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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 199 212
Rank change year-on-year -3 +13 -43
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 846 706 1,251
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.01% 1.78% 1.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.73% 5.20% 3.99%
Number of salaries quoted 571 513 859
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,100 £46,250
25th Percentile £59,375 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £93,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +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 22,705 13,588 31,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.18% 34.17% 32.85%
Number of salaries quoted 15,079 9,628 24,935
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,625 £30,262
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £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% -9.75%

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 19 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 19 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 -54 326 £82,500 -2.94% 111
North of England +88 268 £75,000 +15.38% 50
Yorkshire +33 131 £80,000 +33.33% 16
North West +59 120 £75,000 +15.38% 27
Midlands +25 105 £55,000 - 16
East Midlands +35 72 £55,000 +2.33% 6
South East -45 67 £67,500 +12.50% 42
South West -48 58 £62,500 +4.17% 26
West Midlands -29 33 £52,500 -6.67% 10
East of England -34 21 £60,000 -27.27% 5
North East -29 17 £75,000 +20.00% 7
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 (3.31%) Apache
2 26 (3.07%) Apache Spark
3 21 (2.48%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (1.54%) SharePoint
5 12 (1.42%) Confluence
6 9 (1.06%) SAS
7 7 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.71%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.47%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.47%) JBoss
10 3 (0.35%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.35%) CMS
10 3 (0.35%) WordPress
11 2 (0.24%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.24%) nginx
11 2 (0.24%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.12%) IIS
12 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 10 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
2 7 (0.83%) PlantUML
3 6 (0.71%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 604 (71.39%) AWS
2 411 (48.58%) AWS Lambda
3 294 (34.75%) Amazon S3
3 294 (34.75%) Azure
4 190 (22.46%) AWS CloudFormation
5 166 (19.62%) Amazon ECS
6 150 (17.73%) Azure Functions
7 118 (13.95%) GitHub
8 114 (13.48%) AWS Step Functions
9 100 (11.82%) Amazon EC2
10 97 (11.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 87 (10.28%) Azure DevOps
12 82 (9.69%) Amazon SQS
13 81 (9.57%) SaaS
14 79 (9.34%) Azure Logic Apps
15 74 (8.75%) GCP
15 74 (8.75%) GitHub Actions
16 72 (8.51%) Amazon EKS
17 67 (7.92%) Power Platform
18 58 (6.86%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.48%) Firewall
2 17 (2.01%) Network Security
3 14 (1.65%) VPN
4 12 (1.42%) DSL
5 9 (1.06%) AMQP
5 9 (1.06%) Internet
6 7 (0.83%) DNS
6 7 (0.83%) VoIP
7 6 (0.71%) MQTT
8 5 (0.59%) Broadband
9 4 (0.47%) IPv4
9 4 (0.47%) Software-Defined Networking
10 3 (0.35%) DHCP
10 3 (0.35%) LTE
10 3 (0.35%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.35%) VLAN
11 2 (0.24%) 4G
11 2 (0.24%) 5G
11 2 (0.24%) WAN
11 2 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (20.45%) DynamoDB
2 85 (10.05%) NoSQL
3 79 (9.34%) Amazon RDS
4 64 (7.57%) SQL Server
5 62 (7.33%) PostgreSQL
6 50 (5.91%) Amazon Athena
7 44 (5.20%) Amazon Redshift
8 40 (4.73%) Power BI
9 37 (4.37%) Data Warehouse
10 33 (3.90%) Azure SQL Database
10 33 (3.90%) Relational Database
11 28 (3.31%) MySQL
12 26 (3.07%) Big Data
13 18 (2.13%) Data Lake
14 16 (1.89%) MongoDB
15 15 (1.77%) Spark SQL
16 13 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
17 11 (1.30%) Delta Lake
18 10 (1.18%) Metadata
19 9 (1.06%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 157 (18.56%) Jenkins
2 148 (17.49%) Git
3 97 (11.47%) GitLab
4 38 (4.49%) SonarQube
5 36 (4.26%) Maven
6 32 (3.78%) Cypress.io
7 26 (3.07%) CircleCI
8 25 (2.96%) JIRA
8 25 (2.96%) Snyk
9 14 (1.65%) Crashlytics
9 14 (1.65%) XCTest
10 13 (1.54%) Bitbucket
11 11 (1.30%) TeamCity
12 10 (1.18%) Cucumber
13 8 (0.95%) JUnit
13 8 (0.95%) MLflow
14 7 (0.83%) JMeter
14 7 (0.83%) Mockito
14 7 (0.83%) Selenium
15 6 (0.71%) Postman
General
1 207 (24.47%) Social Skills
2 131 (15.48%) Finance
3 60 (7.09%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (6.86%) Public Sector
5 41 (4.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (3.66%) Banking
7 20 (2.36%) Law
8 12 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (1.30%) Advertising
10 9 (1.06%) Health Technology
10 9 (1.06%) Publishing
10 9 (1.06%) Telecoms
11 8 (0.95%) Aerospace
11 8 (0.95%) Billing
11 8 (0.95%) Legal
12 7 (0.83%) Marketing
13 6 (0.71%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.59%) Military
14 5 (0.59%) Retail
15 4 (0.47%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 275 (32.51%) Developer
2 270 (31.91%) Senior
3 109 (12.88%) Architect
4 107 (12.65%) Lead
5 97 (11.47%) Senior Developer
6 95 (11.23%) Java Developer
7 79 (9.34%) Software Engineer
8 74 (8.75%) Full-Stack Developer
9 67 (7.92%) AWS Engineer
10 51 (6.03%) AWS Developer
10 51 (6.03%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 50 (5.91%) Data Engineer
12 45 (5.32%) Cloud Architect
13 43 (5.08%) Cloud Engineer
13 43 (5.08%) Senior Architect
14 42 (4.96%) DevOps Engineer
15 40 (4.73%) Security Architect
16 39 (4.61%) Platform Engineer
16 39 (4.61%) Solutions Architect
17 38 (4.49%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (20.33%) Node.js
2 168 (19.86%) React
3 126 (14.89%) .NET
4 107 (12.65%) REST
5 106 (12.53%) AngularJS
5 106 (12.53%) Spring Boot
6 85 (10.05%) Spring
7 73 (8.63%) Kafka
8 63 (7.45%) RESTful
9 49 (5.79%) AWS CDK
9 49 (5.79%) HTML
10 38 (4.49%) RabbitMQ
11 36 (4.26%) CSS
11 36 (4.26%) Gherkin
12 35 (4.14%) .NET Core
12 35 (4.14%) PySpark
13 33 (3.90%) Jest
14 32 (3.78%) JSON
15 29 (3.43%) YAML
16 25 (2.96%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 193 (22.81%) Cloud Native
2 68 (8.04%) Distributed Systems
3 50 (5.91%) Greenfield Project
4 26 (3.07%) Data Centre
4 26 (3.07%) Product Ownership
5 25 (2.96%) Mobile App
6 17 (2.01%) Blockchain
6 17 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (2.01%) Public Cloud
6 17 (2.01%) Web3
7 16 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (1.89%) Onboarding
8 15 (1.77%) Data Structures
9 13 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
9 13 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.42%) IoT
10 12 (1.42%) Low-Code
11 11 (1.30%) AI Agents
12 10 (1.18%) Legacy Applications
13 9 (1.06%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 58 (6.86%) Linux
2 27 (3.19%) Windows
3 19 (2.25%) VMS
4 14 (1.65%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.71%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.59%) CentOS
7 5 (0.59%) Debian
7 5 (0.59%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 506 (59.81%) CI/CD
2 396 (46.81%) DevOps
3 311 (36.76%) Infrastructure as Code
4 291 (34.40%) Agile
5 200 (23.64%) Mentoring
6 195 (23.05%) Microservices
7 177 (20.92%) Software Engineering
8 176 (20.80%) Problem-Solving
9 171 (20.21%) Full-Stack Development
10 163 (19.27%) Test Automation
11 158 (18.68%) Containerisation
12 154 (18.20%) AI
13 147 (17.38%) Observability
14 125 (14.78%) Analytics
15 124 (14.66%) Continuous Improvement
16 121 (14.30%) Event-Driven
17 99 (11.70%) Cloud Security
18 92 (10.87%) DevSecOps
19 83 (9.81%) Event-Driven Architecture
19 83 (9.81%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 335 (39.60%) Python
2 242 (28.61%) SQL
3 210 (24.82%) TypeScript
4 182 (21.51%) Java
5 161 (19.03%) JavaScript
6 132 (15.60%) C#
7 85 (10.05%) Bash
8 51 (6.03%) Kotlin
9 45 (5.32%) Go
10 44 (5.20%) Groovy
10 44 (5.20%) PowerShell
11 34 (4.02%) Bicep
12 20 (2.36%) Rust
13 19 (2.25%) Kusto Query Language
14 18 (2.13%) PHP
15 14 (1.65%) Swift
16 11 (1.30%) Shell Script
17 8 (0.95%) T-SQL
18 7 (0.83%) Scala
19 6 (0.71%) C++
Qualifications
1 110 (13.00%) Security Cleared
2 98 (11.58%) Degree
3 76 (8.98%) SC Cleared
4 70 (8.27%) AWS Certification
5 51 (6.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (4.37%) Azure Certification
7 36 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
8 25 (2.96%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 25 (2.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 25 (2.96%) DV Cleared
9 22 (2.60%) ITIL Certification
10 19 (2.25%) Master's Degree
11 16 (1.89%) OSCP
12 12 (1.42%) DBS Check
13 9 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 7 (0.83%) AWS Certified Developer
14 7 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (0.71%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
16 5 (0.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (5.32%) Data Quality
2 40 (4.73%) GDPR
3 36 (4.26%) QA
4 25 (2.96%) GRC
5 16 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.42%) PCI DSS
7 10 (1.18%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.06%) SOC 2
9 6 (0.71%) NIST
10 5 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.47%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.35%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.24%) PMO
13 2 (0.24%) SLA
14 1 (0.12%) MiFID
14 1 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
14 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 243 (28.72%) Docker
2 32 (3.78%) Virtual Machines
3 26 (3.07%) Active Directory
4 12 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (1.30%) vSphere
6 7 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.47%) iptables
7 4 (0.47%) Squid
7 4 (0.47%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.35%) Firmware
9 2 (0.24%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 274 (32.39%) Terraform
2 181 (21.39%) Kubernetes
3 86 (10.17%) Ansible
4 55 (6.50%) Prometheus
5 49 (5.79%) Grafana
6 27 (3.19%) HP Fortify
7 19 (2.25%) Kibana
8 17 (2.01%) Packer
9 16 (1.89%) Puppet
10 8 (0.95%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.59%) Argo
12 4 (0.47%) Podman
12 4 (0.47%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.35%) Scalr
14 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
14 2 (0.24%) Nagios
15 1 (0.12%) Hadoop YARN
15 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 115 (13.59%) Microsoft
2 35 (4.14%) Databricks
3 30 (3.55%) Tenable
4 25 (2.96%) CrowdStrike
4 25 (2.96%) Oracle
4 25 (2.96%) Palo Alto
5 17 (2.01%) Splunk
6 14 (1.65%) Amplitude
6 14 (1.65%) Braze
7 13 (1.54%) Google
7 13 (1.54%) OpenAI
8 12 (1.42%) VMware
9 11 (1.30%) Dynatrace
9 11 (1.30%) Red Hat
10 9 (1.06%) AppDynamics
10 9 (1.06%) IBM
11 7 (0.83%) HubSpot
11 7 (0.83%) ScienceLogic
12 5 (0.59%) SaltStack
13 4 (0.47%) NVIDIA