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 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 110 135
Rank change year-on-year +1 +25 -26
Contract jobs citing Serverless 883 598 666
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.39% 2.44% 1.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.47% 6.45% 5.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 642 448 487
10th Percentile £368 £400 £381
25th Percentile £415 £447 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £625
90th Percentile £700 £838 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £539 £525
% change year-on-year -7.24% +2.67% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 0
10th Percentile £71.13 £25.38 -
25th Percentile £74.00 £25.56 -
Median hourly rate £78.50 £26.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +201.92% - -
75th Percentile £81.00 £26.31 -
90th Percentile £95.00 £26.43 -
UK median hourly rate £76.00 £26.00 -
% change year-on-year +192.31% - -

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 13,657 9,273 12,233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.98% 37.84% 32.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,396 6,461 8,819
10th Percentile £313 £313 £275
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £610 £638 £638
90th Percentile £712 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 410 170 327
10th Percentile £15.61 £15.21 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.84 £18.51 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.54 £26.81 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +40.01% +25.47% -14.52%
75th Percentile £60.00 £43.39 £41.63
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.58 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £37.31 £26.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +40.79% +24.01% -16.88%

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 18 March 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 18 March 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 18 March 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 0 522 £513 -6.82% 160
North of England +15 173 £500 - 95
North West -9 82 £455 -7.14% 50
Yorkshire +2 75 £500 - 33
Midlands -16 71 £513 +12.87% 20
West Midlands -14 56 £525 +9.15% 19
South East -67 50 £525 -8.70% 72
East of England +3 29 £570 -21.43% 17
South West -20 29 £600 -4.00% 34
North East -1 17 £500 -19.91% 14
East Midlands -34 15 £460 +0.22% 1
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 44 (4.98%) Apache Spark
2 36 (4.08%) Apache Airflow
3 33 (3.74%) Apache
3 33 (3.74%) Confluence
4 25 (2.83%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.25%) HCL Notes
6 10 (1.13%) Mendix
6 10 (1.13%) Palantir Foundry
7 9 (1.02%) nginx
8 3 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.34%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.23%) CICS
9 2 (0.23%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.11%) FileNet
10 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (1.36%) Chatbot
2 10 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.11%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 18 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.23%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.11%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.11%) Shopify
4 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 627 (71.01%) AWS
2 501 (56.74%) AWS Lambda
3 339 (38.39%) Azure
4 329 (37.26%) Amazon S3
5 211 (23.90%) Azure Functions
6 202 (22.88%) GitHub
7 155 (17.55%) Amazon ECS
8 154 (17.44%) Amazon EC2
9 140 (15.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 139 (15.74%) GitHub Actions
11 135 (15.29%) Azure DevOps
12 130 (14.72%) Amazon EKS
13 129 (14.61%) AWS CloudFormation
14 105 (11.89%) Power Platform
15 101 (11.44%) Azure Logic Apps
16 88 (9.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 76 (8.61%) GCP
18 71 (8.04%) Azure Service Bus
19 63 (7.13%) AWS Step Functions
20 59 (6.68%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.74%) Firewall
2 29 (3.28%) DNS
3 24 (2.72%) VPN
4 12 (1.36%) Network Security
5 9 (1.02%) Kerberos
5 9 (1.02%) TCP/IP
6 8 (0.91%) OpenVPN
7 7 (0.79%) Reverse Proxy
7 7 (0.79%) SSL
8 6 (0.68%) HTTP
8 6 (0.68%) SMS
9 5 (0.57%) IPsec
10 4 (0.45%) WAN
11 3 (0.34%) LAN
12 2 (0.23%) MPLS
13 1 (0.11%) 4G
13 1 (0.11%) AMQP
13 1 (0.11%) Internet
13 1 (0.11%) NaaS
13 1 (0.11%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (13.70%) Amazon RDS
2 111 (12.57%) PostgreSQL
3 104 (11.78%) DynamoDB
4 85 (9.63%) NoSQL
5 64 (7.25%) Amazon Redshift
5 64 (7.25%) Power BI
6 52 (5.89%) Data Lake
7 50 (5.66%) Relational Database
8 47 (5.32%) Amazon Athena
9 37 (4.19%) Data Warehouse
10 36 (4.08%) Azure SQL Database
11 34 (3.85%) Redis
12 30 (3.40%) Amazon Aurora
12 30 (3.40%) MongoDB
13 27 (3.06%) Tableau
14 23 (2.60%) Big Data
15 22 (2.49%) SQL Server
16 21 (2.38%) DocumentDB
16 21 (2.38%) Metadata
17 18 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 156 (17.67%) Git
2 132 (14.95%) Jenkins
3 124 (14.04%) GitLab
4 49 (5.55%) JIRA
5 25 (2.83%) Bitbucket
6 20 (2.27%) Cucumber
7 19 (2.15%) JUnit
8 16 (1.81%) SonarQube
9 15 (1.70%) Liquibase
10 14 (1.59%) Mockito
11 13 (1.47%) Cypress.io
12 10 (1.13%) Maven
13 9 (1.02%) Mocha
14 8 (0.91%) MLflow
14 8 (0.91%) Postman
14 8 (0.91%) Selenium
15 6 (0.68%) Gradle
15 6 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
15 6 (0.68%) Vite
16 5 (0.57%) Snyk
General
1 213 (24.12%) Social Skills
2 172 (19.48%) Public Sector
3 133 (15.06%) Finance
4 67 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (6.57%) Banking
6 25 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (2.72%) Financial Institution
8 14 (1.59%) Marketing
9 10 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.02%) Military
10 9 (1.02%) Retail
11 6 (0.68%) Front Office
11 6 (0.68%) Health Technology
11 6 (0.68%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.57%) Billing
13 4 (0.45%) Aviation
13 4 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.45%) Law
13 4 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 230 (26.05%) Developer
2 128 (14.50%) Architect
3 118 (13.36%) Senior
4 105 (11.89%) AWS Engineer
5 91 (10.31%) Data Engineer
6 68 (7.70%) Lead
7 64 (7.25%) DevOps Engineer
7 64 (7.25%) Software Engineer
8 57 (6.46%) Cloud Engineer
9 40 (4.53%) AWS Architect
9 40 (4.53%) Azure Engineer
9 40 (4.53%) Full-Stack Developer
10 36 (4.08%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 35 (3.96%) AWS DevOps
12 33 (3.74%) Java Developer
13 31 (3.51%) AWS Developer
14 30 (3.40%) Cloud Architect
15 29 (3.28%) Python Developer
16 28 (3.17%) AWS DevOps Engineer
16 28 (3.17%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (15.74%) Node.js
2 125 (14.16%) React
3 124 (14.04%) RESTful
4 123 (13.93%) Kafka
4 123 (13.93%) REST
5 112 (12.68%) .NET
6 75 (8.49%) Spring
7 74 (8.38%) Spring Boot
8 59 (6.68%) OAuth
9 50 (5.66%) AngularJS
10 43 (4.87%) GraphQL
11 38 (4.30%) JSON
12 37 (4.19%) FastAPI
13 36 (4.08%) Elastic Stack
14 34 (3.85%) CSS
14 34 (3.85%) OpenID
14 34 (3.85%) PySpark
15 30 (3.40%) Flask
15 30 (3.40%) OAuth2
16 29 (3.28%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 228 (25.82%) Cloud Native
2 65 (7.36%) Distributed Systems
3 44 (4.98%) Product Ownership
4 23 (2.60%) Public Cloud
5 22 (2.49%) AI Agents
6 18 (2.04%) Onboarding
7 17 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
8 16 (1.81%) NHS
9 15 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (1.59%) Algorithms
10 14 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (1.47%) Data Structures
12 12 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
12 12 (1.36%) Low-Code
13 9 (1.02%) Mobile App
14 8 (0.91%) Replication
15 7 (0.79%) DataPower
15 7 (0.79%) IoT
15 7 (0.79%) Mainframe
16 6 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 73 (8.27%) Linux
2 13 (1.47%) Unix
3 10 (1.13%) Windows
4 4 (0.45%) Amazon Linux
4 4 (0.45%) VMS
5 2 (0.23%) Android
5 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.23%) zOS
6 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 523 (59.23%) CI/CD
2 454 (51.42%) DevOps
3 315 (35.67%) Infrastructure as Code
4 303 (34.31%) Agile
5 249 (28.20%) Microservices
6 206 (23.33%) Containerisation
7 162 (18.35%) Problem-Solving
8 152 (17.21%) AI
9 134 (15.18%) Software Engineering
10 131 (14.84%) Analytics
11 126 (14.27%) Data Modelling
12 125 (14.16%) Data Pipeline
12 125 (14.16%) Event-Driven
13 121 (13.70%) Test Automation
14 116 (13.14%) Observability
15 106 (12.00%) ETL
16 101 (11.44%) Data Engineering
17 91 (10.31%) Mentoring
18 86 (9.74%) Full-Stack Development
19 80 (9.06%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 420 (47.57%) Python
2 275 (31.14%) SQL
3 140 (15.86%) JavaScript
4 136 (15.40%) Java
5 127 (14.38%) C#
6 125 (14.16%) TypeScript
7 51 (5.78%) Bash
8 43 (4.87%) PowerShell
9 42 (4.76%) Go
10 39 (4.42%) Bicep
11 20 (2.27%) Shell Script
12 18 (2.04%) Ruby
13 11 (1.25%) Formula Language
13 11 (1.25%) LotusScript
14 10 (1.13%) Scala
15 9 (1.02%) C++
16 8 (0.91%) T-SQL
17 7 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 7 (0.79%) Korn
18 6 (0.68%) JSX
Qualifications
1 247 (27.97%) Security Cleared
2 193 (21.86%) SC Cleared
3 54 (6.12%) AWS Certification
4 47 (5.32%) Degree
5 38 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 35 (3.96%) DV Cleared
7 31 (3.51%) Azure Certification
8 28 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
9 26 (2.94%) Master's Degree
10 21 (2.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 18 (2.04%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 13 (1.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (0.57%) AWS Certified Developer
15 4 (0.45%) PhD
16 3 (0.34%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 3 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
16 3 (0.34%) SAFe Agilist
17 2 (0.23%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (6.46%) Data Quality
2 41 (4.64%) QA
3 25 (2.83%) Accessibility
3 25 (2.83%) GDPR
4 24 (2.72%) NIST
5 21 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.47%) PCI DSS
7 10 (1.13%) WCAG
8 9 (1.02%) EU AI Act
9 8 (0.91%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.57%) PMO
11 4 (0.45%) HL7
11 4 (0.45%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.45%) SLA
12 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.23%) FedRAMP
12 2 (0.23%) GRC
12 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.11%) Government Security Classifications
13 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 244 (27.63%) Docker
2 29 (3.28%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.91%) Squid
5 5 (0.57%) RACF
6 4 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.34%) ISA Server
8 2 (0.23%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 370 (41.90%) Terraform
2 232 (26.27%) Kubernetes
3 82 (9.29%) Prometheus
4 76 (8.61%) Grafana
5 67 (7.59%) Ansible
6 22 (2.49%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (1.36%) Progress Chef
7 12 (1.36%) Puppet
8 8 (0.91%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.79%) Consul
9 7 (0.79%) Kibana
10 4 (0.45%) Istio
10 4 (0.45%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.45%) linkerd
10 4 (0.45%) Rancher
11 3 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.34%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.34%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.34%) Karpenter
11 3 (0.34%) Packer
Vendors
1 168 (19.03%) Microsoft
2 72 (8.15%) Databricks
3 44 (4.98%) OpenAI
4 37 (4.19%) Splunk
5 32 (3.62%) Oracle
6 28 (3.17%) Google
7 26 (2.94%) Foundry
8 16 (1.81%) Dynatrace
9 13 (1.47%) ServiceNow
10 11 (1.25%) Lotus
11 10 (1.13%) Kofax
11 10 (1.13%) Palantir
12 9 (1.02%) Atlassian
12 9 (1.02%) Cloudera
13 8 (0.91%) Brio
13 8 (0.91%) Confluent
13 8 (0.91%) IBM
13 8 (0.91%) Red Hat
13 8 (0.91%) Salesforce
13 8 (0.91%) Sybase