Serverless Computing
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 129 | 99 | 99 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -30 | 0 | -25 |
| Contract jobs citing Serverless | 771 | 1,412 | 2,321 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.81% | 2.48% | 2.65% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 5.58% | 6.75% | 6.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 588 | 1,052 | 1,645 |
| 10th Percentile | £386 | £438 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £438 | £475 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £550 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.82% | -4.35% | +9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £660 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £708 | £725 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £510 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.86% | - | +10.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £42.00 | £52.55 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £52.50 | £58.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £75.00 | £70.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +7.14% | +69.70% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £77.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £79.60 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £55.00 | £72.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -24.14% | +189.25% |
All Cloud Skills
UK
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 with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 13,826 | 20,933 | 33,670 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.49% | 36.75% | 38.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,828 | 15,157 | 24,567 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £634 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £745 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 348 | 336 | 412 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.05 | £18.44 | £15.37 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £35.00 | £22.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.94% | +56.25% | -0.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £36.16 | £66.00 | £55.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £78.00 | £69.19 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £25.87 | £19.63 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.49% | +31.80% | -1.88% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Serverless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Serverless.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Serverless over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Serverless.
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Top 16 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Serverless within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 |
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| England | -19 | 645 | £525 | -8.70% | 321 |
| London | +1 | 426 | £515 | -14.17% | 156 |
| Work from Home | -34 | 281 | £513 | -6.82% | 197 |
| UK excluding London | -51 | 260 | £510 | -2.86% | 175 |
| North of England | -10 | 82 | £523 | -0.48% | 62 |
| Scotland | -19 | 67 | £463 | -3.44% | 12 |
| North West | +7 | 54 | £510 | -2.86% | 39 |
| South East | -37 | 54 | £600 | +4.35% | 23 |
| Midlands | +21 | 27 | £450 | -10.00% | 32 |
| Yorkshire | -15 | 24 | £587 | +11.86% | 17 |
| West Midlands | +25 | 21 | £450 | - | 23 |
| South West | -13 | 18 | £550 | -16.98% | 26 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 8 | £600 | - | 6 |
| East of England | +2 | 7 | £625 | -3.85% | 12 |
| East Midlands | +9 | 6 | £450 | -10.00% | 9 |
| North East | +9 | 4 | £650 | -13.33% | 6 |
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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:
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