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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 97 127
Rank change year-on-year -15 +30 -31
Contract jobs citing Serverless 1,048 754 773
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.18% 2.59% 1.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.14% 6.88% 5.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 766 575 588
10th Percentile £375 £400 £381
25th Percentile £430 £451 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% +2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £630 £614 £625
90th Percentile £725 £751 £708
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £501 £510
% change year-on-year -0.10% -1.86% -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 17,079 10,959 13,868
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.47% 37.57% 32.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,519 7,525 9,860
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 512 249 350
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.14 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.46 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.00 £27.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +34.55% +28.69% -38.94%
75th Percentile £63.75 £47.50 £38.13
90th Percentile £77.50 £73.75 £65.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £20.37 £17.72
% change year-on-year +84.09% +14.95% -31.49%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -10 841 £525 -4.55% 286
London -10 505 £525 -4.55% 132
UK excluding London -6 362 £500 -0.10% 187
Work from Home -35 292 £525 - 147
North of England -11 151 £500 - 73
North West -13 86 £500 - 37
Midlands -35 59 £491 -2.92% 19
South East -42 53 £550 +10.00% 44
Yorkshire -23 51 £500 - 27
West Midlands -24 47 £488 -4.83% 13
Scotland -26 45 £450 -14.29% 11
South West -26 32 £578 +5.16% 27
East of England -11 25 £550 -8.33% 6
North East -19 15 £475 - 10
East Midlands -25 12 £500 - 6
Wales -8 6 £475 -17.43% 4
Northern Ireland -1 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 51 (4.87%) Apache Spark
2 45 (4.29%) Confluence
3 38 (3.63%) Apache Airflow
4 30 (2.86%) Apache
5 27 (2.58%) SharePoint
6 17 (1.62%) nginx
7 10 (0.95%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.95%) Mendix
8 6 (0.57%) Palantir Foundry
9 5 (0.48%) SAS
10 4 (0.38%) CICS
11 3 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.19%) CMS
12 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.19%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
13 1 (0.095%) JBoss
13 1 (0.095%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.67%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.19%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.095%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.19%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.095%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.095%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 788 (75.19%) AWS
2 616 (58.78%) AWS Lambda
3 411 (39.22%) Amazon S3
4 383 (36.55%) Azure
5 240 (22.90%) GitHub
6 209 (19.94%) Azure Functions
7 190 (18.13%) Amazon EC2
8 189 (18.03%) Amazon ECS
9 176 (16.79%) Amazon EKS
10 174 (16.60%) GitHub Actions
11 169 (16.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 157 (14.98%) AWS CloudFormation
13 143 (13.65%) Azure DevOps
14 119 (11.35%) AWS Step Functions
15 117 (11.16%) Power Platform
16 116 (11.07%) Amazon SQS
17 104 (9.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 95 (9.06%) Azure Logic Apps
19 90 (8.59%) Azure Service Bus
20 68 (6.49%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 35 (3.34%) DNS
2 28 (2.67%) Firewall
3 18 (1.72%) VPN
4 14 (1.34%) Reverse Proxy
5 13 (1.24%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.05%) HTTP
6 11 (1.05%) Network Security
7 9 (0.86%) OpenVPN
8 8 (0.76%) SSL
9 7 (0.67%) SMS
10 6 (0.57%) Kerberos
11 5 (0.48%) IPsec
12 4 (0.38%) WAN
13 3 (0.29%) FTP
14 2 (0.19%) AMQP
14 2 (0.19%) CTI
14 2 (0.19%) HTTPS
15 1 (0.095%) 4G
15 1 (0.095%) 5G
15 1 (0.095%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (14.12%) DynamoDB
2 134 (12.79%) Amazon RDS
3 97 (9.26%) PostgreSQL
4 86 (8.21%) Amazon Athena
5 78 (7.44%) NoSQL
6 76 (7.25%) Amazon Redshift
7 75 (7.16%) Power BI
8 60 (5.73%) Data Lake
9 50 (4.77%) Amazon Aurora
9 50 (4.77%) Azure SQL Database
10 46 (4.39%) Data Warehouse
10 46 (4.39%) SQL Server
11 44 (4.20%) Relational Database
12 32 (3.05%) Metadata
13 31 (2.96%) MongoDB
13 31 (2.96%) MySQL
14 29 (2.77%) Big Data
14 29 (2.77%) Tableau
15 27 (2.58%) Delta Lake
16 25 (2.39%) Redis
Development Applications
1 160 (15.27%) Git
2 143 (13.65%) GitLab
3 125 (11.93%) Jenkins
4 63 (6.01%) JIRA
5 26 (2.48%) Bitbucket
6 17 (1.62%) Cypress.io
6 17 (1.62%) SonarQube
7 15 (1.43%) Cucumber
8 12 (1.15%) MLflow
9 10 (0.95%) Claude Code
9 10 (0.95%) JUnit
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%) Selenium
11 7 (0.67%) Vite
12 6 (0.57%) Postman
12 6 (0.57%) Snyk
General
1 226 (21.56%) Social Skills
2 178 (16.98%) Public Sector
3 136 (12.98%) Finance
4 63 (6.01%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
6 30 (2.86%) Banking
7 15 (1.43%) Legal
8 12 (1.15%) Financial Institution
9 11 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (0.86%) Marketing
12 8 (0.76%) Military
12 8 (0.76%) Retail
13 7 (0.67%) Law
14 6 (0.57%) Police
15 5 (0.48%) Billing
15 5 (0.48%) Front Office
15 5 (0.48%) Health Technology
15 5 (0.48%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.38%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 269 (25.67%) Developer
2 187 (17.84%) Architect
3 154 (14.69%) Senior
4 143 (13.65%) AWS Engineer
5 109 (10.40%) Data Engineer
6 97 (9.26%) Lead
7 74 (7.06%) DevOps Engineer
8 66 (6.30%) Software Engineer
9 59 (5.63%) AWS Architect
10 53 (5.06%) Cloud Engineer
11 52 (4.96%) AWS Developer
12 51 (4.87%) Full-Stack Developer
13 47 (4.48%) Azure Engineer
14 45 (4.29%) Senior Developer
15 44 (4.20%) Solutions Architect
15 44 (4.20%) Technical Architect
16 43 (4.10%) Python Engineer
17 42 (4.01%) Cloud Architect
18 41 (3.91%) AWS DevOps
19 40 (3.82%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (13.45%) React
2 138 (13.17%) REST
3 137 (13.07%) Node.js
4 132 (12.60%) .NET
5 127 (12.12%) Kafka
6 98 (9.35%) RESTful
7 81 (7.73%) Spring
8 80 (7.63%) Spring Boot
9 75 (7.16%) OAuth
10 69 (6.58%) PySpark
11 61 (5.82%) AWS CDK
12 58 (5.53%) AngularJS
13 48 (4.58%) GraphQL
13 48 (4.58%) JSON
14 46 (4.39%) .NET Core
14 46 (4.39%) FastAPI
14 46 (4.39%) OAuth2
15 41 (3.91%) OpenID
16 38 (3.63%) Next.js
17 32 (3.05%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 289 (27.58%) Cloud Native
2 73 (6.97%) Product Ownership
3 58 (5.53%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (2.58%) AI Agents
5 26 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
6 24 (2.29%) NHS
7 17 (1.62%) 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 13 (1.24%) Algorithms
11 12 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.15%) Public Cloud
12 11 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (0.95%) Mainframe
14 9 (0.86%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.76%) Distributed Computing
15 8 (0.76%) Security Posture
16 7 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 66 (6.30%) Linux
2 23 (2.19%) Unix
3 10 (0.95%) Windows
4 4 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.38%) zOS
5 2 (0.19%) VMS
5 2 (0.19%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.095%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (0.095%) Android
6 1 (0.095%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.095%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.095%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 637 (60.78%) CI/CD
2 493 (47.04%) DevOps
3 389 (37.12%) Infrastructure as Code
4 343 (32.73%) Agile
5 264 (25.19%) Microservices
6 240 (22.90%) Containerisation
7 188 (17.94%) AI
7 188 (17.94%) Event-Driven
8 170 (16.22%) Observability
9 149 (14.22%) Data Modelling
10 147 (14.03%) Analytics
11 146 (13.93%) Problem-Solving
12 140 (13.36%) Data Pipeline
13 137 (13.07%) Software Engineering
14 133 (12.69%) ETL
15 131 (12.50%) Test Automation
16 114 (10.88%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 112 (10.69%) Migration
18 109 (10.40%) Data Engineering
19 106 (10.11%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 454 (43.32%) Python
2 289 (27.58%) SQL
3 171 (16.32%) C#
4 165 (15.74%) TypeScript
5 149 (14.22%) JavaScript
6 148 (14.12%) Java
7 58 (5.53%) Bash
8 45 (4.29%) Bicep
9 42 (4.01%) PowerShell
10 34 (3.24%) Shell Script
11 22 (2.10%) Go
12 19 (1.81%) Ruby
13 17 (1.62%) Scala
14 10 (0.95%) Formula Language
14 10 (0.95%) LotusScript
15 9 (0.86%) T-SQL
16 7 (0.67%) Groovy
16 7 (0.67%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.48%) C++
18 4 (0.38%) JCL
Qualifications
1 268 (25.57%) Security Cleared
2 214 (20.42%) SC Cleared
3 57 (5.44%) AWS Certification
4 43 (4.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 34 (3.24%) Azure Certification
6 31 (2.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 30 (2.86%) DV Cleared
8 25 (2.39%) 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 (0.95%) SAFe Agilist
12 10 (0.95%) 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 (6.49%) Data Quality
2 47 (4.48%) QA
3 26 (2.48%) Accessibility
3 26 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (2.19%) GDPR
5 19 (1.81%) 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 (0.095%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.095%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 1 (0.095%) NIST 800
System Software
1 270 (25.76%) Docker
2 29 (2.77%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.81%) 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
1 417 (39.79%) Terraform
2 247 (23.57%) Kubernetes
3 104 (9.92%) Grafana
4 87 (8.30%) Prometheus
5 51 (4.87%) Ansible
6 29 (2.77%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (1.24%) Puppet
8 9 (0.86%) FortiGate
8 9 (0.86%) Kustomize
8 9 (0.86%) Progress Chef
9 8 (0.76%) Consul
10 6 (0.57%) Istio
10 6 (0.57%) Kibana
10 6 (0.57%) linkerd
11 4 (0.38%) Podman
11 4 (0.38%) Salt
12 3 (0.29%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.29%) HP Fortify
12 3 (0.29%) Karpenter
12 3 (0.29%) Rancher
Vendors
1 159 (15.17%) Microsoft
2 76 (7.25%) Databricks
3 47 (4.48%) OpenAI
4 44 (4.20%) Oracle
5 26 (2.48%) Splunk
6 20 (1.91%) Dynatrace
7 14 (1.34%) Google
8 13 (1.24%) Foundry
9 12 (1.15%) Informatica
10 11 (1.05%) Red Hat
10 11 (1.05%) ServiceNow
11 10 (0.95%) Brio
11 10 (0.95%) Confluent
11 10 (0.95%) Kofax
11 10 (0.95%) Lotus
11 10 (0.95%) Salesforce
12 9 (0.86%) Atlassian
12 9 (0.86%) SAP
13 8 (0.76%) Tenable
14 6 (0.57%) Palantir