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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 284 371
Rank change year-on-year -60 +87 -18
Permanent jobs citing AWS Lambda 413 412 586
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.50% 1.08% 0.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.68% 3.17% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 284 325 458
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £50,875
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £98,750 £96,250
90th Percentile £106,750 £115,750 £115,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £76,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -8.50% +5.52% -

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 24,588 13,011 29,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.56% 34.12% 34.49%
Number of salaries quoted 14,367 9,163 24,274
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £44,750 £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 £83,750 £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 28 May 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 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -85 153 £85,000 -5.56% 69
North of England +37 147 £72,500 +11.54% 29
Yorkshire +26 110 £72,500 +20.83% 10
Midlands -9 51 £55,000 +29.41% 14
East Midlands +2 35 £55,000 - 6
North West -3 33 £75,000 - 14
South West -54 32 £63,750 +6.25% 19
South East -23 25 £82,500 +50.00% 17
West Midlands -37 16 £50,000 +17.65% 8
North East -44 4 £50,065 -19.90% 5
East of England -52 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 21 (5.08%) Apache Spark
3 19 (4.60%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.45%) 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
3 296 (71.67%) Amazon S3
4 170 (41.16%) AWS CloudFormation
5 131 (31.72%) Amazon ECS
6 120 (29.06%) AWS Step Functions
7 96 (23.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 90 (21.79%) Amazon EC2
9 89 (21.55%) Amazon SQS
10 80 (19.37%) GitHub
11 63 (15.25%) GitHub Actions
12 51 (12.35%) Amazon ECR
13 49 (11.86%) Datadog
14 47 (11.38%) Apigee
15 45 (10.90%) Amazon EKS
16 42 (10.17%) Amazon EventBridge
17 38 (9.20%) Azure
18 34 (8.23%) Amazon OpenSearch
19 30 (7.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
20 27 (6.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.15%) DSL
2 11 (2.66%) Firewall
3 9 (2.18%) AMQP
4 6 (1.45%) Network Security
5 4 (0.97%) VPN
6 3 (0.73%) Broadband
6 3 (0.73%) DNS
6 3 (0.73%) IPv4
6 3 (0.73%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (0.48%) 4G
7 2 (0.48%) 5G
8 1 (0.24%) PSTN
8 1 (0.24%) SSL
8 1 (0.24%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (43.10%) DynamoDB
2 82 (19.85%) Amazon RDS
3 63 (15.25%) NoSQL
4 44 (10.65%) Amazon Athena
5 43 (10.41%) Amazon Redshift
6 22 (5.33%) Data Warehouse
7 21 (5.08%) PostgreSQL
8 15 (3.63%) SQL Server
9 13 (3.15%) Relational Database
10 12 (2.91%) Big Data
11 11 (2.66%) MySQL
12 8 (1.94%) Data Lake
12 8 (1.94%) Power BI
13 7 (1.69%) Metadata
13 7 (1.69%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (1.45%) Amazon Aurora
14 6 (1.45%) Apache Iceberg
15 5 (1.21%) Cloudera CDH
15 5 (1.21%) Hadoop
16 4 (0.97%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 132 (31.96%) Jenkins
2 89 (21.55%) GitLab
3 87 (21.07%) Git
4 43 (10.41%) Maven
5 41 (9.93%) SonarQube
6 40 (9.69%) Cypress.io
7 18 (4.36%) CircleCI
8 17 (4.12%) JIRA
9 9 (2.18%) Bitbucket
9 9 (2.18%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.21%) Gradle
10 5 (1.21%) Postman
11 4 (0.97%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.97%) Claude Code
11 4 (0.97%) MLflow
11 4 (0.97%) Selenium
11 4 (0.97%) SpecFlow
11 4 (0.97%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.73%) ESLint
12 3 (0.73%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 100 (24.21%) Social Skills
2 53 (12.83%) Finance
3 37 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (7.51%) Public Sector
5 24 (5.81%) Banking
6 12 (2.91%) Health Technology
7 11 (2.66%) Advertising
8 9 (2.18%) Publishing
9 8 (1.94%) Tech for Good
10 7 (1.69%) Aerospace
10 7 (1.69%) Billing
10 7 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.21%) Investment Banking
12 4 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.97%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.73%) Law
13 3 (0.73%) Legal
13 3 (0.73%) Marketing
13 3 (0.73%) Military
Job Titles
1 185 (44.79%) Developer
2 112 (27.12%) Senior
3 77 (18.64%) Java Developer
4 59 (14.29%) AWS Developer
4 59 (14.29%) Senior Developer
5 48 (11.62%) Lead
6 44 (10.65%) Full-Stack Developer
7 41 (9.93%) AWS Engineer
8 36 (8.72%) Data Engineer
9 34 (8.23%) Software Engineer
10 30 (7.26%) DevOps Engineer
11 24 (5.81%) Lead Developer
11 24 (5.81%) React Developer
12 22 (5.33%) Architect
13 21 (5.08%) Python Developer
14 20 (4.84%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 18 (4.36%) AWS Architect
15 18 (4.36%) AWS Data Engineer
15 18 (4.36%) Cloud Engineer
15 18 (4.36%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (30.51%) Node.js
2 103 (24.94%) React
3 91 (22.03%) AngularJS
4 77 (18.64%) Spring Boot
5 54 (13.08%) RESTful
6 51 (12.35%) Spring
7 42 (10.17%) AWS CDK
8 41 (9.93%) Gherkin
9 39 (9.44%) Kafka
10 37 (8.96%) Jest
10 37 (8.96%) REST
11 32 (7.75%) RabbitMQ
12 24 (5.81%) JSON
13 22 (5.33%) gRPC
13 22 (5.33%) YAML
14 21 (5.08%) HTML
15 19 (4.60%) .NET
16 18 (4.36%) web3js
17 17 (4.12%) CSS
18 15 (3.63%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 90 (21.79%) Cloud Native
2 25 (6.05%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (4.36%) Blockchain
3 18 (4.36%) Web3
4 15 (3.63%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (1.94%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.69%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.45%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.21%) IoT
8 5 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (0.97%) NHS
10 3 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.73%) Distributed Architecture
11 2 (0.48%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.48%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.48%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 38 (9.20%) Linux
2 8 (1.94%) 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 3 (0.73%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (62.95%) CI/CD
2 199 (48.18%) DevOps
3 168 (40.68%) Infrastructure as Code
4 150 (36.32%) Agile
5 90 (21.79%) Containerisation
6 89 (21.55%) Software Engineering
7 87 (21.07%) Full-Stack Development
8 80 (19.37%) Microservices
9 77 (18.64%) Mentoring
10 71 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
11 70 (16.95%) Test Automation
12 60 (14.53%) Observability
13 59 (14.29%) Event-Driven
14 55 (13.32%) AI
15 54 (13.08%) Continuous Integration
16 51 (12.35%) DevSecOps
16 51 (12.35%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 49 (11.86%) Analytics
18 42 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
19 40 (9.69%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 203 (49.15%) Python
2 139 (33.66%) TypeScript
3 126 (30.51%) SQL
4 116 (28.09%) Java
5 66 (15.98%) Bash
5 66 (15.98%) JavaScript
6 49 (11.86%) Groovy
7 34 (8.23%) Go
7 34 (8.23%) Kotlin
8 17 (4.12%) PowerShell
9 13 (3.15%) Rust
10 12 (2.91%) C#
11 11 (2.66%) PHP
12 4 (0.97%) Perl
12 4 (0.97%) Scala
13 2 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.48%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.48%) R
13 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 67 (16.22%) 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 20 (4.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 17 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (4.12%) DV Cleared
9 16 (3.87%) OSCP
10 15 (3.63%) AWS Certified Developer
11 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (0.97%) RHCE
13 3 (0.73%) CCNA
13 3 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.73%) IIBA
13 3 (0.73%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.73%) PhD
13 3 (0.73%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.81%) QA
2 23 (5.57%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.73%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.73%) GDPR
4 3 (0.73%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.24%) MiFID
5 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 162 (39.23%) Docker
2 4 (0.97%) iptables
3 3 (0.73%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.73%) Firmware
3 3 (0.73%) Squid
3 3 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.73%) VMware NSX
3 3 (0.73%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 161 (38.98%) Terraform
2 87 (21.07%) Kubernetes
3 45 (10.90%) Ansible
4 38 (9.20%) Prometheus
5 35 (8.47%) HP Fortify
6 25 (6.05%) Grafana
7 9 (2.18%) Packer
7 9 (2.18%) Puppet
8 5 (1.21%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.73%) Kibana
9 3 (0.73%) Scalr
9 3 (0.73%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.48%) Argo
11 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 11 (2.66%) Databricks
1 11 (2.66%) Oracle
2 10 (2.42%) Red Hat
3 7 (1.69%) AppDynamics
3 7 (1.69%) HubSpot
4 6 (1.45%) IBM
4 6 (1.45%) Salesforce
4 6 (1.45%) Splunk
5 5 (1.21%) Google
5 5 (1.21%) SaltStack
6 4 (0.97%) Microsoft
7 3 (0.73%) VMware
8 2 (0.48%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.48%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.48%) SnapLogic
9 1 (0.24%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.24%) Informatica
9 1 (0.24%) New Relic
9 1 (0.24%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.24%) ServiceNow