Serverless Computing
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Serverless skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Serverless over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 128 | 97 | 97 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -31 | 0 | -25 |
| Contract jobs citing Serverless | 765 | 1,387 | 2,361 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.78% | 2.47% | 2.70% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 5.48% | 6.79% | 7.01% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 585 | 1,029 | 1,676 |
| 10th Percentile | £378 | £432 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £438 | £475 | £495 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £520 | £550 | £570 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.45% | -3.51% | +8.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £650 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £725 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £513 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.38% | - | +10.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £36.75 | £53.50 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £39.38 | £59.94 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £45.00 | £72.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -37.93% | +75.76% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £51.88 | £77.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £55.25 | £79.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £55.00 | £75.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -26.67% | +199.22% |
All Cloud Skills
UK
Serverless is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 13,969 | 20,420 | 33,677 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.44% | 36.43% | 38.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,924 | 14,777 | 24,579 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £634 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £746 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +9.89% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 345 | 332 | 392 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.06 | £19.00 | £15.47 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.46 | £38.78 | £22.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -44.66% | +73.10% | +2.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £42.50 | £68.94 | £54.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £69.80 | £78.00 | £69.19 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.80 | £27.83 | £19.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -36.04% | +44.57% | -3.75% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Serverless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Serverless.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Serverless over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Serverless.
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Top 17 Contract 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 1 June 2024. 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 |
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| England | -20 | 640 | £525 | -8.70% | 349 |
| London | -3 | 417 | £519 | -13.58% | 180 |
| Work from Home | -35 | 274 | £513 | -6.82% | 192 |
| UK excluding London | -53 | 265 | £513 | -2.38% | 177 |
| North of England | -10 | 85 | £525 | - | 71 |
| Scotland | -23 | 65 | £463 | -3.44% | 14 |
| South East | -43 | 55 | £613 | +6.52% | 19 |
| North West | +4 | 53 | £510 | -2.86% | 41 |
| Yorkshire | -3 | 27 | £563 | +7.14% | 21 |
| Midlands | +17 | 26 | £475 | -5.00% | 33 |
| West Midlands | +13 | 20 | £513 | +13.89% | 24 |
| South West | -14 | 19 | £550 | -16.98% | 21 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 9 | £600 | - | 4 |
| East of England | -3 | 7 | £625 | -3.85% | 12 |
| East Midlands | +8 | 6 | £450 | -10.00% | 9 |
| North East | +12 | 5 | £650 | -8.71% | 9 |
| Wales | -7 | 1 | £550 | -6.14% | 5 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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