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

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 336 194 344
Rank change year-on-year -142 +150 +16
Permanent jobs citing AWS Lambda 349 677 535
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.55% 1.65% 0.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.66% 4.37% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 245 338 461
10th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £90,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.44% +24.14% -6.45%
75th Percentile £87,500 £115,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £138,750 £118,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £83,250 £71,500
% change year-on-year -15.92% +16.43% -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 21,083 15,481 26,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.24% 37.67% 37.91%
Number of salaries quoted 11,618 9,985 22,154
10th Percentile £29,500 £33,220 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +9.57% -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 5 March 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 5 March 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 -120 148 £80,000 -24.71% 114
North of England +39 106 £68,750 +10.00% 45
Yorkshire +34 89 £66,250 +10.42% 17
Midlands +15 42 £55,000 - 15
South West -10 30 £62,500 +6.38% 33
East Midlands -8 25 £60,000 -4.00% 7
West Midlands +4 17 £50,000 +8.11% 8
North West -16 17 £70,000 +1.08% 24
South East -142 13 £67,500 +22.73% 41
East of England -34 5 £62,500 -9.09% 22
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 (8.88%) Apache
2 30 (8.60%) Apache Spark
3 21 (6.02%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.43%) Confluence
4 5 (1.43%) Tomcat
4 5 (1.43%) WebSphere
5 4 (1.15%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (0.86%) JBoss
7 2 (0.57%) nginx
7 2 (0.57%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.29%) SAS
8 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 349 (100.00%) AWS
1 349 (100.00%) Serverless
2 256 (73.35%) Amazon S3
3 138 (39.54%) AWS CloudFormation
4 97 (27.79%) AWS Step Functions
5 89 (25.50%) Amazon ECS
6 77 (22.06%) GitHub
7 75 (21.49%) Amazon SQS
8 74 (21.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 69 (19.77%) Amazon EC2
10 53 (15.19%) GitHub Actions
11 51 (14.61%) Amazon EKS
12 42 (12.03%) Azure
13 41 (11.75%) Amazon ECR
14 34 (9.74%) Apigee
15 29 (8.31%) Amazon EventBridge
16 26 (7.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 25 (7.16%) Datadog
18 24 (6.88%) GCP
19 23 (6.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.44%) DSL
2 11 (3.15%) AMQP
3 5 (1.43%) Network Security
3 5 (1.43%) SSL
4 4 (1.15%) Firewall
5 3 (0.86%) Broadband
6 1 (0.29%) 4G
6 1 (0.29%) 5G
6 1 (0.29%) DNS
6 1 (0.29%) VPN
6 1 (0.29%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (35.24%) DynamoDB
2 73 (20.92%) Amazon RDS
3 57 (16.33%) NoSQL
4 49 (14.04%) Amazon Redshift
5 38 (10.89%) Data Warehouse
6 36 (10.32%) PostgreSQL
7 27 (7.74%) Amazon Athena
8 21 (6.02%) SQL Server
9 16 (4.58%) Big Data
9 16 (4.58%) Data Lake
10 14 (4.01%) MongoDB
11 11 (3.15%) Apache Iceberg
11 11 (3.15%) Hadoop
11 11 (3.15%) Relational Database
12 10 (2.87%) MySQL
13 8 (2.29%) Metadata
14 7 (2.01%) Amazon Aurora
15 6 (1.72%) DB2
15 6 (1.72%) Snowflake Schema
16 5 (1.43%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 93 (26.65%) Jenkins
2 73 (20.92%) GitLab
3 52 (14.90%) Git
4 36 (10.32%) Cypress.io
5 33 (9.46%) Maven
6 32 (9.17%) SonarQube
7 11 (3.15%) CircleCI
7 11 (3.15%) JIRA
8 9 (2.58%) Bitbucket
9 7 (2.01%) MLflow
10 5 (1.43%) git-flow
11 3 (0.86%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.86%) ESLint
11 3 (0.86%) JUnit
11 3 (0.86%) Selenium
11 3 (0.86%) webpack
12 2 (0.57%) DBeaver
12 2 (0.57%) Deequ
12 2 (0.57%) Mocha
12 2 (0.57%) Vite
General
1 99 (28.37%) Social Skills
2 51 (14.61%) Finance
3 35 (10.03%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.16%) Banking
5 17 (4.87%) Tech for Good
6 16 (4.58%) Health Technology
7 15 (4.30%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (4.30%) Public Sector
7 15 (4.30%) Publishing
8 14 (4.01%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.58%) Advertising
10 6 (1.72%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.15%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.15%) Billing
12 3 (0.86%) Games
12 3 (0.86%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.86%) Law
12 3 (0.86%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.86%) Military
Job Titles
1 143 (40.97%) Developer
2 80 (22.92%) Senior
3 57 (16.33%) AWS Developer
4 48 (13.75%) Java Developer
5 47 (13.47%) Lead
6 42 (12.03%) AWS Engineer
7 39 (11.17%) Data Engineer
7 39 (11.17%) Senior Developer
8 38 (10.89%) Software Engineer
9 31 (8.88%) React Developer
10 30 (8.60%) Full-Stack Developer
11 28 (8.02%) Lead Developer
11 28 (8.02%) Python Developer
12 25 (7.16%) AWS Data Engineer
13 23 (6.59%) Architect
14 20 (5.73%) Software Developer
15 17 (4.87%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 17 (4.87%) Lead Python Developer
15 17 (4.87%) Node.js Developer
16 16 (4.58%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (29.51%) React
2 98 (28.08%) Node.js
3 70 (20.06%) Spring Boot
4 62 (17.77%) AngularJS
5 54 (15.47%) RESTful
6 50 (14.33%) Spring
7 49 (14.04%) AWS CDK
8 36 (10.32%) Jest
9 34 (9.74%) Kafka
10 32 (9.17%) Gherkin
11 29 (8.31%) HTML
12 28 (8.02%) RabbitMQ
13 24 (6.88%) CSS
14 22 (6.30%) .NET
15 18 (5.16%) gRPC
16 16 (4.58%) REST
17 15 (4.30%) .NET Core
18 14 (4.01%) PySpark
19 13 (3.72%) ASP.NET
19 13 (3.72%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 104 (29.80%) Cloud Native
2 15 (4.30%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (4.01%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.15%) Blockchain
4 11 (3.15%) Web3
5 10 (2.87%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (2.01%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.72%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.72%) Security Posture
7 6 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.43%) e-Learning
8 5 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.43%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (1.43%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.86%) Animation
9 3 (0.86%) Life Science
9 3 (0.86%) NHS
9 3 (0.86%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.74%) Linux
2 10 (2.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 9 (2.58%) Unix
4 7 (2.01%) Windows
5 5 (1.43%) CentOS
5 5 (1.43%) Debian
5 5 (1.43%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (65.90%) CI/CD
2 176 (50.43%) DevOps
3 139 (39.83%) Agile
4 135 (38.68%) Infrastructure as Code
5 94 (26.93%) Software Engineering
6 81 (23.21%) Problem-Solving
7 75 (21.49%) Full-Stack Development
7 75 (21.49%) Microservices
8 73 (20.92%) Containerisation
9 71 (20.34%) Mentoring
10 52 (14.90%) Observability
11 50 (14.33%) Data Pipeline
12 46 (13.18%) Continuous Improvement
13 45 (12.89%) Continuous Integration
14 43 (12.32%) DevSecOps
15 40 (11.46%) Scrum
16 39 (11.17%) AI
17 36 (10.32%) Data Modelling
17 36 (10.32%) ETL
17 36 (10.32%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 178 (51.00%) Python
2 112 (32.09%) TypeScript
3 105 (30.09%) SQL
4 103 (29.51%) Java
5 78 (22.35%) JavaScript
6 49 (14.04%) Bash
7 31 (8.88%) Groovy
8 27 (7.74%) Go
9 18 (5.16%) Kotlin
10 12 (3.44%) Rust
11 9 (2.58%) C#
12 7 (2.01%) PHP
12 7 (2.01%) PowerShell
12 7 (2.01%) Scala
13 3 (0.86%) C++
14 2 (0.57%) R
15 1 (0.29%) C
Qualifications
1 76 (21.78%) AWS Certification
2 51 (14.61%) Degree
3 44 (12.61%) Security Cleared
4 28 (8.02%) SC Cleared
5 24 (6.88%) AWS Certified Developer
6 22 (6.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (5.73%) ITIL Certification
8 19 (5.44%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 19 (5.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 15 (4.30%) DV Cleared
10 13 (3.72%) OSCP
11 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.86%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 3 (0.86%) IIBA
12 3 (0.86%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.57%) SnowPro
14 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 1 (0.29%) Azure Certification
14 1 (0.29%) GAWN
14 1 (0.29%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.88%) QA
2 24 (6.88%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.87%) GDPR
4 6 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.15%) SLA
6 3 (0.86%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.57%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.57%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.29%) MiFID
8 1 (0.29%) NIST
8 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 126 (36.10%) Docker
2 5 (1.43%) HDFS
3 3 (0.86%) iptables
4 2 (0.57%) Firmware
5 1 (0.29%) vCloud
5 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 120 (34.38%) Terraform
2 85 (24.36%) Kubernetes
3 32 (9.17%) HP Fortify
4 25 (7.16%) Ansible
5 23 (6.59%) Prometheus
6 15 (4.30%) Grafana
7 8 (2.29%) Puppet
8 4 (1.15%) Kibana
8 4 (1.15%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.86%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (4.01%) Databricks
2 11 (3.15%) Oracle
3 9 (2.58%) Red Hat
4 7 (2.01%) Atlassian
4 7 (2.01%) Google
5 5 (1.43%) IBM
5 5 (1.43%) Salesforce
5 5 (1.43%) SaltStack
6 4 (1.15%) 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