2 11 (1.92%) WebSphere
3 10 (1.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (0.87%) Apache Pulsar
4 5 (0.87%) CMS
5 4 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.52%) NServiceBus
6 3 (0.52%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.35%) Apache
7 2 (0.35%) Camunda
7 2 (0.35%) Confluence
7 2 (0.35%) nginx
7 2 (0.35%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.17%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.17%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (1.74%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.70%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.35%) Shopify
4 1 (0.17%) Actimize
4 1 (0.17%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.17%) Quorum
4 1 (0.17%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 358 (62.37%) AWS
2 288 (50.17%) Azure
3 173 (30.14%) GCP
4 128 (22.30%) SaaS
5 108 (18.82%) Serverless
6 68 (11.85%) GitHub
7 54 (9.41%) Azure DevOps
8 45 (7.84%) Amazon EKS
9 44 (7.67%) AWS Lambda
10 38 (6.62%) Amazon S3
11 37 (6.45%) Amazon SQS
12 31 (5.40%) Azure Service Bus
13 25 (4.36%) Amazon ECS
13 25 (4.36%) Power Platform
14 24 (4.18%) Amazon EC2
15 23 (4.01%) GitHub Actions
16 20 (3.48%) Azure Event Grid
16 20 (3.48%) PaaS
17 16 (2.79%) Azure AKS
17 16 (2.79%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 42 (7.32%) Broadband
2 6 (1.05%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (1.05%) Firewall
3 4 (0.70%) DHCP
3 4 (0.70%) DNS
3 4 (0.70%) MQTT
4 3 (0.52%) Modbus
4 3 (0.52%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.35%) AMQP
5 2 (0.35%) Hyperconnected
5 2 (0.35%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (15.33%) PostgreSQL
2 82 (14.29%) NoSQL
3 78 (13.59%) MongoDB
4 61 (10.63%) SQL Server
5 33 (5.75%) MySQL
6 18 (3.14%) Azure SQL Database
7 17 (2.96%) Elasticsearch
7 17 (2.96%) Redis
8 14 (2.44%) Power BI
9 12 (2.09%) BigQuery
10 11 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (1.92%) DynamoDB
11 10 (1.74%) Relational Database
11 10 (1.74%) Tableau
12 7 (1.22%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 2 (0.35%) CouchDB
15 2 (0.35%) MariaDB
15 2 (0.35%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 73 (12.72%) Git
2 39 (6.79%) Jenkins
3 37 (6.45%) TeamCity
4 27 (4.70%) GitLab
5 23 (4.01%) Cypress.io
6 17 (2.96%) JIRA
7 10 (1.74%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.74%) Oracle Forms
7 10 (1.74%) Selenium
8 8 (1.39%) CircleCI
9 7 (1.22%) git-flow
9 7 (1.22%) JUnit
9 7 (1.22%) Visual Studio
10 6 (1.05%) Claude Code
11 4 (0.70%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.52%) JMeter
12 3 (0.52%) NUnit
12 3 (0.52%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.35%) Jasmine
13 2 (0.35%) WebDriver
General
1 164 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 148 (25.78%) Finance
3 68 (11.85%) Law
4 65 (11.32%) Banking
5 52 (9.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 50 (8.71%) Retail
7 45 (7.84%) Financial Institution
8 43 (7.49%) Public Sector
9 40 (6.97%) Back Office
10 30 (5.23%) Analytical Skills
11 26 (4.53%) Telecoms
12 13 (2.26%) Marketing
13 11 (1.92%) Legal
13 11 (1.92%) Manufacturing
14 9 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.22%) Health Technology
16 6 (1.05%) Advertising
16 6 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.87%) Esports
17 5 (0.87%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 192 (33.45%) Developer
2 171 (29.79%) Senior
3 156 (27.18%) Software Engineer
4 84 (14.63%) Architect
5 83 (14.46%) Lead
6 65 (11.32%) Senior Software Engineer
7 52 (9.06%) Full-Stack Developer
7 52 (9.06%) Java Engineer
8 49 (8.54%) .NET Developer
8 49 (8.54%) Senior Developer
9 35 (6.10%) Java Software Engineer
10 33 (5.75%) Lead Developer
11 26 (4.53%) Software Developer
12 24 (4.18%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 24 (4.18%) Scala Engineer
12 24 (4.18%) Senior Java Engineer
13 23 (4.01%) C# Developer
14 22 (3.83%) Java Developer
14 22 (3.83%) Solutions Architect
15 18 (3.14%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (31.36%) .NET
2 139 (24.22%) React
3 118 (20.56%) RESTful
4 86 (14.98%) Node.js
5 74 (12.89%) Spring
6 67 (11.67%) REST
7 64 (11.15%) Kafka
8 60 (10.45%) .NET Core
8 60 (10.45%) gRPC
9 55 (9.58%) Spring Boot
10 45 (7.84%) AngularJS
11 44 (7.67%) .NET Framework
12 40 (6.97%) ASP.NET
13 36 (6.27%) ASP.NET Web API
14 31 (5.40%) HTML
15 29 (5.05%) RabbitMQ
16 28 (4.88%) CSS
17 27 (4.70%) Entity Framework
18 26 (4.53%) OAuth
19 24 (4.18%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 186 (32.40%) Cloud Native
2 103 (17.94%) Distributed Systems
3 69 (12.02%) Product Ownership
4 52 (9.06%) Enterprise Software
5 36 (6.27%) Over-the-Top Content
5 36 (6.27%) Video\Live Streaming
6 16 (2.79%) Virtual Team
7 14 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
8 13 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.92%) AI Agents
9 11 (1.92%) DataPower
10 10 (1.74%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.57%) Data Structures
11 9 (1.57%) Distributed Architecture
12 8 (1.39%) IoT
12 8 (1.39%) Legacy Applications
12 8 (1.39%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.39%) PKI
13 4 (0.70%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.96%) Linux
2 16 (2.79%) Android
3 7 (1.22%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.05%) Unix
5 4 (0.70%) Windows
6 2 (0.35%) VMS
7 1 (0.17%) CentOS
7 1 (0.17%) Debian
7 1 (0.17%) Fedora
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (52.61%) CI/CD
2 263 (45.82%) Software Engineering
3 228 (39.72%) Agile
4 220 (38.33%) DevOps
5 163 (28.40%) Full-Stack Development
6 161 (28.05%) Containerisation
7 150 (26.13%) Mentoring
8 144 (25.09%) Test Automation
9 132 (23.00%) Problem-Solving
10 129 (22.47%) Event-Driven
11 113 (19.69%) Clean Code
11 113 (19.69%) Coaching
12 112 (19.51%) Continuous Improvement
13 104 (18.12%) AI
14 84 (14.63%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 80 (13.94%) Computer Science
16 75 (13.07%) Architectural Patterns
17 74 (12.89%) Machine Learning
18 73 (12.72%) TDD
19 68 (11.85%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 196 (34.15%) Java
2 164 (28.57%) C#
3 147 (25.61%) Python
4 128 (22.30%) SQL
5 124 (21.60%) JavaScript
6 103 (17.94%) TypeScript
7 70 (12.20%) Go
8 36 (6.27%) Scala
9 19 (3.31%) Ruby
10 14 (2.44%) PHP
11 12 (2.09%) Shell Script
12 10 (1.74%) PL/SQL
13 8 (1.39%) Kotlin
14 7 (1.22%) C++
14 7 (1.22%) Rust
15 6 (1.05%) Delphi
16 5 (0.87%) Bicep
17 4 (0.70%) PowerShell
18 3 (0.52%) Erlang
19 2 (0.35%) C
Qualifications
1 95 (16.55%) Degree
2 63 (10.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 49 (8.54%) Security Cleared
4 43 (7.49%) SC Cleared
5 35 (6.10%) AWS Certification
5 35 (6.10%) Azure Certification
6 30 (5.23%) TOGAF Certification
7 27 (4.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (3.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (2.09%) CISSP
10 11 (1.92%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.39%) CISM
11 8 (1.39%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.87%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.87%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.70%) AWS Certified Developer
13 4 (0.70%) GIAC
13 4 (0.70%) ISACA
13 4 (0.70%) SANS
14 2 (0.35%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (8.54%) QA
2 16 (2.79%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (2.26%) GDPR
5 12 (2.09%) NIST
6 8 (1.39%) NCSC
6 8 (1.39%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.52%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.35%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.35%) GRC
8 2 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.35%) SEPA
8 2 (0.35%) WCAG
9 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 169 (29.44%) Docker
2 13 (2.26%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.70%) Firmware
4 2 (0.35%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 168 (29.27%) Kubernetes
2 92 (16.03%) Terraform
3 58 (10.10%) Grafana
4 23 (4.01%) Ansible
5 10 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.57%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.39%) Argo
8 7 (1.22%) Kibana
9 2 (0.35%) Opsgenie
9 2 (0.35%) Puppet
10 1 (0.17%) MIIS
Vendors
1 90 (15.68%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.27%) Typelevel
3 25 (4.36%) Oracle
4 24 (4.18%) Google
5 10 (1.74%) Red Hat
6 6 (1.05%) Cisco
6 6 (1.05%) Databricks
6 6 (1.05%) F5
6 6 (1.05%) Juniper
6 6 (1.05%) Palo Alto
7 5 (0.87%) Ericsson
7 5 (0.87%) Mavenir
7 5 (0.87%) Nokia
8 4 (0.70%) ForgeRock
8 4 (0.70%) Okta
8 4 (0.70%) Revolut
8 4 (0.70%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.70%) SAP
9 3 (0.52%) Guidewire
9 3 (0.52%) OpenAI