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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 99 191
Rank change year-on-year -109 +92 -34
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 689 1,146 1,201
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.00% 3.16% 1.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.06% 8.32% 4.20%
Number of salaries quoted 447 593 906
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,300 £47,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £74,500
Median % change year-on-year - +0.67% -0.67%
75th Percentile £85,000 £100,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +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 22,498 13,782 28,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.73% 37.96% 36.94%
Number of salaries quoted 12,176 10,096 23,841
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £45,000 £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 £82,500 £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 27 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 27 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 -85 280 £82,500 -13.16% 153
North of England +50 232 £75,000 +20.00% 90
Yorkshire +37 158 £75,000 +30.43% 34
Midlands -26 79 £60,000 +9.09% 22
North West +3 71 £72,966 +6.71% 47
East Midlands -9 55 £60,000 +4.35% 4
South West -117 44 £62,500 +4.17% 31
South East -175 35 £67,500 +12.50% 61
West Midlands -41 24 £51,875 -5.68% 18
East of England -70 19 £60,100 -10.96% 20
North East -35 3 £51,000 -18.40% 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 28 (4.06%) Apache
1 28 (4.06%) Apache Spark
2 21 (3.05%) Apache Airflow
3 18 (2.61%) SharePoint
4 14 (2.03%) OpenStack
5 9 (1.31%) SAS
6 6 (0.87%) Confluence
7 4 (0.58%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.44%) JBoss
8 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.44%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.44%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.29%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.29%) CMS
9 2 (0.29%) nginx
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.29%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (0.58%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.58%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.15%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 545 (79.10%) AWS
2 362 (52.54%) AWS Lambda
3 278 (40.35%) Amazon S3
4 245 (35.56%) Azure
5 169 (24.53%) AWS CloudFormation
6 130 (18.87%) GitHub
7 126 (18.29%) Amazon ECS
8 102 (14.80%) AWS Step Functions
9 101 (14.66%) Azure Functions
10 89 (12.92%) Amazon SQS
11 87 (12.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 82 (11.90%) GitHub Actions
13 79 (11.47%) Amazon EC2
14 73 (10.60%) Azure Logic Apps
15 71 (10.30%) Amazon EKS
16 66 (9.58%) Azure DevOps
16 66 (9.58%) GCP
17 60 (8.71%) SaaS
18 56 (8.13%) Power Platform
19 49 (7.11%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.03%) Firewall
2 13 (1.89%) DSL
3 11 (1.60%) AMQP
3 11 (1.60%) Network Security
4 8 (1.16%) VPN
5 6 (0.87%) Broadband
6 5 (0.73%) WAN
7 4 (0.58%) DNS
7 4 (0.58%) SSL
8 2 (0.29%) Internet
9 1 (0.15%) 4G
9 1 (0.15%) 5G
9 1 (0.15%) DHCP
9 1 (0.15%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.15%) VLAN
9 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (20.61%) DynamoDB
2 83 (12.05%) NoSQL
3 81 (11.76%) Amazon RDS
4 69 (10.01%) PostgreSQL
5 52 (7.55%) SQL Server
6 43 (6.24%) Amazon Redshift
7 36 (5.22%) Data Warehouse
8 35 (5.08%) Power BI
9 31 (4.50%) Amazon Athena
10 30 (4.35%) Relational Database
11 27 (3.92%) Azure SQL Database
12 26 (3.77%) MySQL
13 21 (3.05%) Big Data
14 19 (2.76%) Data Lake
14 19 (2.76%) MongoDB
15 10 (1.45%) Delta Lake
15 10 (1.45%) Metadata
16 9 (1.31%) Apache Iceberg
16 9 (1.31%) Hadoop
16 9 (1.31%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 147 (21.34%) Jenkins
2 98 (14.22%) GitLab
3 94 (13.64%) Git
4 43 (6.24%) Cypress.io
5 42 (6.10%) Maven
6 40 (5.81%) SonarQube
7 23 (3.34%) CircleCI
8 13 (1.89%) JIRA
9 10 (1.45%) Bitbucket
10 9 (1.31%) Crashlytics
10 9 (1.31%) JUnit
10 9 (1.31%) MLflow
10 9 (1.31%) XCTest
11 6 (0.87%) git-flow
11 6 (0.87%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 5 (0.73%) JMeter
12 5 (0.73%) Mockito
13 4 (0.58%) Cucumber
13 4 (0.58%) Selenium
13 4 (0.58%) webpack
General
1 188 (27.29%) Social Skills
2 102 (14.80%) Finance
3 52 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (7.40%) Public Sector
5 22 (3.19%) Banking
6 19 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
6 19 (2.76%) Publishing
7 17 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (2.32%) Health Technology
8 16 (2.32%) Tech for Good
9 14 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (1.89%) Advertising
11 10 (1.45%) Law
11 10 (1.45%) Legal
12 7 (1.02%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.73%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.73%) Investment Banking
13 5 (0.73%) Retail
14 4 (0.58%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.58%) Billing
Job Titles
1 273 (39.62%) Developer
2 168 (24.38%) Senior
3 92 (13.35%) Lead
4 87 (12.63%) Architect
5 81 (11.76%) Java Developer
6 77 (11.18%) Senior Developer
7 66 (9.58%) Full-Stack Developer
8 65 (9.43%) AWS Developer
9 60 (8.71%) AWS Engineer
10 54 (7.84%) Software Engineer
11 48 (6.97%) Python Developer
12 39 (5.66%) Data Engineer
12 39 (5.66%) Lead Developer
13 35 (5.08%) Cloud Engineer
14 34 (4.93%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 33 (4.79%) React Developer
15 33 (4.79%) Software Developer
16 30 (4.35%) .NET Developer
16 30 (4.35%) AWS Architect
17 27 (3.92%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (24.82%) React
2 145 (21.04%) Node.js
3 107 (15.53%) .NET
4 105 (15.24%) Spring Boot
5 87 (12.63%) AngularJS
6 80 (11.61%) Spring
7 72 (10.45%) HTML
7 72 (10.45%) REST
8 69 (10.01%) RESTful
9 62 (9.00%) CSS
10 57 (8.27%) AWS CDK
11 51 (7.40%) Kafka
12 49 (7.11%) .NET Core
13 43 (6.24%) Jest
14 39 (5.66%) Gherkin
15 31 (4.50%) RabbitMQ
16 26 (3.77%) Flask
17 25 (3.63%) Elastic Stack
17 25 (3.63%) FastAPI
17 25 (3.63%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 147 (21.34%) Cloud Native
2 45 (6.53%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (5.08%) Greenfield Project
4 32 (4.64%) Enterprise Software
5 27 (3.92%) Data Structures
6 25 (3.63%) Product Ownership
7 19 (2.76%) Mobile App
8 13 (1.89%) Blockchain
8 13 (1.89%) Web3
9 10 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.31%) Onboarding
10 9 (1.31%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
12 6 (0.87%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (0.87%) Low-Code
12 6 (0.87%) Management Information System
12 6 (0.87%) Reinsurance
12 6 (0.87%) Security Posture
12 6 (0.87%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.79%) Linux
2 17 (2.47%) Windows
3 16 (2.32%) VMS
4 10 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (1.31%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.87%) Unix
7 5 (0.73%) CentOS
7 5 (0.73%) Debian
7 5 (0.73%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 401 (58.20%) CI/CD
2 332 (48.19%) DevOps
3 277 (40.20%) Agile
4 239 (34.69%) Infrastructure as Code
5 191 (27.72%) Mentoring
6 181 (26.27%) Microservices
7 167 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
8 151 (21.92%) Full-Stack Development
9 140 (20.32%) Containerisation
10 132 (19.16%) Software Engineering
11 121 (17.56%) Continuous Improvement
12 105 (15.24%) Observability
13 95 (13.79%) Test Automation
14 93 (13.50%) Analytics
15 80 (11.61%) AI
16 77 (11.18%) Continuous Integration
17 75 (10.89%) TDD
18 70 (10.16%) Data Modelling
18 70 (10.16%) Scrum
19 69 (10.01%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 281 (40.78%) Python
2 190 (27.58%) JavaScript
3 189 (27.43%) TypeScript
4 188 (27.29%) SQL
5 170 (24.67%) Java
6 107 (15.53%) C#
7 73 (10.60%) Bash
8 39 (5.66%) Groovy
9 37 (5.37%) Go
10 33 (4.79%) PowerShell
11 32 (4.64%) Kotlin
12 16 (2.32%) Kusto Query Language
13 14 (2.03%) Rust
14 10 (1.45%) Bicep
14 10 (1.45%) PHP
15 9 (1.31%) Swift
16 7 (1.02%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.87%) C++
17 6 (0.87%) Scala
18 5 (0.73%) R
Qualifications
1 105 (15.24%) AWS Certification
2 90 (13.06%) Degree
3 76 (11.03%) Security Cleared
4 58 (8.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 49 (7.11%) SC Cleared
6 38 (5.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 36 (5.22%) Azure Certification
8 33 (4.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (3.77%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 24 (3.48%) ITIL Certification
11 22 (3.19%) AWS Certified Developer
12 20 (2.90%) TOGAF Certification
13 15 (2.18%) DV Cleared
14 14 (2.03%) Master's Degree
14 14 (2.03%) OSCP
15 13 (1.89%) DBS Check
16 8 (1.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 7 (1.02%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
18 5 (0.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
19 3 (0.44%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (5.95%) QA
2 35 (5.08%) Data Quality
3 24 (3.48%) GDPR
4 14 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (2.03%) SOC 2
5 10 (1.45%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.87%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.73%) SLA
8 4 (0.58%) Solvency II
9 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.44%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.29%) NIST
10 2 (0.29%) WCAG
11 1 (0.15%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.15%) MiFID
11 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 233 (33.82%) Docker
2 17 (2.47%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.58%) iptables
5 3 (0.44%) Firmware
5 3 (0.44%) HDFS
6 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 211 (30.62%) Terraform
2 155 (22.50%) Kubernetes
3 64 (9.29%) Ansible
4 45 (6.53%) Prometheus
5 43 (6.24%) Grafana
6 39 (5.66%) HP Fortify
7 17 (2.47%) Kibana
8 10 (1.45%) Puppet
9 8 (1.16%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.44%) Kubeflow
11 3 (0.44%) Nagios
12 2 (0.29%) Packer
12 2 (0.29%) Scalr
13 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Satellite
13 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 88 (12.77%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.06%) Databricks
3 11 (1.60%) Google
4 10 (1.45%) Oracle
5 9 (1.31%) Amplitude
5 9 (1.31%) Red Hat
6 8 (1.16%) Palo Alto
7 7 (1.02%) Atlassian
7 7 (1.02%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.02%) Splunk
8 6 (0.87%) Dynatrace
9 5 (0.73%) Pega
9 5 (0.73%) SaltStack
9 5 (0.73%) WSO2
10 4 (0.58%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (0.58%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.58%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.58%) Zscaler
11 3 (0.44%) IBM
12 2 (0.29%) Apple