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 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 119 136
Rank change year-on-year +11 +17 -27
Contract jobs citing Serverless 791 577 674
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.53% 2.13% 1.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.63% 5.81% 5.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 585 394 485
10th Percentile £375 £400 £400
25th Percentile £415 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £534
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +3.00% -11.00%
75th Percentile £625 £685 £638
90th Percentile £698 £788 £721
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £26.00 -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £26.00 -
% change year-on-year +92.31% - -

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 11,923 9,924 12,404
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.08% 36.69% 34.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,251 6,616 9,068
10th Percentile £304 £313 £275
25th Percentile £406 £425 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £644 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 131 235
10th Percentile £14.25 £16.26 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.50 £28.41 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% +26.27% -0.03%
75th Percentile £56.50 £46.18 £50.79
90th Percentile £78.45 £65.00 £76.50
UK median hourly rate £27.36 £27.50 £23.22
% change year-on-year -0.53% +18.46% +3.18%

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 10 January 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
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 10 January 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 +13 459 £513 -6.82% 133
North of England +44 165 £476 -3.84% 126
Yorkshire +22 89 £500 -3.29% 54
North West +5 66 £450 +0.45% 58
Midlands -3 66 £506 +16.46% 66
West Midlands -2 52 £525 +23.53% 24
South East -67 44 £475 -24.00% 162
South West -23 27 £650 - 79
East of England -6 24 £550 -3.51% 70
East Midlands -14 14 £433 -3.24% 40
North East -1 11 £525 -13.93% 14
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 33 (4.17%) Apache
2 27 (3.41%) Confluence
3 25 (3.16%) Apache Airflow
4 23 (2.91%) Apache Spark
5 20 (2.53%) SharePoint
6 10 (1.26%) HCL Notes
7 9 (1.14%) Mendix
8 7 (0.88%) nginx
9 6 (0.76%) CMS
10 3 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.38%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.38%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.13%) CICS
11 1 (0.13%) FileNet
11 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 11 (1.39%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.51%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.13%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.13%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 550 (69.53%) AWS
2 446 (56.38%) AWS Lambda
3 286 (36.16%) Azure
4 262 (33.12%) Amazon S3
5 187 (23.64%) GitHub
6 183 (23.14%) Azure Functions
7 135 (17.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 129 (16.31%) Amazon ECS
9 128 (16.18%) GitHub Actions
10 123 (15.55%) Azure DevOps
11 117 (14.79%) AWS CloudFormation
12 115 (14.54%) Amazon EC2
13 94 (11.88%) Azure Logic Apps
14 82 (10.37%) GCP
15 77 (9.73%) Amazon EKS
16 74 (9.36%) Power Platform
17 63 (7.96%) Amazon SQS
18 62 (7.84%) AWS Step Functions
18 62 (7.84%) Azure AKS
19 57 (7.21%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.16%) DNS
2 18 (2.28%) Firewall
3 14 (1.77%) VPN
4 13 (1.64%) Network Security
5 6 (0.76%) HTTP
6 5 (0.63%) Kerberos
6 5 (0.63%) OpenLDAP
6 5 (0.63%) Reverse Proxy
6 5 (0.63%) SMS
6 5 (0.63%) SSL
7 3 (0.38%) LAN
7 3 (0.38%) WAN
8 2 (0.25%) MPLS
9 1 (0.13%) Internet
9 1 (0.13%) IPsec
9 1 (0.13%) MQTT
9 1 (0.13%) NAS
9 1 (0.13%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (14.92%) Amazon RDS
2 114 (14.41%) PostgreSQL
3 101 (12.77%) DynamoDB
4 91 (11.50%) NoSQL
5 54 (6.83%) Relational Database
6 51 (6.45%) Amazon Redshift
7 48 (6.07%) Power BI
8 42 (5.31%) Amazon Aurora
8 42 (5.31%) Data Lake
9 41 (5.18%) Amazon Athena
10 36 (4.55%) Redis
11 33 (4.17%) Azure SQL Database
12 30 (3.79%) MongoDB
13 28 (3.54%) Data Warehouse
14 26 (3.29%) Big Data
15 25 (3.16%) MySQL
16 20 (2.53%) Tableau
17 18 (2.28%) RDBMS
17 18 (2.28%) SQL Server
18 17 (2.15%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 144 (18.20%) Git
2 128 (16.18%) Jenkins
3 104 (13.15%) GitLab
4 55 (6.95%) JIRA
5 29 (3.67%) Liquibase
6 20 (2.53%) SonarQube
7 15 (1.90%) Bitbucket
8 14 (1.77%) Cypress.io
9 13 (1.64%) JUnit
9 13 (1.64%) Postman
10 12 (1.52%) Cucumber
10 12 (1.52%) Mockito
11 11 (1.39%) Maven
11 11 (1.39%) Selenium
11 11 (1.39%) Visual Studio Code
12 8 (1.01%) Gradle
13 7 (0.88%) Storybook
14 6 (0.76%) MLflow
15 5 (0.63%) SonarLint
16 4 (0.51%) Terragrunt
General
1 203 (25.66%) Social Skills
2 138 (17.45%) Public Sector
3 112 (14.16%) Finance
4 65 (8.22%) Banking
5 50 (6.32%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (4.05%) Financial Institution
7 19 (2.40%) Marketing
8 12 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.01%) Front Office
10 8 (1.01%) Investment Banking
11 7 (0.88%) Military
11 7 (0.88%) Retail
12 6 (0.76%) Health Technology
13 5 (0.63%) Digital Healthcare
14 4 (0.51%) Aviation
15 3 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.25%) Billing
16 2 (0.25%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.25%) Law
Job Titles
1 219 (27.69%) Developer
2 111 (14.03%) Senior
3 103 (13.02%) AWS Engineer
4 96 (12.14%) Architect
5 86 (10.87%) Software Engineer
6 77 (9.73%) DevOps Engineer
7 74 (9.36%) Data Engineer
8 61 (7.71%) Lead
9 41 (5.18%) Cloud Engineer
10 38 (4.80%) Full-Stack Developer
11 33 (4.17%) AWS DevOps
12 32 (4.05%) Python Engineer
13 31 (3.92%) AWS Developer
14 30 (3.79%) Senior Software Engineer
15 27 (3.41%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 27 (3.41%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 26 (3.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 26 (3.29%) Technical Architect
17 25 (3.16%) Azure Developer
18 24 (3.03%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (18.71%) Node.js
2 140 (17.70%) React
3 138 (17.45%) RESTful
4 134 (16.94%) REST
5 112 (14.16%) .NET
6 106 (13.40%) Kafka
7 50 (6.32%) AngularJS
7 50 (6.32%) Spring Boot
8 49 (6.19%) Elastic Stack
9 44 (5.56%) Spring
10 42 (5.31%) OAuth
11 37 (4.68%) GraphQL
12 36 (4.55%) FastAPI
13 34 (4.30%) .NET Core
14 33 (4.17%) HTML
15 32 (4.05%) JSON
15 32 (4.05%) Next.js
16 30 (3.79%) CSS
17 29 (3.67%) Flask
18 26 (3.29%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 198 (25.03%) Cloud Native
2 78 (9.86%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (4.30%) Product Ownership
3 34 (4.30%) Public Cloud
4 20 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
5 15 (1.90%) AI Agents
5 15 (1.90%) Onboarding
6 14 (1.77%) NHS
7 13 (1.64%) Data Structures
8 12 (1.52%) Algorithms
8 12 (1.52%) Replication
9 11 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.39%) Low-Code
10 10 (1.26%) Mobile App
10 10 (1.26%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.01%) Data Fabric
12 7 (0.88%) Distributed Architecture
12 7 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (0.76%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 87 (11.00%) Linux
2 10 (1.26%) Unix
3 8 (1.01%) Windows
4 5 (0.63%) VMS
5 4 (0.51%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.38%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (0.25%) Android
7 2 (0.25%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.13%) AIX
8 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.13%) Solaris
8 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 459 (58.03%) CI/CD
2 403 (50.95%) DevOps
3 293 (37.04%) Agile
4 268 (33.88%) Infrastructure as Code
5 256 (32.36%) Microservices
6 184 (23.26%) Containerisation
7 159 (20.10%) Software Engineering
8 141 (17.83%) Problem-Solving
9 121 (15.30%) AI
10 107 (13.53%) Analytics
10 107 (13.53%) Data Pipeline
10 107 (13.53%) Event-Driven
11 102 (12.90%) Test Automation
12 97 (12.26%) Full-Stack Development
13 86 (10.87%) Data Modelling
13 86 (10.87%) Observability
14 82 (10.37%) ETL
15 79 (9.99%) Mentoring
16 68 (8.60%) High Availability
17 66 (8.34%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 390 (49.30%) Python
2 224 (28.32%) SQL
3 139 (17.57%) JavaScript
4 132 (16.69%) Java
5 131 (16.56%) TypeScript
6 114 (14.41%) C#
7 56 (7.08%) Go
8 45 (5.69%) Bash
9 34 (4.30%) PowerShell
10 30 (3.79%) Bicep
11 19 (2.40%) Shell Script
12 18 (2.28%) Ruby
13 11 (1.39%) C++
14 10 (1.26%) Formula Language
14 10 (1.26%) LotusScript
15 9 (1.14%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.76%) JSX
16 6 (0.76%) Korn
16 6 (0.76%) PHP
16 6 (0.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 206 (26.04%) Security Cleared
2 169 (21.37%) SC Cleared
3 63 (7.96%) Degree
4 56 (7.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 55 (6.95%) AWS Certification
6 39 (4.93%) DV Cleared
7 35 (4.42%) Master's Degree
8 24 (3.03%) Azure Certification
9 23 (2.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 20 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
11 19 (2.40%) MCP
12 12 (1.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 9 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (0.88%) AWS Certified Developer
15 3 (0.38%) PhD
15 3 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
16 2 (0.25%) ISTQB
16 2 (0.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 2 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
17 1 (0.13%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (5.31%) QA
2 30 (3.79%) Data Quality
3 28 (3.54%) GDPR
4 20 (2.53%) Accessibility
5 18 (2.28%) NIST
6 11 (1.39%) WCAG
7 10 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (1.14%) EU AI Act
9 7 (0.88%) HIPAA
9 7 (0.88%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.63%) HL7
11 3 (0.38%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.25%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.13%) Government Security Classifications
13 1 (0.13%) GxP
13 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.13%) MiFID
13 1 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 212 (26.80%) Docker
2 30 (3.79%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.38%) ISA Server
6 2 (0.25%) HDFS
7 1 (0.13%) RACF
Systems Management
1 320 (40.46%) Terraform
2 217 (27.43%) Kubernetes
3 78 (9.86%) Ansible
4 73 (9.23%) Grafana
4 73 (9.23%) Prometheus
5 15 (1.90%) Progress Chef
6 10 (1.26%) Puppet
7 9 (1.14%) Kibana
8 7 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.51%) Rancher
10 3 (0.38%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.38%) Karpenter
10 3 (0.38%) Packer
11 2 (0.25%) Control-M
11 2 (0.25%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.25%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.25%) Knative
11 2 (0.25%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.25%) Podman
12 1 (0.13%) Nagios
Vendors
1 154 (19.47%) Microsoft
2 46 (5.82%) Databricks
2 46 (5.82%) Splunk
3 36 (4.55%) Google
4 29 (3.67%) Oracle
5 27 (3.41%) OpenAI
6 20 (2.53%) Foundry
7 16 (2.02%) Salesforce
8 13 (1.64%) Confluent
9 12 (1.52%) Cloudera
9 12 (1.52%) IBM
10 10 (1.26%) Lotus
10 10 (1.26%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.14%) Dynatrace
11 9 (1.14%) Kofax
11 9 (1.14%) Palantir
12 6 (0.76%) Brio
12 6 (0.76%) Gigya
13 5 (0.63%) Atlassian
13 5 (0.63%) Pega