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 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 119 140
Rank change year-on-year -29 +21 -14
Contract jobs citing Serverless 862 661 579
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.85% 2.38% 1.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.37% 6.24% 5.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 660 462 388
10th Percentile £400 £382 £363
25th Percentile £450 £420 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £638 £600 £650
90th Percentile £739 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 0
10th Percentile - £36.50 -
25th Percentile £38.25 £38.75 -
Median hourly rate £67.00 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +48.89% - -
75th Percentile £73.00 £51.25 -
90th Percentile £76.60 £53.50 -
UK median hourly rate £52.63 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year +16.94% - -

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 16,052 10,588 11,122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.48% 38.16% 34.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,706 7,178 7,442
10th Percentile £319 £303 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £530
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -5.57% -3.20%
75th Percentile £627 £625 £644
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 553 245 157
10th Percentile £15.26 £15.09 £15.99
25th Percentile £17.75 £18.87 £21.37
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +6.06%
75th Percentile £69.82 £43.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £82.05 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £26.40 £35.00
% change year-on-year +13.64% -24.57% +6.06%

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 30 September 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 30 September 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 30 September 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 -14 512 £550 - 443
North of England -60 133 £500 +5.04% 128
Midlands -12 87 £428 -14.50% 53
North West -34 69 £575 +19.79% 82
West Midlands -19 68 £450 -10.00% 28
South East -48 54 £600 +41.18% 56
South West -24 47 £505 -8.18% 62
Yorkshire -54 44 £500 +5.15% 37
North East -27 20 £463 -11.14% 9
East Midlands -14 19 £419 -5.42% 25
East of England -39 16 £525 +1.94% 23
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 40 (4.64%) Apache Airflow
1 40 (4.64%) Confluence
2 34 (3.94%) SharePoint
3 31 (3.60%) Apache Spark
4 26 (3.02%) Apache
5 9 (1.04%) CMS
6 8 (0.93%) SAS
7 6 (0.70%) nginx
8 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.46%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.35%) CICS
11 2 (0.23%) Camunda
11 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.23%) PowerExchange
11 2 (0.23%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.23%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.23%) WebLogic Portal
12 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.12%) Mendix
Applications
1 7 (0.81%) Chatbot
2 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 35 (4.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.58%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.46%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.12%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.12%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 650 (75.41%) AWS
2 519 (60.21%) AWS Lambda
3 357 (41.42%) Amazon S3
4 338 (39.21%) Azure
5 184 (21.35%) GitHub
6 182 (21.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 182 (21.11%) Azure Functions
7 153 (17.75%) Amazon ECS
8 136 (15.78%) Amazon EC2
9 131 (15.20%) Amazon EKS
10 122 (14.15%) Azure DevOps
11 120 (13.92%) GitHub Actions
12 113 (13.11%) AWS CloudFormation
12 113 (13.11%) Power Platform
13 104 (12.06%) Amazon SQS
14 84 (9.74%) AWS Step Functions
15 75 (8.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 74 (8.58%) Azure Logic Apps
17 66 (7.66%) GCP
18 65 (7.54%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.13%) Network Security
2 25 (2.90%) Firewall
3 17 (1.97%) DNS
4 14 (1.62%) VPN
5 10 (1.16%) WAN
6 6 (0.70%) HTTP
7 5 (0.58%) MQTT
7 5 (0.58%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (0.58%) SSL
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%) DHCP
9 2 (0.23%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.23%) Internet
9 2 (0.23%) SAN
9 2 (0.23%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.23%) VLAN
10 1 (0.12%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (14.39%) DynamoDB
2 121 (14.04%) Amazon RDS
3 95 (11.02%) Amazon Athena
4 74 (8.58%) Data Warehouse
5 73 (8.47%) Amazon Redshift
6 70 (8.12%) PostgreSQL
7 66 (7.66%) Power BI
8 55 (6.38%) NoSQL
9 51 (5.92%) Data Lake
9 51 (5.92%) SQL Server
10 28 (3.25%) MongoDB
11 27 (3.13%) Metadata
12 25 (2.90%) Amazon Aurora
13 24 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
13 24 (2.78%) MySQL
14 22 (2.55%) Delta Lake
15 19 (2.20%) Relational Database
16 18 (2.09%) BigQuery
16 18 (2.09%) Tableau
17 15 (1.74%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 157 (18.21%) Git
2 117 (13.57%) Jenkins
3 114 (13.23%) GitLab
4 58 (6.73%) JIRA
5 27 (3.13%) Cucumber
6 21 (2.44%) Bitbucket
6 21 (2.44%) Cypress.io
7 19 (2.20%) Selenium
8 14 (1.62%) Postman
9 13 (1.51%) JUnit
10 11 (1.28%) Mockito
10 11 (1.28%) RStudio
11 10 (1.16%) SonarQube
12 9 (1.04%) Maven
13 8 (0.93%) WebDriver
14 7 (0.81%) REST Assured
14 7 (0.81%) Visual Studio
15 6 (0.70%) Claude Code
15 6 (0.70%) Gatling
15 6 (0.70%) JMeter
General
1 206 (23.90%) Social Skills
2 148 (17.17%) Public Sector
3 143 (16.59%) Finance
4 76 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 36 (4.18%) Banking
7 15 (1.74%) Marketing
8 14 (1.62%) Military
9 12 (1.39%) Back Office
9 12 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (1.39%) Law
10 11 (1.28%) Billing
10 11 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.04%) Front Office
11 9 (1.04%) Retail
12 7 (0.81%) Legal
12 7 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.58%) Health Technology
13 5 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.58%) Police
Job Titles
1 193 (22.39%) Developer
2 172 (19.95%) Senior
3 154 (17.87%) Architect
4 124 (14.39%) AWS Engineer
5 114 (13.23%) Data Engineer
6 112 (12.99%) Lead
7 68 (7.89%) DevOps Engineer
8 53 (6.15%) Software Engineer
9 51 (5.92%) Cloud Engineer
10 49 (5.68%) AWS Architect
11 46 (5.34%) Full-Stack Developer
12 39 (4.52%) Solutions Architect
13 35 (4.06%) Azure Engineer
13 35 (4.06%) Platform Engineer
13 35 (4.06%) Senior Data Engineer
14 34 (3.94%) AWS Data Engineer
14 34 (3.94%) Python Developer
14 34 (3.94%) Senior Developer
15 33 (3.83%) AWS DevOps
16 32 (3.71%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 343 (39.79%) Terraform
2 146 (16.94%) REST
3 99 (11.48%) React
4 96 (11.14%) .NET
5 91 (10.56%) Kafka
6 90 (10.44%) Node.js
7 87 (10.09%) RESTful
8 60 (6.96%) PySpark
9 54 (6.26%) GraphQL
9 54 (6.26%) Spring Boot
10 53 (6.15%) Spring
11 46 (5.34%) FastAPI
12 42 (4.87%) OAuth
13 39 (4.52%) AWS CDK
14 38 (4.41%) AngularJS
15 35 (4.06%) JSON
16 31 (3.60%) Flask
17 30 (3.48%) CSS
17 30 (3.48%) OAuth2
18 27 (3.13%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 284 (32.95%) Cloud Native
2 70 (8.12%) Product Ownership
3 64 (7.42%) Distributed Systems
4 56 (6.50%) AI Agents
5 33 (3.83%) Enterprise Software
6 27 (3.13%) NHS
7 24 (2.78%) Management Information System
8 23 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
8 23 (2.67%) Onboarding
9 16 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (1.51%) Security Posture
11 12 (1.39%) Data Structures
11 12 (1.39%) Low-Code
11 12 (1.39%) Taxonomies
12 11 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (1.16%) Virtual Team
14 9 (1.04%) Enterprise Cloud
14 9 (1.04%) Fixed Income
15 8 (0.93%) Mainframe
15 8 (0.93%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 61 (7.08%) Linux
2 24 (2.78%) Unix
3 17 (1.97%) Windows
4 14 (1.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.46%) VMS
6 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.35%) zOS
7 2 (0.23%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.12%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 550 (63.81%) CI/CD
2 401 (46.52%) DevOps
3 348 (40.37%) Infrastructure as Code
4 330 (38.28%) Agile
5 224 (25.99%) AI
6 188 (21.81%) Event-Driven
7 183 (21.23%) Microservices
8 181 (21.00%) Containerisation
9 167 (19.37%) Observability
10 162 (18.79%) Test Automation
11 145 (16.82%) Analytics
12 143 (16.59%) Software Engineering
13 142 (16.47%) Data Modelling
14 140 (16.24%) Continuous Improvement
15 138 (16.01%) Technical Leadership
16 132 (15.31%) Data Engineering
17 130 (15.08%) Data Pipeline
18 128 (14.85%) Event-Driven Architecture
19 121 (14.04%) Mentoring
20 120 (13.92%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 414 (48.03%) Python
2 264 (30.63%) SQL
3 139 (16.13%) TypeScript
4 137 (15.89%) JavaScript
5 121 (14.04%) C#
6 117 (13.57%) Java
7 65 (7.54%) Bash
8 39 (4.52%) PowerShell
9 38 (4.41%) Bicep
10 27 (3.13%) Shell Script
11 14 (1.62%) Scala
12 9 (1.04%) Groovy
13 8 (0.93%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.93%) R
14 7 (0.81%) Go
14 7 (0.81%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.58%) Cypher
15 5 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.58%) Rust
15 5 (0.58%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 234 (27.15%) Security Cleared
2 203 (23.55%) SC Cleared
3 70 (8.12%) AWS Certification
4 52 (6.03%) Degree
5 37 (4.29%) DV Cleared
6 34 (3.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 32 (3.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 31 (3.60%) Azure Certification
9 23 (2.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 23 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (1.86%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 12 (1.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 11 (1.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 11 (1.28%) Master's Degree
13 10 (1.16%) ISTQB
14 8 (0.93%) SAFe Agilist
15 7 (0.81%) CISSP
16 6 (0.70%) AWS Certified Developer
16 6 (0.70%) DBS Check
17 5 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (12.06%) Data Quality
2 73 (8.47%) QA
3 35 (4.06%) Accessibility
3 35 (4.06%) GDPR
4 22 (2.55%) WCAG
5 16 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.16%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.04%) NIST
8 7 (0.81%) SLA
9 6 (0.70%) HL7
10 5 (0.58%) NCSC
11 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.23%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.12%) GRC
13 1 (0.12%) IEC 62304
13 1 (0.12%) ISO 13485
13 1 (0.12%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 239 (27.73%) Docker
2 32 (3.71%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.23%) Squid
5 2 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 204 (23.67%) Kubernetes
2 60 (6.96%) Grafana
3 51 (5.92%) Prometheus
4 49 (5.68%) Ansible
5 14 (1.62%) Puppet
6 10 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.93%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.70%) Istio
8 6 (0.70%) Packer
8 6 (0.70%) Podman
9 5 (0.58%) Kibana
9 5 (0.58%) Kustomize
9 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.46%) Rancher
10 4 (0.46%) Salt
11 3 (0.35%) Argo
12 2 (0.23%) CASB
12 2 (0.23%) Consul
12 2 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.23%) linkerd
Vendors
1 189 (21.93%) Microsoft
2 66 (7.66%) Databricks
3 40 (4.64%) OpenAI
4 29 (3.36%) Oracle
5 27 (3.13%) Google
6 22 (2.55%) ServiceNow
7 21 (2.44%) Dynatrace
8 20 (2.32%) Informatica
9 18 (2.09%) Splunk
10 11 (1.28%) Brio
10 11 (1.28%) Foundry
11 10 (1.16%) Red Hat
12 7 (0.81%) Confluent
12 7 (0.81%) Salesforce
12 7 (0.81%) Tenable
13 4 (0.46%) Denodo
13 4 (0.46%) IBM
13 4 (0.46%) New Relic
13 4 (0.46%) PagerDuty
13 4 (0.46%) SAP