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 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 116 135
Rank change year-on-year -34 +19 -15
Contract jobs citing Serverless 867 657 600
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.89% 2.38% 1.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.45% 6.39% 5.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 642 467 414
10th Percentile £400 £383 £363
25th Percentile £450 £425 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £600 £649
90th Percentile £738 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 0
10th Percentile - £36.50 -
25th Percentile - £38.75 -
Median hourly rate £38.25 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -
75th Percentile £73.00 £51.25 -
90th Percentile - £53.50 -
UK median hourly rate £38.25 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -

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 15,895 10,274 11,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.73% 37.29% 33.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,618 6,952 7,901
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £643
90th Percentile £718 £734 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 547 269 198
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.07 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.25 £18.51 £17.80
Median hourly rate £34.38 £26.30 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +30.70% -6.90% -14.39%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £56.88
90th Percentile £82.62 £67.30 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £28.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year +19.26% +1.79% -20.28%

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 28 August 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 28 August 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 28 August 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 -26 511 £550 - 436
North of England -43 134 £500 +5.26% 109
Midlands -5 86 £447 -0.72% 43
North West -28 67 £605 +27.37% 61
West Midlands -18 65 £469 +4.22% 22
South East -49 50 £600 +35.59% 52
South West -11 48 £538 +5.39% 50
Yorkshire -47 45 £511 +10.54% 26
East of England -19 23 £525 +1.94% 19
North East -24 22 £463 +4.52% 22
East Midlands -8 21 £413 -8.44% 21
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 48 (5.54%) Confluence
2 42 (4.84%) Apache Airflow
3 32 (3.69%) Apache Spark
4 24 (2.77%) Apache
5 20 (2.31%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.92%) SAS
7 7 (0.81%) nginx
8 5 (0.58%) CMS
8 5 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.46%) CICS
9 4 (0.46%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.35%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.23%) PowerExchange
12 1 (0.12%) Camunda
12 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.12%) Drupal
12 1 (0.12%) EPiServer
12 1 (0.12%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.58%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (2.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.58%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.12%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.12%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.12%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 665 (76.70%) AWS
2 530 (61.13%) AWS Lambda
3 364 (41.98%) Amazon S3
4 327 (37.72%) Azure
5 177 (20.42%) GitHub
6 174 (20.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 164 (18.92%) Azure Functions
8 151 (17.42%) Amazon ECS
9 139 (16.03%) Amazon EC2
10 129 (14.88%) GitHub Actions
11 123 (14.19%) Amazon EKS
12 113 (13.03%) AWS CloudFormation
13 109 (12.57%) Azure DevOps
13 109 (12.57%) Power Platform
14 107 (12.34%) Amazon SQS
15 91 (10.50%) AWS Step Functions
16 85 (9.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 72 (8.30%) GCP
18 71 (8.19%) Azure Logic Apps
19 61 (7.04%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.69%) Firewall
2 26 (3.00%) Network Security
3 21 (2.42%) DNS
4 16 (1.85%) VPN
5 12 (1.38%) WAN
6 6 (0.69%) SSL
7 5 (0.58%) HTTP
7 5 (0.58%) MQTT
7 5 (0.58%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (0.58%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.35%) CTI
8 3 (0.35%) FTP
8 3 (0.35%) IPv4
8 3 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.23%) AMQP
9 2 (0.23%) DHCP
9 2 (0.23%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.23%) OpenVPN
9 2 (0.23%) SAN
9 2 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (14.88%) DynamoDB
2 122 (14.07%) Amazon RDS
3 100 (11.53%) Amazon Athena
4 80 (9.23%) Power BI
5 78 (9.00%) Amazon Redshift
6 77 (8.88%) PostgreSQL
7 73 (8.42%) Data Warehouse
8 57 (6.57%) NoSQL
9 45 (5.19%) Data Lake
9 45 (5.19%) SQL Server
10 30 (3.46%) Azure SQL Database
11 29 (3.34%) Metadata
12 28 (3.23%) Amazon Aurora
13 25 (2.88%) MySQL
13 25 (2.88%) Relational Database
14 24 (2.77%) Delta Lake
15 23 (2.65%) MongoDB
16 22 (2.54%) Tableau
17 18 (2.08%) BigQuery
18 17 (1.96%) Redis
Development Applications
1 151 (17.42%) Git
2 123 (14.19%) Jenkins
3 114 (13.15%) GitLab
4 68 (7.84%) JIRA
5 21 (2.42%) Bitbucket
5 21 (2.42%) Cypress.io
6 19 (2.19%) Cucumber
7 15 (1.73%) Selenium
8 12 (1.38%) Postman
9 10 (1.15%) SonarQube
10 8 (0.92%) JUnit
10 8 (0.92%) RStudio
11 7 (0.81%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.69%) Claude Code
12 6 (0.69%) Gatling
12 6 (0.69%) Mockito
12 6 (0.69%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
12 6 (0.69%) WebDriver
13 5 (0.58%) Artifactory
General
1 205 (23.64%) Social Skills
2 149 (17.19%) Public Sector
3 132 (15.22%) Finance
4 70 (8.07%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (3.92%) Banking
6 28 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (1.38%) Billing
8 12 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (1.38%) Law
8 12 (1.38%) Marketing
9 11 (1.27%) Military
10 9 (1.04%) Back Office
10 9 (1.04%) Retail
11 8 (0.92%) Front Office
12 7 (0.81%) Legal
13 6 (0.69%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 197 (22.72%) Developer
2 168 (19.38%) Architect
3 167 (19.26%) Senior
4 125 (14.42%) AWS Engineer
5 111 (12.80%) Data Engineer
6 102 (11.76%) Lead
7 61 (7.04%) DevOps Engineer
8 52 (6.00%) Software Engineer
9 51 (5.88%) AWS Architect
10 49 (5.65%) Cloud Engineer
11 45 (5.19%) Solutions Architect
12 43 (4.96%) Full-Stack Developer
13 41 (4.73%) Python Developer
14 39 (4.50%) Senior Developer
15 36 (4.15%) Platform Engineer
15 36 (4.15%) Senior Data Engineer
16 35 (4.04%) AWS Developer
17 33 (3.81%) AWS Data Engineer
18 32 (3.69%) Azure Engineer
19 31 (3.58%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 363 (41.87%) Terraform
2 126 (14.53%) REST
3 112 (12.92%) React
4 94 (10.84%) Node.js
5 89 (10.27%) Kafka
6 88 (10.15%) .NET
7 85 (9.80%) RESTful
8 67 (7.73%) PySpark
9 52 (6.00%) Spring
9 52 (6.00%) Spring Boot
10 50 (5.77%) GraphQL
11 44 (5.07%) FastAPI
12 42 (4.84%) AWS CDK
13 39 (4.50%) OAuth
14 36 (4.15%) AngularJS
15 35 (4.04%) Flask
16 32 (3.69%) CSS
17 31 (3.58%) JSON
18 28 (3.23%) OpenID
19 27 (3.11%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 276 (31.83%) Cloud Native
2 67 (7.73%) Product Ownership
3 63 (7.27%) Distributed Systems
4 46 (5.31%) AI Agents
5 28 (3.23%) NHS
6 26 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
7 23 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (1.96%) Onboarding
9 16 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
10 15 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
11 14 (1.61%) Management Information System
12 12 (1.38%) Security Posture
13 11 (1.27%) Data Structures
13 11 (1.27%) IoT
14 10 (1.15%) Fixed Income
15 9 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
15 9 (1.04%) Low-Code
15 9 (1.04%) Mainframe
16 8 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
17 7 (0.81%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 57 (6.57%) Linux
2 23 (2.65%) Unix
3 18 (2.08%) Windows
4 13 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.46%) VMS
5 4 (0.46%) zOS
6 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.23%) Android
7 2 (0.23%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 541 (62.40%) CI/CD
2 391 (45.10%) DevOps
3 348 (40.14%) Infrastructure as Code
4 330 (38.06%) Agile
5 207 (23.88%) AI
6 192 (22.15%) Microservices
7 190 (21.91%) Containerisation
8 174 (20.07%) Event-Driven
9 157 (18.11%) Test Automation
10 154 (17.76%) Observability
11 148 (17.07%) Analytics
12 134 (15.46%) Data Modelling
13 130 (14.99%) Data Pipeline
13 130 (14.99%) Software Engineering
14 125 (14.42%) Continuous Improvement
15 124 (14.30%) Data Engineering
16 119 (13.73%) Technical Leadership
17 118 (13.61%) Migration
18 116 (13.38%) Business Intelligence
18 116 (13.38%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 415 (47.87%) Python
2 278 (32.06%) SQL
3 138 (15.92%) TypeScript
4 133 (15.34%) JavaScript
5 114 (13.15%) Java
6 109 (12.57%) C#
7 68 (7.84%) Bash
8 41 (4.73%) PowerShell
9 36 (4.15%) Bicep
10 28 (3.23%) Shell Script
11 15 (1.73%) Scala
12 9 (1.04%) Groovy
13 8 (0.92%) Go
14 7 (0.81%) R
15 6 (0.69%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.58%) Cypher
16 5 (0.58%) Ruby
16 5 (0.58%) Rust
16 5 (0.58%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.58%) X++
Qualifications
1 244 (28.14%) Security Cleared
2 204 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 63 (7.27%) AWS Certification
4 45 (5.19%) Degree
5 36 (4.15%) DV Cleared
6 31 (3.58%) BPSS Clearance
7 27 (3.11%) Azure Certification
8 25 (2.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 25 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
10 19 (2.19%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 11 (1.27%) SAFe Agilist
12 10 (1.15%) Master's Degree
13 9 (1.04%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 7 (0.81%) ISTQB
14 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 6 (0.69%) DBS Check
15 6 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
16 5 (0.58%) AWS Certified Developer
16 5 (0.58%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (11.53%) Data Quality
2 58 (6.69%) QA
3 33 (3.81%) GDPR
4 31 (3.58%) Accessibility
5 28 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.96%) WCAG
7 13 (1.50%) NIST
7 13 (1.50%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.04%) SLA
9 6 (0.69%) HL7
10 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.35%) NCSC
10 3 (0.35%) PMO
11 2 (0.23%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.12%) IEC 62304
12 1 (0.12%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.12%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 250 (28.84%) Docker
2 34 (3.92%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.46%) Squid
4 4 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 203 (23.41%) Kubernetes
2 68 (7.84%) Grafana
3 56 (6.46%) Prometheus
4 49 (5.65%) Ansible
5 14 (1.61%) Puppet
6 11 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (1.15%) Istio
8 8 (0.92%) Kustomize
8 8 (0.92%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.69%) linkerd
9 6 (0.69%) Packer
9 6 (0.69%) Podman
10 5 (0.58%) Kibana
11 4 (0.46%) Argo
11 4 (0.46%) Salt
12 3 (0.35%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.35%) Rancher
13 2 (0.23%) CASB
13 2 (0.23%) Consul
Vendors
1 165 (19.03%) Microsoft
2 58 (6.69%) Databricks
3 32 (3.69%) Oracle
4 31 (3.58%) OpenAI
5 24 (2.77%) Informatica
6 23 (2.65%) Google
7 20 (2.31%) Dynatrace
7 20 (2.31%) ServiceNow
7 20 (2.31%) Splunk
8 10 (1.15%) Brio
9 9 (1.04%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.04%) SAP
10 6 (0.69%) Confluent
10 6 (0.69%) Salesforce
10 6 (0.69%) Tenable
11 5 (0.58%) New Relic
11 5 (0.58%) PagerDuty
11 5 (0.58%) Workday
12 4 (0.46%) Denodo
12 4 (0.46%) NVIDIA