Microservices based, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS and Headless (MACH)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MACH skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited MACH over the 6 months to 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 898 914 1179
Rank change year-on-year +16 +265 -274
Permanent jobs citing MACH 11 49 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.050% 0.037%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.052% 0.17% 0.089%
Number of salaries quoted 11 28 36
10th Percentile £65,000 £75,500 £61,250
25th Percentile £73,750 £80,625 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 £87,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% +9.38% -
75th Percentile £121,250 £100,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £127,500 £115,750 £104,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £117,500 £70,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +67.86% -12.50% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

MACH is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 21,249 29,392 68,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.80% 30.01% 41.21%
Number of salaries quoted 15,856 18,240 30,001
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +18.18%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

MACH
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for MACH in the UK

MACH
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MACH.

Salary trend for MACH in the UK

MACH
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MACH over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Salary histogram for MACH in the UK

MACH
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MACH within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +41 11 £97,500 +11.43% 23
Work from Home +34 7 £85,000 -20.93% 20
UK excluding London -6 6 £117,500 +67.86% 17
London +59 5 £70,000 -22.22% 8
East of England - 4 £125,000 - 6
North of England - 2 £97,500 - 3
North West - 2 £97,500 - 2

MACH
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 4 (36.36%) CMS
2 3 (27.27%) Drupal
2 3 (27.27%) Umbraco
3 1 (9.09%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Headless CMS
Cloud Services
1 6 (54.55%) AWS
2 4 (36.36%) SaaS
3 3 (27.27%) Serverless
4 2 (18.18%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (9.09%) Azure
5 1 (9.09%) Azure API Management
5 1 (9.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (9.09%) Azure Event Grid
5 1 (9.09%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (9.09%) Azure Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (9.09%) MySQL
1 1 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (63.64%) Retail
2 4 (36.36%) Marketing
3 3 (27.27%) Aviation
4 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 1 (9.09%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Architect
2 4 (36.36%) Digital Architect
2 4 (36.36%) Enterprise Architect
3 3 (27.27%) Asset Management Consultant
3 3 (27.27%) Consultant
3 3 (27.27%) Management Consultant
4 2 (18.18%) Chief Technology Officer
5 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) .NET
1 1 (9.09%) Apache Felix
1 1 (9.09%) Apache Sling
1 1 (9.09%) CSS
1 1 (9.09%) HTML
1 1 (9.09%) HTML5
1 1 (9.09%) J2EE
1 1 (9.09%) OSGi
1 1 (9.09%) RESTful
1 1 (9.09%) Web Services
1 1 (9.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Cloud Native
2 4 (36.36%) Marketing Technology
3 2 (18.18%) Mobile App
4 1 (9.09%) Client/Server
4 1 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (9.09%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Roadmaps
2 7 (63.64%) Microservices
3 4 (36.36%) Content Management
3 4 (36.36%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (27.27%) Asset Management
4 3 (27.27%) Business Strategy
4 3 (27.27%) Customer Experience
4 3 (27.27%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (27.27%) Integration Patterns
4 3 (27.27%) Strategic Roadmap
4 3 (27.27%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (27.27%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (18.18%) API Design
5 2 (18.18%) Architectural Design
5 2 (18.18%) Architectural Patterns
5 2 (18.18%) Architecture Roadmap
5 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (18.18%) Containerisation
5 2 (18.18%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) C#
1 1 (9.09%) Java
1 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
1 1 (9.09%) Python
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Kubernetes
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Adobe
1 1 (9.09%) Databricks
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle