Microservices Contracts in England

Microservices
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Microservices skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Microservices over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 78 56 35
Rank change year-on-year -22 -21 -2
Contract jobs citing Microservices 1,027 1,877 4,356
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.78% 3.93% 6.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.25% 4.37% 6.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 734 1,432 3,244
10th Percentile £400 £463 £425
25th Percentile £463 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £638 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +6.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £675 £731 £700
90th Percentile £750 £800 £795
UK median daily rate £550 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 17 24
10th Percentile £40.08 £45.50 £48.50
25th Percentile £44.60 £70.00 £51.88
Median hourly rate £47.16 £72.50 £63.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.96% +14.62% -2.69%
75th Percentile £56.25 £75.00 £70.38
90th Percentile £61.88 £81.00 £77.22
UK median hourly rate £47.16 £72.50 £60.75
% change year-on-year -34.96% +19.34% +7.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Microservices is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,636 42,957 64,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.67% 89.97% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,638 30,177 45,793
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,325 1,518 1,713
10th Percentile £12.85 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.66 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.41
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Microservices as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Microservices in England

Microservices
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microservices in England.

Daily rate trend for Microservices in England

Microservices
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microservices in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microservices in England

Microservices
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microservices in England.

Hourly rate trend for Microservices in England

Microservices
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microservices in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microservices in England

Microservices
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the England region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -14 696 £575 -11.54% 363
North of England +13 122 £525 -4.55% 137
South East -18 90 £615 +9.33% 84
North West +37 84 £550 - 86
South West -24 41 £525 -9.68% 43
Midlands -7 35 £445 -11.44% 54
Yorkshire -8 33 £450 -21.74% 35
East of England -10 18 £550 +5.77% 20
West Midlands -11 18 £450 -33.33% 28
East Midlands +3 17 £425 +6.25% 26
North East +5 9 £413 -25.00% 17
Microservices
UK

Microservices
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 27 (2.63%) Confluence
2 21 (2.04%) nginx
3 14 (1.36%) Apache Spark
4 9 (0.88%) Apache
4 9 (0.88%) CMS
4 9 (0.88%) OpenStack
5 8 (0.78%) IIS
5 8 (0.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 7 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.68%) BizTalk Server
6 7 (0.68%) JBoss
6 7 (0.68%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.58%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.49%) Apache Solr
8 5 (0.49%) Camunda
9 3 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.19%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.097%) Drupal
11 1 (0.097%) IBM Notes
11 1 (0.097%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (1.07%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.19%) Gliffy
5 1 (0.097%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.097%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (0.68%) Temenos T24
2 4 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.29%) Maximo
3 3 (0.29%) Shopify
4 2 (0.19%) BusinessWorks
4 2 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.19%) Endur
5 1 (0.097%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.097%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 366 (35.64%) AWS
2 299 (29.11%) Azure
3 155 (15.09%) GCP
4 138 (13.44%) Serverless
5 70 (6.82%) AWS Lambda
6 53 (5.16%) OpenShift
7 51 (4.97%) Azure DevOps
8 46 (4.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 44 (4.28%) Azure Functions
10 42 (4.09%) GitHub
10 42 (4.09%) SaaS
11 40 (3.89%) Amazon S3
12 39 (3.80%) PaaS
13 35 (3.41%) Azure Data Factory
14 34 (3.31%) Entra ID
15 27 (2.63%) Amazon EKS
16 26 (2.53%) Azure Service Bus
17 24 (2.34%) Apigee
17 24 (2.34%) IaaS
18 23 (2.24%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 48 (4.67%) HTTP
2 21 (2.04%) Firewall
3 16 (1.56%) DNS
3 16 (1.56%) VPN
4 10 (0.97%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.88%) DHCP
6 8 (0.78%) HTTPS
7 5 (0.49%) Internet
7 5 (0.49%) IPsec
8 4 (0.39%) ATM
8 4 (0.39%) SSL
8 4 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.29%) AMQP
9 3 (0.29%) Network Security
10 1 (0.097%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.097%) MQTT
10 1 (0.097%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.097%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (14.41%) NoSQL
2 108 (10.52%) PostgreSQL
3 97 (9.44%) MongoDB
4 67 (6.52%) SQL Server
5 66 (6.43%) Relational Database
6 53 (5.16%) Apache Cassandra
7 32 (3.12%) Azure SQL Database
8 29 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
8 29 (2.82%) Elasticsearch
9 27 (2.63%) Amazon RDS
10 24 (2.34%) MySQL
11 23 (2.24%) Big Data
12 20 (1.95%) RDBMS
13 15 (1.46%) DynamoDB
14 14 (1.36%) BigQuery
15 13 (1.27%) Data Lake
15 13 (1.27%) OLTP
16 11 (1.07%) Redis
16 11 (1.07%) Snowflake Schema
17 10 (0.97%) DB2
Development Applications
1 167 (16.26%) Git
2 105 (10.22%) Jenkins
3 56 (5.45%) JIRA
4 54 (5.26%) JUnit
5 52 (5.06%) GitLab
6 42 (4.09%) Mockito
7 35 (3.41%) Selenium
7 35 (3.41%) TeamCity
8 31 (3.02%) Cucumber
9 20 (1.95%) Cypress.io
10 17 (1.66%) Maven
10 17 (1.66%) Postman
11 12 (1.17%) Gradle
11 12 (1.17%) NUnit
11 12 (1.17%) SoapUI
11 12 (1.17%) SonarQube
11 12 (1.17%) SpecFlow
12 11 (1.07%) Moq
13 9 (0.88%) Bitbucket
13 9 (0.88%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 212 (20.64%) Finance
2 186 (18.11%) Social Skills
3 128 (12.46%) Banking
4 94 (9.15%) Public Sector
5 77 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (3.21%) Retail
7 31 (3.02%) Investment Banking
8 25 (2.43%) Front Office
9 17 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (1.56%) Telecoms
11 15 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (1.07%) Tech for Good
13 10 (0.97%) Legal
14 7 (0.68%) Local Government
15 6 (0.58%) Marketing
15 6 (0.58%) Retail Banking
16 5 (0.49%) Financial Institution
17 4 (0.39%) Back Office
17 4 (0.39%) Manufacturing
17 4 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 448 (43.62%) Developer
2 223 (21.71%) Architect
3 141 (13.73%) Java Developer
4 139 (13.53%) Senior
5 79 (7.69%) Full Stack Developer
6 78 (7.59%) Lead
7 77 (7.50%) Solutions Architect
8 66 (6.43%) Senior Developer
8 66 (6.43%) Software Engineer
9 49 (4.77%) .NET Developer
10 48 (4.67%) Scala Developer
11 46 (4.48%) Technical Architect
12 40 (3.89%) C# Developer
12 40 (3.89%) Senior Java Developer
13 38 (3.70%) DevOps Engineer
14 36 (3.51%) Azure Developer
15 31 (3.02%) Java Engineer
16 30 (2.92%) Site Reliability Engineer
17 28 (2.73%) Site Engineer
18 27 (2.63%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (18.50%) Kafka
2 176 (17.14%) .NET
3 171 (16.65%) Spring
4 159 (15.48%) Spring Boot
5 148 (14.41%) React
6 142 (13.83%) RESTful
7 133 (12.95%) REST
8 95 (9.25%) Node.js
9 71 (6.91%) .NET Core
10 65 (6.33%) AngularJS
11 63 (6.13%) RabbitMQ
12 54 (5.26%) Web Services
13 52 (5.06%) CSS
13 52 (5.06%) HTML
14 49 (4.77%) Akka
15 48 (4.67%) JSON
16 46 (4.48%) Hibernate
17 45 (4.38%) JPA
18 37 (3.60%) SOAP
19 36 (3.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 76 (7.40%) Product Ownership
2 66 (6.43%) Cloud Native
3 49 (4.77%) Public Cloud
4 47 (4.58%) Distributed Systems
5 46 (4.48%) Data Structures
6 33 (3.21%) Greenfield Project
7 30 (2.92%) Mobile App
8 28 (2.73%) Algorithms
9 24 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
10 21 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
11 19 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
11 19 (1.85%) Management Information System
12 17 (1.66%) Derivative
12 17 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
12 17 (1.66%) Reference Data
13 16 (1.56%) Onboarding
14 15 (1.46%) Fixed Income
15 14 (1.36%) Mainframe
16 11 (1.07%) Data Centre
17 9 (0.88%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 114 (11.10%) Linux
2 57 (5.55%) Unix
3 33 (3.21%) Windows
4 21 (2.04%) Android
5 20 (1.95%) Mac OS X
6 18 (1.75%) Apple iOS
7 15 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (1.27%) Windows Server
9 6 (0.58%) CentOS
10 2 (0.19%) VMS
11 1 (0.097%) Alpine Linux
11 1 (0.097%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 458 (44.60%) Agile
2 400 (38.95%) DevOps
3 312 (30.38%) CI/CD
4 214 (20.84%) TDD
5 168 (16.36%) Software Engineering
6 159 (15.48%) Test Automation
7 148 (14.41%) Containerisation
8 138 (13.44%) Problem-Solving
9 126 (12.27%) Full Stack Development
10 116 (11.30%) Scrum
11 101 (9.83%) Infrastructure as Code
12 99 (9.64%) BDD
13 95 (9.25%) SDLC
14 91 (8.86%) Continuous Integration
15 90 (8.76%) Event-Driven
16 83 (8.08%) Design Patterns
17 78 (7.59%) Unit Testing
18 68 (6.62%) Computer Science
19 66 (6.43%) Pair Programming
20 63 (6.13%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 381 (37.10%) Java
2 188 (18.31%) SQL
3 172 (16.75%) Python
4 167 (16.26%) C#
5 148 (14.41%) JavaScript
6 96 (9.35%) TypeScript
7 71 (6.91%) Go
8 64 (6.23%) Scala
9 23 (2.24%) PHP
9 23 (2.24%) Shell Script
10 21 (2.04%) C++
11 16 (1.56%) Bash
12 14 (1.36%) PL/SQL
13 13 (1.27%) C
13 13 (1.27%) PowerShell
14 12 (1.17%) Bicep
14 12 (1.17%) Kotlin
15 11 (1.07%) Perl
16 10 (0.97%) T-SQL
17 9 (0.88%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 156 (15.19%) Security Cleared
2 144 (14.02%) SC Cleared
3 75 (7.30%) Degree
4 54 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (3.02%) DV Cleared
6 15 (1.46%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.27%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.58%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.19%) CISSP
11 2 (0.19%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.19%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.19%) PMP
11 2 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.097%) CEH
12 1 (0.097%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.097%) OCP
12 1 (0.097%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.02%) QA
2 22 (2.14%) Data Quality
3 17 (1.66%) Accessibility
4 8 (0.78%) GDPR
4 8 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (0.68%) MiFID
5 7 (0.68%) NIST
6 5 (0.49%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.39%) NCSC
8 3 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.097%) EMIR
9 1 (0.097%) FATCA
9 1 (0.097%) GRC
9 1 (0.097%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.097%) SLA
9 1 (0.097%) WCAG
System Software
1 232 (22.59%) Docker
2 47 (4.58%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.07%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 7 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.39%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.097%) Ceph
6 1 (0.097%) Firmware
6 1 (0.097%) NFS
6 1 (0.097%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 349 (33.98%) Kubernetes
2 118 (11.49%) Terraform
3 52 (5.06%) Grafana
4 42 (4.09%) Prometheus
5 40 (3.89%) Ansible
6 23 (2.24%) Kibana
7 18 (1.75%) Argo
8 15 (1.46%) Istio
9 12 (1.17%) Consul
9 12 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (0.78%) Progress Chef
10 8 (0.78%) Puppet
11 6 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (0.39%) Podman
13 3 (0.29%) logstash
13 3 (0.29%) Netcool
14 2 (0.19%) TIBCO Hawk
15 1 (0.097%) Control-M
15 1 (0.097%) NetIQ Identity Manager
15 1 (0.097%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 109 (10.61%) Microsoft
2 76 (7.40%) Oracle
3 63 (6.13%) Google
4 24 (2.34%) SAP
5 22 (2.14%) Splunk
5 22 (2.14%) Typelevel
6 18 (1.75%) IBM
7 16 (1.56%) Salesforce
8 14 (1.36%) MuleSoft
8 14 (1.36%) TIBCO
9 12 (1.17%) VMware
10 11 (1.07%) SaltStack
11 10 (0.97%) AppDynamics
11 10 (0.97%) Red Hat
12 7 (0.68%) Informatica
12 7 (0.68%) TSYS
12 7 (0.68%) WSO2
13 6 (0.58%) Sitecore
14 5 (0.49%) Apple
14 5 (0.49%) Atlassian