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 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 209 214
Rank change year-on-year +13 +5 -47
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 902 702 1,081
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.02% 1.62% 1.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.74% 4.89% 4.05%
Number of salaries quoted 577 509 718
10th Percentile £51,720 £45,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £91,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £111,250 £111,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.38% -2.76% +3.57%

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 24,110 14,365 26,697
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.18% 33.14% 32.66%
Number of salaries quoted 16,182 10,251 20,729
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,926 £41,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £98,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% 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 21 July 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 21 July 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 -28 373 £85,000 +9.68% 132
North of England +101 275 £75,000 +15.38% 50
North West +63 126 £70,000 +7.69% 26
Yorkshire +33 121 £80,000 +33.33% 13
Midlands +1 90 £55,000 -4.35% 26
South East -38 77 £65,000 +2.36% 37
South West -52 62 £60,500 +0.83% 29
East Midlands +33 61 £55,000 +15.79% 10
West Midlands -41 29 £62,500 +4.17% 16
North East -22 28 £75,000 +15.38% 11
East of England -33 17 £59,725 -0.46% 6
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 33 (3.66%) Apache Spark
2 30 (3.33%) Apache
3 18 (2.00%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (1.77%) Confluence
5 14 (1.55%) SharePoint
6 12 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (1.22%) SAS
8 5 (0.55%) Apache Pig
9 4 (0.44%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.44%) JBoss
9 4 (0.44%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.33%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.33%) CMS
10 3 (0.33%) WordPress
11 2 (0.22%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.22%) nginx
12 1 (0.11%) IIS
12 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Fuse
12 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (1.11%) Chatbot
2 7 (0.78%) PlantUML
3 4 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.11%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 653 (72.39%) AWS
2 419 (46.45%) AWS Lambda
3 316 (35.03%) Azure
4 288 (31.93%) Amazon S3
5 215 (23.84%) AWS CloudFormation
6 187 (20.73%) Amazon ECS
7 157 (17.41%) Azure Functions
8 121 (13.41%) GitHub
9 111 (12.31%) Amazon EC2
10 105 (11.64%) AWS Step Functions
11 93 (10.31%) Azure DevOps
12 89 (9.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 87 (9.65%) SaaS
14 85 (9.42%) GCP
15 84 (9.31%) Amazon SQS
16 82 (9.09%) Amazon EKS
17 77 (8.54%) Azure Logic Apps
18 76 (8.43%) Power Platform
19 69 (7.65%) GitHub Actions
20 68 (7.54%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.22%) Network Security
2 25 (2.77%) VPN
3 21 (2.33%) Firewall
4 19 (2.11%) Internet
5 12 (1.33%) DNS
6 9 (1.00%) DSL
7 8 (0.89%) MQTT
8 7 (0.78%) AMQP
8 7 (0.78%) VoIP
9 6 (0.67%) BGP
9 6 (0.67%) IPsec
10 5 (0.55%) Broadband
11 4 (0.44%) IPv4
11 4 (0.44%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (0.33%) DHCP
12 3 (0.33%) LTE
12 3 (0.33%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.33%) VLAN
13 2 (0.22%) 4G
13 2 (0.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (18.85%) DynamoDB
2 103 (11.42%) NoSQL
3 88 (9.76%) Amazon RDS
4 64 (7.10%) SQL Server
5 61 (6.76%) PostgreSQL
6 50 (5.54%) Amazon Athena
7 42 (4.66%) Azure SQL Database
8 39 (4.32%) Amazon Redshift
8 39 (4.32%) Power BI
9 36 (3.99%) Relational Database
10 34 (3.77%) Big Data
10 34 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
11 27 (2.99%) MySQL
12 24 (2.66%) Elasticsearch
13 21 (2.33%) Data Lake
14 17 (1.88%) MongoDB
15 16 (1.77%) Hadoop
16 15 (1.66%) Spark SQL
17 13 (1.44%) Metadata
18 12 (1.33%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 155 (17.18%) Git
2 145 (16.08%) Jenkins
3 94 (10.42%) GitLab
4 38 (4.21%) SonarQube
5 33 (3.66%) Maven
6 30 (3.33%) Cypress.io
7 28 (3.10%) JIRA
8 25 (2.77%) Snyk
9 23 (2.55%) CircleCI
10 15 (1.66%) Bitbucket
10 15 (1.66%) Crashlytics
11 14 (1.55%) XCTest
12 11 (1.22%) Cucumber
12 11 (1.22%) TeamCity
13 9 (1.00%) Claude Code
14 8 (0.89%) JUnit
14 8 (0.89%) Selenium
15 7 (0.78%) JMeter
15 7 (0.78%) Mockito
15 7 (0.78%) Postman
General
1 225 (24.94%) Social Skills
2 154 (17.07%) Finance
3 73 (8.09%) Public Sector
4 57 (6.32%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (4.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 29 (3.22%) Banking
7 28 (3.10%) Law
8 17 (1.88%) Marketing
9 16 (1.77%) Military
10 13 (1.44%) Telecoms
11 11 (1.22%) Health Technology
12 10 (1.11%) Advertising
12 10 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (1.11%) Legal
13 8 (0.89%) Aerospace
13 8 (0.89%) Billing
14 6 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (0.67%) Public Speaking
14 6 (0.67%) Retail
15 5 (0.55%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 303 (33.59%) Senior
2 261 (28.94%) Developer
3 116 (12.86%) Lead
4 109 (12.08%) Architect
5 94 (10.42%) Senior Developer
6 88 (9.76%) Java Developer
7 82 (9.09%) Software Engineer
8 77 (8.54%) Full-Stack Developer
9 67 (7.43%) AWS Engineer
10 56 (6.21%) Data Engineer
11 54 (5.99%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 49 (5.43%) Cloud Engineer
12 49 (5.43%) DevOps Engineer
13 47 (5.21%) Solutions Architect
14 45 (4.99%) Cloud Architect
14 45 (4.99%) Senior Architect
15 44 (4.88%) AWS Developer
16 42 (4.66%) Consultant
17 38 (4.21%) Platform Engineer
18 37 (4.10%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (19.29%) Node.js
2 157 (17.41%) React
3 134 (14.86%) .NET
4 110 (12.20%) REST
5 107 (11.86%) Spring Boot
6 102 (11.31%) AngularJS
7 89 (9.87%) Spring
8 82 (9.09%) Kafka
9 67 (7.43%) RESTful
10 56 (6.21%) AWS CDK
11 37 (4.10%) HTML
12 35 (3.88%) PySpark
13 34 (3.77%) Gherkin
13 34 (3.77%) RabbitMQ
14 33 (3.66%) Jest
15 31 (3.44%) JSON
16 29 (3.22%) .NET Core
17 28 (3.10%) CSS
17 28 (3.10%) Next.js
17 28 (3.10%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 221 (24.50%) Cloud Native
2 77 (8.54%) Distributed Systems
3 64 (7.10%) Onboarding
4 52 (5.76%) Greenfield Project
5 42 (4.66%) Product Ownership
6 36 (3.99%) Enterprise Cloud
7 31 (3.44%) Data Centre
8 26 (2.88%) AI Agents
9 25 (2.77%) Mobile App
10 21 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
11 19 (2.11%) Public Cloud
12 17 (1.88%) Data Structures
13 16 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
14 14 (1.55%) IoT
15 13 (1.44%) Blockchain
15 13 (1.44%) Low-Code
15 13 (1.44%) Web3
16 12 (1.33%) Podcast
16 12 (1.33%) Security Posture
16 12 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 66 (7.32%) Linux
2 32 (3.55%) Windows
3 23 (2.55%) VMS
4 14 (1.55%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.67%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.44%) CentOS
6 4 (0.44%) Debian
6 4 (0.44%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 519 (57.54%) CI/CD
2 417 (46.23%) DevOps
3 332 (36.81%) Infrastructure as Code
4 326 (36.14%) Agile
5 240 (26.61%) Mentoring
6 219 (24.28%) AI
7 206 (22.84%) Microservices
8 186 (20.62%) Software Engineering
9 181 (20.07%) Problem-Solving
10 172 (19.07%) Full-Stack Development
11 168 (18.63%) Test Automation
12 167 (18.51%) Containerisation
13 147 (16.30%) Analytics
13 147 (16.30%) Observability
14 140 (15.52%) Continuous Improvement
15 138 (15.30%) Event-Driven
16 117 (12.97%) Cloud Security
17 92 (10.20%) Computer Science
18 89 (9.87%) Roadmaps
19 88 (9.76%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 364 (40.35%) Python
2 252 (27.94%) SQL
3 202 (22.39%) TypeScript
4 201 (22.28%) Java
5 154 (17.07%) JavaScript
6 143 (15.85%) C#
7 102 (11.31%) Bash
8 48 (5.32%) PowerShell
9 46 (5.10%) Kotlin
10 44 (4.88%) Go
11 42 (4.66%) Groovy
12 40 (4.43%) Bicep
13 35 (3.88%) PHP
14 23 (2.55%) Kusto Query Language
15 22 (2.44%) Ruby
16 19 (2.11%) Rust
17 18 (2.00%) Perl
18 14 (1.55%) Swift
19 10 (1.11%) Shell Script
20 8 (0.89%) Scala
Qualifications
1 146 (16.19%) Security Cleared
2 109 (12.08%) Degree
3 95 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 87 (9.65%) AWS Certification
5 42 (4.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 42 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 40 (4.43%) DV Cleared
7 36 (3.99%) Azure Certification
8 34 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (2.88%) Master's Degree
10 23 (2.55%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 20 (2.22%) ITIL Certification
12 13 (1.44%) OSCP
13 11 (1.22%) AWS Certified Developer
14 9 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
15 8 (0.89%) DBS Check
15 8 (0.89%) PhD
16 7 (0.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 5 (0.55%) CCSP
17 5 (0.55%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (5.76%) GDPR
2 46 (5.10%) Data Quality
3 44 (4.88%) QA
4 25 (2.77%) GRC
5 17 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.33%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.33%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.00%) SOC 2
8 6 (0.67%) NIST
9 5 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.44%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.44%) Solvency II
11 3 (0.33%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.22%) PMO
12 2 (0.22%) SLA
13 1 (0.11%) MiFID
System Software
1 258 (28.60%) Docker
2 35 (3.88%) Virtual Machines
3 30 (3.33%) Active Directory
4 19 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (1.77%) vSphere
6 12 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.44%) Squid
7 4 (0.44%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.33%) Firmware
8 3 (0.33%) iptables
9 2 (0.22%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 323 (35.81%) Terraform
2 206 (22.84%) Kubernetes
3 102 (11.31%) Ansible
4 52 (5.76%) Prometheus
5 46 (5.10%) Grafana
6 25 (2.77%) HP Fortify
7 20 (2.22%) Packer
7 20 (2.22%) Puppet
8 15 (1.66%) Kibana
9 13 (1.44%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.67%) Hadoop YARN
11 5 (0.55%) Argo
12 4 (0.44%) Podman
12 4 (0.44%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.33%) Scalr
14 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
14 2 (0.22%) Nagios
15 1 (0.11%) logstash
15 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 137 (15.19%) Microsoft
2 32 (3.55%) Databricks
3 31 (3.44%) Oracle
4 30 (3.33%) Tenable
5 25 (2.77%) CrowdStrike
5 25 (2.77%) Palo Alto
6 22 (2.44%) OpenAI
7 21 (2.33%) Splunk
8 19 (2.11%) VMware
9 18 (2.00%) IBM
10 16 (1.77%) Google
11 14 (1.55%) Amplitude
11 14 (1.55%) Braze
11 14 (1.55%) SAP
12 12 (1.33%) Dynatrace
12 12 (1.33%) HP
12 12 (1.33%) ScienceLogic
13 10 (1.11%) Red Hat
14 9 (1.00%) AppDynamics
15 8 (0.89%) Salesforce