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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 211 98 192
Rank change year-on-year -113 +94 -44
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 658 1,209 1,131
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.02% 3.07% 1.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.10% 8.11% 4.08%
Number of salaries quoted 428 601 906
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,500 £46,875
25th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.97% +4.14% -3.33%
75th Percentile £84,063 £101,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £111,875
UK median annual salary £72,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +3.45% -

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 21,212 14,904 27,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.87% 37.85% 37.59%
Number of salaries quoted 11,617 10,123 23,323
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 11 March 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 11 March 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 -83 275 £82,500 -13.16% 169
North of England +55 215 £72,500 +16.00% 104
Yorkshire +43 146 £72,500 +28.89% 40
Midlands -16 73 £60,000 +6.67% 33
North West -1 64 £72,966 +5.37% 55
East Midlands -7 48 £60,000 -2.04% 9
South West -105 42 £62,500 +4.17% 47
South East -154 37 £67,500 +12.50% 81
West Midlands -35 25 £51,875 -5.68% 24
East of England -62 14 £60,100 -9.28% 17
North East -21 5 £66,750 +6.80% 11
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 30 (4.56%) Apache Spark
2 29 (4.41%) Apache
3 20 (3.04%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (2.43%) SharePoint
5 13 (1.98%) OpenStack
6 7 (1.06%) Confluence
7 5 (0.76%) SAS
8 3 (0.46%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.46%) JBoss
8 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.46%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.46%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.30%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.30%) nginx
9 2 (0.30%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.30%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (0.15%) CMS
10 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (0.61%) PlantUML
3 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.15%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 521 (79.18%) AWS
2 349 (53.04%) AWS Lambda
3 264 (40.12%) Amazon S3
4 238 (36.17%) Azure
5 159 (24.16%) AWS CloudFormation
6 120 (18.24%) GitHub
7 115 (17.48%) Amazon ECS
8 96 (14.59%) AWS Step Functions
9 95 (14.44%) Azure Functions
10 83 (12.61%) Amazon SQS
11 77 (11.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 76 (11.55%) Amazon EC2
13 71 (10.79%) Amazon EKS
13 71 (10.79%) GitHub Actions
14 70 (10.64%) Azure Logic Apps
15 68 (10.33%) GCP
16 58 (8.81%) SaaS
17 56 (8.51%) Azure DevOps
18 51 (7.75%) Power Platform
19 41 (6.23%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.98%) DSL
2 11 (1.67%) AMQP
2 11 (1.67%) Firewall
2 11 (1.67%) Network Security
3 7 (1.06%) VPN
4 5 (0.76%) Broadband
5 4 (0.61%) WAN
6 3 (0.46%) Internet
6 3 (0.46%) SSL
7 2 (0.30%) DNS
8 1 (0.15%) 4G
8 1 (0.15%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (19.30%) DynamoDB
2 81 (12.31%) NoSQL
3 73 (11.09%) Amazon RDS
4 70 (10.64%) PostgreSQL
5 47 (7.14%) SQL Server
6 46 (6.99%) Amazon Redshift
7 39 (5.93%) Data Warehouse
8 32 (4.86%) Power BI
9 31 (4.71%) Relational Database
10 26 (3.95%) Amazon Athena
11 24 (3.65%) Azure SQL Database
12 23 (3.50%) MySQL
13 20 (3.04%) MongoDB
14 19 (2.89%) Big Data
15 17 (2.58%) Data Lake
16 11 (1.67%) Apache Iceberg
17 10 (1.52%) Hadoop
17 10 (1.52%) Metadata
17 10 (1.52%) RDBMS
18 7 (1.06%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 134 (20.36%) Jenkins
2 91 (13.83%) GitLab
3 90 (13.68%) Git
4 38 (5.78%) Cypress.io
5 35 (5.32%) Maven
6 34 (5.17%) SonarQube
7 20 (3.04%) CircleCI
8 14 (2.13%) JIRA
9 10 (1.52%) Bitbucket
9 10 (1.52%) JUnit
10 9 (1.37%) MLflow
11 6 (0.91%) JMeter
11 6 (0.91%) Mockito
11 6 (0.91%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 5 (0.76%) Crashlytics
12 5 (0.76%) git-flow
12 5 (0.76%) XCTest
13 4 (0.61%) webpack
14 3 (0.46%) ESLint
14 3 (0.46%) Mocha
General
1 182 (27.66%) Social Skills
2 89 (13.53%) Finance
3 52 (7.90%) Public Sector
4 50 (7.60%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (3.04%) Banking
6 19 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
6 19 (2.89%) Publishing
7 16 (2.43%) Health Technology
7 16 (2.43%) Tech for Good
8 15 (2.28%) Law
9 14 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (1.82%) Advertising
11 9 (1.37%) Legal
12 7 (1.06%) Manufacturing
13 6 (0.91%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.76%) Retail
15 4 (0.61%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.61%) Billing
15 4 (0.61%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 261 (39.67%) Developer
2 164 (24.92%) Senior
3 90 (13.68%) Architect
4 80 (12.16%) Lead
5 73 (11.09%) Senior Developer
6 72 (10.94%) Java Developer
7 64 (9.73%) AWS Developer
7 64 (9.73%) AWS Engineer
8 62 (9.42%) Full-Stack Developer
9 55 (8.36%) Software Engineer
10 47 (7.14%) Python Developer
11 41 (6.23%) Lead Developer
12 40 (6.08%) Data Engineer
13 34 (5.17%) Software Developer
14 33 (5.02%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 32 (4.86%) React Developer
16 31 (4.71%) .NET Developer
16 31 (4.71%) Cloud Engineer
17 28 (4.26%) AWS Architect
18 25 (3.80%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (26.29%) React
2 136 (20.67%) Node.js
3 105 (15.96%) .NET
4 98 (14.89%) Spring Boot
5 80 (12.16%) AngularJS
6 79 (12.01%) Spring
7 73 (11.09%) HTML
8 67 (10.18%) REST
9 66 (10.03%) RESTful
10 62 (9.42%) CSS
11 55 (8.36%) AWS CDK
12 51 (7.75%) Kafka
13 47 (7.14%) .NET Core
14 38 (5.78%) Jest
15 33 (5.02%) Gherkin
16 30 (4.56%) RabbitMQ
17 25 (3.80%) FastAPI
18 24 (3.65%) Flask
19 23 (3.50%) Elastic Stack
19 23 (3.50%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 148 (22.49%) Cloud Native
2 43 (6.53%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (5.62%) Enterprise Software
4 29 (4.41%) Greenfield Project
5 26 (3.95%) Data Structures
6 21 (3.19%) Product Ownership
7 18 (2.74%) Mobile App
8 12 (1.82%) Blockchain
8 12 (1.82%) Web3
9 11 (1.67%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.37%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.22%) Virtual Team
12 7 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.06%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.06%) Security Posture
13 5 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
13 5 (0.76%) Low-Code
14 4 (0.61%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 32 (4.86%) Linux
2 15 (2.28%) Windows
3 14 (2.13%) VMS
4 8 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (1.22%) Unix
5 5 (0.76%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.76%) CentOS
5 5 (0.76%) Debian
5 5 (0.76%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (57.75%) CI/CD
2 315 (47.87%) DevOps
3 267 (40.58%) Agile
4 225 (34.19%) Infrastructure as Code
5 184 (27.96%) Microservices
6 176 (26.75%) Mentoring
7 160 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
8 144 (21.88%) Full-Stack Development
9 136 (20.67%) Software Engineering
10 134 (20.36%) Containerisation
11 112 (17.02%) Continuous Improvement
12 90 (13.68%) Observability
13 81 (12.31%) AI
13 81 (12.31%) Analytics
14 76 (11.55%) Test Automation
15 72 (10.94%) Continuous Integration
16 71 (10.79%) Data Modelling
17 70 (10.64%) TDD
18 69 (10.49%) Scrum
19 66 (10.03%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 269 (40.88%) Python
2 188 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 183 (27.81%) TypeScript
4 172 (26.14%) SQL
5 163 (24.77%) Java
6 106 (16.11%) C#
7 65 (9.88%) Bash
8 35 (5.32%) Go
9 32 (4.86%) Groovy
10 28 (4.26%) PowerShell
11 23 (3.50%) Kotlin
12 14 (2.13%) Kusto Query Language
12 14 (2.13%) Rust
13 8 (1.22%) PHP
13 8 (1.22%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.06%) Bicep
14 7 (1.06%) Scala
15 6 (0.91%) C++
16 5 (0.76%) R
16 5 (0.76%) Swift
Qualifications
1 104 (15.81%) AWS Certification
2 87 (13.22%) Degree
3 73 (11.09%) Security Cleared
4 56 (8.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (6.69%) SC Cleared
6 40 (6.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 39 (5.93%) Azure Certification
8 35 (5.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 24 (3.65%) TOGAF Certification
10 22 (3.34%) AWS Certified Developer
11 20 (3.04%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 19 (2.89%) ITIL Certification
13 16 (2.43%) DV Cleared
14 14 (2.13%) OSCP
15 9 (1.37%) DBS Check
16 8 (1.22%) Master's Degree
16 8 (1.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 7 (1.06%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
18 5 (0.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
19 3 (0.46%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (6.23%) QA
2 34 (5.17%) Data Quality
3 20 (3.04%) GDPR
4 12 (1.82%) SOC 2
5 10 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.06%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.91%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.91%) SLA
8 2 (0.30%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.30%) NIST
8 2 (0.30%) WCAG
9 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.15%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.15%) MiFID
9 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 219 (33.28%) Docker
2 17 (2.58%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.61%) HDFS
4 4 (0.61%) iptables
5 2 (0.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 198 (30.09%) Terraform
2 155 (23.56%) Kubernetes
3 60 (9.12%) Ansible
4 41 (6.23%) Prometheus
5 38 (5.78%) Grafana
6 33 (5.02%) HP Fortify
7 18 (2.74%) Kibana
8 10 (1.52%) Puppet
9 7 (1.06%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.46%) Kubeflow
10 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.46%) Nagios
11 2 (0.30%) Packer
12 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 90 (13.68%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.34%) Databricks
3 13 (1.98%) Google
4 11 (1.67%) Oracle
5 10 (1.52%) Palo Alto
6 9 (1.37%) Splunk
7 7 (1.06%) Atlassian
7 7 (1.06%) Dynatrace
7 7 (1.06%) Red Hat
8 6 (0.91%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (0.91%) Fortinet
8 6 (0.91%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.76%) Amplitude
9 5 (0.76%) SaltStack
10 4 (0.61%) Pega
10 4 (0.61%) WSO2
10 4 (0.61%) Zscaler
11 3 (0.46%) IBM
11 3 (0.46%) OpenAI
12 2 (0.30%) Apple