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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 106 134
Rank change year-on-year +9 +28 -36
Contract jobs citing Serverless 1,064 756 817
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.65% 2.44% 1.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.98% 6.53% 5.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 787 552 620
10th Percentile £360 £400 £400
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £536 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.76% +2.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £625
90th Percentile £691 £788 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 0
10th Percentile £58.75 £25.38 -
25th Percentile £73.25 £25.56 -
Median hourly rate £76.00 £26.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +192.31% - -
75th Percentile £81.00 £26.31 -
90th Percentile £95.00 £26.43 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.00 - -

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 15,253 11,586 14,950
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.01% 37.42% 33.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,475 7,771 10,688
10th Percentile £310 £313 £288
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 384 173 324
10th Percentile £14.65 £16.80 £14.04
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.46 £16.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £27.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.91% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £44.50 £50.58
90th Percentile £79.28 £75.15 £72.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.00 £24.18 £20.77
% change year-on-year +53.02% +16.42% +3.85%

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 14 February 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 14 February 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 14 February 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 +3 843 £506 -12.00% 302
London +3 498 £513 -10.87% 119
UK excluding London -12 393 £500 -2.91% 211
Work from Home -20 300 £525 - 168
North of England +26 168 £500 -6.37% 82
Yorkshire +9 85 £500 - 38
North West -6 71 £450 -14.41% 41
Scotland -2 68 £428 -13.98% 10
Midlands -15 66 £506 +12.44% 23
West Midlands -9 54 £525 +9.15% 13
South East -48 52 £500 -13.04% 53
East of England -5 28 £550 -3.93% 7
South West -26 27 £650 - 33
North East -7 13 £500 -16.32% 3
East Midlands -26 12 £434 -4.57% 10
Wales -9 5 £481 -3.75% 3
Northern Ireland -2 3 - - 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 44 (4.14%) Apache Spark
2 39 (3.67%) Apache
3 36 (3.38%) Apache Airflow
4 28 (2.63%) Confluence
5 27 (2.54%) SharePoint
6 13 (1.22%) nginx
7 10 (0.94%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.94%) Palantir Foundry
8 9 (0.85%) Mendix
9 5 (0.47%) CMS
10 3 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.28%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.19%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.094%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.094%) FileNet
12 1 (0.094%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.094%) JBoss
12 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.094%) Red Hat Fuse
12 1 (0.094%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 13 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.94%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.28%) Aladdin
3 3 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.094%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.094%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.094%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 770 (72.37%) AWS
2 617 (57.99%) AWS Lambda
3 391 (36.75%) Amazon S3
4 389 (36.56%) Azure
5 233 (21.90%) Azure Functions
5 233 (21.90%) GitHub
6 218 (20.49%) Amazon ECS
7 209 (19.64%) AWS CloudFormation
8 196 (18.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 192 (18.05%) Amazon EC2
10 171 (16.07%) GitHub Actions
11 170 (15.98%) Amazon EKS
11 170 (15.98%) Azure DevOps
12 110 (10.34%) Azure Logic Apps
13 109 (10.24%) Power Platform
14 102 (9.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 93 (8.74%) GCP
16 85 (7.99%) AWS Step Functions
16 85 (7.99%) Azure Service Bus
17 77 (7.24%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (3.38%) Firewall
2 32 (3.01%) DNS
3 28 (2.63%) VPN
4 14 (1.32%) Network Security
5 12 (1.13%) SSL
6 11 (1.03%) HTTP
7 10 (0.94%) Reverse Proxy
8 9 (0.85%) Kerberos
9 8 (0.75%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.66%) OpenVPN
11 6 (0.56%) SMS
12 5 (0.47%) IPsec
13 3 (0.28%) LAN
13 3 (0.28%) WAN
14 2 (0.19%) MPLS
15 1 (0.094%) BGP
15 1 (0.094%) Internet
15 1 (0.094%) MQTT
15 1 (0.094%) Software-Defined Networking
15 1 (0.094%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (15.41%) Amazon RDS
2 134 (12.59%) PostgreSQL
3 125 (11.75%) DynamoDB
4 93 (8.74%) NoSQL
5 74 (6.95%) Amazon Redshift
6 69 (6.48%) Power BI
7 64 (6.02%) Amazon Athena
7 64 (6.02%) Data Lake
8 55 (5.17%) Relational Database
9 52 (4.89%) Azure SQL Database
10 51 (4.79%) Data Warehouse
11 45 (4.23%) Amazon Aurora
12 34 (3.20%) MongoDB
13 31 (2.91%) Redis
14 29 (2.73%) Big Data
14 29 (2.73%) MySQL
15 27 (2.54%) SQL Server
15 27 (2.54%) Tableau
16 21 (1.97%) DocumentDB
17 20 (1.88%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 172 (16.17%) Git
2 170 (15.98%) Jenkins
3 163 (15.32%) GitLab
4 57 (5.36%) JIRA
5 28 (2.63%) Liquibase
6 27 (2.54%) Bitbucket
7 18 (1.69%) JUnit
7 18 (1.69%) MLflow
8 16 (1.50%) SonarQube
9 15 (1.41%) Cucumber
9 15 (1.41%) Cypress.io
9 15 (1.41%) Mockito
10 14 (1.32%) Visual Studio Code
11 13 (1.22%) Postman
11 13 (1.22%) Sonatype Nexus
12 10 (0.94%) Maven
12 10 (0.94%) Selenium
13 7 (0.66%) Mocha
14 6 (0.56%) Gradle
14 6 (0.56%) NUnit
General
1 248 (23.31%) Social Skills
2 205 (19.27%) Public Sector
3 142 (13.35%) Finance
4 74 (6.95%) Banking
5 71 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
6 30 (2.82%) Financial Institution
7 24 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
8 18 (1.69%) Marketing
9 11 (1.03%) Health Technology
9 11 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (0.85%) Investment Banking
10 9 (0.85%) Military
11 8 (0.75%) Front Office
11 8 (0.75%) Legal
11 8 (0.75%) Retail
12 4 (0.38%) Aviation
12 4 (0.38%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.38%) Law
12 4 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.28%) Police
Job Titles
1 281 (26.41%) Developer
2 162 (15.23%) Senior
3 151 (14.19%) Architect
4 145 (13.63%) AWS Engineer
5 111 (10.43%) Data Engineer
6 102 (9.59%) DevOps Engineer
7 85 (7.99%) Lead
8 82 (7.71%) Software Engineer
9 63 (5.92%) Cloud Engineer
10 49 (4.61%) AWS DevOps
11 48 (4.51%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 48 (4.51%) AWS Architect
11 48 (4.51%) Azure Engineer
12 45 (4.23%) Full-Stack Developer
13 42 (3.95%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 42 (3.95%) Python Engineer
13 42 (3.95%) Senior Developer
14 39 (3.67%) AWS Developer
15 38 (3.57%) Java Developer
16 33 (3.10%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (16.54%) Node.js
2 155 (14.57%) REST
3 143 (13.44%) React
4 138 (12.97%) .NET
5 133 (12.50%) RESTful
6 127 (11.94%) Kafka
7 74 (6.95%) OAuth
8 71 (6.67%) Spring
9 70 (6.58%) Spring Boot
10 58 (5.45%) AWS CDK
10 58 (5.45%) Elastic Stack
11 50 (4.70%) AngularJS
11 50 (4.70%) FastAPI
12 48 (4.51%) .NET Core
13 46 (4.32%) PySpark
14 43 (4.04%) JSON
15 42 (3.95%) GraphQL
16 41 (3.85%) OAuth2
17 38 (3.57%) JWT
18 37 (3.48%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 265 (24.91%) Cloud Native
2 95 (8.93%) Distributed Systems
3 42 (3.95%) Product Ownership
4 34 (3.20%) Public Cloud
5 26 (2.44%) Algorithms
6 24 (2.26%) NHS
7 22 (2.07%) AI Agents
8 19 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
8 19 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
9 18 (1.69%) Data Structures
9 18 (1.69%) Onboarding
10 17 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.13%) Low-Code
13 11 (1.03%) Replication
13 11 (1.03%) Virtual Team
14 9 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
14 9 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (0.75%) Mobile App
16 7 (0.66%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 114 (10.71%) Linux
2 15 (1.41%) Unix
3 10 (0.94%) Windows
4 5 (0.47%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.38%) Amazon Linux
5 4 (0.38%) VMS
6 2 (0.19%) Android
6 2 (0.19%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.094%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.094%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 634 (59.59%) CI/CD
2 541 (50.85%) DevOps
3 414 (38.91%) Infrastructure as Code
4 346 (32.52%) Agile
5 296 (27.82%) Microservices
6 266 (25.00%) Containerisation
7 188 (17.67%) Problem-Solving
8 176 (16.54%) AI
9 170 (15.98%) Software Engineering
10 164 (15.41%) Data Pipeline
11 161 (15.13%) Analytics
12 140 (13.16%) Event-Driven
13 137 (12.88%) Observability
14 136 (12.78%) Data Modelling
15 127 (11.94%) ETL
16 126 (11.84%) Test Automation
17 109 (10.24%) Data Engineering
18 107 (10.06%) Machine Learning
18 107 (10.06%) Migration
19 105 (9.87%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 537 (50.47%) Python
2 291 (27.35%) SQL
3 160 (15.04%) Java
4 157 (14.76%) C#
5 151 (14.19%) JavaScript
6 148 (13.91%) TypeScript
7 66 (6.20%) Bash
8 58 (5.45%) Go
9 54 (5.08%) PowerShell
10 42 (3.95%) Bicep
11 32 (3.01%) Shell Script
12 25 (2.35%) Ruby
13 11 (1.03%) Perl
14 10 (0.94%) Formula Language
14 10 (0.94%) LotusScript
14 10 (0.94%) T-SQL
15 9 (0.85%) C++
16 8 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 8 (0.75%) Scala
17 7 (0.66%) Korn
Qualifications
1 260 (24.44%) Security Cleared
2 209 (19.64%) SC Cleared
3 81 (7.61%) AWS Certification
4 59 (5.55%) Degree
5 49 (4.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (3.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 37 (3.48%) DV Cleared
7 35 (3.29%) Master's Degree
8 33 (3.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 30 (2.82%) Azure Certification
10 17 (1.60%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 16 (1.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 11 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.66%) AWS Certified Developer
14 5 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.28%) PhD
16 2 (0.19%) ISTQB
16 2 (0.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
17 1 (0.094%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (5.36%) Data Quality
2 52 (4.89%) QA
3 38 (3.57%) GDPR
4 34 (3.20%) Accessibility
5 20 (1.88%) NIST
6 18 (1.69%) PCI DSS
7 17 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (1.03%) HIPAA
8 11 (1.03%) WCAG
9 9 (0.85%) EU AI Act
10 6 (0.56%) PMO
11 5 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
12 4 (0.38%) HL7
12 4 (0.38%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.19%) FedRAMP
13 2 (0.19%) GRC
13 2 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.19%) NCSC
13 2 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 294 (27.63%) Docker
2 28 (2.63%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (1.03%) Virtual Servers
4 7 (0.66%) Squid
5 5 (0.47%) RACF
6 3 (0.28%) ISA Server
7 2 (0.19%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 455 (42.76%) Terraform
2 296 (27.82%) Kubernetes
3 120 (11.28%) Grafana
4 114 (10.71%) Prometheus
5 97 (9.12%) Ansible
6 21 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (1.32%) Progress Chef
8 12 (1.13%) Puppet
9 8 (0.75%) Kibana
10 7 (0.66%) FortiGate
11 6 (0.56%) Consul
12 4 (0.38%) Rancher
13 3 (0.28%) Argo
13 3 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
13 3 (0.28%) HP Fortify
13 3 (0.28%) ITRS Geneos
13 3 (0.28%) Karpenter
13 3 (0.28%) Packer
14 2 (0.19%) Control-M
14 2 (0.19%) Podman
Vendors
1 192 (18.05%) Microsoft
2 81 (7.61%) Databricks
3 46 (4.32%) Google
4 42 (3.95%) OpenAI
5 40 (3.76%) Splunk
6 32 (3.01%) Oracle
7 26 (2.44%) Foundry
8 18 (1.69%) Salesforce
9 15 (1.41%) Dynatrace
9 15 (1.41%) ServiceNow
10 14 (1.32%) Confluent
11 13 (1.22%) IBM
12 10 (0.94%) Cisco
12 10 (0.94%) Cloudera
12 10 (0.94%) Lotus
12 10 (0.94%) Palantir
13 9 (0.85%) Greenplum
13 9 (0.85%) Kofax
14 8 (0.75%) Atlassian
14 8 (0.75%) Red Hat