Microservices Contracts

Microservices
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 54 32
Rank change year-on-year -19 -22 0
Contract jobs citing Microservices 1,228 2,306 5,404
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.89% 4.03% 6.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.35% 4.49% 6.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 898 1,735 3,922
10th Percentile £400 £450 £425
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £615 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.80% +12.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 19 34
10th Percentile £40.08 £35.00 £46.21
25th Percentile £44.60 £57.50 £48.50
Median hourly rate £47.16 £72.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.96% +20.83% +33.33%
75th Percentile £56.25 £75.00 £65.54
90th Percentile £61.88 £78.00 £76.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £72.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -36.72% +38.10% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,644 51,414 79,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.11% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,629 35,622 55,798
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,441 1,693 1,893
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.99 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.52
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -5.27%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 19 May 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
England -22 1,023 £550 -12.70% 796
London -14 680 £575 -11.54% 388
Work from Home -15 436 £538 -6.52% 533
UK excluding London -14 395 £500 -9.09% 524
North of England +11 135 £550 - 175
North West +39 103 £550 +10.00% 95
South East -13 92 £618 +11.01% 136
Scotland +12 88 £463 -3.44% 44
South West -27 37 £500 -15.79% 47
Midlands -10 35 £445 -19.09% 73
Yorkshire -19 28 £425 -26.09% 56
West Midlands -1 19 £450 -31.43% 38
East of England -9 17 £550 +5.16% 17
East Midlands +10 16 £425 - 35
North East +4 8 £413 -25.00% 25

Microservices
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 31 (2.52%) nginx
2 30 (2.44%) Confluence
3 24 (1.95%) Apache Spark
4 11 (0.90%) CMS
5 10 (0.81%) Apache
5 10 (0.81%) BizTalk Server
5 10 (0.81%) OpenStack
6 8 (0.65%) IIS
6 8 (0.65%) JBoss
6 8 (0.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 7 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (0.49%) Anypoint
8 6 (0.49%) Apache Solr
9 5 (0.41%) Camunda
9 5 (0.41%) IBM Notes
10 3 (0.24%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
11 2 (0.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (1.22%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.081%) Gliffy
4 1 (0.081%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.081%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
1 7 (0.57%) Temenos T24
2 4 (0.33%) Endur
3 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.24%) Maximo
3 3 (0.24%) Shopify
4 2 (0.16%) BusinessWorks
5 1 (0.081%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.081%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.081%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 518 (42.18%) AWS
2 341 (27.77%) Azure
3 166 (13.52%) GCP
4 161 (13.11%) Serverless
5 84 (6.84%) AWS Lambda
6 60 (4.89%) Amazon S3
6 60 (4.89%) Azure DevOps
7 56 (4.56%) OpenShift
8 51 (4.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 47 (3.83%) Azure Functions
9 47 (3.83%) SaaS
10 46 (3.75%) PaaS
11 41 (3.34%) GitHub
12 40 (3.26%) Entra ID
13 35 (2.85%) Amazon EKS
14 33 (2.69%) Azure Data Factory
15 31 (2.52%) Amazon EC2
15 31 (2.52%) Amazon SQS
16 29 (2.36%) Azure Service Bus
17 26 (2.12%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (4.32%) HTTP
2 21 (1.71%) Firewall
3 16 (1.30%) DNS
3 16 (1.30%) VPN
4 10 (0.81%) DHCP
4 10 (0.81%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.73%) ATM
6 8 (0.65%) HTTPS
7 5 (0.41%) Internet
7 5 (0.41%) IPsec
8 4 (0.33%) SSL
8 4 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.24%) Network Security
10 2 (0.16%) AMQP
10 2 (0.16%) WAN
11 1 (0.081%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.081%) MQTT
11 1 (0.081%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.081%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (11.73%) NoSQL
2 140 (11.40%) PostgreSQL
3 127 (10.34%) MongoDB
4 79 (6.43%) Relational Database
5 72 (5.86%) SQL Server
6 50 (4.07%) Apache Cassandra
7 38 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
8 35 (2.85%) Elasticsearch
9 33 (2.69%) Azure SQL Database
10 30 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
10 30 (2.44%) MySQL
11 26 (2.12%) Big Data
12 22 (1.79%) RDBMS
13 21 (1.71%) DynamoDB
14 19 (1.55%) Oracle Database
15 17 (1.38%) Redis
16 16 (1.30%) Amazon Aurora
16 16 (1.30%) Snowflake Schema
17 15 (1.22%) BigQuery
18 14 (1.14%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 182 (14.82%) Git
2 117 (9.53%) Jenkins
3 71 (5.78%) GitLab
4 67 (5.46%) JIRA
5 61 (4.97%) JUnit
6 41 (3.34%) Mockito
6 41 (3.34%) Selenium
7 38 (3.09%) Cucumber
8 35 (2.85%) TeamCity
9 21 (1.71%) Cypress.io
9 21 (1.71%) Maven
10 14 (1.14%) Postman
11 13 (1.06%) Gradle
11 13 (1.06%) SoapUI
12 12 (0.98%) NUnit
13 11 (0.90%) CircleCI
13 11 (0.90%) Moq
13 11 (0.90%) SonarQube
13 11 (0.90%) SpecFlow
14 10 (0.81%) JMeter
General
1 239 (19.46%) Finance
2 206 (16.78%) Social Skills
3 137 (11.16%) Banking
4 134 (10.91%) Public Sector
5 84 (6.84%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (2.61%) Retail
7 30 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 27 (2.20%) Investment Banking
9 23 (1.87%) Front Office
10 19 (1.55%) Telecoms
11 18 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (0.90%) Tech for Good
13 10 (0.81%) Legal
14 8 (0.65%) Local Government
15 7 (0.57%) Electronics
15 7 (0.57%) Financial Institution
16 6 (0.49%) German Language
16 6 (0.49%) Marketing
17 5 (0.41%) Law
17 5 (0.41%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 578 (47.07%) Developer
2 260 (21.17%) Architect
3 206 (16.78%) Java Developer
4 169 (13.76%) Senior
5 99 (8.06%) Full Stack Developer
5 99 (8.06%) Solutions Architect
6 89 (7.25%) Lead
7 84 (6.84%) Senior Developer
8 80 (6.51%) Software Engineer
9 54 (4.40%) .NET Developer
9 54 (4.40%) Senior Java Developer
10 53 (4.32%) Scala Developer
11 47 (3.83%) Technical Architect
12 42 (3.42%) Java Engineer
13 40 (3.26%) C# Developer
14 39 (3.18%) DevOps Engineer
15 36 (2.93%) Senior Software Engineer
16 35 (2.85%) Azure Developer
17 30 (2.44%) Data Architect
18 29 (2.36%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 241 (19.63%) Spring
2 221 (18.00%) Spring Boot
3 205 (16.69%) Kafka
4 189 (15.39%) .NET
5 187 (15.23%) RESTful
6 180 (14.66%) React
7 179 (14.58%) REST
8 139 (11.32%) Node.js
9 89 (7.25%) CSS
10 82 (6.68%) HTML
11 79 (6.43%) AngularJS
12 76 (6.19%) .NET Core
13 65 (5.29%) RabbitMQ
14 59 (4.80%) JSON
14 59 (4.80%) Web Services
15 55 (4.48%) JPA
16 54 (4.40%) Akka
17 50 (4.07%) Hibernate
18 47 (3.83%) XML
19 41 (3.34%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 87 (7.08%) Product Ownership
2 82 (6.68%) Cloud Native
3 68 (5.54%) Data Structures
3 68 (5.54%) Distributed Systems
4 61 (4.97%) Public Cloud
5 40 (3.26%) Greenfield Project
6 37 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
6 37 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
7 32 (2.61%) Algorithms
8 31 (2.52%) Mobile App
9 23 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
9 23 (1.87%) Management Information System
10 21 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
11 20 (1.63%) Reference Data
12 16 (1.30%) Onboarding
13 15 (1.22%) Mainframe
14 14 (1.14%) Derivative
15 13 (1.06%) Fixed Income
16 10 (0.81%) Data Centre
16 10 (0.81%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 118 (9.61%) Linux
2 65 (5.29%) Unix
3 36 (2.93%) Windows
4 25 (2.04%) Android
5 21 (1.71%) Apple iOS
6 19 (1.55%) Mac OS X
7 13 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 13 (1.06%) Windows Server
8 6 (0.49%) CentOS
9 1 (0.081%) Alpine Linux
9 1 (0.081%) Debian
9 1 (0.081%) tvOS
9 1 (0.081%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 545 (44.38%) Agile
2 420 (34.20%) DevOps
3 382 (31.11%) CI/CD
4 231 (18.81%) TDD
5 195 (15.88%) Software Engineering
6 194 (15.80%) Test Automation
7 161 (13.11%) Problem-Solving
8 156 (12.70%) Full Stack Development
9 146 (11.89%) Containerisation
10 134 (10.91%) SDLC
11 132 (10.75%) Scrum
12 111 (9.04%) Infrastructure as Code
13 103 (8.39%) Continuous Integration
13 103 (8.39%) Design Patterns
14 101 (8.22%) BDD
15 97 (7.90%) Event-Driven
16 92 (7.49%) Unit Testing
17 72 (5.86%) Pair Programming
18 70 (5.70%) High Availability
18 70 (5.70%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 489 (39.82%) Java
2 244 (19.87%) SQL
3 193 (15.72%) Python
4 189 (15.39%) JavaScript
5 180 (14.66%) C#
6 126 (10.26%) TypeScript
7 86 (7.00%) Scala
8 80 (6.51%) Go
9 37 (3.01%) PHP
10 31 (2.52%) Shell Script
11 23 (1.87%) Bash
11 23 (1.87%) Kotlin
12 20 (1.63%) C++
12 20 (1.63%) PL/SQL
13 16 (1.30%) Bicep
13 16 (1.30%) C
14 15 (1.22%) PowerShell
15 14 (1.14%) Perl
16 13 (1.06%) T-SQL
17 12 (0.98%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 197 (16.04%) Security Cleared
2 177 (14.41%) SC Cleared
3 83 (6.76%) Degree
4 58 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (2.36%) DV Cleared
6 18 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (1.14%) Master's Degree
8 10 (0.81%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.57%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.33%) CTC Cleared
10 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.16%) CISSP
11 2 (0.16%) ISEB
11 2 (0.16%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.16%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.16%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.16%) PMP
11 2 (0.16%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.081%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (3.58%) QA
2 36 (2.93%) Accessibility
3 26 (2.12%) Data Quality
4 10 (0.81%) GDPR
5 7 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (0.57%) MiFID
5 7 (0.57%) NIST
6 5 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
6 5 (0.41%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.33%) NCSC
7 4 (0.33%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.16%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.16%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.16%) PSD2
8 2 (0.16%) WCAG
9 1 (0.081%) EMIR
9 1 (0.081%) FATCA
9 1 (0.081%) GxP
9 1 (0.081%) SLA
System Software
1 258 (21.01%) Docker
2 47 (3.83%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.73%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 8 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.33%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.081%) Ceph
7 1 (0.081%) Firmware
7 1 (0.081%) NFS
Systems Management
1 361 (29.40%) Kubernetes
2 140 (11.40%) Terraform
3 61 (4.97%) Grafana
4 46 (3.75%) Prometheus
5 42 (3.42%) Ansible
6 28 (2.28%) Kibana
7 18 (1.47%) Argo
8 17 (1.38%) Istio
9 16 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
10 12 (0.98%) Consul
11 11 (0.90%) Progress Chef
11 11 (0.90%) Puppet
12 8 (0.65%) Zipkin
13 6 (0.49%) Docker Swarm
14 4 (0.33%) Packer
15 3 (0.24%) logstash
15 3 (0.24%) Netcool
16 2 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 2 (0.16%) Podman
16 2 (0.16%) TIBCO Hawk
Vendors
1 115 (9.36%) Microsoft
2 103 (8.39%) Oracle
3 67 (5.46%) Google
4 30 (2.44%) SAP
4 30 (2.44%) Splunk
5 21 (1.71%) IBM
5 21 (1.71%) Typelevel
6 20 (1.63%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.38%) MuleSoft
8 14 (1.14%) TIBCO
9 11 (0.90%) Red Hat
10 10 (0.81%) AppDynamics
10 10 (0.81%) VMware
11 9 (0.73%) SaltStack
12 7 (0.57%) Adobe
12 7 (0.57%) New Relic
12 7 (0.57%) TSYS
12 7 (0.57%) WSO2
13 6 (0.49%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.49%) Sitecore