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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 342 189 353
Rank change year-on-year -153 +164 +10
Permanent jobs citing AWS Lambda 342 707 518
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.56% 1.66% 0.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.66% 4.42% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 239 342 444
10th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £62,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £90,000 £72,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.44% +25.00% -8.86%
75th Percentile £87,500 £115,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £138,750 £118,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £81,250 £71,500
% change year-on-year -13.85% +13.64% -4.67%

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 20,631 16,006 25,681
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.53% 37.57% 38.46%
Number of salaries quoted 11,369 10,015 21,712
10th Percentile £29,194 £34,600 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,559 £41,670
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 £77,715
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -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 27 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 27 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 -125 148 £80,000 -23.81% 62
North of England +43 101 £66,250 +6.00% 29
Yorkshire +32 86 £66,250 +10.42% 10
Midlands +15 42 £55,000 - 6
South West -1 28 £62,500 +4.17% 19
East Midlands -9 25 £60,000 -4.00% 1
West Midlands +14 17 £50,000 +8.11% 5
North West -10 15 £70,000 +2.38% 17
South East -128 12 £67,500 +22.73% 10
East of England -34 5 £62,500 -9.09% 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 31 (9.06%) Apache Spark
2 30 (8.77%) Apache
3 19 (5.56%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.46%) Confluence
4 5 (1.46%) Tomcat
4 5 (1.46%) WebSphere
5 4 (1.17%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (0.88%) JBoss
7 2 (0.58%) nginx
7 2 (0.58%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.29%) SAS
8 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.75%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 342 (100.00%) AWS
1 342 (100.00%) Serverless
2 252 (73.68%) Amazon S3
3 136 (39.77%) AWS CloudFormation
4 95 (27.78%) AWS Step Functions
5 86 (25.15%) Amazon ECS
6 75 (21.93%) Amazon SQS
7 73 (21.35%) GitHub
8 72 (21.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 66 (19.30%) Amazon EC2
10 52 (15.20%) Amazon EKS
11 50 (14.62%) GitHub Actions
12 43 (12.57%) Azure
13 41 (11.99%) Amazon ECR
14 34 (9.94%) Apigee
15 29 (8.48%) Amazon EventBridge
16 27 (7.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 24 (7.02%) Datadog
18 23 (6.73%) GCP
19 20 (5.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.22%) AMQP
1 11 (3.22%) DSL
2 5 (1.46%) Network Security
2 5 (1.46%) SSL
3 4 (1.17%) Firewall
4 3 (0.88%) Broadband
5 1 (0.29%) 4G
5 1 (0.29%) 5G
5 1 (0.29%) DNS
5 1 (0.29%) VPN
5 1 (0.29%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (35.09%) DynamoDB
2 71 (20.76%) Amazon RDS
3 55 (16.08%) NoSQL
4 49 (14.33%) Amazon Redshift
5 40 (11.70%) Data Warehouse
6 36 (10.53%) PostgreSQL
7 26 (7.60%) Amazon Athena
8 20 (5.85%) SQL Server
9 18 (5.26%) Data Lake
10 17 (4.97%) Big Data
11 14 (4.09%) MongoDB
12 12 (3.51%) Hadoop
13 11 (3.22%) Apache Iceberg
13 11 (3.22%) Relational Database
14 10 (2.92%) MySQL
15 6 (1.75%) Amazon Aurora
15 6 (1.75%) Apache Hive
15 6 (1.75%) DB2
15 6 (1.75%) Metadata
16 5 (1.46%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 90 (26.32%) Jenkins
2 71 (20.76%) GitLab
3 52 (15.20%) Git
4 37 (10.82%) Cypress.io
5 33 (9.65%) Maven
6 32 (9.36%) SonarQube
7 12 (3.51%) JIRA
8 11 (3.22%) CircleCI
9 10 (2.92%) Bitbucket
10 7 (2.05%) MLflow
11 5 (1.46%) git-flow
12 3 (0.88%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.88%) ESLint
12 3 (0.88%) JUnit
12 3 (0.88%) Selenium
12 3 (0.88%) Vite
12 3 (0.88%) webpack
13 2 (0.58%) DBeaver
13 2 (0.58%) Deequ
13 2 (0.58%) Mocha
General
1 96 (28.07%) Social Skills
2 51 (14.91%) Finance
3 33 (9.65%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (4.97%) Banking
4 17 (4.97%) Tech for Good
5 15 (4.39%) Health Technology
5 15 (4.39%) Influencing Skills
5 15 (4.39%) Publishing
6 14 (4.09%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (3.80%) Public Sector
8 9 (2.63%) Advertising
9 7 (2.05%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.17%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.17%) Billing
12 3 (0.88%) Games
12 3 (0.88%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.88%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.88%) Military
13 2 (0.58%) Law
Job Titles
1 136 (39.77%) Developer
2 78 (22.81%) Senior
3 56 (16.37%) AWS Developer
4 47 (13.74%) Lead
5 43 (12.57%) Java Developer
6 42 (12.28%) AWS Engineer
7 38 (11.11%) Data Engineer
7 38 (11.11%) Software Engineer
8 35 (10.23%) Senior Developer
9 31 (9.06%) React Developer
10 28 (8.19%) Full-Stack Developer
10 28 (8.19%) Lead Developer
11 27 (7.89%) Python Developer
12 24 (7.02%) AWS Data Engineer
13 22 (6.43%) Architect
14 20 (5.85%) Software Developer
15 18 (5.26%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 17 (4.97%) Lead Python Developer
16 17 (4.97%) Node.js Developer
17 15 (4.39%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (30.41%) React
2 95 (27.78%) Node.js
3 68 (19.88%) Spring Boot
4 59 (17.25%) AngularJS
5 54 (15.79%) RESTful
6 48 (14.04%) AWS CDK
6 48 (14.04%) Spring
7 37 (10.82%) Jest
8 33 (9.65%) Kafka
9 32 (9.36%) Gherkin
10 29 (8.48%) HTML
11 27 (7.89%) RabbitMQ
12 24 (7.02%) CSS
13 21 (6.14%) .NET
14 18 (5.26%) gRPC
15 15 (4.39%) .NET Core
15 15 (4.39%) REST
16 13 (3.80%) ASP.NET
16 13 (3.80%) ASP.NET Core
16 13 (3.80%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 103 (30.12%) Cloud Native
2 16 (4.68%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (4.09%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.22%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (2.92%) Blockchain
5 10 (2.92%) Web3
6 7 (2.05%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.75%) e-Learning
7 6 (1.75%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.75%) Security Posture
7 6 (1.75%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.46%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.88%) Animation
9 3 (0.88%) Life Science
9 3 (0.88%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.58%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.89%) Linux
2 10 (2.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 9 (2.63%) Unix
4 7 (2.05%) Windows
5 5 (1.46%) CentOS
5 5 (1.46%) Debian
5 5 (1.46%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (65.50%) CI/CD
2 172 (50.29%) DevOps
3 137 (40.06%) Agile
4 134 (39.18%) Infrastructure as Code
5 90 (26.32%) Software Engineering
6 80 (23.39%) Problem-Solving
7 75 (21.93%) Full-Stack Development
8 74 (21.64%) Microservices
9 71 (20.76%) Mentoring
10 67 (19.59%) Containerisation
11 52 (15.20%) Observability
12 49 (14.33%) Data Pipeline
13 46 (13.45%) Continuous Improvement
14 43 (12.57%) Continuous Integration
15 41 (11.99%) Scrum
16 40 (11.70%) DevSecOps
17 37 (10.82%) AI
17 37 (10.82%) Analytics
18 36 (10.53%) Data Modelling
19 35 (10.23%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 172 (50.29%) Python
2 110 (32.16%) TypeScript
3 102 (29.82%) Java
4 101 (29.53%) SQL
5 77 (22.51%) JavaScript
6 49 (14.33%) Bash
7 31 (9.06%) Groovy
8 25 (7.31%) Go
9 15 (4.39%) Kotlin
10 11 (3.22%) Rust
11 8 (2.34%) C#
11 8 (2.34%) Scala
12 7 (2.05%) PowerShell
13 5 (1.46%) PHP
14 3 (0.88%) C++
15 2 (0.58%) C
15 2 (0.58%) R
Qualifications
1 80 (23.39%) AWS Certification
2 51 (14.91%) Degree
3 44 (12.87%) Security Cleared
4 28 (8.19%) SC Cleared
5 25 (7.31%) AWS Certified Developer
6 24 (7.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (6.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 20 (5.85%) ITIL Certification
9 19 (5.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 15 (4.39%) DV Cleared
11 12 (3.51%) OSCP
12 5 (1.46%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 4 (1.17%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.88%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 3 (0.88%) IIBA
15 2 (0.58%) SnowPro
16 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 1 (0.29%) Azure Certification
16 1 (0.29%) GAWN
16 1 (0.29%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.77%) QA
2 24 (7.02%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.51%) GDPR
4 4 (1.17%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.17%) SLA
5 2 (0.58%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.29%) GAAP
6 1 (0.29%) MiFID
6 1 (0.29%) NIST
6 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 120 (35.09%) Docker
2 6 (1.75%) HDFS
3 3 (0.88%) iptables
4 1 (0.29%) vCloud
4 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 118 (34.50%) Terraform
2 82 (23.98%) Kubernetes
3 32 (9.36%) HP Fortify
4 25 (7.31%) Ansible
5 23 (6.73%) Prometheus
6 15 (4.39%) Grafana
7 8 (2.34%) Puppet
8 4 (1.17%) Kibana
8 4 (1.17%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.88%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (4.39%) Databricks
2 11 (3.22%) Oracle
3 9 (2.63%) Red Hat
4 7 (2.05%) Atlassian
4 7 (2.05%) Google
5 5 (1.46%) IBM
5 5 (1.46%) Salesforce
5 5 (1.46%) SaltStack
6 4 (1.17%) Microsoft
7 1 (0.29%) Apple
7 1 (0.29%) Cisco
7 1 (0.29%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.29%) Informatica
7 1 (0.29%) New Relic
7 1 (0.29%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.29%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.29%) StreamSets
7 1 (0.29%) VMware
7 1 (0.29%) YouTube