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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 200 206
Rank change year-on-year +5 +6 -37
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 865 711 1,242
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.02% 1.77% 1.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.74% 5.20% 4.02%
Number of salaries quoted 583 520 856
10th Percentile £52,500 £46,925 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,000 £115,000 £111,250
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 23,110 13,672 30,861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.36% 33.98% 33.14%
Number of salaries quoted 15,396 9,740 24,512
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £30,253
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% -8.95%

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 26 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 26 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 -49 328 £83,500 +1.21% 121
North of England +89 276 £75,000 +15.38% 48
Yorkshire +36 129 £80,000 +33.33% 15
North West +61 126 £75,000 +15.38% 26
Midlands +22 101 £55,000 - 23
South East -51 71 £67,500 +12.50% 48
East Midlands +38 69 £55,000 +4.76% 9
South West -48 66 £62,500 +4.17% 29
West Midlands -35 32 £52,500 -8.70% 14
North East -25 21 £75,000 +15.38% 7
East of England -34 20 £60,000 -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 30 (3.47%) Apache
2 28 (3.24%) Apache Spark
3 20 (2.31%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (1.62%) Confluence
5 13 (1.50%) SharePoint
6 12 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (1.04%) SAS
8 5 (0.58%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.46%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.46%) JBoss
10 3 (0.35%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.35%) CMS
10 3 (0.35%) WordPress
11 2 (0.23%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.23%) nginx
11 2 (0.23%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.12%) IIS
12 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Fuse
12 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
2 7 (0.81%) PlantUML
3 6 (0.69%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.12%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 618 (71.45%) AWS
2 422 (48.79%) AWS Lambda
3 304 (35.14%) Azure
4 301 (34.80%) Amazon S3
5 197 (22.77%) AWS CloudFormation
6 174 (20.12%) Amazon ECS
7 158 (18.27%) Azure Functions
8 125 (14.45%) GitHub
9 114 (13.18%) AWS Step Functions
10 104 (12.02%) Amazon EC2
11 99 (11.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 96 (11.10%) Azure DevOps
13 85 (9.83%) Amazon SQS
13 85 (9.83%) SaaS
14 78 (9.02%) Azure Logic Apps
15 76 (8.79%) Amazon EKS
15 76 (8.79%) GCP
16 74 (8.55%) GitHub Actions
17 72 (8.32%) Power Platform
18 60 (6.94%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.43%) Firewall
2 20 (2.31%) Network Security
2 20 (2.31%) VPN
3 11 (1.27%) DSL
4 9 (1.04%) AMQP
4 9 (1.04%) Internet
5 8 (0.92%) DNS
6 7 (0.81%) MQTT
6 7 (0.81%) VoIP
7 5 (0.58%) Broadband
8 4 (0.46%) IPv4
8 4 (0.46%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (0.35%) DHCP
9 3 (0.35%) LTE
9 3 (0.35%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.35%) VLAN
10 2 (0.23%) 4G
10 2 (0.23%) IPsec
10 2 (0.23%) WAN
10 2 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (20.58%) DynamoDB
2 86 (9.94%) NoSQL
3 82 (9.48%) Amazon RDS
4 65 (7.51%) SQL Server
5 63 (7.28%) PostgreSQL
6 49 (5.66%) Amazon Athena
7 44 (5.09%) Amazon Redshift
8 42 (4.86%) Power BI
9 40 (4.62%) Azure SQL Database
10 37 (4.28%) Data Warehouse
11 33 (3.82%) Relational Database
12 28 (3.24%) MySQL
13 27 (3.12%) Big Data
14 21 (2.43%) Data Lake
15 17 (1.97%) Elasticsearch
16 15 (1.73%) MongoDB
16 15 (1.73%) Spark SQL
17 13 (1.50%) Delta Lake
17 13 (1.50%) Metadata
18 10 (1.16%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 160 (18.50%) Jenkins
2 155 (17.92%) Git
3 101 (11.68%) GitLab
4 41 (4.74%) SonarQube
5 38 (4.39%) Maven
6 34 (3.93%) Cypress.io
7 27 (3.12%) CircleCI
7 27 (3.12%) JIRA
8 25 (2.89%) Snyk
9 14 (1.62%) Bitbucket
9 14 (1.62%) Crashlytics
9 14 (1.62%) XCTest
10 11 (1.27%) Cucumber
10 11 (1.27%) TeamCity
11 8 (0.92%) JUnit
11 8 (0.92%) Selenium
12 7 (0.81%) JMeter
12 7 (0.81%) MLflow
12 7 (0.81%) Mockito
12 7 (0.81%) Postman
General
1 219 (25.32%) Social Skills
2 143 (16.53%) Finance
3 59 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (6.71%) Public Sector
5 43 (4.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (3.82%) Banking
7 25 (2.89%) Law
8 13 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (1.27%) Advertising
9 11 (1.27%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.04%) Health Technology
10 9 (1.04%) Legal
10 9 (1.04%) Marketing
11 8 (0.92%) Aerospace
11 8 (0.92%) Billing
11 8 (0.92%) Publishing
12 6 (0.69%) Investment Banking
12 6 (0.69%) Military
13 5 (0.58%) Retail
14 4 (0.46%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 279 (32.25%) Senior
2 278 (32.14%) Developer
3 109 (12.60%) Lead
4 105 (12.14%) Architect
5 99 (11.45%) Senior Developer
6 95 (10.98%) Java Developer
7 84 (9.71%) Software Engineer
8 76 (8.79%) Full-Stack Developer
9 68 (7.86%) AWS Engineer
10 53 (6.13%) Data Engineer
11 52 (6.01%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 50 (5.78%) AWS Developer
13 45 (5.20%) Cloud Architect
14 42 (4.86%) Cloud Engineer
15 41 (4.74%) DevOps Engineer
16 40 (4.62%) Senior Architect
17 39 (4.51%) Platform Engineer
17 39 (4.51%) Security Architect
17 39 (4.51%) Solutions Architect
18 37 (4.28%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (19.77%) Node.js
2 169 (19.54%) React
3 128 (14.80%) .NET
4 110 (12.72%) AngularJS
5 109 (12.60%) REST
5 109 (12.60%) Spring Boot
6 87 (10.06%) Spring
7 76 (8.79%) Kafka
8 68 (7.86%) RESTful
9 50 (5.78%) AWS CDK
10 46 (5.32%) HTML
11 40 (4.62%) RabbitMQ
12 38 (4.39%) Gherkin
12 38 (4.39%) PySpark
13 35 (4.05%) .NET Core
13 35 (4.05%) Jest
14 34 (3.93%) CSS
15 33 (3.82%) JSON
16 29 (3.35%) YAML
17 26 (3.01%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 201 (23.24%) Cloud Native
2 71 (8.21%) Distributed Systems
3 50 (5.78%) Greenfield Project
4 31 (3.58%) Product Ownership
5 27 (3.12%) Data Centre
6 25 (2.89%) Mobile App
7 22 (2.54%) Onboarding
8 19 (2.20%) Public Cloud
9 17 (1.97%) Blockchain
9 17 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (1.97%) Web3
10 14 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (1.62%) Low-Code
10 14 (1.62%) Security Posture
10 14 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (1.50%) AI Agents
11 13 (1.50%) Data Structures
12 12 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.39%) IoT
12 12 (1.39%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 60 (6.94%) Linux
2 31 (3.58%) Windows
3 24 (2.77%) VMS
4 14 (1.62%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.69%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.58%) CentOS
7 5 (0.58%) Debian
7 5 (0.58%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 527 (60.92%) CI/CD
2 413 (47.75%) DevOps
3 324 (37.46%) Infrastructure as Code
4 306 (35.38%) Agile
5 204 (23.58%) Mentoring
5 204 (23.58%) Microservices
6 186 (21.50%) Software Engineering
7 179 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
8 175 (20.23%) Full-Stack Development
9 171 (19.77%) AI
10 169 (19.54%) Test Automation
11 165 (19.08%) Containerisation
12 159 (18.38%) Observability
13 135 (15.61%) Analytics
14 130 (15.03%) Continuous Improvement
15 125 (14.45%) Event-Driven
16 106 (12.25%) Cloud Security
17 93 (10.75%) DevSecOps
18 85 (9.83%) TDD
19 84 (9.71%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 342 (39.54%) Python
2 249 (28.79%) SQL
3 212 (24.51%) TypeScript
4 188 (21.73%) Java
5 159 (18.38%) JavaScript
6 134 (15.49%) C#
7 95 (10.98%) Bash
8 50 (5.78%) Kotlin
8 50 (5.78%) PowerShell
9 46 (5.32%) Go
9 46 (5.32%) Groovy
10 39 (4.51%) Bicep
11 24 (2.77%) Kusto Query Language
12 21 (2.43%) PHP
13 20 (2.31%) Rust
14 14 (1.62%) Swift
15 10 (1.16%) Shell Script
16 8 (0.92%) Perl
16 8 (0.92%) Ruby
16 8 (0.92%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 115 (13.29%) Security Cleared
2 95 (10.98%) Degree
3 77 (8.90%) SC Cleared
4 70 (8.09%) AWS Certification
5 46 (5.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (4.28%) Azure Certification
7 36 (4.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (3.24%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 26 (3.01%) DV Cleared
10 25 (2.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 24 (2.77%) ITIL Certification
12 21 (2.43%) Master's Degree
13 15 (1.73%) OSCP
14 11 (1.27%) DBS Check
15 9 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
16 8 (0.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 7 (0.81%) AWS Certified Developer
18 6 (0.69%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
19 5 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
19 5 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.32%) Data Quality
2 42 (4.86%) GDPR
3 38 (4.39%) QA
4 25 (2.89%) GRC
5 17 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.39%) PCI DSS
7 10 (1.16%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.04%) SOC 2
9 6 (0.69%) NIST
10 5 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.46%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.35%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.23%) PMO
13 2 (0.23%) SLA
14 1 (0.12%) MiFID
14 1 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 253 (29.25%) Docker
2 32 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 32 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
3 17 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.85%) vSphere
5 12 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.46%) iptables
6 4 (0.46%) Squid
6 4 (0.46%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.35%) Firmware
8 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 290 (33.53%) Terraform
2 189 (21.85%) Kubernetes
3 88 (10.17%) Ansible
4 56 (6.47%) Prometheus
5 50 (5.78%) Grafana
6 29 (3.35%) HP Fortify
7 19 (2.20%) Kibana
8 17 (1.97%) Packer
8 17 (1.97%) Puppet
9 9 (1.04%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.58%) Argo
11 4 (0.46%) Podman
11 4 (0.46%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.35%) Scalr
13 2 (0.23%) Hadoop YARN
13 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (0.23%) Nagios
14 1 (0.12%) logstash
14 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 122 (14.10%) Microsoft
2 35 (4.05%) Databricks
3 30 (3.47%) Tenable
4 25 (2.89%) CrowdStrike
4 25 (2.89%) Oracle
4 25 (2.89%) Palo Alto
5 19 (2.20%) Splunk
6 17 (1.97%) OpenAI
6 17 (1.97%) VMware
7 14 (1.62%) Amplitude
7 14 (1.62%) Braze
8 13 (1.50%) Google
9 12 (1.39%) Dynatrace
9 12 (1.39%) ScienceLogic
10 11 (1.27%) Red Hat
11 10 (1.16%) IBM
12 9 (1.04%) AppDynamics
13 7 (0.81%) HubSpot
14 5 (0.58%) Foundry
14 5 (0.58%) SaltStack