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 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 102 186
Rank change year-on-year -99 +84 -44
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 634 1,276 1,073
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.07% 2.89% 1.61%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.16% 7.71% 4.19%
Number of salaries quoted 413 570 870
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £76,000 £71,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.61% +6.29% -4.67%
75th Percentile £83,750 £102,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,125 £110,000
UK median annual salary £71,000 £75,750 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.27% +8.21% -3.45%

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 20,092 16,542 25,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.78% 37.48% 38.44%
Number of salaries quoted 11,152 9,937 21,715
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £31,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 17 February 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 17 February 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 -83 278 £80,750 -15.00% 149
North of England +51 194 £72,500 +18.37% 92
Yorkshire +36 134 £75,000 +36.36% 40
Midlands +3 67 £60,000 +9.09% 23
North West +7 55 £75,000 +20.00% 49
South West -103 41 £62,500 +4.17% 38
South East -143 39 £67,500 +12.50% 53
East Midlands +6 38 £60,000 +2.13% 6
West Midlands -2 29 £55,625 +1.14% 17
East of England -47 14 £62,500 -3.85% 7
North East -11 5 £66,750 +6.80% 3
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 (5.52%) Apache Spark
2 27 (4.26%) Apache
3 17 (2.68%) SharePoint
4 15 (2.37%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (2.21%) OpenStack
6 8 (1.26%) Confluence
7 5 (0.79%) Tomcat
7 5 (0.79%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.63%) WebSphere Application Server
9 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.32%) nginx
10 2 (0.32%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.16%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.16%) CMS
11 1 (0.16%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.16%) JBoss
11 1 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.32%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.16%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 493 (77.76%) AWS
2 333 (52.52%) AWS Lambda
3 248 (39.12%) Amazon S3
4 246 (38.80%) Azure
5 142 (22.40%) AWS CloudFormation
6 110 (17.35%) GitHub
7 106 (16.72%) Amazon ECS
8 101 (15.93%) Azure Functions
9 89 (14.04%) AWS Step Functions
10 78 (12.30%) Amazon SQS
11 77 (12.15%) Amazon EKS
11 77 (12.15%) Azure Logic Apps
12 74 (11.67%) Amazon EC2
13 67 (10.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 64 (10.09%) Azure DevOps
15 63 (9.94%) GCP
16 60 (9.46%) GitHub Actions
17 58 (9.15%) SaaS
18 51 (8.04%) Power Platform
19 36 (5.68%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.74%) AMQP
2 10 (1.58%) Firewall
2 10 (1.58%) Network Security
3 9 (1.42%) DSL
4 6 (0.95%) VPN
5 5 (0.79%) Broadband
5 5 (0.79%) Internet
5 5 (0.79%) SSL
6 4 (0.63%) WAN
7 1 (0.16%) 4G
7 1 (0.16%) 5G
7 1 (0.16%) DNS
7 1 (0.16%) VSAN
7 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (17.98%) DynamoDB
2 79 (12.46%) NoSQL
3 73 (11.51%) PostgreSQL
4 72 (11.36%) Amazon RDS
5 49 (7.73%) Amazon Redshift
6 46 (7.26%) SQL Server
7 44 (6.94%) Data Warehouse
8 34 (5.36%) Relational Database
9 26 (4.10%) Power BI
10 22 (3.47%) Amazon Athena
10 22 (3.47%) Azure SQL Database
10 22 (3.47%) Big Data
10 22 (3.47%) MySQL
11 20 (3.15%) Data Lake
11 20 (3.15%) MongoDB
12 15 (2.37%) Hadoop
13 14 (2.21%) RDBMS
14 11 (1.74%) Apache Iceberg
15 8 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
15 8 (1.26%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 117 (18.45%) Jenkins
2 91 (14.35%) Git
3 72 (11.36%) GitLab
4 36 (5.68%) Cypress.io
5 29 (4.57%) Maven
6 28 (4.42%) SonarQube
7 18 (2.84%) JIRA
8 15 (2.37%) CircleCI
9 13 (2.05%) JUnit
10 12 (1.89%) Bitbucket
11 10 (1.58%) JMeter
12 9 (1.42%) Mockito
13 7 (1.10%) MLflow
14 5 (0.79%) git-flow
14 5 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 4 (0.63%) Mocha
15 4 (0.63%) Vite
15 4 (0.63%) webpack
16 3 (0.47%) ESLint
17 2 (0.32%) Postman
General
1 177 (27.92%) Social Skills
2 89 (14.04%) Finance
3 52 (8.20%) Public Sector
4 50 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
5 20 (3.15%) Publishing
6 19 (3.00%) Tech for Good
7 18 (2.84%) Banking
8 17 (2.68%) Law
9 16 (2.52%) Health Technology
10 15 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (1.89%) Advertising
13 11 (1.74%) Legal
14 8 (1.26%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.10%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.95%) Retail
17 4 (0.63%) Aerospace
17 4 (0.63%) Billing
17 4 (0.63%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 249 (39.27%) Developer
2 149 (23.50%) Senior
3 95 (14.98%) Architect
4 81 (12.78%) Lead
5 70 (11.04%) Senior Developer
6 61 (9.62%) Full-Stack Developer
7 60 (9.46%) AWS Developer
7 60 (9.46%) Java Developer
8 59 (9.31%) AWS Engineer
9 53 (8.36%) Software Engineer
10 47 (7.41%) Python Developer
11 42 (6.62%) Data Engineer
12 40 (6.31%) Lead Developer
13 36 (5.68%) Cloud Engineer
14 35 (5.52%) Software Developer
15 32 (5.05%) .NET Developer
15 32 (5.05%) React Developer
16 29 (4.57%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 26 (4.10%) Solutions Architect
18 25 (3.94%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (27.29%) React
2 126 (19.87%) Node.js
3 103 (16.25%) .NET
4 94 (14.83%) Spring Boot
5 81 (12.78%) Spring
6 77 (12.15%) HTML
7 76 (11.99%) AngularJS
8 71 (11.20%) REST
9 68 (10.73%) RESTful
10 63 (9.94%) CSS
11 50 (7.89%) AWS CDK
12 49 (7.73%) Kafka
13 46 (7.26%) .NET Core
14 35 (5.52%) Jest
15 30 (4.73%) RabbitMQ
16 27 (4.26%) Gherkin
17 26 (4.10%) Vue
18 25 (3.94%) FastAPI
18 25 (3.94%) Web Services
19 23 (3.63%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 150 (23.66%) Cloud Native
2 52 (8.20%) Distributed Systems
3 41 (6.47%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (3.94%) Data Structures
5 21 (3.31%) Product Ownership
6 20 (3.15%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (2.37%) Mobile App
8 13 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.89%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.58%) Management Information System
10 10 (1.58%) Public Cloud
10 10 (1.58%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.42%) Blockchain
11 9 (1.42%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.42%) Web3
12 7 (1.10%) e-Learning
12 7 (1.10%) Security Posture
13 6 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (0.95%) Legacy Applications
14 5 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 33 (5.21%) Linux
2 16 (2.52%) Windows
3 11 (1.74%) Unix
3 11 (1.74%) VMS
4 10 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.79%) CentOS
5 5 (0.79%) Debian
5 5 (0.79%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.16%) Android
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (58.68%) CI/CD
2 303 (47.79%) DevOps
3 250 (39.43%) Agile
4 204 (32.18%) Infrastructure as Code
5 189 (29.81%) Microservices
6 171 (26.97%) Mentoring
7 153 (24.13%) Problem-Solving
8 140 (22.08%) Full-Stack Development
9 128 (20.19%) Software Engineering
10 121 (19.09%) Containerisation
11 105 (16.56%) Continuous Improvement
12 83 (13.09%) AI
12 83 (13.09%) Observability
13 77 (12.15%) Data Modelling
14 76 (11.99%) Analytics
15 74 (11.67%) SDLC
16 70 (11.04%) Computer Science
16 70 (11.04%) Scrum
16 70 (11.04%) TDD
17 67 (10.57%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 262 (41.32%) Python
2 197 (31.07%) JavaScript
3 175 (27.60%) TypeScript
4 164 (25.87%) SQL
5 163 (25.71%) Java
6 112 (17.67%) C#
7 53 (8.36%) Bash
8 28 (4.42%) PowerShell
9 26 (4.10%) Groovy
10 25 (3.94%) Go
11 12 (1.89%) Kotlin
11 12 (1.89%) Scala
12 11 (1.74%) Kusto Query Language
12 11 (1.74%) Shell Script
13 10 (1.58%) Rust
14 9 (1.42%) Bicep
15 6 (0.95%) PHP
15 6 (0.95%) R
16 5 (0.79%) C++
17 4 (0.63%) C
Qualifications
1 115 (18.14%) AWS Certification
2 88 (13.88%) Degree
3 73 (11.51%) Security Cleared
4 59 (9.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 46 (7.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 45 (7.10%) Azure Certification
7 43 (6.78%) SC Cleared
8 35 (5.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 30 (4.73%) TOGAF Certification
10 25 (3.94%) AWS Certified Developer
11 17 (2.68%) ITIL Certification
12 16 (2.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 16 (2.52%) DV Cleared
13 10 (1.58%) OSCP
14 8 (1.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 7 (1.10%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
16 6 (0.95%) Master's Degree
17 5 (0.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 5 (0.79%) DBS Check
18 3 (0.47%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (6.94%) QA
2 26 (4.10%) Data Quality
3 24 (3.79%) GDPR
4 11 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (1.74%) SLA
4 11 (1.74%) SOC 2
5 10 (1.58%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.10%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.47%) WCAG
8 2 (0.32%) NIST
9 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.16%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.16%) GAAP
9 1 (0.16%) MiFID
9 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 200 (31.55%) Docker
2 17 (2.68%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.10%) HDFS
5 3 (0.47%) iptables
6 1 (0.16%) vCloud
6 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 182 (28.71%) Terraform
2 145 (22.87%) Kubernetes
3 51 (8.04%) Ansible
4 34 (5.36%) Prometheus
5 33 (5.21%) Grafana
6 27 (4.26%) HP Fortify
7 20 (3.15%) Kibana
8 9 (1.42%) Puppet
9 6 (0.95%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.47%) Kubeflow
10 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.32%) Nagios
11 2 (0.32%) Packer
12 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 99 (15.62%) Microsoft
2 23 (3.63%) Databricks
3 16 (2.52%) Google
4 13 (2.05%) Oracle
4 13 (2.05%) Splunk
5 11 (1.74%) Dynatrace
6 10 (1.58%) Palo Alto
7 9 (1.42%) Atlassian
7 9 (1.42%) Red Hat
7 9 (1.42%) Salesforce
8 6 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (0.95%) Fortinet
9 5 (0.79%) IBM
9 5 (0.79%) OpenAI
9 5 (0.79%) SaltStack
10 4 (0.63%) Pega
10 4 (0.63%) WSO2
10 4 (0.63%) Zscaler
11 2 (0.32%) Amplitude
11 2 (0.32%) ServiceNow