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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 207 125 152
Rank change year-on-year -82 +27 -41
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 580 1,265 973
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.23% 2.16% 2.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.64% 6.29% 4.94%
Number of salaries quoted 364 548 771
10th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £75,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.05% +7.86% -6.67%
75th Percentile £83,750 £98,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,932 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.42% +7.14% -6.04%

All Cloud 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 15,931 20,115 19,703
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.89% 34.30% 43.25%
Number of salaries quoted 10,277 12,293 16,597
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £45,653
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% +2.00% -0.79%

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 2025. 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 -44 291 £76,000 -15.56% 124
North of England +71 130 £70,932 +23.36% 48
Yorkshire +51 73 £75,000 +41.51% 13
North West +40 53 £65,000 +6.12% 30
South East -106 50 £67,500 +8.00% 79
South West -61 48 £62,500 -10.71% 26
Midlands +10 44 £62,500 +19.05% 25
West Midlands +32 35 £62,500 +13.64% 15
East of England -35 22 £57,500 -4.17% 9
East Midlands +4 9 £65,000 +91.18% 10
North East +7 4 £68,500 +19.13% 5
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 (5.69%) Apache Spark
1 33 (5.69%) SharePoint
2 21 (3.62%) Confluence
3 20 (3.45%) Apache
4 9 (1.55%) Headless CMS
4 9 (1.55%) OpenStack
4 9 (1.55%) WebSphere
5 7 (1.21%) Tomcat
6 6 (1.03%) WebSphere Application Server
7 5 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.34%) CMS
8 2 (0.34%) JBoss
8 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.34%) nginx
9 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.38%) Shopify
3 3 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.34%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.17%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 422 (72.76%) AWS
2 277 (47.76%) AWS Lambda
3 269 (46.38%) Azure
4 183 (31.55%) Amazon S3
5 109 (18.79%) Azure Functions
6 102 (17.59%) Amazon ECS
7 95 (16.38%) Amazon EC2
8 90 (15.52%) GitHub
9 82 (14.14%) Amazon EKS
10 75 (12.93%) Azure Logic Apps
11 73 (12.59%) AWS CloudFormation
12 61 (10.52%) Amazon SQS
13 60 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
14 59 (10.17%) Power Platform
15 56 (9.66%) SaaS
16 49 (8.45%) AWS Step Functions
16 49 (8.45%) PaaS
17 47 (8.10%) GCP
17 47 (8.10%) Power Automate
18 42 (7.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.59%) Firewall
1 15 (2.59%) Internet
2 12 (2.07%) Wireless
3 8 (1.38%) Broadband
3 8 (1.38%) DNS
3 8 (1.38%) Network Security
3 8 (1.38%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.21%) AMQP
4 7 (1.21%) SSL
5 6 (1.03%) VPN
6 5 (0.86%) DHCP
6 5 (0.86%) SD-WAN
6 5 (0.86%) Unified Communications
6 5 (0.86%) VLAN
6 5 (0.86%) WAN
6 5 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.34%) LAN
8 1 (0.17%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.17%) NAS
8 1 (0.17%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (16.90%) DynamoDB
2 81 (13.97%) PostgreSQL
3 66 (11.38%) Amazon RDS
4 64 (11.03%) NoSQL
5 53 (9.14%) SQL Server
6 47 (8.10%) Data Warehouse
7 45 (7.76%) Amazon Redshift
8 44 (7.59%) Relational Database
9 24 (4.14%) Big Data
10 22 (3.79%) Data Lake
10 22 (3.79%) MongoDB
10 22 (3.79%) MySQL
10 22 (3.79%) Power BI
10 22 (3.79%) RDBMS
11 20 (3.45%) Elasticsearch
12 18 (3.10%) Hadoop
13 16 (2.76%) Amazon Athena
14 14 (2.41%) Amazon Aurora
15 11 (1.90%) Apache Iceberg
15 11 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 86 (14.83%) Jenkins
2 73 (12.59%) Git
3 33 (5.69%) JIRA
4 31 (5.34%) GitLab
5 27 (4.66%) Cypress.io
6 26 (4.48%) JUnit
7 24 (4.14%) JMeter
8 21 (3.62%) Mockito
9 11 (1.90%) Bitbucket
10 8 (1.38%) Selenium
10 8 (1.38%) SonarQube
11 7 (1.21%) git-flow
11 7 (1.21%) Maven
12 5 (0.86%) CircleCI
12 5 (0.86%) Vite
13 4 (0.69%) Locust
13 4 (0.69%) Mocha
13 4 (0.69%) NUnit
13 4 (0.69%) Postman
13 4 (0.69%) webpack
General
1 170 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 98 (16.90%) Finance
3 56 (9.66%) Public Sector
4 51 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (6.03%) Law
6 31 (5.34%) Tech for Good
7 26 (4.48%) Publishing
8 25 (4.31%) Health Technology
9 21 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (3.10%) Marketing
11 15 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (2.24%) Legal
12 13 (2.24%) Retail
13 12 (2.07%) Automotive
13 12 (2.07%) Banking
14 11 (1.90%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.55%) Financial Institution
16 7 (1.21%) Games
16 7 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 216 (37.24%) Developer
2 151 (26.03%) Senior
3 80 (13.79%) Lead
4 77 (13.28%) Senior Developer
5 70 (12.07%) Architect
6 57 (9.83%) Full-Stack Developer
7 54 (9.31%) Data Engineer
8 48 (8.28%) Python Developer
8 48 (8.28%) Software Engineer
9 46 (7.93%) Java Developer
10 39 (6.72%) AWS Developer
10 39 (6.72%) AWS Engineer
11 33 (5.69%) Lead Developer
12 32 (5.52%) Software Developer
13 29 (5.00%) React Developer
14 27 (4.66%) .NET Developer
15 26 (4.48%) Full-Stack Java Developer
16 25 (4.31%) Senior Data Engineer
16 25 (4.31%) Solutions Architect
17 22 (3.79%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (26.55%) React
2 106 (18.28%) .NET
3 91 (15.69%) HTML
4 76 (13.10%) Node.js
5 74 (12.76%) Spring
5 74 (12.76%) Spring Boot
6 71 (12.24%) REST
7 68 (11.72%) CSS
8 65 (11.21%) RESTful
9 60 (10.34%) AngularJS
10 39 (6.72%) .NET Core
10 39 (6.72%) Kafka
11 32 (5.52%) Vue
12 31 (5.34%) .NET Framework
12 31 (5.34%) Web Services
13 29 (5.00%) GraphQL
14 28 (4.83%) JSON
15 27 (4.66%) FastAPI
16 26 (4.48%) Apache Camel
17 25 (4.31%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 132 (22.76%) Cloud Native
2 58 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (5.69%) Product Ownership
4 24 (4.14%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (2.93%) Greenfield Project
6 15 (2.59%) Data Structures
6 15 (2.59%) IoT
6 15 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (2.41%) Management Information System
8 13 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (2.24%) Virtual Team
9 12 (2.07%) e-Learning
9 12 (2.07%) Mobile App
9 12 (2.07%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.55%) Linux Command Line
11 9 (1.55%) Low-Code
12 6 (1.03%) Data Centre
12 6 (1.03%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (6.21%) Linux
2 15 (2.59%) Unix
2 15 (2.59%) Windows
3 9 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (1.03%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.69%) VMS
6 2 (0.34%) CentOS
6 2 (0.34%) Debian
6 2 (0.34%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.17%) Android
7 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (51.38%) CI/CD
2 273 (47.07%) Agile
3 251 (43.28%) DevOps
4 156 (26.90%) Microservices
5 147 (25.34%) Mentoring
6 146 (25.17%) Problem-Solving
7 136 (23.45%) Infrastructure as Code
8 112 (19.31%) Software Engineering
9 109 (18.79%) Full-Stack Development
10 108 (18.62%) Containerisation
11 102 (17.59%) Continuous Improvement
12 99 (17.07%) TDD
13 88 (15.17%) AI
14 80 (13.79%) Scrum
15 75 (12.93%) Analytics
16 74 (12.76%) SDLC
17 72 (12.41%) Machine Learning
18 71 (12.24%) Data Modelling
19 56 (9.66%) User Experience
20 55 (9.48%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 282 (48.62%) Python
2 193 (33.28%) JavaScript
3 147 (25.34%) TypeScript
4 141 (24.31%) Java
5 137 (23.62%) SQL
6 108 (18.62%) C#
7 46 (7.93%) PowerShell
8 34 (5.86%) Bash
9 24 (4.14%) Shell Script
10 19 (3.28%) Scala
11 17 (2.93%) Bicep
12 15 (2.59%) Go
13 11 (1.90%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (1.03%) Groovy
14 6 (1.03%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 3 (0.52%) C++
16 3 (0.52%) PHP
16 3 (0.52%) R
16 3 (0.52%) Rust
Qualifications
1 79 (13.62%) AWS Certification
2 72 (12.41%) Security Cleared
3 67 (11.55%) Degree
4 43 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (6.90%) Azure Certification
6 35 (6.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 34 (5.86%) SC Cleared
8 27 (4.66%) Microsoft Certification
9 24 (4.14%) TOGAF Certification
10 21 (3.62%) AWS Certified Developer
11 19 (3.28%) DV Cleared
12 8 (1.38%) SnowPro
13 7 (1.21%) Master's Degree
14 6 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.52%) DBS Check
16 2 (0.34%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
16 2 (0.34%) MCP
17 1 (0.17%) CCNA
17 1 (0.17%) Cisco Certification
17 1 (0.17%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (10.52%) QA
2 25 (4.31%) GDPR
3 17 (2.93%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.93%) SLA
4 14 (2.41%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.55%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.03%) SOC 2
7 5 (0.86%) NIST
8 4 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.52%) WCAG
10 1 (0.17%) CDISC
10 1 (0.17%) DICOM
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
1 161 (27.76%) Docker
2 20 (3.45%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.38%) HDFS
4 7 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.86%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.34%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.17%) Firmware
7 1 (0.17%) iptables
7 1 (0.17%) vCloud
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 148 (25.52%) Terraform
2 134 (23.10%) Kubernetes
3 36 (6.21%) Ansible
4 26 (4.48%) Prometheus
5 25 (4.31%) Kibana
6 24 (4.14%) Grafana
7 8 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (1.21%) HP Fortify
9 6 (1.03%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.52%) Kubeflow
11 3 (0.52%) Puppet
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%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 120 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.03%) Splunk
3 25 (4.31%) Databricks
3 25 (4.31%) Dynatrace
4 21 (3.62%) Atlassian
5 17 (2.93%) Oracle
6 16 (2.76%) Google
7 9 (1.55%) Apple
7 9 (1.55%) IBM
7 9 (1.55%) OpenAI
7 9 (1.55%) Palo Alto
7 9 (1.55%) Red Hat
8 6 (1.03%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (1.03%) Fortinet
9 5 (0.86%) Aruba
9 5 (0.86%) HP
9 5 (0.86%) Veeam
10 4 (0.69%) Citrix
10 4 (0.69%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.69%) SAP