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 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 299 376
Rank change year-on-year -45 +77 -8
Permanent jobs citing AWS Lambda 413 403 582
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.50% 1.04% 0.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.73% 3.03% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 286 310 453
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,375 £51,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £115,000 £114,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% -

All Cloud Computing 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 23,819 13,319 30,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.81% 34.21% 33.82%
Number of salaries quoted 14,389 9,345 24,398
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

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 4 June 2026.

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 4 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -69 152 £85,000 -5.56% 94
North of England +27 147 £72,500 +11.54% 39
Yorkshire +28 108 £72,500 +20.83% 9
Midlands -15 52 £55,000 +29.41% 13
East Midlands +5 36 £55,000 - 5
North West +1 34 £75,000 - 21
South West -48 33 £62,500 +4.17% 29
South East -23 24 £82,500 +50.00% 22
West Midlands -39 16 £50,000 +17.65% 8
North East -35 5 £52,130 -16.59% 9
East of England -49 4 £62,500 -26.47% 4
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 25 (6.05%) Apache
2 22 (5.33%) Apache Spark
3 20 (4.84%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.94%) Confluence
5 3 (0.73%) JBoss
6 2 (0.48%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.24%) CMS
7 1 (0.24%) IIS
7 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (0.97%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 413 (100.00%) Serverless
2 412 (99.76%) AWS
3 297 (71.91%) Amazon S3
4 169 (40.92%) AWS CloudFormation
5 135 (32.69%) Amazon ECS
6 120 (29.06%) AWS Step Functions
7 97 (23.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 88 (21.31%) Amazon EC2
8 88 (21.31%) Amazon SQS
9 79 (19.13%) GitHub
10 61 (14.77%) GitHub Actions
11 50 (12.11%) Amazon ECR
11 50 (12.11%) Amazon EKS
12 48 (11.62%) Datadog
13 45 (10.90%) Apigee
14 43 (10.41%) Amazon EventBridge
15 38 (9.20%) Azure
16 35 (8.47%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 30 (7.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 26 (6.30%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.15%) DSL
1 13 (3.15%) Firewall
2 9 (2.18%) AMQP
3 6 (1.45%) Network Security
4 4 (0.97%) IPv4
4 4 (0.97%) Software-Defined Networking
4 4 (0.97%) VPN
5 3 (0.73%) Broadband
5 3 (0.73%) DNS
6 2 (0.48%) 4G
6 2 (0.48%) 5G
7 1 (0.24%) PSTN
7 1 (0.24%) SSL
7 1 (0.24%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (42.62%) DynamoDB
2 78 (18.89%) Amazon RDS
3 59 (14.29%) NoSQL
4 45 (10.90%) Amazon Athena
5 43 (10.41%) Amazon Redshift
6 21 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (4.84%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (3.39%) Relational Database
8 14 (3.39%) SQL Server
9 12 (2.91%) Big Data
10 11 (2.66%) MySQL
11 8 (1.94%) Data Lake
11 8 (1.94%) Power BI
12 7 (1.69%) Metadata
12 7 (1.69%) Snowflake Schema
13 6 (1.45%) Amazon Aurora
13 6 (1.45%) Apache Iceberg
13 6 (1.45%) Hadoop
14 5 (1.21%) Cloudera CDH
15 4 (0.97%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 131 (31.72%) Jenkins
2 88 (21.31%) GitLab
3 87 (21.07%) Git
4 41 (9.93%) Maven
5 39 (9.44%) SonarQube
6 38 (9.20%) Cypress.io
7 19 (4.60%) JIRA
8 17 (4.12%) CircleCI
9 11 (2.66%) Bitbucket
10 9 (2.18%) Cucumber
11 5 (1.21%) Gradle
11 5 (1.21%) Postman
11 5 (1.21%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.97%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.97%) Claude Code
12 4 (0.97%) MLflow
12 4 (0.97%) Selenium
12 4 (0.97%) SpecFlow
13 3 (0.73%) ESLint
13 3 (0.73%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 98 (23.73%) Social Skills
2 54 (13.08%) Finance
3 38 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (8.23%) Public Sector
5 24 (5.81%) Banking
6 11 (2.66%) Advertising
7 10 (2.42%) Health Technology
8 8 (1.94%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.69%) Billing
9 7 (1.69%) Publishing
10 6 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.45%) Tech for Good
11 5 (1.21%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.21%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.73%) Law
13 3 (0.73%) Legal
13 3 (0.73%) Marketing
13 3 (0.73%) Military
14 2 (0.48%) Games
Job Titles
1 180 (43.58%) Developer
2 116 (28.09%) Senior
3 76 (18.40%) Java Developer
4 60 (14.53%) Senior Developer
5 55 (13.32%) AWS Developer
6 47 (11.38%) Full-Stack Developer
7 43 (10.41%) Lead
8 42 (10.17%) AWS Engineer
9 37 (8.96%) Data Engineer
10 34 (8.23%) Software Engineer
11 30 (7.26%) DevOps Engineer
12 22 (5.33%) React Developer
13 21 (5.08%) Architect
13 21 (5.08%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 21 (5.08%) Lead Developer
13 21 (5.08%) Platform Engineer
14 19 (4.60%) Python Developer
15 18 (4.36%) AWS Architect
15 18 (4.36%) Cloud Engineer
15 18 (4.36%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (31.48%) Node.js
2 103 (24.94%) React
3 92 (22.28%) AngularJS
4 74 (17.92%) Spring Boot
5 50 (12.11%) RESTful
6 49 (11.86%) Spring
7 42 (10.17%) AWS CDK
8 40 (9.69%) Gherkin
8 40 (9.69%) Kafka
9 37 (8.96%) REST
10 36 (8.72%) Jest
11 31 (7.51%) RabbitMQ
12 24 (5.81%) JSON
13 22 (5.33%) YAML
14 21 (5.08%) gRPC
14 21 (5.08%) HTML
15 18 (4.36%) .NET
16 17 (4.12%) CSS
16 17 (4.12%) web3js
17 15 (3.63%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 89 (21.55%) Cloud Native
2 25 (6.05%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (4.12%) Blockchain
3 17 (4.12%) Web3
4 16 (3.87%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (2.18%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.69%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.45%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.21%) IoT
8 5 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (0.97%) NHS
10 3 (0.73%) Distributed Architecture
11 2 (0.48%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.48%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.48%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.48%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 40 (9.69%) Linux
2 9 (2.18%) Windows
3 7 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.21%) CentOS
4 5 (1.21%) Debian
4 5 (1.21%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.97%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (62.95%) CI/CD
2 199 (48.18%) DevOps
3 171 (41.40%) Infrastructure as Code
4 149 (36.08%) Agile
5 90 (21.79%) Full-Stack Development
6 89 (21.55%) Software Engineering
7 88 (21.31%) Containerisation
8 79 (19.13%) Microservices
9 77 (18.64%) Mentoring
10 73 (17.68%) Problem-Solving
10 73 (17.68%) Test Automation
11 62 (15.01%) Observability
12 60 (14.53%) Event-Driven
13 56 (13.56%) AI
14 53 (12.83%) Continuous Integration
15 51 (12.35%) DevSecOps
15 51 (12.35%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 48 (11.62%) Analytics
17 42 (10.17%) Platform Engineering
18 40 (9.69%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 205 (49.64%) Python
2 139 (33.66%) TypeScript
3 125 (30.27%) SQL
4 115 (27.85%) Java
5 68 (16.46%) Bash
6 63 (15.25%) JavaScript
7 48 (11.62%) Groovy
8 34 (8.23%) Kotlin
9 33 (7.99%) Go
10 19 (4.60%) PowerShell
11 13 (3.15%) Rust
12 12 (2.91%) C#
13 11 (2.66%) PHP
14 4 (0.97%) Perl
14 4 (0.97%) Scala
15 2 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.48%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.48%) R
15 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 69 (16.71%) Security Cleared
2 65 (15.74%) AWS Certification
3 49 (11.86%) SC Cleared
4 40 (9.69%) Degree
5 28 (6.78%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 24 (5.81%) ITIL Certification
7 19 (4.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 19 (4.60%) DV Cleared
8 17 (4.12%) OSCP
9 16 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (3.15%) AWS Certified Developer
11 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 5 (1.21%) RHCE
12 4 (0.97%) CCNA
12 4 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.97%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.97%) RHCSA
13 3 (0.73%) IIBA
13 3 (0.73%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.57%) Data Quality
2 22 (5.33%) QA
3 6 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.97%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.73%) GDPR
5 3 (0.73%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.24%) MiFID
6 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 160 (38.74%) Docker
2 4 (0.97%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.97%) iptables
2 4 (0.97%) Squid
2 4 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.97%) VMware NSX
2 4 (0.97%) vSphere
3 3 (0.73%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 165 (39.95%) Terraform
2 87 (21.07%) Kubernetes
3 48 (11.62%) Ansible
4 39 (9.44%) Prometheus
5 33 (7.99%) HP Fortify
6 27 (6.54%) Grafana
7 11 (2.66%) Packer
8 9 (2.18%) Puppet
9 5 (1.21%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.97%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.73%) Argo
11 3 (0.73%) Kibana
11 3 (0.73%) Scalr
12 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 12 (2.91%) Oracle
2 11 (2.66%) Databricks
2 11 (2.66%) Red Hat
3 8 (1.94%) Splunk
4 7 (1.69%) AppDynamics
4 7 (1.69%) HubSpot
5 6 (1.45%) IBM
6 5 (1.21%) Google
6 5 (1.21%) Microsoft
6 5 (1.21%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.21%) SaltStack
7 4 (0.97%) VMware
8 2 (0.48%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.48%) Dynatrace
8 2 (0.48%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.48%) SnapLogic
9 1 (0.24%) Confluent
9 1 (0.24%) New Relic
9 1 (0.24%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.24%) ServiceNow