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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 99 129
Rank change year-on-year -14 +30 -33
Contract jobs citing Serverless 1,046 752 766
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.17% 2.58% 1.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.11% 6.87% 5.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 765 576 582
10th Percentile £375 £400 £388
25th Percentile £430 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £514
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% +2.19% -6.59%
75th Percentile £630 £614 £625
90th Percentile £725 £751 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 0
10th Percentile £52.63 £25.50 -
25th Percentile £63.50 £25.88 -
Median hourly rate £74.50 £26.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +181.13% - -
75th Percentile £81.00 £30.75 -
90th Percentile £90.80 £33.30 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 - -

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 17,106 10,947 13,849
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.45% 37.61% 32.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,532 7,522 9,850
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £606 £620 £634
90th Percentile £704 £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 515 245 349
10th Percentile £15.35 £15.12 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.63 £18.50 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.50 £27.76 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +35.09% +29.90% -38.94%
75th Percentile £65.13 £47.50 £38.75
90th Percentile £80.12 £73.25 £65.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.50 £20.89 £17.72
% change year-on-year +89.09% +17.89% -29.12%

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 21 May 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 21 May 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 21 May 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 -9 839 £525 -4.11% 278
London -10 502 £525 -4.55% 129
UK excluding London -20 361 £500 - 184
Work from Home -33 293 £525 - 146
North of England -19 151 £500 - 67
North West -10 86 £500 - 36
Midlands -27 58 £488 -3.66% 19
South East -32 54 £563 +12.50% 47
Yorkshire -19 51 £500 - 23
West Midlands -29 46 £481 -6.05% 13
Scotland -23 43 £463 -11.90% 11
South West -21 32 £578 +5.16% 27
East of England -5 26 £550 -8.33% 6
North East -19 15 £475 - 9
East Midlands -23 12 £500 - 6
Wales -6 6 £475 -17.43% 4
Northern Ireland 0 2 - - 4

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 49 (4.68%) Apache Spark
2 44 (4.21%) Confluence
3 36 (3.44%) Apache Airflow
4 27 (2.58%) SharePoint
5 26 (2.49%) Apache
6 17 (1.63%) nginx
7 10 (0.96%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.96%) Mendix
8 5 (0.48%) Palantir Foundry
8 5 (0.48%) SAS
9 4 (0.38%) CICS
10 3 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.19%) CMS
11 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.19%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.096%) FileNet
12 1 (0.096%) JBoss
Applications
1 10 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.67%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.19%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.096%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.19%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.096%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.096%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.096%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 786 (75.14%) AWS
2 614 (58.70%) AWS Lambda
3 409 (39.10%) Amazon S3
4 385 (36.81%) Azure
5 242 (23.14%) GitHub
6 211 (20.17%) Azure Functions
7 190 (18.16%) Amazon EC2
8 188 (17.97%) Amazon ECS
9 180 (17.21%) Amazon EKS
10 174 (16.63%) GitHub Actions
11 170 (16.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 155 (14.82%) AWS CloudFormation
13 143 (13.67%) Azure DevOps
14 117 (11.19%) AWS Step Functions
14 117 (11.19%) Power Platform
15 116 (11.09%) Amazon SQS
16 104 (9.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 96 (9.18%) Azure Logic Apps
18 92 (8.80%) Azure Service Bus
19 69 (6.60%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.25%) DNS
2 28 (2.68%) Firewall
3 19 (1.82%) VPN
4 14 (1.34%) Reverse Proxy
5 13 (1.24%) TCP/IP
6 12 (1.15%) HTTP
7 11 (1.05%) Network Security
8 9 (0.86%) OpenVPN
9 8 (0.76%) SSL
10 7 (0.67%) SMS
11 6 (0.57%) Kerberos
12 5 (0.48%) IPsec
13 4 (0.38%) WAN
14 3 (0.29%) FTP
15 2 (0.19%) AMQP
15 2 (0.19%) CTI
15 2 (0.19%) HTTPS
15 2 (0.19%) MQTT
16 1 (0.096%) 5G
16 1 (0.096%) NaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (13.96%) DynamoDB
2 135 (12.91%) Amazon RDS
3 99 (9.46%) PostgreSQL
4 84 (8.03%) Amazon Athena
5 78 (7.46%) NoSQL
6 76 (7.27%) Amazon Redshift
7 75 (7.17%) Power BI
8 58 (5.54%) Data Lake
9 52 (4.97%) Amazon Aurora
10 50 (4.78%) Azure SQL Database
11 46 (4.40%) SQL Server
12 44 (4.21%) Data Warehouse
13 43 (4.11%) Relational Database
14 32 (3.06%) Metadata
15 31 (2.96%) MongoDB
15 31 (2.96%) MySQL
16 29 (2.77%) Tableau
17 27 (2.58%) Big Data
18 25 (2.39%) Delta Lake
18 25 (2.39%) Redis
Development Applications
1 160 (15.30%) Git
2 140 (13.38%) GitLab
3 126 (12.05%) Jenkins
4 62 (5.93%) JIRA
5 26 (2.49%) Bitbucket
6 18 (1.72%) SonarQube
7 17 (1.63%) Cypress.io
8 15 (1.43%) Cucumber
9 10 (0.96%) Claude Code
9 10 (0.96%) JUnit
9 10 (0.96%) MLflow
10 8 (0.76%) NUnit
11 7 (0.67%) Jasmine
11 7 (0.67%) Maven
11 7 (0.67%) Mocha
11 7 (0.67%) MSTest
11 7 (0.67%) Postman
11 7 (0.67%) Selenium
11 7 (0.67%) Vite
12 6 (0.57%) Snyk
General
1 226 (21.61%) Social Skills
2 176 (16.83%) Public Sector
3 137 (13.10%) Finance
4 63 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
6 30 (2.87%) Banking
7 15 (1.43%) Legal
8 12 (1.15%) Financial Institution
9 11 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (0.86%) Marketing
11 8 (0.76%) Military
11 8 (0.76%) Retail
12 7 (0.67%) Law
13 6 (0.57%) Police
14 5 (0.48%) Billing
14 5 (0.48%) Front Office
14 5 (0.48%) Health Technology
14 5 (0.48%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.38%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 268 (25.62%) Developer
2 190 (18.16%) Architect
3 152 (14.53%) Senior
4 142 (13.58%) AWS Engineer
5 108 (10.33%) Data Engineer
6 96 (9.18%) Lead
7 75 (7.17%) DevOps Engineer
8 64 (6.12%) Software Engineer
9 62 (5.93%) AWS Architect
10 53 (5.07%) Cloud Engineer
11 52 (4.97%) AWS Developer
12 51 (4.88%) Full-Stack Developer
13 47 (4.49%) Azure Engineer
14 46 (4.40%) Senior Developer
14 46 (4.40%) Technical Architect
15 44 (4.21%) Python Engineer
15 44 (4.21%) Solutions Architect
16 43 (4.11%) Cloud Architect
17 41 (3.92%) AWS DevOps
18 40 (3.82%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (13.38%) React
2 138 (13.19%) REST
3 136 (13.00%) Node.js
4 131 (12.52%) .NET
5 126 (12.05%) Kafka
6 102 (9.75%) RESTful
7 81 (7.74%) Spring
8 80 (7.65%) Spring Boot
9 75 (7.17%) OAuth
10 67 (6.41%) PySpark
11 61 (5.83%) AWS CDK
12 58 (5.54%) AngularJS
13 50 (4.78%) GraphQL
14 48 (4.59%) JSON
15 46 (4.40%) .NET Core
15 46 (4.40%) FastAPI
15 46 (4.40%) OAuth2
16 41 (3.92%) OpenID
17 38 (3.63%) Next.js
18 32 (3.06%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 289 (27.63%) Cloud Native
2 74 (7.07%) Product Ownership
3 58 (5.54%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (2.58%) AI Agents
5 26 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
6 24 (2.29%) NHS
7 18 (1.72%) Onboarding
8 15 (1.43%) Data Structures
8 15 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (1.34%) Low-Code
9 14 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.15%) Public Cloud
11 11 (1.05%) Algorithms
11 11 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (0.86%) Virtual Team
13 8 (0.76%) Distributed Computing
13 8 (0.76%) Mainframe
13 8 (0.76%) Security Posture
14 7 (0.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 65 (6.21%) Linux
2 23 (2.20%) Unix
3 10 (0.96%) Windows
4 4 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.38%) zOS
5 2 (0.19%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.096%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (0.096%) Android
6 1 (0.096%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.096%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.096%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.096%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 638 (60.99%) CI/CD
2 493 (47.13%) DevOps
3 390 (37.28%) Infrastructure as Code
4 342 (32.70%) Agile
5 266 (25.43%) Microservices
6 240 (22.94%) Containerisation
7 189 (18.07%) Event-Driven
8 187 (17.88%) AI
9 170 (16.25%) Observability
10 150 (14.34%) Data Modelling
11 148 (14.15%) Analytics
12 144 (13.77%) Problem-Solving
13 138 (13.19%) Data Pipeline
14 133 (12.72%) ETL
14 133 (12.72%) Software Engineering
15 131 (12.52%) Test Automation
16 115 (10.99%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 110 (10.52%) Migration
18 107 (10.23%) Data Engineering
19 105 (10.04%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 449 (42.93%) Python
2 286 (27.34%) SQL
3 170 (16.25%) C#
4 167 (15.97%) TypeScript
5 148 (14.15%) JavaScript
6 146 (13.96%) Java
7 58 (5.54%) Bash
8 45 (4.30%) Bicep
9 42 (4.02%) PowerShell
10 32 (3.06%) Shell Script
11 21 (2.01%) Go
12 18 (1.72%) Ruby
13 17 (1.63%) Scala
14 10 (0.96%) Formula Language
14 10 (0.96%) LotusScript
15 9 (0.86%) T-SQL
16 7 (0.67%) Groovy
16 7 (0.67%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
18 4 (0.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 266 (25.43%) Security Cleared
2 213 (20.36%) SC Cleared
3 57 (5.45%) AWS Certification
4 43 (4.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 34 (3.25%) Azure Certification
6 31 (2.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 28 (2.68%) DV Cleared
8 26 (2.49%) Degree
9 15 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (1.15%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 11 (1.05%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 10 (0.96%) SAFe Agilist
12 10 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
13 9 (0.86%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 9 (0.86%) AWS Certified Developer
13 9 (0.86%) Master's Degree
14 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.38%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (0.38%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (6.50%) Data Quality
2 47 (4.49%) QA
3 26 (2.49%) Accessibility
3 26 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (2.20%) GDPR
5 19 (1.82%) PCI DSS
6 15 (1.43%) NIST
7 11 (1.05%) WCAG
8 7 (0.67%) PMO
9 6 (0.57%) ISO 20022
9 6 (0.57%) NCSC
10 5 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
11 4 (0.38%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.38%) SLA
12 3 (0.29%) HL7
13 2 (0.19%) FedRAMP
13 2 (0.19%) GRC
14 1 (0.096%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.096%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 1 (0.096%) NIST 800
System Software
1 272 (26.00%) Docker
2 29 (2.77%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (1.05%) Squid
5 5 (0.48%) RACF
6 3 (0.29%) HDFS
6 3 (0.29%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 416 (39.77%) Terraform
2 249 (23.80%) Kubernetes
3 106 (10.13%) Grafana
4 89 (8.51%) Prometheus
5 51 (4.88%) Ansible
6 29 (2.77%) Single Sign-On
7 14 (1.34%) Puppet
8 9 (0.86%) FortiGate
8 9 (0.86%) Kustomize
9 8 (0.76%) Consul
9 8 (0.76%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.57%) Istio
10 6 (0.57%) Kibana
10 6 (0.57%) linkerd
11 5 (0.48%) Podman
12 4 (0.38%) Salt
13 3 (0.29%) Docker Swarm
13 3 (0.29%) HP Fortify
13 3 (0.29%) Karpenter
13 3 (0.29%) Rancher
Vendors
1 159 (15.20%) Microsoft
2 74 (7.07%) Databricks
3 47 (4.49%) OpenAI
4 44 (4.21%) Oracle
5 26 (2.49%) Splunk
6 20 (1.91%) Dynatrace
7 14 (1.34%) Google
8 12 (1.15%) Foundry
8 12 (1.15%) Informatica
9 11 (1.05%) Red Hat
9 11 (1.05%) ServiceNow
10 10 (0.96%) Brio
10 10 (0.96%) Confluent
10 10 (0.96%) Kofax
10 10 (0.96%) Lotus
10 10 (0.96%) Salesforce
10 10 (0.96%) SAP
11 9 (0.86%) Atlassian
11 9 (0.86%) Tenable
12 6 (0.57%) Qualys