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 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 108 134
Rank change year-on-year -15 +26 -18
Contract jobs citing Serverless 882 625 640
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.04% 2.50% 1.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.81% 6.64% 5.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 632 456 468
10th Percentile £394 £400 £373
25th Percentile £450 £447 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.70%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £625
90th Percentile £725 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £521
% change year-on-year - +0.77% -5.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 0
10th Percentile £38.25 £36.50 -
25th Percentile £60.44 £38.75 -
Median hourly rate £74.00 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +64.44% - -
75th Percentile £81.00 £51.25 -
90th Percentile £88.00 £53.50 -
UK median hourly rate £74.00 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year +64.44% - -

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 15,187 9,412 12,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.05% 37.68% 32.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,287 6,395 8,605
10th Percentile £325 £310 £306
25th Percentile £413 £413 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.40% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 540 235 338
10th Percentile £16.62 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.12 £17.33 £16.06
Median hourly rate £42.59 £25.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.03% +15.91% -31.89%
75th Percentile £70.00 £39.38 £43.75
90th Percentile £83.03 £69.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £28.60 £22.00
% change year-on-year +31.12% +30.00% -37.14%

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 23 June 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 -15 530 £533 -3.18% 118
North of England -24 144 £500 - 45
North West -21 82 £525 +5.00% 24
Midlands -18 63 £488 -2.50% 16
South East -41 55 £575 +15.00% 47
Yorkshire -23 49 £500 - 14
West Midlands -26 49 £488 -4.79% 9
South West -20 41 £575 +8.24% 23
East of England -20 26 £550 +2.33% 7
East Midlands -14 14 £497 +3.55% 7
North East -30 14 £463 -1.07% 7
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 52 (5.90%) Confluence
2 40 (4.54%) Apache Spark
3 38 (4.31%) Apache Airflow
4 23 (2.61%) SharePoint
5 19 (2.15%) Apache
6 12 (1.36%) nginx
7 6 (0.68%) CICS
8 5 (0.57%) HCL Notes
8 5 (0.57%) Mendix
8 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.57%) SAS
9 4 (0.45%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.23%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.23%) CMS
10 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.91%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.11%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 17 (1.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.23%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.11%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.11%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 672 (76.19%) AWS
2 537 (60.88%) AWS Lambda
3 395 (44.78%) Amazon S3
4 324 (36.73%) Azure
5 178 (20.18%) GitHub
6 170 (19.27%) Amazon EC2
7 169 (19.16%) Azure Functions
8 155 (17.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 142 (16.10%) Amazon ECS
10 136 (15.42%) Amazon EKS
11 125 (14.17%) GitHub Actions
12 120 (13.61%) Power Platform
13 109 (12.36%) AWS CloudFormation
14 103 (11.68%) Azure DevOps
15 101 (11.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 90 (10.20%) Amazon SQS
17 80 (9.07%) AWS Step Functions
18 77 (8.73%) Azure Logic Apps
19 68 (7.71%) GCP
20 67 (7.60%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.85%) Firewall
2 30 (3.40%) DNS
3 24 (2.72%) VPN
4 21 (2.38%) Network Security
5 13 (1.47%) TCP/IP
6 12 (1.36%) WAN
7 9 (1.02%) OpenVPN
8 8 (0.91%) SSL
9 6 (0.68%) Reverse Proxy
10 5 (0.57%) SMS
11 4 (0.45%) IPsec
11 4 (0.45%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.45%) MQTT
12 3 (0.34%) FTP
12 3 (0.34%) HTTP
12 3 (0.34%) IPv4
13 2 (0.23%) AMQP
13 2 (0.23%) HTTPS
14 1 (0.11%) 4G
14 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (14.17%) DynamoDB
2 119 (13.49%) Amazon RDS
3 97 (11.00%) Amazon Athena
4 89 (10.09%) Amazon Redshift
5 83 (9.41%) PostgreSQL
5 83 (9.41%) Power BI
6 60 (6.80%) Data Warehouse
7 56 (6.35%) NoSQL
8 53 (6.01%) Data Lake
9 36 (4.08%) SQL Server
10 34 (3.85%) Azure SQL Database
11 32 (3.63%) Amazon Aurora
11 32 (3.63%) Relational Database
12 27 (3.06%) Tableau
13 23 (2.61%) Metadata
14 21 (2.38%) MongoDB
14 21 (2.38%) Redis
15 19 (2.15%) Elasticsearch
16 16 (1.81%) Apache Iceberg
16 16 (1.81%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 147 (16.67%) Git
2 123 (13.95%) GitLab
3 119 (13.49%) Jenkins
4 74 (8.39%) JIRA
5 26 (2.95%) Bitbucket
6 21 (2.38%) Cucumber
7 15 (1.70%) SonarQube
8 12 (1.36%) Cypress.io
9 10 (1.13%) JUnit
10 9 (1.02%) Mocha
11 8 (0.91%) Artifactory
11 8 (0.91%) MSTest
11 8 (0.91%) Postman
12 6 (0.68%) Mockito
12 6 (0.68%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.68%) tSQLt
12 6 (0.68%) Vite
13 5 (0.57%) Gatling
13 5 (0.57%) Selenium
13 5 (0.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 209 (23.70%) Social Skills
2 152 (17.23%) Public Sector
3 137 (15.53%) Finance
4 60 (6.80%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
6 27 (3.06%) Banking
7 15 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (1.36%) Law
9 10 (1.13%) Military
10 8 (0.91%) Marketing
10 8 (0.91%) Retail
11 7 (0.79%) Financial Institution
11 7 (0.79%) Legal
12 6 (0.68%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.57%) Billing
14 4 (0.45%) Police
14 4 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.34%) Local Government
15 3 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 200 (22.68%) Developer
2 168 (19.05%) Architect
3 145 (16.44%) Senior
4 116 (13.15%) AWS Engineer
5 105 (11.90%) Data Engineer
6 87 (9.86%) Lead
7 57 (6.46%) Cloud Engineer
7 57 (6.46%) Software Engineer
8 56 (6.35%) DevOps Engineer
9 55 (6.24%) AWS Architect
10 44 (4.99%) Azure Engineer
10 44 (4.99%) Solutions Architect
11 43 (4.88%) Full-Stack Developer
12 38 (4.31%) AWS Developer
12 38 (4.31%) Python Developer
12 38 (4.31%) Senior Developer
12 38 (4.31%) Technical Architect
13 35 (3.97%) Cloud Architect
14 33 (3.74%) AWS DevOps
15 32 (3.63%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (13.15%) Kafka
2 113 (12.81%) React
3 104 (11.79%) REST
4 101 (11.45%) Node.js
5 99 (11.22%) RESTful
6 79 (8.96%) .NET
7 65 (7.37%) Spring Boot
8 63 (7.14%) Spring
9 62 (7.03%) PySpark
10 54 (6.12%) OAuth
11 48 (5.44%) GraphQL
12 42 (4.76%) OpenID
13 38 (4.31%) JSON
14 37 (4.20%) FastAPI
15 36 (4.08%) AngularJS
15 36 (4.08%) AWS CDK
16 30 (3.40%) OAuth2
17 28 (3.17%) Flask
18 26 (2.95%) Next.js
19 25 (2.83%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 259 (29.37%) Cloud Native
2 61 (6.92%) Product Ownership
3 49 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (3.06%) AI Agents
5 26 (2.95%) Legacy Systems
6 23 (2.61%) NHS
7 15 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
8 14 (1.59%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.13%) Mainframe
9 10 (1.13%) Public Cloud
9 10 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (0.91%) Fixed Income
10 8 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (0.79%) Distributed Computing
11 7 (0.79%) Hedge funds
11 7 (0.79%) IoT
11 7 (0.79%) Low-Code
11 7 (0.79%) Replication
12 6 (0.68%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 44 (4.99%) Linux
2 21 (2.38%) Unix
3 12 (1.36%) Windows
4 6 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (0.68%) zOS
5 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.23%) Android
7 1 (0.11%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.11%) VMS
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 534 (60.54%) CI/CD
2 408 (46.26%) DevOps
3 323 (36.62%) Infrastructure as Code
4 299 (33.90%) Agile
5 193 (21.88%) Containerisation
5 193 (21.88%) Microservices
6 183 (20.75%) AI
7 155 (17.57%) Event-Driven
8 139 (15.76%) Analytics
9 134 (15.19%) Test Automation
10 133 (15.08%) Observability
11 132 (14.97%) Data Modelling
12 127 (14.40%) Data Pipeline
13 126 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
14 121 (13.72%) Software Engineering
15 116 (13.15%) ETL
16 112 (12.70%) Data Engineering
17 104 (11.79%) Business Intelligence
18 100 (11.34%) Mentoring
18 100 (11.34%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 411 (46.60%) Python
2 280 (31.75%) SQL
3 130 (14.74%) TypeScript
4 125 (14.17%) JavaScript
5 123 (13.95%) Java
6 117 (13.27%) C#
7 52 (5.90%) Bash
8 33 (3.74%) PowerShell
9 29 (3.29%) Bicep
10 27 (3.06%) Shell Script
11 17 (1.93%) Go
11 17 (1.93%) Scala
12 10 (1.13%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.79%) Groovy
14 6 (0.68%) JCL
14 6 (0.68%) Ruby
15 5 (0.57%) Formula Language
15 5 (0.57%) LotusScript
15 5 (0.57%) Rust
16 4 (0.45%) X++
Qualifications
1 245 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 198 (22.45%) SC Cleared
3 47 (5.33%) AWS Certification
4 34 (3.85%) Degree
5 33 (3.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 31 (3.51%) DV Cleared
7 27 (3.06%) Azure Certification
8 22 (2.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 20 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (1.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 12 (1.36%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 11 (1.25%) SAFe Agilist
13 10 (1.13%) TOGAF Certification
14 9 (1.02%) Master's Degree
14 9 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (1.02%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 7 (0.79%) DBS Check
16 6 (0.68%) AWS Certified Developer
17 3 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
18 2 (0.23%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (9.30%) Data Quality
2 43 (4.88%) QA
3 27 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (2.72%) GDPR
5 18 (2.04%) Accessibility
5 18 (2.04%) PCI DSS
6 15 (1.70%) NIST
7 7 (0.79%) PMO
7 7 (0.79%) WCAG
8 4 (0.45%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.45%) SLA
9 3 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.34%) HL7
9 3 (0.34%) NCSC
10 2 (0.23%) FedRAMP
10 2 (0.23%) GRC
10 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.11%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.11%) Solvency II
System Software
1 239 (27.10%) Docker
2 32 (3.63%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.70%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.36%) Squid
5 4 (0.45%) RACF
5 4 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 369 (41.84%) Terraform
2 213 (24.15%) Kubernetes
3 71 (8.05%) Grafana
4 69 (7.82%) Prometheus
5 44 (4.99%) Ansible
6 25 (2.83%) Single Sign-On
7 20 (2.27%) Puppet
8 9 (1.02%) FortiGate
8 9 (1.02%) Kustomize
8 9 (1.02%) Progress Chef
9 8 (0.91%) Consul
10 6 (0.68%) Istio
10 6 (0.68%) Podman
10 6 (0.68%) Salt
11 5 (0.57%) linkerd
11 5 (0.57%) Packer
12 4 (0.45%) Docker Swarm
13 3 (0.34%) Rancher
14 2 (0.23%) Argo
14 2 (0.23%) Kibana
Vendors
1 143 (16.21%) Microsoft
2 57 (6.46%) Databricks
3 48 (5.44%) OpenAI
4 31 (3.51%) Oracle
5 22 (2.49%) Dynatrace
6 19 (2.15%) Google
6 19 (2.15%) Splunk
7 17 (1.93%) Informatica
8 14 (1.59%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.47%) Red Hat
10 11 (1.25%) Foundry
11 9 (1.02%) Atlassian
12 8 (0.91%) Brio
12 8 (0.91%) Confluent
13 7 (0.79%) Salesforce
13 7 (0.79%) SAP
13 7 (0.79%) Sybase
14 6 (0.68%) Ab Initio
14 6 (0.68%) Tenable
15 5 (0.57%) Workday