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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 106 128
Rank change year-on-year -33 +22 -19
Contract jobs citing Serverless 1,064 821 714
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.98% 2.50% 1.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.63% 6.73% 5.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 789 601 506
10th Percentile £400 £385 £363
25th Percentile £450 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.55%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £638
90th Percentile £738 £685 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £489 £538
% change year-on-year +2.30% -9.07% +3.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 0
10th Percentile £35.65 £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 excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 - -

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 18,903 12,206 13,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.12% 37.20% 33.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,514 8,148 9,060
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 606 320 244
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.48 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.25 £18.51 £17.24
Median hourly rate £34.13 £28.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% +12.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £67.28 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.50 £18.87 £21.46
% change year-on-year +77.53% -12.07% -18.25%

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 22 August 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 22 August 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 22 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
England -29 866 £525 +0.96% 461
London -22 503 £550 - 267
UK excluding London -39 401 £500 +2.30% 247
Work from Home -29 337 £525 +2.19% 232
North of England -39 135 £500 +5.26% 95
Midlands -2 92 £463 +2.78% 30
North West -33 69 £575 +21.05% 50
West Midlands -11 66 £482 +7.17% 20
Scotland -12 53 £463 -7.50% 13
South East -57 49 £600 +35.59% 39
South West -23 47 £542 +6.23% 42
Yorkshire -40 43 £500 +5.26% 26
East Midlands -2 26 £425 +2.35% 10
East of England -20 23 £525 - 17
North East -27 23 £463 +4.52% 19
Northern Ireland +2 4 £283 -43.50% 10
Wales -17 4 £481 -16.34% 4

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 57 (5.36%) Confluence
2 49 (4.61%) Apache Airflow
3 39 (3.67%) Apache Spark
4 32 (3.01%) Apache
5 20 (1.88%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.75%) nginx
6 8 (0.75%) SAS
7 6 (0.56%) CICS
7 6 (0.56%) CMS
8 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.38%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.38%) PowerExchange
10 3 (0.28%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.19%) JBoss
11 2 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.094%) Drupal
12 1 (0.094%) EPiServer
12 1 (0.094%) HCL Notes
12 1 (0.094%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.094%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.47%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.094%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (1.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.47%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.094%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.094%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.094%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.094%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 828 (77.82%) AWS
2 665 (62.50%) AWS Lambda
3 439 (41.26%) Amazon S3
4 365 (34.30%) Azure
5 218 (20.49%) GitHub
6 214 (20.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 187 (17.58%) Amazon ECS
8 177 (16.64%) Azure Functions
9 167 (15.70%) Amazon EC2
10 161 (15.13%) Amazon EKS
11 157 (14.76%) GitHub Actions
12 156 (14.66%) AWS CloudFormation
13 136 (12.78%) Amazon SQS
14 116 (10.90%) AWS Step Functions
14 116 (10.90%) Azure DevOps
15 115 (10.81%) Power Platform
16 108 (10.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 85 (7.99%) Amazon EventBridge
18 78 (7.33%) GCP
19 76 (7.14%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.57%) Firewall
2 28 (2.63%) DNS
3 26 (2.44%) Network Security
4 18 (1.69%) VPN
5 13 (1.22%) HTTP
5 13 (1.22%) WAN
6 8 (0.75%) SSL
7 6 (0.56%) Reverse Proxy
7 6 (0.56%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.47%) CTI
8 5 (0.47%) MQTT
9 4 (0.38%) SMS
10 3 (0.28%) FTP
10 3 (0.28%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.28%) IPv4
10 3 (0.28%) OpenVPN
10 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.19%) AMQP
11 2 (0.19%) SAN
11 2 (0.19%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (15.79%) DynamoDB
2 156 (14.66%) Amazon RDS
3 117 (11.00%) Amazon Athena
4 106 (9.96%) PostgreSQL
5 93 (8.74%) Amazon Redshift
6 84 (7.89%) Data Warehouse
6 84 (7.89%) Power BI
7 69 (6.48%) NoSQL
8 52 (4.89%) Amazon Aurora
8 52 (4.89%) Data Lake
9 47 (4.42%) MySQL
10 46 (4.32%) SQL Server
11 37 (3.48%) MongoDB
12 36 (3.38%) Azure SQL Database
13 32 (3.01%) Relational Database
14 31 (2.91%) Metadata
15 25 (2.35%) Delta Lake
16 22 (2.07%) Tableau
17 21 (1.97%) BigQuery
18 20 (1.88%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 191 (17.95%) Git
2 147 (13.82%) GitLab
3 142 (13.35%) Jenkins
4 79 (7.42%) JIRA
5 32 (3.01%) Cypress.io
6 28 (2.63%) Bitbucket
6 28 (2.63%) Claude Code
7 22 (2.07%) Cucumber
8 16 (1.50%) SonarQube
9 15 (1.41%) Selenium
10 14 (1.32%) Postman
11 13 (1.22%) JUnit
12 10 (0.94%) Mockito
13 8 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
13 8 (0.75%) Visual Studio
14 7 (0.66%) Artifactory
14 7 (0.66%) Gatling
14 7 (0.66%) JMeter
14 7 (0.66%) REST Assured
14 7 (0.66%) Vite
General
1 234 (21.99%) Social Skills
2 185 (17.39%) Public Sector
3 151 (14.19%) Finance
4 71 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (3.67%) Banking
6 30 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (1.22%) Billing
9 12 (1.13%) Law
9 12 (1.13%) Legal
9 12 (1.13%) Marketing
10 11 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (0.94%) Retail
12 9 (0.85%) Back Office
13 7 (0.66%) Front Office
13 7 (0.66%) Military
14 6 (0.56%) Aerospace
15 5 (0.47%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.47%) Publishing
15 5 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 246 (23.12%) Developer
2 209 (19.64%) Architect
3 191 (17.95%) Senior
4 174 (16.35%) AWS Engineer
5 118 (11.09%) Data Engineer
6 114 (10.71%) Lead
7 79 (7.42%) DevOps Engineer
8 66 (6.20%) Software Engineer
9 65 (6.11%) AWS Architect
10 55 (5.17%) Cloud Engineer
10 55 (5.17%) Full-Stack Developer
11 52 (4.89%) Solutions Architect
12 46 (4.32%) AWS Developer
13 45 (4.23%) Platform Engineer
13 45 (4.23%) Python Developer
13 45 (4.23%) Technical Architect
14 40 (3.76%) AWS Data Engineer
14 40 (3.76%) AWS DevOps
14 40 (3.76%) Senior Developer
15 39 (3.67%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 427 (40.13%) Terraform
2 162 (15.23%) REST
3 133 (12.50%) React
4 123 (11.56%) Node.js
5 117 (11.00%) .NET
6 108 (10.15%) RESTful
7 105 (9.87%) Kafka
8 77 (7.24%) AWS CDK
8 77 (7.24%) PySpark
9 64 (6.02%) Spring
9 64 (6.02%) Spring Boot
10 59 (5.55%) GraphQL
11 51 (4.79%) FastAPI
11 51 (4.79%) OAuth
12 40 (3.76%) AngularJS
13 39 (3.67%) CSS
14 38 (3.57%) Flask
14 38 (3.57%) JSON
15 36 (3.38%) HTML
15 36 (3.38%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 332 (31.20%) Cloud Native
2 88 (8.27%) Product Ownership
3 76 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
4 60 (5.64%) AI Agents
5 29 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
5 29 (2.73%) NHS
6 28 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
7 21 (1.97%) Onboarding
8 18 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
9 17 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
9 17 (1.60%) Data Structures
9 17 (1.60%) IVR
10 13 (1.22%) Mainframe
10 13 (1.22%) Security Posture
11 12 (1.13%) Management Information System
12 11 (1.03%) Enterprise Cloud
12 11 (1.03%) IoT
12 11 (1.03%) Public Cloud
13 10 (0.94%) Fixed Income
14 9 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 62 (5.83%) Linux
2 23 (2.16%) Unix
3 17 (1.60%) Windows
4 15 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.56%) zOS
6 4 (0.38%) VMS
7 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.19%) Android
8 2 (0.19%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.094%) AIX
9 1 (0.094%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.094%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 648 (60.90%) CI/CD
2 459 (43.14%) DevOps
3 408 (38.35%) Infrastructure as Code
4 401 (37.69%) Agile
5 259 (24.34%) Microservices
6 246 (23.12%) AI
7 229 (21.52%) Event-Driven
8 221 (20.77%) Containerisation
9 180 (16.92%) Observability
10 175 (16.45%) Test Automation
11 165 (15.51%) Analytics
12 159 (14.94%) Software Engineering
13 155 (14.57%) Data Modelling
14 146 (13.72%) Data Pipeline
15 140 (13.16%) Migration
15 140 (13.16%) Technical Leadership
16 137 (12.88%) Continuous Improvement
17 135 (12.69%) ETL
18 131 (12.31%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 131 (12.31%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 470 (44.17%) Python
2 309 (29.04%) SQL
3 178 (16.73%) TypeScript
4 154 (14.47%) JavaScript
5 133 (12.50%) Java
6 129 (12.12%) C#
7 78 (7.33%) Bash
8 43 (4.04%) Bicep
8 43 (4.04%) PowerShell
9 33 (3.10%) Shell Script
10 16 (1.50%) Scala
11 14 (1.32%) Go
12 9 (0.85%) Groovy
13 8 (0.75%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.75%) Ruby
14 7 (0.66%) R
15 6 (0.56%) JCL
15 6 (0.56%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.56%) X++
16 5 (0.47%) Rust
Qualifications
1 281 (26.41%) Security Cleared
2 234 (21.99%) SC Cleared
3 79 (7.42%) AWS Certification
4 55 (5.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 50 (4.70%) Degree
6 39 (3.67%) DV Cleared
7 32 (3.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 29 (2.73%) Azure Certification
9 28 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 22 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
11 21 (1.97%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 13 (1.22%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 12 (1.13%) Master's Degree
14 11 (1.03%) SAFe Agilist
15 8 (0.75%) AWS Certified Developer
16 7 (0.66%) ISTQB
16 7 (0.66%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 6 (0.56%) DBS Check
17 6 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
18 5 (0.47%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (10.06%) Data Quality
2 59 (5.55%) QA
3 38 (3.57%) Accessibility
4 34 (3.20%) GDPR
5 27 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 21 (1.97%) WCAG
7 16 (1.50%) PCI DSS
8 12 (1.13%) NIST
9 9 (0.85%) SLA
10 6 (0.56%) HL7
11 5 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
11 5 (0.47%) NCSC
12 3 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.28%) PMO
13 2 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.19%) ISO 20022
14 1 (0.094%) IEC 62304
14 1 (0.094%) ISO 13485
14 1 (0.094%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.094%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 281 (26.41%) Docker
2 38 (3.57%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.47%) Squid
4 5 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.19%) HDFS
5 2 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.094%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 245 (23.03%) Kubernetes
2 92 (8.65%) Grafana
3 71 (6.67%) Prometheus
4 53 (4.98%) Ansible
5 16 (1.50%) Puppet
6 14 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.94%) Istio
8 8 (0.75%) Argo
8 8 (0.75%) Kustomize
8 8 (0.75%) Progress Chef
9 7 (0.66%) Kibana
9 7 (0.66%) linkerd
9 7 (0.66%) Packer
10 6 (0.56%) Podman
11 5 (0.47%) Salt
12 3 (0.28%) Consul
12 3 (0.28%) Control-M
12 3 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.28%) Rancher
Vendors
1 172 (16.17%) Microsoft
2 62 (5.83%) Databricks
3 45 (4.23%) Oracle
4 35 (3.29%) OpenAI
5 32 (3.01%) Informatica
6 28 (2.63%) Dynatrace
7 25 (2.35%) Google
8 24 (2.26%) Splunk
9 23 (2.16%) ServiceNow
10 15 (1.41%) Salesforce
11 12 (1.13%) Red Hat
11 12 (1.13%) SAP
12 9 (0.85%) Tenable
13 8 (0.75%) Brio
14 7 (0.66%) Confluent
15 5 (0.47%) Denodo
15 5 (0.47%) Foundry
15 5 (0.47%) New Relic
15 5 (0.47%) PagerDuty
15 5 (0.47%) Workday