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 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 122 134
Rank change year-on-year +12 +12 -30
Contract jobs citing Serverless 773 603 695
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.46% 2.07% 1.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.46% 5.63% 5.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 568 410 495
10th Percentile £375 £394 £400
25th Percentile £414 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £573 £540
Median % change year-on-year -12.66% +6.02% -10.00%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £643
90th Percentile £688 £788 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £532 £525
% change year-on-year -6.02% +1.33% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £25.38 -
25th Percentile £42.50 £25.56 £76.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £26.00 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.08% -66.45% +3.33%
75th Percentile £47.50 £26.31 £78.75
90th Percentile - £26.43 -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £26.00 £77.50
% change year-on-year +82.69% -66.45% +3.33%

All Cloud 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 11,972 10,701 12,982
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.11% 36.67% 34.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,223 7,155 9,492
10th Percentile £305 £313 £288
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £640
90th Percentile £708 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 295 139 249
10th Percentile £14.85 £17.35 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £26.50 £30.88 £23.24
Median % change year-on-year -14.17% +32.85% +3.29%
75th Percentile £55.00 £54.38 £53.75
90th Percentile £76.00 £69.70 £77.60
UK median hourly rate £26.40 £28.75 £25.00
% change year-on-year -8.17% +15.00% +11.11%

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 17 December 2025.

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 17 December 2025. 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 +12 430 £525 -6.25% 116
North of England +34 167 £476 -3.94% 87
Yorkshire +25 93 £500 -6.67% 46
Midlands +7 71 £500 +11.11% 46
North West +2 64 £450 +1.12% 35
West Midlands 0 55 £525 +5.00% 23
South East -57 44 £443 -29.20% 68
East of England +4 27 £528 -7.46% 24
South West -14 26 £650 - 27
East Midlands -15 16 £390 -12.75% 22
North East -2 11 £525 -13.93% 7
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 36 (4.66%) Apache
2 28 (3.62%) Apache Airflow
3 26 (3.36%) Confluence
4 22 (2.85%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.55%) SharePoint
6 7 (0.91%) nginx
7 6 (0.78%) CMS
7 6 (0.78%) HCL Notes
8 5 (0.65%) Mendix
9 3 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.39%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.13%) CICS
10 1 (0.13%) FileNet
10 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (1.16%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.39%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.91%) Aladdin
3 5 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.52%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.52%) thinkFolio
5 3 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 546 (70.63%) AWS
2 444 (57.44%) AWS Lambda
3 272 (35.19%) Azure
4 256 (33.12%) Amazon S3
5 168 (21.73%) GitHub
6 163 (21.09%) Azure Functions
7 141 (18.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 129 (16.69%) Amazon ECS
9 118 (15.27%) Amazon EC2
9 118 (15.27%) GitHub Actions
10 117 (15.14%) AWS CloudFormation
11 115 (14.88%) Azure DevOps
12 88 (11.38%) Azure Logic Apps
13 83 (10.74%) GCP
14 68 (8.80%) Amazon EKS
15 66 (8.54%) Amazon SQS
16 59 (7.63%) Azure AKS
17 58 (7.50%) AWS Step Functions
18 57 (7.37%) Power Platform
19 54 (6.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.23%) DNS
2 19 (2.46%) Firewall
3 18 (2.33%) VPN
4 13 (1.68%) Network Security
5 6 (0.78%) HTTP
6 5 (0.65%) OpenLDAP
6 5 (0.65%) Reverse Proxy
7 4 (0.52%) DHCP
7 4 (0.52%) Kerberos
7 4 (0.52%) LAN
7 4 (0.52%) Remote Desktop
7 4 (0.52%) SSL
7 4 (0.52%) WAN
8 2 (0.26%) MPLS
9 1 (0.13%) Internet
9 1 (0.13%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.13%) NAS
9 1 (0.13%) SMS
9 1 (0.13%) VLAN
9 1 (0.13%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (15.39%) Amazon RDS
2 110 (14.23%) PostgreSQL
3 105 (13.58%) DynamoDB
4 90 (11.64%) NoSQL
5 60 (7.76%) Relational Database
6 48 (6.21%) Amazon Redshift
7 41 (5.30%) Amazon Athena
8 39 (5.05%) Power BI
9 35 (4.53%) Amazon Aurora
9 35 (4.53%) Data Lake
10 32 (4.14%) Big Data
10 32 (4.14%) Data Warehouse
10 32 (4.14%) Redis
11 30 (3.88%) MongoDB
12 27 (3.49%) Azure SQL Database
13 23 (2.98%) SQL Server
14 22 (2.85%) MySQL
14 22 (2.85%) RDBMS
15 17 (2.20%) Tableau
16 13 (1.68%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 142 (18.37%) Git
2 127 (16.43%) Jenkins
3 101 (13.07%) GitLab
4 60 (7.76%) JIRA
5 31 (4.01%) Liquibase
6 22 (2.85%) SonarQube
7 17 (2.20%) JUnit
8 16 (2.07%) Bitbucket
9 14 (1.81%) Cypress.io
9 14 (1.81%) Postman
10 13 (1.68%) Cucumber
10 13 (1.68%) Maven
10 13 (1.68%) Selenium
11 12 (1.55%) Mockito
12 9 (1.16%) Visual Studio Code
13 8 (1.03%) Gradle
14 6 (0.78%) MLflow
15 5 (0.65%) SonarLint
15 5 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
15 5 (0.65%) Storybook
General
1 208 (26.91%) Social Skills
2 132 (17.08%) Public Sector
3 109 (14.10%) Finance
4 70 (9.06%) Banking
5 49 (6.34%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (4.01%) Financial Institution
7 15 (1.94%) Marketing
8 11 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (1.42%) Investment Banking
9 10 (1.29%) Front Office
9 10 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (0.91%) Retail
11 6 (0.78%) Military
12 5 (0.65%) Digital Healthcare
12 5 (0.65%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.26%) Aviation
13 2 (0.26%) Billing
13 2 (0.26%) Law
13 2 (0.26%) Local Government
13 2 (0.26%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 205 (26.52%) Developer
2 121 (15.65%) Senior
3 107 (13.84%) AWS Engineer
4 92 (11.90%) Architect
5 86 (11.13%) DevOps Engineer
6 83 (10.74%) Software Engineer
7 65 (8.41%) Data Engineer
8 62 (8.02%) Lead
9 38 (4.92%) AWS DevOps
10 36 (4.66%) Cloud Engineer
11 31 (4.01%) AWS Developer
11 31 (4.01%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 30 (3.88%) Python Engineer
12 30 (3.88%) Senior Software Engineer
13 29 (3.75%) Full-Stack Developer
14 28 (3.62%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 28 (3.62%) Java Developer
14 28 (3.62%) Senior Developer
14 28 (3.62%) Technical Architect
15 26 (3.36%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (19.40%) Node.js
2 139 (17.98%) RESTful
3 122 (15.78%) React
4 120 (15.52%) REST
5 103 (13.32%) .NET
6 92 (11.90%) Kafka
7 51 (6.60%) Elastic Stack
8 47 (6.08%) Spring Boot
9 42 (5.43%) AngularJS
10 41 (5.30%) GraphQL
10 41 (5.30%) Spring
11 36 (4.66%) .NET Core
12 35 (4.53%) OAuth
13 31 (4.01%) FastAPI
14 30 (3.88%) HTML
14 30 (3.88%) JSON
15 29 (3.75%) AWS CDK
16 26 (3.36%) CSS
16 26 (3.36%) PyTorch
17 23 (2.98%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 191 (24.71%) Cloud Native
2 79 (10.22%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (4.53%) Public Cloud
4 33 (4.27%) Product Ownership
5 20 (2.59%) Data Protection Act
6 15 (1.94%) Onboarding
7 13 (1.68%) AI Agents
7 13 (1.68%) Replication
8 12 (1.55%) Algorithms
8 12 (1.55%) NHS
9 11 (1.42%) Data Structures
10 10 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.29%) Mobile App
10 10 (1.29%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.03%) Data Fabric
11 8 (1.03%) Derivative
11 8 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.91%) Distributed Architecture
12 7 (0.91%) Low-Code
13 6 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 91 (11.77%) Linux
2 12 (1.55%) Windows
3 10 (1.29%) Unix
4 5 (0.65%) VMS
4 5 (0.65%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.39%) Amazon Linux
6 2 (0.26%) Android
6 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) AIX
7 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.13%) Solaris
7 1 (0.13%) SUSE
7 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 441 (57.05%) CI/CD
2 399 (51.62%) DevOps
3 309 (39.97%) Agile
4 263 (34.02%) Microservices
5 254 (32.86%) Infrastructure as Code
6 187 (24.19%) Containerisation
7 161 (20.83%) Software Engineering
8 143 (18.50%) Problem-Solving
9 104 (13.45%) AI
10 102 (13.20%) Analytics
11 99 (12.81%) Test Automation
12 97 (12.55%) Data Pipeline
12 97 (12.55%) Event-Driven
13 88 (11.38%) Full-Stack Development
14 80 (10.35%) Mentoring
15 78 (10.09%) Data Modelling
16 76 (9.83%) ETL
17 71 (9.18%) High Availability
18 70 (9.06%) Data Engineering
18 70 (9.06%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 378 (48.90%) Python
2 217 (28.07%) SQL
3 139 (17.98%) Java
4 125 (16.17%) TypeScript
5 121 (15.65%) JavaScript
6 98 (12.68%) C#
7 60 (7.76%) Go
8 46 (5.95%) Bash
9 35 (4.53%) PowerShell
10 26 (3.36%) Bicep
11 19 (2.46%) Shell Script
12 18 (2.33%) Ruby
13 12 (1.55%) C++
14 9 (1.16%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.78%) Formula Language
15 6 (0.78%) Groovy
15 6 (0.78%) Korn
15 6 (0.78%) LotusScript
15 6 (0.78%) PHP
15 6 (0.78%) VBA
Qualifications
1 197 (25.49%) Security Cleared
2 159 (20.57%) SC Cleared
3 67 (8.67%) Degree
4 60 (7.76%) AWS Certification
4 60 (7.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (4.92%) DV Cleared
6 37 (4.79%) Master's Degree
7 26 (3.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 20 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
9 18 (2.33%) Azure Certification
10 13 (1.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 11 (1.42%) MCP
12 9 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.91%) AWS Certified Developer
14 3 (0.39%) PhD
15 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
15 2 (0.26%) ISTQB
15 2 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 1 (0.13%) ITIL Certification
16 1 (0.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (5.30%) QA
2 29 (3.75%) GDPR
3 27 (3.49%) Data Quality
4 17 (2.20%) Accessibility
5 13 (1.68%) NIST
6 11 (1.42%) WCAG
7 9 (1.16%) EU AI Act
8 8 (1.03%) HIPAA
9 6 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.52%) HL7
10 4 (0.52%) MiFID
11 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.26%) 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%) NCSC
System Software
1 211 (27.30%) Docker
2 33 (4.27%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.91%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.39%) ISA Server
6 2 (0.26%) HDFS
7 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 304 (39.33%) Terraform
2 214 (27.68%) Kubernetes
3 83 (10.74%) Ansible
4 76 (9.83%) Prometheus
5 75 (9.70%) Grafana
6 16 (2.07%) Progress Chef
7 11 (1.42%) Puppet
8 9 (1.16%) Kibana
9 4 (0.52%) Packer
9 4 (0.52%) Rancher
10 3 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.39%) ITRS Geneos
10 3 (0.39%) Karpenter
10 3 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.26%) Control-M
11 2 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.26%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.26%) Knative
11 2 (0.26%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.26%) Podman
Vendors
1 150 (19.40%) Microsoft
2 49 (6.34%) Splunk
3 43 (5.56%) Databricks
4 39 (5.05%) Google
5 26 (3.36%) Oracle
6 19 (2.46%) Foundry
7 18 (2.33%) OpenAI
8 16 (2.07%) Salesforce
9 13 (1.68%) Cloudera
9 13 (1.68%) Dynatrace
9 13 (1.68%) ServiceNow
10 12 (1.55%) IBM
11 10 (1.29%) Palantir
12 8 (1.03%) Confluent
13 6 (0.78%) Gigya
13 6 (0.78%) Lotus
14 5 (0.65%) Atlassian
14 5 (0.65%) Brio
14 5 (0.65%) Kofax
14 5 (0.65%) Sybase