micro-services jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, micro-services appears in 217 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning micro-services, with demand share down 7.9% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
217
Demand vs prior month
down 7.9% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 44.7% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
Bengaluru

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Frequently asked questions about micro-services

+Is micro-services in demand in 2026?

Yes. micro-services appears in 217 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning micro-services (44.7% of all postings mentioning micro-services).

+What jobs require micro-services?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning micro-services are DevOps Developer (8.7% of that role’s postings mention micro-services), Data Engineer Intern (6.5% of that role’s postings mention micro-services), Back-End Developer (5.0% of that role’s postings mention micro-services).

+What skills are commonly paired with micro-services?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), micro-services most often appears alongside Java, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Python.

+Where is micro-services most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring micro-services are Bengaluru, Gurugram, Pune, Annapolis, Cairo, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new micro-services content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning micro-services alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new micro-services content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after micro-services?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring micro-services — last 90 days

Career paths around micro-services

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before micro-services

Before micro-servicesJava → micro-services: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairNode.js → micro-services: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairMongoDB → micro-services: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairMYSQL → micro-services: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairLinux → micro-services: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairHadoop → micro-services: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairAWS → micro-services: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairEMR → micro-services: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairmicro-servic…Java: 5 movesJava5 movesNode.js: 3 movesNode.js3 movesMongoDB: 3 movesMongoDB3 movesMYSQL: 2 movesMYSQL2 movesLinux: 2 movesLinux2 movesHadoop: 2 movesHadoop2 movesAWS: 2 movesAWS2 movesEMR: 2 movesEMR2 moves

Skills after micro-services

After micro-servicesmicro-services → Microservices: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairmicro-services → Java: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairmicro-services → python: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairmicro-services → docker: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairmicro-services → AWS Lambda: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairmicro-services → RESTful APIs: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairmicro-services → Lambda: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairmicro-services → Redis: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairmicro-servic…Microservices: 3 movesMicroservices3 movesJava: 3 movesJava3 movespython: 3 movespython3 movesdocker: 3 movesdocker3 movesAWS Lambda: 2 movesAWS Lambda2 movesRESTful APIs: 2 movesRESTful APIs2 movesLambda: 2 movesLambda2 movesRedis: 2 movesRedis2 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: Java5
Before: Node.js3
Before: MongoDB3
Before: MYSQL2
Before: Linux2
Before: Hadoop2
Before: AWS2
Before: EMR2
After: Microservices3
After: Java3
After: python3
After: docker3
After: AWS Lambda2
After: RESTful APIs2
After: Lambda2
After: Redis2

Roles most likely to require micro-services

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
DevOps Developer28.7%
Data Engineer Intern26.5%
Back-End Developer15.0%
Systems/Software Engineer14.3%
Senior Data Scientist13.7%
Fullstack Software Engineer42.9%
Platform Engineering Manager12.6%
Tech Lead32.0%
Fullstack Developer31.9%
Infrastructure Security Engineer11.6%

Roles with the most micro-services postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer9744.7%
Full Stack Engineer83.7%
Backend Engineer73.2%
Engineering Coordinator52.3%
Software Engineering Manager52.3%
Backend Software Engineer41.8%
DevOps Engineer41.8%
Full Stack Software Engineer41.8%
Fullstack Software Engineer41.8%
Product Manager41.8%

Top companies posting jobs requiring micro-services

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring micro-services
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Wibmo9
Yassir8
Project448
Algenesis5
Mastercard4
Booking.com4
DISCO4
Coupa3
Fmr3
Bet3653

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for micro-services

NamePostingsShare
Bengaluru156.9%
Gurugram94.1%
Pune94.1%
Annapolis52.3%
Cairo52.3%
Paris52.3%
Toronto52.3%
Amsterdam41.8%
Austin41.8%

Skills commonly paired with micro-services

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning micro-services by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s micro-services postings by all micro-services postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.1% to 0.1%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,595 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index