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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 112 135
Rank change year-on-year +2 +23 -27
Contract jobs citing Serverless 847 588 667
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.45% 2.28% 1.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.51% 6.08% 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 615 423 485
10th Percentile £368 £400 £400
25th Percentile £415 £460 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £614 £688 £625
90th Percentile £700 £838 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -10.41%
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 13,018 9,667 12,444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.64% 37.45% 32.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,988 6,472 9,007
10th Percentile £306 £313 £275
25th Percentile £406 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 143 308
10th Percentile £14.80 £15.60 £14.09
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.00 £27.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.55% +25.00% -12.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £48.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.15 £67.17
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £27.50 £22.15
% change year-on-year +34.55% +24.15% -11.40%

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 18 February 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 18 February 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 18 February 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 +2 505 £513 -10.87% 142
North of England +18 164 £500 -6.89% 90
Yorkshire +13 81 £500 - 42
North West -6 71 £450 -17.20% 45
Midlands -16 68 £506 +12.44% 27
West Midlands -10 55 £525 +9.15% 19
South East -52 51 £500 -13.04% 54
East of England -5 28 £550 -13.73% 6
South West -31 27 £650 - 37
North East -6 13 £500 -16.32% 3
East Midlands -22 13 £435 -4.29% 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 37 (4.37%) Apache Spark
2 32 (3.78%) Apache Airflow
3 31 (3.66%) Apache
4 27 (3.19%) Confluence
5 22 (2.60%) SharePoint
6 10 (1.18%) HCL Notes
6 10 (1.18%) Palantir Foundry
7 9 (1.06%) Mendix
8 8 (0.94%) nginx
9 3 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.35%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.24%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.12%) FileNet
11 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 14 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.18%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.35%) Aladdin
2 3 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.12%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.12%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 605 (71.43%) AWS
2 483 (57.02%) AWS Lambda
3 309 (36.48%) Azure
4 305 (36.01%) Amazon S3
5 193 (22.79%) Azure Functions
6 183 (21.61%) GitHub
7 138 (16.29%) Amazon ECS
8 137 (16.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 134 (15.82%) Amazon EC2
10 128 (15.11%) AWS CloudFormation
10 128 (15.11%) Azure DevOps
11 127 (14.99%) GitHub Actions
12 108 (12.75%) Amazon EKS
13 99 (11.69%) Azure Logic Apps
14 94 (11.10%) Power Platform
15 87 (10.27%) GCP
16 73 (8.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 67 (7.91%) Azure Service Bus
18 60 (7.08%) AWS Step Functions
19 53 (6.26%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.54%) DNS
2 27 (3.19%) Firewall
3 24 (2.83%) VPN
4 14 (1.65%) Network Security
5 9 (1.06%) Kerberos
5 9 (1.06%) SSL
6 8 (0.94%) TCP/IP
7 7 (0.83%) OpenVPN
8 6 (0.71%) HTTP
8 6 (0.71%) Reverse Proxy
8 6 (0.71%) SMS
9 5 (0.59%) IPsec
10 3 (0.35%) LAN
10 3 (0.35%) WAN
11 2 (0.24%) MPLS
12 1 (0.12%) 4G
12 1 (0.12%) Internet
12 1 (0.12%) MQTT
12 1 (0.12%) Remote Desktop
12 1 (0.12%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (13.81%) Amazon RDS
2 108 (12.75%) PostgreSQL
3 96 (11.33%) DynamoDB
4 84 (9.92%) NoSQL
5 65 (7.67%) Amazon Redshift
6 58 (6.85%) Power BI
7 51 (6.02%) Data Lake
8 46 (5.43%) Relational Database
9 41 (4.84%) Amazon Athena
10 34 (4.01%) Data Warehouse
11 32 (3.78%) Azure SQL Database
12 30 (3.54%) Amazon Aurora
12 30 (3.54%) Redis
13 28 (3.31%) MongoDB
14 25 (2.95%) Big Data
14 25 (2.95%) Tableau
15 21 (2.48%) DocumentDB
16 19 (2.24%) MySQL
17 18 (2.13%) Metadata
18 16 (1.89%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 138 (16.29%) Git
2 130 (15.35%) Jenkins
3 116 (13.70%) GitLab
4 43 (5.08%) JIRA
5 24 (2.83%) Liquibase
6 20 (2.36%) Bitbucket
7 16 (1.89%) Cucumber
7 16 (1.89%) SonarQube
8 15 (1.77%) JUnit
9 14 (1.65%) Cypress.io
10 12 (1.42%) Mockito
10 12 (1.42%) Postman
11 11 (1.30%) Visual Studio Code
12 10 (1.18%) Maven
12 10 (1.18%) Selenium
13 8 (0.94%) Mocha
14 7 (0.83%) MLflow
15 6 (0.71%) Gradle
16 4 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
16 4 (0.47%) Terragrunt
General
1 215 (25.38%) Social Skills
2 157 (18.54%) Public Sector
3 119 (14.05%) Finance
4 64 (7.56%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (7.32%) Banking
6 29 (3.42%) Financial Institution
7 21 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
8 18 (2.13%) Marketing
9 11 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.06%) Military
11 8 (0.94%) Front Office
11 8 (0.94%) Investment Banking
12 6 (0.71%) Health Technology
13 4 (0.47%) Aviation
13 4 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.47%) Law
13 4 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.47%) Retail
14 3 (0.35%) Billing
14 3 (0.35%) Legal
Job Titles
1 217 (25.62%) Developer
2 117 (13.81%) Senior
3 114 (13.46%) Architect
4 106 (12.51%) AWS Engineer
5 93 (10.98%) Data Engineer
6 78 (9.21%) Software Engineer
7 72 (8.50%) DevOps Engineer
8 69 (8.15%) Lead
9 53 (6.26%) Cloud Engineer
10 38 (4.49%) Azure Engineer
11 36 (4.25%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 36 (4.25%) Full-Stack Developer
12 35 (4.13%) AWS DevOps
13 33 (3.90%) AWS Architect
13 33 (3.90%) Senior Software Engineer
14 29 (3.42%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 29 (3.42%) Cloud Architect
15 28 (3.31%) AWS Developer
16 27 (3.19%) Java Developer
16 27 (3.19%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (16.29%) Node.js
2 123 (14.52%) REST
3 121 (14.29%) React
4 119 (14.05%) Kafka
4 119 (14.05%) RESTful
5 107 (12.63%) .NET
6 61 (7.20%) Spring
6 61 (7.20%) Spring Boot
7 49 (5.79%) OAuth
8 46 (5.43%) AngularJS
9 44 (5.19%) Elastic Stack
10 38 (4.49%) GraphQL
11 36 (4.25%) FastAPI
12 32 (3.78%) JSON
13 28 (3.31%) Flask
14 27 (3.19%) .NET Core
15 26 (3.07%) AWS CDK
15 26 (3.07%) CSS
15 26 (3.07%) OpenID
16 25 (2.95%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 206 (24.32%) Cloud Native
2 74 (8.74%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (3.90%) Product Ownership
3 33 (3.90%) Public Cloud
4 16 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
4 16 (1.89%) NHS
4 16 (1.89%) Onboarding
5 14 (1.65%) AI Agents
5 14 (1.65%) Algorithms
5 14 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (1.53%) Data Structures
7 12 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (1.18%) Low-Code
8 10 (1.18%) Replication
9 8 (0.94%) Virtual Team
10 7 (0.83%) Data Fabric
10 7 (0.83%) Distributed Architecture
10 7 (0.83%) Mobile App
11 6 (0.71%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 88 (10.39%) Linux
2 15 (1.77%) Unix
3 9 (1.06%) Windows
4 4 (0.47%) Amazon Linux
4 4 (0.47%) VMS
4 4 (0.47%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.24%) Android
5 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 498 (58.80%) CI/CD
2 433 (51.12%) DevOps
3 299 (35.30%) Infrastructure as Code
4 287 (33.88%) Agile
5 238 (28.10%) Microservices
6 193 (22.79%) Containerisation
7 154 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
8 153 (18.06%) Software Engineering
9 132 (15.58%) Data Pipeline
10 129 (15.23%) AI
11 124 (14.64%) Analytics
12 114 (13.46%) Data Modelling
13 113 (13.34%) Event-Driven
14 105 (12.40%) Test Automation
15 101 (11.92%) ETL
16 96 (11.33%) Observability
17 91 (10.74%) Data Engineering
18 87 (10.27%) Full-Stack Development
19 84 (9.92%) Mentoring
20 70 (8.26%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 420 (49.59%) Python
2 258 (30.46%) SQL
3 137 (16.17%) JavaScript
4 130 (15.35%) Java
5 120 (14.17%) C#
6 119 (14.05%) TypeScript
7 51 (6.02%) Go
8 49 (5.79%) Bash
9 42 (4.96%) PowerShell
10 31 (3.66%) Bicep
11 23 (2.72%) Shell Script
12 17 (2.01%) Ruby
13 11 (1.30%) T-SQL
14 10 (1.18%) Formula Language
14 10 (1.18%) LotusScript
15 9 (1.06%) C++
16 7 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 7 (0.83%) Korn
16 7 (0.83%) Scala
17 6 (0.71%) VBA
Qualifications
1 229 (27.04%) Security Cleared
2 186 (21.96%) SC Cleared
3 56 (6.61%) AWS Certification
3 56 (6.61%) Degree
4 47 (5.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (4.25%) DV Cleared
6 34 (4.01%) Master's Degree
7 29 (3.42%) Azure Certification
8 21 (2.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 21 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (1.89%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 14 (1.65%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 8 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.71%) AWS Certified Developer
13 5 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.35%) PhD
15 2 (0.24%) ISTQB
15 2 (0.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 1 (0.12%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (5.55%) Data Quality
2 36 (4.25%) QA
3 26 (3.07%) GDPR
4 22 (2.60%) Accessibility
5 20 (2.36%) NIST
6 11 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.18%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.06%) EU AI Act
9 8 (0.94%) HIPAA
9 8 (0.94%) WCAG
10 4 (0.47%) HL7
10 4 (0.47%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.47%) PMO
11 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.24%) FedRAMP
11 2 (0.24%) GRC
11 2 (0.24%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.12%) NCSC
12 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
System Software
1 220 (25.97%) Docker
2 25 (2.95%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.83%) Squid
4 7 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.59%) RACF
6 3 (0.35%) ISA Server
7 2 (0.24%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 351 (41.44%) Terraform
2 232 (27.39%) Kubernetes
3 81 (9.56%) Prometheus
4 75 (8.85%) Ansible
5 73 (8.62%) Grafana
6 18 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (1.65%) Progress Chef
8 12 (1.42%) Puppet
9 7 (0.83%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.83%) Kibana
10 6 (0.71%) Consul
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
11 3 (0.35%) Rancher
12 2 (0.24%) Control-M
12 2 (0.24%) Knative
12 2 (0.24%) Podman
Vendors
1 160 (18.89%) Microsoft
2 61 (7.20%) Databricks
3 42 (4.96%) Google
4 40 (4.72%) OpenAI
5 39 (4.60%) Splunk
6 26 (3.07%) Foundry
7 25 (2.95%) Oracle
8 14 (1.65%) Dynatrace
9 13 (1.53%) Confluent
9 13 (1.53%) IBM
10 10 (1.18%) Cloudera
10 10 (1.18%) Lotus
10 10 (1.18%) Palantir
10 10 (1.18%) Salesforce
11 9 (1.06%) Kofax
11 9 (1.06%) ServiceNow
12 8 (0.94%) Atlassian
13 7 (0.83%) Brio
13 7 (0.83%) Red Hat
14 6 (0.71%) Sybase