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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 136 122
Rank change year-on-year +17 -14 -11
Contract jobs citing Serverless 662 603 875
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.38% 1.83% 2.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.33% 5.30% 5.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 465 404 646
10th Percentile £384 £363 £416
25th Percentile £425 £459 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £662
90th Percentile £688 £734 £734
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -8.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £36.50 - £40.25
25th Percentile £38.75 - £48.13
Median hourly rate £45.00 - £66.25
75th Percentile £51.25 - £78.75
90th Percentile £53.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £45.00 - £66.25
% change year-on-year - - -11.67%

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 10,461 11,377 15,062
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.65% 34.54% 35.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,080 7,754 11,046
10th Percentile £305 £313 £313
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 175 298
10th Percentile £15.35 £14.31 £14.44
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.25 £18.50
Median hourly rate £26.00 £33.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.21% - +53.49%
75th Percentile £43.75 £64.24 £68.75
90th Percentile £67.25 £70.00 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.68% -11.43% +62.79%

Serverless
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Serverless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Serverless 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 September 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Serverless in England over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

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 September 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 +17 368 £550 +4.76% 209
North of England +18 112 £475 -9.52% 88
Yorkshire +13 57 £476 -11.03% 25
Midlands +16 55 £479 -4.25% 19
North West -3 51 £475 - 53
South East -9 44 £425 -32.00% 93
West Midlands +13 38 £498 -2.93% 9
South West +20 31 £538 -10.42% 22
East of England +18 26 £515 -12.34% 13
East Midlands +6 16 £443 +10.69% 5
North East -4 6 £443 -27.46% 11
Serverless
UK

Serverless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 31 (4.68%) Confluence
2 22 (3.32%) Apache
3 16 (2.42%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (2.27%) CMS
5 12 (1.81%) Apache Spark
6 9 (1.36%) nginx
7 8 (1.21%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.45%) Documentum
8 3 (0.45%) FileNet
8 3 (0.45%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.30%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.30%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.15%) CICS
10 1 (0.15%) HCL Notes
10 1 (0.15%) JBoss
10 1 (0.15%) Mendix
10 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (1.21%) Chatbot
2 6 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.06%) Aladdin
1 7 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (1.06%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.60%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.60%) Fidessa
2 4 (0.60%) thinkFolio
3 2 (0.30%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.15%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 486 (73.41%) AWS
2 386 (58.31%) AWS Lambda
3 242 (36.56%) Amazon S3
4 198 (29.91%) Azure
5 109 (16.47%) AWS CloudFormation
6 107 (16.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 106 (16.01%) Azure Functions
8 99 (14.95%) Amazon EC2
8 99 (14.95%) GitHub
9 84 (12.69%) Amazon SQS
10 78 (11.78%) Amazon ECS
11 75 (11.33%) Azure DevOps
12 64 (9.67%) AWS Step Functions
13 61 (9.21%) Azure Logic Apps
14 59 (8.91%) GitHub Actions
15 58 (8.76%) GCP
16 51 (7.70%) Amazon EKS
17 41 (6.19%) Azure Service Bus
18 38 (5.74%) Amazon EventBridge
19 34 (5.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.93%) Firewall
2 23 (3.47%) VPN
3 16 (2.42%) DNS
4 10 (1.51%) SSL
5 9 (1.36%) Network Security
6 7 (1.06%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.91%) DHCP
8 5 (0.76%) HTTP
8 5 (0.76%) OpenLDAP
9 3 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.45%) VLAN
9 3 (0.45%) WAN
10 2 (0.30%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (0.30%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.30%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.30%) SSH
10 2 (0.30%) Wireless
11 1 (0.15%) Broadband
11 1 (0.15%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.15%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (17.98%) DynamoDB
2 106 (16.01%) Amazon RDS
3 70 (10.57%) NoSQL
3 70 (10.57%) PostgreSQL
4 52 (7.85%) Relational Database
5 38 (5.74%) Amazon Redshift
6 30 (4.53%) Amazon Athena
7 28 (4.23%) Big Data
7 28 (4.23%) Data Warehouse
7 28 (4.23%) SQL Server
8 24 (3.63%) Redis
9 23 (3.47%) Azure SQL Database
10 22 (3.32%) Amazon Aurora
10 22 (3.32%) MySQL
11 21 (3.17%) Power BI
12 20 (3.02%) RDBMS
13 19 (2.87%) MongoDB
14 18 (2.72%) Data Lake
15 15 (2.27%) Elasticsearch
16 13 (1.96%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 93 (14.05%) Git
2 88 (13.29%) Jenkins
3 64 (9.67%) JIRA
4 42 (6.34%) GitLab
5 22 (3.32%) SonarQube
6 20 (3.02%) Cypress.io
7 17 (2.57%) Liquibase
8 14 (2.11%) Bitbucket
9 13 (1.96%) Postman
10 12 (1.81%) JUnit
11 11 (1.66%) Maven
12 10 (1.51%) Cucumber
13 9 (1.36%) Selenium
13 9 (1.36%) Visual Studio Code
14 7 (1.06%) Gradle
15 6 (0.91%) Storybook
16 5 (0.76%) JMeter
16 5 (0.76%) Mockito
16 5 (0.76%) SonarLint
17 4 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 169 (25.53%) Social Skills
2 93 (14.05%) Public Sector
3 65 (9.82%) Finance
4 51 (7.70%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (5.74%) Banking
6 16 (2.42%) Marketing
7 14 (2.11%) Financial Institution
8 8 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (1.06%) Retail
10 6 (0.91%) Investment Banking
11 5 (0.76%) Digital Healthcare
11 5 (0.76%) Front Office
12 4 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.45%) Aviation
13 3 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.45%) Publishing
14 2 (0.30%) Health Technology
14 2 (0.30%) Local Government
14 2 (0.30%) Military
Job Titles
1 198 (29.91%) Developer
2 118 (17.82%) Architect
3 104 (15.71%) Senior
4 90 (13.60%) AWS Engineer
5 71 (10.73%) Software Engineer
6 58 (8.76%) DevOps Engineer
7 46 (6.95%) AWS Architect
8 44 (6.65%) Lead
9 39 (5.89%) AWS Developer
9 39 (5.89%) Senior Developer
10 38 (5.74%) Data Engineer
11 36 (5.44%) Full-Stack Developer
12 33 (4.98%) Solutions Architect
13 28 (4.23%) Python Engineer
14 26 (3.93%) Java Developer
15 24 (3.63%) AWS DevOps
16 22 (3.32%) Senior Software Engineer
17 21 (3.17%) AWS DevOps Engineer
17 21 (3.17%) Cloud Architect
17 21 (3.17%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (16.31%) Node.js
2 103 (15.56%) React
3 93 (14.05%) RESTful
4 81 (12.24%) REST
5 80 (12.08%) Kafka
6 55 (8.31%) .NET
7 47 (7.10%) GraphQL
8 34 (5.14%) AWS CDK
9 33 (4.98%) AngularJS
10 29 (4.38%) Next.js
10 29 (4.38%) Spring Boot
11 27 (4.08%) OAuth
11 27 (4.08%) Spring
12 26 (3.93%) Elastic Stack
12 26 (3.93%) HTML
13 23 (3.47%) JSON
14 19 (2.87%) OAuth2
15 18 (2.72%) .NET Core
15 18 (2.72%) CSS
16 17 (2.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 140 (21.15%) Cloud Native
2 38 (5.74%) Distributed Systems
3 27 (4.08%) Product Ownership
4 19 (2.87%) Data Protection Act
4 19 (2.87%) Public Cloud
5 12 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
5 12 (1.81%) Onboarding
6 10 (1.51%) Mobile App
7 9 (1.36%) Virtual Team
8 8 (1.21%) Replication
9 7 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (0.91%) N-Tier
11 5 (0.76%) Data Structures
11 5 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (0.76%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.60%) Algorithms
12 4 (0.60%) Data Fabric
12 4 (0.60%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (0.60%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 48 (7.25%) Linux
2 11 (1.66%) Windows
3 9 (1.36%) Unix
4 7 (1.06%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.30%) Amazon Linux
6 2 (0.30%) VMS
7 1 (0.15%) AIX
7 1 (0.15%) Android
7 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.15%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.15%) Solaris
7 1 (0.15%) SUSE
7 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (46.22%) CI/CD
2 288 (43.50%) DevOps
3 256 (38.67%) Agile
4 175 (26.44%) Microservices
5 163 (24.62%) Infrastructure as Code
6 135 (20.39%) Containerisation
7 130 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
8 127 (19.18%) Software Engineering
9 88 (13.29%) Full-Stack Development
10 81 (12.24%) Event-Driven
11 80 (12.08%) Mentoring
12 72 (10.88%) Test Automation
13 70 (10.57%) Artificial Intelligence
13 70 (10.57%) ETL
14 69 (10.42%) Analytics
15 66 (9.97%) High Availability
16 63 (9.52%) Clean Code
17 60 (9.06%) Migration
18 53 (8.01%) Scrum
19 50 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 276 (41.69%) Python
2 131 (19.79%) JavaScript
3 130 (19.64%) SQL
4 120 (18.13%) TypeScript
5 117 (17.67%) Java
6 61 (9.21%) C#
7 36 (5.44%) Go
8 26 (3.93%) Bash
9 24 (3.63%) Bicep
10 19 (2.87%) PowerShell
11 16 (2.42%) Shell Script
12 11 (1.66%) T-SQL
13 7 (1.06%) Scala
14 6 (0.91%) Ruby
15 5 (0.76%) C++
15 5 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
16 4 (0.60%) Rust
16 4 (0.60%) VBA
16 4 (0.60%) X++
17 3 (0.45%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 152 (22.96%) Security Cleared
2 133 (20.09%) SC Cleared
3 83 (12.54%) AWS Certification
4 45 (6.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 44 (6.65%) Degree
6 38 (5.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (3.93%) DV Cleared
8 17 (2.57%) Azure Certification
9 16 (2.42%) Master's Degree
10 14 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.51%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 8 (1.21%) AWS Certified Developer
13 6 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.45%) DBS Check
15 2 (0.30%) CCIE
15 2 (0.30%) CCNP
15 2 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
15 2 (0.30%) ISTQB
15 2 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 2 (0.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.98%) QA
2 22 (3.32%) GDPR
3 19 (2.87%) Data Quality
4 11 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.36%) NIST
6 8 (1.21%) SOC 2
6 8 (1.21%) WCAG
7 5 (0.76%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.60%) HL7
8 4 (0.60%) MiFID
9 3 (0.45%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.30%) NCSC
10 2 (0.30%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 143 (21.60%) Docker
2 28 (4.23%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 205 (30.97%) Terraform
2 149 (22.51%) Kubernetes
3 46 (6.95%) Ansible
4 45 (6.80%) Prometheus
5 37 (5.59%) Grafana
6 12 (1.81%) Progress Chef
7 10 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.06%) Kibana
8 7 (1.06%) Puppet
9 3 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.45%) Packer
10 2 (0.30%) Control-M
10 2 (0.30%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.30%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.30%) SELinux
11 1 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.15%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.15%) Rancher
11 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 101 (15.26%) Microsoft
2 30 (4.53%) Google
3 29 (4.38%) Splunk
4 26 (3.93%) Oracle
5 15 (2.27%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.81%) Databricks
7 10 (1.51%) Dynatrace
7 10 (1.51%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.36%) Cloudera
8 9 (1.36%) Foundry
8 9 (1.36%) Palantir
9 8 (1.21%) Atlassian
9 8 (1.21%) CA Agile Central
9 8 (1.21%) IBM
9 8 (1.21%) Pega
10 7 (1.06%) StreamSets
11 6 (0.91%) Cisco
11 6 (0.91%) Confluent
11 6 (0.91%) Gigya
12 4 (0.60%) Sage