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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 387 360 340
Rank change year-on-year -27 -20 +26
Permanent jobs citing AWS Lambda 437 302 498
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.42% 0.70% 0.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.85% 2.17% 2.40%
Number of salaries quoted 260 205 208
10th Percentile £46,217 £47,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £57,188 £60,000 £62,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,500 £72,000 £76,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.69% -5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £109,000 £104,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £71,500 £76,000
% change year-on-year -2.10% -5.92% +8.57%

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 23,671 13,886 20,784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 22.66% 32.39% 32.64%
Number of salaries quoted 16,729 9,676 12,673
10th Percentile £31,750 £29,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,250 £38,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,740 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.57% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £58,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.84% -10.00% +4.00%

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 14 October 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 14 October 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
North of England +53 175 £67,500 +3.85% 67
London -60 164 £85,000 +9.68% 203
Yorkshire +14 72 £75,000 +15.38% 24
North West +10 67 £65,000 - 38
South West -52 40 £75,000 -11.76% 36
North East -36 36 £67,500 -6.90% 5
Midlands -40 26 £65,000 +36.84% 24
South East -32 24 £67,500 -15.63% 22
East Midlands - 16 £66,250 - 11
West Midlands -41 10 £62,500 +31.58% 13
East of England -43 1 £80,000 +88.24% 17
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 32 (7.32%) Apache Spark
2 29 (6.64%) Apache
3 14 (3.20%) Confluence
4 13 (2.97%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.69%) SAS
6 2 (0.46%) Camunda
6 2 (0.46%) nginx
6 2 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.46%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.46%) WebLogic Portal
7 1 (0.23%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.92%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.46%) Oracle Applications
1 2 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (0.46%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.23%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 1 (0.23%) Finacle
2 1 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.23%) Infor SunSystems
2 1 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.23%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 437 (100.00%) Serverless
2 435 (99.54%) AWS
3 288 (65.90%) Amazon S3
4 158 (36.16%) Amazon ECS
5 155 (35.47%) AWS CloudFormation
6 116 (26.54%) Amazon EC2
7 94 (21.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 83 (18.99%) AWS Step Functions
9 81 (18.54%) Amazon EKS
10 80 (18.31%) GitHub
11 66 (15.10%) Amazon SQS
12 58 (13.27%) Azure
13 55 (12.59%) GitHub Actions
14 44 (10.07%) Amazon EventBridge
14 44 (10.07%) Datadog
15 38 (8.70%) SaaS
16 36 (8.24%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 33 (7.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 31 (7.09%) Amazon EMR
19 28 (6.41%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.43%) Network Security
2 10 (2.29%) Firewall
3 8 (1.83%) AMQP
4 4 (0.92%) IPv4
4 4 (0.92%) Software-Defined Networking
4 4 (0.92%) VPN
5 2 (0.46%) DNS
5 2 (0.46%) VoIP
6 1 (0.23%) 4G
6 1 (0.23%) 5G
6 1 (0.23%) DHCP
6 1 (0.23%) HTTP
6 1 (0.23%) PSTN
6 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.23%) VLAN
6 1 (0.23%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (29.29%) DynamoDB
2 106 (24.26%) Amazon RDS
3 54 (12.36%) NoSQL
4 53 (12.13%) Amazon Athena
5 51 (11.67%) Amazon Redshift
6 30 (6.86%) Data Warehouse
7 28 (6.41%) PostgreSQL
8 19 (4.35%) Spark SQL
9 18 (4.12%) Metadata
9 18 (4.12%) Relational Database
9 18 (4.12%) SQL Server
10 16 (3.66%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (3.43%) Data Lake
11 15 (3.43%) MongoDB
12 14 (3.20%) Power BI
13 13 (2.97%) Amazon Aurora
13 13 (2.97%) Big Data
14 10 (2.29%) Hadoop
14 10 (2.29%) MySQL
15 9 (2.06%) Redis
Development Applications
1 108 (24.71%) Git
2 82 (18.76%) Jenkins
3 51 (11.67%) GitLab
4 22 (5.03%) Cypress.io
5 20 (4.58%) JIRA
6 18 (4.12%) Maven
7 13 (2.97%) SonarQube
8 12 (2.75%) Bitbucket
9 11 (2.52%) TeamCity
10 9 (2.06%) Claude Code
10 9 (2.06%) Postman
11 8 (1.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 7 (1.60%) CircleCI
13 5 (1.14%) Cucumber
13 5 (1.14%) Gradle
13 5 (1.14%) JMeter
14 4 (0.92%) JUnit
14 4 (0.92%) Mockito
15 3 (0.69%) Selenium
16 2 (0.46%) Jasmine
General
1 92 (21.05%) Finance
2 88 (20.14%) Social Skills
3 71 (16.25%) Public Sector
4 49 (11.21%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (9.15%) Banking
6 32 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 27 (6.18%) Law
8 18 (4.12%) Marketing
9 13 (2.97%) Aviation
9 13 (2.97%) Retail
10 12 (2.75%) Aerospace
11 11 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (2.52%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.60%) Health Technology
13 6 (1.37%) Billing
14 5 (1.14%) Front Office
14 5 (1.14%) Military
15 4 (0.92%) Advertising
15 4 (0.92%) Legal
15 4 (0.92%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 125 (28.60%) Developer
2 120 (27.46%) Senior
3 69 (15.79%) Data Engineer
4 67 (15.33%) AWS Engineer
5 52 (11.90%) Java Developer
6 50 (11.44%) Lead
7 46 (10.53%) Senior Developer
8 45 (10.30%) Full-Stack Developer
9 37 (8.47%) AWS Developer
9 37 (8.47%) Software Engineer
10 33 (7.55%) DevOps Engineer
11 21 (4.81%) Architect
11 21 (4.81%) AWS Data Engineer
12 18 (4.12%) Consultant
12 18 (4.12%) Platform Engineer
12 18 (4.12%) Senior Consultant
13 17 (3.89%) Cloud Engineer
13 17 (3.89%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 17 (3.89%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
14 14 (3.20%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 194 (44.39%) Terraform
2 108 (24.71%) Node.js
3 77 (17.62%) AngularJS
4 68 (15.56%) React
5 58 (13.27%) Spring Boot
6 52 (11.90%) Spring
7 47 (10.76%) RESTful
8 45 (10.30%) AWS CDK
8 45 (10.30%) Kafka
9 44 (10.07%) .NET
10 43 (9.84%) REST
11 41 (9.38%) PySpark
12 30 (6.86%) Swagger
13 25 (5.72%) Gherkin
13 25 (5.72%) Jest
14 24 (5.49%) OpenAPI
15 17 (3.89%) JSON
16 16 (3.66%) RabbitMQ
17 14 (3.20%) OAuth
17 14 (3.20%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 128 (29.29%) Cloud Native
2 32 (7.32%) Distributed Systems
3 31 (7.09%) Onboarding
4 30 (6.86%) Hybrid Cloud
5 18 (4.12%) Enterprise Cloud
6 17 (3.89%) Product Ownership
7 13 (2.97%) AI Agents
7 13 (2.97%) Linux Command Line
8 11 (2.52%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (2.52%) Mobile Banking
9 8 (1.83%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.60%) Low-Code
10 7 (1.60%) NHS
11 6 (1.37%) Blog
11 6 (1.37%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.37%) Replication
12 5 (1.14%) Blockchain
12 5 (1.14%) IVR
12 5 (1.14%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 38 (8.70%) Linux
2 12 (2.75%) Windows
3 7 (1.60%) CentOS
3 7 (1.60%) Debian
3 7 (1.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (1.60%) Ubuntu
4 5 (1.14%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.46%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (62.24%) CI/CD
2 177 (40.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 176 (40.27%) Agile
3 176 (40.27%) DevOps
4 128 (29.29%) Mentoring
5 124 (28.38%) AI
6 108 (24.71%) Software Engineering
7 93 (21.28%) Microservices
8 90 (20.59%) Full-Stack Development
9 89 (20.37%) Observability
9 89 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
10 82 (18.76%) Continuous Improvement
11 77 (17.62%) Analytics
12 76 (17.39%) Event-Driven
13 75 (17.16%) Test Automation
14 74 (16.93%) ETL
15 72 (16.48%) Decision-Making
16 69 (15.79%) Data Engineering
17 63 (14.42%) Data Pipeline
17 63 (14.42%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 228 (52.17%) Python
2 158 (36.16%) SQL
3 128 (29.29%) Java
4 116 (26.54%) TypeScript
5 74 (16.93%) Bash
6 71 (16.25%) JavaScript
7 43 (9.84%) C#
8 29 (6.64%) Kotlin
9 27 (6.18%) Groovy
10 19 (4.35%) C++
10 19 (4.35%) Ruby
11 17 (3.89%) PHP
12 15 (3.43%) PowerShell
13 14 (3.20%) Perl
14 13 (2.97%) Scala
15 9 (2.06%) Go
16 4 (0.92%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 2 (0.46%) PL/SQL
18 2 (0.46%) Rust
Qualifications
1 105 (24.03%) Security Cleared
2 69 (15.79%) SC Cleared
3 62 (14.19%) AWS Certification
4 33 (7.55%) DV Cleared
5 32 (7.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 14 (3.20%) Degree
7 12 (2.75%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 10 (2.29%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.60%) AWS Certified Developer
11 5 (1.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 5 (1.14%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (0.92%) CCNA
12 4 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.92%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.92%) OSCP
12 4 (0.92%) RHCE
12 4 (0.92%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (14.42%) Data Quality
2 24 (5.49%) QA
3 14 (3.20%) Accessibility
3 14 (3.20%) GDPR
4 5 (1.14%) HIPAA
5 4 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 146 (33.41%) Docker
2 6 (1.37%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.92%) Squid
3 4 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.92%) VMware NSX
3 4 (0.92%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 72 (16.48%) Kubernetes
2 33 (7.55%) Ansible
3 31 (7.09%) Grafana
4 30 (6.86%) Prometheus
5 14 (3.20%) Packer
6 11 (2.52%) HP Fortify
7 9 (2.06%) Puppet
8 6 (1.37%) Rancher
9 5 (1.14%) Argo
10 4 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.92%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.69%) Kibana
12 2 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.46%) logstash
12 2 (0.46%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.46%) Oracle RMAN
13 1 (0.23%) Fluentd
Vendors
1 32 (7.32%) Databricks
2 16 (3.66%) Dynatrace
3 15 (3.43%) Google
4 14 (3.20%) Oracle
4 14 (3.20%) Red Hat
4 14 (3.20%) Splunk
5 13 (2.97%) Microsoft
5 13 (2.97%) OpenAI
6 8 (1.83%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.60%) Avaya
7 7 (1.60%) Cisco
7 7 (1.60%) Genesys
7 7 (1.60%) SaltStack
7 7 (1.60%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.37%) Confluent
9 5 (1.14%) SnapLogic
10 4 (0.92%) HubSpot
10 4 (0.92%) VMware
11 3 (0.69%) LexisNexis
11 3 (0.69%) PeopleSoft