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 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 115 136
Rank change year-on-year -37 +21 -16
Contract jobs citing Serverless 866 668 600
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.89% 2.41% 1.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.46% 6.45% 5.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 639 476 422
10th Percentile £400 £383 £363
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £600 £650
90th Percentile £738 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £518 £525
% change year-on-year +1.45% -1.43% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 0
10th Percentile - £36.50 -
25th Percentile - £38.75 -
Median hourly rate £38.25 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -
75th Percentile £73.00 £51.25 -
90th Percentile - £53.50 -
UK median hourly rate £38.25 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -

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 15,874 10,360 11,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.69% 37.33% 34.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,597 7,015 7,852
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £644
90th Percentile £716 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 549 268 195
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.51 £18.33
Median hourly rate £34.13 £26.30 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.75% -12.33% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £59.76
90th Percentile £82.49 £68.63 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.12 £28.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year +15.20% -4.17% -14.29%

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 31 August 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 31 August 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 31 August 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 -16 513 £550 - 255
North of England -45 135 £500 +5.26% 69
Midlands -11 86 £447 -0.72% 34
North West -34 67 £605 +27.37% 41
West Midlands -10 66 £469 +2.79% 18
South East -61 49 £600 +33.33% 47
South West -24 47 £534 +3.14% 36
Yorkshire -48 46 £500 +5.15% 17
East of England -16 23 £525 +1.94% 13
North East -21 22 £463 +4.52% 11
East Midlands -6 20 £413 -0.66% 16
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 48 (5.54%) Confluence
2 38 (4.39%) Apache Airflow
3 33 (3.81%) Apache Spark
4 24 (2.77%) Apache
5 21 (2.42%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.92%) SAS
7 7 (0.81%) nginx
8 6 (0.69%) CMS
9 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.46%) CICS
10 4 (0.46%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.35%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.23%) PowerExchange
13 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
13 1 (0.12%) Drupal
13 1 (0.12%) EPiServer
13 1 (0.12%) HCL Notes
13 1 (0.12%) Mendix
13 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.58%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (2.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.58%) Aladdin
3 4 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.12%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.12%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.12%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 662 (76.44%) AWS
2 524 (60.51%) AWS Lambda
3 359 (41.45%) Amazon S3
4 332 (38.34%) Azure
5 179 (20.67%) GitHub
6 172 (19.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 168 (19.40%) Azure Functions
8 152 (17.55%) Amazon ECS
9 138 (15.94%) Amazon EC2
10 128 (14.78%) GitHub Actions
11 122 (14.09%) Amazon EKS
12 112 (12.93%) AWS CloudFormation
13 111 (12.82%) Azure DevOps
14 108 (12.47%) Power Platform
15 106 (12.24%) Amazon SQS
16 91 (10.51%) AWS Step Functions
17 83 (9.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 74 (8.55%) Azure Logic Apps
19 69 (7.97%) GCP
20 62 (7.16%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.81%) Firewall
2 27 (3.12%) Network Security
3 21 (2.42%) DNS
4 16 (1.85%) VPN
5 12 (1.39%) WAN
6 6 (0.69%) SSL
7 5 (0.58%) HTTP
7 5 (0.58%) MQTT
7 5 (0.58%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (0.58%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.35%) CTI
8 3 (0.35%) FTP
8 3 (0.35%) IPv4
8 3 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.23%) AMQP
9 2 (0.23%) DHCP
9 2 (0.23%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.23%) OpenVPN
9 2 (0.23%) SAN
9 2 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (14.67%) DynamoDB
2 121 (13.97%) Amazon RDS
3 101 (11.66%) Amazon Athena
4 79 (9.12%) Power BI
5 78 (9.01%) Amazon Redshift
6 77 (8.89%) PostgreSQL
7 73 (8.43%) Data Warehouse
8 58 (6.70%) NoSQL
9 46 (5.31%) Data Lake
9 46 (5.31%) SQL Server
10 30 (3.46%) Azure SQL Database
11 28 (3.23%) Amazon Aurora
11 28 (3.23%) Metadata
12 27 (3.12%) MySQL
13 25 (2.89%) Relational Database
14 24 (2.77%) Delta Lake
15 23 (2.66%) MongoDB
16 21 (2.42%) Tableau
17 18 (2.08%) BigQuery
18 16 (1.85%) Redis
Development Applications
1 152 (17.55%) Git
2 120 (13.86%) Jenkins
3 112 (12.93%) GitLab
4 68 (7.85%) JIRA
5 21 (2.42%) Bitbucket
5 21 (2.42%) Cypress.io
6 19 (2.19%) Cucumber
7 15 (1.73%) Selenium
8 12 (1.39%) Postman
9 11 (1.27%) SonarQube
10 8 (0.92%) JUnit
10 8 (0.92%) RStudio
11 7 (0.81%) Mockito
11 7 (0.81%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.69%) Claude Code
12 6 (0.69%) Gatling
12 6 (0.69%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
12 6 (0.69%) WebDriver
13 5 (0.58%) JMeter
General
1 207 (23.90%) Social Skills
2 150 (17.32%) Public Sector
3 133 (15.36%) Finance
4 71 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (3.93%) Banking
6 28 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (1.39%) Billing
9 12 (1.39%) Law
9 12 (1.39%) Marketing
9 12 (1.39%) Military
10 9 (1.04%) Back Office
10 9 (1.04%) Retail
11 8 (0.92%) Front Office
12 7 (0.81%) Legal
13 6 (0.69%) Aerospace
13 6 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.58%) Health Technology
14 5 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 197 (22.75%) Developer
2 171 (19.75%) Architect
3 165 (19.05%) Senior
4 123 (14.20%) AWS Engineer
5 110 (12.70%) Data Engineer
6 103 (11.89%) Lead
7 62 (7.16%) DevOps Engineer
8 53 (6.12%) Software Engineer
9 52 (6.00%) AWS Architect
10 50 (5.77%) Cloud Engineer
11 46 (5.31%) Solutions Architect
12 44 (5.08%) Full-Stack Developer
13 39 (4.50%) Python Developer
13 39 (4.50%) Senior Developer
14 36 (4.16%) Platform Engineer
14 36 (4.16%) Senior Data Engineer
15 34 (3.93%) AWS Developer
16 33 (3.81%) AWS Data Engineer
17 32 (3.70%) Technical Architect
18 31 (3.58%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 362 (41.80%) Terraform
2 128 (14.78%) REST
3 112 (12.93%) React
4 96 (11.09%) Node.js
5 92 (10.62%) .NET
6 88 (10.16%) Kafka
7 85 (9.82%) RESTful
8 66 (7.62%) PySpark
9 52 (6.00%) Spring
9 52 (6.00%) Spring Boot
10 48 (5.54%) GraphQL
11 43 (4.97%) FastAPI
12 41 (4.73%) AWS CDK
13 39 (4.50%) OAuth
14 37 (4.27%) AngularJS
15 34 (3.93%) CSS
15 34 (3.93%) Flask
16 31 (3.58%) JSON
17 28 (3.23%) HTML
17 28 (3.23%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 277 (31.99%) Cloud Native
2 69 (7.97%) Product Ownership
3 62 (7.16%) Distributed Systems
4 46 (5.31%) AI Agents
5 28 (3.23%) NHS
6 26 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
7 23 (2.66%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (1.96%) Onboarding
9 15 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
10 14 (1.62%) Management Information System
11 12 (1.39%) Security Posture
12 11 (1.27%) Data Structures
12 11 (1.27%) IoT
13 10 (1.15%) Fixed Income
13 10 (1.15%) Low-Code
14 9 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
14 9 (1.04%) Mainframe
15 8 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
16 7 (0.81%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 58 (6.70%) Linux
2 23 (2.66%) Unix
3 18 (2.08%) Windows
4 13 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.46%) VMS
5 4 (0.46%) zOS
6 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.23%) Android
7 2 (0.23%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 539 (62.24%) CI/CD
2 394 (45.50%) DevOps
3 349 (40.30%) Infrastructure as Code
4 333 (38.45%) Agile
5 207 (23.90%) AI
6 192 (22.17%) Microservices
7 190 (21.94%) Containerisation
8 176 (20.32%) Event-Driven
9 157 (18.13%) Test Automation
10 151 (17.44%) Observability
11 148 (17.09%) Analytics
12 135 (15.59%) Data Modelling
13 132 (15.24%) Software Engineering
14 129 (14.90%) Data Pipeline
15 125 (14.43%) Continuous Improvement
16 123 (14.20%) Data Engineering
17 122 (14.09%) Technical Leadership
18 117 (13.51%) Migration
18 117 (13.51%) Platform Engineering
19 115 (13.28%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 412 (47.58%) Python
2 278 (32.10%) SQL
3 139 (16.05%) TypeScript
4 133 (15.36%) JavaScript
5 115 (13.28%) Java
6 113 (13.05%) C#
7 68 (7.85%) Bash
8 41 (4.73%) PowerShell
9 38 (4.39%) Bicep
10 28 (3.23%) Shell Script
11 15 (1.73%) Scala
12 9 (1.04%) Groovy
13 7 (0.81%) Go
13 7 (0.81%) R
14 6 (0.69%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.58%) Ruby
15 5 (0.58%) Rust
15 5 (0.58%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.58%) X++
Qualifications
1 246 (28.41%) Security Cleared
2 205 (23.67%) SC Cleared
3 65 (7.51%) AWS Certification
4 46 (5.31%) Degree
5 35 (4.04%) DV Cleared
6 31 (3.58%) BPSS Clearance
7 28 (3.23%) Azure Certification
8 26 (3.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 25 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (2.19%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 11 (1.27%) SAFe Agilist
13 10 (1.15%) Master's Degree
14 9 (1.04%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 7 (0.81%) ISTQB
15 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 7 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
16 6 (0.69%) DBS Check
17 5 (0.58%) AWS Certified Developer
17 5 (0.58%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (11.66%) Data Quality
2 60 (6.93%) QA
3 33 (3.81%) GDPR
4 31 (3.58%) Accessibility
5 28 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.96%) WCAG
7 13 (1.50%) NIST
7 13 (1.50%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.69%) HL7
8 6 (0.69%) SLA
9 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.35%) NCSC
9 3 (0.35%) PMO
10 2 (0.23%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.12%) IEC 62304
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.12%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 245 (28.29%) Docker
2 35 (4.04%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.46%) Squid
4 4 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 206 (23.79%) Kubernetes
2 64 (7.39%) Grafana
3 52 (6.00%) Prometheus
4 49 (5.66%) Ansible
5 14 (1.62%) Puppet
6 11 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (1.04%) Istio
8 8 (0.92%) Progress Chef
9 7 (0.81%) Kustomize
10 6 (0.69%) Packer
10 6 (0.69%) Podman
11 5 (0.58%) Kibana
11 5 (0.58%) linkerd
12 4 (0.46%) Argo
12 4 (0.46%) Salt
13 3 (0.35%) Docker Swarm
13 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
13 3 (0.35%) Rancher
14 2 (0.23%) Control-M
14 2 (0.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 166 (19.17%) Microsoft
2 59 (6.81%) Databricks
3 32 (3.70%) OpenAI
3 32 (3.70%) Oracle
4 24 (2.77%) Informatica
5 23 (2.66%) Google
6 20 (2.31%) Dynatrace
6 20 (2.31%) ServiceNow
7 18 (2.08%) Splunk
8 10 (1.15%) Brio
9 9 (1.04%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.04%) SAP
10 7 (0.81%) Tenable
11 6 (0.69%) Confluent
11 6 (0.69%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.58%) New Relic
12 5 (0.58%) PagerDuty
12 5 (0.58%) Workday
13 4 (0.46%) Foundry
13 4 (0.46%) NVIDIA