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

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 103 189
Rank change year-on-year -102 +86 -43
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 661 1,212 1,089
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.04% 2.95% 1.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.14% 7.83% 4.14%
Number of salaries quoted 435 576 870
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,000 £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 £84,375 £102,500 £92,406
90th Percentile £100,000 £119,375 £112,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £75,750 £72,500
% change year-on-year -4.29% +4.48% -

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 21,083 15,481 26,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.24% 37.67% 37.91%
Number of salaries quoted 11,618 9,985 22,154
10th Percentile £29,500 £33,220 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +9.57% -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 5 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 5 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 -77 278 £82,500 -13.16% 210
North of England +66 218 £72,500 +18.37% 105
Yorkshire +47 149 £72,500 +36.79% 37
Midlands -6 71 £60,000 +9.09% 33
North West 0 64 £75,000 +13.21% 59
East Midlands -3 43 £60,000 +4.35% 14
South West -111 43 £62,500 +4.17% 60
South East -169 38 £67,500 +12.50% 82
West Midlands -21 28 £55,625 +1.14% 19
East of England -57 13 £61,300 -5.69% 28
North East -18 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 33 (4.99%) Apache Spark
2 31 (4.69%) Apache
3 21 (3.18%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (2.42%) SharePoint
5 14 (2.12%) OpenStack
6 7 (1.06%) Confluence
7 5 (0.76%) Tomcat
7 5 (0.76%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.61%) WebSphere Application Server
9 3 (0.45%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.45%) JBoss
9 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.30%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.30%) nginx
10 2 (0.30%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.30%) SAS
11 1 (0.15%) CMS
11 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (0.61%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.15%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 520 (78.67%) AWS
2 349 (52.80%) AWS Lambda
3 263 (39.79%) Amazon S3
4 249 (37.67%) Azure
5 156 (23.60%) AWS CloudFormation
6 118 (17.85%) GitHub
7 116 (17.55%) Amazon ECS
8 101 (15.28%) Azure Functions
9 97 (14.67%) AWS Step Functions
10 82 (12.41%) Amazon SQS
11 76 (11.50%) Amazon EC2
11 76 (11.50%) Azure Logic Apps
12 75 (11.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 75 (11.35%) Amazon EKS
13 70 (10.59%) GCP
14 67 (10.14%) GitHub Actions
15 61 (9.23%) Azure DevOps
15 61 (9.23%) SaaS
16 51 (7.72%) Power Platform
17 41 (6.20%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.82%) DSL
2 11 (1.66%) AMQP
3 10 (1.51%) Firewall
3 10 (1.51%) Network Security
4 6 (0.91%) VPN
5 5 (0.76%) SSL
6 4 (0.61%) Broadband
6 4 (0.61%) Internet
6 4 (0.61%) WAN
7 1 (0.15%) 4G
7 1 (0.15%) 5G
7 1 (0.15%) DNS
7 1 (0.15%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (18.61%) DynamoDB
2 81 (12.25%) NoSQL
3 73 (11.04%) Amazon RDS
3 73 (11.04%) PostgreSQL
4 50 (7.56%) SQL Server
5 49 (7.41%) Amazon Redshift
6 40 (6.05%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (4.99%) Relational Database
8 31 (4.69%) Power BI
9 27 (4.08%) Amazon Athena
10 24 (3.63%) Azure SQL Database
11 23 (3.48%) MySQL
12 21 (3.18%) MongoDB
13 20 (3.03%) Big Data
14 17 (2.57%) Data Lake
15 13 (1.97%) Hadoop
16 12 (1.82%) RDBMS
17 11 (1.66%) Apache Iceberg
18 10 (1.51%) Metadata
19 7 (1.06%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 130 (19.67%) Jenkins
2 91 (13.77%) Git
3 86 (13.01%) GitLab
4 38 (5.75%) Cypress.io
5 34 (5.14%) Maven
6 33 (4.99%) SonarQube
7 18 (2.72%) CircleCI
8 15 (2.27%) JIRA
9 11 (1.66%) JUnit
10 10 (1.51%) Bitbucket
11 7 (1.06%) JMeter
11 7 (1.06%) MLflow
11 7 (1.06%) Mockito
12 6 (0.91%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 5 (0.76%) git-flow
14 4 (0.61%) webpack
15 3 (0.45%) Crashlytics
15 3 (0.45%) ESLint
15 3 (0.45%) Mocha
15 3 (0.45%) XCTest
General
1 183 (27.69%) Social Skills
2 93 (14.07%) Finance
3 53 (8.02%) Public Sector
4 52 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (3.18%) Banking
6 20 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
7 19 (2.87%) Publishing
8 17 (2.57%) Law
8 17 (2.57%) Tech for Good
9 16 (2.42%) Health Technology
10 14 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (1.82%) Advertising
12 10 (1.51%) Legal
13 7 (1.06%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.06%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.76%) Retail
15 4 (0.61%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.61%) Billing
15 4 (0.61%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 263 (39.79%) Developer
2 161 (24.36%) Senior
3 95 (14.37%) Architect
4 79 (11.95%) Lead
5 74 (11.20%) Senior Developer
6 72 (10.89%) Java Developer
7 64 (9.68%) AWS Developer
7 64 (9.68%) AWS Engineer
8 63 (9.53%) Full-Stack Developer
9 57 (8.62%) Software Engineer
10 47 (7.11%) Python Developer
11 43 (6.51%) Data Engineer
12 41 (6.20%) Lead Developer
13 35 (5.30%) Software Developer
14 34 (5.14%) Cloud Engineer
15 32 (4.84%) React Developer
16 31 (4.69%) .NET Developer
17 30 (4.54%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 27 (4.08%) AWS Architect
18 27 (4.08%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (26.17%) React
2 136 (20.57%) Node.js
3 107 (16.19%) .NET
4 100 (15.13%) Spring Boot
5 82 (12.41%) AngularJS
5 82 (12.41%) Spring
6 75 (11.35%) HTML
7 70 (10.59%) REST
8 65 (9.83%) RESTful
9 63 (9.53%) CSS
10 53 (8.02%) AWS CDK
11 51 (7.72%) Kafka
12 48 (7.26%) .NET Core
13 38 (5.75%) Jest
14 32 (4.84%) Gherkin
15 30 (4.54%) RabbitMQ
16 25 (3.78%) FastAPI
16 25 (3.78%) Vue
17 24 (3.63%) Flask
18 23 (3.48%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 148 (22.39%) Cloud Native
2 47 (7.11%) Distributed Systems
3 40 (6.05%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (3.78%) Data Structures
5 23 (3.48%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (3.33%) Product Ownership
7 16 (2.42%) Mobile App
8 12 (1.82%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.66%) Blockchain
9 11 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.66%) Web3
10 10 (1.51%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.36%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.21%) Management Information System
13 7 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.06%) Security Posture
14 6 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (0.91%) Low-Code
15 5 (0.76%) e-Learning
15 5 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.99%) Linux
2 16 (2.42%) Windows
3 14 (2.12%) VMS
4 10 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (1.51%) Unix
5 5 (0.76%) CentOS
5 5 (0.76%) Debian
5 5 (0.76%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.45%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 386 (58.40%) CI/CD
2 318 (48.11%) DevOps
3 257 (38.88%) Agile
4 215 (32.53%) Infrastructure as Code
5 193 (29.20%) Microservices
6 174 (26.32%) Mentoring
7 160 (24.21%) Problem-Solving
8 143 (21.63%) Full-Stack Development
9 139 (21.03%) Software Engineering
10 133 (20.12%) Containerisation
11 111 (16.79%) Continuous Improvement
12 86 (13.01%) Observability
13 82 (12.41%) AI
14 77 (11.65%) Analytics
15 75 (11.35%) Data Modelling
16 72 (10.89%) TDD
17 70 (10.59%) Test Automation
18 69 (10.44%) Continuous Integration
18 69 (10.44%) Scrum
18 69 (10.44%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 273 (41.30%) Python
2 196 (29.65%) JavaScript
3 183 (27.69%) TypeScript
4 173 (26.17%) SQL
5 170 (25.72%) Java
6 112 (16.94%) C#
7 61 (9.23%) Bash
8 32 (4.84%) Go
9 31 (4.69%) Groovy
10 28 (4.24%) PowerShell
11 21 (3.18%) Kotlin
12 14 (2.12%) Kusto Query Language
13 13 (1.97%) Rust
14 9 (1.36%) Shell Script
15 8 (1.21%) PHP
15 8 (1.21%) Scala
16 7 (1.06%) Bicep
17 6 (0.91%) C++
18 5 (0.76%) R
19 4 (0.61%) C
Qualifications
1 109 (16.49%) AWS Certification
2 87 (13.16%) Degree
3 73 (11.04%) Security Cleared
4 56 (8.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (6.66%) SC Cleared
6 43 (6.51%) Azure Certification
7 42 (6.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 34 (5.14%) Microsoft Certification
9 27 (4.08%) TOGAF Certification
10 24 (3.63%) AWS Certified Developer
11 20 (3.03%) ITIL Certification
12 19 (2.87%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 16 (2.42%) DV Cleared
14 13 (1.97%) OSCP
15 8 (1.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 7 (1.06%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
17 6 (0.91%) DBS Check
18 5 (0.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 5 (0.76%) Master's Degree
19 3 (0.45%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (6.35%) QA
2 29 (4.39%) Data Quality
3 21 (3.18%) GDPR
4 12 (1.82%) SOC 2
5 11 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.36%) SLA
7 7 (1.06%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.06%) PCI DSS
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 (33.13%) Docker
2 17 (2.57%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.76%) HDFS
5 3 (0.45%) iptables
6 2 (0.30%) Firmware
7 1 (0.15%) vCloud
7 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 197 (29.80%) Terraform
2 157 (23.75%) Kubernetes
3 55 (8.32%) Ansible
4 38 (5.75%) Prometheus
5 35 (5.30%) Grafana
6 32 (4.84%) HP Fortify
7 19 (2.87%) Kibana
8 9 (1.36%) Puppet
9 6 (0.91%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.45%) Kubeflow
10 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.45%) Nagios
11 2 (0.30%) Packer
12 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 92 (13.92%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.18%) Databricks
3 15 (2.27%) Google
4 12 (1.82%) Oracle
5 10 (1.51%) Palo Alto
5 10 (1.51%) Splunk
6 9 (1.36%) Red Hat
7 8 (1.21%) Dynatrace
8 7 (1.06%) Atlassian
9 6 (0.91%) CrowdStrike
9 6 (0.91%) Fortinet
9 6 (0.91%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.76%) IBM
10 5 (0.76%) SaltStack
11 4 (0.61%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.61%) Pega
11 4 (0.61%) WSO2
11 4 (0.61%) Zscaler
12 3 (0.45%) Amplitude
13 2 (0.30%) SendGrid