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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 105 129
Rank change year-on-year -28 +24 -28
Contract jobs citing Serverless 1,059 811 745
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.01% 2.49% 1.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.69% 6.65% 5.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 772 600 541
10th Percentile £385 £400 £369
25th Percentile £450 £447 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.78%
75th Percentile £638 £601 £625
90th Percentile £738 £700 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £530
% change year-on-year - -5.66% +2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 0
10th Percentile £38.25 £36.50 -
25th Percentile £49.63 £38.75 -
Median hourly rate £74.00 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +64.44% - -
75th Percentile £81.00 £51.25 -
90th Percentile £89.40 £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 18,608 12,192 13,849
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.28% 37.37% 33.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,309 8,153 9,694
10th Percentile £326 £313 £313
25th Percentile £417 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.80% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £619 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 610 312 318
10th Percentile £16.61 £15.10 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.56 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £36.31 £27.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.04% +25.00% -37.14%
75th Percentile £70.00 £47.50 £50.19
90th Percentile £83.75 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £18.87 £20.00
% change year-on-year +98.73% -5.65% -25.93%

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 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 22 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 22 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 -23 851 £525 - 294
London -17 500 £550 - 148
UK excluding London -27 388 £500 - 177
Work from Home -18 343 £525 - 136
North of England -36 140 £500 - 53
Midlands -13 76 £477 +5.94% 34
North West -29 76 £550 +10.00% 27
West Midlands -15 60 £475 +5.56% 21
Scotland -3 59 £444 -11.25% 11
Yorkshire -32 47 £500 +2.56% 14
South West -19 44 £550 +6.02% 35
South East -60 43 £575 +16.87% 35
East of England -15 28 £550 +3.53% 7
North East -26 18 £463 +0.54% 12
East Midlands -9 16 £488 +7.31% 13
Northern Ireland +6 4 £283 -43.50% 1
Wales -14 4 £400 -30.47% 3

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 56 (5.29%) Confluence
2 49 (4.63%) Apache Airflow
3 44 (4.15%) Apache Spark
4 31 (2.93%) Apache
5 17 (1.61%) SharePoint
6 13 (1.23%) nginx
7 6 (0.57%) CICS
7 6 (0.57%) SAS
8 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.38%) CMS
9 4 (0.38%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.28%) JBoss
11 2 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Fuse
11 2 (0.19%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.094%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.094%) Mendix
12 1 (0.094%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 12 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.66%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.19%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.094%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.47%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.094%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.094%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.094%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.094%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.094%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 844 (79.70%) AWS
2 667 (62.98%) AWS Lambda
3 464 (43.81%) Amazon S3
4 350 (33.05%) Azure
5 205 (19.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 200 (18.89%) GitHub
7 198 (18.70%) Amazon ECS
8 191 (18.04%) Amazon EC2
9 175 (16.53%) Amazon EKS
10 162 (15.30%) Azure Functions
11 161 (15.20%) AWS CloudFormation
12 140 (13.22%) GitHub Actions
13 127 (11.99%) Amazon SQS
14 121 (11.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 112 (10.58%) AWS Step Functions
16 110 (10.39%) Power Platform
17 98 (9.25%) Azure DevOps
18 81 (7.65%) GCP
19 72 (6.80%) Azure Logic Apps
20 70 (6.61%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.68%) Firewall
2 29 (2.74%) DNS
3 25 (2.36%) Network Security
4 23 (2.17%) VPN
5 13 (1.23%) TCP/IP
5 13 (1.23%) WAN
6 11 (1.04%) HTTP
7 10 (0.94%) OpenVPN
8 8 (0.76%) SSL
9 5 (0.47%) CTI
9 5 (0.47%) IPsec
9 5 (0.47%) MQTT
9 5 (0.47%) Reverse Proxy
10 4 (0.38%) Kerberos
11 3 (0.28%) FTP
11 3 (0.28%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.28%) IPv4
12 2 (0.19%) AMQP
13 1 (0.094%) Internet
13 1 (0.094%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (15.77%) DynamoDB
2 152 (14.35%) Amazon RDS
3 113 (10.67%) Amazon Athena
4 98 (9.25%) Amazon Redshift
5 95 (8.97%) PostgreSQL
6 80 (7.55%) Power BI
7 78 (7.37%) Data Warehouse
8 71 (6.70%) NoSQL
9 57 (5.38%) Data Lake
10 49 (4.63%) Amazon Aurora
11 44 (4.15%) SQL Server
12 38 (3.59%) MySQL
13 35 (3.31%) Azure SQL Database
13 35 (3.31%) Relational Database
14 33 (3.12%) Metadata
15 29 (2.74%) MongoDB
16 25 (2.36%) Tableau
17 21 (1.98%) Big Data
18 18 (1.70%) BigQuery
18 18 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 183 (17.28%) Git
2 141 (13.31%) GitLab
3 135 (12.75%) Jenkins
4 79 (7.46%) JIRA
5 29 (2.74%) Bitbucket
6 27 (2.55%) Cypress.io
7 24 (2.27%) Claude Code
8 21 (1.98%) Cucumber
9 20 (1.89%) SonarQube
10 12 (1.13%) JUnit
11 11 (1.04%) Postman
12 9 (0.85%) Selenium
12 9 (0.85%) Vite
13 8 (0.76%) Artifactory
13 8 (0.76%) Mocha
13 8 (0.76%) MSTest
13 8 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
14 7 (0.66%) MLflow
14 7 (0.66%) Mockito
15 6 (0.57%) REST Assured
General
1 237 (22.38%) Social Skills
2 183 (17.28%) Public Sector
3 139 (13.13%) Finance
4 66 (6.23%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (3.02%) Banking
6 30 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (1.61%) Legal
9 11 (1.04%) Law
10 10 (0.94%) Billing
10 10 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (0.85%) Retail
12 8 (0.76%) Marketing
13 7 (0.66%) Back Office
13 7 (0.66%) Military
14 6 (0.57%) Front Office
14 6 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.57%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 241 (22.76%) Developer
2 199 (18.79%) Architect
3 197 (18.60%) Senior
4 174 (16.43%) AWS Engineer
5 121 (11.43%) Data Engineer
6 107 (10.10%) Lead
7 74 (6.99%) DevOps Engineer
8 67 (6.33%) Software Engineer
9 66 (6.23%) AWS Architect
10 61 (5.76%) Cloud Engineer
11 53 (5.00%) Full-Stack Developer
11 53 (5.00%) Technical Architect
12 52 (4.91%) Solutions Architect
13 48 (4.53%) Senior Developer
14 47 (4.44%) AWS Developer
15 43 (4.06%) Senior Data Engineer
16 42 (3.97%) AWS DevOps
17 41 (3.87%) Python Engineer
18 39 (3.68%) Azure Engineer
18 39 (3.68%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (12.94%) REST
2 130 (12.28%) Node.js
3 129 (12.18%) React
4 109 (10.29%) RESTful
5 108 (10.20%) .NET
6 105 (9.92%) Kafka
7 76 (7.18%) AWS CDK
8 74 (6.99%) PySpark
9 68 (6.42%) GraphQL
9 68 (6.42%) Spring Boot
10 66 (6.23%) Spring
11 61 (5.76%) OAuth
12 49 (4.63%) FastAPI
13 45 (4.25%) JSON
14 43 (4.06%) AngularJS
15 41 (3.87%) OpenID
16 37 (3.49%) OAuth2
17 31 (2.93%) .NET Core
18 28 (2.64%) Next.js
18 28 (2.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 316 (29.84%) Cloud Native
2 89 (8.40%) Product Ownership
3 66 (6.23%) Distributed Systems
4 50 (4.72%) AI Agents
5 29 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
6 28 (2.64%) NHS
7 21 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (1.61%) Onboarding
9 14 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (1.32%) Security Posture
10 13 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
10 13 (1.23%) Public Cloud
11 11 (1.04%) Algorithms
11 11 (1.04%) IVR
11 11 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (0.94%) Data Structures
12 10 (0.94%) Fixed Income
12 10 (0.94%) IoT
12 10 (0.94%) Mainframe
12 10 (0.94%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 61 (5.76%) Linux
2 24 (2.27%) Unix
3 15 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 15 (1.42%) Windows
4 6 (0.57%) zOS
5 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.19%) Android
6 2 (0.19%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.094%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.094%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.094%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.094%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.094%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 638 (60.25%) CI/CD
2 459 (43.34%) DevOps
3 389 (36.73%) Agile
4 383 (36.17%) Infrastructure as Code
5 268 (25.31%) Microservices
6 238 (22.47%) AI
7 225 (21.25%) Containerisation
8 214 (20.21%) Event-Driven
9 169 (15.96%) Observability
10 162 (15.30%) Analytics
11 159 (15.01%) Data Modelling
12 157 (14.83%) Test Automation
13 151 (14.26%) Data Pipeline
14 150 (14.16%) Software Engineering
15 145 (13.69%) ETL
16 136 (12.84%) Data Engineering
17 129 (12.18%) Continuous Improvement
17 129 (12.18%) Problem-Solving
17 129 (12.18%) Technical Leadership
18 128 (12.09%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 478 (45.14%) Python
2 307 (28.99%) SQL
3 171 (16.15%) TypeScript
4 141 (13.31%) Java
5 137 (12.94%) JavaScript
6 131 (12.37%) C#
7 72 (6.80%) Bash
8 39 (3.68%) PowerShell
9 34 (3.21%) Bicep
9 34 (3.21%) Shell Script
10 18 (1.70%) Go
11 17 (1.61%) Scala
12 9 (0.85%) T-SQL
13 8 (0.76%) Groovy
13 8 (0.76%) Ruby
14 7 (0.66%) SPARQL
15 6 (0.57%) Gremlin
15 6 (0.57%) JCL
16 5 (0.47%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.47%) Rust
Qualifications
1 273 (25.78%) Security Cleared
2 219 (20.68%) SC Cleared
3 76 (7.18%) AWS Certification
4 48 (4.53%) BPSS Clearance
5 42 (3.97%) Degree
6 34 (3.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 33 (3.12%) DV Cleared
8 30 (2.83%) Azure Certification
9 26 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
10 19 (1.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 14 (1.32%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 13 (1.23%) Master's Degree
12 13 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (1.04%) SAFe Agilist
14 10 (0.94%) AWS Certified Developer
15 7 (0.66%) DBS Check
15 7 (0.66%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 7 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
16 4 (0.38%) CISSP
16 4 (0.38%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (9.44%) Data Quality
2 46 (4.34%) QA
3 35 (3.31%) Accessibility
4 30 (2.83%) GDPR
5 25 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.61%) WCAG
7 13 (1.23%) PCI DSS
8 12 (1.13%) NIST
9 7 (0.66%) PMO
10 6 (0.57%) Disclosure Scotland
10 6 (0.57%) NCSC
11 5 (0.47%) HL7
12 4 (0.38%) SLA
13 3 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.19%) GRC
14 2 (0.19%) ISO 20022
15 1 (0.094%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 1 (0.094%) ISO 13485
15 1 (0.094%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 273 (25.78%) Docker
2 33 (3.12%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.13%) Squid
5 5 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.38%) RACF
7 2 (0.19%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 409 (38.62%) Terraform
2 252 (23.80%) Kubernetes
3 96 (9.07%) Grafana
4 83 (7.84%) Prometheus
5 47 (4.44%) Ansible
6 26 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (1.51%) Puppet
8 9 (0.85%) FortiGate
9 8 (0.76%) Consul
9 8 (0.76%) Kustomize
10 7 (0.66%) Istio
10 7 (0.66%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.57%) linkerd
11 6 (0.57%) Podman
12 5 (0.47%) Packer
12 5 (0.47%) Salt
13 3 (0.28%) Argo
13 3 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
13 3 (0.28%) Rancher
14 2 (0.19%) CASB
Vendors
1 147 (13.88%) Microsoft
2 57 (5.38%) Databricks
3 41 (3.87%) OpenAI
4 33 (3.12%) Oracle
5 27 (2.55%) Dynatrace
6 26 (2.46%) Informatica
7 25 (2.36%) Google
8 22 (2.08%) Splunk
9 19 (1.79%) ServiceNow
10 18 (1.70%) Red Hat
11 12 (1.13%) Salesforce
12 10 (0.94%) SAP
13 9 (0.85%) Brio
14 8 (0.76%) Atlassian
14 8 (0.76%) Foundry
14 8 (0.76%) Tenable
15 6 (0.57%) Confluent
16 5 (0.47%) Denodo
16 5 (0.47%) PagerDuty
16 5 (0.47%) Workday