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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 199 212
Rank change year-on-year 0 +13 -43
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 859 710 1,242
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.02% 1.77% 1.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.73% 5.21% 3.99%
Number of salaries quoted 577 517 857
10th Percentile £52,500 £46,700 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +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 23,048 13,639 31,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.25% 34.02% 32.91%
Number of salaries quoted 15,375 9,702 24,725
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £30,425
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.95%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 -44 327 £82,500 - 113
North of England +86 274 £75,000 +15.38% 44
Yorkshire +33 128 £80,000 +33.33% 14
North West +60 126 £75,000 +15.38% 23
Midlands +21 101 £55,000 - 16
East Midlands +31 69 £55,000 +4.76% 7
South East -43 69 £67,500 +12.50% 45
South West -50 66 £62,500 +4.17% 21
West Midlands -28 32 £52,500 -6.67% 9
East of England -35 21 £60,000 -27.27% 6
North East -26 20 £75,000 +20.00% 7
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 (3.49%) Apache
2 28 (3.26%) Apache Spark
3 20 (2.33%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (1.63%) Confluence
5 13 (1.51%) SharePoint
6 12 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (1.05%) SAS
8 6 (0.70%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.47%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.47%) JBoss
10 3 (0.35%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.35%) CMS
10 3 (0.35%) WordPress
11 2 (0.23%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.23%) nginx
11 2 (0.23%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.12%) IIS
12 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 9 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
2 7 (0.81%) PlantUML
3 6 (0.70%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 613 (71.36%) AWS
2 416 (48.43%) AWS Lambda
3 300 (34.92%) Azure
4 297 (34.58%) Amazon S3
5 193 (22.47%) AWS CloudFormation
6 170 (19.79%) Amazon ECS
7 155 (18.04%) Azure Functions
8 125 (14.55%) GitHub
9 113 (13.15%) AWS Step Functions
10 103 (11.99%) Amazon EC2
11 97 (11.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 95 (11.06%) Azure DevOps
13 85 (9.90%) Amazon SQS
13 85 (9.90%) SaaS
14 77 (8.96%) Azure Logic Apps
14 77 (8.96%) GCP
15 74 (8.61%) Amazon EKS
15 74 (8.61%) GitHub Actions
16 69 (8.03%) Power Platform
17 61 (7.10%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.44%) Firewall
2 20 (2.33%) Network Security
2 20 (2.33%) VPN
3 11 (1.28%) DSL
4 9 (1.05%) AMQP
4 9 (1.05%) Internet
5 8 (0.93%) DNS
6 7 (0.81%) MQTT
6 7 (0.81%) VoIP
7 5 (0.58%) Broadband
8 4 (0.47%) IPv4
8 4 (0.47%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (0.35%) DHCP
9 3 (0.35%) LTE
9 3 (0.35%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.35%) VLAN
10 2 (0.23%) 4G
10 2 (0.23%) IPsec
10 2 (0.23%) WAN
10 2 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (20.61%) DynamoDB
2 87 (10.13%) NoSQL
3 81 (9.43%) Amazon RDS
4 64 (7.45%) PostgreSQL
4 64 (7.45%) SQL Server
5 49 (5.70%) Amazon Athena
6 44 (5.12%) Amazon Redshift
7 42 (4.89%) Power BI
8 39 (4.54%) Azure SQL Database
9 37 (4.31%) Data Warehouse
10 33 (3.84%) Relational Database
11 29 (3.38%) MySQL
12 27 (3.14%) Big Data
13 21 (2.44%) Data Lake
14 16 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
15 15 (1.75%) MongoDB
15 15 (1.75%) Spark SQL
16 13 (1.51%) Delta Lake
16 13 (1.51%) Metadata
17 9 (1.05%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 158 (18.39%) Jenkins
2 155 (18.04%) Git
3 98 (11.41%) GitLab
4 40 (4.66%) SonarQube
5 37 (4.31%) Maven
6 33 (3.84%) Cypress.io
7 27 (3.14%) CircleCI
7 27 (3.14%) JIRA
8 25 (2.91%) Snyk
9 14 (1.63%) Bitbucket
9 14 (1.63%) Crashlytics
9 14 (1.63%) XCTest
10 11 (1.28%) Cucumber
10 11 (1.28%) TeamCity
11 8 (0.93%) JUnit
11 8 (0.93%) Selenium
12 7 (0.81%) JMeter
12 7 (0.81%) MLflow
12 7 (0.81%) Mockito
12 7 (0.81%) Postman
General
1 214 (24.91%) Social Skills
2 141 (16.41%) Finance
3 59 (6.87%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (6.87%) Public Sector
4 44 (5.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (3.73%) Banking
6 25 (2.91%) Law
7 12 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (1.28%) Advertising
9 10 (1.16%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.05%) Health Technology
10 9 (1.05%) Publishing
11 8 (0.93%) Aerospace
11 8 (0.93%) Billing
11 8 (0.93%) Legal
11 8 (0.93%) Marketing
12 6 (0.70%) Investment Banking
12 6 (0.70%) Military
13 5 (0.58%) Retail
14 4 (0.47%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 277 (32.25%) Senior
2 275 (32.01%) Developer
3 106 (12.34%) Lead
4 105 (12.22%) Architect
5 98 (11.41%) Senior Developer
6 95 (11.06%) Java Developer
7 83 (9.66%) Software Engineer
8 76 (8.85%) Full-Stack Developer
9 69 (8.03%) AWS Engineer
10 54 (6.29%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 53 (6.17%) Data Engineer
12 50 (5.82%) AWS Developer
13 45 (5.24%) Cloud Architect
14 43 (5.01%) Cloud Engineer
15 41 (4.77%) DevOps Engineer
15 41 (4.77%) Senior Architect
16 39 (4.54%) Platform Engineer
16 39 (4.54%) Security Architect
16 39 (4.54%) Solutions Architect
17 37 (4.31%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (19.91%) Node.js
2 169 (19.67%) React
3 126 (14.67%) .NET
4 110 (12.81%) AngularJS
5 109 (12.69%) Spring Boot
6 108 (12.57%) REST
7 88 (10.24%) Spring
8 77 (8.96%) Kafka
9 68 (7.92%) RESTful
10 50 (5.82%) AWS CDK
11 45 (5.24%) HTML
12 39 (4.54%) RabbitMQ
13 38 (4.42%) PySpark
14 37 (4.31%) Gherkin
15 36 (4.19%) .NET Core
16 35 (4.07%) Jest
17 33 (3.84%) CSS
17 33 (3.84%) JSON
18 29 (3.38%) YAML
19 26 (3.03%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 199 (23.17%) Cloud Native
2 72 (8.38%) Distributed Systems
3 50 (5.82%) Greenfield Project
4 30 (3.49%) Product Ownership
5 27 (3.14%) Data Centre
6 25 (2.91%) Mobile App
7 21 (2.44%) Onboarding
8 20 (2.33%) Public Cloud
9 17 (1.98%) Blockchain
9 17 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (1.98%) Web3
10 15 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
11 14 (1.63%) Data Structures
11 14 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
11 14 (1.63%) Security Posture
12 13 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (1.51%) Low-Code
13 12 (1.40%) IoT
13 12 (1.40%) Podcast
14 11 (1.28%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 60 (6.98%) Linux
2 32 (3.73%) Windows
3 24 (2.79%) VMS
4 14 (1.63%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.70%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.58%) CentOS
7 5 (0.58%) Debian
7 5 (0.58%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 523 (60.88%) CI/CD
2 407 (47.38%) DevOps
3 324 (37.72%) Infrastructure as Code
4 304 (35.39%) Agile
5 204 (23.75%) Microservices
6 201 (23.40%) Mentoring
7 184 (21.42%) Software Engineering
8 178 (20.72%) Problem-Solving
9 174 (20.26%) Full-Stack Development
10 168 (19.56%) Test Automation
11 164 (19.09%) AI
12 163 (18.98%) Containerisation
13 158 (18.39%) Observability
14 135 (15.72%) Analytics
15 131 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
16 124 (14.44%) Event-Driven
17 106 (12.34%) Cloud Security
18 93 (10.83%) DevSecOps
19 86 (10.01%) TDD
20 85 (9.90%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 339 (39.46%) Python
2 248 (28.87%) SQL
3 212 (24.68%) TypeScript
4 187 (21.77%) Java
5 159 (18.51%) JavaScript
6 132 (15.37%) C#
7 94 (10.94%) Bash
8 50 (5.82%) Kotlin
9 49 (5.70%) PowerShell
10 46 (5.36%) Go
11 45 (5.24%) Groovy
12 39 (4.54%) Bicep
13 24 (2.79%) Kusto Query Language
14 21 (2.44%) PHP
15 20 (2.33%) Rust
16 14 (1.63%) Swift
17 11 (1.28%) Shell Script
18 8 (0.93%) Perl
18 8 (0.93%) Ruby
18 8 (0.93%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 115 (13.39%) Security Cleared
2 95 (11.06%) Degree
3 77 (8.96%) SC Cleared
4 69 (8.03%) AWS Certification
5 47 (5.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 38 (4.42%) Azure Certification
7 37 (4.31%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (3.03%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 26 (3.03%) DV Cleared
9 24 (2.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 23 (2.68%) ITIL Certification
11 20 (2.33%) Master's Degree
12 15 (1.75%) OSCP
13 12 (1.40%) DBS Check
14 9 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
15 8 (0.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 7 (0.81%) AWS Certified Developer
17 6 (0.70%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
18 5 (0.58%) CCSP
18 5 (0.58%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.36%) Data Quality
2 42 (4.89%) GDPR
3 37 (4.31%) QA
4 25 (2.91%) GRC
5 17 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.40%) PCI DSS
7 11 (1.28%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.05%) SOC 2
9 6 (0.70%) NIST
10 5 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.47%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.35%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.23%) PMO
13 2 (0.23%) SLA
14 1 (0.12%) MiFID
14 1 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
14 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 247 (28.75%) Docker
2 32 (3.73%) Active Directory
2 32 (3.73%) Virtual Machines
3 17 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.86%) vSphere
5 12 (1.40%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.47%) iptables
6 4 (0.47%) Squid
6 4 (0.47%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.35%) Firmware
8 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 288 (33.53%) Terraform
2 184 (21.42%) Kubernetes
3 88 (10.24%) Ansible
4 55 (6.40%) Prometheus
5 50 (5.82%) Grafana
6 28 (3.26%) HP Fortify
7 20 (2.33%) Kibana
8 17 (1.98%) Packer
8 17 (1.98%) Puppet
9 9 (1.05%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.58%) Argo
11 4 (0.47%) Podman
11 4 (0.47%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.35%) Scalr
13 2 (0.23%) Hadoop YARN
13 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (0.23%) Nagios
14 1 (0.12%) logstash
14 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 120 (13.97%) Microsoft
2 35 (4.07%) Databricks
3 30 (3.49%) Tenable
4 25 (2.91%) CrowdStrike
4 25 (2.91%) Oracle
4 25 (2.91%) Palo Alto
5 19 (2.21%) Splunk
6 17 (1.98%) VMware
7 16 (1.86%) OpenAI
8 14 (1.63%) Amplitude
8 14 (1.63%) Braze
8 14 (1.63%) Google
9 12 (1.40%) Dynatrace
9 12 (1.40%) ScienceLogic
10 11 (1.28%) Red Hat
11 10 (1.16%) IBM
12 9 (1.05%) AppDynamics
13 7 (0.81%) HubSpot
14 5 (0.58%) SaltStack
15 4 (0.47%) NVIDIA