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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 297 376
Rank change year-on-year -49 +79 -27
Permanent jobs citing AWS Lambda 406 405 589
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.49% 1.07% 0.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.67% 3.12% 1.97%
Number of salaries quoted 278 324 461
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £51,250
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 £99,063 £96,250
90th Percentile £108,250 £115,875 £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 24,309 12,979 29,863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.37% 34.15% 34.63%
Number of salaries quoted 14,141 9,126 24,262
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,747 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.89% +5.65% -11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £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 26 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 26 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 -74 151 £85,000 -5.56% 65
North of England +45 142 £75,000 +15.38% 37
Yorkshire +25 108 £72,500 +20.83% 14
Midlands -18 49 £55,000 +29.41% 15
East Midlands -3 35 £55,000 - 7
South West -57 34 £65,000 +8.33% 20
North West -3 31 £75,000 - 19
South East -14 25 £82,500 +50.00% 17
West Midlands -51 14 £50,000 +17.65% 8
East of England -48 4 £62,500 -26.47% 4
North East -42 3 £52,130 -16.59% 5
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 (6.40%) Apache
2 21 (5.17%) Apache Spark
3 19 (4.68%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.72%) Confluence
5 3 (0.74%) JBoss
6 2 (0.49%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.25%) CMS
7 1 (0.25%) IIS
7 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.48%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (0.99%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 406 (100.00%) Serverless
2 405 (99.75%) AWS
3 293 (72.17%) Amazon S3
4 169 (41.63%) AWS CloudFormation
5 126 (31.03%) Amazon ECS
6 120 (29.56%) AWS Step Functions
7 95 (23.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 89 (21.92%) Amazon EC2
9 86 (21.18%) Amazon SQS
10 79 (19.46%) GitHub
11 62 (15.27%) GitHub Actions
12 51 (12.56%) Amazon ECR
13 48 (11.82%) Datadog
14 47 (11.58%) Apigee
15 44 (10.84%) Amazon EKS
16 41 (10.10%) Amazon EventBridge
17 38 (9.36%) Azure
18 32 (7.88%) Amazon OpenSearch
19 29 (7.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
20 26 (6.40%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.20%) DSL
2 11 (2.71%) Firewall
3 9 (2.22%) AMQP
4 6 (1.48%) Network Security
5 4 (0.99%) VPN
6 3 (0.74%) Broadband
6 3 (0.74%) DNS
6 3 (0.74%) IPv4
6 3 (0.74%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (0.49%) 4G
7 2 (0.49%) 5G
8 1 (0.25%) PSTN
8 1 (0.25%) SSL
8 1 (0.25%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (43.60%) DynamoDB
2 82 (20.20%) Amazon RDS
3 62 (15.27%) NoSQL
4 43 (10.59%) Amazon Athena
5 42 (10.34%) Amazon Redshift
6 22 (5.42%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (5.42%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (3.94%) SQL Server
8 12 (2.96%) Big Data
8 12 (2.96%) Relational Database
9 10 (2.46%) MySQL
10 8 (1.97%) Data Lake
11 7 (1.72%) Metadata
11 7 (1.72%) Power BI
11 7 (1.72%) Snowflake Schema
12 6 (1.48%) Amazon Aurora
12 6 (1.48%) Apache Iceberg
13 5 (1.23%) Cloudera CDH
13 5 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (1.23%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 131 (32.27%) Jenkins
2 90 (22.17%) GitLab
3 86 (21.18%) Git
4 43 (10.59%) Maven
5 41 (10.10%) SonarQube
6 40 (9.85%) Cypress.io
7 18 (4.43%) CircleCI
8 17 (4.19%) JIRA
9 10 (2.46%) Bitbucket
10 9 (2.22%) Cucumber
11 5 (1.23%) Gradle
12 4 (0.99%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.99%) Claude Code
12 4 (0.99%) MLflow
12 4 (0.99%) Postman
12 4 (0.99%) SpecFlow
13 3 (0.74%) ESLint
13 3 (0.74%) Octopus Deploy
13 3 (0.74%) Selenium
13 3 (0.74%) TeamCity
General
1 99 (24.38%) Social Skills
2 52 (12.81%) Finance
3 37 (9.11%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (7.64%) Public Sector
5 23 (5.67%) Banking
6 12 (2.96%) Health Technology
7 11 (2.71%) Advertising
8 9 (2.22%) Publishing
9 8 (1.97%) Tech for Good
10 7 (1.72%) Aerospace
10 7 (1.72%) Billing
11 6 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.23%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.74%) Law
14 3 (0.74%) Legal
14 3 (0.74%) Marketing
14 3 (0.74%) Military
14 3 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 182 (44.83%) Developer
2 111 (27.34%) Senior
3 74 (18.23%) Java Developer
4 58 (14.29%) AWS Developer
4 58 (14.29%) Senior Developer
5 49 (12.07%) Lead
6 44 (10.84%) Full-Stack Developer
7 39 (9.61%) AWS Engineer
8 36 (8.87%) Data Engineer
9 33 (8.13%) Software Engineer
10 30 (7.39%) DevOps Engineer
11 24 (5.91%) Lead Developer
11 24 (5.91%) React Developer
12 22 (5.42%) Architect
13 21 (5.17%) Python Developer
14 19 (4.68%) Cloud Engineer
14 19 (4.68%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 18 (4.43%) AWS Architect
15 18 (4.43%) AWS Data Engineer
15 18 (4.43%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (30.05%) Node.js
2 100 (24.63%) React
3 90 (22.17%) AngularJS
4 75 (18.47%) Spring Boot
5 54 (13.30%) RESTful
6 48 (11.82%) Spring
7 43 (10.59%) AWS CDK
8 41 (10.10%) Gherkin
9 38 (9.36%) Kafka
10 37 (9.11%) Jest
11 35 (8.62%) REST
12 33 (8.13%) RabbitMQ
13 24 (5.91%) JSON
14 22 (5.42%) gRPC
14 22 (5.42%) YAML
15 21 (5.17%) .NET
15 21 (5.17%) HTML
16 18 (4.43%) web3js
17 17 (4.19%) CSS
18 14 (3.45%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 88 (21.67%) Cloud Native
2 25 (6.16%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (4.43%) Blockchain
3 18 (4.43%) Web3
4 15 (3.69%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (1.97%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.72%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.48%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.99%) IoT
9 4 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (0.99%) NHS
10 3 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.74%) Distributed Architecture
11 2 (0.49%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.49%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.49%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 39 (9.61%) Linux
2 8 (1.97%) Windows
3 7 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.23%) CentOS
4 5 (1.23%) Debian
4 5 (1.23%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.74%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (63.05%) CI/CD
2 199 (49.01%) DevOps
3 166 (40.89%) Infrastructure as Code
4 151 (37.19%) Agile
5 88 (21.67%) Containerisation
6 87 (21.43%) Software Engineering
7 84 (20.69%) Full-Stack Development
8 80 (19.70%) Microservices
9 78 (19.21%) Mentoring
10 72 (17.73%) Problem-Solving
11 68 (16.75%) Test Automation
12 60 (14.78%) Observability
13 56 (13.79%) Event-Driven
14 53 (13.05%) Continuous Integration
15 50 (12.32%) AI
15 50 (12.32%) DevSecOps
16 48 (11.82%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 47 (11.58%) Analytics
18 40 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
18 40 (9.85%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 201 (49.51%) Python
2 135 (33.25%) TypeScript
3 126 (31.03%) SQL
4 116 (28.57%) Java
5 66 (16.26%) Bash
6 64 (15.76%) JavaScript
7 49 (12.07%) Groovy
8 33 (8.13%) Go
9 32 (7.88%) Kotlin
10 17 (4.19%) PowerShell
11 13 (3.20%) C#
11 13 (3.20%) Rust
12 10 (2.46%) PHP
13 4 (0.99%) Perl
14 3 (0.74%) Scala
15 2 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.49%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.49%) R
15 2 (0.49%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 68 (16.75%) Security Cleared
2 67 (16.50%) AWS Certification
3 49 (12.07%) SC Cleared
4 40 (9.85%) Degree
5 28 (6.90%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 24 (5.91%) ITIL Certification
7 20 (4.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 18 (4.43%) DV Cleared
9 17 (4.19%) AWS Certified Developer
9 17 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (3.94%) OSCP
11 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (0.99%) RHCE
13 3 (0.74%) CCNA
13 3 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.74%) IIBA
13 3 (0.74%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.74%) PhD
13 3 (0.74%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.67%) QA
2 22 (5.42%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.74%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.74%) GDPR
4 3 (0.74%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.25%) MiFID
5 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 159 (39.16%) Docker
2 4 (0.99%) iptables
3 3 (0.74%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.74%) Firmware
3 3 (0.74%) Squid
3 3 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.74%) VMware NSX
3 3 (0.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 159 (39.16%) Terraform
2 87 (21.43%) Kubernetes
3 46 (11.33%) Ansible
4 39 (9.61%) Prometheus
5 35 (8.62%) HP Fortify
6 26 (6.40%) Grafana
7 9 (2.22%) Puppet
8 8 (1.97%) Packer
9 6 (1.48%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.99%) Kibana
11 3 (0.74%) Scalr
11 3 (0.74%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.25%) Argo
12 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 12 (2.96%) Oracle
2 11 (2.71%) Databricks
3 10 (2.46%) Red Hat
4 7 (1.72%) AppDynamics
4 7 (1.72%) HubSpot
5 6 (1.48%) IBM
5 6 (1.48%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.23%) Google
6 5 (1.23%) SaltStack
6 5 (1.23%) Splunk
7 4 (0.99%) Microsoft
8 3 (0.74%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.74%) VMware
9 2 (0.49%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.25%) Apple
10 1 (0.25%) Informatica
10 1 (0.25%) New Relic
10 1 (0.25%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.25%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.25%) SnapLogic