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

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 122 133
Rank change year-on-year +13 +11 -32
Contract jobs citing Serverless 769 622 733
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.48% 2.05% 1.90%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.51% 5.64% 5.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 557 416 524
10th Percentile £375 £389 £405
25th Percentile £414 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £650
90th Percentile £688 £788 £725
UK median daily rate £505 £534 £528
% change year-on-year -5.43% +1.23% -12.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £25.38 -
25th Percentile £42.50 £25.56 £76.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £26.00 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.08% -66.45% +3.33%
75th Percentile £47.50 £26.31 £78.75
90th Percentile - £26.43 -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £26.00 £77.50
% change year-on-year +82.69% -66.45% +3.33%

All Cloud 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 11,806 11,023 13,516
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.13% 36.35% 35.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,086 7,372 9,861
10th Percentile £304 £313 £290
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £650 £645
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 294 142 270
10th Percentile £14.83 £17.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.47 £31.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.84% +24.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £50.94 £55.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £78.38 £69.98 £77.55
UK median hourly rate £25.74 £29.00 £25.69
% change year-on-year -11.26% +12.88% +14.18%

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 10 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 10 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 +7 417 £523 -7.11% 116
North of England +35 164 £476 -3.94% 72
Yorkshire +25 92 £500 -5.57% 33
Midlands +5 72 £500 +6.38% 17
North West +12 63 £450 +1.12% 32
West Midlands +5 54 £525 +5.00% 11
South East -58 43 £430 -31.20% 50
South West -21 33 £625 -2.72% 20
East of England +7 30 £538 -5.70% 5
East Midlands -9 18 £390 -13.33% 6
North East 0 10 £506 -17.01% 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 38 (4.94%) Apache
2 27 (3.51%) Apache Airflow
3 26 (3.38%) Confluence
4 22 (2.86%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.17%) SharePoint
6 8 (1.04%) nginx
7 6 (0.78%) CMS
8 4 (0.52%) HCL Notes
9 3 (0.39%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.39%) Mendix
10 2 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.13%) 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%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 12 (1.56%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.39%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.91%) Aladdin
3 5 (0.65%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.52%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.52%) thinkFolio
5 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 544 (70.74%) AWS
2 438 (56.96%) AWS Lambda
3 261 (33.94%) Azure
4 257 (33.42%) Amazon S3
5 164 (21.33%) GitHub
6 159 (20.68%) Azure Functions
7 138 (17.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 128 (16.64%) Amazon ECS
9 118 (15.34%) AWS CloudFormation
10 117 (15.21%) Amazon EC2
11 107 (13.91%) Azure DevOps
12 106 (13.78%) GitHub Actions
13 84 (10.92%) Azure Logic Apps
14 78 (10.14%) GCP
15 65 (8.45%) Amazon SQS
16 62 (8.06%) Amazon EKS
17 59 (7.67%) Azure AKS
18 56 (7.28%) AWS Step Functions
19 55 (7.15%) Power Platform
20 52 (6.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.60%) DNS
2 19 (2.47%) Firewall
3 16 (2.08%) VPN
4 12 (1.56%) Network Security
5 5 (0.65%) HTTP
5 5 (0.65%) OpenLDAP
5 5 (0.65%) Reverse Proxy
6 4 (0.52%) DHCP
6 4 (0.52%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (0.52%) SSL
7 3 (0.39%) Kerberos
7 3 (0.39%) LAN
7 3 (0.39%) WAN
8 2 (0.26%) MPLS
9 1 (0.13%) DKIM
9 1 (0.13%) Internet
9 1 (0.13%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.13%) NAS
9 1 (0.13%) VLAN
9 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (15.60%) Amazon RDS
2 109 (14.17%) PostgreSQL
3 104 (13.52%) DynamoDB
4 90 (11.70%) NoSQL
5 59 (7.67%) Relational Database
6 46 (5.98%) Amazon Redshift
7 38 (4.94%) Amazon Athena
8 36 (4.68%) Power BI
9 34 (4.42%) Amazon Aurora
10 33 (4.29%) Data Lake
10 33 (4.29%) Data Warehouse
11 32 (4.16%) Redis
12 31 (4.03%) Big Data
13 29 (3.77%) MongoDB
14 25 (3.25%) Azure SQL Database
15 22 (2.86%) MySQL
15 22 (2.86%) RDBMS
15 22 (2.86%) SQL Server
16 16 (2.08%) Tableau
17 13 (1.69%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 140 (18.21%) Git
2 121 (15.73%) Jenkins
3 93 (12.09%) GitLab
4 67 (8.71%) JIRA
5 31 (4.03%) Liquibase
6 22 (2.86%) SonarQube
7 20 (2.60%) Cypress.io
8 17 (2.21%) Bitbucket
8 17 (2.21%) JUnit
9 14 (1.82%) Postman
10 13 (1.69%) Cucumber
10 13 (1.69%) Maven
10 13 (1.69%) Selenium
11 12 (1.56%) Mockito
12 8 (1.04%) Gradle
12 8 (1.04%) Visual Studio Code
13 6 (0.78%) MLflow
14 5 (0.65%) SonarLint
14 5 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
14 5 (0.65%) Storybook
General
1 204 (26.53%) Social Skills
2 138 (17.95%) Public Sector
3 106 (13.78%) Finance
4 71 (9.23%) Banking
5 49 (6.37%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (3.77%) Financial Institution
7 14 (1.82%) Marketing
8 11 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (1.43%) Investment Banking
9 10 (1.30%) Front Office
10 9 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (0.91%) Retail
12 6 (0.78%) Military
13 5 (0.65%) Digital Healthcare
13 5 (0.65%) Health Technology
14 2 (0.26%) Aviation
14 2 (0.26%) Billing
14 2 (0.26%) Law
14 2 (0.26%) Local Government
14 2 (0.26%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 216 (28.09%) Developer
2 117 (15.21%) Senior
3 110 (14.30%) AWS Engineer
4 88 (11.44%) Architect
5 84 (10.92%) Software Engineer
6 83 (10.79%) DevOps Engineer
7 63 (8.19%) Data Engineer
8 59 (7.67%) Lead
9 38 (4.94%) AWS DevOps
10 37 (4.81%) Cloud Engineer
11 33 (4.29%) AWS Developer
12 31 (4.03%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 31 (4.03%) Senior Software Engineer
13 30 (3.90%) Full-Stack Developer
13 30 (3.90%) Python Engineer
14 29 (3.77%) Java Developer
15 27 (3.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 26 (3.38%) Azure Developer
16 26 (3.38%) Senior Developer
17 25 (3.25%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (18.34%) Node.js
2 138 (17.95%) RESTful
3 119 (15.47%) REST
4 117 (15.21%) React
5 97 (12.61%) .NET
6 90 (11.70%) Kafka
7 47 (6.11%) Elastic Stack
7 47 (6.11%) Spring Boot
8 46 (5.98%) AngularJS
9 42 (5.46%) GraphQL
10 41 (5.33%) Spring
11 35 (4.55%) OAuth
12 32 (4.16%) .NET Core
12 32 (4.16%) AWS CDK
13 31 (4.03%) FastAPI
14 30 (3.90%) JSON
15 29 (3.77%) HTML
16 26 (3.38%) PyTorch
17 25 (3.25%) CSS
18 24 (3.12%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 192 (24.97%) Cloud Native
2 77 (10.01%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (4.55%) Product Ownership
3 35 (4.55%) Public Cloud
4 19 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
5 14 (1.82%) Onboarding
6 13 (1.69%) AI Agents
6 13 (1.69%) Replication
7 12 (1.56%) Algorithms
7 12 (1.56%) NHS
8 11 (1.43%) Data Structures
9 10 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.30%) Mobile App
9 10 (1.30%) Virtual Team
10 9 (1.17%) Data Fabric
11 8 (1.04%) Derivative
11 8 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.91%) Distributed Architecture
13 6 (0.78%) Low-Code
13 6 (0.78%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 88 (11.44%) Linux
2 12 (1.56%) Windows
3 10 (1.30%) Unix
4 5 (0.65%) VMS
4 5 (0.65%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.39%) Amazon Linux
6 2 (0.26%) Android
6 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) AIX
7 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.13%) Solaris
7 1 (0.13%) SUSE
7 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 426 (55.40%) CI/CD
2 392 (50.98%) DevOps
3 312 (40.57%) Agile
4 259 (33.68%) Microservices
5 241 (31.34%) Infrastructure as Code
6 184 (23.93%) Containerisation
7 163 (21.20%) Software Engineering
8 141 (18.34%) Problem-Solving
9 106 (13.78%) Test Automation
10 105 (13.65%) AI
11 104 (13.52%) Analytics
12 93 (12.09%) Data Pipeline
13 92 (11.96%) Full-Stack Development
14 91 (11.83%) Event-Driven
15 85 (11.05%) Mentoring
16 79 (10.27%) Data Modelling
17 74 (9.62%) High Availability
18 73 (9.49%) ETL
19 66 (8.58%) Data Engineering
20 65 (8.45%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 379 (49.28%) Python
2 208 (27.05%) SQL
3 140 (18.21%) Java
4 125 (16.25%) JavaScript
5 124 (16.12%) TypeScript
6 95 (12.35%) C#
7 59 (7.67%) Go
8 46 (5.98%) Bash
9 34 (4.42%) PowerShell
10 23 (2.99%) Bicep
11 17 (2.21%) Ruby
11 17 (2.21%) Shell Script
12 13 (1.69%) C++
13 10 (1.30%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.78%) Groovy
14 6 (0.78%) JSX
14 6 (0.78%) Korn
14 6 (0.78%) VBA
14 6 (0.78%) X++
15 5 (0.65%) Scala
Qualifications
1 199 (25.88%) Security Cleared
2 160 (20.81%) SC Cleared
3 66 (8.58%) Degree
4 62 (8.06%) AWS Certification
5 59 (7.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 40 (5.20%) DV Cleared
7 37 (4.81%) Master's Degree
8 26 (3.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 19 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (1.82%) Azure Certification
11 13 (1.69%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 11 (1.43%) MCP
13 9 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (0.91%) AWS Certified Developer
15 3 (0.39%) PhD
16 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
16 2 (0.26%) ISTQB
16 2 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 1 (0.13%) ITIL Certification
17 1 (0.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (4.94%) QA
2 28 (3.64%) GDPR
3 26 (3.38%) Data Quality
4 17 (2.21%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.56%) NIST
5 12 (1.56%) WCAG
6 9 (1.17%) EU AI Act
7 8 (1.04%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.52%) HL7
9 4 (0.52%) MiFID
10 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.26%) NCSC
11 2 (0.26%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.13%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.13%) GxP
12 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 208 (27.05%) Docker
2 31 (4.03%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.91%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.26%) ISA Server
5 1 (0.13%) HDFS
5 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 295 (38.36%) Terraform
2 212 (27.57%) Kubernetes
3 77 (10.01%) Ansible
4 75 (9.75%) Prometheus
5 72 (9.36%) Grafana
6 15 (1.95%) Progress Chef
7 10 (1.30%) Puppet
8 5 (0.65%) Kibana
9 4 (0.52%) Packer
9 4 (0.52%) Rancher
10 3 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.39%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.26%) Control-M
11 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.26%) Knative
11 2 (0.26%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.26%) Podman
12 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (0.13%) Nagios
Vendors
1 144 (18.73%) Microsoft
2 48 (6.24%) Splunk
3 41 (5.33%) Databricks
4 39 (5.07%) Google
5 26 (3.38%) Oracle
6 19 (2.47%) Foundry
7 18 (2.34%) OpenAI
8 14 (1.82%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.69%) Dynatrace
9 13 (1.69%) Salesforce
10 12 (1.56%) Cloudera
10 12 (1.56%) IBM
11 10 (1.30%) Palantir
12 8 (1.04%) Pega
13 7 (0.91%) Confluent
14 6 (0.78%) Gigya
15 5 (0.65%) Atlassian
15 5 (0.65%) CA Agile Central
15 5 (0.65%) StreamSets
15 5 (0.65%) Sybase