AWS Lambda Job Trends in England

AWS Lambda
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring AWS Lambda skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 343 220 333
Rank change year-on-year -123 +113 -19
Permanent jobs citing AWS Lambda 286 684 368
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.55% 1.35% 0.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.53% 3.69% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 191 301 307
10th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +21.43% -12.50%
75th Percentile £87,500 £115,000 £85,625
90th Percentile £107,500 £138,750 £103,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -12.50%

All Cloud Skills
England

AWS Lambda falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 18,635 18,541 18,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.99% 36.58% 43.37%
Number of salaries quoted 10,416 11,200 15,728
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.80% -3.85%

AWS Lambda
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AWS Lambda relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

AWS Lambda job vacancy trend in England

AWS Lambda
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing AWS Lambda.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing AWS Lambda

AWS Lambda
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS Lambda in England over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Salary histogram for AWS Lambda in England

AWS Lambda
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Lambda within the England region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -109 152 £76,000 -20.00% 45
North of England +59 67 £65,000 +4.00% 30
Yorkshire +40 49 £62,500 +4.17% 19
South West +7 25 £62,500 -7.41% 18
North West +35 18 £65,000 +4.00% 9
South East -80 16 £67,500 +12.50% 24
Midlands +13 14 £62,500 - 12
West Midlands +27 12 £60,000 +29.73% 5
East of England -17 4 £100,000 +37.93% 3
East Midlands -6 2 £65,000 -7.14% 7
AWS Lambda
UK

AWS Lambda
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 26 (9.09%) Apache Spark
2 19 (6.64%) Apache
3 9 (3.15%) WebSphere
4 8 (2.80%) Headless CMS
5 7 (2.45%) Tomcat
6 6 (2.10%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (2.10%) WebSphere Application Server
7 3 (1.05%) Confluence
8 2 (0.70%) nginx
9 1 (0.35%) JBoss
9 1 (0.35%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.80%) Shopify
2 1 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 286 (100.00%) AWS
1 286 (100.00%) Serverless
2 194 (67.83%) Amazon S3
3 87 (30.42%) AWS CloudFormation
4 67 (23.43%) Amazon EC2
5 66 (23.08%) Amazon SQS
6 65 (22.73%) Amazon ECS
6 65 (22.73%) AWS Step Functions
7 52 (18.18%) GitHub
8 49 (17.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 47 (16.43%) Amazon EKS
10 45 (15.73%) Azure
11 38 (13.29%) GitHub Actions
12 27 (9.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 26 (9.09%) Amazon ECR
14 22 (7.69%) Amazon EventBridge
15 19 (6.64%) Apigee
15 19 (6.64%) Azure DevOps
16 18 (6.29%) GCP
16 18 (6.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.15%) AMQP
2 7 (2.45%) SSL
3 6 (2.10%) Broadband
4 5 (1.75%) Firewall
5 3 (1.05%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.05%) VPN
6 2 (0.70%) DNS
6 2 (0.70%) Network Security
7 1 (0.35%) DSL
7 1 (0.35%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.35%) NAS
7 1 (0.35%) SAN
7 1 (0.35%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (33.92%) DynamoDB
2 65 (22.73%) Amazon RDS
3 42 (14.69%) Amazon Redshift
3 42 (14.69%) NoSQL
4 40 (13.99%) Data Warehouse
5 38 (13.29%) PostgreSQL
6 22 (7.69%) Data Lake
7 20 (6.99%) Elasticsearch
7 20 (6.99%) SQL Server
8 18 (6.29%) Big Data
9 16 (5.59%) MongoDB
10 12 (4.20%) Amazon Athena
10 12 (4.20%) Hadoop
10 12 (4.20%) Relational Database
11 10 (3.50%) Apache Iceberg
12 9 (3.15%) DB2
12 9 (3.15%) MySQL
13 8 (2.80%) Apache Hive
14 7 (2.45%) Amazon Aurora
15 4 (1.40%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 57 (19.93%) Jenkins
2 39 (13.64%) GitLab
3 35 (12.24%) Git
4 33 (11.54%) Cypress.io
5 17 (5.94%) Maven
5 17 (5.94%) SonarQube
6 11 (3.85%) Bitbucket
7 9 (3.15%) JIRA
8 5 (1.75%) git-flow
8 5 (1.75%) Vite
9 4 (1.40%) MLflow
10 3 (1.05%) JUnit
11 2 (0.70%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.70%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.70%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.70%) Mocha
11 2 (0.70%) webpack
12 1 (0.35%) Deequ
12 1 (0.35%) ESLint
12 1 (0.35%) Selenium
General
1 89 (31.12%) Social Skills
2 49 (17.13%) Finance
3 32 (11.19%) Tech for Good
4 27 (9.44%) Health Technology
4 27 (9.44%) Publishing
5 17 (5.94%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (5.59%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (5.24%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (3.85%) Public Sector
9 10 (3.50%) Banking
10 9 (3.15%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (2.10%) Advertising
12 6 (2.10%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.40%) Games
13 4 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.05%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.05%) Law
14 3 (1.05%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.70%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 99 (34.62%) Developer
2 82 (28.67%) Senior
3 45 (15.73%) AWS Developer
4 43 (15.03%) Lead
5 37 (12.94%) Data Engineer
6 36 (12.59%) Senior Developer
7 34 (11.89%) AWS Engineer
7 34 (11.89%) Software Engineer
8 29 (10.14%) Python Developer
9 23 (8.04%) React Developer
10 21 (7.34%) Lead Developer
11 19 (6.64%) Senior Data Engineer
12 18 (6.29%) AWS Data Engineer
13 17 (5.94%) Full-Stack Developer
14 16 (5.59%) Software Developer
15 15 (5.24%) Java Developer
15 15 (5.24%) Lead Python Developer
16 14 (4.90%) Architect
16 14 (4.90%) Senior Python Developer
16 14 (4.90%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (31.47%) React
2 60 (20.98%) RESTful
3 57 (19.93%) Node.js
4 50 (17.48%) Spring Boot
5 46 (16.08%) Spring
6 32 (11.19%) AWS CDK
6 32 (11.19%) Jest
7 30 (10.49%) AngularJS
8 27 (9.44%) Kafka
9 25 (8.74%) .NET
10 20 (6.99%) RabbitMQ
11 18 (6.29%) .NET Core
11 18 (6.29%) HTML
12 17 (5.94%) ASP.NET
12 17 (5.94%) Gherkin
12 17 (5.94%) GraphQL
13 16 (5.59%) ASP.NET Core
13 16 (5.59%) CSS
13 16 (5.59%) Next.js
13 16 (5.59%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 92 (32.17%) Cloud Native
2 20 (6.99%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (5.24%) Greenfield Project
4 9 (3.15%) e-Learning
4 9 (3.15%) Linux Command Line
4 9 (3.15%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.80%) Virtual Team
6 7 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.10%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.75%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.40%) Life Science
9 4 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.05%) Animation
10 3 (1.05%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.05%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.05%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.70%) Blockchain
11 2 (0.70%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.70%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 35 (12.24%) Linux
2 13 (4.55%) Unix
3 10 (3.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (2.45%) Windows
5 3 (1.05%) CentOS
5 3 (1.05%) Debian
5 3 (1.05%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.35%) Android
6 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (61.89%) CI/CD
2 136 (47.55%) Agile
2 136 (47.55%) DevOps
3 102 (35.66%) Infrastructure as Code
4 75 (26.22%) Problem-Solving
5 72 (25.17%) Software Engineering
6 67 (23.43%) Mentoring
7 64 (22.38%) Microservices
8 56 (19.58%) Containerisation
9 54 (18.88%) Scrum
10 48 (16.78%) Full-Stack Development
11 44 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
12 42 (14.69%) Data Pipeline
12 42 (14.69%) Pair Programming
13 41 (14.34%) Observability
14 37 (12.94%) Data Modelling
15 36 (12.59%) Analytics
16 34 (11.89%) AI
16 34 (11.89%) TDD
17 33 (11.54%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 156 (54.55%) Python
2 109 (38.11%) TypeScript
3 83 (29.02%) Java
4 68 (23.78%) SQL
5 64 (22.38%) JavaScript
6 32 (11.19%) Bash
7 16 (5.59%) Groovy
8 15 (5.24%) Scala
9 14 (4.90%) Go
10 12 (4.20%) C#
11 6 (2.10%) PowerShell
12 3 (1.05%) C++
12 3 (1.05%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.70%) C
13 2 (0.70%) PHP
14 1 (0.35%) R
14 1 (0.35%) Rust
Qualifications
1 69 (24.13%) AWS Certification
2 40 (13.99%) Security Cleared
3 29 (10.14%) Degree
4 26 (9.09%) AWS Certified Developer
5 25 (8.74%) SC Cleared
6 19 (6.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 18 (6.29%) DV Cleared
8 14 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (3.50%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (2.45%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 5 (1.75%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.75%) SnowPro
12 2 (0.70%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.70%) OSCP
13 1 (0.35%) GCIH
13 1 (0.35%) GIAC
13 1 (0.35%) GREM
13 1 (0.35%) IIBA
13 1 (0.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (16.08%) QA
2 16 (5.59%) GDPR
3 15 (5.24%) Data Quality
4 13 (4.55%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.45%) SLA
6 5 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.40%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.05%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.70%) NIST
10 1 (0.35%) CDISC
10 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.35%) DICOM
10 1 (0.35%) GAAP
10 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.35%) HL7
10 1 (0.35%) IFRS
10 1 (0.35%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.35%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 87 (30.42%) Docker
2 8 (2.80%) HDFS
3 1 (0.35%) Firmware
3 1 (0.35%) iptables
3 1 (0.35%) vCloud
3 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 93 (32.52%) Terraform
2 63 (22.03%) Kubernetes
3 21 (7.34%) Ansible
3 21 (7.34%) Prometheus
4 17 (5.94%) Grafana
4 17 (5.94%) HP Fortify
5 6 (2.10%) Progress Chef
6 4 (1.40%) Kibana
6 4 (1.40%) Puppet
7 3 (1.05%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (1.05%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.35%) Argo
8 1 (0.35%) Podman
8 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 12 (4.20%) Oracle
2 11 (3.85%) Databricks
3 10 (3.50%) Red Hat
4 9 (3.15%) Apple
4 9 (3.15%) Atlassian
4 9 (3.15%) IBM
5 8 (2.80%) Google
6 5 (1.75%) Microsoft
6 5 (1.75%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.40%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.05%) SaltStack
9 2 (0.70%) Avaya
9 2 (0.70%) Genesys
9 2 (0.70%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.70%) VMware
10 1 (0.35%) Cisco
10 1 (0.35%) Infor
10 1 (0.35%) Informatica
10 1 (0.35%) NetApp
10 1 (0.35%) SAP