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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 111 171
Rank change year-on-year -85 +60 -47
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 582 1,237 907
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.11% 2.57% 1.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.16% 7.06% 4.51%
Number of salaries quoted 370 535 707
10th Percentile £51,868 £51,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,813 £60,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,250 £76,000 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% +10.95% -8.67%
75th Percentile £82,500 £101,875 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,250 £120,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £71,000 £75,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.96% +7.86% -6.67%

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 18,411 17,530 20,106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.24% 36.45% 40.49%
Number of salaries quoted 10,229 10,380 16,859
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% -7.69%

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 12 January 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 12 January 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 -58 268 £76,000 -17.84% 130
North of England +66 164 £75,000 +27.66% 108
Yorkshire +55 113 £75,000 +42.18% 47
Midlands 0 55 £60,000 +9.09% 49
North West +24 47 £70,466 +12.75% 48
South East -132 42 £67,500 +10.20% 149
South West -90 38 £62,500 -9.09% 60
West Midlands +7 32 £58,750 +6.82% 24
East Midlands -10 23 £65,000 +13.04% 25
East of England -45 15 £58,800 -5.92% 66
North East +1 4 £68,500 +9.60% 13
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 32 (5.50%) Apache Spark
2 21 (3.61%) Apache
2 21 (3.61%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.58%) Confluence
4 14 (2.41%) OpenStack
5 11 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.55%) WebSphere
7 7 (1.20%) Tomcat
8 6 (1.03%) WebSphere Application Server
9 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.34%) nginx
11 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.17%) CMS
11 1 (0.17%) JBoss
11 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.34%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.17%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 446 (76.63%) AWS
2 297 (51.03%) AWS Lambda
3 240 (41.24%) Azure
4 213 (36.60%) Amazon S3
5 107 (18.38%) AWS CloudFormation
6 97 (16.67%) GitHub
7 92 (15.81%) Amazon ECS
8 91 (15.64%) Azure Functions
9 78 (13.40%) Amazon EKS
10 77 (13.23%) Amazon EC2
11 69 (11.86%) AWS Step Functions
12 67 (11.51%) Amazon SQS
12 67 (11.51%) Azure Logic Apps
13 62 (10.65%) Azure DevOps
14 55 (9.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 54 (9.28%) SaaS
16 48 (8.25%) GCP
16 48 (8.25%) GitHub Actions
16 48 (8.25%) Power Platform
17 39 (6.70%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.72%) AMQP
1 10 (1.72%) Firewall
2 9 (1.55%) Internet
3 8 (1.37%) Broadband
4 7 (1.20%) Network Security
4 7 (1.20%) SSL
4 7 (1.20%) VPN
5 6 (1.03%) Wireless
6 4 (0.69%) WAN
7 3 (0.52%) DNS
7 3 (0.52%) DSL
7 3 (0.52%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.34%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.17%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (17.01%) DynamoDB
2 77 (13.23%) PostgreSQL
3 72 (12.37%) Amazon RDS
4 65 (11.17%) NoSQL
5 47 (8.08%) Amazon Redshift
6 44 (7.56%) Data Warehouse
6 44 (7.56%) SQL Server
7 40 (6.87%) Relational Database
8 22 (3.78%) MongoDB
9 21 (3.61%) Data Lake
10 20 (3.44%) Big Data
10 20 (3.44%) Elasticsearch
10 20 (3.44%) MySQL
11 19 (3.26%) Azure SQL Database
12 17 (2.92%) Power BI
13 16 (2.75%) Amazon Athena
13 16 (2.75%) RDBMS
14 14 (2.41%) Hadoop
15 10 (1.72%) Apache Iceberg
16 9 (1.55%) DB2
Development Applications
1 98 (16.84%) Jenkins
2 86 (14.78%) Git
3 48 (8.25%) GitLab
4 28 (4.81%) Cypress.io
5 22 (3.78%) JIRA
6 18 (3.09%) SonarQube
7 17 (2.92%) JUnit
7 17 (2.92%) Maven
8 16 (2.75%) JMeter
9 13 (2.23%) Mockito
10 11 (1.89%) Bitbucket
11 7 (1.20%) MLflow
12 6 (1.03%) CircleCI
13 5 (0.86%) git-flow
13 5 (0.86%) Vite
14 4 (0.69%) Mocha
14 4 (0.69%) Postman
14 4 (0.69%) Selenium
14 4 (0.69%) webpack
15 3 (0.52%) MSTest
General
1 166 (28.52%) Social Skills
2 82 (14.09%) Finance
3 54 (9.28%) Public Sector
4 44 (7.56%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (5.33%) Tech for Good
6 29 (4.98%) Publishing
7 27 (4.64%) Health Technology
8 19 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (2.58%) Banking
9 15 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.58%) Law
9 15 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (2.06%) Legal
11 9 (1.55%) Advertising
11 9 (1.55%) Financial Institution
11 9 (1.55%) Retail
12 8 (1.37%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.03%) Automotive
13 6 (1.03%) Billing
14 5 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 234 (40.21%) Developer
2 138 (23.71%) Senior
3 88 (15.12%) Architect
4 83 (14.26%) Lead
5 67 (11.51%) Senior Developer
6 61 (10.48%) AWS Developer
7 56 (9.62%) Python Developer
8 51 (8.76%) Full-Stack Developer
9 50 (8.59%) AWS Engineer
10 48 (8.25%) Java Developer
11 43 (7.39%) Data Engineer
12 42 (7.22%) Software Engineer
13 40 (6.87%) Lead Developer
14 38 (6.53%) Software Developer
15 36 (6.19%) React Developer
16 33 (5.67%) .NET Developer
17 29 (4.98%) Cloud Engineer
18 24 (4.12%) Lead Python Developer
18 24 (4.12%) Solutions Architect
19 22 (3.78%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 160 (27.49%) React
2 102 (17.53%) Node.js
3 99 (17.01%) .NET
4 81 (13.92%) Spring Boot
5 80 (13.75%) HTML
6 77 (13.23%) Spring
7 73 (12.54%) RESTful
8 71 (12.20%) REST
9 66 (11.34%) AngularJS
10 62 (10.65%) CSS
11 40 (6.87%) AWS CDK
12 38 (6.53%) .NET Core
13 37 (6.36%) Kafka
14 32 (5.50%) Vue
15 27 (4.64%) Web Services
16 26 (4.47%) Jest
17 25 (4.30%) FastAPI
18 23 (3.95%) Blazor
18 23 (3.95%) RabbitMQ
19 22 (3.78%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 136 (23.37%) Cloud Native
2 53 (9.11%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (6.36%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (4.47%) Product Ownership
5 21 (3.61%) Data Structures
6 14 (2.41%) Mobile App
6 14 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (2.06%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.06%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.89%) Virtual Team
9 9 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.55%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (1.55%) Low-Code
9 9 (1.55%) Public Cloud
10 8 (1.37%) e-Learning
10 8 (1.37%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.20%) IoT
12 6 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (6.36%) Linux
2 15 (2.58%) Unix
2 15 (2.58%) Windows
3 10 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (0.86%) VMS
5 3 (0.52%) CentOS
5 3 (0.52%) Debian
5 3 (0.52%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.17%) Android
6 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (55.84%) CI/CD
2 261 (44.85%) DevOps
3 246 (42.27%) Agile
4 170 (29.21%) Microservices
5 165 (28.35%) Infrastructure as Code
6 162 (27.84%) Mentoring
7 136 (23.37%) Problem-Solving
8 111 (19.07%) Full-Stack Development
9 104 (17.87%) Containerisation
9 104 (17.87%) Software Engineering
10 100 (17.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 90 (15.46%) TDD
12 88 (15.12%) Scrum
13 85 (14.60%) AI
14 77 (13.23%) SDLC
15 69 (11.86%) Data Modelling
15 69 (11.86%) Migration
16 66 (11.34%) Computer Science
16 66 (11.34%) Observability
17 61 (10.48%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 253 (43.47%) Python
2 193 (33.16%) JavaScript
3 162 (27.84%) TypeScript
4 145 (24.91%) Java
5 138 (23.71%) SQL
6 109 (18.73%) C#
7 40 (6.87%) Bash
8 27 (4.64%) PowerShell
9 18 (3.09%) Shell Script
10 16 (2.75%) Groovy
11 15 (2.58%) Go
11 15 (2.58%) Scala
12 11 (1.89%) Bicep
13 6 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (0.69%) C++
14 4 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.69%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.69%) PHP
14 4 (0.69%) R
14 4 (0.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 110 (18.90%) AWS Certification
2 80 (13.75%) Degree
3 69 (11.86%) Security Cleared
4 54 (9.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 46 (7.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 44 (7.56%) Azure Certification
7 39 (6.70%) SC Cleared
8 36 (6.19%) Microsoft Certification
9 31 (5.33%) TOGAF Certification
10 26 (4.47%) AWS Certified Developer
11 21 (3.61%) DV Cleared
12 10 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (1.37%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 7 (1.20%) MCP
15 6 (1.03%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
15 6 (1.03%) Master's Degree
16 5 (0.86%) SnowPro
17 4 (0.69%) OSCP
18 3 (0.52%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 3 (0.52%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (9.97%) QA
2 20 (3.44%) Data Quality
3 18 (3.09%) GDPR
4 14 (2.41%) SLA
5 11 (1.89%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.20%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.86%) WCAG
9 3 (0.52%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.34%) NIST
11 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.17%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.17%) GAAP
11 1 (0.17%) IFRS
11 1 (0.17%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 170 (29.21%) Docker
2 14 (2.41%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.37%) HDFS
3 8 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.17%) iptables
4 1 (0.17%) vCloud
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 158 (27.15%) Terraform
2 122 (20.96%) Kubernetes
3 40 (6.87%) Ansible
4 29 (4.98%) Grafana
5 27 (4.64%) Prometheus
6 21 (3.61%) Kibana
7 17 (2.92%) HP Fortify
8 6 (1.03%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.69%) Puppet
10 3 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
10 3 (0.52%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.17%) Argo
11 1 (0.17%) Nagios
11 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 103 (17.70%) Microsoft
2 23 (3.95%) Databricks
3 17 (2.92%) Dynatrace
3 17 (2.92%) Splunk
4 16 (2.75%) Atlassian
4 16 (2.75%) Google
5 13 (2.23%) Oracle
6 10 (1.72%) Palo Alto
7 9 (1.55%) IBM
7 9 (1.55%) Red Hat
7 9 (1.55%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.20%) OpenAI
9 6 (1.03%) CrowdStrike
9 6 (1.03%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.69%) Pega
10 4 (0.69%) WSO2
10 4 (0.69%) Zscaler
11 3 (0.52%) SaltStack
11 3 (0.52%) SAP
12 2 (0.34%) ServiceNow