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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 115 139
Rank change year-on-year -32 +24 -20
Contract jobs citing Serverless 876 668 599
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.91% 2.41% 1.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.49% 6.45% 5.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 647 476 421
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 15,959 10,359 11,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.77% 37.33% 34.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,663 7,014 7,872
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 £719 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 547 268 196
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.13 £18.51 £18.07
Median hourly rate £34.23 £26.30 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.15% -12.33% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £58.39
90th Percentile £82.62 £68.63 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £28.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year +18.23% -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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -18 517 £550 - 292
North of England -45 135 £500 +5.26% 73
Midlands -7 88 £447 -0.72% 35
West Midlands -4 67 £469 +2.79% 19
North West -43 67 £605 +27.37% 40
South East -58 51 £600 +33.33% 46
South West -21 48 £538 +3.86% 39
Yorkshire -47 46 £500 +5.15% 18
East of England -23 23 £525 +1.94% 14
North East -22 22 £463 +4.52% 15
East Midlands -6 21 £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 (5.48%) Confluence
2 42 (4.79%) Apache Airflow
3 33 (3.77%) Apache Spark
4 24 (2.74%) Apache
5 21 (2.40%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.91%) SAS
7 7 (0.80%) nginx
8 5 (0.57%) CMS
8 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.46%) CICS
9 4 (0.46%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.34%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.23%) PowerExchange
12 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.11%) Drupal
12 1 (0.11%) EPiServer
12 1 (0.11%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.11%) Mendix
12 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.57%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.57%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.11%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.11%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.11%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 671 (76.60%) AWS
2 533 (60.84%) AWS Lambda
3 366 (41.78%) Amazon S3
4 333 (38.01%) Azure
5 181 (20.66%) GitHub
6 175 (19.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 168 (19.18%) Azure Functions
8 154 (17.58%) Amazon ECS
9 141 (16.10%) Amazon EC2
10 130 (14.84%) GitHub Actions
11 126 (14.38%) Amazon EKS
12 113 (12.90%) AWS CloudFormation
13 111 (12.67%) Azure DevOps
14 109 (12.44%) Power Platform
15 107 (12.21%) Amazon SQS
16 91 (10.39%) AWS Step Functions
17 86 (9.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 74 (8.45%) Azure Logic Apps
19 72 (8.22%) GCP
20 62 (7.08%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.77%) Firewall
2 27 (3.08%) Network Security
3 21 (2.40%) DNS
4 16 (1.83%) VPN
5 12 (1.37%) WAN
6 6 (0.68%) SSL
7 5 (0.57%) HTTP
7 5 (0.57%) MQTT
7 5 (0.57%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (0.57%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.34%) CTI
8 3 (0.34%) FTP
8 3 (0.34%) IPv4
8 3 (0.34%) 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
1 130 (14.84%) DynamoDB
2 122 (13.93%) Amazon RDS
3 101 (11.53%) Amazon Athena
4 80 (9.13%) Power BI
5 79 (9.02%) Amazon Redshift
6 78 (8.90%) PostgreSQL
7 73 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
8 58 (6.62%) NoSQL
9 46 (5.25%) Data Lake
9 46 (5.25%) SQL Server
10 30 (3.42%) Azure SQL Database
11 29 (3.31%) Metadata
12 28 (3.20%) Amazon Aurora
13 27 (3.08%) MySQL
14 25 (2.85%) Relational Database
15 24 (2.74%) Delta Lake
16 23 (2.63%) MongoDB
17 22 (2.51%) Tableau
18 18 (2.05%) BigQuery
19 17 (1.94%) Redis
Development Applications
1 152 (17.35%) Git
2 124 (14.16%) Jenkins
3 115 (13.13%) GitLab
4 68 (7.76%) JIRA
5 21 (2.40%) Bitbucket
5 21 (2.40%) Cypress.io
6 20 (2.28%) Cucumber
7 15 (1.71%) Selenium
8 12 (1.37%) Postman
9 11 (1.26%) SonarQube
10 8 (0.91%) JUnit
10 8 (0.91%) RStudio
11 7 (0.80%) Mockito
11 7 (0.80%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.68%) Claude Code
12 6 (0.68%) Gatling
12 6 (0.68%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
12 6 (0.68%) WebDriver
13 5 (0.57%) Artifactory
General
1 209 (23.86%) Social Skills
2 150 (17.12%) Public Sector
3 133 (15.18%) Finance
4 71 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (3.88%) Banking
6 28 (3.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (1.37%) Billing
9 12 (1.37%) Law
9 12 (1.37%) Marketing
9 12 (1.37%) Military
10 9 (1.03%) Back Office
10 9 (1.03%) Retail
11 8 (0.91%) Front Office
12 7 (0.80%) Legal
13 6 (0.68%) Aerospace
13 6 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.57%) Health Technology
14 5 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 199 (22.72%) Developer
2 170 (19.41%) Architect
3 169 (19.29%) Senior
4 126 (14.38%) AWS Engineer
5 111 (12.67%) Data Engineer
6 103 (11.76%) Lead
7 62 (7.08%) DevOps Engineer
8 53 (6.05%) Software Engineer
9 52 (5.94%) AWS Architect
10 50 (5.71%) Cloud Engineer
11 46 (5.25%) Solutions Architect
12 44 (5.02%) Full-Stack Developer
13 41 (4.68%) Python Developer
14 39 (4.45%) Senior Developer
15 37 (4.22%) Platform Engineer
16 36 (4.11%) Senior Data Engineer
17 35 (4.00%) AWS Developer
18 33 (3.77%) AWS Data Engineer
19 32 (3.65%) Azure Engineer
20 31 (3.54%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 368 (42.01%) Terraform
2 128 (14.61%) REST
3 113 (12.90%) React
4 96 (10.96%) Node.js
5 91 (10.39%) .NET
6 89 (10.16%) Kafka
7 87 (9.93%) RESTful
8 67 (7.65%) PySpark
9 53 (6.05%) Spring
9 53 (6.05%) Spring Boot
10 51 (5.82%) GraphQL
11 44 (5.02%) FastAPI
12 42 (4.79%) AWS CDK
13 41 (4.68%) OAuth
14 37 (4.22%) AngularJS
15 35 (4.00%) Flask
16 34 (3.88%) CSS
17 31 (3.54%) JSON
18 29 (3.31%) OpenID
19 28 (3.20%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 280 (31.96%) Cloud Native
2 68 (7.76%) Product Ownership
3 63 (7.19%) Distributed Systems
4 47 (5.37%) AI Agents
5 28 (3.20%) NHS
6 26 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
7 23 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (1.94%) Onboarding
9 15 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
10 14 (1.60%) Management Information System
11 12 (1.37%) Security Posture
12 11 (1.26%) Data Structures
12 11 (1.26%) IoT
13 10 (1.14%) Fixed Income
13 10 (1.14%) Low-Code
14 9 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
14 9 (1.03%) Mainframe
15 8 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
16 7 (0.80%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 58 (6.62%) Linux
2 23 (2.63%) Unix
3 18 (2.05%) Windows
4 13 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.46%) VMS
5 4 (0.46%) zOS
6 3 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.23%) Android
7 2 (0.23%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 546 (62.33%) CI/CD
2 396 (45.21%) DevOps
3 352 (40.18%) Infrastructure as Code
4 333 (38.01%) Agile
5 210 (23.97%) AI
6 194 (22.15%) Microservices
7 193 (22.03%) Containerisation
8 177 (20.21%) Event-Driven
9 158 (18.04%) Test Automation
10 156 (17.81%) Observability
11 148 (16.89%) Analytics
12 135 (15.41%) Data Modelling
13 133 (15.18%) Software Engineering
14 130 (14.84%) Data Pipeline
15 126 (14.38%) Continuous Improvement
16 124 (14.16%) Data Engineering
17 121 (13.81%) Migration
17 121 (13.81%) Technical Leadership
18 118 (13.47%) Platform Engineering
19 116 (13.24%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 419 (47.83%) Python
2 280 (31.96%) SQL
3 141 (16.10%) TypeScript
4 135 (15.41%) JavaScript
5 116 (13.24%) Java
6 112 (12.79%) C#
7 68 (7.76%) Bash
8 41 (4.68%) PowerShell
9 38 (4.34%) Bicep
10 28 (3.20%) Shell Script
11 15 (1.71%) Scala
12 9 (1.03%) Groovy
13 8 (0.91%) Go
14 7 (0.80%) R
15 6 (0.68%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.57%) Cypher
16 5 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
16 5 (0.57%) Rust
16 5 (0.57%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.57%) X++
Qualifications
1 248 (28.31%) Security Cleared
2 207 (23.63%) SC Cleared
3 65 (7.42%) AWS Certification
4 46 (5.25%) Degree
5 36 (4.11%) DV Cleared
6 31 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
7 28 (3.20%) Azure Certification
8 26 (2.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 25 (2.85%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (2.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 11 (1.26%) SAFe Agilist
13 10 (1.14%) Master's Degree
14 9 (1.03%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 7 (0.80%) ISTQB
16 7 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
17 6 (0.68%) DBS Check
18 5 (0.57%) AWS Certified Developer
18 5 (0.57%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (11.53%) Data Quality
2 60 (6.85%) QA
3 33 (3.77%) GDPR
4 31 (3.54%) Accessibility
5 28 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.94%) WCAG
7 13 (1.48%) NIST
7 13 (1.48%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.03%) SLA
9 6 (0.68%) HL7
10 3 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.34%) NCSC
10 3 (0.34%) PMO
11 2 (0.23%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.11%) IEC 62304
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.11%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 252 (28.77%) Docker
2 34 (3.88%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.46%) Squid
4 4 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 207 (23.63%) Kubernetes
2 69 (7.88%) Grafana
3 57 (6.51%) Prometheus
4 49 (5.59%) Ansible
5 14 (1.60%) Puppet
6 11 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (1.14%) Istio
8 8 (0.91%) Kustomize
8 8 (0.91%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.68%) linkerd
9 6 (0.68%) Packer
9 6 (0.68%) Podman
10 5 (0.57%) Kibana
11 4 (0.46%) Argo
11 4 (0.46%) Salt
12 3 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.34%) Rancher
13 2 (0.23%) Control-M
13 2 (0.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 168 (19.18%) Microsoft
2 59 (6.74%) Databricks
3 32 (3.65%) OpenAI
3 32 (3.65%) Oracle
4 24 (2.74%) Informatica
5 23 (2.63%) Google
6 21 (2.40%) Splunk
7 20 (2.28%) Dynatrace
7 20 (2.28%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.14%) Brio
9 9 (1.03%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.03%) SAP
10 7 (0.80%) Tenable
11 6 (0.68%) Confluent
11 6 (0.68%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.57%) New Relic
12 5 (0.57%) PagerDuty
12 5 (0.57%) Workday
13 4 (0.46%) Foundry
13 4 (0.46%) NVIDIA