Serverless Contracts in England

Serverless Computing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Serverless skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Serverless over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 112 102
Rank change year-on-year -21 -10 -26
Contract jobs citing Serverless 644 1,089 1,827
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.72% 2.32% 2.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.37% 6.38% 6.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 475 811 1,299
10th Percentile £365 £450 £438
25th Percentile £438 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £625 £673 £700
90th Percentile £700 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £517 £550 £570
% change year-on-year -6.00% -3.51% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - £36.75 £60.95
25th Percentile - £39.38 £65.00
Median hourly rate - £45.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - -40.00% +69.49%
75th Percentile - £51.88 £77.50
90th Percentile - £55.25 £79.60
UK median hourly rate - £45.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year - -40.00% +81.82%

All Cloud Skills
England

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 in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 12,003 17,073 26,837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.00% 36.30% 38.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,593 12,521 19,923
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £415 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £748 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 282 314
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.06 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.46 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.69% +62.79% +2.14%
75th Percentile £43.75 £70.00 £44.70
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.19 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £36.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -40.28% +63.64% +2.33%

Serverless
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Serverless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Serverless in England

Serverless
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Serverless in England.

Daily rate trend for Serverless in England

Serverless
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Serverless in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Serverless in England

Serverless
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Serverless in England.

Hourly rate trend for Serverless in England

Serverless
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Serverless within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
London -9 416 £523 -12.92% 167
North of England -10 88 £520 -0.95% 70
South East -43 56 £625 +8.70% 25
North West 0 53 £510 -2.86% 44
Yorkshire -5 29 £550 +4.76% 18
Midlands +8 26 £450 -10.00% 30
South West -14 23 £550 -16.98% 22
West Midlands +13 18 £450 - 23
East Midlands +4 8 £450 -10.00% 7
East of England -4 7 £625 -3.85% 12
North East +10 6 £650 -8.71% 8
Serverless
UK

Serverless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 31 (4.81%) Apache Spark
2 24 (3.73%) Apache Airflow
3 17 (2.64%) Apache
4 16 (2.48%) SharePoint
5 15 (2.33%) Confluence
6 7 (1.09%) Anypoint
7 6 (0.93%) BizTalk Server
7 6 (0.93%) nginx
8 4 (0.62%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.47%) CMS
9 3 (0.47%) Drupal
9 3 (0.47%) Mendix
10 2 (0.31%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.31%) IIS
10 2 (0.31%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.31%) SAS
11 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.16%) SharePoint 2010
11 1 (0.16%) ThingWorx
11 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.47%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.31%) Trello
4 1 (0.16%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 7 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.93%) NEC Housing
3 5 (0.78%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.62%) Endur
4 4 (0.62%) Shopify
5 1 (0.16%) Aareon QL
5 1 (0.16%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.16%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 415 (64.44%) AWS
2 331 (51.40%) AWS Lambda
3 266 (41.30%) Azure
4 177 (27.48%) Amazon S3
5 174 (27.02%) Azure Functions
6 117 (18.17%) Amazon EC2
7 92 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
8 73 (11.34%) AWS CloudFormation
9 72 (11.18%) GitHub
10 68 (10.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 66 (10.25%) AWS Step Functions
12 57 (8.85%) Azure Service Bus
13 55 (8.54%) Power Platform
14 53 (8.23%) Azure Logic Apps
15 51 (7.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 51 (7.92%) Azure Data Factory
16 46 (7.14%) Amazon ECS
16 46 (7.14%) PaaS
17 44 (6.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 43 (6.68%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.26%) Firewall
2 13 (2.02%) HTTP
3 9 (1.40%) AMQP
3 9 (1.40%) Network Security
4 7 (1.09%) DNS
4 7 (1.09%) FTP
5 6 (0.93%) DHCP
6 4 (0.62%) Internet
6 4 (0.62%) OpenLDAP
6 4 (0.62%) SSL
6 4 (0.62%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.47%) LAN
7 3 (0.47%) VPN
7 3 (0.47%) WLAN
8 1 (0.16%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.16%) IPsec
8 1 (0.16%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.16%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (14.75%) Amazon RDS
2 85 (13.20%) NoSQL
3 76 (11.80%) Amazon Redshift
4 73 (11.34%) DynamoDB
5 55 (8.54%) PostgreSQL
6 54 (8.39%) SQL Server
7 49 (7.61%) Data Lake
8 46 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
9 44 (6.83%) Big Data
10 42 (6.52%) Data Warehouse
11 40 (6.21%) Amazon Athena
12 38 (5.90%) Power BI
13 37 (5.75%) Relational Database
14 36 (5.59%) MongoDB
15 22 (3.42%) Parquet
16 18 (2.80%) Amazon Aurora
17 17 (2.64%) MySQL
18 15 (2.33%) RDBMS
19 13 (2.02%) Redis
20 12 (1.86%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 137 (21.27%) Git
2 66 (10.25%) Jenkins
3 48 (7.45%) GitLab
4 33 (5.12%) JIRA
5 25 (3.88%) Cypress.io
6 17 (2.64%) Selenium
7 13 (2.02%) SonarQube
8 12 (1.86%) Bitbucket
8 12 (1.86%) Visual Studio
9 10 (1.55%) JMeter
10 9 (1.40%) Maven
11 8 (1.24%) Postman
12 7 (1.09%) CircleCI
12 7 (1.09%) TeamCity
12 7 (1.09%) Visual Studio Team System
13 6 (0.93%) Gradle
13 6 (0.93%) JUnit
14 5 (0.78%) Cucumber
15 4 (0.62%) Sourcetree
15 4 (0.62%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 114 (17.70%) Social Skills
2 73 (11.34%) Finance
3 61 (9.47%) Public Sector
4 45 (6.99%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (4.50%) Banking
6 19 (2.95%) Retail
7 12 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (1.71%) Marketing
9 10 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.40%) Front Office
11 8 (1.24%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (0.93%) Manufacturing
13 6 (0.93%) Publishing
14 5 (0.78%) Billing
15 4 (0.62%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.47%) Czech Language
16 3 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.47%) Health Technology
16 3 (0.47%) Law
Job Titles
1 235 (36.49%) Developer
2 92 (14.29%) Data Engineer
2 92 (14.29%) Senior
3 79 (12.27%) Architect
4 68 (10.56%) DevOps Engineer
5 65 (10.09%) AWS Engineer
6 56 (8.70%) Full Stack Developer
7 53 (8.23%) Lead
8 44 (6.83%) AWS DevOps
9 41 (6.37%) Python Developer
10 38 (5.90%) Azure Developer
10 38 (5.90%) Software Engineer
11 35 (5.43%) Senior Developer
12 34 (5.28%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 33 (5.12%) Java Developer
14 27 (4.19%) Cloud Engineer
15 23 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
16 22 (3.42%) AWS Developer
17 21 (3.26%) AWS Architect
17 21 (3.26%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (16.30%) React
2 102 (15.84%) Node.js
3 78 (12.11%) Kafka
4 75 (11.65%) .NET
5 51 (7.92%) JSON
6 43 (6.68%) RESTful
7 41 (6.37%) REST
8 29 (4.50%) .NET Core
9 27 (4.19%) XML
10 25 (3.88%) PySpark
11 24 (3.73%) Lambda Expressions
12 23 (3.57%) Spring
13 22 (3.42%) OAuth
14 19 (2.95%) Apache Avro
14 19 (2.95%) HTML
14 19 (2.95%) OpenAPI
15 18 (2.80%) Swagger
16 17 (2.64%) ARM Templates
16 17 (2.64%) RabbitMQ
16 17 (2.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 40 (6.21%) Product Ownership
2 38 (5.90%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.42%) Greenfield Project
4 21 (3.26%) Mobile App
5 20 (3.11%) Public Cloud
6 17 (2.64%) IoT
7 15 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
8 14 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (1.86%) Linux Command Line
10 10 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.24%) Market Risk
12 7 (1.09%) Machine to Machine
13 6 (0.93%) Algorithms
13 6 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (0.93%) Low-Code
13 6 (0.93%) Onboarding
14 5 (0.78%) Data Centre
14 5 (0.78%) PKI
14 5 (0.78%) Smart Meter
15 4 (0.62%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 57 (8.85%) Linux
2 22 (3.42%) Windows
3 17 (2.64%) Unix
4 7 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.78%) VMS
6 2 (0.31%) Android
6 2 (0.31%) CentOS
7 1 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.16%) Debian
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (42.70%) DevOps
2 254 (39.44%) CI/CD
3 191 (29.66%) Agile
4 134 (20.81%) Microservices
5 115 (17.86%) Infrastructure as Code
6 102 (15.84%) Full Stack Development
7 93 (14.44%) Software Engineering
8 87 (13.51%) ETL
9 72 (11.18%) SDLC
10 70 (10.87%) Test Automation
11 69 (10.71%) Containerisation
11 69 (10.71%) Scrum
12 66 (10.25%) Data Modelling
12 66 (10.25%) Data Pipeline
13 60 (9.32%) TDD
14 58 (9.01%) Analytics
15 53 (8.23%) Problem-Solving
16 46 (7.14%) Data Engineering
17 42 (6.52%) Technical Leadership
18 41 (6.37%) API Management
Programming Languages
1 312 (48.45%) Python
2 201 (31.21%) SQL
3 132 (20.50%) Java
4 103 (15.99%) JavaScript
5 77 (11.96%) TypeScript
6 70 (10.87%) C#
7 38 (5.90%) PowerShell
8 35 (5.43%) Bash
9 23 (3.57%) Go
10 16 (2.48%) Shell Script
11 12 (1.86%) Scala
12 9 (1.40%) C
12 9 (1.40%) T-SQL
13 7 (1.09%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.93%) Bicep
14 6 (0.93%) C++
14 6 (0.93%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.78%) Ruby
16 4 (0.62%) PHP
16 4 (0.62%) VBA
Qualifications
1 116 (18.01%) Security Cleared
2 96 (14.91%) SC Cleared
3 40 (6.21%) Degree
4 29 (4.50%) AWS Certification
4 29 (4.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.17%) DV Cleared
6 12 (1.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 11 (1.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 11 (1.71%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.09%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.31%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 1 (0.16%) CISM
11 1 (0.16%) CISSP
11 1 (0.16%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.16%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.57%) QA
2 17 (2.64%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.02%) NIST
4 11 (1.71%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.24%) GDPR
5 8 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.78%) SLA
7 3 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.47%) ISO 22301
7 3 (0.47%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.31%) WCAG
9 1 (0.16%) NCSC
System Software
1 125 (19.41%) Docker
2 35 (5.43%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.86%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.16%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.16%) Ceph
6 1 (0.16%) Firmware
6 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.16%) NFS
Systems Management
1 185 (28.73%) Terraform
2 146 (22.67%) Kubernetes
3 48 (7.45%) Ansible
4 26 (4.04%) Grafana
5 14 (2.17%) Prometheus
6 13 (2.02%) Argo
7 12 (1.86%) Progress Chef
8 9 (1.40%) Docker Swarm
9 5 (0.78%) Puppet
9 5 (0.78%) SysTrack
10 4 (0.62%) Podman
11 3 (0.47%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.47%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.47%) Kibana
11 3 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.31%) Salt
13 1 (0.16%) Consul
13 1 (0.16%) Hadoop YARN
13 1 (0.16%) Mesos
13 1 (0.16%) Packer
Vendors
1 91 (14.13%) Microsoft
2 41 (6.37%) Oracle
3 26 (4.04%) Google
4 22 (3.42%) Salesforce
5 20 (3.11%) Databricks
5 20 (3.11%) SAP
6 12 (1.86%) MuleSoft
6 12 (1.86%) Splunk
7 10 (1.55%) Ab Initio
8 8 (1.24%) Informatica
8 8 (1.24%) Talend
9 7 (1.09%) Red Hat
9 7 (1.09%) VMware
9 7 (1.09%) WSO2
10 6 (0.93%) NEC
10 6 (0.93%) New Relic
11 5 (0.78%) Citrix
11 5 (0.78%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.78%) Sitecore
12 4 (0.62%) Sage