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 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 175 194
Rank change year-on-year -26 +19 -28
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 787 747 1,261
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.98% 1.92% 1.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.31% 5.41% 4.26%
Number of salaries quoted 523 580 894
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £87,500 £98,750 £93,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £118,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

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 23,765 13,797 29,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.68% 35.51% 35.26%
Number of salaries quoted 13,564 9,851 24,154
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £61,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +6.96% -11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

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 13 May 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 13 May 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 -55 311 £81,250 -9.72% 125
North of England +87 261 £75,000 +15.38% 70
Yorkshire +28 151 £75,000 +27.66% 24
North West +51 103 £75,000 - 40
Midlands -5 99 £55,000 - 24
East Midlands +32 69 £60,000 +9.09% 11
South East -63 53 £62,500 +4.17% 46
South West -62 43 £62,500 +4.17% 30
West Midlands -46 30 £50,000 -9.09% 13
East of England -24 20 £60,050 -29.35% 8
North East -37 7 £95,000 +52.00% 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 29 (3.68%) Apache
2 25 (3.18%) Apache Spark
3 21 (2.67%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (1.65%) OpenStack
4 13 (1.65%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.02%) SAS
6 6 (0.76%) Confluence
7 4 (0.51%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.51%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.51%) JBoss
8 3 (0.38%) CMS
8 3 (0.38%) WordPress
9 2 (0.25%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.13%) IIS
10 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.13%) nginx
10 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 9 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
2 6 (0.76%) PlantUML
3 5 (0.64%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 570 (72.43%) AWS
2 388 (49.30%) AWS Lambda
3 289 (36.72%) Amazon S3
4 264 (33.55%) Azure
5 186 (23.63%) AWS CloudFormation
6 145 (18.42%) Amazon ECS
7 119 (15.12%) Azure Functions
8 117 (14.87%) AWS Step Functions
9 114 (14.49%) GitHub
10 95 (12.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 92 (11.69%) Amazon SQS
12 84 (10.67%) GitHub Actions
13 82 (10.42%) Amazon EC2
14 74 (9.40%) SaaS
15 73 (9.28%) Azure DevOps
15 73 (9.28%) Azure Logic Apps
16 68 (8.64%) GCP
17 65 (8.26%) Amazon EKS
18 57 (7.24%) Datadog
18 57 (7.24%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.41%) Firewall
2 16 (2.03%) Network Security
3 13 (1.65%) DSL
4 10 (1.27%) AMQP
5 7 (0.89%) VPN
6 5 (0.64%) DNS
6 5 (0.64%) Internet
6 5 (0.64%) WAN
7 4 (0.51%) MQTT
7 4 (0.51%) VoIP
8 3 (0.38%) Broadband
9 2 (0.25%) 4G
9 2 (0.25%) 5G
9 2 (0.25%) DHCP
9 2 (0.25%) LTE
9 2 (0.25%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.25%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.25%) VLAN
9 2 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (21.73%) DynamoDB
2 80 (10.17%) NoSQL
3 77 (9.78%) Amazon RDS
4 69 (8.77%) PostgreSQL
5 60 (7.62%) SQL Server
6 40 (5.08%) Amazon Athena
7 38 (4.83%) Amazon Redshift
7 38 (4.83%) Power BI
8 36 (4.57%) Data Warehouse
9 30 (3.81%) Relational Database
10 27 (3.43%) Azure SQL Database
11 21 (2.67%) Big Data
11 21 (2.67%) MySQL
12 20 (2.54%) Data Lake
13 14 (1.78%) MongoDB
13 14 (1.78%) Spark SQL
14 13 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
15 12 (1.52%) Delta Lake
16 10 (1.27%) Metadata
17 8 (1.02%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 163 (20.71%) Jenkins
2 128 (16.26%) Git
3 109 (13.85%) GitLab
4 52 (6.61%) SonarQube
5 50 (6.35%) Maven
6 46 (5.84%) Cypress.io
7 26 (3.30%) CircleCI
8 24 (3.05%) Snyk
9 17 (2.16%) JIRA
10 13 (1.65%) Crashlytics
10 13 (1.65%) XCTest
11 10 (1.27%) Bitbucket
11 10 (1.27%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.89%) JUnit
12 7 (0.89%) MLflow
13 6 (0.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 5 (0.64%) Gradle
15 4 (0.51%) Artifactory
15 4 (0.51%) Mockito
15 4 (0.51%) SpecFlow
General
1 194 (24.65%) Social Skills
2 112 (14.23%) Finance
3 54 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (6.73%) Public Sector
5 36 (4.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (3.43%) Banking
7 17 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
7 17 (2.16%) Publishing
8 16 (2.03%) Health Technology
9 13 (1.65%) Advertising
9 13 (1.65%) Law
9 13 (1.65%) Tech for Good
10 11 (1.40%) Legal
11 9 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (0.89%) Billing
13 6 (0.76%) Retail
14 5 (0.64%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.64%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.64%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 275 (34.94%) Developer
2 241 (30.62%) Senior
3 112 (14.23%) Architect
4 109 (13.85%) Lead
5 94 (11.94%) Java Developer
6 88 (11.18%) Senior Developer
7 65 (8.26%) AWS Developer
7 65 (8.26%) Software Engineer
8 63 (8.01%) Full-Stack Developer
9 60 (7.62%) AWS Engineer
10 49 (6.23%) Data Engineer
11 48 (6.10%) Senior Architect
12 43 (5.46%) Cloud Architect
13 41 (5.21%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 40 (5.08%) Cloud Engineer
14 40 (5.08%) Security Architect
15 37 (4.70%) Software Developer
16 36 (4.57%) DevOps Engineer
16 36 (4.57%) Lead Developer
17 35 (4.45%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (21.98%) React
2 159 (20.20%) Node.js
3 116 (14.74%) .NET
4 115 (14.61%) Spring Boot
5 104 (13.21%) AngularJS
5 104 (13.21%) REST
6 88 (11.18%) Spring
7 74 (9.40%) RESTful
8 69 (8.77%) Kafka
9 55 (6.99%) AWS CDK
10 48 (6.10%) HTML
11 45 (5.72%) Jest
12 44 (5.59%) .NET Core
13 43 (5.46%) Gherkin
14 41 (5.21%) RabbitMQ
15 36 (4.57%) CSS
16 33 (4.19%) PySpark
17 31 (3.94%) Elastic Stack
17 31 (3.94%) JSON
18 28 (3.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 157 (19.95%) Cloud Native
2 59 (7.50%) Distributed Systems
3 46 (5.84%) Greenfield Project
4 24 (3.05%) Data Centre
4 24 (3.05%) Mobile App
5 21 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (2.41%) Product Ownership
7 17 (2.16%) Blockchain
7 17 (2.16%) Data Structures
7 17 (2.16%) Web3
8 14 (1.78%) Public Cloud
9 11 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.14%) Management Information System
10 9 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
12 7 (0.89%) Low-Code
12 7 (0.89%) Onboarding
13 6 (0.76%) IoT
13 6 (0.76%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 43 (5.46%) Linux
2 16 (2.03%) Windows
3 15 (1.91%) VMS
4 13 (1.65%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.64%) CentOS
6 5 (0.64%) Debian
6 5 (0.64%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.38%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 465 (59.09%) CI/CD
2 370 (47.01%) DevOps
3 284 (36.09%) Agile
4 272 (34.56%) Infrastructure as Code
5 193 (24.52%) Microservices
6 189 (24.02%) Mentoring
7 170 (21.60%) Problem-Solving
8 153 (19.44%) Containerisation
8 153 (19.44%) Software Engineering
9 151 (19.19%) Full-Stack Development
10 140 (17.79%) Test Automation
11 128 (16.26%) Observability
12 126 (16.01%) Continuous Improvement
13 114 (14.49%) AI
14 107 (13.60%) Analytics
15 96 (12.20%) Event-Driven
16 88 (11.18%) TDD
17 86 (10.93%) SDLC
18 81 (10.29%) DevSecOps
19 78 (9.91%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 305 (38.75%) Python
2 219 (27.83%) SQL
3 212 (26.94%) TypeScript
4 181 (23.00%) Java
5 158 (20.08%) JavaScript
6 119 (15.12%) C#
7 76 (9.66%) Bash
8 50 (6.35%) Groovy
9 43 (5.46%) Kotlin
10 41 (5.21%) Go
11 31 (3.94%) PowerShell
12 19 (2.41%) Rust
13 18 (2.29%) Bicep
14 15 (1.91%) Kusto Query Language
15 13 (1.65%) Swift
16 11 (1.40%) PHP
17 8 (1.02%) Shell Script
18 6 (0.76%) C++
19 5 (0.64%) T-SQL
20 4 (0.51%) Perl
Qualifications
1 96 (12.20%) Degree
2 95 (12.07%) Security Cleared
3 86 (10.93%) AWS Certification
4 69 (8.77%) SC Cleared
5 60 (7.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 41 (5.21%) Azure Certification
7 37 (4.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 30 (3.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 28 (3.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 24 (3.05%) ITIL Certification
11 19 (2.41%) AWS Certified Developer
12 16 (2.03%) DV Cleared
13 14 (1.78%) OSCP
13 14 (1.78%) TOGAF Certification
14 13 (1.65%) Master's Degree
15 12 (1.52%) DBS Check
16 7 (0.89%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
17 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Certified Professional
18 5 (0.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 5 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (5.46%) Data Quality
2 42 (5.34%) QA
3 35 (4.45%) GDPR
4 24 (3.05%) GRC
5 16 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.52%) SOC 2
7 11 (1.40%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.89%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.51%) NIST
9 4 (0.51%) Solvency II
10 3 (0.38%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.25%) SLA
11 2 (0.25%) WCAG
12 1 (0.13%) MiFID
12 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 247 (31.39%) Docker
2 33 (4.19%) Virtual Machines
3 13 (1.65%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.51%) iptables
5 3 (0.38%) Firmware
6 2 (0.25%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.13%) Squid
7 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 234 (29.73%) Terraform
2 176 (22.36%) Kubernetes
3 80 (10.17%) Ansible
4 53 (6.73%) Prometheus
5 48 (6.10%) Grafana
6 41 (5.21%) HP Fortify
7 18 (2.29%) Kibana
8 14 (1.78%) Puppet
9 8 (1.02%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.89%) Packer
11 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.38%) Nagios
11 3 (0.38%) Podman
11 3 (0.38%) Scalr
12 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 93 (11.82%) Microsoft
2 36 (4.57%) Databricks
3 29 (3.68%) Tenable
4 27 (3.43%) Palo Alto
5 24 (3.05%) CrowdStrike
6 19 (2.41%) Oracle
7 13 (1.65%) Amplitude
7 13 (1.65%) Braze
8 11 (1.40%) Google
9 9 (1.14%) AppDynamics
9 9 (1.14%) OpenAI
10 8 (1.02%) IBM
10 8 (1.02%) Red Hat
10 8 (1.02%) Splunk
11 7 (0.89%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.76%) HubSpot
13 5 (0.64%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.64%) SaltStack
14 3 (0.38%) NVIDIA
14 3 (0.38%) Zscaler