Serverless Contract Job Trends

Serverless Computing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Serverless skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 103 130
Rank change year-on-year -3 +27 -33
Contract jobs citing Serverless 1,061 746 778
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.27% 2.54% 1.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.28% 6.74% 5.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 773 573 597
10th Percentile £358 £400 £381
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £623
90th Percentile £700 £788 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 0
10th Percentile £51.75 £25.50 -
25th Percentile £61.00 £25.88 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £26.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +183.02% - -
75th Percentile £81.00 £30.75 -
90th Percentile £92.20 £33.30 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.50 - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 16,883 11,066 14,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 36.13% 37.69% 32.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,493 7,699 10,008
10th Percentile £319 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £521 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £631
90th Percentile £702 £735 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £489
% change year-on-year +1.05% -2.86% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 478 251 347
10th Percentile £15.59 £15.44 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.36 £18.51 £16.06
Median hourly rate £41.64 £27.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.42% +30.95% -40.00%
75th Percentile £67.50 £48.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £81.38 £73.75 £61.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £22.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year +111.11% +26.98% -26.17%

Serverless
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Serverless relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Serverless job vacancy trend in the UK

Serverless
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Serverless.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Serverless

Serverless
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Serverless over the 6 months to 26 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Serverless in the UK

Serverless
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Serverless.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Serverless

Serverless
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Serverless over the 6 months to 26 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Serverless in the UK

Serverless
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Serverless within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England -6 866 £513 -6.82% 249
London -13 519 £513 -6.82% 114
UK excluding London +8 375 £500 - 160
Work from Home -34 286 £500 -4.76% 228
North of England -2 156 £500 - 59
North West -9 84 £500 - 40
Midlands -17 59 £500 +10.01% 17
Yorkshire -15 56 £500 - 16
South East -48 55 £525 +5.00% 40
Scotland -4 51 £402 -23.43% 3
West Midlands -23 46 £500 +3.95% 8
South West -15 34 £578 +5.16% 21
East of England -15 23 £550 -18.52% 14
North East -10 17 £475 - 3
East Midlands -30 13 £499 +8.71% 9
Wales -7 5 £475 -5.09% 3
Northern Ireland +4 2 - - 6

Serverless
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 59 (5.56%) Apache Spark
2 44 (4.15%) Apache Airflow
3 40 (3.77%) Apache
4 34 (3.20%) Confluence
5 28 (2.64%) SharePoint
6 17 (1.60%) nginx
7 11 (1.04%) HCL Notes
8 10 (0.94%) Mendix
9 7 (0.66%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.38%) CICS
11 3 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.28%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.19%) SAS
12 2 (0.19%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.094%) CMS
13 1 (0.094%) FileNet
13 1 (0.094%) JBoss
Applications
1 10 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.66%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.19%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.094%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.19%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.094%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.094%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 783 (73.80%) AWS
2 619 (58.34%) AWS Lambda
3 415 (39.11%) Amazon S3
4 406 (38.27%) Azure
5 243 (22.90%) GitHub
6 224 (21.11%) Azure Functions
7 213 (20.08%) Amazon ECS
8 192 (18.10%) Amazon EC2
9 184 (17.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 183 (17.25%) AWS CloudFormation
11 175 (16.49%) Amazon EKS
12 170 (16.02%) GitHub Actions
13 166 (15.65%) Azure DevOps
14 122 (11.50%) Power Platform
15 116 (10.93%) AWS Step Functions
16 115 (10.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 103 (9.71%) Azure Logic Apps
18 93 (8.77%) Amazon SQS
19 91 (8.58%) Azure Service Bus
20 66 (6.22%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (3.77%) Firewall
2 38 (3.58%) DNS
3 22 (2.07%) VPN
4 15 (1.41%) Reverse Proxy
5 13 (1.23%) Network Security
5 13 (1.23%) TCP/IP
6 12 (1.13%) HTTP
7 9 (0.85%) OpenVPN
7 9 (0.85%) SSL
8 8 (0.75%) Kerberos
9 7 (0.66%) SMS
10 5 (0.47%) IPsec
11 4 (0.38%) WAN
12 3 (0.28%) FTP
13 2 (0.19%) AMQP
13 2 (0.19%) LAN
14 1 (0.094%) 4G
14 1 (0.094%) BGP
14 1 (0.094%) CTI
14 1 (0.094%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (14.14%) DynamoDB
2 133 (12.54%) Amazon RDS
3 110 (10.37%) PostgreSQL
4 87 (8.20%) Amazon Athena
5 81 (7.63%) NoSQL
6 80 (7.54%) Amazon Redshift
6 80 (7.54%) Power BI
7 63 (5.94%) Data Lake
8 53 (5.00%) Relational Database
9 51 (4.81%) Azure SQL Database
10 46 (4.34%) Data Warehouse
11 39 (3.68%) SQL Server
12 38 (3.58%) Amazon Aurora
13 36 (3.39%) MongoDB
14 33 (3.11%) Tableau
15 32 (3.02%) Big Data
15 32 (3.02%) Metadata
16 28 (2.64%) MySQL
16 28 (2.64%) Redis
17 26 (2.45%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 175 (16.49%) Git
2 151 (14.23%) GitLab
3 133 (12.54%) Jenkins
4 57 (5.37%) JIRA
5 29 (2.73%) Bitbucket
6 20 (1.89%) SonarQube
7 17 (1.60%) Cucumber
8 16 (1.51%) Cypress.io
8 16 (1.51%) JUnit
9 14 (1.32%) MLflow
10 12 (1.13%) Mockito
11 10 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
12 9 (0.85%) Maven
12 9 (0.85%) Selenium
13 8 (0.75%) NUnit
14 7 (0.66%) Jasmine
14 7 (0.66%) Liquibase
14 7 (0.66%) Mocha
14 7 (0.66%) Postman
15 6 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 228 (21.49%) Social Skills
2 205 (19.32%) Public Sector
3 145 (13.67%) Finance
4 73 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (3.96%) Banking
6 32 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (1.13%) Financial Institution
7 12 (1.13%) Marketing
8 11 (1.04%) Legal
9 10 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (0.85%) Health Technology
11 8 (0.75%) Military
11 8 (0.75%) Retail
12 6 (0.57%) Billing
12 6 (0.57%) Investment Banking
12 6 (0.57%) Police
13 5 (0.47%) Front Office
13 5 (0.47%) Law
13 5 (0.47%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 276 (26.01%) Developer
2 183 (17.25%) Architect
3 146 (13.76%) Senior
4 143 (13.48%) AWS Engineer
5 110 (10.37%) Data Engineer
6 93 (8.77%) Lead
7 86 (8.11%) DevOps Engineer
8 65 (6.13%) Software Engineer
9 56 (5.28%) AWS Architect
10 53 (5.00%) Cloud Engineer
10 53 (5.00%) Full-Stack Developer
11 48 (4.52%) AWS Developer
11 48 (4.52%) AWS DevOps
11 48 (4.52%) Azure Engineer
12 44 (4.15%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 44 (4.15%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 40 (3.77%) Cloud Architect
13 40 (3.77%) Python Engineer
13 40 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
13 40 (3.77%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (16.31%) Node.js
2 146 (13.76%) React
3 133 (12.54%) REST
4 123 (11.59%) .NET
5 122 (11.50%) Kafka
6 107 (10.08%) RESTful
7 90 (8.48%) OAuth
8 88 (8.29%) Spring
9 87 (8.20%) Spring Boot
10 67 (6.31%) PySpark
11 58 (5.47%) AngularJS
12 51 (4.81%) AWS CDK
12 51 (4.81%) OAuth2
13 49 (4.62%) JSON
14 46 (4.34%) .NET Core
15 42 (3.96%) OpenID
16 41 (3.86%) FastAPI
16 41 (3.86%) GraphQL
17 40 (3.77%) JWT
18 36 (3.39%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 271 (25.54%) Cloud Native
2 67 (6.31%) Distributed Systems
3 57 (5.37%) Product Ownership
4 29 (2.73%) NHS
5 26 (2.45%) AI Agents
6 24 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (1.60%) Onboarding
9 15 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
10 14 (1.32%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.32%) Low-Code
11 13 (1.23%) Algorithms
11 13 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.04%) Public Cloud
12 11 (1.04%) Virtual Team
13 9 (0.85%) Mainframe
13 9 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
14 8 (0.75%) Replication
15 7 (0.66%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 79 (7.45%) Linux
2 21 (1.98%) Unix
3 10 (0.94%) Windows
4 4 (0.38%) Amazon Linux
4 4 (0.38%) zOS
5 3 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.28%) VMS
6 1 (0.094%) Android
6 1 (0.094%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.094%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.094%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.094%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 648 (61.07%) CI/CD
2 530 (49.95%) DevOps
3 403 (37.98%) Infrastructure as Code
4 347 (32.70%) Agile
5 280 (26.39%) Microservices
6 253 (23.85%) Containerisation
7 178 (16.78%) AI
8 170 (16.02%) Analytics
9 166 (15.65%) Event-Driven
10 164 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
11 159 (14.99%) Observability
12 150 (14.14%) Data Pipeline
13 148 (13.95%) Data Modelling
14 143 (13.48%) Software Engineering
15 137 (12.91%) ETL
16 136 (12.82%) Test Automation
17 116 (10.93%) Data Engineering
18 113 (10.65%) Migration
19 109 (10.27%) Full-Stack Development
20 105 (9.90%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 494 (46.56%) Python
2 300 (28.28%) SQL
3 170 (16.02%) Java
4 163 (15.36%) C#
5 160 (15.08%) JavaScript
6 157 (14.80%) TypeScript
7 66 (6.22%) Bash
8 50 (4.71%) Bicep
8 50 (4.71%) PowerShell
9 36 (3.39%) Shell Script
10 25 (2.36%) Go
10 25 (2.36%) Ruby
11 17 (1.60%) Scala
12 11 (1.04%) Formula Language
12 11 (1.04%) LotusScript
13 7 (0.66%) Groovy
13 7 (0.66%) Kotlin
13 7 (0.66%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.57%) Perl
14 6 (0.57%) PHP
Qualifications
1 294 (27.71%) Security Cleared
2 235 (22.15%) SC Cleared
3 70 (6.60%) AWS Certification
4 44 (4.15%) BPSS Clearance
5 34 (3.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 34 (3.20%) Azure Certification
6 29 (2.73%) DV Cleared
7 28 (2.64%) Degree
8 21 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.41%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 11 (1.04%) Master's Degree
10 11 (1.04%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 9 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (0.75%) AWS Certified Developer
12 8 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.38%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 4 (0.38%) PhD
13 4 (0.38%) SAFe Agilist
14 3 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.19%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (6.69%) Data Quality
2 52 (4.90%) QA
3 32 (3.02%) GDPR
4 31 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 29 (2.73%) Accessibility
6 24 (2.26%) PCI DSS
7 16 (1.51%) NIST
8 11 (1.04%) WCAG
9 10 (0.94%) PMO
10 8 (0.75%) HIPAA
11 6 (0.57%) ISO 20022
12 5 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
12 5 (0.47%) NCSC
13 4 (0.38%) HL7
13 4 (0.38%) SLA
14 2 (0.19%) FedRAMP
14 2 (0.19%) GRC
15 1 (0.094%) Government Security Classifications
15 1 (0.094%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 1 (0.094%) SOC 2
System Software
1 290 (27.33%) Docker
2 34 (3.20%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.94%) Squid
5 5 (0.47%) RACF
6 4 (0.38%) HDFS
6 4 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.28%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 446 (42.04%) Terraform
2 261 (24.60%) Kubernetes
3 100 (9.43%) Grafana
4 89 (8.39%) Prometheus
5 63 (5.94%) Ansible
6 29 (2.73%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (1.23%) Puppet
8 11 (1.04%) Progress Chef
9 9 (0.85%) FortiGate
10 8 (0.75%) Consul
11 6 (0.57%) Istio
11 6 (0.57%) Kibana
11 6 (0.57%) linkerd
12 5 (0.47%) Kustomize
13 4 (0.38%) Docker Swarm
13 4 (0.38%) Packer
13 4 (0.38%) Podman
13 4 (0.38%) Rancher
13 4 (0.38%) Salt
14 3 (0.28%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 175 (16.49%) Microsoft
2 89 (8.39%) Databricks
3 47 (4.43%) Oracle
4 46 (4.34%) OpenAI
5 31 (2.92%) Splunk
6 18 (1.70%) Dynatrace
7 17 (1.60%) Google
8 14 (1.32%) Foundry
8 14 (1.32%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.04%) Lotus
10 10 (0.94%) Brio
10 10 (0.94%) Confluent
10 10 (0.94%) Informatica
10 10 (0.94%) Kofax
10 10 (0.94%) Red Hat
10 10 (0.94%) Salesforce
11 9 (0.85%) Atlassian
11 9 (0.85%) SAP
12 8 (0.75%) Tenable
13 7 (0.66%) Palantir