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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 109 134
Rank change year-on-year -6 +25 -27
Contract jobs citing Serverless 873 604 656
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.22% 2.48% 1.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.17% 6.58% 5.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 448 491
10th Percentile £370 £400 £375
25th Percentile £425 £447 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +4.76% -10.41%
75th Percentile £614 £675 £625
90th Percentile £700 £838 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £538 £511
% change year-on-year -6.98% +5.13% -9.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 0
10th Percentile £58.98 £25.38 -
25th Percentile £69.63 £25.56 -
Median hourly rate £75.50 £26.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +190.38% - -
75th Percentile £81.00 £26.31 -
90th Percentile £93.60 £26.43 -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £26.00 -
% change year-on-year +188.46% - -

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 14,139 9,184 11,934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.01% 37.63% 31.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,757 6,438 8,584
10th Percentile £313 £313 £281
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £610 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 434 186 319
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.24 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.22 £15.87
Median hourly rate £45.00 £26.50 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +69.81% +27.59% -24.47%
75th Percentile £67.84 £42.74 £32.63
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.25 £59.96
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.63 £21.00
% change year-on-year +53.82% +31.57% -30.86%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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 16 April 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 -6 533 £513 -10.87% 128
North of England -4 154 £500 - 76
North West -11 80 £500 - 51
Yorkshire -6 60 £500 - 19
Midlands -30 58 £500 +11.11% 13
South East -41 54 £525 +5.00% 45
West Midlands -26 44 £500 +3.95% 9
South West -16 34 £575 -6.12% 21
East of England -19 22 £550 -20.00% 18
North East -11 15 £493 +3.68% 6
East Midlands -27 14 £498 +11.41% 4
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 (5.84%) Apache Spark
2 39 (4.47%) Apache Airflow
3 32 (3.67%) Apache
4 30 (3.44%) Confluence
5 24 (2.75%) SharePoint
6 11 (1.26%) HCL Notes
6 11 (1.26%) nginx
7 10 (1.15%) Mendix
8 8 (0.92%) Palantir Foundry
9 3 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.34%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.34%) CICS
10 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.11%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.11%) FileNet
11 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.80%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.11%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 16 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.23%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.11%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.11%) Shopify
4 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 646 (74.00%) AWS
2 524 (60.02%) AWS Lambda
3 362 (41.47%) Amazon S3
4 328 (37.57%) Azure
5 195 (22.34%) GitHub
6 190 (21.76%) Azure Functions
7 160 (18.33%) Amazon ECS
8 154 (17.64%) Amazon EC2
9 147 (16.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 133 (15.23%) GitHub Actions
11 129 (14.78%) AWS CloudFormation
12 126 (14.43%) Azure DevOps
13 125 (14.32%) Amazon EKS
14 111 (12.71%) Power Platform
15 94 (10.77%) Azure Logic Apps
16 87 (9.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 83 (9.51%) AWS Step Functions
18 75 (8.59%) Amazon SQS
19 69 (7.90%) Azure Service Bus
20 61 (6.99%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 36 (4.12%) Firewall
2 35 (4.01%) DNS
3 21 (2.41%) VPN
4 13 (1.49%) Network Security
5 12 (1.37%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.26%) Reverse Proxy
7 9 (1.03%) OpenVPN
8 8 (0.92%) Kerberos
8 8 (0.92%) SSL
9 7 (0.80%) SMS
10 6 (0.69%) HTTP
11 5 (0.57%) IPsec
12 4 (0.46%) WAN
13 2 (0.23%) AMQP
13 2 (0.23%) FTP
13 2 (0.23%) LAN
14 1 (0.11%) 4G
14 1 (0.11%) 5G
14 1 (0.11%) MPLS
14 1 (0.11%) NaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (13.97%) DynamoDB
2 117 (13.40%) Amazon RDS
3 97 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
4 75 (8.59%) NoSQL
5 74 (8.48%) Amazon Redshift
5 74 (8.48%) Power BI
6 71 (8.13%) Amazon Athena
7 52 (5.96%) Relational Database
8 47 (5.38%) Data Lake
9 42 (4.81%) Data Warehouse
10 39 (4.47%) Tableau
11 33 (3.78%) Azure SQL Database
12 32 (3.67%) Amazon Aurora
13 30 (3.44%) MongoDB
14 27 (3.09%) Redis
15 26 (2.98%) Big Data
16 25 (2.86%) Metadata
17 23 (2.63%) SQL Server
18 18 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
18 18 (2.06%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 159 (18.21%) Git
2 117 (13.40%) Jenkins
3 109 (12.49%) GitLab
4 47 (5.38%) JIRA
5 23 (2.63%) Bitbucket
6 17 (1.95%) JUnit
6 17 (1.95%) SonarQube
7 16 (1.83%) Cucumber
8 15 (1.72%) Cypress.io
9 11 (1.26%) Mockito
10 9 (1.03%) Maven
11 8 (0.92%) Selenium
12 7 (0.80%) Liquibase
12 7 (0.80%) Mocha
13 6 (0.69%) Gradle
13 6 (0.69%) Postman
13 6 (0.69%) Vite
14 5 (0.57%) Artifactory
14 5 (0.57%) MLflow
14 5 (0.57%) Snyk
General
1 207 (23.71%) Social Skills
2 169 (19.36%) Public Sector
3 125 (14.32%) Finance
4 70 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (4.70%) Banking
6 31 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (1.49%) Financial Institution
8 12 (1.37%) Marketing
9 9 (1.03%) Military
10 8 (0.92%) Retail
11 7 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (0.69%) Health Technology
13 5 (0.57%) Billing
13 5 (0.57%) Front Office
13 5 (0.57%) Investment Banking
13 5 (0.57%) Law
13 5 (0.57%) Legal
13 5 (0.57%) Police
13 5 (0.57%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 233 (26.69%) Developer
2 147 (16.84%) Architect
3 118 (13.52%) Senior
4 104 (11.91%) AWS Engineer
5 93 (10.65%) Data Engineer
6 69 (7.90%) Lead
7 63 (7.22%) DevOps Engineer
8 51 (5.84%) Software Engineer
9 47 (5.38%) Full-Stack Developer
10 46 (5.27%) AWS Architect
10 46 (5.27%) Cloud Engineer
11 42 (4.81%) AWS Developer
11 42 (4.81%) Azure Engineer
12 35 (4.01%) Java Developer
13 34 (3.89%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 33 (3.78%) Python Developer
15 32 (3.67%) AWS DevOps
15 32 (3.67%) Cloud Architect
15 32 (3.67%) Technical Architect
16 30 (3.44%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (16.04%) Node.js
2 128 (14.66%) React
3 122 (13.97%) Kafka
4 100 (11.45%) REST
5 97 (11.11%) RESTful
6 96 (11.00%) .NET
7 82 (9.39%) Spring
8 81 (9.28%) Spring Boot
9 60 (6.87%) OAuth
10 52 (5.96%) AngularJS
11 45 (5.15%) PySpark
12 39 (4.47%) JSON
13 35 (4.01%) OpenID
14 34 (3.89%) GraphQL
15 30 (3.44%) CSS
15 30 (3.44%) FastAPI
15 30 (3.44%) OAuth2
16 28 (3.21%) AWS CDK
17 27 (3.09%) .NET Core
17 27 (3.09%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 213 (24.40%) Cloud Native
2 52 (5.96%) Distributed Systems
3 46 (5.27%) Product Ownership
4 21 (2.41%) AI Agents
5 20 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
5 20 (2.29%) NHS
6 16 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (1.83%) Onboarding
7 13 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (1.37%) Low-Code
9 10 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (1.15%) Data Structures
10 9 (1.03%) Mainframe
11 8 (0.92%) DataPower
11 8 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
11 8 (0.92%) Replication
12 7 (0.80%) IoT
12 7 (0.80%) Mobile App
13 6 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 58 (6.64%) Linux
2 19 (2.18%) Unix
3 10 (1.15%) Windows
4 4 (0.46%) Amazon Linux
4 4 (0.46%) VMS
5 3 (0.34%) zOS
6 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.11%) Android
7 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 514 (58.88%) CI/CD
2 437 (50.06%) DevOps
3 319 (36.54%) Infrastructure as Code
4 288 (32.99%) Agile
5 227 (26.00%) Microservices
6 197 (22.57%) Containerisation
7 146 (16.72%) Problem-Solving
8 140 (16.04%) AI
9 137 (15.69%) Analytics
10 136 (15.58%) Event-Driven
11 131 (15.01%) Data Modelling
12 124 (14.20%) Data Pipeline
13 119 (13.63%) Observability
14 116 (13.29%) ETL
15 114 (13.06%) Software Engineering
16 111 (12.71%) Test Automation
17 99 (11.34%) Data Engineering
18 97 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
19 91 (10.42%) Mentoring
20 83 (9.51%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 411 (47.08%) Python
2 274 (31.39%) SQL
3 148 (16.95%) Java
4 140 (16.04%) JavaScript
5 128 (14.66%) C#
6 126 (14.43%) TypeScript
7 58 (6.64%) Bash
8 43 (4.93%) PowerShell
9 38 (4.35%) Bicep
10 25 (2.86%) Shell Script
11 23 (2.63%) Go
12 19 (2.18%) Ruby
13 17 (1.95%) Scala
14 11 (1.26%) Formula Language
14 11 (1.26%) LotusScript
15 7 (0.80%) C++
15 7 (0.80%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.69%) Groovy
16 6 (0.69%) PHP
17 5 (0.57%) Korn
Qualifications
1 266 (30.47%) Security Cleared
2 211 (24.17%) SC Cleared
3 45 (5.15%) AWS Certification
4 33 (3.78%) Azure Certification
5 30 (3.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 30 (3.44%) DV Cleared
6 27 (3.09%) Degree
7 21 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (2.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (1.37%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 12 (1.37%) Master's Degree
10 10 (1.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 8 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
12 6 (0.69%) AWS Certified Developer
12 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.46%) PhD
14 3 (0.34%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 3 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.34%) SAFe Agilist
15 2 (0.23%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (6.99%) Data Quality
2 41 (4.70%) QA
3 25 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (2.63%) Accessibility
5 21 (2.41%) GDPR
6 16 (1.83%) NIST
6 16 (1.83%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.92%) WCAG
8 7 (0.80%) PMO
9 6 (0.69%) ISO 20022
10 5 (0.57%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.46%) HL7
11 4 (0.46%) SLA
12 3 (0.34%) NCSC
13 2 (0.23%) FedRAMP
13 2 (0.23%) GRC
14 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.11%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 240 (27.49%) Docker
2 31 (3.55%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (1.15%) Squid
5 5 (0.57%) RACF
6 3 (0.34%) ISA Server
7 2 (0.23%) HDFS
7 2 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 374 (42.84%) Terraform
2 221 (25.32%) Kubernetes
3 67 (7.67%) Grafana
3 67 (7.67%) Prometheus
4 55 (6.30%) Ansible
5 25 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (1.49%) Puppet
7 11 (1.26%) Progress Chef
8 9 (1.03%) FortiGate
8 9 (1.03%) Kibana
9 7 (0.80%) Consul
10 5 (0.57%) Istio
10 5 (0.57%) Kustomize
10 5 (0.57%) linkerd
11 4 (0.46%) Docker Swarm
11 4 (0.46%) Podman
11 4 (0.46%) Rancher
11 4 (0.46%) Salt
12 3 (0.34%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (0.34%) Karpenter
Vendors
1 159 (18.21%) Microsoft
2 73 (8.36%) Databricks
3 44 (5.04%) OpenAI
4 39 (4.47%) Oracle
5 27 (3.09%) Splunk
6 17 (1.95%) Dynatrace
6 17 (1.95%) Google
7 15 (1.72%) Foundry
8 13 (1.49%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.26%) Lotus
10 10 (1.15%) Brio
10 10 (1.15%) Confluent
10 10 (1.15%) Kofax
11 9 (1.03%) Atlassian
11 9 (1.03%) Red Hat
12 8 (0.92%) Palantir
12 8 (0.92%) Sybase
13 7 (0.80%) Cloudera
13 7 (0.80%) IBM
13 7 (0.80%) SAP