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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 118 132
Rank change year-on-year -23 +14 -16
Contract jobs citing Serverless 851 653 630
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.90% 2.39% 1.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.43% 6.40% 5.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 610 474 447
10th Percentile £390 £400 £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 £625 £638
90th Percentile £735 £725 £699
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 0
10th Percentile £38.25 £36.50 -
25th Percentile £63.50 £38.75 -
Median hourly rate £74.00 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +64.44% - -
75th Percentile £81.00 £51.25 -
90th Percentile £90.80 £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 15,680 10,198 11,771
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.95% 37.36% 33.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,494 6,890 8,381
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £419 £409 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £519 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.80% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 554 266 286
10th Percentile £16.70 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £22.50 £17.88 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.27 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.14% +14.32% -37.14%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.66 £48.11
90th Percentile £85.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.31 £27.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +32.04% +25.00% -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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -17 500 £550 - 148
North of England -36 140 £500 - 56
Midlands -13 76 £477 +5.94% 34
North West -29 76 £550 +10.00% 30
West Midlands -15 60 £475 +5.56% 21
Yorkshire -32 47 £500 +2.56% 14
South West -19 44 £550 +6.02% 35
South East -60 43 £575 +16.87% 34
East of England -15 28 £550 +3.53% 6
North East -26 18 £463 +0.54% 12
East Midlands -9 16 £488 +7.31% 13
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 (5.88%) Confluence
2 40 (4.70%) Apache Airflow
3 37 (4.35%) Apache Spark
4 20 (2.35%) Apache
5 16 (1.88%) SharePoint
6 12 (1.41%) nginx
7 6 (0.71%) CICS
8 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.59%) SAS
9 4 (0.47%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.24%) CMS
10 2 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.12%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.12%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.82%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (2.00%) 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
1 665 (78.14%) AWS
2 529 (62.16%) AWS Lambda
3 384 (45.12%) Amazon S3
4 303 (35.61%) Azure
5 161 (18.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 161 (18.92%) Amazon EC2
6 156 (18.33%) Amazon ECS
7 153 (17.98%) GitHub
8 146 (17.16%) Azure Functions
9 135 (15.86%) Amazon EKS
10 110 (12.93%) AWS CloudFormation
10 110 (12.93%) GitHub Actions
11 104 (12.22%) Power Platform
12 98 (11.52%) Amazon SQS
13 97 (11.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 87 (10.22%) Azure DevOps
15 79 (9.28%) AWS Step Functions
16 74 (8.70%) GCP
17 64 (7.52%) Azure Logic Apps
18 51 (5.99%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 38 (4.47%) Firewall
2 27 (3.17%) DNS
3 25 (2.94%) Network Security
4 23 (2.70%) VPN
5 13 (1.53%) TCP/IP
6 12 (1.41%) WAN
7 10 (1.18%) OpenVPN
8 8 (0.94%) SSL
9 5 (0.59%) IPsec
9 5 (0.59%) MQTT
9 5 (0.59%) Reverse Proxy
10 4 (0.47%) HTTP
10 4 (0.47%) Kerberos
11 3 (0.35%) CTI
11 3 (0.35%) FTP
11 3 (0.35%) IPv4
12 2 (0.24%) AMQP
12 2 (0.24%) HTTPS
13 1 (0.12%) 4G
13 1 (0.12%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (15.16%) DynamoDB
2 119 (13.98%) Amazon RDS
3 92 (10.81%) Amazon Athena
4 83 (9.75%) Amazon Redshift
5 76 (8.93%) PostgreSQL
5 76 (8.93%) Power BI
6 63 (7.40%) Data Warehouse
7 60 (7.05%) NoSQL
8 49 (5.76%) Data Lake
9 40 (4.70%) SQL Server
10 33 (3.88%) Relational Database
11 28 (3.29%) Azure SQL Database
12 27 (3.17%) Amazon Aurora
13 25 (2.94%) Metadata
13 25 (2.94%) Tableau
14 22 (2.59%) MongoDB
15 18 (2.12%) BigQuery
15 18 (2.12%) Elasticsearch
16 17 (2.00%) Delta Lake
17 16 (1.88%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 151 (17.74%) Git
2 115 (13.51%) Jenkins
3 114 (13.40%) GitLab
4 72 (8.46%) JIRA
5 28 (3.29%) Bitbucket
6 21 (2.47%) Cucumber
7 18 (2.12%) Cypress.io
8 16 (1.88%) SonarQube
9 11 (1.29%) JUnit
10 10 (1.18%) Postman
11 8 (0.94%) Mocha
11 8 (0.94%) MSTest
11 8 (0.94%) Selenium
12 7 (0.82%) Artifactory
12 7 (0.82%) Mockito
13 6 (0.71%) REST Assured
13 6 (0.71%) tSQLt
14 5 (0.59%) Gatling
14 5 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
14 5 (0.59%) Visual Studio
General
1 199 (23.38%) Social Skills
2 149 (17.51%) Public Sector
3 130 (15.28%) Finance
4 60 (7.05%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (3.64%) Banking
6 28 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (1.29%) Law
9 10 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (1.06%) Billing
10 9 (1.06%) Retail
11 8 (0.94%) Legal
11 8 (0.94%) Marketing
12 7 (0.82%) Military
13 6 (0.71%) Back Office
13 6 (0.71%) Front Office
13 6 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.71%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.47%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 192 (22.56%) Developer
2 162 (19.04%) Senior
3 160 (18.80%) Architect
4 119 (13.98%) AWS Engineer
5 98 (11.52%) Data Engineer
6 93 (10.93%) Lead
7 56 (6.58%) DevOps Engineer
8 55 (6.46%) Cloud Engineer
8 55 (6.46%) Software Engineer
9 47 (5.52%) AWS Architect
10 46 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
11 42 (4.94%) Full-Stack Developer
11 42 (4.94%) Senior Developer
12 37 (4.35%) AWS Developer
12 37 (4.35%) Python Developer
12 37 (4.35%) Technical Architect
13 36 (4.23%) Azure Engineer
14 35 (4.11%) Senior Data Engineer
15 30 (3.53%) AWS DevOps
16 28 (3.29%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (12.69%) React
2 107 (12.57%) REST
3 106 (12.46%) Node.js
4 98 (11.52%) Kafka
5 96 (11.28%) RESTful
6 70 (8.23%) .NET
7 63 (7.40%) Spring Boot
8 61 (7.17%) Spring
9 59 (6.93%) PySpark
10 56 (6.58%) GraphQL
11 47 (5.52%) OAuth
12 40 (4.70%) JSON
13 39 (4.58%) AWS CDK
13 39 (4.58%) OpenID
14 38 (4.47%) FastAPI
15 35 (4.11%) AngularJS
16 28 (3.29%) OAuth2
17 26 (3.06%) Flask
17 26 (3.06%) Web Services
18 24 (2.82%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 254 (29.85%) Cloud Native
2 64 (7.52%) Product Ownership
3 55 (6.46%) Distributed Systems
4 32 (3.76%) AI Agents
5 26 (3.06%) NHS
6 25 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
9 13 (1.53%) Onboarding
10 12 (1.41%) Security Posture
11 10 (1.18%) Fixed Income
11 10 (1.18%) IoT
11 10 (1.18%) Mainframe
11 10 (1.18%) Management Information System
11 10 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (0.94%) Public Cloud
14 7 (0.82%) Hedge funds
14 7 (0.82%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 53 (6.23%) Linux
2 23 (2.70%) Unix
3 15 (1.76%) Windows
4 12 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.71%) zOS
6 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.24%) Android
7 2 (0.24%) 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 (60.75%) CI/CD
2 390 (45.83%) DevOps
3 317 (37.25%) Agile
4 313 (36.78%) Infrastructure as Code
5 204 (23.97%) Microservices
6 189 (22.21%) AI
6 189 (22.21%) Containerisation
7 157 (18.45%) Event-Driven
8 141 (16.57%) Analytics
9 139 (16.33%) Test Automation
10 133 (15.63%) Data Modelling
11 129 (15.16%) Observability
12 124 (14.57%) Data Pipeline
13 122 (14.34%) Software Engineering
14 118 (13.87%) Data Engineering
15 117 (13.75%) ETL
16 115 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
17 106 (12.46%) Continuous Improvement
18 104 (12.22%) Migration
19 102 (11.99%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 398 (46.77%) Python
2 273 (32.08%) SQL
3 128 (15.04%) TypeScript
4 123 (14.45%) Java
5 112 (13.16%) JavaScript
6 101 (11.87%) C#
7 62 (7.29%) Bash
8 36 (4.23%) PowerShell
9 30 (3.53%) Bicep
9 30 (3.53%) Shell Script
10 16 (1.88%) Scala
11 15 (1.76%) Go
12 9 (1.06%) T-SQL
13 8 (0.94%) Groovy
14 6 (0.71%) JCL
14 6 (0.71%) Ruby
14 6 (0.71%) SPARQL
15 5 (0.59%) Gremlin
15 5 (0.59%) Rust
16 4 (0.47%) Cypher
Qualifications
1 236 (27.73%) Security Cleared
2 192 (22.56%) SC Cleared
3 54 (6.35%) AWS Certification
4 38 (4.47%) Degree
5 32 (3.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 32 (3.76%) DV Cleared
6 28 (3.29%) Azure Certification
7 22 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (2.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 17 (2.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 13 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (1.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 11 (1.29%) Master's Degree
11 11 (1.29%) SAFe Agilist
12 7 (0.82%) AWS Certified Developer
12 7 (0.82%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.82%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 4 (0.47%) CISSP
14 4 (0.47%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (9.87%) Data Quality
2 44 (5.17%) QA
3 27 (3.17%) GDPR
4 26 (3.06%) Accessibility
5 24 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.41%) NIST
6 12 (1.41%) PCI DSS
6 12 (1.41%) WCAG
7 7 (0.82%) PMO
8 5 (0.59%) HL7
9 4 (0.47%) SLA
10 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.35%) NCSC
11 2 (0.24%) GRC
11 2 (0.24%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.12%) IEC 62304
12 1 (0.12%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
System Software
1 241 (28.32%) Docker
2 31 (3.64%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.41%) Squid
3 12 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.47%) RACF
4 4 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 345 (40.54%) Terraform
2 214 (25.15%) Kubernetes
3 69 (8.11%) Grafana
4 64 (7.52%) Prometheus
5 43 (5.05%) Ansible
6 24 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (1.88%) Puppet
8 9 (1.06%) FortiGate
9 8 (0.94%) Consul
9 8 (0.94%) Kustomize
10 7 (0.82%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.71%) Istio
11 6 (0.71%) Podman
12 5 (0.59%) linkerd
12 5 (0.59%) Packer
12 5 (0.59%) Salt
13 3 (0.35%) Docker Swarm
13 3 (0.35%) Rancher
14 2 (0.24%) Argo
14 2 (0.24%) CASB
Vendors
1 138 (16.22%) Microsoft
2 51 (5.99%) Databricks
3 36 (4.23%) OpenAI
4 29 (3.41%) Oracle
5 24 (2.82%) Google
6 23 (2.70%) Dynatrace
7 18 (2.12%) Informatica
7 18 (2.12%) ServiceNow
7 18 (2.12%) Splunk
8 15 (1.76%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.06%) Brio
10 8 (0.94%) Atlassian
10 8 (0.94%) SAP
11 7 (0.82%) Foundry
11 7 (0.82%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.59%) Ab Initio
12 5 (0.59%) Confluent
12 5 (0.59%) PagerDuty
12 5 (0.59%) Sybase
12 5 (0.59%) Workday