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 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 209 337
Rank change year-on-year -112 +128 +6
Permanent jobs citing AWS Lambda 315 698 430
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.59% 1.47% 0.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.68% 4.00% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 217 312 366
10th Percentile £51,847 £56,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £66,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £90,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.44% +28.57% -15.15%
75th Percentile £87,500 £115,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £106,000 £138,750 £110,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £85,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% +21.43% -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 18,758 17,431 21,347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.85% 36.61% 39.71%
Number of salaries quoted 10,417 10,292 17,946
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

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 20 January 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 20 January 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 -117 150 £76,000 -23.04% 67
North of England +52 80 £65,000 -4.94% 65
Yorkshire +40 63 £65,000 +8.33% 34
Midlands +37 32 £60,000 -4.00% 34
South West +19 30 £63,750 -5.56% 45
North West +17 17 £65,000 -6.14% 22
East Midlands +2 17 £65,000 -7.14% 16
West Midlands +29 15 £50,000 +8.11% 17
South East -92 12 £67,500 +17.39% 90
East of England -16 3 £100,000 +37.93% 58
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 (10.16%) Apache Spark
2 25 (7.94%) Apache
3 12 (3.81%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (2.86%) WebSphere
5 7 (2.22%) Tomcat
6 6 (1.90%) WebSphere Application Server
7 3 (0.95%) Confluence
8 2 (0.63%) nginx
8 2 (0.63%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.32%) JBoss
9 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (1.90%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 315 (100.00%) AWS
1 315 (100.00%) Serverless
2 219 (69.52%) Amazon S3
3 110 (34.92%) AWS CloudFormation
4 77 (24.44%) AWS Step Functions
5 68 (21.59%) Amazon ECS
6 66 (20.95%) Amazon EC2
7 62 (19.68%) Amazon SQS
8 58 (18.41%) GitHub
9 57 (18.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 52 (16.51%) Amazon EKS
11 46 (14.60%) Azure
12 41 (13.02%) GitHub Actions
13 31 (9.84%) Amazon ECR
14 29 (9.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 23 (7.30%) Amazon EventBridge
15 23 (7.30%) Apigee
16 22 (6.98%) GCP
17 19 (6.03%) SaaS
18 18 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.81%) AMQP
2 7 (2.22%) SSL
3 6 (1.90%) Broadband
4 4 (1.27%) DSL
4 4 (1.27%) Firewall
5 3 (0.95%) Network Security
5 3 (0.95%) VPN
6 2 (0.63%) DNS
6 2 (0.63%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.32%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (33.33%) DynamoDB
2 74 (23.49%) Amazon RDS
3 50 (15.87%) Amazon Redshift
4 44 (13.97%) Data Warehouse
5 40 (12.70%) NoSQL
6 38 (12.06%) PostgreSQL
7 22 (6.98%) Data Lake
8 21 (6.67%) SQL Server
9 20 (6.35%) Big Data
10 17 (5.40%) Amazon Athena
10 17 (5.40%) Elasticsearch
11 16 (5.08%) MongoDB
12 14 (4.44%) Hadoop
13 11 (3.49%) Relational Database
14 10 (3.17%) Apache Iceberg
15 8 (2.54%) Apache Hive
15 8 (2.54%) DB2
15 8 (2.54%) MySQL
16 6 (1.90%) Amazon Aurora
17 5 (1.59%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 69 (21.90%) Jenkins
2 48 (15.24%) GitLab
3 46 (14.60%) Git
4 29 (9.21%) Cypress.io
5 21 (6.67%) Maven
5 21 (6.67%) SonarQube
6 12 (3.81%) Bitbucket
7 10 (3.17%) JIRA
8 7 (2.22%) MLflow
9 5 (1.59%) CircleCI
9 5 (1.59%) git-flow
9 5 (1.59%) Vite
10 3 (0.95%) ESLint
10 3 (0.95%) JUnit
11 2 (0.63%) DBeaver
11 2 (0.63%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.63%) Mocha
11 2 (0.63%) webpack
12 1 (0.32%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.32%) Zephyr
General
1 87 (27.62%) Social Skills
2 48 (15.24%) Finance
3 28 (8.89%) Tech for Good
4 25 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (7.62%) Health Technology
5 24 (7.62%) Publishing
6 15 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (4.13%) Banking
9 11 (3.49%) Public Sector
10 9 (2.86%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.22%) Advertising
11 7 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.27%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.27%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.95%) Billing
14 2 (0.63%) Games
14 2 (0.63%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.63%) Law
Job Titles
1 116 (36.83%) Developer
2 79 (25.08%) Senior
3 56 (17.78%) AWS Developer
4 49 (15.56%) Lead
5 38 (12.06%) AWS Engineer
6 37 (11.75%) Data Engineer
7 36 (11.43%) Software Engineer
8 35 (11.11%) Senior Developer
9 33 (10.48%) Python Developer
10 31 (9.84%) React Developer
11 28 (8.89%) Lead Developer
12 24 (7.62%) Java Developer
13 21 (6.67%) AWS Data Engineer
13 21 (6.67%) Software Developer
14 20 (6.35%) Full-Stack Developer
15 18 (5.71%) Senior Data Engineer
16 17 (5.40%) Lead Python Developer
17 16 (5.08%) Architect
17 16 (5.08%) DevOps Engineer
18 15 (4.76%) Node.js Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (33.02%) React
2 78 (24.76%) Node.js
3 56 (17.78%) Spring Boot
4 55 (17.46%) RESTful
5 47 (14.92%) Spring
6 43 (13.65%) AngularJS
7 41 (13.02%) AWS CDK
8 28 (8.89%) Jest
8 28 (8.89%) Kafka
9 25 (7.94%) RabbitMQ
10 23 (7.30%) HTML
11 21 (6.67%) Gherkin
12 20 (6.35%) .NET
13 18 (5.71%) CSS
14 17 (5.40%) Swagger
15 14 (4.44%) .NET Core
15 14 (4.44%) gRPC
16 13 (4.13%) ASP.NET
16 13 (4.13%) ASP.NET Core
16 13 (4.13%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 94 (29.84%) Cloud Native
2 18 (5.71%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (3.49%) Greenfield Project
4 9 (2.86%) Linux Command Line
4 9 (2.86%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.54%) e-Learning
5 8 (2.54%) Virtual Team
6 7 (2.22%) Security Posture
7 6 (1.90%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.59%) Blockchain
8 5 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.59%) Web3
9 3 (0.95%) Animation
9 3 (0.95%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.95%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.95%) Life Science
9 3 (0.95%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.95%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (10.79%) Linux
2 13 (4.13%) Unix
3 12 (3.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.54%) Windows
5 5 (1.59%) CentOS
5 5 (1.59%) Debian
5 5 (1.59%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.32%) Android
6 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (63.17%) CI/CD
2 148 (46.98%) DevOps
3 129 (40.95%) Agile
4 120 (38.10%) Infrastructure as Code
5 81 (25.71%) Software Engineering
6 73 (23.17%) Mentoring
7 72 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
8 67 (21.27%) Microservices
9 65 (20.63%) Full-Stack Development
10 59 (18.73%) Containerisation
11 55 (17.46%) Scrum
12 46 (14.60%) Data Pipeline
13 45 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
14 44 (13.97%) Observability
15 38 (12.06%) AI
15 38 (12.06%) Continuous Integration
16 37 (11.75%) Data Modelling
17 33 (10.48%) Data Engineering
18 32 (10.16%) Code Quality
18 32 (10.16%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 168 (53.33%) Python
2 110 (34.92%) TypeScript
3 91 (28.89%) Java
4 84 (26.67%) SQL
5 72 (22.86%) JavaScript
6 37 (11.75%) Bash
7 20 (6.35%) Groovy
8 17 (5.40%) Go
9 12 (3.81%) Scala
10 9 (2.86%) C#
11 7 (2.22%) PowerShell
12 6 (1.90%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.27%) Rust
14 3 (0.95%) C++
14 3 (0.95%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.63%) C
15 2 (0.63%) PHP
Qualifications
1 81 (25.71%) AWS Certification
2 46 (14.60%) Security Cleared
3 39 (12.38%) Degree
4 30 (9.52%) SC Cleared
5 26 (8.25%) AWS Certified Developer
6 23 (7.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 20 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (6.03%) DV Cleared
9 14 (4.44%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (3.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 5 (1.59%) OSCP
11 5 (1.59%) SnowPro
12 4 (1.27%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.27%) MCP
13 3 (0.95%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 2 (0.63%) IIBA
15 1 (0.32%) GAWN
15 1 (0.32%) GCIH
15 1 (0.32%) GIAC
15 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (13.02%) QA
2 18 (5.71%) Data Quality
3 13 (4.13%) GDPR
4 6 (1.90%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.90%) SLA
5 5 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.95%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.95%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.32%) GAAP
7 1 (0.32%) IFRS
7 1 (0.32%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.32%) NIST
7 1 (0.32%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 97 (30.79%) Docker
2 8 (2.54%) HDFS
3 2 (0.63%) iptables
4 1 (0.32%) vCloud
4 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 103 (32.70%) Terraform
2 72 (22.86%) Kubernetes
3 23 (7.30%) Ansible
3 23 (7.30%) Prometheus
4 21 (6.67%) HP Fortify
5 20 (6.35%) Grafana
6 7 (2.22%) Progress Chef
6 7 (2.22%) Puppet
7 3 (0.95%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (0.95%) Kibana
7 3 (0.95%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.32%) Argo
8 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (4.76%) Databricks
2 12 (3.81%) Oracle
3 11 (3.49%) Red Hat
4 9 (2.86%) Atlassian
4 9 (2.86%) IBM
5 8 (2.54%) Google
6 5 (1.59%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.59%) SaltStack
7 4 (1.27%) Microsoft
7 4 (1.27%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.63%) Informatica
9 1 (0.32%) Apple
9 1 (0.32%) Cisco
9 1 (0.32%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.32%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.32%) StreamSets
9 1 (0.32%) VMware
9 1 (0.32%) YouTube