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 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 119 132
Rank change year-on-year -25 +13 -13
Contract jobs citing Serverless 882 659 605
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.90% 2.39% 1.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.49% 6.37% 5.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 659 467 412
10th Percentile £400 £383 £360
25th Percentile £450 £420 £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 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -2.78%
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 16,069 10,338 11,188
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.69% 37.46% 34.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,741 6,981 7,683
10th Percentile £322 £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 £645
90th Percentile £719 £733 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 548 258 185
10th Percentile £15.44 £15.43 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.00 £18.87 £19.95
Median hourly rate £34.06 £26.38 £30.59
Median % change year-on-year +29.13% -13.78% -7.30%
75th Percentile £70.00 £45.66 £61.06
90th Percentile £83.08 £71.62 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £30.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -21 523 £550 - 452
North of England -42 135 £500 +5.26% 96
Midlands -13 89 £447 -3.35% 39
West Midlands -13 69 £463 -6.57% 22
North West -32 69 £605 +27.37% 62
South East -60 51 £600 +37.93% 51
South West -31 46 £530 +2.42% 52
Yorkshire -43 44 £500 +5.04% 21
East of England -24 23 £525 +1.94% 21
North East -30 22 £463 +4.52% 13
East Midlands -8 20 £413 -0.66% 17
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 50 (5.67%) Confluence
2 40 (4.54%) Apache Airflow
3 30 (3.40%) Apache Spark
4 27 (3.06%) SharePoint
5 24 (2.72%) Apache
6 8 (0.91%) CMS
6 8 (0.91%) SAS
7 7 (0.79%) nginx
8 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.45%) CICS
9 4 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.34%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.23%) PowerExchange
11 2 (0.23%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.23%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.23%) WebLogic Portal
12 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.11%) Drupal
12 1 (0.11%) EPiServer
Applications
1 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.45%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 30 (3.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.45%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.11%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.11%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.11%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 670 (75.96%) AWS
2 538 (61.00%) AWS Lambda
3 370 (41.95%) Amazon S3
4 343 (38.89%) Azure
5 191 (21.66%) GitHub
6 183 (20.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 175 (19.84%) Azure Functions
8 159 (18.03%) Amazon ECS
9 144 (16.33%) Amazon EC2
10 133 (15.08%) GitHub Actions
11 128 (14.51%) Amazon EKS
12 116 (13.15%) Azure DevOps
13 115 (13.04%) AWS CloudFormation
13 115 (13.04%) Power Platform
14 107 (12.13%) Amazon SQS
15 93 (10.54%) AWS Step Functions
16 83 (9.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 70 (7.94%) Azure Logic Apps
18 69 (7.82%) GCP
19 63 (7.14%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.74%) Firewall
2 28 (3.17%) Network Security
3 21 (2.38%) DNS
4 16 (1.81%) VPN
5 12 (1.36%) WAN
6 6 (0.68%) 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
1 132 (14.97%) DynamoDB
2 127 (14.40%) Amazon RDS
3 101 (11.45%) Amazon Athena
4 80 (9.07%) PostgreSQL
4 80 (9.07%) Power BI
5 76 (8.62%) Amazon Redshift
6 73 (8.28%) Data Warehouse
7 61 (6.92%) NoSQL
8 49 (5.56%) SQL Server
9 48 (5.44%) Data Lake
10 31 (3.51%) MySQL
11 30 (3.40%) Amazon Aurora
12 29 (3.29%) Azure SQL Database
12 29 (3.29%) Metadata
13 24 (2.72%) Delta Lake
13 24 (2.72%) MongoDB
14 21 (2.38%) Relational Database
14 21 (2.38%) Tableau
15 18 (2.04%) BigQuery
16 15 (1.70%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 157 (17.80%) Git
2 123 (13.95%) Jenkins
3 116 (13.15%) GitLab
4 70 (7.94%) JIRA
5 22 (2.49%) Bitbucket
5 22 (2.49%) Cypress.io
6 21 (2.38%) Cucumber
7 15 (1.70%) Selenium
8 12 (1.36%) Postman
9 11 (1.25%) SonarQube
10 10 (1.13%) JUnit
11 9 (1.02%) Mockito
11 9 (1.02%) RStudio
12 6 (0.68%) Claude Code
12 6 (0.68%) Gatling
12 6 (0.68%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
12 6 (0.68%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.68%) WebDriver
13 5 (0.57%) JMeter
General
1 211 (23.92%) Social Skills
2 153 (17.35%) Public Sector
3 141 (15.99%) Finance
4 74 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (3.85%) Banking
6 33 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (1.47%) Billing
8 13 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (1.47%) Law
9 12 (1.36%) Marketing
9 12 (1.36%) Military
10 10 (1.13%) Back Office
10 10 (1.13%) Retail
11 8 (0.91%) Front Office
12 7 (0.79%) Legal
12 7 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (0.68%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.57%) Health Technology
14 5 (0.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 202 (22.90%) Developer
2 172 (19.50%) Senior
3 171 (19.39%) Architect
4 124 (14.06%) AWS Engineer
5 112 (12.70%) Data Engineer
6 107 (12.13%) Lead
7 64 (7.26%) DevOps Engineer
8 52 (5.90%) Software Engineer
9 51 (5.78%) Cloud Engineer
10 48 (5.44%) AWS Architect
10 48 (5.44%) Solutions Architect
11 45 (5.10%) Full-Stack Developer
12 40 (4.54%) Senior Developer
13 39 (4.42%) Python Developer
14 37 (4.20%) Senior Data Engineer
15 35 (3.97%) AWS Developer
15 35 (3.97%) Platform Engineer
16 33 (3.74%) AWS Data Engineer
16 33 (3.74%) Technical Architect
17 32 (3.63%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 366 (41.50%) Terraform
2 137 (15.53%) REST
3 112 (12.70%) React
4 95 (10.77%) .NET
4 95 (10.77%) Node.js
5 92 (10.43%) Kafka
6 89 (10.09%) RESTful
7 66 (7.48%) PySpark
8 55 (6.24%) Spring Boot
9 54 (6.12%) Spring
10 52 (5.90%) GraphQL
11 46 (5.22%) FastAPI
12 42 (4.76%) AWS CDK
12 42 (4.76%) OAuth
13 40 (4.54%) AngularJS
14 36 (4.08%) Flask
15 35 (3.97%) CSS
16 34 (3.85%) JSON
17 31 (3.51%) HTML
18 29 (3.29%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 279 (31.63%) Cloud Native
2 74 (8.39%) Product Ownership
3 60 (6.80%) Distributed Systems
4 47 (5.33%) AI Agents
5 28 (3.17%) NHS
6 25 (2.83%) Enterprise Software
7 23 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
8 19 (2.15%) Onboarding
9 17 (1.93%) Management Information System
10 16 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
11 14 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (1.47%) Security Posture
13 12 (1.36%) Data Structures
14 11 (1.25%) IoT
15 9 (1.02%) Fixed Income
15 9 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
15 9 (1.02%) Low-Code
15 9 (1.02%) Mainframe
16 8 (0.91%) Cloud Security Posture
16 8 (0.91%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 61 (6.92%) Linux
2 25 (2.83%) Unix
3 17 (1.93%) Windows
4 14 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.45%) VMS
5 4 (0.45%) 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
1 553 (62.70%) CI/CD
2 404 (45.80%) DevOps
3 357 (40.48%) Infrastructure as Code
4 342 (38.78%) Agile
5 214 (24.26%) AI
6 193 (21.88%) Event-Driven
7 191 (21.66%) Microservices
8 188 (21.32%) Containerisation
9 164 (18.59%) Test Automation
10 161 (18.25%) Observability
11 149 (16.89%) Analytics
12 141 (15.99%) Data Modelling
13 139 (15.76%) Software Engineering
14 133 (15.08%) Continuous Improvement
15 131 (14.85%) Technical Leadership
16 130 (14.74%) Data Pipeline
17 127 (14.40%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 125 (14.17%) Data Engineering
19 119 (13.49%) Migration
20 117 (13.27%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 424 (48.07%) Python
2 282 (31.97%) SQL
3 146 (16.55%) TypeScript
4 136 (15.42%) JavaScript
5 119 (13.49%) Java
6 116 (13.15%) C#
7 69 (7.82%) Bash
8 40 (4.54%) Bicep
8 40 (4.54%) PowerShell
9 29 (3.29%) Shell Script
10 16 (1.81%) Scala
11 10 (1.13%) Groovy
12 8 (0.91%) PL/SQL
12 8 (0.91%) R
13 7 (0.79%) Go
14 5 (0.57%) Cypher
14 5 (0.57%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.57%) Rust
14 5 (0.57%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.57%) X++
Qualifications
1 250 (28.34%) Security Cleared
2 210 (23.81%) SC Cleared
3 68 (7.71%) AWS Certification
4 49 (5.56%) Degree
5 36 (4.08%) DV Cleared
6 32 (3.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 29 (3.29%) Azure Certification
8 28 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (2.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 23 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (2.15%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 11 (1.25%) Master's Degree
12 11 (1.25%) SAFe Agilist
13 10 (1.13%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 9 (1.02%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 7 (0.79%) ISTQB
15 7 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
16 6 (0.68%) CISSP
16 6 (0.68%) DBS Check
17 5 (0.57%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (12.02%) Data Quality
2 68 (7.71%) QA
3 35 (3.97%) GDPR
4 31 (3.51%) Accessibility
5 26 (2.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (2.04%) WCAG
7 13 (1.47%) NIST
8 11 (1.25%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.79%) SLA
10 6 (0.68%) 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 (27.89%) Docker
2 35 (3.97%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.45%) Squid
4 4 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 203 (23.02%) Kubernetes
2 66 (7.48%) Grafana
3 54 (6.12%) Prometheus
4 49 (5.56%) Ansible
5 14 (1.59%) Puppet
6 11 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (1.02%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.68%) Istio
8 6 (0.68%) Packer
8 6 (0.68%) Podman
9 5 (0.57%) Kibana
9 5 (0.57%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.45%) Argo
10 4 (0.45%) Rancher
10 4 (0.45%) Salt
11 3 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.23%) CASB
12 2 (0.23%) Consul
12 2 (0.23%) linkerd
Vendors
1 179 (20.29%) Microsoft
2 65 (7.37%) Databricks
3 36 (4.08%) Oracle
4 31 (3.51%) OpenAI
5 24 (2.72%) Google
5 24 (2.72%) Informatica
6 22 (2.49%) Dynatrace
7 21 (2.38%) ServiceNow
7 21 (2.38%) Splunk
8 10 (1.13%) Brio
8 10 (1.13%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.02%) SAP
10 7 (0.79%) Confluent
10 7 (0.79%) Salesforce
10 7 (0.79%) Tenable
11 5 (0.57%) Foundry
11 5 (0.57%) New Relic
11 5 (0.57%) PagerDuty
11 5 (0.57%) Workday
12 4 (0.45%) NVIDIA