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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 333 214 350
Rank change year-on-year -119 +136 -13
Permanent jobs citing AWS Lambda 297 683 387
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.57% 1.41% 0.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.61% 3.88% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 207 303 322
10th Percentile £51,847 £55,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £58,125 £65,625 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £90,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.44% +33.33% -18.18%
75th Percentile £86,250 £115,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £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 18,457 17,609 20,024
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.32% 36.47% 40.44%
Number of salaries quoted 10,272 10,430 16,787
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,250 £47,500 £45,000
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 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,600 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.12% +7.67% -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 11 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 11 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 -116 147 £76,000 -20.00% 79
North of England +56 70 £62,500 -3.85% 63
Yorkshire +29 55 £62,500 +4.17% 32
Midlands +31 30 £60,000 -4.00% 39
South West +8 26 £62,500 -7.41% 50
West Midlands +36 16 £50,000 +8.11% 18
North West +20 15 £62,500 -7.41% 23
East Midlands +1 14 £65,000 -7.14% 21
South East -88 13 £67,500 +17.39% 94
East of England -24 3 £100,000 +37.93% 52
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 28 (9.43%) Apache Spark
2 21 (7.07%) Apache
3 11 (3.70%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (3.03%) WebSphere
5 7 (2.36%) Tomcat
6 6 (2.02%) WebSphere Application Server
7 3 (1.01%) Confluence
8 2 (0.67%) nginx
9 1 (0.34%) JBoss
9 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (1.01%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 297 (100.00%) AWS
1 297 (100.00%) Serverless
2 206 (69.36%) Amazon S3
3 99 (33.33%) AWS CloudFormation
4 69 (23.23%) AWS Step Functions
5 64 (21.55%) Amazon EC2
6 61 (20.54%) Amazon ECS
7 59 (19.87%) Amazon SQS
8 54 (18.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 54 (18.18%) GitHub
9 49 (16.50%) Amazon EKS
10 42 (14.14%) Azure
11 38 (12.79%) GitHub Actions
12 29 (9.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 26 (8.75%) Amazon ECR
14 23 (7.74%) Amazon EventBridge
15 19 (6.40%) Apigee
15 19 (6.40%) SaaS
16 18 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
16 18 (6.06%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.37%) AMQP
2 7 (2.36%) SSL
3 6 (2.02%) Broadband
4 4 (1.35%) Firewall
5 3 (1.01%) DSL
5 3 (1.01%) VPN
6 2 (0.67%) DNS
6 2 (0.67%) Network Security
6 2 (0.67%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.34%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (32.66%) DynamoDB
2 72 (24.24%) Amazon RDS
3 47 (15.82%) Amazon Redshift
4 40 (13.47%) Data Warehouse
5 38 (12.79%) PostgreSQL
6 37 (12.46%) NoSQL
7 21 (7.07%) SQL Server
8 20 (6.73%) Data Lake
9 19 (6.40%) Elasticsearch
10 17 (5.72%) Big Data
10 17 (5.72%) MongoDB
11 16 (5.39%) Amazon Athena
12 12 (4.04%) Hadoop
13 11 (3.70%) Relational Database
14 10 (3.37%) Apache Iceberg
15 9 (3.03%) DB2
16 8 (2.69%) Apache Hive
16 8 (2.69%) MySQL
17 6 (2.02%) Amazon Aurora
18 4 (1.35%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 63 (21.21%) Jenkins
2 44 (14.81%) Git
3 43 (14.48%) GitLab
4 25 (8.42%) Cypress.io
5 17 (5.72%) Maven
5 17 (5.72%) SonarQube
6 11 (3.70%) Bitbucket
7 9 (3.03%) JIRA
8 7 (2.36%) MLflow
9 5 (1.68%) git-flow
9 5 (1.68%) Vite
10 4 (1.35%) CircleCI
11 3 (1.01%) ESLint
11 3 (1.01%) JUnit
12 2 (0.67%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.67%) ER Studio
12 2 (0.67%) Mocha
12 2 (0.67%) webpack
13 1 (0.34%) Gradle
13 1 (0.34%) Selenium
General
1 85 (28.62%) Social Skills
2 48 (16.16%) Finance
3 31 (10.44%) Tech for Good
4 27 (9.09%) Health Technology
4 27 (9.09%) Publishing
5 22 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (5.39%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (5.05%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (4.04%) Banking
9 10 (3.37%) Public Sector
10 9 (3.03%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.36%) Advertising
11 7 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.35%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.01%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.01%) Billing
14 2 (0.67%) Front Office
14 2 (0.67%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.67%) Law
Job Titles
1 110 (37.04%) Developer
2 76 (25.59%) Senior
3 55 (18.52%) AWS Developer
4 48 (16.16%) Lead
5 37 (12.46%) AWS Engineer
6 36 (12.12%) Data Engineer
7 35 (11.78%) Python Developer
8 33 (11.11%) Senior Developer
8 33 (11.11%) Software Engineer
9 31 (10.44%) React Developer
10 28 (9.43%) Lead Developer
11 22 (7.41%) Software Developer
12 20 (6.73%) AWS Data Engineer
13 18 (6.06%) Java Developer
13 18 (6.06%) Lead Python Developer
13 18 (6.06%) Senior Data Engineer
14 17 (5.72%) Full-Stack Developer
15 15 (5.05%) DevOps Engineer
16 14 (4.71%) Cloud Engineer
16 14 (4.71%) Node.js Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (32.32%) React
2 70 (23.57%) Node.js
3 57 (19.19%) RESTful
4 51 (17.17%) Spring Boot
5 47 (15.82%) Spring
6 40 (13.47%) AWS CDK
7 34 (11.45%) AngularJS
8 27 (9.09%) Kafka
9 24 (8.08%) Jest
10 22 (7.41%) RabbitMQ
11 21 (7.07%) HTML
12 20 (6.73%) .NET
13 17 (5.72%) Gherkin
13 17 (5.72%) Swagger
14 16 (5.39%) CSS
15 14 (4.71%) .NET Core
16 13 (4.38%) ASP.NET
16 13 (4.38%) ASP.NET Core
16 13 (4.38%) Blazor
17 11 (3.70%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 91 (30.64%) Cloud Native
2 18 (6.06%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
4 9 (3.03%) Linux Command Line
4 9 (3.03%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.69%) e-Learning
5 8 (2.69%) Virtual Team
6 7 (2.36%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.02%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.35%) Blockchain
9 4 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.35%) Web3
10 3 (1.01%) Animation
10 3 (1.01%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.01%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.01%) Life Science
10 3 (1.01%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.01%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 32 (10.77%) Linux
2 13 (4.38%) Unix
3 10 (3.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (2.36%) Windows
5 3 (1.01%) CentOS
5 3 (1.01%) Debian
5 3 (1.01%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.34%) Android
6 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (62.63%) CI/CD
2 139 (46.80%) DevOps
3 125 (42.09%) Agile
4 112 (37.71%) Infrastructure as Code
5 76 (25.59%) Software Engineering
6 72 (24.24%) Mentoring
7 70 (23.57%) Problem-Solving
8 64 (21.55%) Microservices
9 57 (19.19%) Full-Stack Development
10 56 (18.86%) Containerisation
11 55 (18.52%) Scrum
12 45 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
13 42 (14.14%) Data Pipeline
13 42 (14.14%) Observability
14 37 (12.46%) AI
15 36 (12.12%) Continuous Integration
16 35 (11.78%) Data Modelling
17 33 (11.11%) Pair Programming
18 32 (10.77%) Code Quality
18 32 (10.77%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 161 (54.21%) Python
2 103 (34.68%) TypeScript
3 84 (28.28%) Java
4 76 (25.59%) SQL
5 68 (22.90%) JavaScript
6 32 (10.77%) Bash
7 16 (5.39%) Groovy
8 15 (5.05%) Go
9 12 (4.04%) Scala
10 8 (2.69%) C#
11 6 (2.02%) PowerShell
12 4 (1.35%) Kotlin
13 3 (1.01%) C++
13 3 (1.01%) Rust
13 3 (1.01%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.67%) C
14 2 (0.67%) PHP
Qualifications
1 76 (25.59%) AWS Certification
2 43 (14.48%) Security Cleared
3 36 (12.12%) Degree
4 27 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 26 (8.75%) AWS Certified Developer
6 22 (7.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 19 (6.40%) DV Cleared
8 18 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (3.37%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (2.69%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 5 (1.68%) SnowPro
12 4 (1.35%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.35%) MCP
12 4 (1.35%) OSCP
13 3 (1.01%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 2 (0.67%) IIBA
15 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
15 1 (0.34%) GAWN
15 1 (0.34%) GREM
15 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (14.48%) QA
2 16 (5.39%) Data Quality
3 13 (4.38%) GDPR
4 6 (2.02%) SLA
5 5 (1.68%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.01%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.01%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.34%) GAAP
7 1 (0.34%) IFRS
7 1 (0.34%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.34%) NIST
System Software
1 89 (29.97%) Docker
2 8 (2.69%) HDFS
3 1 (0.34%) iptables
3 1 (0.34%) vCloud
3 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 96 (32.32%) Terraform
2 69 (23.23%) Kubernetes
3 22 (7.41%) Prometheus
4 21 (7.07%) Ansible
5 19 (6.40%) Grafana
6 17 (5.72%) HP Fortify
7 6 (2.02%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.35%) Puppet
9 3 (1.01%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (1.01%) Kibana
9 3 (1.01%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.34%) Argo
10 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (4.71%) Databricks
2 12 (4.04%) Oracle
3 10 (3.37%) Atlassian
4 9 (3.03%) IBM
4 9 (3.03%) Red Hat
5 6 (2.02%) Google
6 5 (1.68%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.35%) Microsoft
7 4 (1.35%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.01%) SaltStack
9 1 (0.34%) Apple
9 1 (0.34%) Avaya
9 1 (0.34%) Cisco
9 1 (0.34%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.34%) Genesys
9 1 (0.34%) Informatica
9 1 (0.34%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.34%) StreamSets
9 1 (0.34%) VMware
9 1 (0.34%) YouTube