Serverless Contracts in England

Serverless Computing
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Serverless skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Serverless over the 6 months to 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 112 103
Rank change year-on-year -21 -9 -28
Contract jobs citing Serverless 631 1,089 1,845
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.73% 2.28% 2.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.39% 6.27% 6.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 472 804 1,318
10th Percentile £375 £441 £425
25th Percentile £431 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £688
90th Percentile £720 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -6.82% -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 6
10th Percentile - £38.50 £53.50
25th Percentile - £43.75 £59.94
Median hourly rate - £55.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year - -24.14% +63.84%
75th Percentile - £66.25 £77.50
90th Percentile - £71.50 £79.25
UK median hourly rate - £55.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year - -24.14% +81.25%

All Cloud Skills
England

Serverless is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,706 17,360 26,992
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.07% 36.32% 38.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,463 12,721 19,981
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £417 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £673 £650
90th Percentile £747 £750 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 319 289 334
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.50 £15.28
Median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.94% +62.79% +2.14%
75th Percentile £35.00 £69.50 £48.06
90th Percentile £67.35 £79.19 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.37 £36.50 £22.19
% change year-on-year -41.45% +64.49% +0.86%

Serverless
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Serverless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Serverless in England

Serverless
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Serverless in England.

Daily rate trend for Serverless in England

Serverless
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Serverless in England over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Serverless in England

Serverless
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Serverless in England.

Hourly rate trend for Serverless in England

Serverless
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Serverless within the England region over the 6 months to 24 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -5 415 £513 -14.58% 269
North of England +2 82 £521 -0.71% 65
South East -42 54 £600 +4.35% 113
North West +18 53 £510 -2.86% 40
Midlands +24 25 £450 -10.00% 35
Yorkshire -13 24 £587 +11.86% 19
West Midlands +13 19 £450 - 25
South West -7 18 £550 -16.98% 24
East of England +1 7 £625 +11.11% 15
East Midlands +19 6 £450 -10.00% 10
North East +12 5 £650 -8.71% 6
Serverless
UK

Serverless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 29 (4.60%) Apache Spark
2 23 (3.65%) Apache Airflow
3 18 (2.85%) Apache
4 14 (2.22%) Confluence
5 13 (2.06%) SharePoint
6 8 (1.27%) BizTalk Server
7 6 (0.95%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.79%) nginx
9 4 (0.63%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.63%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.48%) CMS
11 2 (0.32%) Drupal
11 2 (0.32%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.32%) SAS
12 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.16%) MQSeries
12 1 (0.16%) SharePoint 2010
12 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (0.79%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.16%) InfoPath
3 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.95%) NEC Housing
2 5 (0.79%) Salesforce CRM
3 4 (0.63%) Shopify
4 3 (0.48%) Endur
5 1 (0.16%) Aareon QL
5 1 (0.16%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.16%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 403 (63.87%) AWS
2 328 (51.98%) AWS Lambda
3 262 (41.52%) Azure
4 170 (26.94%) Azure Functions
5 169 (26.78%) Amazon S3
6 116 (18.38%) Amazon EC2
7 93 (14.74%) Azure DevOps
8 74 (11.73%) GitHub
9 73 (11.57%) AWS CloudFormation
10 70 (11.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 64 (10.14%) AWS Step Functions
12 55 (8.72%) Azure Data Factory
12 55 (8.72%) Azure Logic Apps
13 52 (8.24%) Azure Service Bus
14 51 (8.08%) Power Platform
15 50 (7.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 47 (7.45%) Amazon ECS
17 45 (7.13%) PaaS
17 45 (7.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 42 (6.66%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.01%) Firewall
2 12 (1.90%) HTTP
3 8 (1.27%) Network Security
4 7 (1.11%) AMQP
4 7 (1.11%) FTP
5 6 (0.95%) DHCP
5 6 (0.95%) DNS
6 4 (0.63%) OpenLDAP
6 4 (0.63%) SSL
7 3 (0.48%) Internet
7 3 (0.48%) LAN
7 3 (0.48%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.48%) VPN
7 3 (0.48%) WLAN
8 1 (0.16%) IPsec
8 1 (0.16%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.16%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (14.58%) Amazon RDS
2 87 (13.79%) NoSQL
3 72 (11.41%) Amazon Redshift
4 71 (11.25%) DynamoDB
5 56 (8.87%) PostgreSQL
6 52 (8.24%) SQL Server
7 50 (7.92%) Azure SQL Database
8 45 (7.13%) Data Warehouse
9 44 (6.97%) Data Lake
10 43 (6.81%) Big Data
11 39 (6.18%) Relational Database
12 37 (5.86%) Amazon Athena
13 36 (5.71%) MongoDB
14 35 (5.55%) Power BI
15 23 (3.65%) Parquet
16 20 (3.17%) Amazon Aurora
16 20 (3.17%) RDBMS
17 16 (2.54%) MySQL
18 12 (1.90%) Redis
19 10 (1.58%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 130 (20.60%) Git
2 55 (8.72%) Jenkins
3 47 (7.45%) GitLab
4 32 (5.07%) JIRA
5 24 (3.80%) Cypress.io
6 15 (2.38%) Selenium
7 13 (2.06%) Visual Studio
8 12 (1.90%) SonarQube
9 11 (1.74%) Bitbucket
10 10 (1.58%) JMeter
11 8 (1.27%) Visual Studio Team System
12 7 (1.11%) CircleCI
12 7 (1.11%) Maven
13 6 (0.95%) Cucumber
13 6 (0.95%) Postman
13 6 (0.95%) TeamCity
14 5 (0.79%) kappa
14 5 (0.79%) NUnit
15 4 (0.63%) Sourcetree
15 4 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 106 (16.80%) Social Skills
2 68 (10.78%) Finance
3 62 (9.83%) Public Sector
4 46 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (4.44%) Banking
6 19 (3.01%) Retail
7 12 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (1.74%) Marketing
9 9 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.27%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.11%) Front Office
11 7 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (0.95%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.79%) Billing
13 5 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.63%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.63%) Publishing
15 3 (0.48%) Back Office
15 3 (0.48%) Health Technology
15 3 (0.48%) Law
Job Titles
1 217 (34.39%) Developer
2 94 (14.90%) Data Engineer
3 80 (12.68%) Architect
3 80 (12.68%) Senior
4 69 (10.94%) DevOps Engineer
5 65 (10.30%) AWS Engineer
6 53 (8.40%) Lead
7 46 (7.29%) Full Stack Developer
8 45 (7.13%) AWS DevOps
9 38 (6.02%) Azure Developer
9 38 (6.02%) Python Developer
10 34 (5.39%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 34 (5.39%) Software Engineer
11 29 (4.60%) Java Developer
12 28 (4.44%) Cloud Engineer
13 24 (3.80%) AWS Architect
13 24 (3.80%) Solutions Architect
14 23 (3.65%) Senior Developer
15 22 (3.49%) Azure Engineer
16 21 (3.33%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (15.85%) React
2 94 (14.90%) Node.js
3 79 (12.52%) Kafka
4 72 (11.41%) .NET
5 59 (9.35%) JSON
6 41 (6.50%) REST
7 38 (6.02%) RESTful
8 35 (5.55%) XML
9 31 (4.91%) .NET Core
10 25 (3.96%) PySpark
11 24 (3.80%) Lambda Expressions
12 21 (3.33%) OAuth
12 21 (3.33%) Spring
13 19 (3.01%) Apache Avro
14 18 (2.85%) AngularJS
14 18 (2.85%) ARM Templates
15 17 (2.69%) HTML
15 17 (2.69%) Web Services
16 16 (2.54%) GraphQL
16 16 (2.54%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 42 (6.66%) Product Ownership
2 41 (6.50%) Cloud Native
3 19 (3.01%) Greenfield Project
3 19 (3.01%) Public Cloud
4 18 (2.85%) Mobile App
5 17 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (2.54%) IoT
7 15 (2.38%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
9 8 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.11%) Machine to Machine
10 7 (1.11%) Market Risk
10 7 (1.11%) Onboarding
11 5 (0.79%) Data Centre
11 5 (0.79%) PKI
11 5 (0.79%) Smart Meter
12 4 (0.63%) Credit Risk
12 4 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.63%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 51 (8.08%) Linux
2 22 (3.49%) Windows
3 18 (2.85%) Unix
4 6 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.48%) VMS
6 2 (0.32%) CentOS
7 1 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.16%) Debian
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (44.69%) DevOps
2 254 (40.25%) CI/CD
3 190 (30.11%) Agile
4 135 (21.39%) Microservices
5 112 (17.75%) Infrastructure as Code
6 91 (14.42%) Full Stack Development
7 88 (13.95%) ETL
8 84 (13.31%) Software Engineering
9 73 (11.57%) SDLC
10 66 (10.46%) Data Modelling
10 66 (10.46%) Data Pipeline
11 65 (10.30%) Containerisation
12 64 (10.14%) Test Automation
13 62 (9.83%) Scrum
14 56 (8.87%) Problem-Solving
14 56 (8.87%) TDD
15 55 (8.72%) Analytics
16 43 (6.81%) Data Engineering
17 40 (6.34%) Technical Leadership
18 38 (6.02%) API Management
Programming Languages
1 307 (48.65%) Python
2 199 (31.54%) SQL
3 116 (18.38%) Java
4 100 (15.85%) JavaScript
5 70 (11.09%) C#
6 69 (10.94%) TypeScript
7 39 (6.18%) PowerShell
8 37 (5.86%) Bash
9 26 (4.12%) Go
10 13 (2.06%) Shell Script
11 11 (1.74%) Scala
12 9 (1.43%) T-SQL
13 8 (1.27%) C++
14 7 (1.11%) C
14 7 (1.11%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.95%) Bicep
16 5 (0.79%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.79%) Ruby
17 4 (0.63%) Perl
17 4 (0.63%) PHP
Qualifications
1 116 (18.38%) Security Cleared
2 99 (15.69%) SC Cleared
3 39 (6.18%) Degree
4 32 (5.07%) AWS Certification
5 29 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (1.90%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 12 (1.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 11 (1.74%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.58%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.11%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.48%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 1 (0.16%) CISM
13 1 (0.16%) CISSP
13 1 (0.16%) CTC Cleared
13 1 (0.16%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.65%) QA
2 15 (2.38%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.06%) NIST
4 11 (1.74%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.11%) GDPR
5 7 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.79%) SLA
7 3 (0.48%) ISO 22301
7 3 (0.48%) WCAG
8 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.32%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.16%) NCSC
9 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 116 (18.38%) Docker
2 32 (5.07%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.16%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.16%) Ceph
6 1 (0.16%) Firmware
6 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.16%) NFS
Systems Management
1 180 (28.53%) Terraform
2 138 (21.87%) Kubernetes
3 42 (6.66%) Ansible
4 24 (3.80%) Grafana
5 13 (2.06%) Argo
6 12 (1.90%) Prometheus
7 11 (1.74%) Progress Chef
8 8 (1.27%) Docker Swarm
9 5 (0.79%) Puppet
9 5 (0.79%) SysTrack
10 4 (0.63%) Podman
11 3 (0.48%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.48%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.48%) Kibana
11 3 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.32%) Salt
13 1 (0.16%) Hadoop YARN
13 1 (0.16%) logstash
13 1 (0.16%) Mesos
13 1 (0.16%) Packer
Vendors
1 89 (14.10%) Microsoft
2 44 (6.97%) Oracle
3 21 (3.33%) Databricks
4 20 (3.17%) Google
4 20 (3.17%) Salesforce
5 17 (2.69%) SAP
6 13 (2.06%) MuleSoft
6 13 (2.06%) Splunk
7 9 (1.43%) Ab Initio
8 8 (1.27%) Informatica
8 8 (1.27%) Talend
9 7 (1.11%) VMware
10 6 (0.95%) NEC
10 6 (0.95%) New Relic
10 6 (0.95%) WSO2
11 5 (0.79%) Citrix
11 5 (0.79%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.79%) Sage
11 5 (0.79%) Sitecore
12 4 (0.63%) Adobe