Serverless Job Trends in England

Serverless Computing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Serverless skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 214 117 156
Rank change year-on-year -97 +39 -44
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 579 1,260 903
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.12% 2.49% 2.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.11% 6.82% 4.84%
Number of salaries quoted 357 552 703
10th Percentile £51,250 £51,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £55,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £75,250 £67,529
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% +11.43% -9.96%
75th Percentile £82,500 £98,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £96,250
UK median annual salary £71,000 £75,000 £69,724
% change year-on-year -5.33% +7.57% -7.04%

All Cloud Skills
England

Serverless 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 18,606 18,486 18,661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.89% 36.59% 43.41%
Number of salaries quoted 10,382 11,145 15,661
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,250 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.80% -3.85%

Serverless
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Serverless relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Serverless job vacancy trend in England

Serverless
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Serverless.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Serverless

Serverless
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Serverless in England over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Serverless in England

Serverless
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Serverless within the England region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. 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 -59 280 £76,000 -15.56% 97
North of England +68 155 £75,000 +20.00% 64
Yorkshire +57 101 £75,000 +42.86% 33
North West +28 50 £70,932 +13.49% 26
South East -112 47 £67,500 +8.00% 47
Midlands -23 42 £62,500 +13.64% 19
South West -86 41 £62,500 -9.09% 23
West Midlands +10 31 £60,000 +9.09% 10
East of England -54 16 £57,500 -4.17% 7
East Midlands -26 11 £65,000 +18.18% 9
North East +3 4 £68,500 +5.76% 6
Serverless
UK

Serverless
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 33 (5.70%) Apache Spark
2 27 (4.66%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.28%) Apache
4 18 (3.11%) Confluence
5 14 (2.42%) OpenStack
6 9 (1.55%) WebSphere
7 8 (1.38%) Headless CMS
8 7 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
8 7 (1.21%) Tomcat
9 6 (1.04%) WebSphere Application Server
10 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.35%) nginx
12 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.17%) CMS
12 1 (0.17%) JBoss
12 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.38%) Shopify
3 2 (0.35%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.17%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 431 (74.44%) AWS
2 287 (49.57%) AWS Lambda
3 256 (44.21%) Azure
4 202 (34.89%) Amazon S3
5 100 (17.27%) Amazon ECS
6 99 (17.10%) Azure Functions
7 96 (16.58%) GitHub
8 94 (16.23%) AWS CloudFormation
9 84 (14.51%) Amazon EC2
10 81 (13.99%) Amazon EKS
11 74 (12.78%) Amazon SQS
11 74 (12.78%) Azure Logic Apps
12 66 (11.40%) AWS Step Functions
13 61 (10.54%) Azure DevOps
14 60 (10.36%) SaaS
15 54 (9.33%) Power Platform
16 51 (8.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 49 (8.46%) GCP
17 49 (8.46%) GitHub Actions
18 44 (7.60%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.59%) Firewall
2 12 (2.07%) Internet
3 9 (1.55%) AMQP
3 9 (1.55%) Network Security
3 9 (1.55%) Wireless
4 8 (1.38%) Broadband
5 7 (1.21%) SSL
5 7 (1.21%) VPN
6 6 (1.04%) DNS
6 6 (1.04%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.04%) WAN
7 5 (0.86%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.52%) DHCP
8 3 (0.52%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.52%) VLAN
8 3 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.35%) LAN
10 1 (0.17%) DSL
10 1 (0.17%) NAS
10 1 (0.17%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (17.10%) DynamoDB
2 81 (13.99%) PostgreSQL
3 72 (12.44%) NoSQL
4 65 (11.23%) Amazon RDS
5 50 (8.64%) SQL Server
6 45 (7.77%) Relational Database
7 43 (7.43%) Data Warehouse
8 42 (7.25%) Amazon Redshift
9 24 (4.15%) Big Data
10 23 (3.97%) Data Lake
11 21 (3.63%) Elasticsearch
11 21 (3.63%) MongoDB
12 20 (3.45%) MySQL
12 20 (3.45%) Power BI
12 20 (3.45%) RDBMS
13 17 (2.94%) Hadoop
14 14 (2.42%) Azure SQL Database
15 12 (2.07%) Amazon Athena
16 10 (1.73%) Apache Iceberg
17 9 (1.55%) DB2
Development Applications
1 99 (17.10%) Jenkins
2 78 (13.47%) Git
3 46 (7.94%) GitLab
4 36 (6.22%) Cypress.io
5 26 (4.49%) JIRA
6 21 (3.63%) JUnit
7 20 (3.45%) JMeter
8 18 (3.11%) SonarQube
9 17 (2.94%) Maven
9 17 (2.94%) Mockito
10 11 (1.90%) Bitbucket
11 6 (1.04%) CircleCI
12 5 (0.86%) git-flow
12 5 (0.86%) MLflow
12 5 (0.86%) Vite
13 4 (0.69%) Mocha
13 4 (0.69%) NUnit
13 4 (0.69%) Postman
13 4 (0.69%) Selenium
13 4 (0.69%) webpack
General
1 167 (28.84%) Social Skills
2 82 (14.16%) Finance
3 57 (9.84%) Public Sector
4 42 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (5.53%) Tech for Good
6 27 (4.66%) Health Technology
6 27 (4.66%) Publishing
7 19 (3.28%) Law
8 17 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
8 17 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (2.25%) Banking
9 13 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (2.07%) Legal
10 12 (2.07%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.55%) Automotive
11 9 (1.55%) Financial Institution
11 9 (1.55%) Retail
12 8 (1.38%) Advertising
13 7 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.04%) Billing
Job Titles
1 229 (39.55%) Developer
2 145 (25.04%) Senior
3 83 (14.34%) Architect
4 77 (13.30%) Lead
5 71 (12.26%) Senior Developer
6 54 (9.33%) Full-Stack Developer
7 51 (8.81%) AWS Developer
8 50 (8.64%) Python Developer
9 49 (8.46%) Java Developer
10 46 (7.94%) Data Engineer
11 42 (7.25%) Software Engineer
12 40 (6.91%) AWS Engineer
13 34 (5.87%) .NET Developer
14 32 (5.53%) Lead Developer
15 31 (5.35%) Software Developer
16 28 (4.84%) React Developer
17 26 (4.49%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 26 (4.49%) Solutions Architect
18 23 (3.97%) Senior Data Engineer
19 22 (3.80%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 159 (27.46%) React
2 102 (17.62%) .NET
3 88 (15.20%) Node.js
4 84 (14.51%) Spring Boot
5 83 (14.34%) HTML
6 80 (13.82%) Spring
7 76 (13.13%) REST
8 75 (12.95%) RESTful
9 64 (11.05%) CSS
10 61 (10.54%) AngularJS
11 41 (7.08%) .NET Core
12 40 (6.91%) Kafka
13 33 (5.70%) AWS CDK
13 33 (5.70%) Jest
14 32 (5.53%) Vue
15 31 (5.35%) Web Services
16 26 (4.49%) .NET Framework
17 25 (4.32%) ASP.NET
17 25 (4.32%) FastAPI
17 25 (4.32%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 140 (24.18%) Cloud Native
2 60 (10.36%) Distributed Systems
3 30 (5.18%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (4.49%) Product Ownership
5 19 (3.28%) Data Structures
6 17 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (2.42%) Mobile App
8 13 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (2.07%) Management Information System
9 12 (2.07%) Onboarding
9 12 (2.07%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.90%) IoT
11 9 (1.55%) e-Learning
11 9 (1.55%) Linux Command Line
11 9 (1.55%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (1.21%) Public Cloud
14 6 (1.04%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 40 (6.91%) Linux
2 15 (2.59%) Unix
3 14 (2.42%) Windows
4 10 (1.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.04%) VMS
6 4 (0.69%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.52%) CentOS
7 3 (0.52%) Debian
7 3 (0.52%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.17%) Android
8 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (54.40%) CI/CD
2 266 (45.94%) Agile
3 264 (45.60%) DevOps
4 166 (28.67%) Microservices
5 152 (26.25%) Mentoring
6 151 (26.08%) Infrastructure as Code
7 139 (24.01%) Problem-Solving
8 107 (18.48%) Containerisation
8 107 (18.48%) Full-Stack Development
9 101 (17.44%) Continuous Improvement
9 101 (17.44%) Software Engineering
10 96 (16.58%) TDD
11 87 (15.03%) Scrum
12 86 (14.85%) AI
13 76 (13.13%) SDLC
14 74 (12.78%) Analytics
15 70 (12.09%) Data Modelling
16 61 (10.54%) Machine Learning
16 61 (10.54%) Migration
16 61 (10.54%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 258 (44.56%) Python
2 191 (32.99%) JavaScript
3 162 (27.98%) TypeScript
4 144 (24.87%) Java
5 133 (22.97%) SQL
6 106 (18.31%) C#
7 43 (7.43%) Bash
8 37 (6.39%) PowerShell
9 21 (3.63%) Shell Script
10 18 (3.11%) Scala
11 16 (2.76%) Groovy
12 14 (2.42%) Bicep
12 14 (2.42%) Go
13 10 (1.73%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.86%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.69%) C++
15 4 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.69%) PHP
15 4 (0.69%) R
16 3 (0.52%) C
Qualifications
1 94 (16.23%) AWS Certification
2 72 (12.44%) Security Cleared
3 68 (11.74%) Degree
4 45 (7.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (7.60%) Azure Certification
6 39 (6.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 37 (6.39%) SC Cleared
8 34 (5.87%) Microsoft Certification
9 28 (4.84%) TOGAF Certification
10 26 (4.49%) AWS Certified Developer
11 20 (3.45%) DV Cleared
12 10 (1.73%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (1.21%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 7 (1.21%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.86%) MCP
14 5 (0.86%) SnowPro
15 2 (0.35%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
15 2 (0.35%) OSCP
16 1 (0.17%) IIBA
16 1 (0.17%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (10.54%) QA
2 23 (3.97%) GDPR
3 18 (3.11%) Accessibility
3 18 (3.11%) Data Quality
4 15 (2.59%) SLA
5 13 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.21%) SOC 2
7 4 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.69%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.69%) WCAG
8 3 (0.52%) NIST
9 1 (0.17%) CDISC
9 1 (0.17%) DICOM
9 1 (0.17%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.17%) GAAP
9 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.17%) HL7
9 1 (0.17%) IFRS
9 1 (0.17%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.17%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 174 (30.05%) Docker
2 18 (3.11%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.38%) HDFS
3 8 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.52%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.35%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.17%) Firmware
6 1 (0.17%) iptables
6 1 (0.17%) vCloud
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 158 (27.29%) Terraform
2 125 (21.59%) Kubernetes
3 40 (6.91%) Ansible
4 27 (4.66%) Prometheus
5 24 (4.15%) Grafana
6 22 (3.80%) Kibana
7 17 (2.94%) HP Fortify
8 7 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (1.04%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.69%) Puppet
11 3 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.52%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.17%) Argo
12 1 (0.17%) Nagios
12 1 (0.17%) Podman
12 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 112 (19.34%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.32%) Splunk
3 22 (3.80%) Databricks
4 21 (3.63%) Dynatrace
5 18 (3.11%) Atlassian
6 17 (2.94%) Google
7 13 (2.25%) Oracle
8 10 (1.73%) Palo Alto
8 10 (1.73%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.55%) Apple
9 9 (1.55%) IBM
9 9 (1.55%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.21%) OpenAI
11 6 (1.04%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (1.04%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.69%) Pega
12 4 (0.69%) SAP
12 4 (0.69%) WSO2
12 4 (0.69%) Zscaler
13 3 (0.52%) ServiceNow