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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 330 193 334
Rank change year-on-year -137 +141 +15
Permanent jobs citing AWS Lambda 329 712 517
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.56% 1.59% 0.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.66% 4.27% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 228 335 447
10th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £65,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £90,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +28.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £85,313 £115,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £138,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £84,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -17.16% +20.71% -12.50%

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 19,789 16,683 25,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.97% 37.28% 38.48%
Number of salaries quoted 10,970 10,052 21,501
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 11 February 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 11 February 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 -132 150 £77,500 -22.50% 72
North of England +39 87 £65,000 -3.70% 38
Yorkshire +32 72 £65,000 +8.33% 19
Midlands +32 41 £55,000 - 10
South West -5 27 £62,500 -1.96% 22
East Midlands +1 24 £60,000 -14.29% 2
West Midlands +18 17 £50,000 +8.11% 8
North West +14 15 £62,500 -9.75% 18
South East -114 11 £67,500 +22.73% 24
East of England -24 6 £62,500 -13.79% 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 32 (9.73%) Apache Spark
2 26 (7.90%) Apache
3 14 (4.26%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.82%) WebSphere
5 5 (1.52%) Tomcat
6 4 (1.22%) Confluence
6 4 (1.22%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.61%) nginx
7 2 (0.61%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.30%) JBoss
8 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (1.82%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 329 (100.00%) AWS
1 329 (100.00%) Serverless
2 234 (71.12%) Amazon S3
3 120 (36.47%) AWS CloudFormation
4 86 (26.14%) AWS Step Functions
5 74 (22.49%) Amazon ECS
6 70 (21.28%) Amazon SQS
7 65 (19.76%) GitHub
8 63 (19.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 60 (18.24%) Amazon EC2
10 50 (15.20%) Amazon EKS
11 45 (13.68%) Azure
11 45 (13.68%) GitHub Actions
12 33 (10.03%) Amazon ECR
13 28 (8.51%) Amazon EventBridge
14 27 (8.21%) Apigee
15 26 (7.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 23 (6.99%) GCP
17 22 (6.69%) Datadog
18 20 (6.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.34%) AMQP
2 8 (2.43%) DSL
3 5 (1.52%) SSL
4 4 (1.22%) Broadband
4 4 (1.22%) Firewall
4 4 (1.22%) Network Security
5 1 (0.30%) DNS
5 1 (0.30%) VPN
5 1 (0.30%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (34.04%) DynamoDB
2 70 (21.28%) Amazon RDS
3 50 (15.20%) NoSQL
4 49 (14.89%) Amazon Redshift
5 41 (12.46%) Data Warehouse
6 37 (11.25%) PostgreSQL
7 20 (6.08%) Amazon Athena
7 20 (6.08%) Big Data
7 20 (6.08%) SQL Server
8 18 (5.47%) Data Lake
9 15 (4.56%) MongoDB
10 14 (4.26%) Hadoop
11 10 (3.04%) Apache Iceberg
11 10 (3.04%) Elasticsearch
12 9 (2.74%) MySQL
12 9 (2.74%) Relational Database
13 8 (2.43%) Apache Hive
14 6 (1.82%) DB2
15 5 (1.52%) Amazon Aurora
15 5 (1.52%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 76 (23.10%) Jenkins
2 58 (17.63%) GitLab
3 50 (15.20%) Git
4 32 (9.73%) Cypress.io
5 26 (7.90%) Maven
6 25 (7.60%) SonarQube
7 11 (3.34%) Bitbucket
7 11 (3.34%) JIRA
8 8 (2.43%) CircleCI
9 7 (2.13%) MLflow
10 5 (1.52%) git-flow
10 5 (1.52%) Vite
11 3 (0.91%) ESLint
11 3 (0.91%) JUnit
12 2 (0.61%) DBeaver
12 2 (0.61%) Deequ
12 2 (0.61%) Mocha
12 2 (0.61%) webpack
13 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
13 1 (0.30%) Gradle
General
1 91 (27.66%) Social Skills
2 50 (15.20%) Finance
3 28 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (6.38%) Tech for Good
5 18 (5.47%) Health Technology
5 18 (5.47%) Publishing
6 15 (4.56%) Banking
6 15 (4.56%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (3.65%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.74%) Advertising
9 9 (2.74%) Financial Institution
10 7 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.22%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.91%) Billing
12 3 (0.91%) Games
12 3 (0.91%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.91%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 127 (38.60%) Developer
2 77 (23.40%) Senior
3 56 (17.02%) AWS Developer
4 51 (15.50%) Lead
5 40 (12.16%) AWS Engineer
5 40 (12.16%) Software Engineer
6 37 (11.25%) Data Engineer
7 35 (10.64%) Senior Developer
8 32 (9.73%) Java Developer
9 31 (9.42%) React Developer
10 30 (9.12%) Python Developer
11 28 (8.51%) Lead Developer
12 26 (7.90%) Full-Stack Developer
13 23 (6.99%) AWS Data Engineer
14 21 (6.38%) Software Developer
15 20 (6.08%) Architect
16 18 (5.47%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 17 (5.17%) Lead Python Developer
17 17 (5.17%) Node.js Developer
18 16 (4.86%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (32.52%) React
2 91 (27.66%) Node.js
3 63 (19.15%) Spring Boot
4 55 (16.72%) RESTful
5 51 (15.50%) AngularJS
6 50 (15.20%) Spring
7 44 (13.37%) AWS CDK
8 33 (10.03%) Kafka
9 32 (9.73%) Jest
10 28 (8.51%) HTML
11 26 (7.90%) RabbitMQ
12 25 (7.60%) Gherkin
13 21 (6.38%) .NET
13 21 (6.38%) CSS
14 16 (4.86%) gRPC
15 15 (4.56%) .NET Core
15 15 (4.56%) REST
16 13 (3.95%) ASP.NET
16 13 (3.95%) ASP.NET Core
16 13 (3.95%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 103 (31.31%) Cloud Native
2 19 (5.78%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (3.65%) Greenfield Project
4 11 (3.34%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.43%) Blockchain
5 8 (2.43%) e-Learning
5 8 (2.43%) Web3
6 7 (2.13%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.82%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.82%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.82%) Security Posture
7 6 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.91%) Animation
10 3 (0.91%) Life Science
10 3 (0.91%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.61%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.90%) Linux
2 10 (3.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 10 (3.04%) Unix
3 6 (1.82%) Windows
4 5 (1.52%) CentOS
4 5 (1.52%) Debian
4 5 (1.52%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.30%) Android
5 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (65.35%) CI/CD
2 158 (48.02%) DevOps
3 132 (40.12%) Agile
4 124 (37.69%) Infrastructure as Code
5 90 (27.36%) Software Engineering
6 76 (23.10%) Full-Stack Development
7 73 (22.19%) Problem-Solving
8 72 (21.88%) Microservices
9 71 (21.58%) Mentoring
10 61 (18.54%) Containerisation
11 50 (15.20%) Observability
12 49 (14.89%) Data Pipeline
13 47 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
14 44 (13.37%) Scrum
15 42 (12.77%) Continuous Integration
16 40 (12.16%) AI
17 37 (11.25%) Data Modelling
18 35 (10.64%) Analytics
18 35 (10.64%) Data Engineering
19 34 (10.33%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 169 (51.37%) Python
2 111 (33.74%) TypeScript
3 95 (28.88%) Java
4 93 (28.27%) SQL
5 77 (23.40%) JavaScript
6 39 (11.85%) Bash
7 24 (7.29%) Groovy
8 20 (6.08%) Go
9 11 (3.34%) Scala
10 9 (2.74%) Kotlin
11 8 (2.43%) C#
11 8 (2.43%) Rust
12 6 (1.82%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.91%) C++
13 3 (0.91%) PHP
14 2 (0.61%) C
14 2 (0.61%) R
Qualifications
1 79 (24.01%) AWS Certification
2 48 (14.59%) Degree
3 42 (12.77%) Security Cleared
4 28 (8.51%) SC Cleared
5 25 (7.60%) AWS Certified Developer
5 25 (7.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (6.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 16 (4.86%) ITIL Certification
8 15 (4.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 13 (3.95%) DV Cleared
10 9 (2.74%) OSCP
11 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (1.22%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.91%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 3 (0.91%) IIBA
13 3 (0.91%) SnowPro
14 1 (0.30%) GAWN
14 1 (0.30%) GCIH
14 1 (0.30%) GIAC
14 1 (0.30%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (10.94%) QA
2 21 (6.38%) Data Quality
3 15 (4.56%) GDPR
4 6 (1.82%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.22%) SLA
7 3 (0.91%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.91%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.30%) GAAP
8 1 (0.30%) IFRS
8 1 (0.30%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.30%) MiFID
8 1 (0.30%) NIST
8 1 (0.30%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 105 (31.91%) Docker
2 8 (2.43%) HDFS
3 2 (0.61%) iptables
4 1 (0.30%) vCloud
4 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 108 (32.83%) Terraform
2 75 (22.80%) Kubernetes
3 25 (7.60%) HP Fortify
4 23 (6.99%) Ansible
5 20 (6.08%) Prometheus
6 14 (4.26%) Grafana
7 7 (2.13%) Puppet
8 3 (0.91%) Kibana
8 3 (0.91%) Kubeflow
8 3 (0.91%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (4.86%) Databricks
2 12 (3.65%) Oracle
3 9 (2.74%) Red Hat
4 8 (2.43%) Atlassian
5 7 (2.13%) Google
6 6 (1.82%) IBM
7 5 (1.52%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.52%) SaltStack
8 4 (1.22%) Microsoft
9 3 (0.91%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.61%) Informatica
11 1 (0.30%) Apple
11 1 (0.30%) Cisco
11 1 (0.30%) Dynatrace
11 1 (0.30%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.30%) StreamSets
11 1 (0.30%) VMware
11 1 (0.30%) YouTube