Microservices Contracts in London

Microservices
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Microservices skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microservices over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 38 25
Rank change year-on-year -17 -13 -4
Contract jobs citing Microservices 718 1,330 2,865
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.06% 5.29% 7.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.60% 5.82% 8.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 1,016 2,172
10th Percentile £413 £463 £454
25th Percentile £500 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £688 £750 £728
90th Percentile £775 £819 £813
England median daily rate £550 £638 £600
% change year-on-year -13.73% +6.25% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £45.10 £46.00 £59.42
25th Percentile £51.63 £62.50 £61.70
Median hourly rate £62.50 £90.00 £66.19
Median % change year-on-year -30.56% +35.97% -3.17%
75th Percentile - - £71.35
90th Percentile - - £74.05
England median hourly rate £47.16 £72.50 £63.25
% change year-on-year -34.96% +14.62% -2.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,610 22,863 35,503
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.31% 90.91% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,175 16,559 26,061
10th Percentile £340 £375 £394
25th Percentile £446 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £780
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 317 265 388
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £17.09
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.21% +8.33% +9.59%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.00 £50.83
90th Percentile £67.40 £82.40 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £35.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +6.38% +37.27% +14.13%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Microservices in London

Microservices
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Microservices in London

Microservices
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microservices in London over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microservices in London

Microservices
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Microservices in London

Microservices
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microservices in London over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microservices in London

Microservices
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the London region over the 6 months to 11 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
Central London -4 101 £600 -14.29% 56
West London +27 24 £400 -27.27% 7
South London -3 14 £513 +5.13% 2
East London -6 9 £540 +1.12% 6
North London - 1 £800 - 1
Microservices
England

Microservices
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 21 (2.92%) Confluence
2 14 (1.95%) nginx
3 8 (1.11%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.11%) OpenStack
4 7 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.97%) Oracle Workflow
5 6 (0.84%) Anypoint
5 6 (0.84%) Apache
5 6 (0.84%) CMS
6 5 (0.70%) BizTalk Server
6 5 (0.70%) IIS
7 4 (0.56%) Camunda
8 2 (0.28%) Cloud Foundry
8 2 (0.28%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.28%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.14%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.14%) JBoss
9 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (0.84%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.28%) Gliffy
4 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (0.56%) Shopify
2 1 (0.14%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (0.14%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.14%) Endur
2 1 (0.14%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 277 (38.58%) AWS
2 183 (25.49%) Azure
3 132 (18.38%) GCP
4 98 (13.65%) Serverless
5 62 (8.64%) AWS Lambda
6 35 (4.87%) Amazon S3
7 34 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
8 29 (4.04%) GitHub
9 25 (3.48%) Azure Service Bus
10 24 (3.34%) OpenShift
10 24 (3.34%) PaaS
11 22 (3.06%) Amazon EKS
12 21 (2.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 21 (2.92%) Azure Functions
12 21 (2.92%) SaaS
13 18 (2.51%) Amazon EC2
13 18 (2.51%) Amazon SQS
13 18 (2.51%) Azure App Service
14 15 (2.09%) Azure AKS
15 14 (1.95%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 43 (5.99%) HTTP
2 8 (1.11%) DHCP
2 8 (1.11%) DNS
2 8 (1.11%) Firewall
3 4 (0.56%) ATM
3 4 (0.56%) HTTPS
3 4 (0.56%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.42%) AMQP
4 3 (0.42%) Internet
5 1 (0.14%) MQTT
5 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (12.67%) NoSQL
2 68 (9.47%) MongoDB
2 68 (9.47%) PostgreSQL
3 50 (6.96%) SQL Server
4 46 (6.41%) Relational Database
5 43 (5.99%) Apache Cassandra
6 28 (3.90%) Azure SQL Database
7 24 (3.34%) Amazon RDS
8 20 (2.79%) Big Data
9 16 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
10 15 (2.09%) BigQuery
10 15 (2.09%) RDBMS
11 13 (1.81%) DynamoDB
12 10 (1.39%) MySQL
13 9 (1.25%) Amazon Athena
13 9 (1.25%) Elasticsearch
13 9 (1.25%) Oracle Database
14 8 (1.11%) Data Lake
14 8 (1.11%) Tableau
15 7 (0.97%) Redis
Development Applications
1 101 (14.07%) Git
2 82 (11.42%) Jenkins
3 39 (5.43%) GitLab
4 34 (4.74%) JIRA
5 29 (4.04%) JUnit
6 28 (3.90%) Mockito
7 27 (3.76%) Cucumber
8 26 (3.62%) TeamCity
9 22 (3.06%) Selenium
10 17 (2.37%) Postman
11 12 (1.67%) Cypress.io
11 12 (1.67%) NUnit
11 12 (1.67%) SoapUI
11 12 (1.67%) SpecFlow
12 11 (1.53%) Maven
12 11 (1.53%) Moq
13 9 (1.25%) Gradle
13 9 (1.25%) ScalaTest
14 8 (1.11%) Gatling
15 7 (0.97%) SonarQube
General
1 154 (21.45%) Finance
2 139 (19.36%) Social Skills
3 97 (13.51%) Banking
4 57 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (7.94%) Public Sector
5 32 (4.46%) Retail
6 30 (4.18%) Investment Banking
7 26 (3.62%) Front Office
8 13 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (1.11%) Tech for Good
9 8 (1.11%) Telecoms
10 7 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (0.84%) Local Government
12 5 (0.70%) Marketing
13 4 (0.56%) Back Office
13 4 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.42%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.42%) Wholesale Banking
15 2 (0.28%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 315 (43.87%) Developer
2 145 (20.19%) Architect
3 111 (15.46%) Senior
4 100 (13.93%) Java Developer
5 50 (6.96%) Senior Developer
5 50 (6.96%) Solutions Architect
6 47 (6.55%) Scala Developer
7 45 (6.27%) Lead
8 44 (6.13%) Software Engineer
9 43 (5.99%) Full Stack Developer
10 37 (5.15%) C# Developer
11 30 (4.18%) Senior Java Developer
12 29 (4.04%) DevOps Engineer
12 29 (4.04%) Technical Architect
13 28 (3.90%) .NET Developer
14 24 (3.34%) Analyst
14 24 (3.34%) Java Engineer
15 19 (2.65%) AWS Engineer
15 19 (2.65%) Azure Engineer
15 19 (2.65%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (20.06%) Kafka
2 118 (16.43%) .NET
3 113 (15.74%) RESTful
4 110 (15.32%) Spring
4 110 (15.32%) Spring Boot
5 89 (12.40%) REST
6 86 (11.98%) React
7 64 (8.91%) Node.js
8 58 (8.08%) .NET Core
9 49 (6.82%) Akka
10 47 (6.55%) CSS
11 45 (6.27%) AngularJS
12 44 (6.13%) HTML
13 41 (5.71%) Web Services
14 37 (5.15%) RabbitMQ
15 33 (4.60%) Hibernate
16 30 (4.18%) JPA
16 30 (4.18%) JSON
17 27 (3.76%) XML
18 26 (3.62%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 40 (5.57%) Distributed Systems
2 35 (4.87%) Cloud Native
2 35 (4.87%) Data Structures
3 31 (4.32%) Product Ownership
4 30 (4.18%) Greenfield Project
5 27 (3.76%) Algorithms
6 24 (3.34%) Mobile App
6 24 (3.34%) Public Cloud
7 17 (2.37%) Data Protection Act
8 15 (2.09%) Onboarding
9 14 (1.95%) Fixed Income
10 13 (1.81%) Derivative
10 13 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (1.53%) Management Information System
11 11 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.39%) Hedge funds
13 9 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (1.25%) Reference Data
14 7 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 7 (0.97%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 91 (12.67%) Linux
2 49 (6.82%) Unix
3 16 (2.23%) Mac OS X
4 13 (1.81%) Windows
5 10 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.42%) Android
7 2 (0.28%) VMS
7 2 (0.28%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.14%) Alpine Linux
8 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.14%) CentOS
8 1 (0.14%) Debian
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (43.73%) Agile
2 260 (36.21%) DevOps
3 211 (29.39%) CI/CD
4 164 (22.84%) TDD
5 116 (16.16%) Test Automation
6 107 (14.90%) Software Engineering
7 103 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
8 96 (13.37%) Scrum
9 90 (12.53%) Containerisation
10 76 (10.58%) BDD
11 73 (10.17%) Full Stack Development
12 70 (9.75%) Infrastructure as Code
13 68 (9.47%) Continuous Integration
14 60 (8.36%) Event-Driven
15 56 (7.80%) Pair Programming
16 50 (6.96%) SDLC
17 49 (6.82%) Computer Science
17 49 (6.82%) Design Patterns
17 49 (6.82%) Unit Testing
18 44 (6.13%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 266 (37.05%) Java
2 145 (20.19%) SQL
3 124 (17.27%) C#
4 118 (16.43%) Python
5 106 (14.76%) JavaScript
6 69 (9.61%) TypeScript
7 60 (8.36%) Scala
8 52 (7.24%) Go
9 27 (3.76%) Shell Script
10 20 (2.79%) C++
11 15 (2.09%) PowerShell
12 14 (1.95%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.67%) Bash
14 11 (1.53%) Kotlin
15 10 (1.39%) PHP
15 10 (1.39%) T-SQL
16 7 (0.97%) Groovy
17 6 (0.84%) Bicep
18 5 (0.70%) ABAP
18 5 (0.70%) C
Qualifications
1 100 (13.93%) Security Cleared
2 95 (13.23%) SC Cleared
3 51 (7.10%) Degree
4 37 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.23%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.39%) Azure Certification
6 10 (1.39%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.42%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.28%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 1 (0.14%) CISSP
10 1 (0.14%) ISEB
10 1 (0.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.14%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.14%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (2.51%) QA
2 14 (1.95%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.11%) Accessibility
4 7 (0.97%) MiFID
5 4 (0.56%) GDPR
6 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.42%) NCSC
7 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.14%) EMIR
8 1 (0.14%) FATCA
8 1 (0.14%) GRC
8 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.14%) SLA
8 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 171 (23.82%) Docker
2 14 (1.95%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.67%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 3 (0.42%) Firmware
5 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.14%) Ceph
6 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.14%) NFS
6 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 266 (37.05%) Kubernetes
2 97 (13.51%) Terraform
3 36 (5.01%) Grafana
4 32 (4.46%) Ansible
5 31 (4.32%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.67%) Consul
7 7 (0.97%) Argo
8 6 (0.84%) Kibana
8 6 (0.84%) Puppet
9 5 (0.70%) Docker Swarm
10 3 (0.42%) logstash
10 3 (0.42%) Netcool
10 3 (0.42%) Podman
11 2 (0.28%) Istio
12 1 (0.14%) Hadoop YARN
12 1 (0.14%) ITRS Geneos
12 1 (0.14%) Mesos
12 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.14%) Rancher
12 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 90 (12.53%) Microsoft
2 50 (6.96%) Google
3 48 (6.69%) Oracle
4 22 (3.06%) Typelevel
5 18 (2.51%) SAP
6 15 (2.09%) Salesforce
7 13 (1.81%) MuleSoft
7 13 (1.81%) TIBCO
8 12 (1.67%) SaltStack
8 12 (1.67%) Splunk
9 7 (0.97%) Informatica
9 7 (0.97%) WSO2
10 6 (0.84%) Atlassian
10 6 (0.84%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.70%) Adobe
11 5 (0.70%) AppDynamics
11 5 (0.70%) IBM
11 5 (0.70%) Sitecore
12 4 (0.56%) Databricks
12 4 (0.56%) Virgin Media