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

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 75 57 32
Rank change year-on-year -18 -25 +1
Contract jobs citing Microservices 1,242 2,170 5,452
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.87% 3.90% 6.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.36% 4.34% 6.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 885 1,627 3,976
10th Percentile £400 £453 £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 £700
90th Percentile £750 £788 £780
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £550 £532
% change year-on-year -10.91% +3.38% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 19 31
10th Percentile £40.08 £35.00 £46.25
25th Percentile £44.60 £66.25 £48.50
Median hourly rate £47.16 £72.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.96% +20.83% +6.19%
75th Percentile £56.25 £75.00 £65.65
90th Percentile £61.88 £78.00 £75.84
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £72.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -36.72% +20.83% +6.19%

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 36,910 49,947 79,932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.25% 89.66% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,591 34,538 56,189
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £648
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,563 1,686 1,877
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.54 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.65 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +38.82% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -20 1,038 £550 -13.73% 610
London -15 706 £575 -11.54% 270
Work from Home -17 419 £525 -8.70% 432
UK excluding London -23 393 £490 -10.91% 364
North of England +17 124 £525 -4.55% 134
Scotland +11 94 £472 -1.41% 25
South East -20 92 £575 +1.10% 71
North West +40 84 £550 - 87
South West -22 39 £525 -9.68% 36
Midlands -13 36 £445 -19.09% 57
Yorkshire -13 34 £450 -21.74% 30
East Midlands +5 18 £425 +6.25% 29
West Midlands -16 18 £450 -32.08% 28
East of England -12 17 £508 -1.84% 22
North East +6 10 £413 -21.43% 18

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 38 (3.06%) Confluence
2 25 (2.01%) Apache Spark
2 25 (2.01%) nginx
3 10 (0.81%) CMS
3 10 (0.81%) OpenStack
4 8 (0.64%) Apache
4 8 (0.64%) IIS
4 8 (0.64%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 7 (0.56%) Anypoint
5 7 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.56%) JBoss
5 7 (0.56%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (0.40%) BizTalk Server
6 5 (0.40%) Camunda
6 5 (0.40%) IBM Notes
7 4 (0.32%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.32%) Cloud Foundry
8 3 (0.24%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (1.37%) MS Visio
2 15 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.16%) Gliffy
5 1 (0.081%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.081%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (0.72%) Payment Gateway
2 7 (0.56%) Temenos T24
3 4 (0.32%) Shopify
4 3 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.24%) Maximo
5 2 (0.16%) BusinessWorks
6 1 (0.081%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.081%) Endur
6 1 (0.081%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 485 (39.05%) AWS
2 351 (28.26%) Azure
3 180 (14.49%) GCP
4 155 (12.48%) Serverless
5 83 (6.68%) AWS Lambda
6 62 (4.99%) OpenShift
7 61 (4.91%) Amazon S3
8 55 (4.43%) Azure DevOps
9 47 (3.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 45 (3.62%) GitHub
11 44 (3.54%) SaaS
12 43 (3.46%) Azure Functions
12 43 (3.46%) PaaS
13 37 (2.98%) Entra ID
14 35 (2.82%) Azure Data Factory
15 31 (2.50%) Amazon EKS
15 31 (2.50%) Azure Service Bus
16 27 (2.17%) Amazon SQS
16 27 (2.17%) Azure AKS
17 26 (2.09%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 60 (4.83%) HTTP
2 21 (1.69%) Firewall
3 16 (1.29%) VPN
4 14 (1.13%) DNS
5 9 (0.72%) ATM
5 9 (0.72%) TCP/IP
6 8 (0.64%) DHCP
6 8 (0.64%) HTTPS
7 5 (0.40%) IPsec
8 4 (0.32%) Internet
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
1 160 (12.88%) NoSQL
2 137 (11.03%) PostgreSQL
3 111 (8.94%) MongoDB
4 81 (6.52%) Relational Database
5 73 (5.88%) SQL Server
6 55 (4.43%) Apache Cassandra
7 36 (2.90%) Azure SQL Database
7 36 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
7 36 (2.90%) Elasticsearch
8 30 (2.42%) MySQL
9 28 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
10 27 (2.17%) Big Data
11 22 (1.77%) Oracle Database
12 21 (1.69%) RDBMS
13 19 (1.53%) DynamoDB
14 18 (1.45%) Amazon Aurora
15 17 (1.37%) BigQuery
16 16 (1.29%) Snowflake Schema
17 13 (1.05%) Data Lake
17 13 (1.05%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 184 (14.81%) Git
2 127 (10.23%) Jenkins
3 80 (6.44%) JIRA
4 65 (5.23%) JUnit
5 57 (4.59%) GitLab
6 44 (3.54%) Mockito
7 39 (3.14%) Selenium
8 36 (2.90%) TeamCity
9 35 (2.82%) Cucumber
10 27 (2.17%) Maven
11 24 (1.93%) Cypress.io
12 18 (1.45%) Postman
13 15 (1.21%) SonarQube
14 14 (1.13%) Gradle
15 13 (1.05%) SoapUI
15 13 (1.05%) SpecFlow
16 12 (0.97%) NUnit
17 11 (0.89%) Moq
18 10 (0.81%) Bitbucket
19 9 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 249 (20.05%) Finance
2 214 (17.23%) Social Skills
3 163 (13.12%) Banking
4 126 (10.14%) Public Sector
5 87 (7.00%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (2.90%) Retail
7 35 (2.82%) Investment Banking
8 28 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 26 (2.09%) Front Office
10 19 (1.53%) Telecoms
11 18 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (0.89%) Legal
12 11 (0.89%) Tech for Good
13 7 (0.56%) Electronics
13 7 (0.56%) Marketing
14 6 (0.48%) Local Government
14 6 (0.48%) Retail Banking
15 5 (0.40%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.40%) German Language
15 5 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 577 (46.46%) Developer
2 277 (22.30%) Architect
3 209 (16.83%) Java Developer
4 166 (13.37%) Senior
5 101 (8.13%) Solutions Architect
6 90 (7.25%) Full Stack Developer
7 85 (6.84%) Lead
8 78 (6.28%) Senior Developer
9 74 (5.96%) Software Engineer
10 59 (4.75%) Scala Developer
11 55 (4.43%) Technical Architect
12 53 (4.27%) .NET Developer
13 52 (4.19%) Senior Java Developer
14 42 (3.38%) Java Engineer
15 39 (3.14%) C# Developer
15 39 (3.14%) DevOps Engineer
16 36 (2.90%) Azure Developer
17 29 (2.33%) Data Architect
17 29 (2.33%) Site Reliability Engineer
18 28 (2.25%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 251 (20.21%) Spring
2 233 (18.76%) Spring Boot
3 231 (18.60%) Kafka
4 187 (15.06%) RESTful
5 183 (14.73%) .NET
5 183 (14.73%) React
6 179 (14.41%) REST
7 117 (9.42%) Node.js
8 88 (7.09%) CSS
9 83 (6.68%) AngularJS
10 80 (6.44%) HTML
11 74 (5.96%) .NET Core
12 70 (5.64%) RabbitMQ
13 62 (4.99%) Web Services
14 61 (4.91%) Akka
15 60 (4.83%) JSON
16 58 (4.67%) JPA
17 51 (4.11%) Hibernate
18 49 (3.95%) XML
19 42 (3.38%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 88 (7.09%) Product Ownership
2 78 (6.28%) Cloud Native
3 75 (6.04%) Distributed Systems
4 74 (5.96%) Data Structures
5 62 (4.99%) Public Cloud
6 41 (3.30%) Greenfield Project
7 38 (3.06%) Algorithms
8 37 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
9 32 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
9 32 (2.58%) Mobile App
10 22 (1.77%) Management Information System
11 21 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
11 21 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
12 20 (1.61%) Reference Data
13 17 (1.37%) Derivative
13 17 (1.37%) Mainframe
14 16 (1.29%) Fixed Income
14 16 (1.29%) Onboarding
15 12 (0.97%) Data Centre
16 10 (0.81%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 126 (10.14%) Linux
2 66 (5.31%) Unix
3 31 (2.50%) Windows
4 23 (1.85%) Android
5 20 (1.61%) Apple iOS
5 20 (1.61%) Mac OS X
6 15 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 13 (1.05%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.40%) CentOS
9 2 (0.16%) VMS
10 1 (0.081%) Alpine Linux
10 1 (0.081%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 546 (43.96%) Agile
2 445 (35.83%) DevOps
3 381 (30.68%) CI/CD
4 243 (19.57%) TDD
5 197 (15.86%) Test Automation
6 193 (15.54%) Software Engineering
7 168 (13.53%) Problem-Solving
8 160 (12.88%) Containerisation
9 152 (12.24%) Full Stack Development
10 136 (10.95%) Scrum
11 126 (10.14%) Infrastructure as Code
12 125 (10.06%) SDLC
13 107 (8.62%) Design Patterns
14 106 (8.53%) Event-Driven
15 104 (8.37%) BDD
16 103 (8.29%) Continuous Integration
17 99 (7.97%) Unit Testing
18 81 (6.52%) Pair Programming
19 76 (6.12%) Computer Science
20 73 (5.88%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 498 (40.10%) Java
2 241 (19.40%) SQL
3 186 (14.98%) Python
4 185 (14.90%) JavaScript
5 179 (14.41%) C#
6 132 (10.63%) TypeScript
7 94 (7.57%) Scala
8 79 (6.36%) Go
9 36 (2.90%) Shell Script
10 30 (2.42%) PHP
11 26 (2.09%) Bash
11 26 (2.09%) Kotlin
12 22 (1.77%) C++
13 17 (1.37%) PL/SQL
13 17 (1.37%) PowerShell
14 16 (1.29%) Bicep
15 15 (1.21%) C
16 13 (1.05%) Perl
17 9 (0.72%) T-SQL
18 8 (0.64%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 181 (14.57%) Security Cleared
2 167 (13.45%) SC Cleared
3 86 (6.92%) Degree
4 62 (4.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (2.66%) DV Cleared
6 17 (1.37%) Master's Degree
7 14 (1.13%) Azure Certification
8 11 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (0.56%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.16%) CISSP
12 2 (0.16%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.16%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.16%) PMP
12 2 (0.16%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.081%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 1 (0.081%) CTC Cleared
13 1 (0.081%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.081%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (3.38%) QA
2 32 (2.58%) Accessibility
3 28 (2.25%) Data Quality
4 11 (0.89%) GDPR
5 8 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.56%) MiFID
7 6 (0.48%) NIST
8 5 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
8 5 (0.40%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.40%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.32%) NCSC
10 3 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.16%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.16%) ISO 8583
11 2 (0.16%) PSD2
11 2 (0.16%) WCAG
12 1 (0.081%) EMIR
12 1 (0.081%) FATCA
12 1 (0.081%) GRC
12 1 (0.081%) NIST 800
System Software
1 274 (22.06%) Docker
2 47 (3.78%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.89%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 8 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.48%) Firmware
5 6 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.32%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.081%) Ceph
7 1 (0.081%) NFS
7 1 (0.081%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 387 (31.16%) Kubernetes
2 128 (10.31%) Terraform
3 64 (5.15%) Grafana
4 49 (3.95%) Prometheus
5 42 (3.38%) Ansible
6 26 (2.09%) Kibana
7 18 (1.45%) Argo
8 16 (1.29%) Istio
8 16 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
9 11 (0.89%) Consul
10 8 (0.64%) Zipkin
11 7 (0.56%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.48%) Puppet
13 5 (0.40%) Docker Swarm
14 4 (0.32%) Podman
15 3 (0.24%) logstash
15 3 (0.24%) Netcool
16 2 (0.16%) Control-M
16 2 (0.16%) TIBCO Hawk
17 1 (0.081%) NetIQ Identity Manager
Vendors
1 125 (10.06%) Microsoft
2 96 (7.73%) Oracle
3 72 (5.80%) Google
4 29 (2.33%) SAP
5 28 (2.25%) Splunk
6 23 (1.85%) Typelevel
7 19 (1.53%) IBM
8 18 (1.45%) Salesforce
9 16 (1.29%) MuleSoft
10 14 (1.13%) TIBCO
11 13 (1.05%) Atlassian
12 11 (0.89%) SaltStack
13 10 (0.81%) AppDynamics
13 10 (0.81%) Red Hat
13 10 (0.81%) VMware
14 8 (0.64%) WSO2
15 7 (0.56%) Informatica
15 7 (0.56%) New Relic
15 7 (0.56%) Sitecore
15 7 (0.56%) TSYS