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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 111 129
Rank change year-on-year -13 +18 -15
Contract jobs citing Serverless 828 593 647
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.02% 2.42% 1.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.76% 6.51% 5.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 596 443 482
10th Percentile £388 £400 £375
25th Percentile £449 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £625
90th Percentile £725 £788 £725
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -1.90% +2.44% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 0
10th Percentile £59.20 £25.50 -
25th Percentile £71.00 £25.88 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £26.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +183.02% - -
75th Percentile £81.00 £30.75 -
90th Percentile £92.20 £33.30 -
UK median hourly rate £74.50 £26.50 -
% change year-on-year +181.13% - -

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 14,368 9,103 11,691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.06% 37.20% 32.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,846 6,306 8,436
10th Percentile £319 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £505 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 470 201 327
10th Percentile £15.48 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.89 £18.13 £15.87
Median hourly rate £41.78 £25.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +63.84% +19.33% -37.15%
75th Percentile £67.50 £37.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £72.50 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £37.12 £27.43 £21.37
% change year-on-year +35.35% +28.33% -38.94%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 18 May 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 -15 500 £525 -4.55% 140
North of England -19 147 £500 - 73
North West -10 86 £500 - 42
Midlands -31 60 £495 -2.17% 20
South East -42 51 £575 +15.00% 47
West Midlands -27 48 £488 -4.83% 13
Yorkshire -29 47 £500 - 22
South West -14 30 £591 +7.43% 34
East of England -13 23 £550 -8.33% 5
North East -16 15 £475 - 9
East Midlands -23 12 £500 - 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 44 (5.31%) Apache Spark
2 42 (5.07%) Confluence
3 30 (3.62%) Apache Airflow
4 23 (2.78%) SharePoint
5 21 (2.54%) Apache
6 11 (1.33%) nginx
7 10 (1.21%) HCL Notes
7 10 (1.21%) Mendix
8 6 (0.72%) Palantir Foundry
9 4 (0.48%) CICS
9 4 (0.48%) SAS
10 3 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.36%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.12%) CMS
12 1 (0.12%) FileNet
12 1 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.85%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 13 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.24%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.12%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 621 (75.00%) AWS
2 493 (59.54%) AWS Lambda
3 347 (41.91%) Amazon S3
4 307 (37.08%) Azure
5 181 (21.86%) GitHub
6 171 (20.65%) Azure Functions
7 154 (18.60%) Amazon EC2
8 145 (17.51%) Amazon ECS
9 129 (15.58%) GitHub Actions
10 124 (14.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 124 (14.98%) Amazon EKS
11 114 (13.77%) AWS CloudFormation
12 107 (12.92%) Power Platform
13 104 (12.56%) Azure DevOps
14 85 (10.27%) Azure Logic Apps
15 84 (10.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 81 (9.78%) Amazon SQS
17 80 (9.66%) AWS Step Functions
18 70 (8.45%) Azure Service Bus
19 58 (7.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.99%) DNS
2 26 (3.14%) Firewall
3 18 (2.17%) VPN
4 13 (1.57%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.21%) Reverse Proxy
6 9 (1.09%) OpenVPN
7 8 (0.97%) Network Security
8 7 (0.85%) Kerberos
8 7 (0.85%) SMS
8 7 (0.85%) SSL
9 6 (0.72%) HTTP
10 5 (0.60%) IPsec
11 3 (0.36%) FTP
11 3 (0.36%) WAN
12 2 (0.24%) AMQP
13 1 (0.12%) 4G
13 1 (0.12%) 5G
13 1 (0.12%) HTTPS
13 1 (0.12%) Internet
13 1 (0.12%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (13.65%) DynamoDB
2 107 (12.92%) Amazon RDS
3 83 (10.02%) PostgreSQL
4 71 (8.57%) Amazon Athena
5 69 (8.33%) Amazon Redshift
5 69 (8.33%) Power BI
6 67 (8.09%) NoSQL
7 46 (5.56%) Data Lake
8 40 (4.83%) Relational Database
9 34 (4.11%) Amazon Aurora
9 34 (4.11%) Data Warehouse
10 32 (3.86%) Azure SQL Database
11 31 (3.74%) SQL Server
12 29 (3.50%) Tableau
13 27 (3.26%) MongoDB
14 26 (3.14%) Redis
15 24 (2.90%) Metadata
16 23 (2.78%) Big Data
17 18 (2.17%) Apache Iceberg
17 18 (2.17%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 136 (16.43%) Git
2 109 (13.16%) GitLab
3 104 (12.56%) Jenkins
4 51 (6.16%) JIRA
5 25 (3.02%) Bitbucket
6 15 (1.81%) Cucumber
6 15 (1.81%) SonarQube
7 10 (1.21%) Cypress.io
8 9 (1.09%) JUnit
9 8 (0.97%) Mocha
10 7 (0.85%) Maven
10 7 (0.85%) MSTest
11 6 (0.72%) Vite
12 5 (0.60%) Artifactory
12 5 (0.60%) Jasmine
12 5 (0.60%) MLflow
12 5 (0.60%) Snyk
12 5 (0.60%) tSQLt
13 4 (0.48%) Gradle
13 4 (0.48%) Terragrunt
General
1 188 (22.71%) Social Skills
2 145 (17.51%) Public Sector
3 125 (15.10%) Finance
4 54 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (3.38%) Banking
6 26 (3.14%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (1.45%) Financial Institution
8 10 (1.21%) Marketing
9 9 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (0.97%) Military
10 8 (0.97%) Retail
11 7 (0.85%) Legal
12 6 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.60%) Front Office
13 5 (0.60%) Law
13 5 (0.60%) Police
13 5 (0.60%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.36%) Billing
15 3 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 215 (25.97%) Developer
2 153 (18.48%) Architect
3 117 (14.13%) Senior
4 99 (11.96%) AWS Engineer
5 87 (10.51%) Data Engineer
6 72 (8.70%) Lead
7 53 (6.40%) Software Engineer
8 49 (5.92%) DevOps Engineer
9 44 (5.31%) AWS Architect
9 44 (5.31%) Full-Stack Developer
10 43 (5.19%) Cloud Engineer
11 42 (5.07%) AWS Developer
12 41 (4.95%) Azure Engineer
13 37 (4.47%) Python Developer
14 36 (4.35%) Cloud Architect
14 36 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
15 33 (3.99%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 33 (3.99%) Technical Architect
16 31 (3.74%) Senior Developer
17 29 (3.50%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (14.86%) React
2 120 (14.49%) Kafka
3 116 (14.01%) Node.js
4 94 (11.35%) REST
5 91 (10.99%) .NET
6 84 (10.14%) RESTful
7 74 (8.94%) Spring Boot
8 73 (8.82%) Spring
9 52 (6.28%) OAuth
9 52 (6.28%) PySpark
10 48 (5.80%) AngularJS
11 41 (4.95%) JSON
12 40 (4.83%) OpenID
13 36 (4.35%) AWS CDK
14 35 (4.23%) GraphQL
15 33 (3.99%) FastAPI
16 29 (3.50%) CSS
17 28 (3.38%) HTML
17 28 (3.38%) Next.js
17 28 (3.38%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 220 (26.57%) Cloud Native
2 52 (6.28%) Product Ownership
3 43 (5.19%) Distributed Systems
4 23 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
5 22 (2.66%) NHS
6 20 (2.42%) AI Agents
7 13 (1.57%) Onboarding
8 12 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (1.45%) Low-Code
9 11 (1.33%) Data Structures
10 10 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (1.21%) Mainframe
11 9 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (0.97%) Distributed Computing
12 8 (0.97%) Public Cloud
12 8 (0.97%) Replication
13 7 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (0.85%) Hedge funds
13 7 (0.85%) IoT
14 6 (0.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 51 (6.16%) Linux
2 22 (2.66%) Unix
3 8 (0.97%) Windows
4 4 (0.48%) zOS
5 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.24%) VMS
6 1 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (0.12%) Android
6 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 493 (59.54%) CI/CD
2 397 (47.95%) DevOps
3 306 (36.96%) Infrastructure as Code
4 267 (32.25%) Agile
5 189 (22.83%) Microservices
6 184 (22.22%) Containerisation
7 140 (16.91%) AI
8 139 (16.79%) Event-Driven
9 124 (14.98%) Data Modelling
10 120 (14.49%) Analytics
11 118 (14.25%) Problem-Solving
12 115 (13.89%) Observability
13 111 (13.41%) Data Pipeline
13 111 (13.41%) Software Engineering
14 109 (13.16%) Test Automation
15 104 (12.56%) ETL
16 94 (11.35%) Mentoring
17 92 (11.11%) Data Engineering
18 90 (10.87%) Full-Stack Development
19 89 (10.75%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 374 (45.17%) Python
2 246 (29.71%) SQL
3 132 (15.94%) JavaScript
4 129 (15.58%) C#
5 126 (15.22%) Java
5 126 (15.22%) TypeScript
6 46 (5.56%) Bash
7 33 (3.99%) Bicep
7 33 (3.99%) PowerShell
8 26 (3.14%) Shell Script
9 21 (2.54%) Go
10 16 (1.93%) Scala
11 15 (1.81%) Ruby
12 10 (1.21%) Formula Language
12 10 (1.21%) LotusScript
13 9 (1.09%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.85%) Groovy
15 5 (0.60%) C++
16 4 (0.48%) JCL
16 4 (0.48%) PHP
Qualifications
1 236 (28.50%) Security Cleared
2 186 (22.46%) SC Cleared
3 36 (4.35%) AWS Certification
4 32 (3.86%) Azure Certification
5 28 (3.38%) DV Cleared
6 26 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 25 (3.02%) Degree
8 15 (1.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 15 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 10 (1.21%) SAFe Agilist
10 10 (1.21%) TOGAF Certification
11 9 (1.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 9 (1.09%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.85%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 5 (0.60%) AWS Certified Developer
14 4 (0.48%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.48%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (6.76%) Data Quality
2 34 (4.11%) QA
3 25 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (2.29%) GDPR
5 18 (2.17%) Accessibility
6 17 (2.05%) PCI DSS
7 15 (1.81%) NIST
8 7 (0.85%) PMO
9 6 (0.72%) ISO 20022
9 6 (0.72%) WCAG
10 4 (0.48%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.48%) SLA
11 3 (0.36%) HL7
11 3 (0.36%) NCSC
12 2 (0.24%) FedRAMP
12 2 (0.24%) GRC
13 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 223 (26.93%) Docker
2 25 (3.02%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (1.21%) Squid
5 5 (0.60%) RACF
6 3 (0.36%) ISA Server
7 2 (0.24%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 339 (40.94%) Terraform
2 199 (24.03%) Kubernetes
3 67 (8.09%) Grafana
4 62 (7.49%) Prometheus
5 36 (4.35%) Ansible
6 27 (3.26%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (1.57%) Puppet
8 10 (1.21%) Progress Chef
9 9 (1.09%) FortiGate
10 8 (0.97%) Consul
11 6 (0.72%) Kibana
12 5 (0.60%) Istio
12 5 (0.60%) Kustomize
12 5 (0.60%) linkerd
13 4 (0.48%) Docker Swarm
13 4 (0.48%) Podman
13 4 (0.48%) Rancher
13 4 (0.48%) Salt
14 3 (0.36%) HP Fortify
14 3 (0.36%) Karpenter
Vendors
1 142 (17.15%) Microsoft
2 61 (7.37%) Databricks
3 46 (5.56%) OpenAI
4 41 (4.95%) Oracle
5 23 (2.78%) Splunk
6 20 (2.42%) Dynatrace
7 14 (1.69%) Google
8 13 (1.57%) Foundry
9 12 (1.45%) ServiceNow
10 10 (1.21%) Brio
10 10 (1.21%) Confluent
10 10 (1.21%) Kofax
10 10 (1.21%) Lotus
11 9 (1.09%) Atlassian
11 9 (1.09%) Red Hat
11 9 (1.09%) Salesforce
12 7 (0.85%) Informatica
12 7 (0.85%) SAP
13 6 (0.72%) Qualys
13 6 (0.72%) Sybase