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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 95 128
Rank change year-on-year -21 +33 -31
Contract jobs citing Serverless 1,074 768 769
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.17% 2.61% 1.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.12% 6.90% 5.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 778 577 582
10th Percentile £375 £400 £382
25th Percentile £437 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £519
Median % change year-on-year - +1.25% -5.73%
75th Percentile £630 £604 £625
90th Percentile £735 £722 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 0
10th Percentile £46.45 £37.00 -
25th Percentile £66.00 £40.00 -
Median hourly rate £74.00 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +64.44% - -
75th Percentile £81.00 £50.00 -
90th Percentile £89.40 £53.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.50 - -

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 17,544 11,129 14,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.45% 37.89% 32.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,751 7,531 9,982
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £619 £634
90th Percentile £712 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +3.79% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 560 270 357
10th Percentile £15.91 £15.15 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £35.96 £28.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.41% +30.23% -41.89%
75th Percentile £68.00 £47.50 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.06 £19.14 £19.09
% change year-on-year +93.68% +0.26% -30.60%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 10 June 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 -15 859 £525 - 255
London -18 520 £525 -4.55% 117
UK excluding London -15 367 £500 - 181
Work from Home -25 325 £523 -0.48% 149
North of England -24 142 £500 - 64
North West -19 79 £510 +2.00% 36
Midlands -34 57 £491 -1.75% 15
South East -52 54 £575 +15.00% 47
Scotland -17 49 £438 -16.67% 10
Yorkshire -24 49 £500 - 19
West Midlands -24 44 £488 -4.79% 8
South West -6 38 £575 +4.55% 29
East of England -13 26 £550 -2.22% 9
North East -17 15 £475 - 9
East Midlands -25 13 £498 +3.86% 7
Wales -8 7 £488 -15.25% 8
Northern Ireland +7 5 £190 -62.00% 2

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 51 (4.75%) Confluence
2 46 (4.28%) Apache Airflow
2 46 (4.28%) Apache Spark
3 26 (2.42%) Apache
3 26 (2.42%) SharePoint
4 12 (1.12%) nginx
5 6 (0.56%) CICS
5 6 (0.56%) HCL Notes
5 6 (0.56%) Mendix
5 6 (0.56%) SAS
6 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
7 3 (0.28%) CMS
8 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.19%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.093%) JBoss
9 1 (0.093%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 12 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.84%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.19%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 13 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.19%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.093%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.093%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.093%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 828 (77.09%) AWS
2 657 (61.17%) AWS Lambda
3 453 (42.18%) Amazon S3
4 374 (34.82%) Azure
5 226 (21.04%) GitHub
6 195 (18.16%) Amazon EC2
7 193 (17.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 192 (17.88%) Azure Functions
9 181 (16.85%) Amazon ECS
9 181 (16.85%) Amazon EKS
10 157 (14.62%) GitHub Actions
11 155 (14.43%) AWS CloudFormation
12 125 (11.64%) Azure DevOps
13 117 (10.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 116 (10.80%) Power Platform
15 115 (10.71%) Amazon SQS
15 115 (10.71%) AWS Step Functions
16 85 (7.91%) Azure Logic Apps
17 79 (7.36%) Azure Service Bus
18 74 (6.89%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 31 (2.89%) Firewall
2 30 (2.79%) DNS
3 21 (1.96%) VPN
4 16 (1.49%) Network Security
5 13 (1.21%) TCP/IP
6 9 (0.84%) HTTP
6 9 (0.84%) OpenVPN
6 9 (0.84%) SSL
7 8 (0.74%) WAN
8 7 (0.65%) SMS
9 6 (0.56%) Reverse Proxy
10 5 (0.47%) IPsec
10 5 (0.47%) Kerberos
11 3 (0.28%) CTI
11 3 (0.28%) FTP
11 3 (0.28%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.28%) MQTT
12 2 (0.19%) AMQP
13 1 (0.093%) 4G
13 1 (0.093%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (14.90%) DynamoDB
2 151 (14.06%) Amazon RDS
3 108 (10.06%) Amazon Athena
4 97 (9.03%) Amazon Redshift
4 97 (9.03%) PostgreSQL
5 78 (7.26%) Power BI
6 67 (6.24%) NoSQL
7 65 (6.05%) Data Lake
8 57 (5.31%) Data Warehouse
9 54 (5.03%) Amazon Aurora
10 47 (4.38%) Azure SQL Database
11 44 (4.10%) SQL Server
12 34 (3.17%) MySQL
12 34 (3.17%) Relational Database
13 32 (2.98%) Metadata
14 29 (2.70%) Tableau
15 25 (2.33%) Big Data
15 25 (2.33%) MongoDB
16 22 (2.05%) Delta Lake
17 21 (1.96%) Redis
Development Applications
1 163 (15.18%) Git
2 142 (13.22%) GitLab
3 130 (12.10%) Jenkins
4 71 (6.61%) JIRA
5 26 (2.42%) Bitbucket
6 19 (1.77%) Cucumber
7 18 (1.68%) Cypress.io
8 17 (1.58%) SonarQube
9 15 (1.40%) Claude Code
10 10 (0.93%) JUnit
11 9 (0.84%) Mocha
11 9 (0.84%) Vite
12 8 (0.74%) Artifactory
12 8 (0.74%) MSTest
13 7 (0.65%) Postman
14 6 (0.56%) Gatling
14 6 (0.56%) MLflow
14 6 (0.56%) REST Assured
14 6 (0.56%) Snyk
14 6 (0.56%) tSQLt
General
1 241 (22.44%) Social Skills
2 183 (17.04%) Public Sector
3 137 (12.76%) Finance
4 58 (5.40%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
6 26 (2.42%) Banking
7 15 (1.40%) Legal
8 14 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (1.12%) Law
10 10 (0.93%) Military
11 8 (0.74%) Financial Institution
11 8 (0.74%) Marketing
11 8 (0.74%) Retail
12 6 (0.56%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.47%) Billing
13 5 (0.47%) Health Technology
13 5 (0.47%) Police
14 4 (0.37%) Back Office
14 4 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 249 (23.18%) Developer
2 200 (18.62%) Architect
3 167 (15.55%) AWS Engineer
4 161 (14.99%) Senior
5 122 (11.36%) Data Engineer
6 99 (9.22%) Lead
7 78 (7.26%) DevOps Engineer
8 71 (6.61%) AWS Architect
9 70 (6.52%) Software Engineer
10 60 (5.59%) Cloud Engineer
11 52 (4.84%) Full-Stack Developer
12 51 (4.75%) Technical Architect
13 50 (4.66%) Solutions Architect
14 49 (4.56%) AWS Developer
14 49 (4.56%) Azure Engineer
15 46 (4.28%) AWS DevOps
15 46 (4.28%) Python Engineer
16 44 (4.10%) Senior Developer
17 43 (4.00%) Python Developer
18 41 (3.82%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (12.85%) React
2 137 (12.76%) REST
3 122 (11.36%) Kafka
4 121 (11.27%) Node.js
5 114 (10.61%) .NET
6 107 (9.96%) RESTful
7 74 (6.89%) PySpark
8 71 (6.61%) OAuth
8 71 (6.61%) Spring Boot
9 70 (6.52%) Spring
10 68 (6.33%) AWS CDK
11 55 (5.12%) GraphQL
12 49 (4.56%) AngularJS
13 48 (4.47%) FastAPI
14 44 (4.10%) JSON
15 43 (4.00%) OpenID
16 42 (3.91%) OAuth2
17 36 (3.35%) Next.js
18 32 (2.98%) .NET Core
19 30 (2.79%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 317 (29.52%) Cloud Native
2 81 (7.54%) Product Ownership
3 54 (5.03%) Distributed Systems
4 37 (3.45%) AI Agents
5 27 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
6 23 (2.14%) NHS
7 16 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (1.40%) Public Cloud
9 14 (1.30%) Onboarding
10 13 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
11 11 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (0.93%) Mainframe
12 10 (0.93%) Virtual Team
13 9 (0.84%) Algorithms
13 9 (0.84%) Data Structures
13 9 (0.84%) Distributed Computing
14 8 (0.74%) IoT
14 8 (0.74%) Low-Code
14 8 (0.74%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 56 (5.21%) Linux
2 22 (2.05%) Unix
3 11 (1.02%) Windows
4 6 (0.56%) zOS
5 5 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.19%) Android
6 2 (0.19%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.093%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.093%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.093%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.093%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.093%) VMS
7 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 644 (59.96%) CI/CD
2 475 (44.23%) DevOps
3 394 (36.69%) Infrastructure as Code
4 353 (32.87%) Agile
5 259 (24.12%) Microservices
6 228 (21.23%) Containerisation
7 214 (19.93%) AI
8 204 (18.99%) Event-Driven
9 173 (16.11%) Observability
10 161 (14.99%) Analytics
11 154 (14.34%) Data Pipeline
12 149 (13.87%) Data Modelling
13 147 (13.69%) Software Engineering
14 143 (13.31%) ETL
15 141 (13.13%) Test Automation
16 139 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
17 122 (11.36%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 118 (10.99%) Data Engineering
19 116 (10.80%) Migration
20 111 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 473 (44.04%) Python
2 303 (28.21%) SQL
3 165 (15.36%) TypeScript
4 151 (14.06%) C#
5 145 (13.50%) Java
6 143 (13.31%) JavaScript
7 56 (5.21%) Bash
8 42 (3.91%) PowerShell
9 38 (3.54%) Bicep
10 35 (3.26%) Shell Script
11 20 (1.86%) Go
11 20 (1.86%) Scala
12 10 (0.93%) T-SQL
13 9 (0.84%) Ruby
14 7 (0.65%) Groovy
15 6 (0.56%) Formula Language
15 6 (0.56%) JCL
15 6 (0.56%) LotusScript
16 5 (0.47%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 274 (25.51%) Security Cleared
2 217 (20.20%) SC Cleared
3 68 (6.33%) AWS Certification
4 45 (4.19%) BPSS Clearance
5 37 (3.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 31 (2.89%) Degree
7 30 (2.79%) Azure Certification
8 29 (2.70%) DV Cleared
9 20 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (1.49%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 15 (1.40%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 11 (1.02%) SAFe Agilist
13 10 (0.93%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 10 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
14 9 (0.84%) AWS Certified Developer
15 8 (0.74%) Master's Degree
16 6 (0.56%) DBS Check
17 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
18 3 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
19 2 (0.19%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (8.01%) Data Quality
2 48 (4.47%) QA
3 27 (2.51%) GDPR
4 26 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 25 (2.33%) Accessibility
6 19 (1.77%) PCI DSS
7 16 (1.49%) NIST
8 12 (1.12%) WCAG
9 7 (0.65%) NCSC
9 7 (0.65%) PMO
10 6 (0.56%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
11 4 (0.37%) SLA
12 2 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.19%) FedRAMP
12 2 (0.19%) GRC
12 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.19%) HL7
13 1 (0.093%) NIST 800
System Software
1 269 (25.05%) Docker
2 29 (2.70%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.12%) Squid
5 5 (0.47%) RACF
6 3 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.19%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 433 (40.32%) Terraform
2 243 (22.63%) Kubernetes
3 96 (8.94%) Grafana
4 87 (8.10%) Prometheus
5 45 (4.19%) Ansible
6 28 (2.61%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (1.49%) Puppet
8 9 (0.84%) FortiGate
8 9 (0.84%) Kustomize
8 9 (0.84%) Progress Chef
9 8 (0.74%) Consul
10 7 (0.65%) Istio
11 6 (0.56%) linkerd
12 5 (0.47%) Podman
12 5 (0.47%) Salt
13 4 (0.37%) Docker Swarm
14 3 (0.28%) Argo
14 3 (0.28%) Kibana
14 3 (0.28%) Packer
14 3 (0.28%) Rancher
Vendors
1 146 (13.59%) Microsoft
2 68 (6.33%) Databricks
3 49 (4.56%) OpenAI
4 37 (3.45%) Oracle
5 23 (2.14%) Dynatrace
6 21 (1.96%) Splunk
7 19 (1.77%) Google
8 17 (1.58%) Informatica
9 14 (1.30%) ServiceNow
10 12 (1.12%) Red Hat
11 11 (1.02%) Confluent
11 11 (1.02%) Foundry
11 11 (1.02%) Salesforce
12 10 (0.93%) SAP
12 10 (0.93%) Tenable
13 9 (0.84%) Atlassian
13 9 (0.84%) Brio
14 7 (0.65%) Sybase
15 6 (0.56%) Lotus
15 6 (0.56%) Qualys