Serverless Contract Job Trends in England

Serverless Computing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Serverless skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 117 133
Rank change year-on-year -32 +16 -14
Contract jobs citing Serverless 871 664 601
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.91% 2.41% 1.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.49% 6.45% 5.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 643 474 422
10th Percentile £400 £382 £363
25th Percentile £450 £424 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £600 £650
90th Percentile £738 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £518 £525
% change year-on-year +1.45% -1.43% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 0
10th Percentile - £36.50 -
25th Percentile - £38.75 -
Median hourly rate £38.25 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -
75th Percentile £73.00 £51.25 -
90th Percentile - £53.50 -
UK median hourly rate £38.25 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

Serverless falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 15,878 10,301 11,267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.77% 37.35% 34.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,601 6,975 7,846
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £644
90th Percentile £716 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 549 268 196
10th Percentile £15.46 £15.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.51 £18.42
Median hourly rate £34.13 £26.30 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.75% -12.33% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £59.66
90th Percentile £82.49 £68.63 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £28.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% -14.29%

Serverless
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Serverless relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Serverless job vacancy trend in England

Serverless
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Serverless.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Serverless

Serverless
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Serverless in England over the 6 months to 1 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Serverless in England

Serverless
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Serverless.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Serverless

Serverless
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Serverless in England over the 6 months to 1 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 1 September 2026. 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 -16 518 £550 - 440
North of England -36 135 £500 +5.26% 108
Midlands -16 86 £447 -0.72% 44
North West -39 67 £605 +27.37% 65
West Midlands -15 66 £469 +2.79% 23
South East -55 49 £600 +33.33% 52
South West -21 47 £534 +3.14% 50
Yorkshire -40 46 £500 +5.15% 24
East of England -22 23 £525 +1.94% 19
North East -30 22 £463 +4.52% 19
East Midlands -7 20 £413 -0.66% 21
Serverless
UK

Serverless
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 48 (5.51%) Confluence
2 39 (4.48%) Apache Airflow
3 32 (3.67%) Apache Spark
4 25 (2.87%) Apache
4 25 (2.87%) SharePoint
5 8 (0.92%) SAS
6 7 (0.80%) nginx
7 6 (0.69%) CMS
8 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.46%) CICS
9 4 (0.46%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.34%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.23%) Mendix
11 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.23%) PowerExchange
12 1 (0.11%) Camunda
12 1 (0.11%) Drupal
12 1 (0.11%) EPiServer
12 1 (0.11%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.57%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (2.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.57%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.11%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.11%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.11%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 665 (76.35%) AWS
2 527 (60.51%) AWS Lambda
3 363 (41.68%) Amazon S3
4 336 (38.58%) Azure
5 184 (21.13%) GitHub
6 174 (19.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 168 (19.29%) Azure Functions
8 153 (17.57%) Amazon ECS
9 139 (15.96%) Amazon EC2
10 131 (15.04%) GitHub Actions
11 123 (14.12%) Amazon EKS
12 114 (13.09%) AWS CloudFormation
12 114 (13.09%) Azure DevOps
13 108 (12.40%) Power Platform
14 107 (12.28%) Amazon SQS
15 93 (10.68%) AWS Step Functions
16 84 (9.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 75 (8.61%) Azure Logic Apps
18 69 (7.92%) GCP
19 61 (7.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.79%) Firewall
2 27 (3.10%) Network Security
3 21 (2.41%) DNS
4 16 (1.84%) VPN
5 12 (1.38%) WAN
6 6 (0.69%) SSL
7 5 (0.57%) HTTP
7 5 (0.57%) MQTT
7 5 (0.57%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (0.57%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.34%) CTI
8 3 (0.34%) FTP
8 3 (0.34%) IPv4
8 3 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.23%) AMQP
9 2 (0.23%) DHCP
9 2 (0.23%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.23%) OpenVPN
9 2 (0.23%) SAN
9 2 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (14.81%) DynamoDB
2 120 (13.78%) Amazon RDS
3 101 (11.60%) Amazon Athena
4 80 (9.18%) Power BI
5 79 (9.07%) PostgreSQL
6 78 (8.96%) Amazon Redshift
7 73 (8.38%) Data Warehouse
8 60 (6.89%) NoSQL
9 48 (5.51%) Data Lake
9 48 (5.51%) SQL Server
10 30 (3.44%) Azure SQL Database
10 30 (3.44%) MySQL
11 29 (3.33%) Amazon Aurora
12 28 (3.21%) Metadata
13 25 (2.87%) Delta Lake
13 25 (2.87%) Relational Database
14 23 (2.64%) MongoDB
15 21 (2.41%) Tableau
16 18 (2.07%) BigQuery
17 16 (1.84%) Redis
Development Applications
1 153 (17.57%) Git
2 122 (14.01%) Jenkins
3 111 (12.74%) GitLab
4 68 (7.81%) JIRA
5 21 (2.41%) Bitbucket
5 21 (2.41%) Cypress.io
6 19 (2.18%) Cucumber
7 15 (1.72%) Selenium
8 12 (1.38%) Postman
9 11 (1.26%) SonarQube
10 9 (1.03%) RStudio
11 8 (0.92%) JUnit
12 7 (0.80%) Mockito
12 7 (0.80%) Visual Studio
13 6 (0.69%) Claude Code
13 6 (0.69%) Gatling
13 6 (0.69%) REST Assured
13 6 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
13 6 (0.69%) WebDriver
14 5 (0.57%) Artifactory
General
1 208 (23.88%) Social Skills
2 150 (17.22%) Public Sector
3 138 (15.84%) Finance
4 72 (8.27%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (4.02%) Banking
6 28 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (1.49%) Billing
8 13 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (1.38%) Law
9 12 (1.38%) Marketing
9 12 (1.38%) Military
10 9 (1.03%) Back Office
10 9 (1.03%) Retail
11 8 (0.92%) Front Office
12 7 (0.80%) Legal
12 7 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (0.69%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 199 (22.85%) Developer
2 170 (19.52%) Architect
3 169 (19.40%) Senior
4 123 (14.12%) AWS Engineer
5 111 (12.74%) Data Engineer
6 103 (11.83%) Lead
7 63 (7.23%) DevOps Engineer
8 54 (6.20%) Software Engineer
9 51 (5.86%) AWS Architect
10 50 (5.74%) Cloud Engineer
11 46 (5.28%) Solutions Architect
12 45 (5.17%) Full-Stack Developer
13 39 (4.48%) Python Developer
13 39 (4.48%) Senior Developer
14 36 (4.13%) Platform Engineer
14 36 (4.13%) Senior Data Engineer
15 34 (3.90%) AWS Developer
16 33 (3.79%) AWS Data Engineer
17 32 (3.67%) Azure Engineer
17 32 (3.67%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 366 (42.02%) Terraform
2 131 (15.04%) REST
3 114 (13.09%) React
4 96 (11.02%) Node.js
5 94 (10.79%) .NET
6 89 (10.22%) Kafka
7 88 (10.10%) RESTful
8 66 (7.58%) PySpark
9 52 (5.97%) Spring
9 52 (5.97%) Spring Boot
10 50 (5.74%) GraphQL
11 45 (5.17%) FastAPI
12 42 (4.82%) AWS CDK
13 40 (4.59%) OAuth
14 39 (4.48%) AngularJS
15 36 (4.13%) CSS
15 36 (4.13%) Flask
16 31 (3.56%) JSON
17 30 (3.44%) HTML
18 28 (3.21%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 275 (31.57%) Cloud Native
2 70 (8.04%) Product Ownership
3 63 (7.23%) Distributed Systems
4 47 (5.40%) AI Agents
5 28 (3.21%) NHS
6 25 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
6 25 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (2.07%) Onboarding
8 17 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
10 14 (1.61%) Management Information System
11 12 (1.38%) Security Posture
12 11 (1.26%) Data Structures
12 11 (1.26%) IoT
12 11 (1.26%) Low-Code
13 10 (1.15%) Fixed Income
14 9 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
14 9 (1.03%) Mainframe
15 7 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
15 7 (0.80%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 58 (6.66%) Linux
2 23 (2.64%) Unix
3 17 (1.95%) Windows
4 13 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.46%) VMS
5 4 (0.46%) zOS
6 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.23%) Android
7 2 (0.23%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 547 (62.80%) CI/CD
2 394 (45.24%) DevOps
3 352 (40.41%) Infrastructure as Code
4 336 (38.58%) Agile
5 211 (24.23%) AI
6 194 (22.27%) Microservices
7 188 (21.58%) Containerisation
8 182 (20.90%) Event-Driven
9 159 (18.25%) Test Automation
10 153 (17.57%) Observability
11 150 (17.22%) Analytics
12 135 (15.50%) Data Modelling
13 133 (15.27%) Software Engineering
14 130 (14.93%) Data Pipeline
15 126 (14.47%) Continuous Improvement
16 125 (14.35%) Data Engineering
17 122 (14.01%) Technical Leadership
18 119 (13.66%) Event-Driven Architecture
19 117 (13.43%) Business Intelligence
19 117 (13.43%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 419 (48.11%) Python
2 282 (32.38%) SQL
3 141 (16.19%) TypeScript
4 134 (15.38%) JavaScript
5 116 (13.32%) Java
6 113 (12.97%) C#
7 69 (7.92%) Bash
8 41 (4.71%) PowerShell
9 40 (4.59%) Bicep
10 29 (3.33%) Shell Script
11 15 (1.72%) Scala
12 9 (1.03%) Groovy
13 8 (0.92%) R
14 7 (0.80%) Go
15 6 (0.69%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.57%) Cypher
16 5 (0.57%) Ruby
16 5 (0.57%) Rust
16 5 (0.57%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.57%) X++
Qualifications
1 242 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 202 (23.19%) SC Cleared
3 65 (7.46%) AWS Certification
4 46 (5.28%) Degree
5 35 (4.02%) DV Cleared
6 33 (3.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 28 (3.21%) Azure Certification
8 26 (2.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 25 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (2.18%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 11 (1.26%) SAFe Agilist
13 10 (1.15%) Master's Degree
14 9 (1.03%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 7 (0.80%) ISTQB
16 7 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
17 6 (0.69%) DBS Check
18 5 (0.57%) AWS Certified Developer
18 5 (0.57%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (11.83%) Data Quality
2 62 (7.12%) QA
3 33 (3.79%) GDPR
4 31 (3.56%) Accessibility
5 27 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.95%) WCAG
7 13 (1.49%) NIST
8 12 (1.38%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.80%) SLA
10 6 (0.69%) HL7
11 3 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.34%) NCSC
11 3 (0.34%) PMO
12 2 (0.23%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.11%) IEC 62304
13 1 (0.11%) ISO 13485
13 1 (0.11%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 246 (28.24%) Docker
2 35 (4.02%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.46%) Squid
4 4 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 206 (23.65%) Kubernetes
2 63 (7.23%) Grafana
3 51 (5.86%) Prometheus
4 50 (5.74%) Ansible
5 14 (1.61%) Puppet
6 11 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.92%) Progress Chef
8 7 (0.80%) Istio
9 6 (0.69%) Packer
9 6 (0.69%) Podman
10 5 (0.57%) Kibana
10 5 (0.57%) Kustomize
11 4 (0.46%) Argo
11 4 (0.46%) Salt
12 3 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.34%) linkerd
12 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.34%) Rancher
13 2 (0.23%) CASB
13 2 (0.23%) Consul
Vendors
1 171 (19.63%) Microsoft
2 63 (7.23%) Databricks
3 33 (3.79%) Oracle
4 32 (3.67%) OpenAI
5 24 (2.76%) Informatica
6 23 (2.64%) Google
7 20 (2.30%) Dynatrace
7 20 (2.30%) ServiceNow
8 19 (2.18%) Splunk
9 10 (1.15%) Brio
10 9 (1.03%) Red Hat
10 9 (1.03%) SAP
11 7 (0.80%) Tenable
12 6 (0.69%) Confluent
12 6 (0.69%) Salesforce
13 5 (0.57%) New Relic
13 5 (0.57%) PagerDuty
13 5 (0.57%) Workday
14 4 (0.46%) Foundry
14 4 (0.46%) NVIDIA