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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 113 139
Rank change year-on-year +4 +26 -33
Contract jobs citing Serverless 830 603 663
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.45% 2.33% 1.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.49% 6.21% 5.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 601 426 485
10th Percentile £368 £400 £400
25th Percentile £415 £461 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.17% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £613 £688 £626
90th Percentile £700 £838 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% -12.50%
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 12,793 9,716 12,521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.77% 37.49% 33.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,847 6,481 9,111
10th Percentile £305 £313 £275
25th Percentile £406 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 344 141 299
10th Percentile £14.45 £15.44 £14.10
25th Percentile £18.98 £21.05 £16.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £27.50 £22.15
Median % change year-on-year +30.91% +24.15% -11.40%
75th Percentile £58.99 £47.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £68.75 £66.11
UK median hourly rate £35.71 £27.43 £22.50
% change year-on-year +30.21% +21.89% -10.00%

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 11 February 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 11 February 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 11 February 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 +4 489 £513 -10.87% 167
North of England +22 167 £500 -7.75% 78
Yorkshire +10 85 £500 - 32
North West -4 70 £450 -18.18% 40
Midlands -19 66 £506 +7.66% 23
West Midlands -11 54 £525 +2.54% 12
South East -64 51 £500 -13.04% 68
East of England -3 28 £550 -3.93% 19
South West -35 25 £650 - 45
North East -7 13 £500 -16.32% 6
East Midlands -22 12 £434 -7.71% 11
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 31 (3.73%) Apache Spark
2 30 (3.61%) Apache Airflow
3 28 (3.37%) Apache
4 27 (3.25%) Confluence
5 23 (2.77%) SharePoint
6 10 (1.20%) HCL Notes
7 9 (1.08%) Mendix
7 9 (1.08%) Palantir Foundry
8 8 (0.96%) nginx
9 5 (0.60%) CMS
10 3 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.36%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.24%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.12%) FileNet
12 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 10 (1.20%) Chatbot
2 9 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.84%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.36%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.12%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.12%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 580 (69.88%) AWS
2 464 (55.90%) AWS Lambda
3 313 (37.71%) Azure
4 289 (34.82%) Amazon S3
5 199 (23.98%) Azure Functions
6 176 (21.20%) GitHub
7 135 (16.27%) Amazon ECS
8 130 (15.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 130 (15.66%) Azure DevOps
9 125 (15.06%) Amazon EC2
10 124 (14.94%) GitHub Actions
11 123 (14.82%) AWS CloudFormation
12 106 (12.77%) Azure Logic Apps
13 101 (12.17%) Amazon EKS
14 89 (10.72%) Power Platform
15 81 (9.76%) GCP
16 67 (8.07%) Azure Service Bus
17 66 (7.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 57 (6.87%) Azure AKS
19 56 (6.75%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.61%) DNS
2 27 (3.25%) Firewall
3 24 (2.89%) VPN
4 14 (1.69%) Network Security
5 9 (1.08%) Kerberos
5 9 (1.08%) SSL
6 8 (0.96%) TCP/IP
7 7 (0.84%) OpenVPN
8 6 (0.72%) HTTP
8 6 (0.72%) Reverse Proxy
8 6 (0.72%) SMS
9 5 (0.60%) IPsec
10 3 (0.36%) LAN
10 3 (0.36%) WAN
11 2 (0.24%) MPLS
12 1 (0.12%) DKIM
12 1 (0.12%) Internet
12 1 (0.12%) MQTT
12 1 (0.12%) Remote Desktop
12 1 (0.12%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (13.49%) Amazon RDS
2 106 (12.77%) PostgreSQL
3 93 (11.20%) DynamoDB
4 85 (10.24%) NoSQL
5 62 (7.47%) Amazon Redshift
6 54 (6.51%) Power BI
7 50 (6.02%) Data Lake
8 42 (5.06%) Relational Database
9 41 (4.94%) Amazon Athena
10 33 (3.98%) Azure SQL Database
11 32 (3.86%) Data Warehouse
11 32 (3.86%) MongoDB
12 31 (3.73%) Amazon Aurora
12 31 (3.73%) Redis
13 25 (3.01%) Big Data
14 22 (2.65%) DocumentDB
15 21 (2.53%) Tableau
16 19 (2.29%) MySQL
17 16 (1.93%) Elasticsearch
17 16 (1.93%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 141 (16.99%) Git
2 128 (15.42%) Jenkins
3 112 (13.49%) GitLab
4 44 (5.30%) JIRA
5 24 (2.89%) Liquibase
6 17 (2.05%) Bitbucket
6 17 (2.05%) SonarQube
7 15 (1.81%) Cucumber
7 15 (1.81%) JUnit
8 13 (1.57%) Cypress.io
9 12 (1.45%) Mockito
9 12 (1.45%) Postman
10 11 (1.33%) Visual Studio Code
11 10 (1.20%) Maven
11 10 (1.20%) Selenium
12 7 (0.84%) Mocha
13 6 (0.72%) Gradle
13 6 (0.72%) MLflow
13 6 (0.72%) Storybook
14 4 (0.48%) Terragrunt
General
1 205 (24.70%) Social Skills
2 150 (18.07%) Public Sector
3 116 (13.98%) Finance
4 66 (7.95%) Banking
5 59 (7.11%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (3.49%) Financial Institution
7 21 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
8 18 (2.17%) Marketing
9 11 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.08%) Military
11 8 (0.96%) Front Office
11 8 (0.96%) Investment Banking
11 8 (0.96%) Retail
12 6 (0.72%) Health Technology
13 4 (0.48%) Aviation
13 4 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.48%) Law
14 3 (0.36%) Legal
14 3 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.24%) Police
Job Titles
1 220 (26.51%) Developer
2 116 (13.98%) Architect
3 113 (13.61%) Senior
4 102 (12.29%) AWS Engineer
5 88 (10.60%) Data Engineer
6 77 (9.28%) Software Engineer
7 71 (8.55%) DevOps Engineer
8 66 (7.95%) Lead
9 50 (6.02%) Cloud Engineer
10 38 (4.58%) Full-Stack Developer
11 37 (4.46%) Azure Engineer
12 36 (4.34%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 35 (4.22%) AWS DevOps
14 33 (3.98%) AWS Architect
15 30 (3.61%) Cloud Architect
15 30 (3.61%) Senior Software Engineer
16 28 (3.37%) AWS Developer
16 28 (3.37%) AWS DevOps Engineer
17 26 (3.13%) Azure Developer
17 26 (3.13%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (17.35%) Node.js
2 126 (15.18%) React
3 123 (14.82%) REST
4 120 (14.46%) Kafka
5 119 (14.34%) RESTful
6 112 (13.49%) .NET
7 58 (6.99%) Spring
7 58 (6.99%) Spring Boot
8 47 (5.66%) OAuth
9 45 (5.42%) AngularJS
10 44 (5.30%) Elastic Stack
11 36 (4.34%) GraphQL
12 35 (4.22%) FastAPI
12 35 (4.22%) JSON
13 31 (3.73%) .NET Core
14 29 (3.49%) CSS
15 28 (3.37%) Flask
16 27 (3.25%) Next.js
17 25 (3.01%) HTML
17 25 (3.01%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 211 (25.42%) Cloud Native
2 77 (9.28%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (3.98%) Public Cloud
4 31 (3.73%) Product Ownership
5 16 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
5 16 (1.93%) NHS
5 16 (1.93%) Onboarding
6 14 (1.69%) AI Agents
6 14 (1.69%) Algorithms
6 14 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (1.57%) Data Structures
8 12 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
9 11 (1.33%) Replication
10 10 (1.20%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.08%) Virtual Team
12 8 (0.96%) Data Fabric
13 7 (0.84%) Distributed Architecture
13 7 (0.84%) Mobile App
14 5 (0.60%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 85 (10.24%) Linux
2 12 (1.45%) Unix
3 9 (1.08%) Windows
4 4 (0.48%) VMS
4 4 (0.48%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.36%) Amazon Linux
6 2 (0.24%) Android
6 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 486 (58.55%) CI/CD
2 426 (51.33%) DevOps
3 289 (34.82%) Infrastructure as Code
4 275 (33.13%) Agile
5 237 (28.55%) Microservices
6 184 (22.17%) Containerisation
7 151 (18.19%) Software Engineering
8 149 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
9 126 (15.18%) Data Pipeline
10 125 (15.06%) AI
10 125 (15.06%) Analytics
11 113 (13.61%) Event-Driven
12 106 (12.77%) Data Modelling
12 106 (12.77%) Test Automation
13 95 (11.45%) ETL
14 92 (11.08%) Observability
15 88 (10.60%) Full-Stack Development
16 85 (10.24%) Data Engineering
17 84 (10.12%) Mentoring
18 67 (8.07%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 401 (48.31%) Python
2 247 (29.76%) SQL
3 131 (15.78%) JavaScript
4 125 (15.06%) C#
4 125 (15.06%) Java
5 118 (14.22%) TypeScript
6 51 (6.14%) Go
7 48 (5.78%) Bash
8 42 (5.06%) PowerShell
9 31 (3.73%) Bicep
10 19 (2.29%) Shell Script
11 16 (1.93%) Ruby
12 10 (1.20%) Formula Language
12 10 (1.20%) LotusScript
12 10 (1.20%) T-SQL
13 9 (1.08%) C++
14 7 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (0.84%) Korn
14 7 (0.84%) Scala
15 6 (0.72%) JSX
Qualifications
1 218 (26.27%) Security Cleared
2 178 (21.45%) SC Cleared
3 56 (6.75%) AWS Certification
3 56 (6.75%) Degree
4 47 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (4.10%) DV Cleared
5 34 (4.10%) Master's Degree
6 29 (3.49%) Azure Certification
7 22 (2.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 21 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (1.93%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 14 (1.69%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 8 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.72%) AWS Certified Developer
13 5 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.36%) PhD
15 2 (0.24%) ISTQB
15 2 (0.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 1 (0.12%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (5.06%) Data Quality
2 35 (4.22%) QA
3 28 (3.37%) GDPR
4 20 (2.41%) Accessibility
4 20 (2.41%) NIST
5 11 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.20%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.08%) EU AI Act
7 9 (1.08%) HIPAA
8 8 (0.96%) WCAG
9 4 (0.48%) HL7
9 4 (0.48%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.24%) FedRAMP
10 2 (0.24%) GRC
10 2 (0.24%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.12%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.12%) NCSC
11 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
System Software
1 212 (25.54%) Docker
2 26 (3.13%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.84%) Squid
4 7 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.60%) RACF
6 3 (0.36%) ISA Server
7 2 (0.24%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 340 (40.96%) Terraform
2 224 (26.99%) Kubernetes
3 80 (9.64%) Prometheus
4 75 (9.04%) Ansible
5 74 (8.92%) Grafana
6 17 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (1.69%) Progress Chef
8 12 (1.45%) Puppet
9 7 (0.84%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.84%) Kibana
10 6 (0.72%) Consul
11 4 (0.48%) Rancher
12 3 (0.36%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.36%) HP Fortify
12 3 (0.36%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (0.36%) Karpenter
12 3 (0.36%) Packer
13 2 (0.24%) Knative
13 2 (0.24%) Opsgenie
13 2 (0.24%) Podman
Vendors
1 167 (20.12%) Microsoft
2 58 (6.99%) Databricks
3 41 (4.94%) Google
4 40 (4.82%) OpenAI
5 39 (4.70%) Splunk
6 26 (3.13%) Oracle
7 25 (3.01%) Foundry
8 15 (1.81%) Dynatrace
9 14 (1.69%) Confluent
9 14 (1.69%) Salesforce
10 13 (1.57%) IBM
11 10 (1.20%) Cloudera
11 10 (1.20%) Lotus
11 10 (1.20%) ServiceNow
12 9 (1.08%) Kofax
12 9 (1.08%) Palantir
13 8 (0.96%) Atlassian
14 7 (0.84%) Red Hat
15 6 (0.72%) Brio
15 6 (0.72%) Sybase