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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 116 136
Rank change year-on-year -20 +20 -18
Contract jobs citing Serverless 868 652 643
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.94% 2.39% 1.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.53% 6.39% 5.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 619 476 460
10th Percentile £398 £400 £368
25th Percentile £456 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.70%
75th Percentile £638 £615 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £701
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 15,685 10,209 12,060
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.98% 37.41% 32.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,533 6,894 8,591
10th Percentile £325 £311 £311
25th Percentile £418 £410 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -2.19% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £717 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £518 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +2.99% -4.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 562 269 324
10th Percentile £16.63 £15.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.06% +14.32% -33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.39 £46.18
90th Percentile £83.75 £67.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.06 £27.76 £22.30
% change year-on-year +33.50% +24.48% -36.29%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -15 513 £550 - 145
North of England -29 144 £500 - 64
North West -30 80 £525 +5.00% 30
Midlands -14 72 £488 +7.20% 27
West Midlands -29 58 £477 +0.95% 14
Yorkshire -30 50 £500 +1.01% 15
South East -66 48 £575 +15.93% 29
South West -19 42 £575 +8.24% 44
East of England -16 27 £550 +3.53% 5
North East -28 15 £463 -1.07% 19
East Midlands -13 14 £497 +9.18% 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 51 (5.88%) Confluence
2 40 (4.61%) Apache Airflow
3 39 (4.49%) Apache Spark
4 20 (2.30%) Apache
5 16 (1.84%) SharePoint
6 12 (1.38%) nginx
7 6 (0.69%) CICS
8 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.58%) SAS
9 4 (0.46%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.35%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.23%) CMS
11 2 (0.23%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.23%) Mendix
11 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.12%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
12 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.81%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 17 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.46%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.12%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.12%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 676 (77.88%) AWS
2 533 (61.41%) AWS Lambda
3 390 (44.93%) Amazon S3
4 313 (36.06%) Azure
5 169 (19.47%) Amazon EC2
6 164 (18.89%) GitHub
7 156 (17.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 152 (17.51%) Azure Functions
9 148 (17.05%) Amazon ECS
10 133 (15.32%) Amazon EKS
11 119 (13.71%) GitHub Actions
12 108 (12.44%) Power Platform
13 102 (11.75%) AWS CloudFormation
14 98 (11.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 95 (10.94%) Azure DevOps
16 92 (10.60%) Amazon SQS
17 76 (8.76%) GCP
18 75 (8.64%) AWS Step Functions
19 69 (7.95%) Azure Logic Apps
20 56 (6.45%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 36 (4.15%) Firewall
2 26 (3.00%) DNS
2 26 (3.00%) VPN
3 23 (2.65%) Network Security
4 13 (1.50%) TCP/IP
5 12 (1.38%) WAN
6 10 (1.15%) OpenVPN
7 8 (0.92%) SSL
8 6 (0.69%) Reverse Proxy
9 5 (0.58%) IPsec
9 5 (0.58%) MQTT
10 4 (0.46%) Kerberos
11 3 (0.35%) AMQP
11 3 (0.35%) CTI
11 3 (0.35%) FTP
11 3 (0.35%) HTTP
11 3 (0.35%) IPv4
12 2 (0.23%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.23%) SMS
13 1 (0.12%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (14.40%) DynamoDB
2 122 (14.06%) Amazon RDS
3 95 (10.94%) Amazon Athena
4 85 (9.79%) Amazon Redshift
5 78 (8.99%) PostgreSQL
5 78 (8.99%) Power BI
6 62 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
7 57 (6.57%) NoSQL
8 47 (5.41%) Data Lake
9 40 (4.61%) SQL Server
10 33 (3.80%) Relational Database
11 29 (3.34%) Azure SQL Database
12 26 (3.00%) Amazon Aurora
13 25 (2.88%) Tableau
14 24 (2.76%) Metadata
15 22 (2.53%) MongoDB
16 19 (2.19%) Elasticsearch
17 17 (1.96%) Delta Lake
17 17 (1.96%) Redis
18 16 (1.84%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 147 (16.94%) Git
2 120 (13.82%) GitLab
3 119 (13.71%) Jenkins
4 74 (8.53%) JIRA
5 28 (3.23%) Bitbucket
6 21 (2.42%) Cucumber
7 15 (1.73%) Cypress.io
7 15 (1.73%) SonarQube
8 10 (1.15%) JUnit
8 10 (1.15%) Postman
9 9 (1.04%) Mocha
10 8 (0.92%) Artifactory
10 8 (0.92%) MSTest
11 7 (0.81%) Selenium
12 6 (0.69%) Mockito
12 6 (0.69%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.69%) tSQLt
12 6 (0.69%) Vite
13 5 (0.58%) Gatling
14 4 (0.46%) SpecFlow
General
1 209 (24.08%) Social Skills
2 154 (17.74%) Public Sector
3 135 (15.55%) Finance
4 59 (6.80%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (3.34%) Banking
5 29 (3.34%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (1.38%) Law
8 9 (1.04%) Legal
8 9 (1.04%) Military
9 8 (0.92%) Billing
9 8 (0.92%) Retail
10 7 (0.81%) Marketing
11 6 (0.69%) Back Office
11 6 (0.69%) Front Office
11 6 (0.69%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.46%) Police
13 4 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 189 (21.77%) Developer
2 169 (19.47%) Architect
3 157 (18.09%) Senior
4 122 (14.06%) AWS Engineer
5 104 (11.98%) Data Engineer
6 94 (10.83%) Lead
7 59 (6.80%) DevOps Engineer
8 55 (6.34%) Cloud Engineer
9 52 (5.99%) Software Engineer
10 50 (5.76%) AWS Architect
11 47 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
12 41 (4.72%) Senior Developer
13 39 (4.49%) Full-Stack Developer
14 38 (4.38%) Azure Engineer
14 38 (4.38%) Python Developer
14 38 (4.38%) Technical Architect
15 35 (4.03%) AWS Developer
15 35 (4.03%) Senior Data Engineer
16 33 (3.80%) AWS DevOps
16 33 (3.80%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (12.33%) Node.js
2 106 (12.21%) React
3 103 (11.87%) Kafka
4 98 (11.29%) REST
5 95 (10.94%) RESTful
6 71 (8.18%) .NET
7 61 (7.03%) PySpark
7 61 (7.03%) Spring Boot
8 59 (6.80%) Spring
9 55 (6.34%) GraphQL
10 48 (5.53%) OAuth
11 39 (4.49%) JSON
11 39 (4.49%) OpenID
12 37 (4.26%) AWS CDK
13 35 (4.03%) FastAPI
14 34 (3.92%) AngularJS
15 28 (3.23%) OAuth2
16 25 (2.88%) Flask
16 25 (2.88%) Web Services
17 24 (2.76%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 264 (30.41%) Cloud Native
2 61 (7.03%) Product Ownership
3 50 (5.76%) Distributed Systems
4 28 (3.23%) AI Agents
5 27 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
6 25 (2.88%) NHS
7 18 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
8 16 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (1.61%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.15%) Fixed Income
10 10 (1.15%) Mainframe
10 10 (1.15%) Public Cloud
10 10 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.04%) IoT
11 9 (1.04%) Security Posture
12 8 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (0.92%) Management Information System
13 7 (0.81%) Hedge funds
13 7 (0.81%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 48 (5.53%) Linux
2 21 (2.42%) Unix
3 12 (1.38%) Windows
4 9 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.69%) zOS
6 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.23%) Android
8 1 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.12%) VMS
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 528 (60.83%) CI/CD
2 405 (46.66%) DevOps
3 319 (36.75%) Infrastructure as Code
4 309 (35.60%) Agile
5 202 (23.27%) Microservices
6 193 (22.24%) Containerisation
7 185 (21.31%) AI
8 159 (18.32%) Event-Driven
9 142 (16.36%) Analytics
10 138 (15.90%) Test Automation
11 134 (15.44%) Data Modelling
12 127 (14.63%) Data Pipeline
13 126 (14.52%) Observability
14 120 (13.82%) Data Engineering
14 120 (13.82%) Problem-Solving
15 118 (13.59%) Software Engineering
16 117 (13.48%) ETL
17 103 (11.87%) Continuous Improvement
17 103 (11.87%) Mentoring
17 103 (11.87%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 405 (46.66%) Python
2 276 (31.80%) SQL
3 128 (14.75%) TypeScript
4 118 (13.59%) Java
5 111 (12.79%) JavaScript
6 104 (11.98%) C#
7 59 (6.80%) Bash
8 35 (4.03%) PowerShell
9 31 (3.57%) Bicep
10 28 (3.23%) Shell Script
11 17 (1.96%) Go
11 17 (1.96%) Scala
12 10 (1.15%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.81%) Groovy
14 6 (0.69%) JCL
14 6 (0.69%) Ruby
15 5 (0.58%) Rust
15 5 (0.58%) SPARQL
16 4 (0.46%) Gremlin
16 4 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 244 (28.11%) Security Cleared
2 198 (22.81%) SC Cleared
3 53 (6.11%) AWS Certification
4 38 (4.38%) Degree
5 36 (4.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 33 (3.80%) DV Cleared
7 26 (3.00%) Azure Certification
8 23 (2.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 23 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (1.96%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 12 (1.38%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 11 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (1.27%) SAFe Agilist
12 10 (1.15%) Master's Degree
13 7 (0.81%) AWS Certified Developer
13 7 (0.81%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.35%) CCSP
15 3 (0.35%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (9.56%) Data Quality
2 42 (4.84%) QA
3 25 (2.88%) GDPR
4 24 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (2.30%) Accessibility
6 14 (1.61%) PCI DSS
7 13 (1.50%) NIST
8 9 (1.04%) WCAG
9 7 (0.81%) PMO
10 4 (0.46%) HL7
10 4 (0.46%) SLA
11 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.35%) NCSC
12 2 (0.23%) FedRAMP
12 2 (0.23%) GRC
12 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.23%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 240 (27.65%) Docker
2 30 (3.46%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.38%) Squid
5 4 (0.46%) RACF
5 4 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 358 (41.24%) Terraform
2 215 (24.77%) Kubernetes
3 71 (8.18%) Grafana
4 69 (7.95%) Prometheus
5 47 (5.41%) Ansible
6 24 (2.76%) Single Sign-On
7 20 (2.30%) Puppet
8 9 (1.04%) FortiGate
8 9 (1.04%) Kustomize
8 9 (1.04%) Progress Chef
9 8 (0.92%) Consul
10 6 (0.69%) Istio
10 6 (0.69%) Podman
10 6 (0.69%) Salt
11 5 (0.58%) linkerd
11 5 (0.58%) Packer
12 4 (0.46%) Docker Swarm
13 3 (0.35%) Rancher
14 2 (0.23%) Argo
14 2 (0.23%) CASB
Vendors
1 139 (16.01%) Microsoft
2 55 (6.34%) Databricks
3 39 (4.49%) OpenAI
4 29 (3.34%) Oracle
5 23 (2.65%) Google
6 22 (2.53%) Dynatrace
7 19 (2.19%) Splunk
8 18 (2.07%) Informatica
9 17 (1.96%) ServiceNow
10 13 (1.50%) Red Hat
11 9 (1.04%) Atlassian
11 9 (1.04%) Foundry
12 8 (0.92%) Brio
12 8 (0.92%) SAP
13 6 (0.69%) Ab Initio
13 6 (0.69%) Salesforce
13 6 (0.69%) Tenable
14 5 (0.58%) Fortinet
14 5 (0.58%) Teradata
14 5 (0.58%) Workday