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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 94 130
Rank change year-on-year -24 +36 -33
Contract jobs citing Serverless 1,072 763 760
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.17% 2.63% 1.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.10% 6.94% 5.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 780 576 576
10th Percentile £375 £400 £378
25th Percentile £436 £452 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £514
Median % change year-on-year - +2.19% -6.59%
75th Percentile £632 £601 £625
90th Percentile £735 £731 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £511
% change year-on-year - -2.20% -2.62%
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 17,587 10,998 13,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.61% 37.88% 32.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,796 7,465 9,878
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 £492 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +3.58% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 562 262 352
10th Percentile £15.75 £15.16 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.00 £28.21 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.18% +31.19% -42.67%
75th Percentile £68.33 £47.41 £43.75
90th Percentile £82.15 £72.38 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £20.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year +82.93% +7.89% -30.91%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -14 847 £525 -0.47% 346
London -18 512 £525 -4.55% 188
UK excluding London -20 363 £500 - 200
Work from Home -25 322 £510 -2.86% 185
North of England -23 143 £500 - 69
North West -20 79 £518 +3.50% 40
Midlands -21 60 £488 -2.50% 24
South East -42 54 £575 +15.00% 50
Yorkshire -31 50 £500 - 18
Scotland -22 48 £444 -15.48% 8
West Midlands -26 47 £488 -4.79% 15
South West -15 31 £575 +4.55% 29
East of England -15 26 £550 -2.22% 9
North East -20 15 £475 - 11
East Midlands -20 13 £498 +3.86% 9
Wales -13 7 £488 -15.25% 11
Northern Ireland +9 5 £190 -62.00% 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 52 (4.85%) Confluence
2 46 (4.29%) Apache Spark
3 44 (4.10%) Apache Airflow
4 28 (2.61%) SharePoint
5 27 (2.52%) Apache
6 16 (1.49%) nginx
7 8 (0.75%) HCL Notes
7 8 (0.75%) Mendix
8 6 (0.56%) CICS
8 6 (0.56%) SAS
9 5 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
10 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.28%) CMS
12 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.19%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.093%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 1 (0.093%) JBoss
Applications
1 11 (1.03%) 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
1 822 (76.68%) AWS
2 647 (60.35%) AWS Lambda
3 438 (40.86%) Amazon S3
4 383 (35.73%) Azure
5 238 (22.20%) GitHub
6 203 (18.94%) Amazon EC2
7 198 (18.47%) Azure Functions
8 193 (18.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 187 (17.44%) Amazon EKS
10 181 (16.88%) Amazon ECS
11 168 (15.67%) GitHub Actions
12 154 (14.37%) AWS CloudFormation
13 133 (12.41%) Azure DevOps
14 120 (11.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 118 (11.01%) Power Platform
16 117 (10.91%) Amazon SQS
17 113 (10.54%) AWS Step Functions
18 89 (8.30%) Azure Logic Apps
19 88 (8.21%) Azure Service Bus
20 77 (7.18%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 30 (2.80%) DNS
1 30 (2.80%) Firewall
2 23 (2.15%) VPN
3 16 (1.49%) Network Security
4 13 (1.21%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.93%) HTTP
6 9 (0.84%) OpenVPN
6 9 (0.84%) Reverse Proxy
6 9 (0.84%) SSL
7 7 (0.65%) SMS
8 6 (0.56%) Kerberos
8 6 (0.56%) WAN
9 5 (0.47%) IPsec
10 3 (0.28%) CTI
10 3 (0.28%) FTP
10 3 (0.28%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.28%) MQTT
11 2 (0.19%) AMQP
11 2 (0.19%) LAN
12 1 (0.093%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (15.02%) DynamoDB
2 152 (14.18%) Amazon RDS
3 96 (8.96%) PostgreSQL
4 94 (8.77%) Amazon Athena
5 83 (7.74%) Amazon Redshift
6 79 (7.37%) Power BI
7 67 (6.25%) NoSQL
8 55 (5.13%) Data Lake
9 53 (4.94%) Amazon Aurora
10 51 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
11 48 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
11 48 (4.48%) SQL Server
12 35 (3.26%) Relational Database
13 33 (3.08%) MySQL
14 31 (2.89%) Metadata
15 29 (2.71%) Tableau
16 27 (2.52%) Big Data
17 26 (2.43%) MongoDB
18 22 (2.05%) Delta Lake
19 21 (1.96%) Redis
Development Applications
1 161 (15.02%) Git
2 148 (13.81%) GitLab
3 136 (12.69%) Jenkins
4 73 (6.81%) JIRA
5 26 (2.43%) Bitbucket
6 19 (1.77%) Cucumber
7 18 (1.68%) Cypress.io
8 17 (1.59%) SonarQube
9 15 (1.40%) Claude Code
10 10 (0.93%) JUnit
11 9 (0.84%) Mocha
11 9 (0.84%) Vite
12 8 (0.75%) Artifactory
12 8 (0.75%) MSTest
12 8 (0.75%) Postman
13 7 (0.65%) Gatling
14 6 (0.56%) MLflow
14 6 (0.56%) REST Assured
14 6 (0.56%) Snyk
14 6 (0.56%) tSQLt
General
1 242 (22.57%) Social Skills
2 172 (16.04%) Public Sector
3 138 (12.87%) Finance
4 57 (5.32%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
6 26 (2.43%) Banking
7 15 (1.40%) Legal
8 14 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (0.93%) Financial Institution
10 10 (0.93%) Law
11 8 (0.75%) Marketing
11 8 (0.75%) Retail
12 7 (0.65%) Military
13 6 (0.56%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.47%) Billing
14 5 (0.47%) Health Technology
14 5 (0.47%) Police
15 4 (0.37%) Back Office
15 4 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 259 (24.16%) Developer
2 203 (18.94%) Architect
3 160 (14.93%) Senior
4 157 (14.65%) AWS Engineer
5 116 (10.82%) Data Engineer
6 101 (9.42%) Lead
7 75 (7.00%) DevOps Engineer
8 74 (6.90%) AWS Architect
9 70 (6.53%) Software Engineer
10 58 (5.41%) Cloud Engineer
11 53 (4.94%) AWS Developer
12 52 (4.85%) Full-Stack Developer
13 50 (4.66%) Solutions Architect
13 50 (4.66%) Technical Architect
14 49 (4.57%) Azure Engineer
15 46 (4.29%) Python Engineer
15 46 (4.29%) Senior Developer
16 44 (4.10%) AWS DevOps
16 44 (4.10%) Cloud Architect
17 42 (3.92%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (13.15%) React
2 138 (12.87%) REST
3 130 (12.13%) Node.js
4 122 (11.38%) .NET
4 122 (11.38%) Kafka
5 106 (9.89%) RESTful
6 74 (6.90%) OAuth
6 74 (6.90%) PySpark
7 72 (6.72%) Spring Boot
8 71 (6.62%) Spring
9 66 (6.16%) AWS CDK
10 53 (4.94%) GraphQL
11 50 (4.66%) AngularJS
12 48 (4.48%) FastAPI
13 45 (4.20%) OAuth2
14 44 (4.10%) JSON
15 43 (4.01%) OpenID
16 37 (3.45%) .NET Core
17 36 (3.36%) Next.js
18 30 (2.80%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 319 (29.76%) Cloud Native
2 82 (7.65%) Product Ownership
3 54 (5.04%) Distributed Systems
4 36 (3.36%) AI Agents
5 27 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
6 23 (2.15%) NHS
7 16 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (1.40%) Onboarding
8 15 (1.40%) Public Cloud
9 13 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (0.93%) Low-Code
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 (0.75%) IoT
14 8 (0.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 58 (5.41%) Linux
2 22 (2.05%) Unix
3 11 (1.03%) 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
1 647 (60.35%) CI/CD
2 484 (45.15%) DevOps
3 403 (37.59%) Infrastructure as Code
4 355 (33.12%) Agile
5 262 (24.44%) Microservices
6 232 (21.64%) Containerisation
7 206 (19.22%) Event-Driven
8 199 (18.56%) AI
9 177 (16.51%) Observability
10 151 (14.09%) Analytics
11 149 (13.90%) Data Modelling
12 145 (13.53%) Software Engineering
13 144 (13.43%) Data Pipeline
14 143 (13.34%) ETL
14 143 (13.34%) Test Automation
15 137 (12.78%) Problem-Solving
16 124 (11.57%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 119 (11.10%) Migration
18 112 (10.45%) Mentoring
19 110 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 460 (42.91%) Python
2 295 (27.52%) SQL
3 169 (15.76%) TypeScript
4 156 (14.55%) C#
5 147 (13.71%) JavaScript
6 146 (13.62%) Java
7 59 (5.50%) Bash
8 42 (3.92%) Bicep
8 42 (3.92%) PowerShell
9 36 (3.36%) Shell Script
10 21 (1.96%) Go
11 20 (1.87%) Scala
12 11 (1.03%) T-SQL
13 10 (0.93%) Ruby
14 8 (0.75%) Formula Language
14 8 (0.75%) LotusScript
15 7 (0.65%) Groovy
16 6 (0.56%) JCL
17 5 (0.47%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 275 (25.65%) Security Cleared
2 219 (20.43%) SC Cleared
3 63 (5.88%) AWS Certification
4 45 (4.20%) BPSS Clearance
5 34 (3.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 32 (2.99%) Azure Certification
7 30 (2.80%) Degree
8 28 (2.61%) DV Cleared
9 19 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (1.40%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 13 (1.21%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 11 (1.03%) SAFe Agilist
13 10 (0.93%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 10 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
14 9 (0.84%) AWS Certified Developer
15 8 (0.75%) 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%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (6.90%) Data Quality
2 47 (4.38%) QA
3 27 (2.52%) GDPR
3 27 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (2.33%) Accessibility
5 19 (1.77%) PCI DSS
6 16 (1.49%) NIST
7 12 (1.12%) WCAG
8 7 (0.65%) NCSC
8 7 (0.65%) PMO
9 6 (0.56%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
10 4 (0.37%) SLA
11 3 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.19%) FedRAMP
12 2 (0.19%) GRC
12 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.19%) HL7
13 1 (0.093%) Solvency II
System Software
1 270 (25.19%) Docker
2 31 (2.89%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.12%) Squid
5 5 (0.47%) RACF
6 3 (0.28%) HDFS
7 1 (0.093%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 433 (40.39%) Terraform
2 246 (22.95%) Kubernetes
3 102 (9.51%) Grafana
4 92 (8.58%) Prometheus
5 52 (4.85%) Ansible
6 28 (2.61%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (1.59%) Puppet
8 10 (0.93%) Progress Chef
9 9 (0.84%) FortiGate
9 9 (0.84%) Kustomize
10 8 (0.75%) Consul
11 7 (0.65%) Istio
12 6 (0.56%) Kibana
12 6 (0.56%) linkerd
13 5 (0.47%) Docker Swarm
13 5 (0.47%) Podman
13 5 (0.47%) Salt
14 3 (0.28%) Argo
14 3 (0.28%) Karpenter
14 3 (0.28%) Rancher
Vendors
1 149 (13.90%) Microsoft
2 69 (6.44%) Databricks
3 48 (4.48%) OpenAI
4 38 (3.54%) Oracle
5 23 (2.15%) Dynatrace
6 22 (2.05%) Splunk
7 18 (1.68%) Google
8 17 (1.59%) Informatica
9 14 (1.31%) Salesforce
9 14 (1.31%) ServiceNow
10 12 (1.12%) Foundry
10 12 (1.12%) Red Hat
11 11 (1.03%) Confluent
12 10 (0.93%) SAP
12 10 (0.93%) Tenable
13 9 (0.84%) Atlassian
13 9 (0.84%) Brio
14 8 (0.75%) Kofax
14 8 (0.75%) Lotus
15 7 (0.65%) Sybase