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 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 122 136
Rank change year-on-year +8 +14 -33
Contract jobs citing Serverless 765 606 704
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.46% 2.07% 1.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.44% 5.65% 5.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 560 411 499
10th Percentile £375 £394 £400
25th Percentile £413 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £570 £545
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +4.59% -9.17%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £643
90th Percentile £688 £788 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £25.38 -
25th Percentile £42.50 £25.56 £76.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £26.00 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.08% -66.45% +3.33%
75th Percentile £47.50 £26.31 £78.75
90th Percentile - £26.43 -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £26.00 £77.50
% change year-on-year +82.69% -66.45% +3.33%

All Cloud 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 11,874 10,731 13,199
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.19% 36.59% 34.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,152 7,170 9,641
10th Percentile £305 £313 £288
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £638
90th Percentile £710 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 138 251
10th Percentile £14.95 £17.31 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £26.30 £30.94 £23.24
Median % change year-on-year -14.99% +33.12% +3.29%
75th Percentile £55.00 £54.69 £53.50
90th Percentile £75.33 £69.71 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £26.30 £29.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -9.31% +16.00% +11.11%

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 14 December 2025.

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
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 14 December 2025. 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 +4 423 £520 -5.54% 142
North of England +41 165 £476 -3.94% 94
Yorkshire +27 93 £500 -6.67% 46
Midlands 0 71 £500 +6.38% 54
North West +9 63 £450 +1.12% 39
West Midlands -4 55 £525 +5.00% 29
South East -44 44 £443 -29.20% 83
East of England -5 27 £528 -7.46% 32
South West -20 27 £638 -0.78% 40
East Midlands -12 16 £390 -13.33% 23
North East -6 10 £506 -17.01% 9
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 36 (4.71%) Apache
2 27 (3.53%) Apache Airflow
3 26 (3.40%) Confluence
4 21 (2.75%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.57%) SharePoint
6 7 (0.92%) nginx
7 6 (0.78%) CMS
7 6 (0.78%) HCL Notes
8 5 (0.65%) Mendix
9 3 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.39%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.13%) CICS
10 1 (0.13%) FileNet
10 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (1.18%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.39%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.92%) Aladdin
3 5 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.52%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.52%) thinkFolio
5 3 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 539 (70.46%) AWS
2 437 (57.12%) AWS Lambda
3 270 (35.29%) Azure
4 254 (33.20%) Amazon S3
5 165 (21.57%) GitHub
6 162 (21.18%) Azure Functions
7 139 (18.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 129 (16.86%) Amazon ECS
9 118 (15.42%) Amazon EC2
10 117 (15.29%) AWS CloudFormation
11 114 (14.90%) Azure DevOps
11 114 (14.90%) GitHub Actions
12 88 (11.50%) Azure Logic Apps
13 81 (10.59%) GCP
14 66 (8.63%) Amazon EKS
15 65 (8.50%) Amazon SQS
16 59 (7.71%) Azure AKS
17 56 (7.32%) Power Platform
18 55 (7.19%) AWS Step Functions
19 53 (6.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.14%) DNS
2 19 (2.48%) Firewall
3 18 (2.35%) VPN
4 13 (1.70%) Network Security
5 6 (0.78%) HTTP
6 5 (0.65%) OpenLDAP
6 5 (0.65%) Reverse Proxy
7 4 (0.52%) DHCP
7 4 (0.52%) Kerberos
7 4 (0.52%) LAN
7 4 (0.52%) Remote Desktop
7 4 (0.52%) SSL
7 4 (0.52%) WAN
8 2 (0.26%) MPLS
9 1 (0.13%) Internet
9 1 (0.13%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.13%) NAS
9 1 (0.13%) SMS
9 1 (0.13%) VLAN
9 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (15.82%) Amazon RDS
2 110 (14.38%) PostgreSQL
3 104 (13.59%) DynamoDB
4 90 (11.76%) NoSQL
5 60 (7.84%) Relational Database
6 46 (6.01%) Amazon Redshift
7 38 (4.97%) Amazon Athena
7 38 (4.97%) Power BI
8 34 (4.44%) Amazon Aurora
8 34 (4.44%) Data Lake
9 32 (4.18%) Data Warehouse
9 32 (4.18%) Redis
10 31 (4.05%) Big Data
11 30 (3.92%) MongoDB
12 27 (3.53%) Azure SQL Database
13 23 (3.01%) SQL Server
14 22 (2.88%) MySQL
14 22 (2.88%) RDBMS
15 16 (2.09%) Tableau
16 13 (1.70%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 143 (18.69%) Git
2 127 (16.60%) Jenkins
3 98 (12.81%) GitLab
4 61 (7.97%) JIRA
5 31 (4.05%) Liquibase
6 22 (2.88%) SonarQube
7 17 (2.22%) JUnit
8 16 (2.09%) Bitbucket
9 14 (1.83%) Cypress.io
9 14 (1.83%) Postman
10 13 (1.70%) Cucumber
10 13 (1.70%) Maven
10 13 (1.70%) Selenium
11 12 (1.57%) Mockito
12 9 (1.18%) Visual Studio Code
13 8 (1.05%) Gradle
14 6 (0.78%) MLflow
15 5 (0.65%) SonarLint
15 5 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
15 5 (0.65%) Storybook
General
1 208 (27.19%) Social Skills
2 131 (17.12%) Public Sector
3 109 (14.25%) Finance
4 70 (9.15%) Banking
5 49 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (4.05%) Financial Institution
7 15 (1.96%) Marketing
8 11 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (1.44%) Investment Banking
9 10 (1.31%) Front Office
9 10 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (0.92%) Retail
11 6 (0.78%) Military
12 5 (0.65%) Digital Healthcare
12 5 (0.65%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.26%) Aviation
13 2 (0.26%) Billing
13 2 (0.26%) Law
13 2 (0.26%) Local Government
13 2 (0.26%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 207 (27.06%) Developer
2 116 (15.16%) Senior
3 107 (13.99%) AWS Engineer
4 90 (11.76%) Architect
5 83 (10.85%) DevOps Engineer
6 82 (10.72%) Software Engineer
7 63 (8.24%) Data Engineer
8 62 (8.10%) Lead
9 38 (4.97%) AWS DevOps
10 35 (4.58%) Cloud Engineer
11 31 (4.05%) AWS Developer
11 31 (4.05%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 30 (3.92%) Full-Stack Developer
12 30 (3.92%) Senior Software Engineer
13 29 (3.79%) Java Developer
13 29 (3.79%) Python Engineer
14 28 (3.66%) Technical Architect
15 27 (3.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 27 (3.53%) Senior Developer
16 26 (3.40%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (19.35%) Node.js
2 139 (18.17%) RESTful
3 121 (15.82%) React
3 121 (15.82%) REST
4 103 (13.46%) .NET
5 90 (11.76%) Kafka
6 50 (6.54%) Elastic Stack
7 48 (6.27%) Spring Boot
8 42 (5.49%) Spring
9 41 (5.36%) AngularJS
9 41 (5.36%) GraphQL
10 36 (4.71%) .NET Core
11 35 (4.58%) OAuth
12 31 (4.05%) FastAPI
13 30 (3.92%) HTML
13 30 (3.92%) JSON
14 27 (3.53%) AWS CDK
15 26 (3.40%) CSS
15 26 (3.40%) PyTorch
16 23 (3.01%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 189 (24.71%) Cloud Native
2 79 (10.33%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (4.58%) Public Cloud
4 33 (4.31%) Product Ownership
5 19 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
6 15 (1.96%) Onboarding
7 13 (1.70%) AI Agents
7 13 (1.70%) Replication
8 12 (1.57%) Algorithms
8 12 (1.57%) NHS
9 11 (1.44%) Data Structures
10 10 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.31%) Mobile App
10 10 (1.31%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.05%) Data Fabric
11 8 (1.05%) Derivative
11 8 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.92%) Distributed Architecture
12 7 (0.92%) Low-Code
13 6 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 89 (11.63%) Linux
2 12 (1.57%) Windows
3 10 (1.31%) Unix
4 5 (0.65%) VMS
4 5 (0.65%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.39%) Amazon Linux
6 2 (0.26%) Android
6 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) AIX
7 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.13%) Solaris
7 1 (0.13%) SUSE
7 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 434 (56.73%) CI/CD
2 395 (51.63%) DevOps
3 310 (40.52%) Agile
4 262 (34.25%) Microservices
5 247 (32.29%) Infrastructure as Code
6 186 (24.31%) Containerisation
7 160 (20.92%) Software Engineering
8 144 (18.82%) Problem-Solving
9 104 (13.59%) AI
10 101 (13.20%) Analytics
11 99 (12.94%) Test Automation
12 97 (12.68%) Event-Driven
13 94 (12.29%) Data Pipeline
14 89 (11.63%) Full-Stack Development
15 80 (10.46%) Mentoring
16 78 (10.20%) Data Modelling
17 73 (9.54%) ETL
18 71 (9.28%) High Availability
19 69 (9.02%) Observability
20 67 (8.76%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 373 (48.76%) Python
2 213 (27.84%) SQL
3 139 (18.17%) Java
4 126 (16.47%) TypeScript
5 120 (15.69%) JavaScript
6 97 (12.68%) C#
7 59 (7.71%) Go
8 46 (6.01%) Bash
9 35 (4.58%) PowerShell
10 26 (3.40%) Bicep
11 18 (2.35%) Ruby
11 18 (2.35%) Shell Script
12 12 (1.57%) C++
13 9 (1.18%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.78%) Formula Language
14 6 (0.78%) Groovy
14 6 (0.78%) JSX
14 6 (0.78%) Korn
14 6 (0.78%) LotusScript
14 6 (0.78%) VBA
Qualifications
1 195 (25.49%) Security Cleared
2 157 (20.52%) SC Cleared
3 67 (8.76%) Degree
4 61 (7.97%) AWS Certification
5 60 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 38 (4.97%) DV Cleared
7 37 (4.84%) Master's Degree
8 26 (3.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 19 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 18 (2.35%) Azure Certification
11 13 (1.70%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 11 (1.44%) MCP
13 9 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (0.92%) AWS Certified Developer
15 3 (0.39%) PhD
16 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
16 2 (0.26%) ISTQB
16 2 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 1 (0.13%) ITIL Certification
17 1 (0.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (5.36%) QA
2 29 (3.79%) GDPR
3 26 (3.40%) Data Quality
4 17 (2.22%) Accessibility
5 13 (1.70%) NIST
6 12 (1.57%) WCAG
7 9 (1.18%) EU AI Act
8 8 (1.05%) HIPAA
9 6 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.52%) HL7
10 4 (0.52%) MiFID
11 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.26%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.13%) Government Security Classifications
13 1 (0.13%) GxP
13 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 211 (27.58%) Docker
2 33 (4.31%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.92%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.39%) ISA Server
6 2 (0.26%) HDFS
7 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 297 (38.82%) Terraform
2 214 (27.97%) Kubernetes
3 81 (10.59%) Ansible
4 75 (9.80%) Prometheus
5 74 (9.67%) Grafana
6 16 (2.09%) Progress Chef
7 11 (1.44%) Puppet
8 8 (1.05%) Kibana
9 4 (0.52%) Packer
9 4 (0.52%) Rancher
10 3 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.39%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.26%) Control-M
11 2 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.26%) Karpenter
11 2 (0.26%) Knative
11 2 (0.26%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.26%) Podman
Vendors
1 150 (19.61%) Microsoft
2 49 (6.41%) Splunk
3 42 (5.49%) Databricks
4 39 (5.10%) Google
5 27 (3.53%) Oracle
6 19 (2.48%) Foundry
7 18 (2.35%) OpenAI
8 16 (2.09%) Salesforce
9 13 (1.70%) Cloudera
9 13 (1.70%) Dynatrace
9 13 (1.70%) ServiceNow
10 12 (1.57%) IBM
11 10 (1.31%) Palantir
12 7 (0.92%) Confluent
13 6 (0.78%) Gigya
13 6 (0.78%) Lotus
13 6 (0.78%) Pega
14 5 (0.65%) Brio
14 5 (0.65%) Kofax
14 5 (0.65%) Sybase