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

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 118 131
Rank change year-on-year +11 +13 -26
Contract jobs citing Serverless 789 602 685
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.50% 2.13% 1.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.57% 5.82% 5.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 580 411 489
10th Percentile £375 £394 £400
25th Percentile £413 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.33% -10.42%
75th Percentile £617 £675 £638
90th Percentile £688 £788 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £25.38 -
25th Percentile - £25.56 £76.25
Median hourly rate - £26.00 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year - -66.45% +3.33%
75th Percentile - £26.31 £78.75
90th Percentile - £26.43 -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £26.00 £77.50
% change year-on-year +92.31% -66.45% +3.33%

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 12,014 10,339 12,654
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.09% 36.61% 34.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,287 6,922 9,243
10th Percentile £304 £313 £280
25th Percentile £406 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £645 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 285 136 244
10th Percentile £14.75 £16.88 £14.63
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.20 £17.74
Median hourly rate £27.21 £28.75 £24.31
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% +18.29% +6.53%
75th Percentile £56.50 £49.06 £53.56
90th Percentile £77.02 £68.75 £77.85
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £27.50 £25.81
% change year-on-year -1.05% +6.55% +14.71%

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 29 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 29 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 +5 444 £520 -5.45% 355
North of England +35 169 £476 -4.80% 263
Yorkshire +22 93 £500 -6.37% 125
Midlands 0 71 £500 +15.07% 182
North West +11 66 £450 +0.45% 120
West Midlands +8 55 £525 +23.53% 100
South East -46 46 £475 -24.00% 255
South West -17 27 £650 - 103
East of England -4 24 £550 -3.51% 142
East Midlands -13 16 £390 -12.75% 73
North East -1 11 £525 -13.93% 19
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 34 (4.31%) Apache
2 27 (3.42%) Apache Airflow
3 26 (3.30%) Confluence
4 24 (3.04%) Apache Spark
5 16 (2.03%) SharePoint
6 8 (1.01%) HCL Notes
7 7 (0.89%) Mendix
7 7 (0.89%) nginx
8 6 (0.76%) CMS
9 3 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.38%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.25%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.13%) CICS
11 1 (0.13%) FileNet
11 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (1.27%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.89%) Aladdin
3 6 (0.76%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.51%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.51%) thinkFolio
5 3 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 552 (69.96%) AWS
2 447 (56.65%) AWS Lambda
3 288 (36.50%) Azure
4 259 (32.83%) Amazon S3
5 177 (22.43%) GitHub
6 176 (22.31%) Azure Functions
7 137 (17.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 125 (15.84%) Amazon ECS
9 123 (15.59%) GitHub Actions
10 122 (15.46%) Azure DevOps
11 119 (15.08%) Amazon EC2
12 116 (14.70%) AWS CloudFormation
13 93 (11.79%) Azure Logic Apps
14 85 (10.77%) GCP
15 71 (9.00%) Amazon EKS
16 66 (8.37%) Power Platform
17 64 (8.11%) AWS Step Functions
18 61 (7.73%) Amazon SQS
18 61 (7.73%) Azure AKS
19 54 (6.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.04%) DNS
2 19 (2.41%) Firewall
3 18 (2.28%) VPN
4 13 (1.65%) Network Security
5 6 (0.76%) HTTP
6 5 (0.63%) Kerberos
6 5 (0.63%) OpenLDAP
6 5 (0.63%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (0.63%) SSL
7 4 (0.51%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.38%) DHCP
8 3 (0.38%) LAN
8 3 (0.38%) SMS
8 3 (0.38%) WAN
9 2 (0.25%) MPLS
10 1 (0.13%) Internet
10 1 (0.13%) IPsec
10 1 (0.13%) MQTT
10 1 (0.13%) NAS
10 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (15.21%) Amazon RDS
2 110 (13.94%) PostgreSQL
3 100 (12.67%) DynamoDB
4 89 (11.28%) NoSQL
5 55 (6.97%) Relational Database
6 50 (6.34%) Amazon Redshift
7 45 (5.70%) Amazon Athena
8 44 (5.58%) Power BI
9 41 (5.20%) Data Lake
10 38 (4.82%) Amazon Aurora
11 32 (4.06%) Redis
12 31 (3.93%) Azure SQL Database
12 31 (3.93%) Big Data
13 30 (3.80%) Data Warehouse
13 30 (3.80%) MongoDB
14 22 (2.79%) MySQL
14 22 (2.79%) SQL Server
15 19 (2.41%) Tableau
16 18 (2.28%) RDBMS
17 15 (1.90%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 145 (18.38%) Git
2 126 (15.97%) Jenkins
3 100 (12.67%) GitLab
4 59 (7.48%) JIRA
5 31 (3.93%) Liquibase
6 20 (2.53%) SonarQube
7 15 (1.90%) Bitbucket
8 14 (1.77%) Cypress.io
9 13 (1.65%) JUnit
9 13 (1.65%) Postman
10 12 (1.52%) Mockito
11 11 (1.39%) Cucumber
11 11 (1.39%) Maven
11 11 (1.39%) Selenium
12 10 (1.27%) Visual Studio Code
13 8 (1.01%) Gradle
14 6 (0.76%) MLflow
14 6 (0.76%) Storybook
15 5 (0.63%) SonarLint
16 4 (0.51%) Terragrunt
General
1 210 (26.62%) Social Skills
2 137 (17.36%) Public Sector
3 110 (13.94%) Finance
4 70 (8.87%) Banking
5 47 (5.96%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (4.18%) Financial Institution
7 17 (2.15%) Marketing
8 11 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (1.39%) Investment Banking
9 10 (1.27%) Front Office
9 10 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (0.89%) Military
10 7 (0.89%) Retail
11 6 (0.76%) Health Technology
12 5 (0.63%) Digital Healthcare
13 3 (0.38%) Aviation
13 3 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.25%) Billing
14 2 (0.25%) Local Government
14 2 (0.25%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 214 (27.12%) Developer
2 117 (14.83%) Senior
3 106 (13.43%) AWS Engineer
4 95 (12.04%) Architect
5 85 (10.77%) Software Engineer
6 82 (10.39%) DevOps Engineer
7 69 (8.75%) Data Engineer
8 61 (7.73%) Lead
9 38 (4.82%) Cloud Engineer
10 36 (4.56%) AWS DevOps
11 35 (4.44%) Full-Stack Developer
12 32 (4.06%) Python Engineer
13 30 (3.80%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 30 (3.80%) Senior Software Engineer
14 29 (3.68%) AWS Developer
14 29 (3.68%) Technical Architect
15 27 (3.42%) Azure Developer
16 26 (3.30%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 25 (3.17%) Senior Developer
18 23 (2.92%) AWS Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (18.76%) Node.js
2 140 (17.74%) RESTful
3 134 (16.98%) React
4 128 (16.22%) REST
5 110 (13.94%) .NET
6 97 (12.29%) Kafka
7 51 (6.46%) Elastic Stack
8 47 (5.96%) AngularJS
9 44 (5.58%) Spring Boot
10 40 (5.07%) GraphQL
11 39 (4.94%) OAuth
12 38 (4.82%) Spring
13 37 (4.69%) .NET Core
14 36 (4.56%) FastAPI
15 32 (4.06%) HTML
15 32 (4.06%) JSON
16 28 (3.55%) AWS CDK
16 28 (3.55%) CSS
16 28 (3.55%) Next.js
17 27 (3.42%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 198 (25.10%) Cloud Native
2 79 (10.01%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (4.44%) Public Cloud
4 34 (4.31%) Product Ownership
5 20 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
6 16 (2.03%) Onboarding
7 14 (1.77%) AI Agents
7 14 (1.77%) NHS
8 13 (1.65%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.52%) Algorithms
9 12 (1.52%) Replication
10 10 (1.27%) Mobile App
10 10 (1.27%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (1.14%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.01%) Data Fabric
12 8 (1.01%) Derivative
12 8 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (0.89%) Distributed Architecture
13 7 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 91 (11.53%) Linux
2 11 (1.39%) Windows
3 10 (1.27%) Unix
4 5 (0.63%) VMS
5 4 (0.51%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.38%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (0.25%) Android
7 2 (0.25%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.13%) AIX
8 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.13%) Solaris
8 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 453 (57.41%) CI/CD
2 405 (51.33%) DevOps
3 308 (39.04%) Agile
4 269 (34.09%) Infrastructure as Code
5 259 (32.83%) Microservices
6 186 (23.57%) Containerisation
7 163 (20.66%) Software Engineering
8 141 (17.87%) Problem-Solving
9 113 (14.32%) AI
10 107 (13.56%) Analytics
11 103 (13.05%) Data Pipeline
11 103 (13.05%) Event-Driven
12 98 (12.42%) Test Automation
13 93 (11.79%) Full-Stack Development
14 82 (10.39%) Data Modelling
15 80 (10.14%) ETL
15 80 (10.14%) Mentoring
16 77 (9.76%) Observability
17 71 (9.00%) Data Engineering
18 70 (8.87%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 388 (49.18%) Python
2 225 (28.52%) SQL
3 131 (16.60%) JavaScript
4 129 (16.35%) TypeScript
5 127 (16.10%) Java
6 108 (13.69%) C#
7 58 (7.35%) Go
8 44 (5.58%) Bash
9 35 (4.44%) PowerShell
10 29 (3.68%) Bicep
11 19 (2.41%) Shell Script
12 18 (2.28%) Ruby
13 11 (1.39%) C++
14 9 (1.14%) T-SQL
15 8 (1.01%) Formula Language
15 8 (1.01%) LotusScript
16 6 (0.76%) JSX
16 6 (0.76%) Korn
16 6 (0.76%) PHP
16 6 (0.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 203 (25.73%) Security Cleared
2 164 (20.79%) SC Cleared
3 65 (8.24%) Degree
4 58 (7.35%) AWS Certification
4 58 (7.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (4.82%) DV Cleared
6 37 (4.69%) Master's Degree
7 26 (3.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 22 (2.79%) Azure Certification
9 20 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (2.03%) MCP
11 12 (1.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 9 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.89%) AWS Certified Developer
14 3 (0.38%) PhD
15 2 (0.25%) ISTQB
15 2 (0.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 2 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
16 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
16 1 (0.13%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (4.82%) QA
2 31 (3.93%) GDPR
3 29 (3.68%) Data Quality
4 19 (2.41%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.77%) NIST
6 11 (1.39%) WCAG
7 9 (1.14%) EU AI Act
8 8 (1.01%) HIPAA
9 6 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.63%) HL7
11 4 (0.51%) MiFID
12 3 (0.38%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.25%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.25%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.13%) Government Security Classifications
14 1 (0.13%) GxP
14 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 1 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 210 (26.62%) Docker
2 33 (4.18%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.89%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.38%) ISA Server
5 2 (0.25%) HDFS
6 1 (0.13%) RACF
Systems Management
1 316 (40.05%) Terraform
2 213 (27.00%) Kubernetes
3 80 (10.14%) Ansible
4 76 (9.63%) Prometheus
5 75 (9.51%) Grafana
6 15 (1.90%) Progress Chef
7 10 (1.27%) Puppet
8 9 (1.14%) Kibana
9 6 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.51%) Rancher
11 3 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.38%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.38%) Karpenter
11 3 (0.38%) Packer
12 2 (0.25%) Control-M
12 2 (0.25%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.25%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.25%) Knative
12 2 (0.25%) Opsgenie
12 2 (0.25%) Podman
Vendors
1 156 (19.77%) Microsoft
2 48 (6.08%) Splunk
3 46 (5.83%) Databricks
4 39 (4.94%) Google
5 27 (3.42%) Oracle
6 22 (2.79%) OpenAI
7 19 (2.41%) Foundry
8 16 (2.03%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.52%) Cloudera
9 12 (1.52%) Dynatrace
9 12 (1.52%) IBM
10 11 (1.39%) Confluent
11 10 (1.27%) ServiceNow
12 9 (1.14%) Palantir
13 8 (1.01%) Lotus
14 7 (0.89%) Kofax
15 6 (0.76%) Brio
15 6 (0.76%) Gigya
16 5 (0.63%) Atlassian
16 5 (0.63%) Pega