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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 117 133
Rank change year-on-year -36 +16 -18
Contract jobs citing Serverless 853 658 611
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.88% 2.38% 1.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.36% 6.41% 5.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 623 475 432
10th Percentile £400 £384 £363
25th Percentile £456 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -6.96%
75th Percentile £638 £602 £638
90th Percentile £735 £700 £698
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 0
10th Percentile £37.60 £36.50 -
25th Percentile - £38.75 -
Median hourly rate £38.25 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -
75th Percentile £73.00 £51.25 -
90th Percentile - £53.50 -
UK median hourly rate £38.25 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -

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 15,920 10,273 11,298
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.05% 37.21% 33.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,616 6,977 8,026
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £421 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £719 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 266 238
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.02 £18.13 £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.24 £25.15 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +48.07% +5.67% -29.79%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £53.56
90th Percentile £83.75 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £27.40 £24.15
% change year-on-year +29.56% +13.46% -31.00%

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 5 August 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 5 August 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 5 August 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 -17 498 £550 - 303
North of England -28 133 £500 +5.26% 81
Midlands -15 81 £481 +9.94% 29
North West -31 69 £550 +22.22% 42
West Midlands -14 66 £477 +12.24% 21
South West -25 49 £538 +6.17% 36
South East -60 48 £600 +33.33% 48
Yorkshire -39 45 £500 +2.56% 23
East of England -12 25 £538 +2.38% 9
North East -28 19 £463 +0.54% 16
East Midlands -8 15 £488 +8.32% 8
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 45 (5.28%) Confluence
2 37 (4.34%) Apache Airflow
3 33 (3.87%) Apache Spark
4 22 (2.58%) Apache
5 18 (2.11%) SharePoint
6 7 (0.82%) nginx
7 6 (0.70%) CICS
8 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.59%) SAS
9 4 (0.47%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.23%) CMS
10 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.12%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.12%) Camunda
11 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.12%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.70%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (2.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.59%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.12%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.12%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 654 (76.67%) AWS
2 524 (61.43%) AWS Lambda
3 367 (43.02%) Amazon S3
4 307 (35.99%) Azure
5 171 (20.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 160 (18.76%) GitHub
7 159 (18.64%) Amazon ECS
8 155 (18.17%) Amazon EC2
9 154 (18.05%) Azure Functions
10 134 (15.71%) Amazon EKS
11 115 (13.48%) GitHub Actions
12 110 (12.90%) AWS CloudFormation
13 103 (12.08%) Power Platform
14 97 (11.37%) Amazon SQS
15 96 (11.25%) Azure DevOps
16 93 (10.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 85 (9.96%) AWS Step Functions
18 72 (8.44%) GCP
19 64 (7.50%) Azure Logic Apps
20 58 (6.80%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.87%) Firewall
2 24 (2.81%) Network Security
3 23 (2.70%) DNS
4 19 (2.23%) VPN
5 12 (1.41%) WAN
6 8 (0.94%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.59%) MQTT
7 5 (0.59%) OpenVPN
7 5 (0.59%) Reverse Proxy
8 4 (0.47%) HTTP
8 4 (0.47%) SSL
9 3 (0.35%) CTI
9 3 (0.35%) FTP
9 3 (0.35%) IPv4
10 2 (0.23%) AMQP
10 2 (0.23%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.12%) 4G
11 1 (0.12%) IPsec
11 1 (0.12%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (15.59%) DynamoDB
2 118 (13.83%) Amazon RDS
3 96 (11.25%) Amazon Athena
4 81 (9.50%) Power BI
5 77 (9.03%) Amazon Redshift
6 75 (8.79%) PostgreSQL
7 63 (7.39%) Data Warehouse
8 62 (7.27%) NoSQL
9 47 (5.51%) Data Lake
10 43 (5.04%) SQL Server
11 33 (3.87%) Relational Database
12 32 (3.75%) Azure SQL Database
13 27 (3.17%) Amazon Aurora
14 24 (2.81%) Metadata
14 24 (2.81%) MongoDB
14 24 (2.81%) Tableau
15 19 (2.23%) Delta Lake
16 16 (1.88%) BigQuery
16 16 (1.88%) MySQL
17 15 (1.76%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 147 (17.23%) Git
2 115 (13.48%) Jenkins
3 108 (12.66%) GitLab
4 67 (7.85%) JIRA
5 24 (2.81%) Bitbucket
6 21 (2.46%) Cucumber
7 20 (2.34%) Cypress.io
8 12 (1.41%) Postman
9 11 (1.29%) JUnit
9 11 (1.29%) SonarQube
10 10 (1.17%) Selenium
11 7 (0.82%) Mockito
11 7 (0.82%) MSTest
12 6 (0.70%) Artifactory
12 6 (0.70%) Claude Code
12 6 (0.70%) Gatling
12 6 (0.70%) Mocha
12 6 (0.70%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.70%) WebDriver
13 5 (0.59%) REST Assured
General
1 199 (23.33%) Social Skills
2 144 (16.88%) Public Sector
3 133 (15.59%) Finance
4 68 (7.97%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (3.75%) Banking
6 24 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (1.41%) Law
9 11 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (1.29%) Retail
10 10 (1.17%) Marketing
11 9 (1.06%) Billing
12 8 (0.94%) Back Office
12 8 (0.94%) Legal
13 7 (0.82%) Front Office
14 6 (0.70%) Military
14 6 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.70%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.59%) Aerospace
15 5 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 201 (23.56%) Developer
2 161 (18.87%) Senior
3 156 (18.29%) Architect
4 122 (14.30%) AWS Engineer
5 98 (11.49%) Lead
6 97 (11.37%) Data Engineer
7 56 (6.57%) Cloud Engineer
8 53 (6.21%) Software Engineer
9 52 (6.10%) DevOps Engineer
10 49 (5.74%) AWS Architect
11 47 (5.51%) Solutions Architect
12 43 (5.04%) Full-Stack Developer
13 42 (4.92%) Python Developer
14 41 (4.81%) Senior Developer
15 38 (4.45%) AWS Developer
16 36 (4.22%) Senior Data Engineer
17 31 (3.63%) AWS Data Engineer
18 29 (3.40%) Platform Engineer
18 29 (3.40%) Technical Architect
19 28 (3.28%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (13.25%) REST
2 107 (12.54%) React
3 101 (11.84%) Node.js
4 97 (11.37%) RESTful
5 96 (11.25%) Kafka
6 76 (8.91%) .NET
7 57 (6.68%) PySpark
7 57 (6.68%) Spring
7 57 (6.68%) Spring Boot
8 51 (5.98%) GraphQL
9 43 (5.04%) AWS CDK
10 40 (4.69%) OAuth
11 39 (4.57%) FastAPI
12 37 (4.34%) JSON
13 36 (4.22%) AngularJS
14 32 (3.75%) Flask
15 29 (3.40%) OpenID
16 28 (3.28%) CSS
17 26 (3.05%) HTML
18 25 (2.93%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 258 (30.25%) Cloud Native
2 66 (7.74%) Product Ownership
3 56 (6.57%) Distributed Systems
4 37 (4.34%) AI Agents
5 27 (3.17%) NHS
6 23 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
9 12 (1.41%) Onboarding
10 11 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (1.29%) IoT
10 11 (1.29%) Management Information System
10 11 (1.29%) Security Posture
11 10 (1.17%) Mainframe
12 9 (1.06%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.06%) Fixed Income
12 9 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (0.82%) Public Cloud
14 7 (0.82%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 50 (5.86%) Linux
2 23 (2.70%) Unix
3 15 (1.76%) Windows
4 12 (1.41%) 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
1 517 (60.61%) CI/CD
2 379 (44.43%) DevOps
3 328 (38.45%) Agile
4 326 (38.22%) Infrastructure as Code
5 207 (24.27%) Microservices
6 190 (22.27%) AI
7 186 (21.81%) Containerisation
8 164 (19.23%) Event-Driven
9 152 (17.82%) Test Automation
10 146 (17.12%) Observability
11 138 (16.18%) Analytics
12 135 (15.83%) Data Modelling
13 121 (14.19%) Data Pipeline
14 118 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
15 117 (13.72%) Software Engineering
16 114 (13.36%) Continuous Improvement
17 113 (13.25%) ETL
18 111 (13.01%) Data Engineering
19 109 (12.78%) Migration
20 107 (12.54%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 388 (45.49%) Python
2 272 (31.89%) SQL
3 135 (15.83%) TypeScript
4 128 (15.01%) JavaScript
5 119 (13.95%) Java
6 103 (12.08%) C#
7 63 (7.39%) Bash
8 37 (4.34%) Bicep
9 35 (4.10%) PowerShell
10 30 (3.52%) Shell Script
11 15 (1.76%) Scala
12 10 (1.17%) Go
13 9 (1.06%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.94%) Groovy
15 6 (0.70%) JCL
15 6 (0.70%) Ruby
15 6 (0.70%) SPARQL
16 5 (0.59%) Cypher
16 5 (0.59%) Rust
16 5 (0.59%) X++
Qualifications
1 249 (29.19%) Security Cleared
2 206 (24.15%) SC Cleared
3 59 (6.92%) AWS Certification
4 39 (4.57%) Degree
5 36 (4.22%) DV Cleared
6 31 (3.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 26 (3.05%) Azure Certification
8 22 (2.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 21 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (1.99%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 11 (1.29%) SAFe Agilist
13 10 (1.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 9 (1.06%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.82%) DBS Check
16 6 (0.70%) AWS Certified Developer
16 6 (0.70%) ISTQB
16 6 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
17 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Certified Professional
18 4 (0.47%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (9.61%) Data Quality
2 51 (5.98%) QA
3 30 (3.52%) Accessibility
3 30 (3.52%) GDPR
4 25 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.76%) WCAG
6 12 (1.41%) PCI DSS
7 11 (1.29%) NIST
8 7 (0.82%) PMO
9 6 (0.70%) HL7
10 5 (0.59%) SLA
11 4 (0.47%) NCSC
12 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.23%) ISO 20022
14 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 1 (0.12%) IEC 62304
14 1 (0.12%) ISO 13485
14 1 (0.12%) SNOMED CT
14 1 (0.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 237 (27.78%) Docker
2 30 (3.52%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.82%) Squid
5 4 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 339 (39.74%) Terraform
2 203 (23.80%) Kubernetes
3 65 (7.62%) Grafana
4 59 (6.92%) Prometheus
5 41 (4.81%) Ansible
6 16 (1.88%) Puppet
7 15 (1.76%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (1.06%) Istio
9 8 (0.94%) Kustomize
10 7 (0.82%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.70%) linkerd
11 6 (0.70%) Podman
12 5 (0.59%) Packer
12 5 (0.59%) Salt
13 4 (0.47%) Argo
13 4 (0.47%) FortiGate
14 3 (0.35%) Consul
14 3 (0.35%) Docker Swarm
14 3 (0.35%) Rancher
15 2 (0.23%) CASB
Vendors
1 142 (16.65%) Microsoft
2 50 (5.86%) Databricks
3 31 (3.63%) Oracle
4 27 (3.17%) OpenAI
5 23 (2.70%) Google
6 21 (2.46%) Dynatrace
7 20 (2.34%) Informatica
7 20 (2.34%) ServiceNow
8 18 (2.11%) Splunk
9 10 (1.17%) Brio
9 10 (1.17%) Red Hat
10 9 (1.06%) SAP
11 7 (0.82%) New Relic
11 7 (0.82%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.70%) Confluent
12 6 (0.70%) Tenable
13 5 (0.59%) PagerDuty
13 5 (0.59%) Workday
14 4 (0.47%) NVIDIA
14 4 (0.47%) Sybase