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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 104 133
Rank change year-on-year -22 +29 -31
Contract jobs citing Serverless 1,084 822 765
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.08% 2.57% 1.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.87% 6.82% 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 784 609 567
10th Percentile £385 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year - +2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £625
90th Percentile £738 £700 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £505 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +1.00% -1.96% -2.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 0
10th Percentile £38.25 £36.50 -
25th Percentile £58.75 £38.75 -
Median hourly rate £74.00 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +64.44% - -
75th Percentile £81.00 £51.25 -
90th Percentile £86.60 £53.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.00 - -

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 18,455 12,049 14,273
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.37% 37.72% 33.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,256 8,059 10,019
10th Percentile £328 £313 £300
25th Percentile £415 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.98% -3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £620 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 613 302 358
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.50 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.50 £27.63 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.72% +25.59% -37.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £82.34 £70.88 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £18.87 £20.99
% change year-on-year +98.73% -10.08% -20.75%

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 8 July 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 8 July 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 8 July 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 -20 867 £525 - 258
London -18 518 £550 - 132
UK excluding London -37 382 £505 +1.00% 189
Work from Home -25 350 £525 - 194
North of England -34 143 £500 - 55
North West -29 80 £525 +5.00% 34
Midlands -25 69 £488 +6.21% 23
Scotland -16 55 £450 -13.88% 8
West Midlands -25 55 £482 +2.06% 10
Yorkshire -15 50 £500 - 14
South East -59 48 £575 +15.93% 35
South West -24 40 £575 +8.24% 38
East of England -20 27 £550 +3.53% 11
East Midlands -11 14 £497 +8.17% 13
North East -32 14 £463 -1.07% 7
Wales -12 6 £500 -13.08% 6
Northern Ireland +8 5 £283 -43.50% 18

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 (5.26%) Confluence
2 48 (4.43%) Apache Airflow
3 43 (3.97%) Apache Spark
4 28 (2.58%) Apache
5 20 (1.85%) SharePoint
6 13 (1.20%) nginx
7 6 (0.55%) CICS
7 6 (0.55%) SAS
8 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.37%) CMS
9 4 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.28%) HCL Notes
10 3 (0.28%) JBoss
10 3 (0.28%) Mendix
11 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Fuse
11 2 (0.18%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.092%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 12 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.65%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.18%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 17 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.37%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.092%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.092%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.092%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.092%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.092%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 851 (78.51%) AWS
2 670 (61.81%) AWS Lambda
3 469 (43.27%) Amazon S3
4 371 (34.23%) Azure
5 217 (20.02%) GitHub
6 202 (18.63%) Amazon EC2
7 199 (18.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 190 (17.53%) Amazon ECS
9 177 (16.33%) Azure Functions
10 174 (16.05%) Amazon EKS
11 156 (14.39%) AWS CloudFormation
12 153 (14.11%) GitHub Actions
13 120 (11.07%) Amazon SQS
14 119 (10.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 118 (10.89%) Power Platform
16 114 (10.52%) Azure DevOps
17 109 (10.06%) AWS Step Functions
18 82 (7.56%) GCP
19 81 (7.47%) Azure Logic Apps
20 69 (6.37%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 36 (3.32%) Firewall
2 29 (2.68%) DNS
3 25 (2.31%) VPN
4 23 (2.12%) Network Security
5 13 (1.20%) TCP/IP
5 13 (1.20%) WAN
6 10 (0.92%) HTTP
6 10 (0.92%) OpenVPN
7 8 (0.74%) SSL
8 6 (0.55%) Reverse Proxy
9 5 (0.46%) IPsec
9 5 (0.46%) MQTT
10 4 (0.37%) Kerberos
11 3 (0.28%) AMQP
11 3 (0.28%) CTI
11 3 (0.28%) FTP
11 3 (0.28%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.28%) IPv4
11 3 (0.28%) SMS
12 1 (0.092%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (14.94%) DynamoDB
2 158 (14.58%) Amazon RDS
3 114 (10.52%) Amazon Athena
4 98 (9.04%) Amazon Redshift
4 98 (9.04%) PostgreSQL
5 84 (7.75%) Power BI
6 73 (6.73%) Data Warehouse
7 71 (6.55%) NoSQL
8 57 (5.26%) Data Lake
9 49 (4.52%) Amazon Aurora
10 45 (4.15%) SQL Server
11 39 (3.60%) Azure SQL Database
12 36 (3.32%) MySQL
13 35 (3.23%) Relational Database
14 31 (2.86%) Metadata
15 28 (2.58%) MongoDB
16 26 (2.40%) Tableau
17 23 (2.12%) Big Data
18 21 (1.94%) Delta Lake
19 19 (1.75%) Redis
Development Applications
1 181 (16.70%) Git
2 148 (13.65%) GitLab
3 136 (12.55%) Jenkins
4 81 (7.47%) JIRA
5 29 (2.68%) Bitbucket
6 22 (2.03%) Cypress.io
7 21 (1.94%) Claude Code
8 20 (1.85%) Cucumber
9 18 (1.66%) SonarQube
10 13 (1.20%) JUnit
11 10 (0.92%) Postman
11 10 (0.92%) Vite
12 9 (0.83%) Artifactory
12 9 (0.83%) Mocha
13 8 (0.74%) MSTest
14 7 (0.65%) MLflow
14 7 (0.65%) Selenium
15 6 (0.55%) Gatling
15 6 (0.55%) REST Assured
15 6 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 246 (22.69%) Social Skills
2 190 (17.53%) Public Sector
3 146 (13.47%) Finance
4 62 (5.72%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
6 29 (2.68%) Banking
7 18 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (1.66%) Legal
8 12 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (1.11%) Law
9 9 (0.83%) Billing
9 9 (0.83%) Military
10 8 (0.74%) Marketing
10 8 (0.74%) Retail
11 6 (0.55%) Back Office
11 6 (0.55%) Financial Institution
11 6 (0.55%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.46%) Front Office
12 5 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.46%) Police
Job Titles
1 241 (22.23%) Developer
2 209 (19.28%) Architect
3 188 (17.34%) Senior
4 173 (15.96%) AWS Engineer
5 128 (11.81%) Data Engineer
6 105 (9.69%) Lead
7 77 (7.10%) DevOps Engineer
8 69 (6.37%) AWS Architect
9 67 (6.18%) Software Engineer
10 63 (5.81%) Cloud Engineer
11 55 (5.07%) Solutions Architect
12 54 (4.98%) Technical Architect
13 49 (4.52%) Full-Stack Developer
14 47 (4.34%) Senior Developer
15 46 (4.24%) AWS Developer
15 46 (4.24%) AWS DevOps
16 45 (4.15%) Azure Engineer
17 43 (3.97%) Python Engineer
17 43 (3.97%) Senior Data Engineer
18 41 (3.78%) AWS Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (11.99%) REST
2 128 (11.81%) Node.js
3 127 (11.72%) React
4 116 (10.70%) Kafka
5 113 (10.42%) .NET
6 111 (10.24%) RESTful
7 77 (7.10%) PySpark
8 71 (6.55%) AWS CDK
9 68 (6.27%) Spring Boot
10 66 (6.09%) Spring
11 65 (6.00%) GraphQL
12 63 (5.81%) OAuth
13 45 (4.15%) FastAPI
13 45 (4.15%) JSON
14 42 (3.87%) AngularJS
14 42 (3.87%) OpenID
15 38 (3.51%) OAuth2
16 31 (2.86%) .NET Core
17 27 (2.49%) Next.js
17 27 (2.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 332 (30.63%) Cloud Native
2 85 (7.84%) Product Ownership
3 59 (5.44%) Distributed Systems
4 44 (4.06%) AI Agents
5 31 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
6 27 (2.49%) NHS
7 20 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (1.66%) Onboarding
9 17 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
10 15 (1.38%) Public Cloud
11 12 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.01%) Security Posture
12 11 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (0.92%) Algorithms
13 10 (0.92%) Data Structures
13 10 (0.92%) Fixed Income
13 10 (0.92%) Mainframe
14 9 (0.83%) Enterprise Cloud
14 9 (0.83%) IoT
14 9 (0.83%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 59 (5.44%) Linux
2 22 (2.03%) Unix
3 13 (1.20%) Windows
4 12 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.55%) zOS
6 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.18%) Android
7 2 (0.18%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.092%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.092%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.092%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.092%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.092%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 657 (60.61%) CI/CD
2 481 (44.37%) DevOps
3 390 (35.98%) Infrastructure as Code
4 380 (35.06%) Agile
5 272 (25.09%) Microservices
6 234 (21.59%) Containerisation
7 230 (21.22%) AI
8 219 (20.20%) Event-Driven
9 166 (15.31%) Observability
10 163 (15.04%) Analytics
11 158 (14.58%) Data Modelling
12 154 (14.21%) Data Pipeline
12 154 (14.21%) Test Automation
13 147 (13.56%) Software Engineering
14 144 (13.28%) ETL
15 137 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
16 133 (12.27%) Data Engineering
17 128 (11.81%) Migration
18 122 (11.25%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 122 (11.25%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 482 (44.46%) Python
2 311 (28.69%) SQL
3 170 (15.68%) TypeScript
4 141 (13.01%) C#
4 141 (13.01%) Java
5 137 (12.64%) JavaScript
6 68 (6.27%) Bash
7 42 (3.87%) PowerShell
8 35 (3.23%) Bicep
9 33 (3.04%) Shell Script
10 20 (1.85%) Go
11 18 (1.66%) Scala
12 10 (0.92%) T-SQL
13 8 (0.74%) Ruby
14 7 (0.65%) Groovy
15 6 (0.55%) JCL
15 6 (0.55%) SPARQL
16 5 (0.46%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.46%) Rust
16 5 (0.46%) X++
Qualifications
1 277 (25.55%) Security Cleared
2 222 (20.48%) SC Cleared
3 73 (6.73%) AWS Certification
4 50 (4.61%) BPSS Clearance
5 42 (3.87%) Degree
6 37 (3.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 32 (2.95%) DV Cleared
8 28 (2.58%) Azure Certification
9 27 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
10 19 (1.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 15 (1.38%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 12 (1.11%) Master's Degree
13 11 (1.01%) SAFe Agilist
14 10 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (0.83%) AWS Certified Developer
16 8 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
17 7 (0.65%) DBS Check
18 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
19 3 (0.28%) CCSP
19 3 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (8.95%) Data Quality
2 45 (4.15%) QA
3 28 (2.58%) GDPR
4 27 (2.49%) Accessibility
4 27 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (1.57%) PCI DSS
6 14 (1.29%) NIST
7 13 (1.20%) WCAG
8 7 (0.65%) NCSC
8 7 (0.65%) PMO
9 6 (0.55%) Disclosure Scotland
10 4 (0.37%) HL7
10 4 (0.37%) SLA
11 3 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.28%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.18%) FedRAMP
12 2 (0.18%) GRC
12 2 (0.18%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.092%) Solvency II
System Software
1 275 (25.37%) Docker
2 32 (2.95%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.11%) Squid
5 5 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.37%) RACF
7 2 (0.18%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 427 (39.39%) Terraform
2 256 (23.62%) Kubernetes
3 96 (8.86%) Grafana
4 87 (8.03%) Prometheus
5 51 (4.70%) Ansible
6 26 (2.40%) Single Sign-On
7 20 (1.85%) Puppet
8 9 (0.83%) FortiGate
8 9 (0.83%) Kustomize
8 9 (0.83%) Progress Chef
9 8 (0.74%) Consul
10 7 (0.65%) Istio
11 6 (0.55%) linkerd
11 6 (0.55%) Podman
11 6 (0.55%) Salt
12 5 (0.46%) Packer
13 4 (0.37%) Docker Swarm
14 3 (0.28%) Argo
14 3 (0.28%) Rancher
15 2 (0.18%) CASB
Vendors
1 151 (13.93%) Microsoft
2 65 (6.00%) Databricks
3 44 (4.06%) OpenAI
4 34 (3.14%) Oracle
5 26 (2.40%) Dynatrace
5 26 (2.40%) Informatica
6 23 (2.12%) Google
6 23 (2.12%) Splunk
7 18 (1.66%) ServiceNow
8 16 (1.48%) Red Hat
9 12 (1.11%) Salesforce
10 10 (0.92%) Foundry
10 10 (0.92%) SAP
11 9 (0.83%) Atlassian
11 9 (0.83%) Tenable
12 8 (0.74%) Brio
13 7 (0.65%) Sybase
14 6 (0.55%) Ab Initio
14 6 (0.55%) Confluent
15 5 (0.46%) Workday