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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 100 196
Rank change year-on-year -106 +96 -47
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 651 1,204 1,130
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.01% 3.05% 1.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.08% 8.06% 4.08%
Number of salaries quoted 426 596 907
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £76,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.61% +4.83% -3.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £102,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £118,750 £111,750
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 21,142 14,933 27,730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.86% 37.86% 37.62%
Number of salaries quoted 11,563 10,125 23,314
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +9.57% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,250 £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 10 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 10 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 -79 273 £82,500 -13.16% 145
North of England +55 213 £72,500 +16.00% 79
Yorkshire +43 145 £72,500 +31.82% 32
Midlands -22 71 £60,000 +9.09% 27
North West -1 63 £72,966 +6.71% 40
East Midlands -4 46 £60,000 +4.35% 10
South West -111 42 £62,500 +4.17% 44
South East -163 37 £67,500 +12.50% 73
West Midlands -31 25 £51,875 -5.68% 17
East of England -58 13 £60,100 -9.28% 23
North East -26 5 £66,750 +6.80% 9
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 32 (4.92%) Apache Spark
2 31 (4.76%) Apache
3 20 (3.07%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (2.46%) SharePoint
5 13 (2.00%) OpenStack
6 7 (1.08%) Confluence
7 4 (0.61%) 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 (0.31%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.31%) nginx
9 2 (0.31%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.31%) 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 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (0.61%) PlantUML
3 2 (0.31%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.15%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 514 (78.96%) AWS
2 346 (53.15%) AWS Lambda
3 262 (40.25%) Amazon S3
4 239 (36.71%) Azure
5 157 (24.12%) AWS CloudFormation
6 117 (17.97%) GitHub
7 114 (17.51%) Amazon ECS
8 96 (14.75%) AWS Step Functions
9 95 (14.59%) Azure Functions
10 81 (12.44%) Amazon SQS
11 77 (11.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 75 (11.52%) Amazon EC2
13 71 (10.91%) Amazon EKS
14 70 (10.75%) Azure Logic Apps
15 69 (10.60%) GCP
15 69 (10.60%) GitHub Actions
16 58 (8.91%) SaaS
17 56 (8.60%) Azure DevOps
18 51 (7.83%) Power Platform
19 40 (6.14%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.00%) DSL
2 11 (1.69%) AMQP
2 11 (1.69%) Network Security
3 10 (1.54%) Firewall
4 6 (0.92%) VPN
5 5 (0.77%) Broadband
6 4 (0.61%) WAN
7 3 (0.46%) Internet
7 3 (0.46%) SSL
8 1 (0.15%) 4G
8 1 (0.15%) 5G
8 1 (0.15%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (19.05%) DynamoDB
2 80 (12.29%) NoSQL
3 73 (11.21%) Amazon RDS
4 70 (10.75%) PostgreSQL
5 47 (7.22%) Amazon Redshift
5 47 (7.22%) SQL Server
6 40 (6.14%) Data Warehouse
7 32 (4.92%) Power BI
8 31 (4.76%) Relational Database
9 27 (4.15%) Amazon Athena
10 24 (3.69%) Azure SQL Database
11 23 (3.53%) MySQL
12 20 (3.07%) MongoDB
13 19 (2.92%) Data Lake
14 18 (2.76%) Big Data
15 11 (1.69%) Apache Iceberg
16 10 (1.54%) Hadoop
16 10 (1.54%) Metadata
16 10 (1.54%) RDBMS
17 7 (1.08%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 133 (20.43%) Jenkins
2 90 (13.82%) GitLab
3 89 (13.67%) Git
4 37 (5.68%) Cypress.io
5 34 (5.22%) Maven
6 33 (5.07%) SonarQube
7 20 (3.07%) CircleCI
8 14 (2.15%) JIRA
9 10 (1.54%) Bitbucket
9 10 (1.54%) JUnit
10 9 (1.38%) MLflow
11 6 (0.92%) JMeter
11 6 (0.92%) Mockito
11 6 (0.92%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 5 (0.77%) git-flow
13 4 (0.61%) Crashlytics
13 4 (0.61%) webpack
13 4 (0.61%) XCTest
14 3 (0.46%) ESLint
14 3 (0.46%) Mocha
General
1 181 (27.80%) Social Skills
2 87 (13.36%) Finance
3 52 (7.99%) Public Sector
4 49 (7.53%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (3.07%) Banking
6 19 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
6 19 (2.92%) Publishing
7 17 (2.61%) Tech for Good
8 16 (2.46%) Health Technology
9 15 (2.30%) Law
10 14 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (1.84%) Advertising
12 9 (1.38%) Legal
13 7 (1.08%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.92%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.77%) Retail
16 4 (0.61%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.61%) Billing
16 4 (0.61%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 260 (39.94%) Developer
2 163 (25.04%) Senior
3 90 (13.82%) Architect
4 78 (11.98%) Lead
5 73 (11.21%) Senior Developer
6 71 (10.91%) Java Developer
7 65 (9.98%) AWS Engineer
8 64 (9.83%) AWS Developer
9 62 (9.52%) Full-Stack Developer
10 55 (8.45%) Software Engineer
11 47 (7.22%) Python Developer
12 41 (6.30%) Data Engineer
12 41 (6.30%) Lead Developer
13 34 (5.22%) Software Developer
14 32 (4.92%) React Developer
15 31 (4.76%) .NET Developer
15 31 (4.76%) Cloud Engineer
15 31 (4.76%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 28 (4.30%) AWS Architect
17 25 (3.84%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (26.27%) React
2 135 (20.74%) Node.js
3 105 (16.13%) .NET
4 97 (14.90%) Spring Boot
5 79 (12.14%) AngularJS
5 79 (12.14%) Spring
6 73 (11.21%) HTML
7 67 (10.29%) REST
8 66 (10.14%) RESTful
9 62 (9.52%) CSS
10 54 (8.29%) AWS CDK
11 51 (7.83%) Kafka
12 47 (7.22%) .NET Core
13 37 (5.68%) Jest
14 32 (4.92%) Gherkin
15 30 (4.61%) RabbitMQ
16 25 (3.84%) FastAPI
17 24 (3.69%) Flask
18 23 (3.53%) Elastic Stack
18 23 (3.53%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 147 (22.58%) Cloud Native
2 43 (6.61%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (5.68%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (3.99%) Greenfield Project
5 25 (3.84%) Data Structures
6 21 (3.23%) Product Ownership
7 17 (2.61%) Mobile App
8 12 (1.84%) Blockchain
8 12 (1.84%) Web3
9 11 (1.69%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.38%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.23%) Virtual Team
12 7 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.08%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.08%) Security Posture
13 5 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
13 5 (0.77%) Low-Code
14 4 (0.61%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 32 (4.92%) Linux
2 15 (2.30%) Windows
3 14 (2.15%) VMS
4 8 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (1.23%) Unix
5 5 (0.77%) CentOS
5 5 (0.77%) Debian
5 5 (0.77%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.61%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (57.91%) CI/CD
2 313 (48.08%) DevOps
3 260 (39.94%) Agile
4 222 (34.10%) Infrastructure as Code
5 184 (28.26%) Microservices
6 175 (26.88%) Mentoring
7 160 (24.58%) Problem-Solving
8 142 (21.81%) Full-Stack Development
9 136 (20.89%) Software Engineering
10 135 (20.74%) Containerisation
11 110 (16.90%) Continuous Improvement
12 89 (13.67%) Observability
13 81 (12.44%) AI
14 79 (12.14%) Analytics
15 73 (11.21%) Test Automation
16 71 (10.91%) Continuous Integration
16 71 (10.91%) Data Modelling
17 70 (10.75%) TDD
18 69 (10.60%) Scrum
19 65 (9.98%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 267 (41.01%) Python
2 188 (28.88%) JavaScript
3 180 (27.65%) TypeScript
4 171 (26.27%) SQL
5 162 (24.88%) Java
6 106 (16.28%) C#
7 63 (9.68%) Bash
8 35 (5.38%) Go
9 31 (4.76%) Groovy
10 28 (4.30%) PowerShell
11 22 (3.38%) Kotlin
12 14 (2.15%) Kusto Query Language
12 14 (2.15%) Rust
13 8 (1.23%) PHP
13 8 (1.23%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.08%) Bicep
14 7 (1.08%) Scala
15 6 (0.92%) C++
16 5 (0.77%) R
17 4 (0.61%) Swift
Qualifications
1 104 (15.98%) AWS Certification
2 85 (13.06%) Degree
3 72 (11.06%) Security Cleared
4 55 (8.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (6.61%) SC Cleared
6 40 (6.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 39 (5.99%) Azure Certification
8 35 (5.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 24 (3.69%) TOGAF Certification
10 22 (3.38%) AWS Certified Developer
11 19 (2.92%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 18 (2.76%) ITIL Certification
13 16 (2.46%) DV Cleared
14 14 (2.15%) OSCP
15 8 (1.23%) DBS Check
15 8 (1.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 7 (1.08%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
16 7 (1.08%) Master's Degree
17 5 (0.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 3 (0.46%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (6.30%) QA
2 32 (4.92%) Data Quality
3 20 (3.07%) GDPR
4 12 (1.84%) SOC 2
5 10 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.08%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.92%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.92%) SLA
8 2 (0.31%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.31%) NIST
8 2 (0.31%) 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 (33.64%) Docker
2 17 (2.61%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.61%) HDFS
4 4 (0.61%) iptables
5 2 (0.31%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 198 (30.41%) Terraform
2 156 (23.96%) Kubernetes
3 59 (9.06%) Ansible
4 41 (6.30%) Prometheus
5 37 (5.68%) Grafana
6 32 (4.92%) HP Fortify
7 18 (2.76%) Kibana
8 10 (1.54%) Puppet
9 7 (1.08%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.46%) Kubeflow
10 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.46%) Nagios
11 2 (0.31%) Packer
12 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 90 (13.82%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.38%) Databricks
3 13 (2.00%) Google
4 11 (1.69%) Oracle
5 10 (1.54%) Palo Alto
6 9 (1.38%) Splunk
7 7 (1.08%) Atlassian
7 7 (1.08%) Dynatrace
7 7 (1.08%) Red Hat
8 6 (0.92%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (0.92%) Fortinet
8 6 (0.92%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.77%) SaltStack
10 4 (0.61%) Amplitude
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 (0.31%) Apple