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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 113 135
Rank change year-on-year +5 +22 -25
Contract jobs citing Serverless 859 595 660
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.37% 2.40% 1.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.41% 6.33% 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 623 441 481
10th Percentile £368 £400 £400
25th Percentile £415 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £625
90th Percentile £700 £838 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 0
10th Percentile £71.13 £25.38 -
25th Percentile £74.00 £25.56 -
Median hourly rate £78.50 £26.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +201.92% - -
75th Percentile £81.00 £26.31 -
90th Percentile £95.00 £26.43 -
UK median hourly rate £76.00 £26.00 -
% change year-on-year +192.31% - -

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 13,411 9,396 12,311
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.06% 37.95% 32.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,229 6,505 8,876
10th Percentile £310 £313 £275
25th Percentile £410 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £606 £638 £638
90th Percentile £709 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 387 155 331
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £19.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £26.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.06% +26.19% -16.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £43.39 £43.75
90th Percentile £79.70 £71.75 £64.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +47.06% +19.33% -14.52%

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 March 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 10 March 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 10 March 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 0 510 £513 -9.29% 148
North of England +14 170 £500 - 84
North West -8 79 £450 -8.16% 42
Yorkshire +4 76 £500 - 35
Midlands -25 68 £523 +14.96% 28
West Midlands -24 51 £525 +9.15% 18
South East -63 49 £525 -8.70% 79
South West -22 30 £625 -1.96% 48
East of England -12 25 £560 -20.00% 23
East Midlands -25 17 £479 +4.36% 10
North East -5 16 £475 -21.44% 9
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 42 (4.89%) Apache Spark
2 34 (3.96%) Apache Airflow
3 32 (3.73%) Apache
4 26 (3.03%) Confluence
5 25 (2.91%) SharePoint
6 11 (1.28%) HCL Notes
7 10 (1.16%) Mendix
7 10 (1.16%) Palantir Foundry
8 9 (1.05%) nginx
9 3 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.35%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.23%) CICS
10 2 (0.23%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.12%) FileNet
11 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.40%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 18 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.23%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 607 (70.66%) AWS
2 486 (56.58%) AWS Lambda
3 325 (37.83%) Azure
4 318 (37.02%) Amazon S3
5 206 (23.98%) Azure Functions
6 190 (22.12%) GitHub
7 147 (17.11%) Amazon EC2
7 147 (17.11%) Amazon ECS
8 134 (15.60%) Azure DevOps
9 133 (15.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 130 (15.13%) GitHub Actions
11 126 (14.67%) AWS CloudFormation
12 123 (14.32%) Amazon EKS
13 104 (12.11%) Power Platform
14 100 (11.64%) Azure Logic Apps
15 82 (9.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 74 (8.61%) GCP
17 70 (8.15%) Azure Service Bus
18 59 (6.87%) AWS Step Functions
19 58 (6.75%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.73%) Firewall
2 29 (3.38%) DNS
3 24 (2.79%) VPN
4 11 (1.28%) Network Security
5 9 (1.05%) Kerberos
5 9 (1.05%) TCP/IP
6 8 (0.93%) OpenVPN
7 7 (0.81%) Reverse Proxy
7 7 (0.81%) SSL
8 6 (0.70%) HTTP
8 6 (0.70%) SMS
9 5 (0.58%) IPsec
10 3 (0.35%) LAN
10 3 (0.35%) WAN
11 2 (0.23%) MPLS
12 1 (0.12%) 4G
12 1 (0.12%) 5G
12 1 (0.12%) AMQP
12 1 (0.12%) Internet
12 1 (0.12%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (13.62%) Amazon RDS
2 113 (13.15%) PostgreSQL
3 104 (12.11%) DynamoDB
4 83 (9.66%) NoSQL
5 62 (7.22%) Power BI
6 61 (7.10%) Amazon Redshift
7 51 (5.94%) Data Lake
7 51 (5.94%) Relational Database
8 44 (5.12%) Amazon Athena
9 34 (3.96%) Data Warehouse
9 34 (3.96%) Redis
10 32 (3.73%) Azure SQL Database
11 29 (3.38%) Amazon Aurora
12 28 (3.26%) MongoDB
13 27 (3.14%) Tableau
14 22 (2.56%) Big Data
15 21 (2.44%) DocumentDB
15 21 (2.44%) Metadata
16 18 (2.10%) SQL Server
17 17 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 150 (17.46%) Git
2 127 (14.78%) Jenkins
3 121 (14.09%) GitLab
4 41 (4.77%) JIRA
5 22 (2.56%) Bitbucket
6 19 (2.21%) Cucumber
7 18 (2.10%) JUnit
8 16 (1.86%) Liquibase
9 15 (1.75%) SonarQube
10 13 (1.51%) Mockito
11 12 (1.40%) Cypress.io
12 10 (1.16%) Maven
13 9 (1.05%) Mocha
14 8 (0.93%) MLflow
14 8 (0.93%) Selenium
15 7 (0.81%) Postman
16 6 (0.70%) Gradle
16 6 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
17 5 (0.58%) Jasmine
17 5 (0.58%) MSTest
General
1 214 (24.91%) Social Skills
2 165 (19.21%) Public Sector
3 126 (14.67%) Finance
4 64 (7.45%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (6.64%) Banking
6 25 (2.91%) Financial Institution
7 23 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (1.63%) Marketing
9 10 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.05%) Military
11 7 (0.81%) Retail
12 6 (0.70%) Front Office
12 6 (0.70%) Health Technology
12 6 (0.70%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.47%) Aviation
13 4 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.35%) Law
14 3 (0.35%) Legal
14 3 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 224 (26.08%) Developer
2 118 (13.74%) Architect
3 112 (13.04%) Senior
4 104 (12.11%) AWS Engineer
5 87 (10.13%) Data Engineer
6 68 (7.92%) Lead
7 67 (7.80%) DevOps Engineer
8 63 (7.33%) Software Engineer
9 57 (6.64%) Cloud Engineer
10 40 (4.66%) Azure Engineer
11 38 (4.42%) AWS Architect
12 36 (4.19%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 36 (4.19%) Full-Stack Developer
13 35 (4.07%) AWS DevOps
14 33 (3.84%) Java Developer
15 30 (3.49%) AWS Developer
16 29 (3.38%) AWS DevOps Engineer
16 29 (3.38%) Cloud Architect
17 27 (3.14%) Python Developer
18 26 (3.03%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (16.07%) Node.js
2 121 (14.09%) REST
3 119 (13.85%) Kafka
3 119 (13.85%) RESTful
4 116 (13.50%) React
5 109 (12.69%) .NET
6 71 (8.27%) Spring
7 70 (8.15%) Spring Boot
8 55 (6.40%) OAuth
9 46 (5.36%) AngularJS
10 41 (4.77%) GraphQL
11 39 (4.54%) Elastic Stack
12 36 (4.19%) JSON
13 35 (4.07%) FastAPI
14 32 (3.73%) OpenID
15 30 (3.49%) CSS
15 30 (3.49%) PySpark
16 29 (3.38%) Model Context Protocol
16 29 (3.38%) OAuth2
17 28 (3.26%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 220 (25.61%) Cloud Native
2 66 (7.68%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (4.54%) Product Ownership
4 24 (2.79%) Public Cloud
5 21 (2.44%) AI Agents
6 18 (2.10%) Onboarding
7 16 (1.86%) NHS
8 15 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
8 15 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (1.63%) Algorithms
9 14 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (1.40%) Data Structures
11 12 (1.40%) Low-Code
12 9 (1.05%) Mobile App
13 7 (0.81%) Data Fabric
13 7 (0.81%) DataPower
13 7 (0.81%) Mainframe
13 7 (0.81%) Virtual Team
14 6 (0.70%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 72 (8.38%) Linux
2 12 (1.40%) Unix
3 9 (1.05%) Windows
4 4 (0.47%) Amazon Linux
4 4 (0.47%) VMS
5 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.23%) zOS
6 1 (0.12%) Android
6 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 508 (59.14%) CI/CD
2 446 (51.92%) DevOps
3 299 (34.81%) Infrastructure as Code
4 292 (33.99%) Agile
5 244 (28.41%) Microservices
6 199 (23.17%) Containerisation
7 162 (18.86%) Problem-Solving
8 145 (16.88%) AI
9 135 (15.72%) Software Engineering
10 127 (14.78%) Analytics
11 123 (14.32%) Data Modelling
12 121 (14.09%) Data Pipeline
13 114 (13.27%) Event-Driven
14 111 (12.92%) Observability
15 109 (12.69%) Test Automation
16 98 (11.41%) ETL
17 97 (11.29%) Data Engineering
18 90 (10.48%) Mentoring
19 82 (9.55%) Full-Stack Development
20 75 (8.73%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 416 (48.43%) Python
2 267 (31.08%) SQL
3 135 (15.72%) JavaScript
4 134 (15.60%) Java
5 123 (14.32%) C#
6 120 (13.97%) TypeScript
7 52 (6.05%) Bash
8 45 (5.24%) Go
9 43 (5.01%) PowerShell
10 38 (4.42%) Bicep
11 19 (2.21%) Shell Script
12 17 (1.98%) Ruby
13 11 (1.28%) Formula Language
13 11 (1.28%) LotusScript
14 10 (1.16%) T-SQL
15 8 (0.93%) C++
15 8 (0.93%) Scala
16 7 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 7 (0.81%) Korn
17 6 (0.70%) JSX
Qualifications
1 237 (27.59%) Security Cleared
2 186 (21.65%) SC Cleared
3 54 (6.29%) AWS Certification
4 47 (5.47%) Degree
5 38 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 35 (4.07%) DV Cleared
7 32 (3.73%) Azure Certification
8 28 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
9 26 (3.03%) Master's Degree
10 22 (2.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 18 (2.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 14 (1.63%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.58%) AWS Certified Developer
14 5 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.35%) PhD
16 1 (0.12%) CCSP
16 1 (0.12%) PMI Certification
16 1 (0.12%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (6.05%) Data Quality
2 38 (4.42%) QA
3 24 (2.79%) Accessibility
3 24 (2.79%) GDPR
4 21 (2.44%) NIST
5 15 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.51%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.05%) EU AI Act
7 9 (1.05%) WCAG
8 8 (0.93%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.47%) HL7
9 4 (0.47%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.47%) PMO
9 4 (0.47%) SLA
10 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.23%) FedRAMP
10 2 (0.23%) GRC
10 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.12%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.12%) NCSC
System Software
1 234 (27.24%) Docker
2 28 (3.26%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.93%) Squid
5 5 (0.58%) RACF
6 4 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.35%) ISA Server
8 2 (0.23%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 355 (41.33%) Terraform
2 229 (26.66%) Kubernetes
3 83 (9.66%) Prometheus
4 77 (8.96%) Grafana
5 70 (8.15%) Ansible
6 20 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (1.63%) Progress Chef
7 14 (1.63%) Puppet
8 8 (0.93%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.81%) Consul
9 7 (0.81%) Kibana
10 4 (0.47%) Istio
10 4 (0.47%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.47%) linkerd
10 4 (0.47%) Rancher
11 3 (0.35%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.35%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.35%) ITRS Geneos
11 3 (0.35%) Karpenter
11 3 (0.35%) Packer
Vendors
1 167 (19.44%) Microsoft
2 69 (8.03%) Databricks
3 44 (5.12%) OpenAI
4 37 (4.31%) Splunk
5 31 (3.61%) Google
6 30 (3.49%) Oracle
7 26 (3.03%) Foundry
8 15 (1.75%) Dynatrace
9 12 (1.40%) ServiceNow
10 11 (1.28%) Lotus
11 10 (1.16%) Kofax
11 10 (1.16%) Palantir
12 9 (1.05%) Atlassian
12 9 (1.05%) Cloudera
13 8 (0.93%) Brio
13 8 (0.93%) Confluent
13 8 (0.93%) IBM
13 8 (0.93%) Red Hat
13 8 (0.93%) Sybase
14 7 (0.81%) Salesforce