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 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 114 173
Rank change year-on-year -90 +59 -47
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 587 1,244 870
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.12% 2.55% 1.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.17% 6.99% 4.51%
Number of salaries quoted 372 542 669
10th Percentile £51,530 £51,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £76,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +12.59% -10.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £100,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £119,875 £96,500
UK median annual salary £70,966 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -5.38% +11.11% -10.00%

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 18,545 17,800 19,274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.23% 36.51% 40.43%
Number of salaries quoted 10,315 10,544 16,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £99,500 £102,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.51% +5.83% -7.69%

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 8 January 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 8 January 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 -53 271 £76,000 -17.84% 131
North of England +63 163 £75,000 +25.00% 98
Yorkshire +55 112 £75,000 +42.18% 41
Midlands -7 54 £60,000 +9.09% 44
North West +14 47 £70,466 +15.05% 45
South East -121 45 £67,500 +8.00% 132
South West -89 38 £62,500 -10.71% 53
West Midlands +3 31 £60,000 +9.09% 21
East Midlands 0 23 £65,000 +18.18% 22
East of England -43 16 £57,500 -4.17% 58
North East -1 4 £68,500 +9.60% 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 32 (5.45%) Apache Spark
2 23 (3.92%) SharePoint
3 21 (3.58%) Apache
4 16 (2.73%) Confluence
5 14 (2.39%) OpenStack
6 10 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (1.53%) WebSphere
8 7 (1.19%) Tomcat
9 6 (1.02%) WebSphere Application Server
10 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.34%) nginx
12 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.17%) CMS
12 1 (0.17%) JBoss
12 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.34%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.17%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 443 (75.47%) AWS
2 295 (50.26%) AWS Lambda
3 250 (42.59%) Azure
4 213 (36.29%) Amazon S3
5 104 (17.72%) AWS CloudFormation
6 97 (16.52%) GitHub
7 96 (16.35%) Azure Functions
8 92 (15.67%) Amazon ECS
9 79 (13.46%) Amazon EC2
10 77 (13.12%) Amazon EKS
11 69 (11.75%) Azure Logic Apps
12 67 (11.41%) AWS Step Functions
13 66 (11.24%) Amazon SQS
14 64 (10.90%) Azure DevOps
15 57 (9.71%) SaaS
16 55 (9.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 49 (8.35%) Power Platform
18 48 (8.18%) GCP
18 48 (8.18%) GitHub Actions
19 40 (6.81%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.04%) Firewall
2 10 (1.70%) AMQP
2 10 (1.70%) Internet
3 8 (1.36%) Broadband
4 7 (1.19%) Network Security
4 7 (1.19%) SSL
4 7 (1.19%) VPN
4 7 (1.19%) Wireless
5 4 (0.68%) DNS
5 4 (0.68%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.68%) Unified Communications
5 4 (0.68%) WAN
6 2 (0.34%) DSL
7 1 (0.17%) DHCP
7 1 (0.17%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.17%) SAN
7 1 (0.17%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.17%) VLAN
7 1 (0.17%) VSAN
7 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (16.52%) DynamoDB
2 78 (13.29%) PostgreSQL
3 71 (12.10%) Amazon RDS
4 66 (11.24%) NoSQL
5 49 (8.35%) Amazon Redshift
6 46 (7.84%) SQL Server
7 45 (7.67%) Data Warehouse
8 42 (7.16%) Relational Database
9 22 (3.75%) Data Lake
9 22 (3.75%) MongoDB
10 21 (3.58%) Big Data
11 20 (3.41%) Elasticsearch
11 20 (3.41%) MySQL
12 19 (3.24%) Azure SQL Database
13 17 (2.90%) Power BI
13 17 (2.90%) RDBMS
14 16 (2.73%) Amazon Athena
15 14 (2.39%) Hadoop
16 10 (1.70%) Apache Iceberg
17 9 (1.53%) DB2
Development Applications
1 98 (16.70%) Jenkins
2 87 (14.82%) Git
3 47 (8.01%) GitLab
4 28 (4.77%) Cypress.io
5 24 (4.09%) JIRA
6 18 (3.07%) JUnit
6 18 (3.07%) SonarQube
7 17 (2.90%) JMeter
7 17 (2.90%) Maven
8 14 (2.39%) Mockito
9 11 (1.87%) Bitbucket
10 6 (1.02%) CircleCI
10 6 (1.02%) MLflow
11 5 (0.85%) git-flow
11 5 (0.85%) Vite
12 4 (0.68%) Mocha
12 4 (0.68%) NUnit
12 4 (0.68%) Postman
12 4 (0.68%) Selenium
12 4 (0.68%) webpack
General
1 167 (28.45%) Social Skills
2 82 (13.97%) Finance
3 56 (9.54%) Public Sector
4 45 (7.67%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (5.28%) Tech for Good
6 28 (4.77%) Publishing
7 27 (4.60%) Health Technology
8 18 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
9 16 (2.73%) Law
10 15 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (2.39%) Banking
12 12 (2.04%) Legal
13 9 (1.53%) Financial Institution
14 8 (1.36%) Advertising
14 8 (1.36%) Manufacturing
14 8 (1.36%) Retail
15 7 (1.19%) Automotive
15 7 (1.19%) Billing
16 5 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 238 (40.55%) Developer
2 140 (23.85%) Senior
3 89 (15.16%) Architect
4 82 (13.97%) Lead
5 68 (11.58%) Senior Developer
6 61 (10.39%) AWS Developer
7 56 (9.54%) Python Developer
8 52 (8.86%) Full-Stack Developer
9 49 (8.35%) Java Developer
10 48 (8.18%) AWS Engineer
11 42 (7.16%) Data Engineer
12 40 (6.81%) Lead Developer
12 40 (6.81%) Software Engineer
13 38 (6.47%) Software Developer
14 36 (6.13%) React Developer
15 34 (5.79%) .NET Developer
16 26 (4.43%) Cloud Engineer
17 25 (4.26%) Solutions Architect
18 24 (4.09%) Lead Python Developer
19 23 (3.92%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (26.92%) React
2 102 (17.38%) .NET
3 100 (17.04%) Node.js
4 83 (14.14%) HTML
5 82 (13.97%) Spring Boot
6 77 (13.12%) Spring
7 74 (12.61%) REST
8 72 (12.27%) RESTful
9 66 (11.24%) AngularJS
10 63 (10.73%) CSS
11 39 (6.64%) .NET Core
12 37 (6.30%) AWS CDK
12 37 (6.30%) Kafka
13 32 (5.45%) Vue
14 28 (4.77%) Web Services
15 26 (4.43%) FastAPI
15 26 (4.43%) Jest
16 25 (4.26%) .NET Framework
17 24 (4.09%) Blazor
17 24 (4.09%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 137 (23.34%) Cloud Native
2 55 (9.37%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (5.96%) Enterprise Software
4 27 (4.60%) Product Ownership
5 21 (3.58%) Data Structures
6 14 (2.39%) Mobile App
6 14 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (2.04%) Management Information System
8 12 (2.04%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.87%) Virtual Team
10 9 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.53%) Linux Command Line
10 9 (1.53%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.53%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.36%) e-Learning
11 8 (1.36%) IoT
11 8 (1.36%) Security Posture
12 7 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 39 (6.64%) Linux
2 16 (2.73%) Windows
3 15 (2.56%) Unix
4 10 (1.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.85%) VMS
6 3 (0.51%) CentOS
6 3 (0.51%) Debian
6 3 (0.51%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.34%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.17%) Android
8 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (54.86%) CI/CD
2 264 (44.97%) DevOps
3 250 (42.59%) Agile
4 171 (29.13%) Microservices
5 163 (27.77%) Mentoring
6 157 (26.75%) Infrastructure as Code
7 136 (23.17%) Problem-Solving
8 111 (18.91%) Full-Stack Development
9 107 (18.23%) Containerisation
10 104 (17.72%) Software Engineering
11 101 (17.21%) Continuous Improvement
12 92 (15.67%) TDD
13 89 (15.16%) Scrum
14 86 (14.65%) AI
15 78 (13.29%) SDLC
16 71 (12.10%) Data Modelling
17 70 (11.93%) Migration
18 67 (11.41%) Computer Science
19 65 (11.07%) Analytics
20 63 (10.73%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 259 (44.12%) Python
2 196 (33.39%) JavaScript
3 159 (27.09%) TypeScript
4 145 (24.70%) Java
5 141 (24.02%) SQL
6 112 (19.08%) C#
7 42 (7.16%) Bash
8 31 (5.28%) PowerShell
9 19 (3.24%) Shell Script
10 16 (2.73%) Groovy
11 15 (2.56%) Scala
12 14 (2.39%) Go
13 12 (2.04%) Bicep
14 8 (1.36%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.85%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.68%) C++
16 4 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.68%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.68%) PHP
16 4 (0.68%) R
Qualifications
1 106 (18.06%) AWS Certification
2 81 (13.80%) Degree
3 71 (12.10%) Security Cleared
4 56 (9.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (7.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 45 (7.67%) Azure Certification
6 39 (6.64%) SC Cleared
7 38 (6.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 32 (5.45%) TOGAF Certification
9 26 (4.43%) AWS Certified Developer
10 21 (3.58%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.70%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (1.19%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 7 (1.19%) Master's Degree
13 6 (1.02%) MCP
14 5 (0.85%) SnowPro
15 4 (0.68%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
16 3 (0.51%) OSCP
17 2 (0.34%) DBS Check
17 2 (0.34%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (10.22%) QA
2 20 (3.41%) Data Quality
3 19 (3.24%) GDPR
4 14 (2.39%) SLA
5 11 (1.87%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.19%) SOC 2
7 5 (0.85%) WCAG
8 3 (0.51%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.34%) NIST
10 1 (0.17%) CDISC
10 1 (0.17%) DICOM
10 1 (0.17%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.17%) GAAP
10 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.17%) HL7
10 1 (0.17%) IFRS
10 1 (0.17%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.17%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 172 (29.30%) Docker
2 16 (2.73%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.36%) HDFS
3 8 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.17%) Firmware
4 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.17%) iptables
4 1 (0.17%) vCloud
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 153 (26.06%) Terraform
2 121 (20.61%) Kubernetes
3 40 (6.81%) Ansible
4 29 (4.94%) Grafana
5 27 (4.60%) Prometheus
6 22 (3.75%) Kibana
7 17 (2.90%) HP Fortify
8 6 (1.02%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.68%) Puppet
11 3 (0.51%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.51%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.17%) Argo
12 1 (0.17%) Nagios
12 1 (0.17%) Podman
12 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 111 (18.91%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.58%) Databricks
3 20 (3.41%) Splunk
4 18 (3.07%) Dynatrace
5 17 (2.90%) Atlassian
6 16 (2.73%) Google
7 13 (2.21%) Oracle
8 10 (1.70%) Palo Alto
8 10 (1.70%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.53%) IBM
9 9 (1.53%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.19%) OpenAI
11 6 (1.02%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (1.02%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.68%) Pega
12 4 (0.68%) WSO2
12 4 (0.68%) Zscaler
13 3 (0.51%) SaltStack
13 3 (0.51%) SAP
14 2 (0.34%) VMware