Microservices Jobs with Work from Home Options

Microservices
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Microservices skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Microservices over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 41 33
Rank change year-on-year -29 -8 -7
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 930 1,734 5,101
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.08% 7.09% 8.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.57% 7.43% 8.54%
Number of salaries quoted 462 1,068 3,024
10th Percentile £40,000 £50,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £49,383 £56,250 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £74,750
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +0.33% +15.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £88,750 £91,250
90th Percentile £97,375 £105,000 £106,987
UK median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +7.14%

All Process and 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 20,367 23,340 59,725
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.31% 95.44% 96.57%
Number of salaries quoted 10,556 17,219 38,791
10th Percentile £36,000 £37,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,481 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.70%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,469 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

Microservices
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microservices as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Microservices trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microservices
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Microservices.

Microservices salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Microservices
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Microservices over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Microservices salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Microservices
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (2.26%) Confluence
2 17 (1.83%) nginx
3 16 (1.72%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 14 (1.51%) IIS
5 6 (0.65%) CMS
6 4 (0.43%) Apache
7 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.32%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.32%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.32%) WordPress
8 2 (0.22%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 28 (3.01%) Simulink
2 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.11%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 16 (1.72%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.22%) Maximo
4 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 443 (47.63%) Azure
2 402 (43.23%) AWS
3 152 (16.34%) GCP
4 107 (11.51%) Azure DevOps
5 93 (10.00%) SaaS
6 66 (7.10%) Serverless
7 53 (5.70%) Azure Service Bus
8 51 (5.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 50 (5.38%) Cloud Computing
10 35 (3.76%) PaaS
11 31 (3.33%) AWS Lambda
12 27 (2.90%) SonarCloud
13 22 (2.37%) Amazon SQS
14 21 (2.26%) Azure Monitor
15 20 (2.15%) Cloud Functions
15 20 (2.15%) GitHub
15 20 (2.15%) IaaS
16 19 (2.04%) Azure AKS
17 17 (1.83%) Entra ID
18 16 (1.72%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 156 (16.77%) Broadband
2 14 (1.51%) DNS
2 14 (1.51%) Firewall
3 4 (0.43%) Internet
3 4 (0.43%) Network Security
4 3 (0.32%) HTTP
4 3 (0.32%) SMS
5 1 (0.11%) MQTT
5 1 (0.11%) SSL
5 1 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 194 (20.86%) MongoDB
2 164 (17.63%) MySQL
3 128 (13.76%) Relational Database
4 118 (12.69%) NoSQL
5 110 (11.83%) PostgreSQL
6 84 (9.03%) SQL Server
7 62 (6.67%) Elasticsearch
8 28 (3.01%) Amazon RDS
9 21 (2.26%) Azure SQL Database
10 20 (2.15%) Amazon Aurora
10 20 (2.15%) Amazon Redshift
10 20 (2.15%) BigQuery
11 16 (1.72%) Oracle ODI
12 14 (1.51%) Redis
13 10 (1.08%) MariaDB
14 8 (0.86%) Big Data
15 5 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
15 5 (0.54%) RDBMS
16 4 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 4 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 224 (24.09%) Git
2 132 (14.19%) GitLab
3 54 (5.81%) Jenkins
4 47 (5.05%) Octopus Deploy
5 36 (3.87%) Visual Studio
6 31 (3.33%) JIRA
7 29 (3.12%) Vagrant
8 28 (3.01%) Team Foundation Server
9 27 (2.90%) MSBuild
10 22 (2.37%) Cucumber
11 14 (1.51%) TeamCity
12 11 (1.18%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.86%) SpecFlow
14 6 (0.65%) JUnit
15 5 (0.54%) Ant
15 5 (0.54%) Babel
15 5 (0.54%) Cypress.io
15 5 (0.54%) Maven
15 5 (0.54%) webpack
16 4 (0.43%) Crucible
General
1 154 (16.56%) Social Skills
2 117 (12.58%) Finance
3 61 (6.56%) Public Sector
4 54 (5.81%) Retail
5 41 (4.41%) Banking
6 32 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (3.44%) Law
7 29 (3.12%) Games
8 21 (2.26%) Analytical Skills
9 17 (1.83%) Automotive
9 17 (1.83%) Back Office
10 16 (1.72%) Tech for Good
11 14 (1.51%) Marketing
12 13 (1.40%) Advertising
12 13 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (1.18%) Legal
14 9 (0.97%) Front Office
15 8 (0.86%) Financial Institution
16 7 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
17 5 (0.54%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 251 (26.99%) Developer
2 236 (25.38%) Software Engineer
3 203 (21.83%) Senior
4 133 (14.30%) Architect
5 95 (10.22%) Product Manager
5 95 (10.22%) Technical Manager
5 95 (10.22%) Technical Product Manager
6 86 (9.25%) .NET Developer
7 84 (9.03%) Lead
8 81 (8.71%) Senior Developer
9 67 (7.20%) Senior Software Engineer
10 54 (5.81%) Java Engineer
11 52 (5.59%) Solutions Architect
12 50 (5.38%) Software Developer
13 45 (4.84%) Analyst
14 44 (4.73%) C# Developer
14 44 (4.73%) Technical Architect
15 40 (4.30%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 40 (4.30%) Development Analyst
15 40 (4.30%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 243 (26.13%) .NET
2 191 (20.54%) React
3 149 (16.02%) REST
4 140 (15.05%) HTML
5 136 (14.62%) AngularJS
6 135 (14.52%) CSS
7 120 (12.90%) RESTful
8 110 (11.83%) Node.js
9 100 (10.75%) ASP.NET
10 86 (9.25%) .NET Core
11 73 (7.85%) XML
12 70 (7.53%) Spring
13 68 (7.31%) .NET Framework
14 66 (7.10%) ASP.NET Web API
14 66 (7.10%) Vue
15 59 (6.34%) Kafka
15 59 (6.34%) Spring Boot
16 49 (5.27%) Entity Framework
17 48 (5.16%) RabbitMQ
18 42 (4.52%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 164 (17.63%) Cloud Native
2 120 (12.90%) Product Ownership
3 46 (4.95%) Greenfield Project
4 43 (4.62%) Onboarding
5 40 (4.30%) Cyber Threat
6 24 (2.58%) Video\Live Streaming
7 23 (2.47%) Public Cloud
8 16 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
8 16 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (1.61%) Distributed Architecture
9 15 (1.61%) Legacy Code
10 14 (1.51%) IoT
11 13 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (1.18%) Virtual Team
13 10 (1.08%) Blog
13 10 (1.08%) Reinsurance
14 9 (0.97%) Data Structures
15 8 (0.86%) Derivative
15 8 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
15 8 (0.86%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 79 (8.49%) Linux
2 36 (3.87%) Android
3 33 (3.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 29 (3.12%) CentOS
4 29 (3.12%) Ubuntu
5 28 (3.01%) Windows
6 5 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.32%) Unix
8 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 472 (50.75%) Software Engineering
2 346 (37.20%) Agile
3 333 (35.81%) DevOps
4 322 (34.62%) CI/CD
5 215 (23.12%) Mentoring
6 213 (22.90%) Design Patterns
7 170 (18.28%) TDD
8 153 (16.45%) SDLC
9 137 (14.73%) Full-Stack Development
10 131 (14.09%) Continuous Integration
11 127 (13.66%) Test Automation
12 118 (12.69%) Problem-Solving
13 113 (12.15%) Acceptance Criteria
13 113 (12.15%) Continuous Delivery
14 107 (11.51%) BDD
15 104 (11.18%) Containerisation
16 98 (10.54%) Configuration Management
16 98 (10.54%) Non-Functional Testing
17 97 (10.43%) GitOps
17 97 (10.43%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 299 (32.15%) JavaScript
2 272 (29.25%) Java
3 270 (29.03%) SQL
4 261 (28.06%) C#
5 245 (26.34%) Python
6 135 (14.52%) TypeScript
7 76 (8.17%) Go
8 62 (6.67%) C++
9 45 (4.84%) Kotlin
9 45 (4.84%) PHP
10 44 (4.73%) Bash
11 28 (3.01%) PowerShell
12 26 (2.80%) C
13 22 (2.37%) Rust
14 20 (2.15%) Ruby
15 15 (1.61%) Bicep
16 11 (1.18%) Perl
17 10 (1.08%) Dart
18 4 (0.43%) Scala
18 4 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 102 (10.97%) Degree
2 96 (10.32%) Security Cleared
3 80 (8.60%) SC Cleared
4 69 (7.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (2.26%) Azure Certification
6 13 (1.40%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.18%) DV Cleared
8 8 (0.86%) AWS Certification
8 8 (0.86%) DBS Check
9 7 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 7 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (0.75%) CIPD
10 4 (0.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (0.43%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.32%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.22%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.22%) CISM
12 2 (0.22%) CISSP
12 2 (0.22%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (13.23%) QA
2 31 (3.33%) GDPR
3 25 (2.69%) Accessibility
4 8 (0.86%) WCAG
5 4 (0.43%) HIPAA
5 4 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.43%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.32%) EMIR
6 3 (0.32%) MiFID
7 2 (0.22%) COBIT
7 2 (0.22%) GRC
7 2 (0.22%) NIST
8 1 (0.11%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.11%) GxP
System Software
1 306 (32.90%) Docker
2 17 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
3 15 (1.61%) Active Directory
4 14 (1.51%) Virtual Servers
5 7 (0.75%) NDS
5 7 (0.75%) NetIQ eDirectory
6 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 271 (29.14%) Kubernetes
2 123 (13.23%) Terraform
3 36 (3.87%) Ansible
4 31 (3.33%) Grafana
5 22 (2.37%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.08%) NetIQ Identity Manager
7 6 (0.65%) Kibana
8 5 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.32%) Galera Cluster
10 2 (0.22%) logstash
10 2 (0.22%) Podman
10 2 (0.22%) Puppet
11 1 (0.11%) Argo
11 1 (0.11%) Consul
11 1 (0.11%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.11%) Rancher
Vendors
1 89 (9.57%) Microsoft
2 78 (8.39%) Google
3 42 (4.52%) Splunk
4 30 (3.23%) Oracle
5 28 (3.01%) Xilinx
6 13 (1.40%) ForgeRock
7 10 (1.08%) NetIQ
8 7 (0.75%) CyberArk
8 7 (0.75%) Novell
9 6 (0.65%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.43%) Brio
10 4 (0.43%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.43%) Trayport
11 3 (0.32%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.32%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.32%) Sparx
12 2 (0.22%) Databricks
12 2 (0.22%) Dynatrace
12 2 (0.22%) Ping Identity
12 2 (0.22%) VMware