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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 221 211
Rank change year-on-year +19 -10 -59
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 967 610 905
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.93% 1.42% 1.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.00% 4.39% 4.15%
Number of salaries quoted 612 418 482
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,850 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,813 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £70,750 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.24% -2.41% +3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £102,875 £107,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +2.84% +0.71% -

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 24,190 13,892 21,798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 23.39% 32.27% 32.25%
Number of salaries quoted 16,903 9,685 13,594
10th Percentile £31,500 £29,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -7.69% +1.56%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £105,000
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 28 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 28 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 -18 407 £82,500 +10.00% 446
North of England +87 301 £70,000 +7.69% 132
North West +47 139 £67,500 +3.85% 84
Yorkshire +34 108 £80,000 +13.48% 38
South East -26 87 £65,000 -8.77% 60
Midlands -15 77 £62,500 -1.96% 55
South West -55 72 £62,500 +4.17% 64
North East -17 54 £67,500 -1.46% 10
West Midlands -36 43 £62,500 -1.96% 28
East Midlands -3 34 £65,000 - 27
East of England -59 10 £57,500 - 25
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 39 (4.03%) Apache Spark
2 29 (3.00%) SharePoint
3 27 (2.79%) Apache
4 22 (2.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (1.76%) Confluence
6 12 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.72%) CMS
7 7 (0.72%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.52%) Apache Pig
8 5 (0.52%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.41%) nginx
10 3 (0.31%) SAS
10 3 (0.31%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.21%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.21%) Camunda
11 2 (0.21%) JBoss
11 2 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.21%) WebLogic Portal
11 2 (0.21%) WordPress
12 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (0.72%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.31%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 20 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.10%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.10%) Finacle
4 1 (0.10%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.10%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.10%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 672 (69.49%) AWS
2 452 (46.74%) AWS Lambda
3 368 (38.06%) Azure
4 296 (30.61%) Amazon S3
5 220 (22.75%) AWS CloudFormation
6 197 (20.37%) Azure Functions
7 195 (20.17%) Amazon ECS
8 130 (13.44%) Azure DevOps
9 128 (13.24%) Amazon EC2
10 126 (13.03%) GitHub
11 113 (11.69%) Amazon EKS
12 98 (10.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 98 (10.13%) GCP
13 95 (9.82%) SaaS
14 92 (9.51%) Power Platform
15 86 (8.89%) AWS Step Functions
16 81 (8.38%) PaaS
17 79 (8.17%) Azure Logic Apps
18 77 (7.96%) Amazon SQS
19 67 (6.93%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.31%) VPN
2 31 (3.21%) Firewall
3 25 (2.59%) Network Security
4 23 (2.38%) DNS
5 22 (2.28%) Internet
6 16 (1.65%) VoIP
7 13 (1.34%) DHCP
7 13 (1.34%) VLAN
8 9 (0.93%) MQTT
9 8 (0.83%) AMQP
9 8 (0.83%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.62%) BGP
10 6 (0.62%) IPsec
10 6 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.52%) SAN
12 4 (0.41%) IPv4
12 4 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
13 3 (0.31%) HTTP
13 3 (0.31%) LTE
14 2 (0.21%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (15.10%) DynamoDB
2 98 (10.13%) Amazon RDS
3 87 (9.00%) NoSQL
4 86 (8.89%) SQL Server
5 72 (7.45%) PostgreSQL
6 54 (5.58%) Relational Database
7 53 (5.48%) Amazon Athena
8 49 (5.07%) Azure SQL Database
9 46 (4.76%) Amazon Redshift
10 45 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
11 38 (3.93%) Power BI
12 30 (3.10%) Big Data
13 28 (2.90%) MongoDB
14 27 (2.79%) Spark SQL
15 25 (2.59%) Elasticsearch
16 23 (2.38%) Data Lake
17 22 (2.28%) MySQL
18 21 (2.17%) Hadoop
19 20 (2.07%) Metadata
20 14 (1.45%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 203 (20.99%) Git
2 118 (12.20%) Jenkins
3 69 (7.14%) GitLab
4 32 (3.31%) JIRA
5 30 (3.10%) SonarQube
6 25 (2.59%) Snyk
7 23 (2.38%) Cypress.io
8 20 (2.07%) Maven
9 15 (1.55%) JMeter
10 13 (1.34%) Claude Code
10 13 (1.34%) JUnit
11 12 (1.24%) Bitbucket
11 12 (1.24%) Mockito
12 11 (1.14%) TeamCity
13 10 (1.03%) Cucumber
13 10 (1.03%) Postman
14 8 (0.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 7 (0.72%) CircleCI
15 7 (0.72%) Selenium
16 6 (0.62%) Crashlytics
General
1 225 (23.27%) Social Skills
2 191 (19.75%) Finance
3 111 (11.48%) Public Sector
4 85 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
5 82 (8.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 56 (5.79%) Law
7 54 (5.58%) Banking
8 39 (4.03%) Marketing
9 25 (2.59%) Retail
10 19 (1.96%) Legal
11 16 (1.65%) Telecoms
12 15 (1.55%) Aviation
13 14 (1.45%) Military
14 13 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (1.24%) Aerospace
16 11 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (0.93%) Health Technology
18 8 (0.83%) Manufacturing
19 7 (0.72%) Billing
20 6 (0.62%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 290 (29.99%) Senior
2 249 (25.75%) Developer
3 122 (12.62%) Lead
4 111 (11.48%) Architect
5 99 (10.24%) Software Engineer
6 81 (8.38%) Data Engineer
7 79 (8.17%) Senior Developer
8 72 (7.45%) AWS Engineer
9 71 (7.34%) Java Developer
10 68 (7.03%) DevOps Engineer
11 65 (6.72%) Full-Stack Developer
12 59 (6.10%) Cloud Engineer
13 44 (4.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 44 (4.55%) Senior Architect
14 43 (4.45%) Senior Software Engineer
15 42 (4.34%) Cloud Architect
16 40 (4.14%) Consultant
17 39 (4.03%) Azure Engineer
17 39 (4.03%) Platform Engineer
18 38 (3.93%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 362 (37.44%) Terraform
2 164 (16.96%) Node.js
3 149 (15.41%) .NET
4 143 (14.79%) React
5 129 (13.34%) REST
6 96 (9.93%) AngularJS
7 92 (9.51%) Spring Boot
8 86 (8.89%) Spring
9 81 (8.38%) Kafka
10 80 (8.27%) RESTful
11 54 (5.58%) AWS CDK
12 52 (5.38%) PySpark
13 44 (4.55%) JSON
14 31 (3.21%) Jest
14 31 (3.21%) Swagger
15 30 (3.10%) OAuth
15 30 (3.10%) RabbitMQ
16 27 (2.79%) HTML
16 27 (2.79%) Web Services
17 26 (2.69%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 268 (27.71%) Cloud Native
2 80 (8.27%) Distributed Systems
3 78 (8.07%) Onboarding
4 46 (4.76%) Product Ownership
5 44 (4.55%) AI Agents
6 39 (4.03%) Enterprise Cloud
7 38 (3.93%) Hybrid Cloud
8 32 (3.31%) Data Centre
9 30 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
9 30 (3.10%) Greenfield Project
10 23 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
11 21 (2.17%) Management Information System
12 20 (2.07%) Public Cloud
13 15 (1.55%) Blog
13 15 (1.55%) Linux Command Line
13 15 (1.55%) Low-Code
13 15 (1.55%) Security Posture
14 14 (1.45%) Mobile App
15 12 (1.24%) Podcast
16 11 (1.14%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 72 (7.45%) Linux
2 42 (4.34%) Windows
3 13 (1.34%) VMS
3 13 (1.34%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.72%) CentOS
4 7 (0.72%) Debian
4 7 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (0.72%) Ubuntu
5 6 (0.62%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 567 (58.63%) CI/CD
2 458 (47.36%) DevOps
3 377 (38.99%) Agile
4 354 (36.61%) Infrastructure as Code
5 281 (29.06%) AI
6 254 (26.27%) Mentoring
7 235 (24.30%) Software Engineering
8 219 (22.65%) Microservices
9 188 (19.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 183 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
11 176 (18.20%) Test Automation
12 163 (16.86%) Full-Stack Development
12 163 (16.86%) Observability
13 156 (16.13%) Analytics
14 154 (15.93%) Event-Driven
15 142 (14.68%) Containerisation
16 140 (14.48%) Cloud Security
17 136 (14.06%) Roadmaps
18 119 (12.31%) Migration
19 112 (11.58%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 356 (36.81%) Python
2 279 (28.85%) SQL
3 206 (21.30%) Java
4 193 (19.96%) TypeScript
5 182 (18.82%) C#
6 169 (17.48%) JavaScript
7 97 (10.03%) Bash
8 48 (4.96%) Bicep
9 41 (4.24%) PowerShell
10 34 (3.52%) Groovy
10 34 (3.52%) Kotlin
11 30 (3.10%) Ruby
12 27 (2.79%) PHP
13 26 (2.69%) C++
14 20 (2.07%) Go
15 19 (1.96%) Perl
16 17 (1.76%) Shell Script
17 13 (1.34%) Kusto Query Language
18 12 (1.24%) Rust
19 11 (1.14%) Scala
Qualifications
1 188 (19.44%) Security Cleared
2 133 (13.75%) SC Cleared
3 98 (10.13%) Degree
4 78 (8.07%) AWS Certification
5 57 (5.89%) Azure Certification
6 54 (5.58%) DV Cleared
7 40 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 40 (4.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (3.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 16 (1.65%) Master's Degree
10 13 (1.34%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 11 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
11 11 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
12 9 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.83%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 7 (0.72%) AWS Certified Developer
14 7 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (0.62%) CISM
15 6 (0.62%) CISSP
15 6 (0.62%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 66 (6.83%) GDPR
3 55 (5.69%) QA
4 28 (2.90%) Accessibility
5 27 (2.79%) GRC
6 14 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (0.93%) NIST
8 8 (0.83%) WCAG
9 5 (0.52%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.52%) SLA
10 3 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.21%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.21%) PMO
12 1 (0.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.10%) NCSC
12 1 (0.10%) NIST 800
System Software
1 250 (25.85%) Docker
2 43 (4.45%) Active Directory
3 34 (3.52%) Virtual Machines
4 24 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (1.65%) vSphere
6 12 (1.24%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.83%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.41%) Squid
8 4 (0.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 195 (20.17%) Kubernetes
2 105 (10.86%) Ansible
3 41 (4.24%) Grafana
4 37 (3.83%) Prometheus
5 24 (2.48%) Puppet
6 22 (2.28%) Packer
7 14 (1.45%) Kibana
8 13 (1.34%) Progress Chef
9 12 (1.24%) HP Fortify
10 11 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (0.62%) Hadoop YARN
11 6 (0.62%) Rancher
12 5 (0.52%) Argo
12 5 (0.52%) Podman
12 5 (0.52%) SCCM
13 4 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.41%) ZABBIX
14 2 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 2 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 2 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 202 (20.89%) Microsoft
2 42 (4.34%) Databricks
3 39 (4.03%) Oracle
4 34 (3.52%) Dynatrace
4 34 (3.52%) Tenable
5 31 (3.21%) OpenAI
6 25 (2.59%) CrowdStrike
6 25 (2.59%) Palo Alto
6 25 (2.59%) VMware
7 23 (2.38%) Google
7 23 (2.38%) Splunk
8 20 (2.07%) SAP
9 18 (1.86%) IBM
10 14 (1.45%) AppDynamics
10 14 (1.45%) Red Hat
11 12 (1.24%) ScienceLogic
12 11 (1.14%) HP
13 10 (1.03%) Salesforce
14 8 (0.83%) ServiceNow
15 7 (0.72%) SaltStack