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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 216 205
Rank change year-on-year +16 -11 -49
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 948 657 961
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.97% 1.51% 1.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.88% 4.59% 4.22%
Number of salaries quoted 594 460 548
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - +3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +2.84% +0.71% -

All Cloud Computing 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 24,456 14,299 22,748
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.15% 32.77% 31.88%
Number of salaries quoted 16,927 10,031 15,888
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £60,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -3.23% -4.62%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.18%

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 2 September 2026.

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 2 September 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 -36 383 £85,000 +13.33% 455
North of England +94 300 £75,000 +15.38% 112
North West +49 130 £70,000 +7.69% 70
Yorkshire +29 118 £80,000 +33.33% 25
Midlands -10 84 £62,500 +4.17% 42
South East -16 83 £65,000 -8.77% 55
South West -54 67 £60,500 -1.22% 50
North East -8 52 £62,500 -13.79% 17
East Midlands +15 46 £65,000 +73.33% 21
West Midlands -39 38 £62,500 +4.17% 21
East of England -49 18 £59,450 +1.19% 19
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 37 (3.90%) Apache Spark
2 24 (2.53%) Apache
3 19 (2.00%) SharePoint
4 16 (1.69%) Confluence
4 16 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.05%) SAS
7 5 (0.53%) Apache Pig
8 4 (0.42%) nginx
8 4 (0.42%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.32%) CMS
9 3 (0.32%) JBoss
10 2 (0.21%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.21%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.21%) WordPress
11 1 (0.11%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.11%) IIS
11 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (0.95%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.32%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 12 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.11%) Finacle
3 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.11%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.11%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 677 (71.41%) AWS
2 452 (47.68%) AWS Lambda
3 342 (36.08%) Azure
4 297 (31.33%) Amazon S3
5 228 (24.05%) AWS CloudFormation
6 199 (20.99%) Amazon ECS
7 179 (18.88%) Azure Functions
8 127 (13.40%) Amazon EC2
8 127 (13.40%) GitHub
9 122 (12.87%) Azure DevOps
10 97 (10.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 97 (10.23%) Amazon EKS
11 92 (9.70%) GCP
12 91 (9.60%) SaaS
13 89 (9.39%) AWS Step Functions
14 87 (9.18%) Power Platform
15 78 (8.23%) Amazon SQS
15 78 (8.23%) Azure Logic Apps
16 73 (7.70%) PaaS
17 68 (7.17%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 31 (3.27%) VPN
2 29 (3.06%) Firewall
3 25 (2.64%) Network Security
4 21 (2.22%) Internet
5 20 (2.11%) DNS
6 13 (1.37%) VoIP
7 11 (1.16%) DHCP
7 11 (1.16%) VLAN
8 9 (0.95%) MQTT
9 7 (0.74%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.63%) AMQP
10 6 (0.63%) BGP
10 6 (0.63%) IPsec
10 6 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.42%) Broadband
11 4 (0.42%) IPv4
11 4 (0.42%) SAN
11 4 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (0.32%) HTTP
12 3 (0.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (16.98%) DynamoDB
2 97 (10.23%) Amazon RDS
3 91 (9.60%) NoSQL
4 72 (7.59%) SQL Server
5 63 (6.65%) PostgreSQL
6 49 (5.17%) Amazon Athena
7 46 (4.85%) Data Warehouse
8 44 (4.64%) Azure SQL Database
8 44 (4.64%) Relational Database
9 43 (4.54%) Amazon Redshift
10 36 (3.80%) Big Data
10 36 (3.80%) Power BI
11 30 (3.16%) Spark SQL
12 24 (2.53%) Data Lake
12 24 (2.53%) Elasticsearch
12 24 (2.53%) MongoDB
12 24 (2.53%) MySQL
13 18 (1.90%) Hadoop
14 17 (1.79%) Metadata
15 15 (1.58%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 182 (19.20%) Git
2 123 (12.97%) Jenkins
3 71 (7.49%) GitLab
4 34 (3.59%) SonarQube
5 29 (3.06%) JIRA
6 25 (2.64%) Maven
6 25 (2.64%) Snyk
7 22 (2.32%) Cypress.io
8 14 (1.48%) Bitbucket
9 12 (1.27%) CircleCI
9 12 (1.27%) Crashlytics
9 12 (1.27%) TeamCity
10 11 (1.16%) Claude Code
10 11 (1.16%) Cucumber
10 11 (1.16%) XCTest
11 10 (1.05%) JUnit
12 9 (0.95%) Mockito
13 8 (0.84%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 7 (0.74%) JMeter
15 6 (0.63%) Selenium
General
1 231 (24.37%) Social Skills
2 188 (19.83%) Finance
3 91 (9.60%) Public Sector
4 77 (8.12%) Analytical Skills
5 69 (7.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 54 (5.70%) Law
7 52 (5.49%) Banking
8 36 (3.80%) Marketing
9 20 (2.11%) Retail
10 15 (1.58%) Legal
10 15 (1.58%) Telecoms
11 14 (1.48%) Military
12 13 (1.37%) Aviation
12 13 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.05%) Aerospace
13 10 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (0.95%) Health Technology
15 7 (0.74%) Advertising
15 7 (0.74%) Billing
15 7 (0.74%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 281 (29.64%) Senior
2 251 (26.48%) Developer
3 137 (14.45%) Lead
4 105 (11.08%) Architect
5 83 (8.76%) Software Engineer
6 81 (8.54%) Senior Developer
7 76 (8.02%) Java Developer
8 72 (7.59%) Data Engineer
9 69 (7.28%) Full-Stack Developer
10 68 (7.17%) AWS Engineer
11 64 (6.75%) DevOps Engineer
12 60 (6.33%) Cloud Engineer
13 45 (4.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 41 (4.32%) Senior Architect
15 39 (4.11%) AWS Developer
15 39 (4.11%) Azure Engineer
15 39 (4.11%) Cloud Architect
15 39 (4.11%) Consultant
15 39 (4.11%) Platform Engineer
16 38 (4.01%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 347 (36.60%) Terraform
2 161 (16.98%) Node.js
3 148 (15.61%) .NET
4 134 (14.14%) React
5 114 (12.03%) REST
6 96 (10.13%) AngularJS
7 91 (9.60%) Spring Boot
8 80 (8.44%) Spring
9 77 (8.12%) Kafka
10 70 (7.38%) RESTful
11 56 (5.91%) AWS CDK
12 52 (5.49%) PySpark
13 33 (3.48%) OAuth
14 32 (3.38%) Jest
15 31 (3.27%) JSON
16 30 (3.16%) HTML
16 30 (3.16%) OAuth2
16 30 (3.16%) RabbitMQ
17 28 (2.95%) Swagger
18 26 (2.74%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 244 (25.74%) Cloud Native
2 73 (7.70%) Distributed Systems
3 71 (7.49%) Onboarding
4 42 (4.43%) Greenfield Project
4 42 (4.43%) Product Ownership
5 39 (4.11%) Hybrid Cloud
6 38 (4.01%) Enterprise Cloud
7 33 (3.48%) AI Agents
8 31 (3.27%) Data Centre
9 20 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
9 20 (2.11%) Mobile App
9 20 (2.11%) Public Cloud
10 19 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
11 18 (1.90%) Linux Command Line
12 14 (1.48%) Blog
12 14 (1.48%) Low-Code
13 13 (1.37%) Data Structures
14 12 (1.27%) IoT
14 12 (1.27%) Security Posture
14 12 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 70 (7.38%) Linux
2 41 (4.32%) Windows
3 15 (1.58%) VMS
4 11 (1.16%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.16%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.53%) CentOS
6 5 (0.53%) Debian
6 5 (0.53%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 547 (57.70%) CI/CD
2 443 (46.73%) DevOps
3 361 (38.08%) Agile
4 346 (36.50%) Infrastructure as Code
5 263 (27.74%) Mentoring
6 253 (26.69%) AI
7 202 (21.31%) Microservices
8 197 (20.78%) Software Engineering
9 188 (19.83%) Problem-Solving
10 168 (17.72%) Continuous Improvement
11 167 (17.62%) Test Automation
12 162 (17.09%) Observability
13 160 (16.88%) Analytics
14 159 (16.77%) Full-Stack Development
15 154 (16.24%) Containerisation
16 147 (15.51%) Event-Driven
17 136 (14.35%) Cloud Security
18 121 (12.76%) Roadmaps
19 115 (12.13%) Migration
20 109 (11.50%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 365 (38.50%) Python
2 278 (29.32%) SQL
3 199 (20.99%) Java
4 188 (19.83%) TypeScript
5 169 (17.83%) C#
6 161 (16.98%) JavaScript
7 102 (10.76%) Bash
8 43 (4.54%) Kotlin
8 43 (4.54%) PowerShell
9 41 (4.32%) Bicep
10 35 (3.69%) Groovy
11 29 (3.06%) PHP
11 29 (3.06%) Ruby
12 26 (2.74%) Go
13 22 (2.32%) C++
14 19 (2.00%) Perl
15 15 (1.58%) Kusto Query Language
16 14 (1.48%) Shell Script
17 13 (1.37%) Rust
18 11 (1.16%) Swift
Qualifications
1 166 (17.51%) Security Cleared
2 113 (11.92%) SC Cleared
3 108 (11.39%) Degree
4 83 (8.76%) AWS Certification
5 50 (5.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 49 (5.17%) DV Cleared
7 47 (4.96%) Azure Certification
8 38 (4.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 36 (3.80%) Microsoft Certification
10 25 (2.64%) Master's Degree
11 18 (1.90%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 14 (1.48%) ITIL Certification
13 11 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (0.95%) AWS Certified Developer
14 9 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
15 8 (0.84%) DBS Check
16 7 (0.74%) PhD
17 6 (0.63%) CISM
17 6 (0.63%) CISSP
17 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (7.28%) Data Quality
2 62 (6.54%) GDPR
3 51 (5.38%) QA
4 27 (2.85%) GRC
5 16 (1.69%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (0.74%) NIST
9 6 (0.63%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.53%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.42%) SLA
11 4 (0.42%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.32%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.21%) PMO
13 2 (0.21%) WCAG
14 1 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.11%) NCSC
14 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 251 (26.48%) Docker
2 41 (4.32%) Active Directory
3 35 (3.69%) Virtual Machines
4 23 (2.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (1.69%) vSphere
6 12 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (0.74%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.42%) Squid
8 4 (0.42%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.11%) Firmware
9 1 (0.11%) iptables
Systems Management
1 184 (19.41%) Kubernetes
2 107 (11.29%) Ansible
3 42 (4.43%) Grafana
4 41 (4.32%) Prometheus
5 23 (2.43%) Puppet
6 18 (1.90%) Packer
7 16 (1.69%) HP Fortify
8 13 (1.37%) Kibana
9 11 (1.16%) Progress Chef
10 8 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (0.63%) Hadoop YARN
12 5 (0.53%) Argo
12 5 (0.53%) Podman
13 4 (0.42%) SCCM
13 4 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.42%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.32%) Scalr
15 2 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 2 (0.21%) Rancher
16 1 (0.11%) logstash
Vendors
1 173 (18.25%) Microsoft
2 46 (4.85%) Databricks
3 36 (3.80%) Oracle
4 33 (3.48%) Tenable
5 32 (3.38%) OpenAI
6 25 (2.64%) CrowdStrike
6 25 (2.64%) Palo Alto
7 24 (2.53%) VMware
8 21 (2.22%) Dynatrace
8 21 (2.22%) Google
8 21 (2.22%) Splunk
9 18 (1.90%) IBM
10 15 (1.58%) SAP
11 14 (1.48%) Red Hat
12 13 (1.37%) AppDynamics
13 12 (1.27%) HP
13 12 (1.27%) ScienceLogic
14 11 (1.16%) Amplitude
14 11 (1.16%) Braze
14 11 (1.16%) Salesforce