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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 114 133
Rank change year-on-year +6 +19 -22
Contract jobs citing Serverless 859 602 672
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.42% 2.34% 1.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.45% 6.23% 5.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 624 437 490
10th Percentile £368 £400 £400
25th Percentile £415 £459 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.61% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £613 £685 £625
90th Percentile £700 £838 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 0
10th Percentile £71.13 £25.38 -
25th Percentile £74.00 £25.56 -
Median hourly rate £78.50 £26.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +201.92% - -
75th Percentile £81.00 £26.31 -
90th Percentile £95.00 £26.43 -
UK median hourly rate £76.00 £26.00 -
% change year-on-year +192.31% - -

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 13,318 9,669 12,414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.48% 37.65% 32.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,188 6,547 8,966
10th Percentile £309 £313 £275
25th Percentile £408 £418 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £605 £638 £638
90th Percentile £705 £738 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 373 150 322
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.42 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.32 £21.10 £16.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £27.50 £21.42
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% +28.41% -14.34%
75th Percentile £60.00 £46.30 £45.57
90th Percentile £79.90 £73.93 £65.63
UK median hourly rate £39.75 £27.35 £21.46
% change year-on-year +45.34% +27.45% -14.16%

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 +1 501 £513 -10.87% 147
North of England +18 175 £500 -0.30% 72
North West -3 82 £450 -10.27% 42
Yorkshire -3 80 £500 - 27
Midlands -14 70 £525 +16.67% 17
West Midlands -11 53 £525 +9.15% 12
South East -61 50 £500 -13.04% 49
South West -34 29 £650 - 43
East of England -3 28 £560 -12.16% 8
East Midlands -16 17 £460 +1.21% 5
North East -7 14 £525 -13.93% 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 39 (4.54%) Apache Spark
2 32 (3.73%) Apache
2 32 (3.73%) Apache Airflow
3 27 (3.14%) Confluence
4 23 (2.68%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.28%) Palantir Foundry
6 10 (1.16%) HCL Notes
7 9 (1.05%) Mendix
7 9 (1.05%) nginx
8 3 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.35%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.23%) CICS
9 2 (0.23%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.12%) FileNet
10 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.28%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 18 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.23%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 610 (71.01%) AWS
2 483 (56.23%) AWS Lambda
3 319 (37.14%) Azure
4 312 (36.32%) Amazon S3
5 202 (23.52%) Azure Functions
6 186 (21.65%) GitHub
7 144 (16.76%) Amazon ECS
8 143 (16.65%) Amazon EC2
9 135 (15.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 130 (15.13%) Azure DevOps
11 129 (15.02%) AWS CloudFormation
12 127 (14.78%) GitHub Actions
13 116 (13.50%) Amazon EKS
14 101 (11.76%) Power Platform
15 99 (11.53%) Azure Logic Apps
16 80 (9.31%) GCP
17 78 (9.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 71 (8.27%) Azure Service Bus
19 57 (6.64%) AWS Step Functions
20 56 (6.52%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.49%) DNS
2 29 (3.38%) Firewall
3 24 (2.79%) VPN
4 11 (1.28%) Network Security
5 9 (1.05%) Kerberos
5 9 (1.05%) TCP/IP
6 8 (0.93%) OpenVPN
7 7 (0.81%) Reverse Proxy
7 7 (0.81%) SSL
8 6 (0.70%) HTTP
8 6 (0.70%) SMS
9 5 (0.58%) IPsec
10 3 (0.35%) LAN
10 3 (0.35%) WAN
11 2 (0.23%) MPLS
12 1 (0.12%) 4G
12 1 (0.12%) 5G
12 1 (0.12%) AMQP
12 1 (0.12%) Internet
12 1 (0.12%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (13.62%) Amazon RDS
2 107 (12.46%) PostgreSQL
3 104 (12.11%) DynamoDB
4 89 (10.36%) NoSQL
5 65 (7.57%) Amazon Redshift
6 60 (6.98%) Power BI
7 52 (6.05%) Data Lake
8 48 (5.59%) Relational Database
9 41 (4.77%) Amazon Athena
10 35 (4.07%) Data Warehouse
11 31 (3.61%) Azure SQL Database
11 31 (3.61%) MongoDB
12 30 (3.49%) Redis
13 28 (3.26%) Amazon Aurora
14 26 (3.03%) Tableau
15 24 (2.79%) Big Data
16 21 (2.44%) DocumentDB
17 19 (2.21%) Metadata
18 18 (2.10%) Elasticsearch
19 16 (1.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 142 (16.53%) Git
2 125 (14.55%) Jenkins
3 119 (13.85%) GitLab
4 44 (5.12%) JIRA
5 23 (2.68%) Liquibase
6 22 (2.56%) Bitbucket
7 18 (2.10%) Cucumber
7 18 (2.10%) JUnit
8 16 (1.86%) SonarQube
9 13 (1.51%) Cypress.io
9 13 (1.51%) Mockito
10 12 (1.40%) Postman
11 10 (1.16%) Maven
11 10 (1.16%) Selenium
11 10 (1.16%) Visual Studio Code
12 9 (1.05%) Mocha
13 7 (0.81%) MLflow
14 6 (0.70%) Gradle
15 5 (0.58%) Snyk
16 4 (0.47%) Terragrunt
General
1 216 (25.15%) Social Skills
2 164 (19.09%) Public Sector
3 131 (15.25%) Finance
4 65 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (7.22%) Banking
6 29 (3.38%) Financial Institution
7 23 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (1.63%) Marketing
9 9 (1.05%) Military
10 8 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (0.70%) Front Office
11 6 (0.70%) Health Technology
11 6 (0.70%) Investment Banking
11 6 (0.70%) Retail
12 4 (0.47%) Aviation
12 4 (0.47%) Law
13 3 (0.35%) Billing
13 3 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.35%) Legal
13 3 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 219 (25.49%) Developer
2 120 (13.97%) Senior
3 115 (13.39%) Architect
4 106 (12.34%) AWS Engineer
5 90 (10.48%) Data Engineer
6 74 (8.61%) Software Engineer
7 71 (8.27%) Lead
8 68 (7.92%) DevOps Engineer
9 58 (6.75%) Cloud Engineer
10 37 (4.31%) Azure Engineer
11 36 (4.19%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 36 (4.19%) AWS DevOps
11 36 (4.19%) Full-Stack Developer
12 35 (4.07%) AWS Architect
13 33 (3.84%) Senior Software Engineer
14 30 (3.49%) AWS Developer
14 30 (3.49%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 30 (3.49%) Java Developer
15 27 (3.14%) Cloud Architect
15 27 (3.14%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (16.07%) Node.js
2 129 (15.02%) REST
3 122 (14.20%) RESTful
4 120 (13.97%) Kafka
5 116 (13.50%) React
6 106 (12.34%) .NET
7 66 (7.68%) Spring
7 66 (7.68%) Spring Boot
8 51 (5.94%) OAuth
9 46 (5.36%) AngularJS
10 43 (5.01%) Elastic Stack
11 40 (4.66%) GraphQL
12 38 (4.42%) FastAPI
12 38 (4.42%) JSON
13 29 (3.38%) CSS
13 29 (3.38%) Flask
13 29 (3.38%) OpenID
14 28 (3.26%) PySpark
15 27 (3.14%) AWS CDK
15 27 (3.14%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 215 (25.03%) Cloud Native
2 71 (8.27%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (4.31%) Product Ownership
4 31 (3.61%) Public Cloud
5 17 (1.98%) AI Agents
5 17 (1.98%) Onboarding
6 16 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
6 16 (1.86%) NHS
7 14 (1.63%) Algorithms
8 13 (1.51%) Data Structures
8 13 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
9 12 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (1.28%) Low-Code
11 8 (0.93%) Replication
12 7 (0.81%) Data Fabric
12 7 (0.81%) DataPower
12 7 (0.81%) Mainframe
12 7 (0.81%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 82 (9.55%) Linux
2 14 (1.63%) Unix
3 7 (0.81%) Windows
4 4 (0.47%) Amazon Linux
4 4 (0.47%) VMS
5 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.23%) zOS
6 1 (0.12%) Android
6 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.12%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 503 (58.56%) CI/CD
2 444 (51.69%) DevOps
3 303 (35.27%) Infrastructure as Code
4 296 (34.46%) Agile
5 245 (28.52%) Microservices
6 198 (23.05%) Containerisation
7 155 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
8 148 (17.23%) Software Engineering
9 141 (16.41%) AI
10 128 (14.90%) Analytics
11 125 (14.55%) Data Modelling
12 124 (14.44%) Data Pipeline
13 116 (13.50%) Event-Driven
14 109 (12.69%) Test Automation
15 101 (11.76%) Observability
16 99 (11.53%) ETL
17 95 (11.06%) Data Engineering
18 93 (10.83%) Mentoring
19 82 (9.55%) Full-Stack Development
20 73 (8.50%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 422 (49.13%) Python
2 265 (30.85%) SQL
3 134 (15.60%) JavaScript
4 132 (15.37%) Java
5 122 (14.20%) C#
6 121 (14.09%) TypeScript
7 51 (5.94%) Go
8 50 (5.82%) Bash
9 43 (5.01%) PowerShell
10 35 (4.07%) Bicep
11 22 (2.56%) Shell Script
12 17 (1.98%) Ruby
13 11 (1.28%) T-SQL
14 10 (1.16%) Formula Language
14 10 (1.16%) LotusScript
15 9 (1.05%) C++
16 7 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 7 (0.81%) Korn
16 7 (0.81%) Scala
17 6 (0.70%) JSX
Qualifications
1 232 (27.01%) Security Cleared
2 183 (21.30%) SC Cleared
3 58 (6.75%) AWS Certification
4 54 (6.29%) Degree
5 45 (5.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (4.31%) DV Cleared
7 32 (3.73%) Master's Degree
8 31 (3.61%) Azure Certification
9 26 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (2.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 16 (1.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 16 (1.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 7 (0.81%) AWS Certified Developer
13 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.35%) PhD
16 2 (0.23%) ISTQB
16 2 (0.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 1 (0.12%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (5.70%) Data Quality
2 37 (4.31%) QA
3 25 (2.91%) GDPR
4 23 (2.68%) Accessibility
5 21 (2.44%) NIST
6 12 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.28%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.05%) EU AI Act
9 8 (0.93%) HIPAA
9 8 (0.93%) WCAG
10 4 (0.47%) HL7
10 4 (0.47%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.47%) PMO
11 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.23%) FedRAMP
11 2 (0.23%) GRC
11 2 (0.23%) NCSC
11 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.12%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
System Software
1 227 (26.43%) Docker
2 27 (3.14%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.93%) Squid
5 5 (0.58%) RACF
6 4 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.35%) ISA Server
8 2 (0.23%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 353 (41.09%) Terraform
2 229 (26.66%) Kubernetes
3 84 (9.78%) Prometheus
4 77 (8.96%) Grafana
5 76 (8.85%) Ansible
6 20 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (1.63%) Progress Chef
7 14 (1.63%) Puppet
8 8 (0.93%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.81%) Consul
9 7 (0.81%) Kibana
10 3 (0.35%) Docker Swarm
10 3 (0.35%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.35%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.35%) Karpenter
10 3 (0.35%) Packer
10 3 (0.35%) Rancher
11 2 (0.23%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.23%) Podman
11 2 (0.23%) Salt
Vendors
1 165 (19.21%) Microsoft
2 67 (7.80%) Databricks
3 40 (4.66%) OpenAI
3 40 (4.66%) Splunk
4 35 (4.07%) Google
5 29 (3.38%) Oracle
6 27 (3.14%) Foundry
7 15 (1.75%) Dynatrace
8 11 (1.28%) Confluent
8 11 (1.28%) IBM
8 11 (1.28%) Palantir
8 11 (1.28%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.16%) Cloudera
9 10 (1.16%) Lotus
9 10 (1.16%) Salesforce
10 9 (1.05%) Atlassian
10 9 (1.05%) Kofax
11 8 (0.93%) Brio
11 8 (0.93%) Red Hat
11 8 (0.93%) Sybase