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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 117 141
Rank change year-on-year -24 +24 -24
Contract jobs citing Serverless 855 649 633
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.91% 2.39% 1.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.46% 6.39% 5.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 609 472 451
10th Percentile £400 £400 £363
25th Percentile £456 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £638 £616 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £519
% change year-on-year - +1.25% -4.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 0
10th Percentile £38.25 £36.50 -
25th Percentile £60.44 £38.75 -
Median hourly rate £74.00 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +64.44% - -
75th Percentile £81.00 £51.25 -
90th Percentile £88.00 £53.50 -
UK median hourly rate £74.00 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year +64.44% - -

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 15,658 10,159 11,960
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.96% 37.34% 33.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,495 6,871 8,501
10th Percentile £325 £313 £311
25th Percentile £421 £409 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £519 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +3.60% -4.67% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 555 267 303
10th Percentile £16.70 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £22.50 £17.96 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.06% +14.32% -36.77%
75th Percentile £70.00 £42.68 £43.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.71 £27.63 £22.00
% change year-on-year +32.86% +25.59% -37.14%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 17 July 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 -12 505 £550 - 86
North of England -35 139 £510 +2.00% 74
North West -29 77 £550 +10.00% 37
Midlands -19 75 £482 +7.11% 36
West Midlands -20 61 £476 +5.78% 17
Yorkshire -25 48 £500 +2.30% 18
South East -59 46 £575 +16.87% 49
South West -26 42 £575 +9.52% 30
East of England -16 28 £550 +3.53% 21
North East -30 15 £463 +0.54% 19
East Midlands -14 14 £497 +10.21% 19
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 50 (5.85%) Confluence
2 39 (4.56%) Apache Airflow
3 37 (4.33%) Apache Spark
4 20 (2.34%) Apache
5 15 (1.75%) SharePoint
6 12 (1.40%) nginx
7 6 (0.70%) CICS
8 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.58%) SAS
9 4 (0.47%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.23%) CMS
11 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.12%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.12%) Mendix
12 1 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.82%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.47%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.12%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.12%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 669 (78.25%) AWS
2 533 (62.34%) AWS Lambda
3 393 (45.96%) Amazon S3
4 300 (35.09%) Azure
5 169 (19.77%) Amazon EC2
6 161 (18.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 160 (18.71%) GitHub
8 153 (17.89%) Amazon ECS
9 144 (16.84%) Azure Functions
10 135 (15.79%) Amazon EKS
11 115 (13.45%) GitHub Actions
12 106 (12.40%) AWS CloudFormation
13 105 (12.28%) Power Platform
14 97 (11.35%) Amazon SQS
14 97 (11.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 90 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
16 79 (9.24%) AWS Step Functions
17 72 (8.42%) GCP
18 64 (7.49%) Azure Logic Apps
19 50 (5.85%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 37 (4.33%) Firewall
2 27 (3.16%) DNS
3 24 (2.81%) Network Security
4 23 (2.69%) VPN
5 13 (1.52%) TCP/IP
6 12 (1.40%) WAN
7 10 (1.17%) OpenVPN
8 8 (0.94%) SSL
9 5 (0.58%) IPsec
9 5 (0.58%) MQTT
9 5 (0.58%) Reverse Proxy
10 4 (0.47%) HTTP
10 4 (0.47%) Kerberos
11 3 (0.35%) AMQP
11 3 (0.35%) CTI
11 3 (0.35%) FTP
11 3 (0.35%) IPv4
12 2 (0.23%) HTTPS
13 1 (0.12%) BGP
13 1 (0.12%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (14.85%) DynamoDB
2 122 (14.27%) Amazon RDS
3 92 (10.76%) Amazon Athena
4 82 (9.59%) Amazon Redshift
5 77 (9.01%) Power BI
6 76 (8.89%) PostgreSQL
7 62 (7.25%) Data Warehouse
8 56 (6.55%) NoSQL
9 48 (5.61%) Data Lake
10 39 (4.56%) SQL Server
11 34 (3.98%) Relational Database
12 28 (3.27%) Azure SQL Database
13 27 (3.16%) Amazon Aurora
14 25 (2.92%) Tableau
15 24 (2.81%) Metadata
16 22 (2.57%) MongoDB
17 18 (2.11%) Elasticsearch
18 17 (1.99%) Delta Lake
18 17 (1.99%) Redis
19 16 (1.87%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 146 (17.08%) Git
2 121 (14.15%) Jenkins
3 117 (13.68%) GitLab
4 73 (8.54%) JIRA
5 28 (3.27%) Bitbucket
6 21 (2.46%) Cucumber
7 17 (1.99%) Cypress.io
8 16 (1.87%) SonarQube
9 10 (1.17%) JUnit
9 10 (1.17%) Postman
10 9 (1.05%) Mocha
11 8 (0.94%) MSTest
12 7 (0.82%) Artifactory
12 7 (0.82%) Selenium
13 6 (0.70%) Mockito
13 6 (0.70%) REST Assured
13 6 (0.70%) tSQLt
13 6 (0.70%) Vite
14 5 (0.58%) Gatling
14 5 (0.58%) Maven
General
1 201 (23.51%) Social Skills
2 149 (17.43%) Public Sector
3 130 (15.20%) Finance
4 59 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (3.39%) Banking
6 28 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (1.40%) Law
9 11 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (1.05%) Billing
10 9 (1.05%) Legal
11 8 (0.94%) Retail
12 7 (0.82%) Marketing
12 7 (0.82%) Military
13 6 (0.70%) Back Office
13 6 (0.70%) Front Office
13 6 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.70%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.47%) Games
Job Titles
1 188 (21.99%) Developer
2 160 (18.71%) Architect
3 159 (18.60%) Senior
4 120 (14.04%) AWS Engineer
5 103 (12.05%) Data Engineer
6 94 (10.99%) Lead
7 57 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
7 57 (6.67%) DevOps Engineer
8 54 (6.32%) Software Engineer
9 47 (5.50%) AWS Architect
9 47 (5.50%) Solutions Architect
10 41 (4.80%) Senior Developer
11 40 (4.68%) Full-Stack Developer
12 38 (4.44%) Azure Engineer
13 37 (4.33%) AWS Developer
13 37 (4.33%) Python Developer
13 37 (4.33%) Technical Architect
14 35 (4.09%) Senior Data Engineer
15 31 (3.63%) AWS Data Engineer
15 31 (3.63%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (12.87%) Node.js
2 107 (12.51%) React
3 101 (11.81%) REST
4 96 (11.23%) Kafka
5 94 (10.99%) RESTful
6 68 (7.95%) .NET
7 62 (7.25%) Spring Boot
8 60 (7.02%) PySpark
9 59 (6.90%) Spring
10 56 (6.55%) GraphQL
11 47 (5.50%) OAuth
12 39 (4.56%) AWS CDK
12 39 (4.56%) JSON
13 38 (4.44%) FastAPI
13 38 (4.44%) OpenID
14 35 (4.09%) AngularJS
15 27 (3.16%) Flask
15 27 (3.16%) OAuth2
16 26 (3.04%) Web Services
17 24 (2.81%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 256 (29.94%) Cloud Native
2 62 (7.25%) Product Ownership
3 52 (6.08%) Distributed Systems
4 29 (3.39%) AI Agents
5 25 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
6 24 (2.81%) NHS
7 15 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
9 13 (1.52%) Onboarding
10 11 (1.29%) Security Posture
11 10 (1.17%) Fixed Income
11 10 (1.17%) IoT
11 10 (1.17%) Mainframe
11 10 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.05%) Public Cloud
13 8 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (0.94%) Management Information System
14 7 (0.82%) Hedge funds
14 7 (0.82%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 51 (5.96%) Linux
2 20 (2.34%) Unix
3 14 (1.64%) Windows
4 11 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.70%) zOS
6 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.23%) Android
7 2 (0.23%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 518 (60.58%) CI/CD
2 393 (45.96%) DevOps
3 314 (36.73%) Infrastructure as Code
4 310 (36.26%) Agile
5 203 (23.74%) Microservices
6 190 (22.22%) Containerisation
7 189 (22.11%) AI
8 156 (18.25%) Event-Driven
9 142 (16.61%) Analytics
10 138 (16.14%) Test Automation
11 132 (15.44%) Data Modelling
12 125 (14.62%) Data Pipeline
12 125 (14.62%) Observability
13 121 (14.15%) Software Engineering
14 117 (13.68%) Problem-Solving
15 116 (13.57%) Data Engineering
16 115 (13.45%) ETL
17 106 (12.40%) Migration
18 105 (12.28%) Continuous Improvement
18 105 (12.28%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 404 (47.25%) Python
2 273 (31.93%) SQL
3 129 (15.09%) TypeScript
4 120 (14.04%) Java
5 112 (13.10%) JavaScript
6 99 (11.58%) C#
7 60 (7.02%) Bash
8 37 (4.33%) PowerShell
9 29 (3.39%) Bicep
10 28 (3.27%) Shell Script
11 17 (1.99%) Go
12 16 (1.87%) Scala
13 10 (1.17%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.94%) Groovy
15 6 (0.70%) JCL
15 6 (0.70%) Ruby
16 5 (0.58%) Rust
16 5 (0.58%) SPARQL
17 4 (0.47%) Gremlin
17 4 (0.47%) X++
Qualifications
1 240 (28.07%) Security Cleared
2 196 (22.92%) SC Cleared
3 56 (6.55%) AWS Certification
4 37 (4.33%) Degree
5 34 (3.98%) DV Cleared
6 33 (3.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 28 (3.27%) Azure Certification
8 23 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (2.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 17 (1.99%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 13 (1.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 11 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (1.29%) SAFe Agilist
13 10 (1.17%) Master's Degree
14 7 (0.82%) AWS Certified Developer
14 7 (0.82%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.82%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 3 (0.35%) CISSP
16 3 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (9.71%) Data Quality
2 40 (4.68%) QA
3 24 (2.81%) GDPR
3 24 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (2.34%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.40%) NIST
5 12 (1.40%) PCI DSS
6 9 (1.05%) WCAG
7 7 (0.82%) PMO
8 4 (0.47%) HL7
8 4 (0.47%) SLA
9 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.35%) NCSC
10 2 (0.23%) GRC
10 2 (0.23%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 244 (28.54%) Docker
2 30 (3.51%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.40%) Squid
5 4 (0.47%) RACF
5 4 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 350 (40.94%) Terraform
2 211 (24.68%) Kubernetes
3 70 (8.19%) Grafana
4 67 (7.84%) Prometheus
5 43 (5.03%) Ansible
6 24 (2.81%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (1.87%) Puppet
8 9 (1.05%) FortiGate
9 8 (0.94%) Consul
9 8 (0.94%) Kustomize
10 7 (0.82%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.70%) Istio
11 6 (0.70%) Podman
12 5 (0.58%) linkerd
12 5 (0.58%) Packer
12 5 (0.58%) Salt
13 4 (0.47%) Docker Swarm
14 3 (0.35%) Rancher
15 2 (0.23%) Argo
15 2 (0.23%) CASB
Vendors
1 135 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 55 (6.43%) Databricks
3 39 (4.56%) OpenAI
4 28 (3.27%) Oracle
5 24 (2.81%) Google
6 22 (2.57%) Dynatrace
7 19 (2.22%) Splunk
8 18 (2.11%) Informatica
8 18 (2.11%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.64%) Red Hat
10 9 (1.05%) Brio
11 8 (0.94%) Atlassian
11 8 (0.94%) Foundry
11 8 (0.94%) SAP
12 6 (0.70%) Salesforce
13 5 (0.58%) Ab Initio
13 5 (0.58%) PagerDuty
13 5 (0.58%) Sybase
13 5 (0.58%) Tenable
13 5 (0.58%) Workday