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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 213 129 156
Rank change year-on-year -84 +27 -48
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 590 1,258 979
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.27% 2.09% 2.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.68% 6.14% 4.94%
Number of salaries quoted 367 536 773
10th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £83,125 £97,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £97,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -6.67%

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 16,027 20,497 19,832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.37% 34.07% 43.37%
Number of salaries quoted 10,408 12,483 16,637
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £45,653
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,514 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.44% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,548
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £101,185
UK median annual salary £59,000 £64,775 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.91% +3.64% -0.33%

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 26 November 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 26 November 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 -50 301 £76,000 -15.56% 130
North of England +70 126 £68,500 +19.13% 71
Yorkshire +48 66 £75,000 +42.18% 23
North West +39 56 £65,000 +6.12% 44
South East -102 51 £67,500 +8.00% 73
South West -67 48 £60,000 -15.79% 25
Midlands +3 44 £62,500 +25.00% 29
West Midlands +37 35 £62,500 +8.70% 15
East of England -37 25 £57,500 - 12
East Midlands +2 9 £65,000 +91.18% 14
North East +15 4 £68,500 +19.13% 4
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 35 (5.93%) SharePoint
2 33 (5.59%) Apache Spark
3 23 (3.90%) Confluence
4 21 (3.56%) Apache
5 9 (1.53%) Headless CMS
5 9 (1.53%) WebSphere
6 7 (1.19%) OpenStack
6 7 (1.19%) Tomcat
7 6 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (1.02%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (0.68%) JBoss
9 3 (0.51%) CMS
10 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.34%) nginx
10 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.17%) SAS
11 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (1.53%) Shopify
2 3 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.34%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.17%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 431 (73.05%) AWS
2 287 (48.64%) AWS Lambda
3 274 (46.44%) Azure
4 180 (30.51%) Amazon S3
5 115 (19.49%) Azure Functions
6 103 (17.46%) Amazon ECS
7 97 (16.44%) Amazon EC2
8 92 (15.59%) GitHub
9 82 (13.90%) Amazon EKS
10 78 (13.22%) Azure Logic Apps
11 73 (12.37%) AWS CloudFormation
12 64 (10.85%) Power Platform
13 61 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
14 60 (10.17%) SaaS
15 57 (9.66%) Amazon SQS
16 50 (8.47%) GCP
17 49 (8.31%) Power Automate
18 46 (7.80%) PaaS
19 45 (7.63%) AWS Step Functions
20 43 (7.29%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.71%) Firewall
1 16 (2.71%) Internet
2 13 (2.20%) Wireless
3 9 (1.53%) DNS
4 8 (1.36%) Broadband
4 8 (1.36%) Network Security
4 8 (1.36%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.19%) AMQP
5 7 (1.19%) SSL
5 7 (1.19%) VPN
6 5 (0.85%) DHCP
6 5 (0.85%) SD-WAN
6 5 (0.85%) Unified Communications
6 5 (0.85%) VLAN
6 5 (0.85%) WAN
6 5 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.34%) LAN
8 1 (0.17%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.17%) NAS
8 1 (0.17%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (17.63%) DynamoDB
2 85 (14.41%) PostgreSQL
3 67 (11.36%) Amazon RDS
4 62 (10.51%) NoSQL
5 54 (9.15%) SQL Server
6 49 (8.31%) Data Warehouse
7 46 (7.80%) Amazon Redshift
8 44 (7.46%) Relational Database
9 28 (4.75%) MongoDB
10 25 (4.24%) Big Data
10 25 (4.24%) MySQL
11 23 (3.90%) Power BI
11 23 (3.90%) RDBMS
12 22 (3.73%) Data Lake
13 21 (3.56%) Elasticsearch
14 18 (3.05%) Hadoop
15 17 (2.88%) Amazon Athena
16 16 (2.71%) Amazon Aurora
17 12 (2.03%) Apache Iceberg
18 11 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 85 (14.41%) Jenkins
2 74 (12.54%) Git
3 35 (5.93%) JIRA
4 32 (5.42%) GitLab
5 26 (4.41%) JUnit
6 25 (4.24%) Cypress.io
7 24 (4.07%) JMeter
8 21 (3.56%) Mockito
9 11 (1.86%) Bitbucket
10 9 (1.53%) Selenium
11 8 (1.36%) git-flow
12 7 (1.19%) SonarQube
13 6 (1.02%) CircleCI
13 6 (1.02%) Maven
14 5 (0.85%) Locust
14 5 (0.85%) Mocha
14 5 (0.85%) Vite
15 4 (0.68%) NUnit
15 4 (0.68%) Postman
15 4 (0.68%) webpack
General
1 172 (29.15%) Social Skills
2 108 (18.31%) Finance
3 61 (10.34%) Public Sector
4 52 (8.81%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (6.61%) Law
6 30 (5.08%) Tech for Good
7 27 (4.58%) Marketing
8 25 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (4.24%) Publishing
9 24 (4.07%) Health Technology
10 15 (2.54%) Manufacturing
11 14 (2.37%) Automotive
12 13 (2.20%) Banking
12 13 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (2.20%) Retail
13 11 (1.86%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.53%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.53%) Legal
15 8 (1.36%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 221 (37.46%) Developer
2 155 (26.27%) Senior
3 84 (14.24%) Senior Developer
4 79 (13.39%) Lead
5 65 (11.02%) Architect
6 57 (9.66%) Data Engineer
7 56 (9.49%) Full-Stack Developer
8 53 (8.98%) Software Engineer
9 50 (8.47%) Python Developer
10 46 (7.80%) Java Developer
11 40 (6.78%) AWS Engineer
12 38 (6.44%) AWS Developer
13 32 (5.42%) Lead Developer
14 31 (5.25%) Software Developer
15 28 (4.75%) React Developer
16 25 (4.24%) .NET Developer
16 25 (4.24%) Senior Data Engineer
16 25 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
17 24 (4.07%) Senior Python Developer
18 23 (3.90%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (25.93%) React
2 105 (17.80%) .NET
3 94 (15.93%) HTML
4 79 (13.39%) Node.js
5 76 (12.88%) REST
5 76 (12.88%) Spring Boot
6 75 (12.71%) Spring
7 72 (12.20%) CSS
8 67 (11.36%) RESTful
9 59 (10.00%) AngularJS
10 42 (7.12%) Kafka
11 38 (6.44%) .NET Core
12 33 (5.59%) Vue
13 32 (5.42%) .NET Framework
13 32 (5.42%) GraphQL
13 32 (5.42%) Web Services
14 31 (5.25%) FastAPI
15 29 (4.92%) JSON
16 27 (4.58%) Apache Camel
17 25 (4.24%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 135 (22.88%) Cloud Native
2 57 (9.66%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (5.59%) Product Ownership
4 22 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (3.05%) Greenfield Project
6 17 (2.88%) IoT
6 17 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (2.54%) Data Structures
7 15 (2.54%) Management Information System
8 14 (2.37%) Virtual Team
9 13 (2.20%) e-Learning
9 13 (2.20%) Mobile App
9 13 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (2.03%) Onboarding
11 10 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.53%) Linux Command Line
12 9 (1.53%) Low-Code
13 6 (1.02%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.02%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 35 (5.93%) Linux
2 15 (2.54%) Unix
2 15 (2.54%) Windows
3 9 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (1.02%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.68%) VMS
6 2 (0.34%) CentOS
6 2 (0.34%) Debian
6 2 (0.34%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.17%) Android
7 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (50.51%) CI/CD
2 272 (46.10%) Agile
3 257 (43.56%) DevOps
4 154 (26.10%) Problem-Solving
5 153 (25.93%) Microservices
6 141 (23.90%) Mentoring
7 140 (23.73%) Infrastructure as Code
8 123 (20.85%) Software Engineering
9 110 (18.64%) Containerisation
10 108 (18.31%) Full-Stack Development
11 101 (17.12%) Continuous Improvement
12 99 (16.78%) TDD
13 90 (15.25%) AI
14 79 (13.39%) Analytics
14 79 (13.39%) Scrum
15 75 (12.71%) Machine Learning
16 74 (12.54%) Data Modelling
17 73 (12.37%) SDLC
18 61 (10.34%) Data Pipeline
19 58 (9.83%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 289 (48.98%) Python
2 193 (32.71%) JavaScript
3 149 (25.25%) TypeScript
4 143 (24.24%) Java
5 140 (23.73%) SQL
6 107 (18.14%) C#
7 49 (8.31%) PowerShell
8 33 (5.59%) Bash
9 24 (4.07%) Shell Script
10 20 (3.39%) Scala
11 17 (2.88%) Bicep
12 15 (2.54%) Go
13 12 (2.03%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (1.02%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.85%) Groovy
15 5 (0.85%) PHP
16 4 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 3 (0.51%) Kotlin
17 3 (0.51%) R
17 3 (0.51%) Rust
Qualifications
1 79 (13.39%) Security Cleared
2 75 (12.71%) AWS Certification
3 72 (12.20%) Degree
4 47 (7.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (6.95%) Azure Certification
6 36 (6.10%) SC Cleared
7 34 (5.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 26 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (3.90%) DV Cleared
10 22 (3.73%) TOGAF Certification
11 19 (3.22%) AWS Certified Developer
12 8 (1.36%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.36%) SnowPro
13 6 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.51%) DBS Check
15 2 (0.34%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 2 (0.34%) MCP
16 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
16 1 (0.17%) CCNA
16 1 (0.17%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (10.17%) QA
2 27 (4.58%) GDPR
3 18 (3.05%) SLA
4 16 (2.71%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.54%) Data Quality
5 15 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.53%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (1.02%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.85%) NIST
9 4 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.51%) WCAG
11 1 (0.17%) CDISC
11 1 (0.17%) DICOM
11 1 (0.17%) GAAP
11 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.17%) HL7
11 1 (0.17%) IFRS
11 1 (0.17%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.17%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 161 (27.29%) Docker
2 20 (3.39%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.36%) HDFS
4 7 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.85%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.34%) Firmware
6 2 (0.34%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.17%) iptables
7 1 (0.17%) vCloud
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 153 (25.93%) Terraform
2 137 (23.22%) Kubernetes
3 37 (6.27%) Ansible
4 27 (4.58%) Prometheus
5 25 (4.24%) Kibana
6 24 (4.07%) Grafana
7 8 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (1.02%) HP Fortify
9 5 (0.85%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.51%) Docker Swarm
10 3 (0.51%) Kubeflow
10 3 (0.51%) Puppet
11 1 (0.17%) Argo
11 1 (0.17%) Nagios
11 1 (0.17%) Podman
11 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 123 (20.85%) Microsoft
2 38 (6.44%) Splunk
3 27 (4.58%) Databricks
4 25 (4.24%) Dynatrace
4 25 (4.24%) Oracle
5 22 (3.73%) Atlassian
6 17 (2.88%) Google
7 9 (1.53%) Apple
7 9 (1.53%) IBM
7 9 (1.53%) OpenAI
7 9 (1.53%) Palo Alto
7 9 (1.53%) Red Hat
8 8 (1.36%) SAP
9 6 (1.02%) CrowdStrike
9 6 (1.02%) Fortinet
10 5 (0.85%) Aruba
10 5 (0.85%) HP
10 5 (0.85%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.85%) Veeam
11 4 (0.68%) Pega