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 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 116 122
Rank change year-on-year +15 +6 -25
Contract jobs citing Serverless 922 747 935
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.64% 2.07% 1.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.84% 5.89% 5.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 671 513 679
10th Percentile £384 £373 £400
25th Percentile £420 £438 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -11.02%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £688 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £522 £525
% change year-on-year -6.61% -0.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £43.75 - -
25th Percentile £45.63 - £76.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 - £77.50
75th Percentile £53.13 - £78.75
90th Percentile £54.25 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Cloud 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 13,478 12,686 16,623
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.61% 35.21% 35.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,103 8,350 11,897
10th Percentile £306 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £420 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £645
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 164 319
10th Percentile £15.14 £18.74 £14.59
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.80 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.47 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.03% +7.70% +45.45%
75th Percentile £44.09 £60.15 £60.00
90th Percentile £71.78 £70.00 £78.03
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.00 £33.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -36.36% +46.67% +18.42%

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 11 November 2025.

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
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 11 November 2025. 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 +13 739 £511 -7.05% 635
London +11 400 £525 -4.55% 323
UK excluding London -3 371 £488 -6.61% 341
Work from Home +8 305 £525 +3.55% 392
North of England +25 144 £500 -1.38% 131
Yorkshire +14 87 £500 -4.31% 41
Midlands +12 69 £500 - 31
Scotland -15 60 £475 +0.64% 30
North West -2 52 £475 +6.03% 81
West Midlands +2 51 £523 -0.48% 19
South East -38 43 £425 -32.00% 84
East of England +11 38 £525 -7.89% 20
South West -14 32 £625 -2.72% 33
East Midlands -4 18 £411 -8.61% 12
North East -10 6 £466 -23.61% 9
Northern Ireland -6 3 - - 6
Wales -10 2 £569 +8.33% 9

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 41 (4.45%) Apache
2 33 (3.58%) Apache Airflow
3 32 (3.47%) Confluence
4 23 (2.49%) Apache Spark
5 13 (1.41%) CMS
6 12 (1.30%) nginx
7 7 (0.76%) Headless CMS
7 7 (0.76%) SharePoint
8 5 (0.54%) Documentum
8 5 (0.54%) FileNet
9 4 (0.43%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.22%) HCL Notes
10 2 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.11%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.11%) CICS
11 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.11%) JBoss
11 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
Applications
1 15 (1.63%) Chatbot
2 8 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.76%) Aladdin
2 7 (0.76%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.43%) Fidessa
4 4 (0.43%) thinkFolio
5 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 686 (74.40%) AWS
2 548 (59.44%) AWS Lambda
3 351 (38.07%) Amazon S3
4 278 (30.15%) Azure
5 186 (20.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 180 (19.52%) AWS CloudFormation
7 173 (18.76%) GitHub
8 169 (18.33%) Amazon EC2
9 159 (17.25%) Azure Functions
10 158 (17.14%) Amazon ECS
11 117 (12.69%) GitHub Actions
12 109 (11.82%) Azure DevOps
13 101 (10.95%) Amazon EKS
14 95 (10.30%) Amazon SQS
15 92 (9.98%) GCP
16 80 (8.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 75 (8.13%) Azure Logic Apps
18 67 (7.27%) AWS Step Functions
19 59 (6.40%) Power Platform
20 54 (5.86%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.04%) Firewall
2 27 (2.93%) VPN
3 23 (2.49%) DNS
4 12 (1.30%) SSL
5 10 (1.08%) Network Security
6 6 (0.65%) DHCP
6 6 (0.65%) Remote Desktop
7 5 (0.54%) HTTP
7 5 (0.54%) OpenLDAP
8 3 (0.33%) DKIM
8 3 (0.33%) Kerberos
8 3 (0.33%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.22%) LAN
9 2 (0.22%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (0.22%) SSH
9 2 (0.22%) WAN
10 1 (0.11%) Internet
10 1 (0.11%) MPLS
10 1 (0.11%) VLAN
10 1 (0.11%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (17.57%) Amazon RDS
2 138 (14.97%) DynamoDB
3 136 (14.75%) PostgreSQL
4 91 (9.87%) NoSQL
5 63 (6.83%) Relational Database
6 61 (6.62%) Amazon Redshift
7 50 (5.42%) Amazon Athena
7 50 (5.42%) Data Warehouse
8 48 (5.21%) Amazon Aurora
9 40 (4.34%) Power BI
10 31 (3.36%) Big Data
10 31 (3.36%) Data Lake
11 29 (3.15%) Azure SQL Database
12 28 (3.04%) MySQL
13 26 (2.82%) MongoDB
13 26 (2.82%) Redis
13 26 (2.82%) SQL Server
14 21 (2.28%) RDBMS
15 20 (2.17%) Tableau
16 17 (1.84%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 161 (17.46%) Jenkins
2 157 (17.03%) Git
3 117 (12.69%) GitLab
4 83 (9.00%) JIRA
5 38 (4.12%) Liquibase
6 28 (3.04%) Cypress.io
7 23 (2.49%) JUnit
8 18 (1.95%) Bitbucket
9 15 (1.63%) Cucumber
9 15 (1.63%) Mockito
9 15 (1.63%) SonarQube
10 14 (1.52%) Postman
11 13 (1.41%) Maven
12 11 (1.19%) Sonatype Nexus
13 10 (1.08%) MLflow
13 10 (1.08%) Selenium
13 10 (1.08%) Visual Studio Code
14 7 (0.76%) Gradle
15 5 (0.54%) SonarLint
15 5 (0.54%) Storybook
General
1 238 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 146 (15.84%) Public Sector
3 116 (12.58%) Finance
4 71 (7.70%) Banking
5 63 (6.83%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (3.04%) Financial Institution
7 18 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (1.63%) Marketing
9 9 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (0.98%) Investment Banking
9 9 (0.98%) Retail
10 7 (0.76%) Front Office
10 7 (0.76%) Health Technology
11 6 (0.65%) Digital Healthcare
11 6 (0.65%) Military
11 6 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.43%) Publishing
13 3 (0.33%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.33%) Local Government
13 3 (0.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 247 (26.79%) Developer
2 145 (15.73%) AWS Engineer
2 145 (15.73%) Senior
3 135 (14.64%) Architect
4 104 (11.28%) DevOps Engineer
5 88 (9.54%) Software Engineer
6 75 (8.13%) Data Engineer
7 62 (6.72%) Lead
8 48 (5.21%) Cloud Engineer
9 43 (4.66%) AWS Architect
9 43 (4.66%) Full-Stack Developer
10 41 (4.45%) AWS DevOps
11 39 (4.23%) Java Developer
11 39 (4.23%) Solutions Architect
12 38 (4.12%) AWS Developer
13 37 (4.01%) Senior Developer
14 35 (3.80%) Python Engineer
15 34 (3.69%) AWS DevOps Engineer
16 31 (3.36%) Senior Software Engineer
17 30 (3.25%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (16.38%) Node.js
2 147 (15.94%) RESTful
3 131 (14.21%) React
3 131 (14.21%) REST
4 95 (10.30%) .NET
5 90 (9.76%) Kafka
6 64 (6.94%) AWS CDK
7 61 (6.62%) Elastic Stack
8 46 (4.99%) OAuth
9 44 (4.77%) GraphQL
9 44 (4.77%) Spring Boot
10 43 (4.66%) Spring
11 39 (4.23%) AngularJS
12 38 (4.12%) FastAPI
12 38 (4.12%) PyTorch
13 35 (3.80%) HTML
14 32 (3.47%) Next.js
15 31 (3.36%) CSS
15 31 (3.36%) JSON
16 29 (3.15%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 214 (23.21%) Cloud Native
2 80 (8.68%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (4.23%) Product Ownership
4 38 (4.12%) Public Cloud
5 26 (2.82%) Data Protection Act
6 18 (1.95%) AI Agents
7 16 (1.74%) Algorithms
8 15 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
8 15 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (1.63%) Onboarding
9 14 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (1.52%) NHS
10 13 (1.41%) Mobile App
11 12 (1.30%) Replication
12 11 (1.19%) Virtual Team
13 10 (1.08%) IVR
14 9 (0.98%) Data Structures
14 9 (0.98%) Distributed Architecture
15 8 (0.87%) Data Fabric
16 7 (0.76%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 102 (11.06%) Linux
2 11 (1.19%) Windows
3 10 (1.08%) Unix
4 6 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.54%) Amazon Linux
5 5 (0.54%) VMS
5 5 (0.54%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.22%) Android
6 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.11%) AIX
7 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.11%) Solaris
7 1 (0.11%) SUSE
7 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 481 (52.17%) CI/CD
2 449 (48.70%) DevOps
3 382 (41.43%) Agile
4 310 (33.62%) Infrastructure as Code
5 258 (27.98%) Microservices
6 225 (24.40%) Containerisation
7 184 (19.96%) Software Engineering
8 176 (19.09%) Problem-Solving
9 141 (15.29%) AI
10 117 (12.69%) Analytics
10 117 (12.69%) Test Automation
11 109 (11.82%) Full-Stack Development
12 108 (11.71%) Event-Driven
13 107 (11.61%) Data Pipeline
14 101 (10.95%) Mentoring
15 96 (10.41%) ETL
16 91 (9.87%) Machine Learning
17 90 (9.76%) Data Modelling
18 86 (9.33%) Scrum
19 83 (9.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 463 (50.22%) Python
2 219 (23.75%) SQL
3 159 (17.25%) Java
4 149 (16.16%) JavaScript
5 141 (15.29%) TypeScript
6 86 (9.33%) C#
7 67 (7.27%) Go
8 58 (6.29%) Bash
9 39 (4.23%) PowerShell
10 24 (2.60%) Bicep
11 16 (1.74%) Shell Script
12 15 (1.63%) Ruby
13 12 (1.30%) T-SQL
14 10 (1.08%) Scala
15 9 (0.98%) C++
16 8 (0.87%) Perl
17 6 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 6 (0.65%) JSX
17 6 (0.65%) VBA
18 5 (0.54%) Rust
Qualifications
1 194 (21.04%) Security Cleared
2 159 (17.25%) SC Cleared
3 89 (9.65%) AWS Certification
4 70 (7.59%) Degree
5 61 (6.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 40 (4.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 36 (3.90%) Master's Degree
8 34 (3.69%) DV Cleared
9 25 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (1.41%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 11 (1.19%) Azure Certification
12 9 (0.98%) AWS Certified Developer
12 9 (0.98%) MCP
13 8 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.22%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 2 (0.22%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.22%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 1 (0.11%) CISM
15 1 (0.11%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (5.53%) QA
2 40 (4.34%) GDPR
3 33 (3.58%) Data Quality
4 28 (3.04%) Accessibility
5 16 (1.74%) NIST
6 15 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (1.52%) WCAG
8 9 (0.98%) EU AI Act
8 9 (0.98%) HIPAA
9 7 (0.76%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.76%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.43%) MiFID
10 4 (0.43%) NCSC
11 3 (0.33%) HL7
11 3 (0.33%) PMO
12 2 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.22%) GxP
12 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 257 (27.87%) Docker
2 35 (3.80%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.08%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 348 (37.74%) Terraform
2 251 (27.22%) Kubernetes
3 107 (11.61%) Grafana
4 102 (11.06%) Prometheus
5 90 (9.76%) Ansible
6 13 (1.41%) Progress Chef
7 11 (1.19%) Kibana
8 10 (1.08%) Puppet
9 8 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.76%) Packer
11 3 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.33%) Rancher
12 2 (0.22%) Argo
12 2 (0.22%) Control-M
12 2 (0.22%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.22%) Kustomize
12 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.22%) SELinux
13 1 (0.11%) Nagios
13 1 (0.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 144 (15.62%) Microsoft
2 49 (5.31%) Google
2 49 (5.31%) Splunk
3 38 (4.12%) Databricks
4 31 (3.36%) Oracle
5 26 (2.82%) ServiceNow
6 20 (2.17%) Foundry
7 19 (2.06%) Salesforce
8 16 (1.74%) Dynatrace
9 13 (1.41%) OpenAI
10 12 (1.30%) Cloudera
10 12 (1.30%) Pega
11 11 (1.19%) Palantir
12 10 (1.08%) CA Agile Central
12 10 (1.08%) IBM
13 9 (0.98%) Cisco
14 7 (0.76%) Atlassian
14 7 (0.76%) Confluent
15 6 (0.65%) Gigya
15 6 (0.65%) StreamSets