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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 109 126
Rank change year-on-year -30 +17 -13
Contract jobs citing Serverless 1,059 821 729
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.95% 2.49% 1.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.62% 6.63% 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 805 593 506
10th Percentile £400 £388 £363
25th Percentile £450 £425 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £638
90th Percentile £750 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £535
% change year-on-year - -6.54% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 0
10th Percentile £35.65 £36.50 -
25th Percentile - £38.75 -
Median hourly rate £38.25 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -
75th Percentile £73.00 £51.25 -
90th Percentile - £53.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.25 - -

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 18,840 12,378 13,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.71% 37.58% 34.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,496 8,249 8,849
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 610 299 198
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.50 £14.52
25th Percentile £17.97 £18.87 £20.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £29.07 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.80% -6.23% -11.43%
75th Percentile £67.84 £52.50 £62.14
90th Percentile £81.25 £67.25 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.00 £20.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +60.00% -33.33% +11.11%

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -24 865 £525 - 1,071
London -21 514 £550 - 654
UK excluding London -48 398 £500 - 539
Work from Home -27 343 £537 +4.27% 524
North of England -51 131 £500 +5.04% 163
Midlands -6 87 £430 -13.13% 66
West Midlands -20 68 £460 -8.00% 34
North West -30 64 £588 +21.13% 106
Scotland -18 57 £456 -10.76% 69
South East -61 51 £600 +41.18% 80
South West -30 47 £505 -6.05% 81
Yorkshire -54 47 £500 +5.04% 35
North East -25 20 £463 +4.52% 22
East Midlands -4 19 £419 +0.84% 32
East of England -29 19 £525 +1.94% 32
Northern Ireland +4 4 £283 -43.50% 36
Wales -9 4 £481 -16.34% 14

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 51 (4.82%) Apache Airflow
3 40 (3.78%) Apache Spark
4 39 (3.68%) Apache
5 35 (3.31%) SharePoint
6 10 (0.94%) CMS
7 9 (0.85%) SAS
8 8 (0.76%) nginx
8 8 (0.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 6 (0.57%) WebLogic
9 6 (0.57%) WebLogic Portal
10 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.38%) CICS
11 4 (0.38%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.38%) PowerExchange
12 2 (0.19%) JBoss
12 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.094%) EPiServer
13 1 (0.094%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.57%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 35 (3.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (0.57%) Oracle EBS R12
3 6 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.38%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.094%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.094%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.094%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 826 (78.00%) AWS
2 668 (63.08%) AWS Lambda
3 446 (42.12%) Amazon S3
4 370 (34.94%) Azure
5 229 (21.62%) GitHub
6 225 (21.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 192 (18.13%) Azure Functions
8 189 (17.85%) Amazon ECS
9 165 (15.58%) Amazon EC2
10 162 (15.30%) AWS CloudFormation
11 160 (15.11%) Amazon EKS
12 156 (14.73%) GitHub Actions
13 148 (13.98%) Amazon SQS
14 129 (12.18%) Power Platform
15 128 (12.09%) Azure DevOps
16 118 (11.14%) AWS Step Functions
17 107 (10.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 102 (9.63%) Amazon EventBridge
19 79 (7.46%) Azure Logic Apps
20 71 (6.70%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 35 (3.31%) Firewall
2 27 (2.55%) DNS
2 27 (2.55%) Network Security
3 16 (1.51%) VPN
4 13 (1.23%) HTTP
5 12 (1.13%) WAN
6 8 (0.76%) SSL
7 5 (0.47%) CTI
7 5 (0.47%) MQTT
7 5 (0.47%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (0.47%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.38%) SMS
9 3 (0.28%) FTP
9 3 (0.28%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.28%) IPv4
9 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.19%) AMQP
10 2 (0.19%) Internet
10 2 (0.19%) SAN
10 2 (0.19%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (16.05%) DynamoDB
2 165 (15.58%) Amazon RDS
3 118 (11.14%) Amazon Athena
4 99 (9.35%) PostgreSQL
5 90 (8.50%) Amazon Redshift
5 90 (8.50%) Data Warehouse
6 84 (7.93%) Power BI
7 67 (6.33%) NoSQL
8 59 (5.57%) Data Lake
9 55 (5.19%) Amazon Aurora
9 55 (5.19%) MySQL
10 53 (5.00%) SQL Server
11 35 (3.31%) Metadata
12 33 (3.12%) MongoDB
13 27 (2.55%) Azure SQL Database
14 24 (2.27%) Delta Lake
14 24 (2.27%) Relational Database
15 21 (1.98%) BigQuery
16 20 (1.89%) Tableau
17 19 (1.79%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 197 (18.60%) Git
2 141 (13.31%) GitLab
3 136 (12.84%) Jenkins
4 74 (6.99%) JIRA
5 32 (3.02%) Cypress.io
6 31 (2.93%) Claude Code
7 25 (2.36%) Bitbucket
8 24 (2.27%) Cucumber
9 18 (1.70%) Selenium
10 17 (1.61%) SonarQube
11 14 (1.32%) JUnit
12 13 (1.23%) Postman
13 11 (1.04%) Mockito
14 10 (0.94%) RStudio
15 9 (0.85%) REST Assured
16 8 (0.76%) JMeter
16 8 (0.76%) Maven
16 8 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
16 8 (0.76%) Visual Studio
17 7 (0.66%) Gatling
General
1 249 (23.51%) Social Skills
2 185 (17.47%) Public Sector
3 159 (15.01%) Finance
4 80 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (3.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (3.78%) Banking
7 17 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (1.32%) Legal
8 14 (1.32%) Marketing
9 13 (1.23%) Military
10 12 (1.13%) Back Office
10 12 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (1.13%) Law
11 11 (1.04%) Billing
12 9 (0.85%) Front Office
13 8 (0.76%) Retail
14 7 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.57%) Aerospace
15 6 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (0.47%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 246 (23.23%) Developer
2 207 (19.55%) Senior
3 196 (18.51%) Architect
4 169 (15.96%) AWS Engineer
5 134 (12.65%) Data Engineer
6 122 (11.52%) Lead
7 82 (7.74%) DevOps Engineer
8 64 (6.04%) AWS Architect
9 60 (5.67%) Software Engineer
10 55 (5.19%) Cloud Engineer
10 55 (5.19%) Full-Stack Developer
11 47 (4.44%) Technical Architect
12 45 (4.25%) AWS Developer
13 44 (4.15%) Platform Engineer
13 44 (4.15%) Solutions Architect
14 43 (4.06%) AWS Data Engineer
14 43 (4.06%) Senior Developer
15 40 (3.78%) AWS DevOps
15 40 (3.78%) Senior Data Engineer
16 39 (3.68%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 421 (39.75%) Terraform
2 183 (17.28%) REST
3 129 (12.18%) React
4 127 (11.99%) .NET
5 120 (11.33%) Node.js
6 102 (9.63%) RESTful
7 100 (9.44%) Kafka
8 79 (7.46%) AWS CDK
9 76 (7.18%) PySpark
10 67 (6.33%) Spring Boot
11 66 (6.23%) Spring
12 58 (5.48%) GraphQL
13 52 (4.91%) FastAPI
13 52 (4.91%) OAuth
14 41 (3.87%) AngularJS
14 41 (3.87%) JSON
15 37 (3.49%) CSS
16 36 (3.40%) OAuth2
17 34 (3.21%) Flask
17 34 (3.21%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 325 (30.69%) Cloud Native
2 91 (8.59%) Product Ownership
3 75 (7.08%) Distributed Systems
4 63 (5.95%) AI Agents
5 34 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
6 31 (2.93%) Onboarding
7 28 (2.64%) NHS
8 25 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
9 22 (2.08%) Management Information System
10 19 (1.79%) Data Structures
11 17 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
11 17 (1.61%) IVR
12 15 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
13 14 (1.32%) Security Posture
14 13 (1.23%) Enterprise Cloud
14 13 (1.23%) Taxonomies
15 11 (1.04%) Linux Command Line
15 11 (1.04%) Mainframe
15 11 (1.04%) Virtual Team
16 9 (0.85%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 70 (6.61%) Linux
2 28 (2.64%) Unix
3 16 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 16 (1.51%) Windows
4 4 (0.38%) VMS
4 4 (0.38%) zOS
5 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.19%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.094%) AIX
7 1 (0.094%) Android
7 1 (0.094%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 650 (61.38%) CI/CD
2 463 (43.72%) DevOps
3 413 (39.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 400 (37.77%) Agile
5 256 (24.17%) AI
6 245 (23.14%) Event-Driven
7 242 (22.85%) Microservices
8 211 (19.92%) Containerisation
9 191 (18.04%) Observability
10 174 (16.43%) Data Modelling
11 173 (16.34%) Test Automation
12 170 (16.05%) Analytics
12 170 (16.05%) Software Engineering
13 161 (15.20%) Continuous Improvement
14 160 (15.11%) Technical Leadership
15 155 (14.64%) Data Pipeline
16 147 (13.88%) Migration
17 146 (13.79%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 143 (13.50%) Data Engineering
19 140 (13.22%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 489 (46.18%) Python
2 309 (29.18%) SQL
3 185 (17.47%) TypeScript
4 161 (15.20%) JavaScript
5 143 (13.50%) C#
6 140 (13.22%) Java
7 79 (7.46%) Bash
8 47 (4.44%) PowerShell
9 43 (4.06%) Bicep
10 32 (3.02%) Shell Script
11 14 (1.32%) PL/SQL
11 14 (1.32%) Scala
12 11 (1.04%) Go
13 10 (0.94%) Groovy
14 8 (0.76%) R
15 6 (0.57%) Ruby
15 6 (0.57%) X++
16 5 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.47%) Rust
16 5 (0.47%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 282 (26.63%) Security Cleared
2 240 (22.66%) SC Cleared
3 78 (7.37%) AWS Certification
4 59 (5.57%) Degree
5 51 (4.82%) BPSS Clearance
6 36 (3.40%) DV Cleared
7 35 (3.31%) Azure Certification
8 34 (3.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 30 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
10 26 (2.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 19 (1.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 13 (1.23%) Master's Degree
13 11 (1.04%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 10 (0.94%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 9 (0.85%) SAFe Agilist
16 8 (0.76%) ISTQB
17 7 (0.66%) CISSP
18 6 (0.57%) DBS Check
18 6 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
19 5 (0.47%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (11.24%) Data Quality
2 78 (7.37%) QA
3 48 (4.53%) Accessibility
4 40 (3.78%) GDPR
5 29 (2.74%) WCAG
6 19 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 15 (1.42%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.94%) NIST
9 7 (0.66%) SLA
10 6 (0.57%) HL7
11 5 (0.47%) Disclosure Scotland
11 5 (0.47%) NCSC
12 3 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.19%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.19%) PMO
14 1 (0.094%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.094%) GRC
14 1 (0.094%) IEC 62304
14 1 (0.094%) ISO 13485
14 1 (0.094%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 270 (25.50%) Docker
2 38 (3.59%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.38%) Squid
6 2 (0.19%) HDFS
6 2 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.094%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 245 (23.14%) Kubernetes
2 86 (8.12%) Grafana
3 66 (6.23%) Prometheus
4 56 (5.29%) Ansible
5 14 (1.32%) Puppet
6 10 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.85%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.76%) Argo
8 8 (0.76%) Packer
9 7 (0.66%) Kibana
9 7 (0.66%) Podman
10 6 (0.57%) Istio
10 6 (0.57%) Oracle RMAN
11 5 (0.47%) Kustomize
11 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (0.38%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 4 (0.38%) Rancher
12 4 (0.38%) Salt
13 3 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
13 3 (0.28%) linkerd
Vendors
1 196 (18.51%) Microsoft
2 73 (6.89%) Databricks
3 46 (4.34%) Oracle
4 40 (3.78%) OpenAI
5 29 (2.74%) Informatica
6 28 (2.64%) Dynatrace
7 27 (2.55%) Google
7 27 (2.55%) Splunk
8 26 (2.46%) ServiceNow
9 15 (1.42%) Salesforce
10 12 (1.13%) Red Hat
11 11 (1.04%) Brio
12 10 (0.94%) Tenable
13 9 (0.85%) Foundry
13 9 (0.85%) SAP
14 8 (0.76%) Confluent
15 5 (0.47%) Denodo
15 5 (0.47%) PagerDuty
16 4 (0.38%) ForgeRock
16 4 (0.38%) New Relic