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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 229 181
Rank change year-on-year +24 -48 -34
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 945 583 988
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.91% 1.35% 1.51%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.00% 4.19% 4.63%
Number of salaries quoted 609 390 468
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,925 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,250 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £102,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000

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 23,615 13,913 21,321
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 22.81% 32.13% 32.50%
Number of salaries quoted 16,662 9,634 13,108
10th Percentile £31,500 £29,075 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,243 £38,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,870 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.78% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -5.51% +1.60%

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 October 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 October 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 -19 411 £82,500 +10.00% 512
North of England +80 284 £67,500 +3.85% 159
North West +48 129 £67,249 +3.46% 103
Yorkshire +27 103 £80,000 +13.48% 41
South East -31 76 £65,000 -8.77% 52
South West -40 75 £67,500 +12.50% 63
Midlands -13 71 £62,500 - 59
North East -13 52 £65,000 -5.11% 15
West Midlands -42 40 £62,500 - 29
East Midlands -1 31 £65,000 - 30
East of England -52 10 £57,500 - 33
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 41 (4.34%) Apache Spark
2 32 (3.39%) SharePoint
3 31 (3.28%) Apache
4 23 (2.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (1.80%) Confluence
6 11 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.74%) CMS
7 7 (0.74%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.53%) Apache Pig
9 4 (0.42%) nginx
9 4 (0.42%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.32%) SAS
10 3 (0.32%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.21%) Camunda
11 2 (0.21%) JBoss
11 2 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.21%) WebLogic Portal
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (0.63%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.21%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 23 (2.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.11%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.11%) Finacle
4 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.11%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.11%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 653 (69.10%) AWS
2 436 (46.14%) AWS Lambda
3 371 (39.26%) Azure
4 287 (30.37%) Amazon S3
5 221 (23.39%) AWS CloudFormation
6 198 (20.95%) Azure Functions
7 181 (19.15%) Amazon ECS
8 135 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
9 131 (13.86%) GitHub
10 124 (13.12%) Amazon EC2
11 103 (10.90%) GCP
12 102 (10.79%) Amazon EKS
13 96 (10.16%) Power Platform
14 95 (10.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 92 (9.74%) SaaS
16 88 (9.31%) PaaS
17 84 (8.89%) AWS Step Functions
18 78 (8.25%) Azure Logic Apps
19 71 (7.51%) Amazon SQS
20 70 (7.41%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.60%) VPN
2 29 (3.07%) Firewall
3 26 (2.75%) Network Security
4 23 (2.43%) DNS
5 22 (2.33%) Internet
6 16 (1.69%) VoIP
7 12 (1.27%) DHCP
7 12 (1.27%) VLAN
8 9 (0.95%) MQTT
9 8 (0.85%) AMQP
10 7 (0.74%) TCP/IP
11 6 (0.63%) BGP
11 6 (0.63%) IPsec
12 5 (0.53%) SAN
12 5 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (0.42%) IPv4
13 4 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
14 3 (0.32%) HTTP
14 3 (0.32%) LTE
15 2 (0.21%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (14.39%) DynamoDB
2 103 (10.90%) Amazon RDS
3 91 (9.63%) NoSQL
4 87 (9.21%) SQL Server
5 68 (7.20%) PostgreSQL
6 53 (5.61%) Amazon Athena
7 50 (5.29%) Azure SQL Database
7 50 (5.29%) Relational Database
8 49 (5.19%) Amazon Redshift
9 47 (4.97%) Data Warehouse
10 42 (4.44%) Power BI
11 30 (3.17%) Big Data
12 25 (2.65%) MongoDB
13 24 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
13 24 (2.54%) Spark SQL
14 23 (2.43%) Metadata
15 21 (2.22%) Data Lake
15 21 (2.22%) Hadoop
16 20 (2.12%) MySQL
17 15 (1.59%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 193 (20.42%) Git
2 105 (11.11%) Jenkins
3 62 (6.56%) GitLab
4 27 (2.86%) JIRA
5 23 (2.43%) SonarQube
6 22 (2.33%) Cypress.io
7 18 (1.90%) Maven
7 18 (1.90%) Snyk
8 14 (1.48%) JMeter
9 13 (1.38%) Claude Code
10 12 (1.27%) Bitbucket
10 12 (1.27%) JUnit
11 11 (1.16%) Mockito
11 11 (1.16%) TeamCity
12 9 (0.95%) Postman
13 8 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 7 (0.74%) Selenium
15 6 (0.63%) CircleCI
15 6 (0.63%) Crashlytics
16 5 (0.53%) Chocolatey
General
1 222 (23.49%) Social Skills
2 188 (19.89%) Finance
3 107 (11.32%) Public Sector
4 87 (9.21%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (7.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 59 (6.24%) Law
7 53 (5.61%) Banking
8 38 (4.02%) Marketing
9 24 (2.54%) Retail
10 23 (2.43%) Legal
11 16 (1.69%) Telecoms
12 15 (1.59%) Aviation
13 14 (1.48%) Military
14 13 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (1.27%) Aerospace
16 11 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (0.95%) Health Technology
18 7 (0.74%) Billing
19 6 (0.63%) Manufacturing
19 6 (0.63%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 279 (29.52%) Senior
2 237 (25.08%) Developer
3 118 (12.49%) Lead
4 108 (11.43%) Architect
5 102 (10.79%) Software Engineer
6 82 (8.68%) Data Engineer
7 75 (7.94%) Senior Developer
8 73 (7.72%) AWS Engineer
9 65 (6.88%) Java Developer
10 64 (6.77%) DevOps Engineer
11 61 (6.46%) Full-Stack Developer
12 57 (6.03%) Cloud Engineer
13 45 (4.76%) Senior Software Engineer
14 42 (4.44%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 40 (4.23%) Azure Engineer
15 40 (4.23%) Consultant
16 39 (4.13%) Platform Engineer
17 38 (4.02%) AWS Developer
18 37 (3.92%) Senior Architect
19 36 (3.81%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 353 (37.35%) Terraform
2 163 (17.25%) Node.js
3 150 (15.87%) .NET
4 133 (14.07%) React
5 115 (12.17%) REST
6 89 (9.42%) AngularJS
7 87 (9.21%) Spring Boot
8 81 (8.57%) Spring
9 77 (8.15%) RESTful
10 75 (7.94%) Kafka
11 55 (5.82%) AWS CDK
12 48 (5.08%) PySpark
13 38 (4.02%) JSON
14 32 (3.39%) Swagger
15 30 (3.17%) Jest
16 27 (2.86%) OAuth
17 26 (2.75%) Next.js
17 26 (2.75%) OpenAPI
18 25 (2.65%) Gherkin
18 25 (2.65%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 268 (28.36%) Cloud Native
2 77 (8.15%) Onboarding
3 73 (7.72%) Distributed Systems
4 49 (5.19%) AI Agents
5 48 (5.08%) Product Ownership
6 40 (4.23%) Enterprise Cloud
7 38 (4.02%) Hybrid Cloud
8 31 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
9 29 (3.07%) Greenfield Project
10 26 (2.75%) Data Centre
11 23 (2.43%) Legacy Systems
12 21 (2.22%) Management Information System
12 21 (2.22%) Public Cloud
13 17 (1.80%) Security Posture
14 15 (1.59%) Blog
14 15 (1.59%) Low-Code
15 14 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
16 13 (1.38%) Mobile App
17 12 (1.27%) Data Structures
17 12 (1.27%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 66 (6.98%) Linux
2 42 (4.44%) Windows
3 13 (1.38%) VMS
4 12 (1.27%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.74%) CentOS
5 7 (0.74%) Debian
5 7 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (0.74%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.63%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 556 (58.84%) CI/CD
2 451 (47.72%) DevOps
3 372 (39.37%) Agile
4 352 (37.25%) Infrastructure as Code
5 273 (28.89%) AI
6 251 (26.56%) Mentoring
7 239 (25.29%) Software Engineering
8 209 (22.12%) Microservices
9 196 (20.74%) Continuous Improvement
10 180 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
11 167 (17.67%) Test Automation
12 159 (16.83%) Full-Stack Development
12 159 (16.83%) Observability
13 154 (16.30%) Analytics
14 148 (15.66%) Event-Driven
15 141 (14.92%) Roadmaps
16 138 (14.60%) Cloud Security
17 134 (14.18%) Containerisation
18 124 (13.12%) Migration
19 115 (12.17%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 338 (35.77%) Python
2 272 (28.78%) SQL
3 195 (20.63%) Java
4 184 (19.47%) TypeScript
5 183 (19.37%) C#
6 166 (17.57%) JavaScript
7 95 (10.05%) Bash
8 49 (5.19%) Bicep
9 41 (4.34%) PowerShell
10 34 (3.60%) Kotlin
11 30 (3.17%) Ruby
12 27 (2.86%) Groovy
12 27 (2.86%) PHP
13 26 (2.75%) C++
14 19 (2.01%) Go
15 15 (1.59%) Perl
16 14 (1.48%) Scala
16 14 (1.48%) Shell Script
17 13 (1.38%) Kusto Query Language
18 12 (1.27%) Rust
Qualifications
1 184 (19.47%) Security Cleared
2 130 (13.76%) SC Cleared
3 94 (9.95%) Degree
4 78 (8.25%) AWS Certification
5 57 (6.03%) Azure Certification
6 55 (5.82%) DV Cleared
7 39 (4.13%) Microsoft Certification
8 36 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
9 35 (3.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 15 (1.59%) Master's Degree
11 12 (1.27%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 10 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
13 9 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (0.95%) TOGAF Certification
14 8 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 7 (0.74%) AWS Certified Developer
16 6 (0.63%) MBA
16 6 (0.63%) OSCP
17 5 (0.53%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (7.51%) Data Quality
2 69 (7.30%) GDPR
3 48 (5.08%) QA
4 28 (2.96%) Accessibility
5 20 (2.12%) GRC
6 13 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (0.95%) NIST
8 8 (0.85%) WCAG
9 5 (0.53%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.53%) SLA
10 3 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.21%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.21%) PMO
12 1 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.11%) NCSC
12 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 238 (25.19%) Docker
2 41 (4.34%) Active Directory
3 27 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
4 24 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (1.69%) vSphere
6 12 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (0.74%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.42%) Squid
8 4 (0.42%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 177 (18.73%) Kubernetes
2 97 (10.26%) Ansible
3 41 (4.34%) Grafana
4 35 (3.70%) Prometheus
5 24 (2.54%) Puppet
6 19 (2.01%) Packer
7 13 (1.38%) Progress Chef
8 11 (1.16%) HP Fortify
9 10 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (0.95%) Kibana
11 6 (0.63%) Hadoop YARN
11 6 (0.63%) Rancher
12 5 (0.53%) Argo
12 5 (0.53%) Podman
12 5 (0.53%) SCCM
13 4 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.42%) ZABBIX
14 2 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 2 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 2 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 213 (22.54%) Microsoft
2 39 (4.13%) Databricks
3 36 (3.81%) Dynatrace
4 35 (3.70%) Oracle
5 29 (3.07%) OpenAI
6 27 (2.86%) Tenable
7 25 (2.65%) Google
7 25 (2.65%) VMware
8 22 (2.33%) SAP
8 22 (2.33%) Splunk
9 18 (1.90%) CrowdStrike
9 18 (1.90%) Palo Alto
10 14 (1.48%) Red Hat
11 12 (1.27%) ScienceLogic
12 10 (1.06%) HP
12 10 (1.06%) IBM
12 10 (1.06%) Salesforce
13 9 (0.95%) ServiceNow
14 7 (0.74%) Avaya
14 7 (0.74%) SaltStack