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 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 194 196
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 -27
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 839 711 1,254
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.01% 1.82% 1.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.41% 5.30% 4.14%
Number of salaries quoted 565 527 871
10th Percentile £51,550 £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -0.68% +0.69%

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 24,577 13,413 30,272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 29.50% 34.27% 34.15%
Number of salaries quoted 14,422 9,439 24,399
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £44,375 £42,500 £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 £82,500 £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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -45 324 £82,500 -5.71% 188
North of England +86 280 £75,000 +15.38% 59
Yorkshire +32 151 £75,000 +25.00% 18
North West +53 119 £75,000 - 33
Midlands +9 106 £55,000 -4.35% 20
East Midlands +17 69 £55,000 - 8
South East -47 64 £66,250 +10.42% 48
South West -63 46 £62,500 +4.17% 37
West Midlands -36 37 £52,500 -14.29% 12
East of England -32 20 £60,050 -29.35% 7
North East -39 10 £71,065 +13.70% 8
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 28 (3.34%) Apache
2 25 (2.98%) Apache Spark
3 22 (2.62%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (1.67%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.31%) OpenStack
6 8 (0.95%) Confluence
6 8 (0.95%) SAS
7 4 (0.48%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.48%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.48%) JBoss
8 3 (0.36%) CMS
8 3 (0.36%) WordPress
9 2 (0.24%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.24%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.12%) IIS
10 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.12%) nginx
10 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 10 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
2 7 (0.83%) PlantUML
3 6 (0.72%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 603 (71.87%) AWS
2 414 (49.34%) AWS Lambda
3 303 (36.11%) Amazon S3
4 285 (33.97%) Azure
5 198 (23.60%) AWS CloudFormation
6 162 (19.31%) Amazon ECS
7 138 (16.45%) Azure Functions
8 122 (14.54%) AWS Step Functions
9 116 (13.83%) GitHub
10 96 (11.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 96 (11.44%) Amazon EC2
11 93 (11.08%) Amazon SQS
12 84 (10.01%) GitHub Actions
12 84 (10.01%) SaaS
13 79 (9.42%) Azure Logic Apps
14 77 (9.18%) Azure DevOps
15 71 (8.46%) GCP
16 70 (8.34%) Amazon EKS
17 63 (7.51%) Power Platform
18 59 (7.03%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.50%) Firewall
2 15 (1.79%) Network Security
3 13 (1.55%) DSL
4 9 (1.07%) AMQP
5 6 (0.72%) Internet
5 6 (0.72%) MQTT
5 6 (0.72%) VoIP
5 6 (0.72%) VPN
6 5 (0.60%) DNS
7 4 (0.48%) Broadband
7 4 (0.48%) IPv4
7 4 (0.48%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (0.36%) LTE
8 3 (0.36%) WAN
9 2 (0.24%) 4G
9 2 (0.24%) 5G
9 2 (0.24%) DHCP
9 2 (0.24%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.24%) VLAN
9 2 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (21.10%) DynamoDB
2 83 (9.89%) NoSQL
3 80 (9.54%) Amazon RDS
4 68 (8.10%) PostgreSQL
5 67 (7.99%) SQL Server
6 46 (5.48%) Amazon Athena
7 44 (5.24%) Amazon Redshift
8 40 (4.77%) Power BI
9 37 (4.41%) Data Warehouse
9 37 (4.41%) Relational Database
10 25 (2.98%) Azure SQL Database
10 25 (2.98%) MySQL
11 24 (2.86%) Big Data
12 19 (2.26%) Data Lake
13 15 (1.79%) Spark SQL
14 14 (1.67%) MongoDB
15 12 (1.43%) Delta Lake
15 12 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
16 11 (1.31%) Metadata
17 9 (1.07%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 172 (20.50%) Jenkins
2 144 (17.16%) Git
3 107 (12.75%) GitLab
4 46 (5.48%) SonarQube
5 44 (5.24%) Maven
6 40 (4.77%) Cypress.io
7 27 (3.22%) CircleCI
8 25 (2.98%) Snyk
9 21 (2.50%) JIRA
10 13 (1.55%) Crashlytics
10 13 (1.55%) XCTest
11 11 (1.31%) Bitbucket
12 10 (1.19%) Cucumber
13 8 (0.95%) JUnit
14 7 (0.83%) JMeter
14 7 (0.83%) MLflow
14 7 (0.83%) Mockito
15 6 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 5 (0.60%) Gradle
16 5 (0.60%) SpecFlow
General
1 200 (23.84%) Social Skills
2 125 (14.90%) Finance
3 61 (7.27%) Public Sector
4 57 (6.79%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (4.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (3.69%) Banking
7 13 (1.55%) Advertising
7 13 (1.55%) Law
8 11 (1.31%) Health Technology
8 11 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (1.31%) Publishing
9 8 (0.95%) Aerospace
9 8 (0.95%) Legal
10 7 (0.83%) Billing
10 7 (0.83%) Investment Banking
11 6 (0.72%) Retail
11 6 (0.72%) Tech for Good
11 6 (0.72%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.60%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.60%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 293 (34.92%) Developer
2 256 (30.51%) Senior
3 112 (13.35%) Architect
4 104 (12.40%) Lead
5 98 (11.68%) Java Developer
6 94 (11.20%) Senior Developer
7 78 (9.30%) Software Engineer
8 70 (8.34%) Full-Stack Developer
9 64 (7.63%) AWS Engineer
10 59 (7.03%) AWS Developer
11 50 (5.96%) Data Engineer
12 45 (5.36%) Senior Architect
13 43 (5.13%) Cloud Architect
13 43 (5.13%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 41 (4.89%) Security Architect
15 39 (4.65%) Cloud Engineer
15 39 (4.65%) DevOps Engineer
16 38 (4.53%) Software Developer
17 36 (4.29%) Azure Engineer
17 36 (4.29%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (20.74%) React
2 171 (20.38%) Node.js
3 129 (15.38%) .NET
4 117 (13.95%) REST
5 113 (13.47%) Spring Boot
6 107 (12.75%) AngularJS
7 89 (10.61%) Spring
8 75 (8.94%) Kafka
9 72 (8.58%) RESTful
10 55 (6.56%) AWS CDK
11 50 (5.96%) HTML
12 43 (5.13%) .NET Core
13 42 (5.01%) Gherkin
14 40 (4.77%) RabbitMQ
15 39 (4.65%) Jest
16 37 (4.41%) CSS
16 37 (4.41%) PySpark
17 35 (4.17%) JSON
18 30 (3.58%) YAML
19 28 (3.34%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 177 (21.10%) Cloud Native
2 66 (7.87%) Distributed Systems
3 47 (5.60%) Greenfield Project
4 25 (2.98%) Mobile App
5 24 (2.86%) Data Centre
6 22 (2.62%) Product Ownership
7 18 (2.15%) Blockchain
7 18 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
7 18 (2.15%) Web3
8 17 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
9 16 (1.91%) Data Structures
10 15 (1.79%) Public Cloud
11 10 (1.19%) IoT
11 10 (1.19%) Low-Code
12 9 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.07%) Legacy Applications
12 9 (1.07%) Management Information System
12 9 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (0.95%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 53 (6.32%) Linux
2 18 (2.15%) Windows
3 14 (1.67%) VMS
4 13 (1.55%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.72%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.60%) CentOS
7 5 (0.60%) Debian
7 5 (0.60%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 500 (59.59%) CI/CD
2 394 (46.96%) DevOps
3 303 (36.11%) Infrastructure as Code
4 289 (34.45%) Agile
5 196 (23.36%) Microservices
6 193 (23.00%) Mentoring
7 173 (20.62%) Problem-Solving
7 173 (20.62%) Software Engineering
8 160 (19.07%) Full-Stack Development
9 159 (18.95%) Containerisation
10 158 (18.83%) Test Automation
11 136 (16.21%) AI
12 134 (15.97%) Observability
13 130 (15.49%) Continuous Improvement
14 114 (13.59%) Analytics
15 113 (13.47%) Event-Driven
16 89 (10.61%) DevSecOps
17 86 (10.25%) TDD
18 85 (10.13%) SDLC
19 84 (10.01%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 325 (38.74%) Python
2 233 (27.77%) SQL
3 219 (26.10%) TypeScript
4 183 (21.81%) Java
5 170 (20.26%) JavaScript
6 130 (15.49%) C#
7 81 (9.65%) Bash
8 50 (5.96%) Groovy
9 47 (5.60%) Kotlin
10 43 (5.13%) Go
11 35 (4.17%) PowerShell
12 23 (2.74%) Bicep
13 21 (2.50%) Rust
14 16 (1.91%) PHP
15 14 (1.67%) Kusto Query Language
16 13 (1.55%) Swift
17 12 (1.43%) Shell Script
18 7 (0.83%) T-SQL
19 6 (0.72%) C++
20 5 (0.60%) Scala
Qualifications
1 107 (12.75%) Security Cleared
2 98 (11.68%) Degree
3 82 (9.77%) AWS Certification
4 76 (9.06%) SC Cleared
5 56 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 39 (4.65%) Azure Certification
7 38 (4.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (3.34%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 28 (3.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 24 (2.86%) ITIL Certification
10 22 (2.62%) DV Cleared
11 17 (2.03%) OSCP
12 14 (1.67%) AWS Certified Developer
13 13 (1.55%) Master's Degree
14 12 (1.43%) DBS Check
15 11 (1.31%) TOGAF Certification
16 8 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
17 7 (0.83%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
18 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
19 5 (0.60%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.48%) Data Quality
2 38 (4.53%) QA
3 35 (4.17%) GDPR
4 25 (2.98%) GRC
5 15 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.31%) PCI DSS
7 10 (1.19%) SOC 2
8 7 (0.83%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.48%) NIST
9 4 (0.48%) Solvency II
10 3 (0.36%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.24%) PMO
11 2 (0.24%) SLA
11 2 (0.24%) WCAG
12 1 (0.12%) MiFID
12 1 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 252 (30.04%) Docker
2 32 (3.81%) Virtual Machines
3 17 (2.03%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.48%) iptables
4 4 (0.48%) Squid
4 4 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.48%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.48%) vSphere
5 3 (0.36%) Firmware
6 2 (0.24%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 265 (31.59%) Terraform
2 179 (21.33%) Kubernetes
3 86 (10.25%) Ansible
4 58 (6.91%) Prometheus
5 52 (6.20%) Grafana
6 35 (4.17%) HP Fortify
7 20 (2.38%) Kibana
8 15 (1.79%) Puppet
9 12 (1.43%) Packer
10 7 (0.83%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.48%) Podman
11 4 (0.48%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.36%) Scalr
13 2 (0.24%) Argo
13 2 (0.24%) Nagios
14 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 107 (12.75%) Microsoft
2 35 (4.17%) Databricks
3 30 (3.58%) Tenable
4 26 (3.10%) Palo Alto
5 25 (2.98%) CrowdStrike
6 24 (2.86%) Oracle
7 15 (1.79%) Splunk
8 13 (1.55%) Amplitude
8 13 (1.55%) Braze
8 13 (1.55%) Google
9 11 (1.31%) OpenAI
9 11 (1.31%) Red Hat
10 9 (1.07%) AppDynamics
10 9 (1.07%) Dynatrace
11 8 (0.95%) IBM
11 8 (0.95%) Salesforce
12 7 (0.83%) HubSpot
13 5 (0.60%) SaltStack
14 4 (0.48%) NVIDIA
14 4 (0.48%) VMware