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 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 199 113 162
Rank change year-on-year -86 +49 -50
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 590 1,249 888
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.12% 2.50% 1.93%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.16% 6.84% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 364 543 683
10th Percentile £51,250 £51,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £59,549 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £75,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.05% +11.85% -10.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £98,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £101,750 £118,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,932 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -5.42% +11.11% -10.00%

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 18,676 18,267 19,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.44% 36.53% 41.54%
Number of salaries quoted 10,414 10,940 16,001
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £38,813 £47,257 £45,026
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 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,249
% change year-on-year -4.00% +3.74% -7.31%

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 27 December 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 27 December 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 -59 285 £76,000 -15.56% 342
North of England +69 159 £73,750 +22.92% 190
Yorkshire +60 107 £75,000 +46.34% 88
North West +12 48 £70,000 +12.00% 91
Midlands -3 46 £60,000 +9.09% 100
South East -125 46 £67,500 +8.00% 161
South West -97 39 £62,500 -10.71% 67
West Midlands +10 31 £60,000 +9.09% 55
East of England -42 16 £57,500 -4.17% 77
East Midlands -17 15 £65,000 +18.18% 40
North East +10 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 34 (5.76%) Apache Spark
2 26 (4.41%) SharePoint
3 20 (3.39%) Apache
4 17 (2.88%) Confluence
5 14 (2.37%) OpenStack
6 9 (1.53%) WebSphere
7 8 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
8 7 (1.19%) Headless CMS
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 7 (1.19%) Shopify
3 2 (0.34%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.17%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 442 (74.92%) AWS
2 295 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
3 257 (43.56%) Azure
4 207 (35.08%) Amazon S3
5 100 (16.95%) AWS CloudFormation
6 98 (16.61%) Amazon ECS
6 98 (16.61%) Azure Functions
7 97 (16.44%) GitHub
8 80 (13.56%) Amazon EC2
9 78 (13.22%) Amazon EKS
10 73 (12.37%) Azure Logic Apps
11 72 (12.20%) Amazon SQS
12 67 (11.36%) AWS Step Functions
13 61 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
14 59 (10.00%) SaaS
15 53 (8.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 53 (8.98%) Power Platform
16 49 (8.31%) GCP
16 49 (8.31%) GitHub Actions
17 42 (7.12%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.20%) Firewall
2 11 (1.86%) Internet
3 9 (1.53%) AMQP
3 9 (1.53%) Network Security
4 8 (1.36%) Broadband
4 8 (1.36%) Wireless
5 7 (1.19%) SSL
5 7 (1.19%) VPN
6 6 (1.02%) WAN
7 5 (0.85%) DNS
7 5 (0.85%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.85%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.34%) DHCP
8 2 (0.34%) DSL
8 2 (0.34%) LAN
8 2 (0.34%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.34%) VLAN
8 2 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.17%) SAN
9 1 (0.17%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (17.12%) DynamoDB
2 79 (13.39%) PostgreSQL
3 74 (12.54%) NoSQL
4 67 (11.36%) Amazon RDS
5 49 (8.31%) SQL Server
6 44 (7.46%) Amazon Redshift
6 44 (7.46%) Data Warehouse
7 43 (7.29%) Relational Database
8 24 (4.07%) Big Data
9 23 (3.90%) Data Lake
10 22 (3.73%) MongoDB
11 21 (3.56%) Elasticsearch
11 21 (3.56%) MySQL
12 20 (3.39%) Power BI
13 18 (3.05%) RDBMS
14 17 (2.88%) Hadoop
15 15 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
16 14 (2.37%) Amazon Athena
17 10 (1.69%) Apache Iceberg
18 9 (1.53%) DB2
Development Applications
1 100 (16.95%) Jenkins
2 83 (14.07%) Git
3 49 (8.31%) GitLab
4 35 (5.93%) Cypress.io
5 25 (4.24%) JIRA
6 19 (3.22%) JUnit
7 18 (3.05%) JMeter
7 18 (3.05%) SonarQube
8 17 (2.88%) Maven
9 15 (2.54%) Mockito
10 11 (1.86%) Bitbucket
11 7 (1.19%) CircleCI
12 5 (0.85%) git-flow
12 5 (0.85%) MLflow
12 5 (0.85%) Vite
13 4 (0.68%) Mocha
13 4 (0.68%) NUnit
13 4 (0.68%) Postman
13 4 (0.68%) Selenium
13 4 (0.68%) webpack
General
1 172 (29.15%) Social Skills
2 84 (14.24%) Finance
3 57 (9.66%) Public Sector
4 44 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (5.42%) Tech for Good
6 28 (4.75%) Publishing
7 27 (4.58%) Health Technology
8 19 (3.22%) Law
9 18 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
10 16 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (2.37%) Banking
13 12 (2.03%) Legal
13 12 (2.03%) Manufacturing
14 9 (1.53%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.53%) Retail
15 8 (1.36%) Advertising
15 8 (1.36%) Automotive
16 7 (1.19%) Billing
17 6 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 234 (39.66%) Developer
2 147 (24.92%) Senior
3 87 (14.75%) Architect
4 79 (13.39%) Lead
5 72 (12.20%) Senior Developer
6 55 (9.32%) AWS Developer
6 55 (9.32%) Full-Stack Developer
7 52 (8.81%) Python Developer
8 48 (8.14%) Java Developer
9 45 (7.63%) Data Engineer
10 44 (7.46%) AWS Engineer
11 42 (7.12%) Software Engineer
12 34 (5.76%) .NET Developer
12 34 (5.76%) Lead Developer
13 33 (5.59%) Software Developer
14 31 (5.25%) React Developer
15 25 (4.24%) Cloud Engineer
15 25 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
16 24 (4.07%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 22 (3.73%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (27.80%) React
2 101 (17.12%) .NET
3 96 (16.27%) Node.js
4 85 (14.41%) HTML
5 82 (13.90%) Spring Boot
6 78 (13.22%) Spring
7 77 (13.05%) RESTful
8 73 (12.37%) REST
9 67 (11.36%) CSS
10 64 (10.85%) AngularJS
11 41 (6.95%) .NET Core
12 39 (6.61%) Kafka
13 35 (5.93%) AWS CDK
14 33 (5.59%) Jest
15 32 (5.42%) Vue
16 28 (4.75%) Web Services
17 26 (4.41%) .NET Framework
17 26 (4.41%) FastAPI
18 24 (4.07%) ASP.NET
18 24 (4.07%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 141 (23.90%) Cloud Native
2 57 (9.66%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (5.59%) Enterprise Software
4 27 (4.58%) Product Ownership
5 21 (3.56%) Data Structures
6 17 (2.88%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (2.37%) Mobile App
7 14 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (2.03%) Management Information System
8 12 (2.03%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.86%) Virtual Team
10 10 (1.69%) IoT
11 9 (1.53%) e-Learning
11 9 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (1.53%) Linux Command Line
11 9 (1.53%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.53%) Public Cloud
12 8 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
13 7 (1.19%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 39 (6.61%) Linux
2 15 (2.54%) Unix
3 14 (2.37%) Windows
4 10 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.85%) VMS
6 3 (0.51%) CentOS
6 3 (0.51%) Debian
6 3 (0.51%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.51%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.17%) Android
7 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (54.24%) CI/CD
2 267 (45.25%) DevOps
3 264 (44.75%) Agile
4 167 (28.31%) Microservices
5 159 (26.95%) Mentoring
6 155 (26.27%) Infrastructure as Code
7 142 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
8 113 (19.15%) Full-Stack Development
9 107 (18.14%) Containerisation
10 103 (17.46%) Software Engineering
11 101 (17.12%) Continuous Improvement
12 95 (16.10%) TDD
13 89 (15.08%) Scrum
14 87 (14.75%) AI
15 77 (13.05%) SDLC
16 74 (12.54%) Analytics
17 72 (12.20%) Data Modelling
18 66 (11.19%) Migration
19 62 (10.51%) Observability
20 61 (10.34%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 260 (44.07%) Python
2 195 (33.05%) JavaScript
3 169 (28.64%) TypeScript
4 145 (24.58%) Java
5 137 (23.22%) SQL
6 109 (18.47%) C#
7 43 (7.29%) Bash
8 34 (5.76%) PowerShell
9 20 (3.39%) Shell Script
10 17 (2.88%) Scala
11 16 (2.71%) Go
11 16 (2.71%) Groovy
12 14 (2.37%) Bicep
13 9 (1.53%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.85%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.68%) C++
15 4 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.68%) PHP
15 4 (0.68%) R
16 3 (0.51%) C
Qualifications
1 100 (16.95%) AWS Certification
2 75 (12.71%) Degree
3 72 (12.20%) Security Cleared
4 50 (8.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (7.63%) Azure Certification
6 42 (7.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 38 (6.44%) SC Cleared
8 37 (6.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 30 (5.08%) TOGAF Certification
10 26 (4.41%) AWS Certified Developer
11 21 (3.56%) DV Cleared
12 10 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (1.19%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 7 (1.19%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.85%) MCP
14 5 (0.85%) SnowPro
15 3 (0.51%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
15 3 (0.51%) OSCP
16 2 (0.34%) DBS Check
16 2 (0.34%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (10.34%) QA
2 22 (3.73%) GDPR
3 19 (3.22%) Data Quality
4 18 (3.05%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.54%) SLA
6 12 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.19%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.85%) WCAG
9 4 (0.68%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.34%) NIST
12 1 (0.17%) CDISC
12 1 (0.17%) DICOM
12 1 (0.17%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.17%) GAAP
12 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.17%) HL7
12 1 (0.17%) IFRS
12 1 (0.17%) IFRS 17
12 1 (0.17%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 173 (29.32%) Docker
2 17 (2.88%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.36%) HDFS
3 8 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.34%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.34%) Terminal Server
5 1 (0.17%) Firmware
5 1 (0.17%) iptables
5 1 (0.17%) vCloud
5 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 157 (26.61%) Terraform
2 122 (20.68%) Kubernetes
3 40 (6.78%) Ansible
4 27 (4.58%) Prometheus
5 25 (4.24%) Grafana
6 21 (3.56%) Kibana
7 17 (2.88%) HP Fortify
8 6 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (1.02%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.68%) Puppet
10 3 (0.51%) Docker Swarm
10 3 (0.51%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.17%) Argo
11 1 (0.17%) Nagios
11 1 (0.17%) Podman
11 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 112 (18.98%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.73%) Databricks
2 22 (3.73%) Splunk
3 19 (3.22%) Dynatrace
4 18 (3.05%) Atlassian
5 17 (2.88%) Google
6 13 (2.20%) Oracle
7 10 (1.69%) Palo Alto
7 10 (1.69%) Red Hat
8 9 (1.53%) IBM
8 9 (1.53%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.36%) Apple
10 7 (1.19%) OpenAI
11 6 (1.02%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (1.02%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.68%) Pega
12 4 (0.68%) SAP
12 4 (0.68%) WSO2
12 4 (0.68%) Zscaler
13 3 (0.51%) OneLogin