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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 221 206
Rank change year-on-year +16 -15 -53
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 975 633 939
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.96% 1.47% 1.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.97% 4.50% 4.30%
Number of salaries quoted 609 437 499
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,300 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - +3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £103,000 £102,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £71,000 £71,250
% change year-on-year +2.11% -0.35% +1.79%

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 24,567 14,058 21,850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 24.24% 32.57% 31.80%
Number of salaries quoted 17,043 9,812 14,213
10th Percentile £31,723 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,331 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £60,000 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -4.76% -3.08%
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 17 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 17 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 -31 403 £84,750 +13.00% 578
North of England +95 316 £72,500 +11.54% 148
North West +55 141 £68,750 +5.77% 99
Yorkshire +35 123 £80,000 +13.48% 30
South East -29 84 £65,000 -8.77% 78
Midlands -12 78 £62,500 +2.04% 57
South West -51 70 £60,500 +0.83% 69
North East -16 52 £65,000 -5.45% 19
West Midlands -39 42 £62,500 - 29
East Midlands -7 36 £65,000 +73.33% 28
East of England -64 12 £59,450 +1.19% 26
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 38 (3.90%) Apache Spark
2 28 (2.87%) SharePoint
3 26 (2.67%) Apache
4 19 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (1.74%) Confluence
6 11 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.51%) Apache Pig
7 5 (0.51%) CMS
7 5 (0.51%) Headless CMS
7 5 (0.51%) SAS
8 4 (0.41%) nginx
8 4 (0.41%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.31%) JBoss
10 2 (0.21%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.21%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.21%) WordPress
11 1 (0.10%) IIS
11 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.10%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 9 (0.92%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.31%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 18 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.10%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.10%) Finacle
3 1 (0.10%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.10%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.10%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.10%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 682 (69.95%) AWS
2 462 (47.38%) AWS Lambda
3 367 (37.64%) Azure
4 306 (31.38%) Amazon S3
5 228 (23.38%) AWS CloudFormation
6 204 (20.92%) Amazon ECS
7 196 (20.10%) Azure Functions
8 131 (13.44%) Amazon EC2
8 131 (13.44%) Azure DevOps
9 130 (13.33%) GitHub
10 105 (10.77%) Amazon EKS
11 104 (10.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 98 (10.05%) GCP
13 96 (9.85%) AWS Step Functions
14 94 (9.64%) SaaS
15 90 (9.23%) Power Platform
16 83 (8.51%) Azure Logic Apps
17 78 (8.00%) Amazon SQS
18 76 (7.79%) PaaS
19 71 (7.28%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.28%) Firewall
2 31 (3.18%) VPN
3 24 (2.46%) Network Security
4 23 (2.36%) DNS
5 22 (2.26%) Internet
6 16 (1.64%) VoIP
7 14 (1.44%) DHCP
7 14 (1.44%) VLAN
8 9 (0.92%) MQTT
8 9 (0.92%) TCP/IP
9 8 (0.82%) AMQP
10 7 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.62%) BGP
11 6 (0.62%) IPsec
12 5 (0.51%) SAN
13 4 (0.41%) IPv4
13 4 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
14 3 (0.31%) Broadband
14 3 (0.31%) HTTP
14 3 (0.31%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (16.51%) DynamoDB
2 97 (9.95%) Amazon RDS
3 92 (9.44%) NoSQL
4 82 (8.41%) SQL Server
5 64 (6.56%) PostgreSQL
6 57 (5.85%) Amazon Athena
7 48 (4.92%) Relational Database
8 47 (4.82%) Azure SQL Database
9 46 (4.72%) Amazon Redshift
9 46 (4.72%) Data Warehouse
10 36 (3.69%) Power BI
11 32 (3.28%) Big Data
12 30 (3.08%) Spark SQL
13 26 (2.67%) Data Lake
13 26 (2.67%) MongoDB
14 25 (2.56%) Elasticsearch
15 23 (2.36%) MySQL
16 21 (2.15%) Hadoop
17 18 (1.85%) Metadata
18 11 (1.13%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 197 (20.21%) Git
2 127 (13.03%) Jenkins
3 74 (7.59%) GitLab
4 36 (3.69%) SonarQube
5 32 (3.28%) JIRA
6 29 (2.97%) Cypress.io
7 27 (2.77%) Maven
8 25 (2.56%) Snyk
9 14 (1.44%) JMeter
10 12 (1.23%) Bitbucket
10 12 (1.23%) Claude Code
11 11 (1.13%) Cucumber
11 11 (1.13%) JUnit
11 11 (1.13%) TeamCity
12 10 (1.03%) Mockito
12 10 (1.03%) Postman
13 9 (0.92%) CircleCI
14 8 (0.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 7 (0.72%) Crashlytics
15 7 (0.72%) Selenium
General
1 231 (23.69%) Social Skills
2 193 (19.79%) Finance
3 102 (10.46%) Public Sector
4 90 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
5 75 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 56 (5.74%) Law
7 53 (5.44%) Banking
8 39 (4.00%) Marketing
9 25 (2.56%) Retail
10 18 (1.85%) Legal
11 16 (1.64%) Telecoms
12 15 (1.54%) Aviation
13 14 (1.44%) Military
14 13 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (1.23%) Aerospace
16 11 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (0.92%) Health Technology
18 8 (0.82%) Manufacturing
19 7 (0.72%) Advertising
19 7 (0.72%) Billing
Job Titles
1 292 (29.95%) Senior
2 265 (27.18%) Developer
3 131 (13.44%) Lead
4 105 (10.77%) Architect
5 91 (9.33%) Software Engineer
6 83 (8.51%) Senior Developer
7 80 (8.21%) Data Engineer
7 80 (8.21%) Java Developer
8 71 (7.28%) Full-Stack Developer
9 70 (7.18%) AWS Engineer
10 67 (6.87%) DevOps Engineer
11 60 (6.15%) Cloud Engineer
12 41 (4.21%) AWS Developer
12 41 (4.21%) Azure Engineer
12 41 (4.21%) Cloud Architect
12 41 (4.21%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 41 (4.21%) Senior Architect
13 40 (4.10%) Consultant
13 40 (4.10%) Senior Software Engineer
14 39 (4.00%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 359 (36.82%) Terraform
2 165 (16.92%) Node.js
3 153 (15.69%) .NET
4 137 (14.05%) React
5 124 (12.72%) REST
6 103 (10.56%) AngularJS
7 98 (10.05%) Spring Boot
8 86 (8.82%) Spring
9 80 (8.21%) RESTful
10 78 (8.00%) Kafka
11 54 (5.54%) AWS CDK
12 53 (5.44%) PySpark
13 40 (4.10%) JSON
14 35 (3.59%) Jest
15 34 (3.49%) OAuth
16 32 (3.28%) Gherkin
17 31 (3.18%) HTML
17 31 (3.18%) RabbitMQ
18 30 (3.08%) OAuth2
18 30 (3.08%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 261 (26.77%) Cloud Native
2 78 (8.00%) Distributed Systems
3 75 (7.69%) Onboarding
4 47 (4.82%) Product Ownership
5 41 (4.21%) AI Agents
6 38 (3.90%) Enterprise Cloud
6 38 (3.90%) Hybrid Cloud
7 32 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
8 31 (3.18%) Data Centre
9 24 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
10 21 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
11 20 (2.05%) Public Cloud
12 17 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
13 16 (1.64%) Management Information System
14 15 (1.54%) Blog
14 15 (1.54%) Low-Code
14 15 (1.54%) Mobile App
15 14 (1.44%) Security Posture
16 13 (1.33%) Data Structures
17 12 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 73 (7.49%) Linux
2 44 (4.51%) Windows
3 14 (1.44%) VMS
3 14 (1.44%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (0.72%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.72%) CentOS
5 7 (0.72%) Debian
5 7 (0.72%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 570 (58.46%) CI/CD
2 463 (47.49%) DevOps
3 375 (38.46%) Agile
4 351 (36.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 278 (28.51%) AI
6 263 (26.97%) Mentoring
7 219 (22.46%) Software Engineering
8 214 (21.95%) Microservices
9 194 (19.90%) Problem-Solving
10 181 (18.56%) Continuous Improvement
11 175 (17.95%) Test Automation
12 163 (16.72%) Full-Stack Development
12 163 (16.72%) Observability
13 157 (16.10%) Analytics
14 154 (15.79%) Event-Driven
15 150 (15.38%) Containerisation
16 135 (13.85%) Cloud Security
17 126 (12.92%) Roadmaps
18 113 (11.59%) Migration
19 111 (11.38%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 364 (37.33%) Python
2 288 (29.54%) SQL
3 214 (21.95%) Java
4 199 (20.41%) TypeScript
5 180 (18.46%) C#
6 175 (17.95%) JavaScript
7 104 (10.67%) Bash
8 46 (4.72%) Bicep
9 43 (4.41%) PowerShell
10 41 (4.21%) Kotlin
11 39 (4.00%) Groovy
12 30 (3.08%) Ruby
13 27 (2.77%) PHP
14 24 (2.46%) C++
15 22 (2.26%) Go
16 19 (1.95%) Perl
17 17 (1.74%) Shell Script
18 14 (1.44%) Kusto Query Language
19 12 (1.23%) Rust
20 11 (1.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 182 (18.67%) Security Cleared
2 128 (13.13%) SC Cleared
3 101 (10.36%) Degree
4 84 (8.62%) AWS Certification
5 53 (5.44%) DV Cleared
6 52 (5.33%) Azure Certification
7 43 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 38 (3.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 36 (3.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 18 (1.85%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 18 (1.85%) Master's Degree
11 16 (1.64%) ITIL Certification
12 10 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (0.92%) AWS Certified Developer
13 9 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 6 (0.62%) CISM
15 6 (0.62%) CISSP
15 6 (0.62%) MBA
15 6 (0.62%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (7.08%) Data Quality
2 62 (6.36%) GDPR
3 56 (5.74%) QA
4 27 (2.77%) GRC
5 24 (2.46%) Accessibility
6 14 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (0.82%) NIST
9 6 (0.62%) WCAG
10 5 (0.51%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.51%) SLA
11 3 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.21%) PMO
12 2 (0.21%) Solvency II
13 1 (0.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.10%) NCSC
13 1 (0.10%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 257 (26.36%) Docker
2 44 (4.51%) Active Directory
3 34 (3.49%) Virtual Machines
4 24 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (1.64%) vSphere
6 12 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.92%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.41%) Squid
8 4 (0.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 190 (19.49%) Kubernetes
2 103 (10.56%) Ansible
3 38 (3.90%) Prometheus
4 37 (3.79%) Grafana
5 24 (2.46%) Puppet
6 20 (2.05%) Packer
7 18 (1.85%) HP Fortify
8 14 (1.44%) Kibana
9 12 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
9 12 (1.23%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.62%) Hadoop YARN
11 5 (0.51%) Argo
11 5 (0.51%) Podman
11 5 (0.51%) SCCM
12 4 (0.41%) Rancher
12 4 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.41%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.21%) Scalr
14 1 (0.10%) logstash
Vendors
1 193 (19.79%) Microsoft
2 44 (4.51%) Databricks
3 37 (3.79%) Oracle
4 34 (3.49%) Tenable
5 32 (3.28%) OpenAI
6 26 (2.67%) Dynatrace
7 25 (2.56%) CrowdStrike
7 25 (2.56%) Palo Alto
7 25 (2.56%) VMware
8 24 (2.46%) Google
9 23 (2.36%) Splunk
10 18 (1.85%) IBM
10 18 (1.85%) SAP
11 16 (1.64%) Red Hat
12 14 (1.44%) AppDynamics
13 12 (1.23%) HP
13 12 (1.23%) ScienceLogic
14 10 (1.03%) Salesforce
15 8 (0.82%) Veeam
16 7 (0.72%) Foundry