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 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 99 192
Rank change year-on-year -98 +93 -45
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 664 1,238 1,115
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.04% 2.98% 1.56%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.14% 7.85% 4.11%
Number of salaries quoted 434 599 890
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,450 £46,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.97% +4.14% -3.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £100,625 £91,906
90th Percentile £99,250 £118,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £71,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -4.67% +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 21,164 15,777 27,112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.10% 37.92% 37.91%
Number of salaries quoted 11,667 10,279 22,843
10th Percentile £29,500 £33,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 7 March 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 7 March 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 -70 276 £82,500 -13.16% 183
North of England +74 219 £72,500 +16.00% 98
Yorkshire +44 150 £73,750 +34.09% 38
Midlands -10 73 £60,000 +9.09% 35
North West +3 64 £75,000 +9.69% 50
East Midlands 0 46 £60,000 +4.35% 15
South West -100 44 £62,500 +4.17% 54
South East -152 38 £67,500 +12.50% 87
West Midlands -23 27 £55,625 +1.14% 19
East of England -52 14 £60,100 -7.54% 30
North East -18 5 £66,750 +6.80% 12
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 34 (5.12%) Apache Spark
2 31 (4.67%) Apache
3 21 (3.16%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (2.41%) SharePoint
5 13 (1.96%) OpenStack
6 7 (1.05%) Confluence
7 4 (0.60%) SAS
7 4 (0.60%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.60%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.45%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.45%) JBoss
8 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.45%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.30%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.30%) nginx
9 2 (0.30%) Oracle Application Server
10 1 (0.15%) CMS
10 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (0.60%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.15%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 523 (78.77%) AWS
2 348 (52.41%) AWS Lambda
3 264 (39.76%) Amazon S3
4 249 (37.50%) Azure
5 155 (23.34%) AWS CloudFormation
6 119 (17.92%) GitHub
7 117 (17.62%) Amazon ECS
8 100 (15.06%) Azure Functions
9 96 (14.46%) AWS Step Functions
10 82 (12.35%) Amazon SQS
11 76 (11.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 75 (11.30%) Amazon EC2
12 75 (11.30%) Azure Logic Apps
13 72 (10.84%) Amazon EKS
14 71 (10.69%) GCP
15 68 (10.24%) GitHub Actions
16 60 (9.04%) Azure DevOps
16 60 (9.04%) SaaS
17 51 (7.68%) Power Platform
18 41 (6.17%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.81%) DSL
2 11 (1.66%) AMQP
2 11 (1.66%) Network Security
3 10 (1.51%) Firewall
4 6 (0.90%) VPN
5 4 (0.60%) Broadband
5 4 (0.60%) Internet
5 4 (0.60%) SSL
5 4 (0.60%) WAN
6 1 (0.15%) 4G
6 1 (0.15%) 5G
6 1 (0.15%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (18.52%) DynamoDB
2 81 (12.20%) NoSQL
3 73 (10.99%) Amazon RDS
4 72 (10.84%) PostgreSQL
5 49 (7.38%) Amazon Redshift
6 48 (7.23%) SQL Server
7 41 (6.17%) Data Warehouse
8 33 (4.97%) Relational Database
9 31 (4.67%) Power BI
10 27 (4.07%) Amazon Athena
11 24 (3.61%) Azure SQL Database
12 23 (3.46%) MySQL
13 21 (3.16%) Big Data
13 21 (3.16%) MongoDB
14 18 (2.71%) Data Lake
15 13 (1.96%) Hadoop
16 12 (1.81%) RDBMS
17 11 (1.66%) Apache Iceberg
18 10 (1.51%) Metadata
19 7 (1.05%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 131 (19.73%) Jenkins
2 90 (13.55%) Git
3 86 (12.95%) GitLab
4 38 (5.72%) Cypress.io
5 34 (5.12%) Maven
6 33 (4.97%) SonarQube
7 18 (2.71%) CircleCI
8 15 (2.26%) JIRA
9 11 (1.66%) Bitbucket
9 11 (1.66%) JUnit
10 8 (1.20%) MLflow
11 7 (1.05%) JMeter
11 7 (1.05%) Mockito
12 6 (0.90%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 5 (0.75%) git-flow
14 4 (0.60%) Crashlytics
14 4 (0.60%) webpack
14 4 (0.60%) XCTest
15 3 (0.45%) ESLint
15 3 (0.45%) Selenium
General
1 182 (27.41%) Social Skills
2 91 (13.70%) Finance
3 54 (8.13%) Public Sector
4 51 (7.68%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (3.01%) Banking
5 20 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
6 19 (2.86%) Publishing
7 17 (2.56%) Law
7 17 (2.56%) Tech for Good
8 16 (2.41%) Health Technology
9 14 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (1.81%) Advertising
11 10 (1.51%) Legal
12 7 (1.05%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.05%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.75%) Retail
14 4 (0.60%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.60%) Billing
14 4 (0.60%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 262 (39.46%) Developer
2 163 (24.55%) Senior
3 96 (14.46%) Architect
4 82 (12.35%) Lead
5 73 (10.99%) Senior Developer
6 72 (10.84%) Java Developer
7 64 (9.64%) AWS Developer
7 64 (9.64%) AWS Engineer
8 63 (9.49%) Full-Stack Developer
9 56 (8.43%) Software Engineer
10 47 (7.08%) Python Developer
11 42 (6.33%) Data Engineer
12 41 (6.17%) Lead Developer
13 35 (5.27%) Software Developer
14 33 (4.97%) Cloud Engineer
15 32 (4.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 32 (4.82%) React Developer
16 31 (4.67%) .NET Developer
17 27 (4.07%) AWS Architect
18 26 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (26.20%) React
2 136 (20.48%) Node.js
3 106 (15.96%) .NET
4 100 (15.06%) Spring Boot
5 82 (12.35%) Spring
6 80 (12.05%) AngularJS
7 74 (11.14%) HTML
8 70 (10.54%) REST
9 65 (9.79%) RESTful
10 62 (9.34%) CSS
11 53 (7.98%) AWS CDK
12 51 (7.68%) Kafka
13 48 (7.23%) .NET Core
14 38 (5.72%) Jest
15 32 (4.82%) Gherkin
16 29 (4.37%) RabbitMQ
17 25 (3.77%) FastAPI
18 24 (3.61%) Flask
18 24 (3.61%) Vue
19 22 (3.31%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 147 (22.14%) Cloud Native
2 47 (7.08%) Distributed Systems
3 40 (6.02%) Enterprise Software
4 27 (4.07%) Greenfield Project
5 25 (3.77%) Data Structures
6 22 (3.31%) Product Ownership
7 17 (2.56%) Mobile App
8 12 (1.81%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.66%) Blockchain
9 11 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.66%) Web3
10 10 (1.51%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.36%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.20%) Management Information System
13 7 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
13 7 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.05%) Low-Code
13 7 (1.05%) Security Posture
14 5 (0.75%) e-Learning
14 5 (0.75%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.97%) Linux
2 16 (2.41%) Windows
3 14 (2.11%) VMS
4 9 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (1.36%) Unix
5 5 (0.75%) CentOS
5 5 (0.75%) Debian
5 5 (0.75%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.60%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 385 (57.98%) CI/CD
2 320 (48.19%) DevOps
3 263 (39.61%) Agile
4 217 (32.68%) Infrastructure as Code
5 190 (28.61%) Microservices
6 178 (26.81%) Mentoring
7 160 (24.10%) Problem-Solving
8 145 (21.84%) Full-Stack Development
9 137 (20.63%) Software Engineering
10 133 (20.03%) Containerisation
11 112 (16.87%) Continuous Improvement
12 87 (13.10%) Observability
13 83 (12.50%) AI
14 77 (11.60%) Analytics
15 75 (11.30%) Data Modelling
16 72 (10.84%) TDD
16 72 (10.84%) Test Automation
17 70 (10.54%) Computer Science
18 69 (10.39%) Continuous Integration
18 69 (10.39%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 272 (40.96%) Python
2 196 (29.52%) JavaScript
3 186 (28.01%) TypeScript
4 173 (26.05%) SQL
5 170 (25.60%) Java
6 111 (16.72%) C#
7 62 (9.34%) Bash
8 32 (4.82%) Go
9 31 (4.67%) Groovy
10 29 (4.37%) PowerShell
11 22 (3.31%) Kotlin
12 14 (2.11%) Kusto Query Language
13 13 (1.96%) Rust
14 9 (1.36%) Shell Script
15 8 (1.20%) PHP
15 8 (1.20%) Scala
16 7 (1.05%) Bicep
17 6 (0.90%) C++
18 5 (0.75%) R
19 4 (0.60%) Swift
Qualifications
1 108 (16.27%) AWS Certification
2 89 (13.40%) Degree
3 73 (10.99%) Security Cleared
4 59 (8.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (6.63%) SC Cleared
6 43 (6.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 43 (6.48%) Azure Certification
7 36 (5.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 27 (4.07%) TOGAF Certification
9 23 (3.46%) AWS Certified Developer
10 19 (2.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 19 (2.86%) ITIL Certification
11 16 (2.41%) DV Cleared
12 13 (1.96%) OSCP
13 8 (1.20%) DBS Check
13 8 (1.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 7 (1.05%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 7 (1.05%) Master's Degree
15 5 (0.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 3 (0.45%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (6.33%) QA
2 32 (4.82%) Data Quality
3 20 (3.01%) GDPR
4 11 (1.66%) SOC 2
5 10 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.20%) SLA
7 7 (1.05%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.90%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.30%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.30%) NIST
9 2 (0.30%) WCAG
10 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.15%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.15%) MiFID
10 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 220 (33.13%) Docker
2 17 (2.56%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.75%) HDFS
5 4 (0.60%) iptables
6 2 (0.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 197 (29.67%) Terraform
2 155 (23.34%) Kubernetes
3 57 (8.58%) Ansible
4 39 (5.87%) Prometheus
5 36 (5.42%) Grafana
6 32 (4.82%) HP Fortify
7 19 (2.86%) Kibana
8 10 (1.51%) Puppet
9 7 (1.05%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.45%) Kubeflow
10 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.45%) Nagios
11 2 (0.30%) Packer
12 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 93 (14.01%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.31%) Databricks
3 15 (2.26%) Google
4 12 (1.81%) Oracle
5 10 (1.51%) Palo Alto
5 10 (1.51%) Splunk
6 8 (1.20%) Dynatrace
6 8 (1.20%) Red Hat
7 7 (1.05%) Atlassian
8 6 (0.90%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (0.90%) Fortinet
8 6 (0.90%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.75%) SaltStack
10 4 (0.60%) Amplitude
10 4 (0.60%) IBM
10 4 (0.60%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.60%) Pega
10 4 (0.60%) WSO2
10 4 (0.60%) Zscaler
11 2 (0.30%) Apple