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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 75 57 32
Rank change year-on-year -18 -25 +1
Contract jobs citing Microservices 1,233 2,188 5,435
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.86% 3.90% 6.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.35% 4.35% 6.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 886 1,638 3,956
10th Percentile £400 £456 £425
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £691
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £550 £532
% change year-on-year -10.91% +3.38% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 18 33
10th Percentile £40.08 £35.00 £46.25
25th Percentile £44.60 £64.38 £48.50
Median hourly rate £47.16 £72.50 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.96% +17.89% +8.85%
75th Percentile £56.25 £75.00 £65.76
90th Percentile £61.88 £79.50 £76.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £72.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -36.72% +20.83% +4.80%

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 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 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
England -22 1,027 £550 -13.73% 652
London -13 696 £575 -11.54% 322
Work from Home -14 428 £525 -8.70% 416
UK excluding London -20 388 £490 -10.91% 364
North of England +9 122 £525 -4.55% 131
Scotland +9 91 £463 -3.44% 30
South East -14 90 £615 +9.33% 72
North West +41 84 £550 - 80
South West -28 41 £525 -9.68% 43
Midlands -9 35 £445 -11.44% 55
Yorkshire -10 33 £450 -21.74% 35
West Midlands -12 18 £450 -33.33% 28
East of England -12 18 £550 +5.47% 17
East Midlands +5 17 £425 +6.25% 27
North East +5 9 £413 -25.00% 17

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 28 (2.27%) Confluence
2 26 (2.11%) Apache Spark
2 26 (2.11%) nginx
3 11 (0.89%) CMS
4 10 (0.81%) OpenStack
5 9 (0.73%) Apache
6 8 (0.65%) IIS
6 8 (0.65%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 7 (0.57%) Anypoint
7 7 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.57%) BizTalk Server
7 7 (0.57%) JBoss
7 7 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
8 5 (0.41%) Apache Solr
8 5 (0.41%) Camunda
8 5 (0.41%) IBM Notes
9 3 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
9 3 (0.24%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (0.97%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.16%) Gliffy
5 1 (0.081%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.081%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
2 7 (0.57%) Temenos T24
3 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.24%) Maximo
3 3 (0.24%) Shopify
4 2 (0.16%) BusinessWorks
4 2 (0.16%) Endur
5 1 (0.081%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.081%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 492 (39.90%) AWS
2 349 (28.30%) Azure
3 177 (14.36%) GCP
4 160 (12.98%) Serverless
5 86 (6.97%) AWS Lambda
6 63 (5.11%) OpenShift
7 62 (5.03%) Amazon S3
8 57 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
9 49 (3.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 46 (3.73%) PaaS
10 46 (3.73%) SaaS
11 44 (3.57%) Azure Functions
11 44 (3.57%) GitHub
12 38 (3.08%) Entra ID
13 35 (2.84%) Azure Data Factory
14 33 (2.68%) Amazon EKS
15 31 (2.51%) Azure Service Bus
16 30 (2.43%) Amazon SQS
17 29 (2.35%) Amazon EC2
18 28 (2.27%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 58 (4.70%) HTTP
2 21 (1.70%) Firewall
3 16 (1.30%) DNS
3 16 (1.30%) VPN
4 10 (0.81%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.73%) ATM
5 9 (0.73%) DHCP
6 8 (0.65%) HTTPS
7 5 (0.41%) Internet
7 5 (0.41%) IPsec
8 4 (0.32%) SSL
8 4 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.24%) AMQP
9 3 (0.24%) Network Security
10 1 (0.081%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.081%) MQTT
10 1 (0.081%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.081%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (0.081%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (12.65%) NoSQL
2 138 (11.19%) PostgreSQL
3 113 (9.16%) MongoDB
4 82 (6.65%) Relational Database
5 71 (5.76%) SQL Server
6 55 (4.46%) Apache Cassandra
7 37 (3.00%) Azure SQL Database
7 37 (3.00%) Data Warehouse
7 37 (3.00%) Elasticsearch
8 31 (2.51%) MySQL
9 29 (2.35%) Amazon RDS
10 26 (2.11%) Big Data
11 21 (1.70%) RDBMS
12 20 (1.62%) Oracle Database
13 19 (1.54%) DynamoDB
14 18 (1.46%) Amazon Aurora
15 16 (1.30%) Snowflake Schema
16 15 (1.22%) BigQuery
17 13 (1.05%) Data Lake
17 13 (1.05%) Redis
Development Applications
1 183 (14.84%) Git
2 127 (10.30%) Jenkins
3 69 (5.60%) JIRA
4 64 (5.19%) JUnit
5 59 (4.79%) GitLab
6 43 (3.49%) Mockito
7 41 (3.33%) Selenium
8 37 (3.00%) Cucumber
9 36 (2.92%) TeamCity
10 27 (2.19%) Maven
11 25 (2.03%) Cypress.io
12 18 (1.46%) Postman
13 15 (1.22%) Gradle
14 14 (1.14%) SoapUI
15 13 (1.05%) SonarQube
15 13 (1.05%) SpecFlow
16 12 (0.97%) NUnit
17 11 (0.89%) CircleCI
17 11 (0.89%) Moq
18 9 (0.73%) Bitbucket
General
1 244 (19.79%) Finance
2 213 (17.27%) Social Skills
3 154 (12.49%) Banking
4 125 (10.14%) Public Sector
5 89 (7.22%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (2.76%) Investment Banking
7 33 (2.68%) Retail
8 30 (2.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 25 (2.03%) Front Office
10 20 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (1.46%) Telecoms
12 11 (0.89%) Tech for Good
13 10 (0.81%) Legal
14 7 (0.57%) Electronics
14 7 (0.57%) Local Government
15 6 (0.49%) Marketing
15 6 (0.49%) Retail Banking
16 5 (0.41%) Financial Institution
16 5 (0.41%) German Language
16 5 (0.41%) Law
Job Titles
1 579 (46.96%) Developer
2 264 (21.41%) Architect
3 207 (16.79%) Java Developer
4 158 (12.81%) Senior
5 97 (7.87%) Solutions Architect
6 93 (7.54%) Full Stack Developer
7 86 (6.97%) Lead
8 78 (6.33%) Senior Developer
9 75 (6.08%) Software Engineer
10 58 (4.70%) Scala Developer
11 54 (4.38%) .NET Developer
12 51 (4.14%) Senior Java Developer
13 47 (3.81%) Technical Architect
14 42 (3.41%) Java Engineer
15 40 (3.24%) C# Developer
16 38 (3.08%) DevOps Engineer
17 37 (3.00%) Azure Developer
18 30 (2.43%) Site Reliability Engineer
19 29 (2.35%) Analyst
19 29 (2.35%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 249 (20.19%) Spring
2 230 (18.65%) Spring Boot
3 224 (18.17%) Kafka
4 187 (15.17%) .NET
5 182 (14.76%) React
5 182 (14.76%) REST
6 181 (14.68%) RESTful
7 120 (9.73%) Node.js
8 89 (7.22%) CSS
9 84 (6.81%) AngularJS
10 82 (6.65%) HTML
11 76 (6.16%) .NET Core
12 70 (5.68%) RabbitMQ
13 62 (5.03%) Web Services
14 59 (4.79%) Akka
14 59 (4.79%) JSON
15 56 (4.54%) JPA
16 48 (3.89%) Hibernate
16 48 (3.89%) XML
17 44 (3.57%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 90 (7.30%) Product Ownership
2 80 (6.49%) Cloud Native
3 73 (5.92%) Distributed Systems
4 71 (5.76%) Data Structures
5 64 (5.19%) Public Cloud
6 42 (3.41%) Greenfield Project
7 36 (2.92%) Algorithms
7 36 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
8 33 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
9 32 (2.60%) Mobile App
10 23 (1.87%) Management Information System
11 21 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
11 21 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
12 20 (1.62%) Reference Data
13 17 (1.38%) Derivative
13 17 (1.38%) Mainframe
14 16 (1.30%) Onboarding
15 15 (1.22%) Fixed Income
16 11 (0.89%) Data Centre
17 10 (0.81%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 125 (10.14%) Linux
2 65 (5.27%) Unix
3 33 (2.68%) Windows
4 22 (1.78%) Android
5 20 (1.62%) Mac OS X
6 19 (1.54%) Apple iOS
7 15 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (1.05%) Windows Server
9 6 (0.49%) CentOS
10 2 (0.16%) VMS
11 1 (0.081%) Alpine Linux
11 1 (0.081%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 552 (44.77%) Agile
2 443 (35.93%) DevOps
3 380 (30.82%) CI/CD
4 242 (19.63%) TDD
5 198 (16.06%) Test Automation
6 195 (15.82%) Software Engineering
7 172 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
8 156 (12.65%) Containerisation
9 154 (12.49%) Full Stack Development
10 137 (11.11%) Scrum
11 128 (10.38%) SDLC
12 126 (10.22%) Infrastructure as Code
13 104 (8.43%) BDD
13 104 (8.43%) Event-Driven
14 103 (8.35%) Continuous Integration
15 97 (7.87%) Unit Testing
16 92 (7.46%) Design Patterns
17 81 (6.57%) Pair Programming
18 77 (6.24%) Computer Science
19 73 (5.92%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 495 (40.15%) Java
2 241 (19.55%) SQL
3 188 (15.25%) Python
4 187 (15.17%) JavaScript
5 178 (14.44%) C#
6 131 (10.62%) TypeScript
7 90 (7.30%) Scala
8 82 (6.65%) Go
9 36 (2.92%) Shell Script
10 31 (2.51%) PHP
11 26 (2.11%) Kotlin
12 25 (2.03%) Bash
13 22 (1.78%) C++
14 17 (1.38%) PL/SQL
15 16 (1.30%) Bicep
15 16 (1.30%) C
16 15 (1.22%) PowerShell
17 14 (1.14%) Perl
18 10 (0.81%) Ruby
18 10 (0.81%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 184 (14.92%) Security Cleared
2 171 (13.87%) SC Cleared
3 87 (7.06%) Degree
4 63 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (2.68%) DV Cleared
6 16 (1.30%) Master's Degree
7 14 (1.14%) Azure Certification
8 11 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (0.57%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.16%) CISSP
11 2 (0.16%) CTC Cleared
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
12 1 (0.081%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (3.33%) QA
2 32 (2.60%) Accessibility
3 28 (2.27%) Data Quality
4 11 (0.89%) GDPR
5 8 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.57%) MiFID
6 7 (0.57%) NIST
7 5 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
7 5 (0.41%) HIPAA
7 5 (0.41%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.32%) NCSC
9 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.16%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.16%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.16%) PSD2
10 2 (0.16%) WCAG
11 1 (0.081%) EMIR
11 1 (0.081%) FATCA
11 1 (0.081%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.081%) SLA
System Software
1 271 (21.98%) Docker
2 47 (3.81%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.89%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 8 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.32%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.081%) Ceph
7 1 (0.081%) Firmware
7 1 (0.081%) NFS
7 1 (0.081%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 381 (30.90%) Kubernetes
2 127 (10.30%) Terraform
3 65 (5.27%) Grafana
4 50 (4.06%) Prometheus
5 41 (3.33%) Ansible
6 27 (2.19%) Kibana
7 18 (1.46%) Argo
8 16 (1.30%) Istio
8 16 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.97%) Consul
10 8 (0.65%) Progress Chef
10 8 (0.65%) Puppet
10 8 (0.65%) Zipkin
11 6 (0.49%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (0.32%) Podman
13 3 (0.24%) logstash
13 3 (0.24%) Netcool
14 2 (0.16%) TIBCO Hawk
15 1 (0.081%) Control-M
15 1 (0.081%) NetIQ Identity Manager
Vendors
1 119 (9.65%) Microsoft
2 98 (7.95%) Oracle
3 71 (5.76%) Google
4 31 (2.51%) SAP
5 30 (2.43%) Splunk
6 22 (1.78%) Typelevel
7 20 (1.62%) IBM
7 20 (1.62%) Salesforce
8 15 (1.22%) MuleSoft
9 14 (1.14%) TIBCO
10 12 (0.97%) VMware
11 11 (0.89%) SaltStack
12 10 (0.81%) AppDynamics
12 10 (0.81%) Red Hat
13 8 (0.65%) WSO2
14 7 (0.57%) Informatica
14 7 (0.57%) New Relic
14 7 (0.57%) TSYS
15 6 (0.49%) Atlassian
15 6 (0.49%) Sitecore