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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 209 213
Rank change year-on-year +14 +4 -49
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 907 718 1,184
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.04% 1.66% 1.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.78% 5.00% 4.05%
Number of salaries quoted 579 515 806
10th Percentile £52,500 £45,650 £46,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £115,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -0.69% +3.57%

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 24,020 14,359 29,205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.42% 33.13% 33.00%
Number of salaries quoted 16,016 10,262 22,984
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £30,080
25th Percentile £43,847 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.00%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -34 374 £85,000 +9.68% 112
North of England +93 276 £75,000 +15.38% 97
North West +56 127 £70,000 +7.69% 47
Yorkshire +40 125 £80,000 +33.33% 32
Midlands +5 91 £57,500 - 50
South East -33 75 £65,000 +8.33% 75
South West -55 66 £62,500 +4.17% 52
East Midlands +32 62 £55,000 - 29
West Midlands -48 29 £62,500 +6.38% 21
North East -36 24 £75,000 +15.38% 18
East of England -43 17 £59,725 -6.31% 30
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 (3.86%) Apache Spark
2 31 (3.42%) Apache
3 17 (1.87%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (1.76%) Confluence
5 14 (1.54%) SharePoint
6 12 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (1.21%) SAS
8 5 (0.55%) Apache Pig
9 4 (0.44%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.44%) JBoss
9 4 (0.44%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.33%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.33%) CMS
10 3 (0.33%) WordPress
11 2 (0.22%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.22%) nginx
12 1 (0.11%) IIS
12 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Fuse
12 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (1.10%) Chatbot
2 7 (0.77%) PlantUML
3 5 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.11%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 653 (72.00%) AWS
2 422 (46.53%) AWS Lambda
3 318 (35.06%) Azure
4 289 (31.86%) Amazon S3
5 218 (24.04%) AWS CloudFormation
6 186 (20.51%) Amazon ECS
7 161 (17.75%) Azure Functions
8 124 (13.67%) GitHub
9 108 (11.91%) Amazon EC2
9 108 (11.91%) AWS Step Functions
10 96 (10.58%) Azure DevOps
11 89 (9.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 89 (9.81%) SaaS
12 85 (9.37%) GCP
13 84 (9.26%) Amazon EKS
13 84 (9.26%) Amazon SQS
14 80 (8.82%) Azure Logic Apps
15 78 (8.60%) Power Platform
16 71 (7.83%) GitHub Actions
17 69 (7.61%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.20%) Network Security
2 24 (2.65%) VPN
3 21 (2.32%) Firewall
4 19 (2.09%) Internet
5 12 (1.32%) DNS
6 9 (0.99%) AMQP
6 9 (0.99%) DSL
7 8 (0.88%) MQTT
8 7 (0.77%) VoIP
9 6 (0.66%) BGP
9 6 (0.66%) IPsec
10 5 (0.55%) Broadband
11 4 (0.44%) IPv4
11 4 (0.44%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (0.33%) DHCP
12 3 (0.33%) LTE
12 3 (0.33%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.33%) VLAN
13 2 (0.22%) 4G
13 2 (0.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (19.18%) DynamoDB
2 105 (11.58%) NoSQL
3 84 (9.26%) Amazon RDS
4 66 (7.28%) SQL Server
5 61 (6.73%) PostgreSQL
6 51 (5.62%) Amazon Athena
7 41 (4.52%) Azure SQL Database
7 41 (4.52%) Power BI
8 37 (4.08%) Amazon Redshift
9 36 (3.97%) Big Data
9 36 (3.97%) Relational Database
10 32 (3.53%) Data Warehouse
11 28 (3.09%) MySQL
12 22 (2.43%) Elasticsearch
13 21 (2.32%) Data Lake
14 18 (1.98%) Hadoop
15 17 (1.87%) MongoDB
16 15 (1.65%) Spark SQL
17 12 (1.32%) Delta Lake
18 11 (1.21%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 157 (17.31%) Git
2 150 (16.54%) Jenkins
3 96 (10.58%) GitLab
4 40 (4.41%) SonarQube
5 36 (3.97%) Maven
6 32 (3.53%) Cypress.io
7 28 (3.09%) JIRA
8 25 (2.76%) Snyk
9 24 (2.65%) CircleCI
10 15 (1.65%) Bitbucket
10 15 (1.65%) Crashlytics
11 14 (1.54%) XCTest
12 11 (1.21%) Cucumber
12 11 (1.21%) TeamCity
13 9 (0.99%) Claude Code
14 8 (0.88%) JUnit
14 8 (0.88%) Selenium
15 7 (0.77%) JMeter
15 7 (0.77%) Mockito
15 7 (0.77%) Postman
General
1 224 (24.70%) Social Skills
2 153 (16.87%) Finance
3 71 (7.83%) Public Sector
4 53 (5.84%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (4.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 29 (3.20%) Banking
7 26 (2.87%) Law
8 17 (1.87%) Marketing
9 16 (1.76%) Military
10 12 (1.32%) Telecoms
11 11 (1.21%) Health Technology
12 10 (1.10%) Advertising
12 10 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (1.10%) Legal
13 9 (0.99%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.88%) Billing
15 6 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.66%) Public Speaking
16 5 (0.55%) Investment Banking
16 5 (0.55%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 305 (33.63%) Senior
2 265 (29.22%) Developer
3 115 (12.68%) Lead
4 108 (11.91%) Architect
5 95 (10.47%) Senior Developer
6 91 (10.03%) Java Developer
7 87 (9.59%) Software Engineer
8 76 (8.38%) Full-Stack Developer
9 65 (7.17%) AWS Engineer
10 55 (6.06%) Data Engineer
10 55 (6.06%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 48 (5.29%) DevOps Engineer
12 47 (5.18%) AWS Developer
12 47 (5.18%) Solutions Architect
13 46 (5.07%) Cloud Engineer
14 45 (4.96%) Cloud Architect
15 44 (4.85%) Senior Architect
16 42 (4.63%) Consultant
17 38 (4.19%) Platform Engineer
18 37 (4.08%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (19.96%) Node.js
2 163 (17.97%) React
3 136 (14.99%) .NET
4 112 (12.35%) REST
5 110 (12.13%) Spring Boot
6 109 (12.02%) AngularJS
7 90 (9.92%) Spring
8 83 (9.15%) Kafka
9 70 (7.72%) RESTful
10 56 (6.17%) AWS CDK
11 39 (4.30%) HTML
12 37 (4.08%) RabbitMQ
13 36 (3.97%) Gherkin
13 36 (3.97%) PySpark
14 35 (3.86%) Jest
15 32 (3.53%) JSON
16 31 (3.42%) .NET Core
17 30 (3.31%) CSS
18 29 (3.20%) Next.js
18 29 (3.20%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 222 (24.48%) Cloud Native
2 77 (8.49%) Distributed Systems
3 64 (7.06%) Onboarding
4 52 (5.73%) Greenfield Project
5 42 (4.63%) Product Ownership
6 36 (3.97%) Enterprise Cloud
7 31 (3.42%) Data Centre
8 26 (2.87%) AI Agents
9 25 (2.76%) Mobile App
10 21 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
11 20 (2.21%) Public Cloud
12 17 (1.87%) Data Structures
13 14 (1.54%) Blockchain
13 14 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
13 14 (1.54%) IoT
13 14 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
13 14 (1.54%) Web3
14 13 (1.43%) Low-Code
15 12 (1.32%) Podcast
15 12 (1.32%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 69 (7.61%) Linux
2 32 (3.53%) Windows
3 24 (2.65%) VMS
4 14 (1.54%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.66%) CentOS
6 6 (0.66%) Debian
6 6 (0.66%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.66%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 523 (57.66%) CI/CD
2 423 (46.64%) DevOps
3 337 (37.16%) Infrastructure as Code
4 325 (35.83%) Agile
5 240 (26.46%) Mentoring
6 218 (24.04%) AI
7 210 (23.15%) Microservices
8 191 (21.06%) Software Engineering
9 176 (19.40%) Problem-Solving
10 174 (19.18%) Full-Stack Development
11 169 (18.63%) Containerisation
11 169 (18.63%) Test Automation
12 150 (16.54%) Observability
13 147 (16.21%) Analytics
14 138 (15.21%) Event-Driven
15 136 (14.99%) Continuous Improvement
16 114 (12.57%) Cloud Security
17 92 (10.14%) Computer Science
18 90 (9.92%) DevSecOps
19 88 (9.70%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 364 (40.13%) Python
2 251 (27.67%) SQL
3 207 (22.82%) Java
3 207 (22.82%) TypeScript
4 158 (17.42%) JavaScript
5 146 (16.10%) C#
6 102 (11.25%) Bash
7 49 (5.40%) PowerShell
8 48 (5.29%) Kotlin
9 45 (4.96%) Go
10 44 (4.85%) Groovy
11 40 (4.41%) Bicep
12 35 (3.86%) PHP
13 24 (2.65%) Kusto Query Language
14 22 (2.43%) Ruby
15 19 (2.09%) Rust
16 18 (1.98%) Perl
17 14 (1.54%) Swift
18 10 (1.10%) Shell Script
19 8 (0.88%) Scala
Qualifications
1 146 (16.10%) Security Cleared
2 109 (12.02%) Degree
3 93 (10.25%) SC Cleared
4 88 (9.70%) AWS Certification
5 42 (4.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 41 (4.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 39 (4.30%) DV Cleared
8 36 (3.97%) Azure Certification
9 34 (3.75%) Microsoft Certification
10 26 (2.87%) Master's Degree
11 25 (2.76%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 22 (2.43%) ITIL Certification
13 13 (1.43%) OSCP
14 10 (1.10%) AWS Certified Developer
15 9 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
16 8 (0.88%) DBS Check
16 8 (0.88%) PhD
17 7 (0.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 5 (0.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 5 (0.55%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (5.51%) GDPR
2 44 (4.85%) Data Quality
3 43 (4.74%) QA
4 25 (2.76%) GRC
5 17 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.32%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.32%) PCI DSS
7 9 (0.99%) SOC 2
8 6 (0.66%) NIST
9 5 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.44%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.44%) Solvency II
11 3 (0.33%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.22%) PMO
12 2 (0.22%) SLA
13 1 (0.11%) MiFID
System Software
1 257 (28.34%) Docker
2 36 (3.97%) Virtual Machines
3 32 (3.53%) Active Directory
4 19 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (1.76%) vSphere
6 12 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.44%) Squid
7 4 (0.44%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.33%) Firmware
8 3 (0.33%) iptables
9 2 (0.22%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 325 (35.83%) Terraform
2 205 (22.60%) Kubernetes
3 103 (11.36%) Ansible
4 52 (5.73%) Prometheus
5 45 (4.96%) Grafana
6 27 (2.98%) HP Fortify
7 22 (2.43%) Puppet
8 20 (2.21%) Packer
9 15 (1.65%) Kibana
10 13 (1.43%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.66%) Hadoop YARN
12 5 (0.55%) Argo
13 4 (0.44%) Podman
13 4 (0.44%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.33%) Scalr
15 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
15 2 (0.22%) Nagios
16 1 (0.11%) logstash
16 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 138 (15.21%) Microsoft
2 32 (3.53%) Databricks
3 31 (3.42%) Oracle
4 30 (3.31%) Tenable
5 25 (2.76%) CrowdStrike
5 25 (2.76%) Palo Alto
6 22 (2.43%) OpenAI
7 21 (2.32%) Splunk
8 19 (2.09%) VMware
9 18 (1.98%) IBM
10 17 (1.87%) Google
11 14 (1.54%) Amplitude
11 14 (1.54%) Braze
11 14 (1.54%) SAP
12 12 (1.32%) Dynatrace
12 12 (1.32%) HP
12 12 (1.32%) Red Hat
12 12 (1.32%) ScienceLogic
13 9 (0.99%) AppDynamics
14 8 (0.88%) Salesforce