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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 220 204
Rank change year-on-year +21 -16 -48
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 960 636 938
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.96% 1.47% 1.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.93% 4.49% 4.26%
Number of salaries quoted 603 437 512
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,700 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - +3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £102,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year +0.35% +3.21% -

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 24,426 14,163 22,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 24.41% 32.65% 31.84%
Number of salaries quoted 16,949 9,868 14,613
10th Percentile £31,500 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £104,800
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -32 388 £84,500 +12.67% 379
North of England +103 314 £75,000 +15.38% 72
North West +62 139 £67,500 +3.85% 48
Yorkshire +28 123 £80,000 +13.48% 16
South East -12 85 £65,000 -8.77% 53
Midlands -6 81 £62,500 +4.17% 26
South West -62 67 £60,500 +0.83% 39
North East -12 52 £65,000 -10.34% 8
West Midlands -45 42 £62,500 +4.17% 14
East Midlands +2 39 £65,000 +73.33% 12
East of England -58 14 £59,450 +1.19% 23
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 37 (3.85%) Apache Spark
2 29 (3.02%) SharePoint
3 24 (2.50%) Apache
4 19 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (1.77%) Confluence
6 11 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.73%) SAS
8 5 (0.52%) Apache Pig
9 4 (0.42%) nginx
10 3 (0.31%) CMS
10 3 (0.31%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.31%) JBoss
10 3 (0.31%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.21%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.21%) WordPress
12 1 (0.10%) GeoServer
12 1 (0.10%) IIS
12 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Fuse
12 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.10%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (0.94%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.31%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.10%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.10%) Finacle
3 1 (0.10%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.10%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.10%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 677 (70.52%) AWS
2 463 (48.23%) AWS Lambda
3 353 (36.77%) Azure
4 304 (31.67%) Amazon S3
5 225 (23.44%) AWS CloudFormation
6 204 (21.25%) Amazon ECS
7 189 (19.69%) Azure Functions
8 130 (13.54%) Amazon EC2
8 130 (13.54%) Azure DevOps
9 127 (13.23%) GitHub
10 104 (10.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 101 (10.52%) Amazon EKS
12 95 (9.90%) AWS Step Functions
13 92 (9.58%) GCP
13 92 (9.58%) SaaS
14 90 (9.38%) Power Platform
15 81 (8.44%) Azure Logic Apps
16 79 (8.23%) Amazon SQS
17 75 (7.81%) PaaS
18 70 (7.29%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 31 (3.23%) VPN
2 30 (3.13%) Firewall
3 24 (2.50%) Network Security
4 22 (2.29%) DNS
4 22 (2.29%) Internet
5 16 (1.67%) VoIP
6 13 (1.35%) DHCP
6 13 (1.35%) VLAN
7 9 (0.94%) MQTT
7 9 (0.94%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.73%) AMQP
9 6 (0.63%) BGP
9 6 (0.63%) IPsec
9 6 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.42%) IPv4
10 4 (0.42%) SAN
10 4 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (0.31%) HTTP
11 3 (0.31%) LTE
11 3 (0.31%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (16.98%) DynamoDB
2 97 (10.10%) Amazon RDS
3 89 (9.27%) NoSQL
4 81 (8.44%) SQL Server
5 65 (6.77%) PostgreSQL
6 56 (5.83%) Amazon Athena
7 46 (4.79%) Data Warehouse
8 45 (4.69%) Amazon Redshift
8 45 (4.69%) Azure SQL Database
8 45 (4.69%) Relational Database
9 35 (3.65%) Power BI
10 33 (3.44%) Big Data
11 32 (3.33%) Spark SQL
12 27 (2.81%) Data Lake
13 25 (2.60%) MongoDB
14 24 (2.50%) Elasticsearch
15 23 (2.40%) MySQL
16 20 (2.08%) Hadoop
17 18 (1.88%) Metadata
18 13 (1.35%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 192 (20.00%) Git
2 124 (12.92%) Jenkins
3 72 (7.50%) GitLab
4 35 (3.65%) SonarQube
5 31 (3.23%) JIRA
6 27 (2.81%) Cypress.io
7 26 (2.71%) Maven
8 25 (2.60%) Snyk
9 13 (1.35%) Bitbucket
9 13 (1.35%) JMeter
10 12 (1.25%) TeamCity
11 11 (1.15%) Claude Code
11 11 (1.15%) Cucumber
11 11 (1.15%) JUnit
12 10 (1.04%) Mockito
12 10 (1.04%) Postman
13 9 (0.94%) CircleCI
13 9 (0.94%) Crashlytics
14 8 (0.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 8 (0.83%) XCTest
General
1 230 (23.96%) Social Skills
2 190 (19.79%) Finance
3 98 (10.21%) Public Sector
4 86 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
5 76 (7.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 56 (5.83%) Law
7 51 (5.31%) Banking
8 38 (3.96%) Marketing
9 24 (2.50%) Retail
10 17 (1.77%) Legal
11 15 (1.56%) Aviation
11 15 (1.56%) Telecoms
12 14 (1.46%) Military
13 13 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.15%) Aerospace
15 10 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (0.94%) Health Technology
17 8 (0.83%) Manufacturing
18 7 (0.73%) Advertising
18 7 (0.73%) Billing
Job Titles
1 282 (29.38%) Senior
2 262 (27.29%) Developer
3 136 (14.17%) Lead
4 101 (10.52%) Architect
5 85 (8.85%) Software Engineer
6 83 (8.65%) Senior Developer
7 80 (8.33%) Java Developer
8 79 (8.23%) Data Engineer
9 70 (7.29%) AWS Engineer
9 70 (7.29%) Full-Stack Developer
10 63 (6.56%) DevOps Engineer
11 59 (6.15%) Cloud Engineer
12 41 (4.27%) AWS Developer
12 41 (4.27%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 40 (4.17%) Azure Engineer
13 40 (4.17%) Consultant
13 40 (4.17%) Senior Architect
14 39 (4.06%) Cloud Architect
15 38 (3.96%) Platform Engineer
16 36 (3.75%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 348 (36.25%) Terraform
2 162 (16.88%) Node.js
3 148 (15.42%) .NET
4 131 (13.65%) React
5 120 (12.50%) REST
6 100 (10.42%) AngularJS
7 96 (10.00%) Spring Boot
8 85 (8.85%) Spring
9 77 (8.02%) Kafka
10 74 (7.71%) RESTful
11 55 (5.73%) PySpark
12 54 (5.63%) AWS CDK
13 40 (4.17%) JSON
14 34 (3.54%) Jest
15 33 (3.44%) OAuth
16 31 (3.23%) HTML
17 30 (3.13%) Gherkin
17 30 (3.13%) OAuth2
17 30 (3.13%) RabbitMQ
18 29 (3.02%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 251 (26.15%) Cloud Native
2 73 (7.60%) Distributed Systems
2 73 (7.60%) Onboarding
3 46 (4.79%) Product Ownership
4 38 (3.96%) Enterprise Cloud
4 38 (3.96%) Hybrid Cloud
5 36 (3.75%) AI Agents
6 35 (3.65%) Greenfield Project
7 31 (3.23%) Data Centre
8 22 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
10 20 (2.08%) Public Cloud
11 18 (1.88%) Linux Command Line
12 17 (1.77%) Mobile App
13 16 (1.67%) Management Information System
14 15 (1.56%) Blog
15 14 (1.46%) Low-Code
16 13 (1.35%) Data Structures
17 12 (1.25%) Podcast
17 12 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 71 (7.40%) Linux
2 43 (4.48%) Windows
3 14 (1.46%) VMS
3 14 (1.46%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.94%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.63%) CentOS
6 6 (0.63%) Debian
6 6 (0.63%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 562 (58.54%) CI/CD
2 453 (47.19%) DevOps
3 365 (38.02%) Agile
4 342 (35.63%) Infrastructure as Code
5 268 (27.92%) AI
6 262 (27.29%) Mentoring
7 206 (21.46%) Software Engineering
8 205 (21.35%) Microservices
9 188 (19.58%) Problem-Solving
10 174 (18.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 172 (17.92%) Test Automation
12 163 (16.98%) Observability
13 158 (16.46%) Analytics
13 158 (16.46%) Full-Stack Development
14 148 (15.42%) Containerisation
14 148 (15.42%) Event-Driven
15 135 (14.06%) Cloud Security
16 125 (13.02%) Roadmaps
17 113 (11.77%) Migration
18 111 (11.56%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 364 (37.92%) Python
2 286 (29.79%) SQL
3 211 (21.98%) Java
4 194 (20.21%) TypeScript
5 175 (18.23%) C#
6 171 (17.81%) JavaScript
7 103 (10.73%) Bash
8 44 (4.58%) PowerShell
9 43 (4.48%) Kotlin
10 42 (4.38%) Bicep
11 38 (3.96%) Groovy
12 30 (3.13%) Ruby
13 28 (2.92%) PHP
14 24 (2.50%) C++
15 22 (2.29%) Go
16 19 (1.98%) Perl
17 15 (1.56%) Shell Script
18 14 (1.46%) Kusto Query Language
19 12 (1.25%) Rust
20 11 (1.15%) Scala
Qualifications
1 174 (18.13%) Security Cleared
2 121 (12.60%) SC Cleared
3 103 (10.73%) Degree
4 83 (8.65%) AWS Certification
5 50 (5.21%) DV Cleared
6 49 (5.10%) Azure Certification
7 45 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 36 (3.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 21 (2.19%) Master's Degree
11 17 (1.77%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 15 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
13 11 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (0.94%) AWS Certified Developer
14 9 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (0.73%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 6 (0.63%) CISM
16 6 (0.63%) CISSP
16 6 (0.63%) MBA
16 6 (0.63%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (7.29%) Data Quality
2 64 (6.67%) GDPR
3 55 (5.73%) QA
4 27 (2.81%) GRC
5 23 (2.40%) Accessibility
6 14 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (0.83%) NIST
9 6 (0.63%) WCAG
10 5 (0.52%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.42%) SLA
11 4 (0.42%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.21%) PMO
14 1 (0.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 1 (0.10%) NCSC
14 1 (0.10%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 252 (26.25%) Docker
2 43 (4.48%) Active Directory
3 34 (3.54%) Virtual Machines
4 23 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (1.67%) vSphere
6 12 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.94%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.42%) Squid
8 4 (0.42%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 181 (18.85%) Kubernetes
2 101 (10.52%) Ansible
3 39 (4.06%) Grafana
3 39 (4.06%) Prometheus
4 23 (2.40%) Puppet
5 20 (2.08%) Packer
6 17 (1.77%) HP Fortify
7 14 (1.46%) Kibana
8 12 (1.25%) Progress Chef
9 11 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (0.63%) Hadoop YARN
11 5 (0.52%) Argo
11 5 (0.52%) Podman
12 4 (0.42%) Rancher
12 4 (0.42%) SCCM
12 4 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.42%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.31%) Scalr
14 2 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 1 (0.10%) logstash
Vendors
1 185 (19.27%) Microsoft
2 47 (4.90%) Databricks
3 36 (3.75%) Oracle
4 33 (3.44%) Tenable
5 31 (3.23%) OpenAI
6 25 (2.60%) CrowdStrike
6 25 (2.60%) Dynatrace
6 25 (2.60%) Palo Alto
7 24 (2.50%) VMware
8 23 (2.40%) Google
9 22 (2.29%) Splunk
10 18 (1.88%) IBM
11 17 (1.77%) SAP
12 15 (1.56%) Red Hat
13 13 (1.35%) AppDynamics
14 12 (1.25%) HP
14 12 (1.25%) ScienceLogic
15 11 (1.15%) Salesforce
16 8 (0.83%) Amplitude
16 8 (0.83%) Veeam