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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 110 135
Rank change year-on-year -18 +25 -22
Contract jobs citing Serverless 841 596 638
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.01% 2.49% 1.74%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.72% 6.65% 5.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 604 443 477
10th Percentile £386 £400 £373
25th Percentile £450 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £537 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% +2.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £625
90th Percentile £725 £775 £709
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 2 0
10th Percentile £59.43 £37.00 -
25th Percentile £71.00 £40.00 -
Median hourly rate £74.50 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +65.56% - -
75th Percentile £81.00 £50.00 -
90th Percentile £90.80 £53.00 -
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 14,697 8,969 11,779
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.14% 37.48% 32.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,011 6,159 8,493
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £747
UK median daily rate £508 £508 £525
% change year-on-year - -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 505 207 324
10th Percentile £15.67 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.35 £17.96 £15.96
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +54.90% +19.33% -38.76%
75th Percentile £67.84 £37.63 £38.28
90th Percentile £81.15 £68.00 £68.23
UK median hourly rate £36.71 £28.00 £21.37
% change year-on-year +31.11% +31.02% -40.64%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -14 513 £525 -4.55% 143
North of England -20 142 £500 - 44
North West -12 81 £525 +5.00% 22
Midlands -27 59 £488 -2.01% 22
South East -35 52 £575 +15.00% 41
Yorkshire -25 47 £500 - 16
West Midlands -32 45 £488 -4.79% 13
South West -19 31 £575 +4.55% 23
East of England -17 25 £550 -8.33% 5
North East -23 15 £475 - 6
East Midlands -21 14 £498 +3.86% 9
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 43 (5.11%) Confluence
2 42 (4.99%) Apache Spark
3 36 (4.28%) Apache Airflow
4 26 (3.09%) SharePoint
5 19 (2.26%) Apache
6 11 (1.31%) nginx
7 10 (1.19%) HCL Notes
7 10 (1.19%) Mendix
8 6 (0.71%) CICS
9 5 (0.59%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.48%) SAS
11 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.24%) CMS
12 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
13 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.07%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 12 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.24%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.12%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.12%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 636 (75.62%) AWS
2 507 (60.29%) AWS Lambda
3 358 (42.57%) Amazon S3
4 312 (37.10%) Azure
5 185 (22.00%) GitHub
6 171 (20.33%) Azure Functions
7 160 (19.02%) Amazon EC2
8 139 (16.53%) Amazon ECS
9 138 (16.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 129 (15.34%) GitHub Actions
11 128 (15.22%) Amazon EKS
12 105 (12.49%) AWS CloudFormation
12 105 (12.49%) Azure DevOps
13 104 (12.37%) Power Platform
14 93 (11.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 86 (10.23%) Azure Logic Apps
16 85 (10.11%) Amazon SQS
17 79 (9.39%) AWS Step Functions
18 72 (8.56%) Azure Service Bus
19 66 (7.85%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.80%) DNS
2 27 (3.21%) Firewall
3 21 (2.50%) VPN
4 13 (1.55%) Network Security
4 13 (1.55%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.07%) OpenVPN
5 9 (1.07%) SSL
6 8 (0.95%) Reverse Proxy
7 7 (0.83%) SMS
8 6 (0.71%) Kerberos
9 5 (0.59%) HTTP
9 5 (0.59%) IPsec
9 5 (0.59%) WAN
10 3 (0.36%) FTP
11 2 (0.24%) AMQP
11 2 (0.24%) HTTPS
11 2 (0.24%) MQTT
12 1 (0.12%) 5G
12 1 (0.12%) NaaS
12 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (14.86%) DynamoDB
2 114 (13.56%) Amazon RDS
3 78 (9.27%) PostgreSQL
4 71 (8.44%) Amazon Athena
5 69 (8.20%) Amazon Redshift
6 66 (7.85%) Power BI
7 59 (7.02%) NoSQL
8 46 (5.47%) Data Lake
9 34 (4.04%) Amazon Aurora
9 34 (4.04%) Data Warehouse
10 33 (3.92%) Azure SQL Database
10 33 (3.92%) SQL Server
11 32 (3.80%) Relational Database
12 29 (3.45%) Tableau
13 23 (2.73%) Metadata
14 21 (2.50%) MongoDB
14 21 (2.50%) Redis
15 20 (2.38%) Big Data
16 18 (2.14%) Delta Lake
16 18 (2.14%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 129 (15.34%) Git
2 111 (13.20%) Jenkins
3 110 (13.08%) GitLab
4 58 (6.90%) JIRA
5 25 (2.97%) Bitbucket
6 18 (2.14%) Cucumber
7 13 (1.55%) SonarQube
8 10 (1.19%) Cypress.io
9 9 (1.07%) JUnit
10 8 (0.95%) Mocha
11 7 (0.83%) Artifactory
11 7 (0.83%) MSTest
12 6 (0.71%) Postman
12 6 (0.71%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.71%) Vite
13 5 (0.59%) Gatling
13 5 (0.59%) Mockito
13 5 (0.59%) Snyk
13 5 (0.59%) tSQLt
14 4 (0.48%) Jasmine
General
1 199 (23.66%) Social Skills
2 133 (15.81%) Public Sector
3 130 (15.46%) Finance
4 49 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
6 25 (2.97%) Banking
7 12 (1.43%) Financial Institution
7 12 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (0.95%) Marketing
9 8 (0.95%) Retail
10 7 (0.83%) Law
10 7 (0.83%) Legal
10 7 (0.83%) Military
11 6 (0.71%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.48%) Billing
12 4 (0.48%) Police
12 4 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.36%) Front Office
13 3 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 199 (23.66%) Developer
2 163 (19.38%) Architect
3 117 (13.91%) Senior
4 103 (12.25%) AWS Engineer
5 90 (10.70%) Data Engineer
6 83 (9.87%) Lead
7 53 (6.30%) Software Engineer
8 52 (6.18%) AWS Architect
8 52 (6.18%) DevOps Engineer
9 48 (5.71%) Cloud Engineer
10 42 (4.99%) Azure Engineer
10 42 (4.99%) Full-Stack Developer
10 42 (4.99%) Solutions Architect
11 41 (4.88%) AWS Developer
12 38 (4.52%) Python Developer
13 37 (4.40%) Cloud Architect
14 36 (4.28%) Technical Architect
15 33 (3.92%) Senior Developer
16 31 (3.69%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
17 27 (3.21%) AWS Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (14.27%) React
2 118 (14.03%) Kafka
3 108 (12.84%) Node.js
4 98 (11.65%) REST
5 93 (11.06%) RESTful
6 84 (9.99%) .NET
7 66 (7.85%) Spring
7 66 (7.85%) Spring Boot
8 54 (6.42%) PySpark
9 53 (6.30%) OAuth
10 44 (5.23%) AngularJS
11 42 (4.99%) GraphQL
12 41 (4.88%) OpenID
13 38 (4.52%) JSON
14 36 (4.28%) AWS CDK
15 34 (4.04%) FastAPI
16 29 (3.45%) OAuth2
17 27 (3.21%) CSS
17 27 (3.21%) Flask
17 27 (3.21%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 242 (28.78%) Cloud Native
2 59 (7.02%) Product Ownership
3 43 (5.11%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (2.85%) AI Agents
4 24 (2.85%) Legacy Systems
5 20 (2.38%) NHS
6 14 (1.66%) Onboarding
7 13 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (1.43%) Low-Code
9 10 (1.19%) Mainframe
9 10 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.07%) Distributed Computing
10 9 (1.07%) Public Cloud
11 8 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (0.95%) IoT
12 7 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (0.83%) Hedge funds
12 7 (0.83%) Replication
13 6 (0.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 48 (5.71%) Linux
2 21 (2.50%) Unix
3 10 (1.19%) Windows
4 6 (0.71%) zOS
5 4 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.12%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (0.12%) Android
6 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.12%) VMS
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 504 (59.93%) CI/CD
2 393 (46.73%) DevOps
3 313 (37.22%) Infrastructure as Code
4 275 (32.70%) Agile
5 188 (22.35%) Microservices
6 175 (20.81%) Containerisation
7 150 (17.84%) Event-Driven
8 148 (17.60%) AI
9 126 (14.98%) Observability
10 123 (14.63%) Analytics
11 121 (14.39%) Data Modelling
12 120 (14.27%) Test Automation
13 115 (13.67%) Problem-Solving
14 114 (13.56%) Software Engineering
15 111 (13.20%) Data Pipeline
16 107 (12.72%) ETL
17 97 (11.53%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 93 (11.06%) Mentoring
19 91 (10.82%) Data Engineering
20 88 (10.46%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 374 (44.47%) Python
2 252 (29.96%) SQL
3 124 (14.74%) Java
3 124 (14.74%) JavaScript
3 124 (14.74%) TypeScript
4 120 (14.27%) C#
5 46 (5.47%) Bash
6 36 (4.28%) PowerShell
7 32 (3.80%) Bicep
8 26 (3.09%) Shell Script
9 19 (2.26%) Go
9 19 (2.26%) Scala
10 11 (1.31%) Ruby
11 10 (1.19%) Formula Language
11 10 (1.19%) LotusScript
12 9 (1.07%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.83%) Groovy
14 6 (0.71%) JCL
15 4 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 229 (27.23%) Security Cleared
2 184 (21.88%) SC Cleared
3 39 (4.64%) AWS Certification
4 32 (3.80%) Azure Certification
5 25 (2.97%) Degree
5 25 (2.97%) DV Cleared
6 23 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (2.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 14 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 10 (1.19%) SAFe Agilist
10 10 (1.19%) TOGAF Certification
11 9 (1.07%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 9 (1.07%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 8 (0.95%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.71%) AWS Certified Developer
14 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.48%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
16 2 (0.24%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (6.66%) Data Quality
2 42 (4.99%) QA
3 26 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (2.85%) GDPR
5 17 (2.02%) Accessibility
5 17 (2.02%) NIST
5 17 (2.02%) PCI DSS
6 7 (0.83%) PMO
7 6 (0.71%) ISO 20022
7 6 (0.71%) WCAG
8 4 (0.48%) SLA
9 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.36%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.36%) NCSC
10 2 (0.24%) FedRAMP
10 2 (0.24%) GRC
10 2 (0.24%) HL7
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.12%) Solvency II
System Software
1 226 (26.87%) Docker
2 30 (3.57%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.43%) Squid
5 5 (0.59%) RACF
6 2 (0.24%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.12%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 343 (40.78%) Terraform
2 201 (23.90%) Kubernetes
3 68 (8.09%) Grafana
4 64 (7.61%) Prometheus
5 39 (4.64%) Ansible
6 27 (3.21%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (1.90%) Puppet
8 10 (1.19%) Progress Chef
9 9 (1.07%) FortiGate
9 9 (1.07%) Kustomize
10 8 (0.95%) Consul
11 6 (0.71%) Istio
11 6 (0.71%) Kibana
12 5 (0.59%) linkerd
12 5 (0.59%) Salt
13 4 (0.48%) Docker Swarm
13 4 (0.48%) Podman
14 3 (0.36%) Karpenter
14 3 (0.36%) Packer
14 3 (0.36%) Rancher
Vendors
1 141 (16.77%) Microsoft
2 57 (6.78%) Databricks
3 48 (5.71%) OpenAI
4 35 (4.16%) Oracle
5 21 (2.50%) Splunk
6 19 (2.26%) Dynatrace
7 17 (2.02%) Google
8 12 (1.43%) Foundry
9 11 (1.31%) Red Hat
9 11 (1.31%) ServiceNow
10 10 (1.19%) Confluent
10 10 (1.19%) Kofax
10 10 (1.19%) Lotus
11 9 (1.07%) Atlassian
11 9 (1.07%) Brio
11 9 (1.07%) Salesforce
12 8 (0.95%) SAP
13 7 (0.83%) Informatica
14 6 (0.71%) Qualys
14 6 (0.71%) Sybase