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 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 131 156
Rank change year-on-year -67 +25 -54
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 600 1,219 998
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.31% 2.03% 2.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.75% 6.09% 4.95%
Number of salaries quoted 371 502 788
10th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,688 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £75,250 £68,014
Median % change year-on-year -8.97% +10.64% -9.31%
75th Percentile £82,500 £97,500 £82,813
90th Percentile £100,000 £116,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £68,958 £75,000 £69,447
% change year-on-year -8.06% +8.00% -7.40%

All Cloud 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 15,996 20,027 20,172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.80% 33.32% 43.28%
Number of salaries quoted 10,413 12,083 16,889
10th Percentile £28,750 £36,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £100,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 2025. 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 -44 306 £75,000 -16.67% 331
North of England +72 122 £70,000 +27.27% 149
Yorkshire +41 61 £75,000 +42.86% 44
North West +25 56 £65,000 +6.12% 101
South East -103 56 £67,500 +8.00% 75
South West -67 48 £60,000 -15.79% 41
Midlands +16 44 £62,500 +13.64% 33
West Midlands +33 37 £62,500 -13.79% 21
East of England -41 28 £57,500 +4.55% 22
East Midlands -1 7 £65,000 +91.18% 12
North East +3 5 £68,500 +24.55% 4
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 35 (5.83%) SharePoint
2 32 (5.33%) Apache Spark
3 24 (4.00%) Confluence
4 21 (3.50%) Apache
5 9 (1.50%) Headless CMS
5 9 (1.50%) WebSphere
6 7 (1.17%) OpenStack
6 7 (1.17%) Tomcat
7 6 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (1.00%) WebSphere Application Server
8 5 (0.83%) JBoss
9 3 (0.50%) CMS
9 3 (0.50%) Red Hat Fuse
10 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.17%) nginx
11 1 (0.17%) SAS
11 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (1.50%) Shopify
2 8 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.67%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.33%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.17%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 440 (73.33%) AWS
2 293 (48.83%) AWS Lambda
3 277 (46.17%) Azure
4 179 (29.83%) Amazon S3
5 114 (19.00%) Azure Functions
6 104 (17.33%) Amazon EC2
6 104 (17.33%) Amazon ECS
7 95 (15.83%) GitHub
8 86 (14.33%) Amazon EKS
9 77 (12.83%) Azure Logic Apps
10 67 (11.17%) AWS CloudFormation
11 64 (10.67%) Power Platform
12 60 (10.00%) SaaS
13 58 (9.67%) Azure DevOps
14 56 (9.33%) Amazon SQS
15 49 (8.17%) Power Automate
16 48 (8.00%) GCP
17 47 (7.83%) PaaS
18 43 (7.17%) PowerApps
19 42 (7.00%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.83%) Internet
2 15 (2.50%) Firewall
3 14 (2.33%) Wireless
4 12 (2.00%) Broadband
5 10 (1.67%) DNS
6 9 (1.50%) SSL
7 8 (1.33%) TCP/IP
8 7 (1.17%) Network Security
8 7 (1.17%) VPN
9 6 (1.00%) AMQP
10 5 (0.83%) DHCP
10 5 (0.83%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.83%) Unified Communications
10 5 (0.83%) VLAN
10 5 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.67%) WAN
12 2 (0.33%) LAN
12 2 (0.33%) SSH
13 1 (0.17%) NAS
13 1 (0.17%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (18.00%) DynamoDB
2 86 (14.33%) PostgreSQL
3 72 (12.00%) Amazon RDS
4 62 (10.33%) NoSQL
5 53 (8.83%) SQL Server
6 51 (8.50%) Data Warehouse
7 49 (8.17%) Amazon Redshift
8 45 (7.50%) Relational Database
9 28 (4.67%) MongoDB
10 26 (4.33%) Big Data
10 26 (4.33%) MySQL
11 25 (4.17%) Elasticsearch
12 23 (3.83%) RDBMS
13 22 (3.67%) Data Lake
13 22 (3.67%) Power BI
14 21 (3.50%) Amazon Athena
15 19 (3.17%) Amazon Aurora
16 18 (3.00%) Hadoop
17 12 (2.00%) Apache Iceberg
18 10 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 83 (13.83%) Jenkins
2 75 (12.50%) Git
3 37 (6.17%) JIRA
4 28 (4.67%) JUnit
5 25 (4.17%) GitLab
5 25 (4.17%) JMeter
6 22 (3.67%) Mockito
7 18 (3.00%) Cypress.io
8 10 (1.67%) Bitbucket
8 10 (1.67%) Selenium
9 9 (1.50%) git-flow
10 7 (1.17%) Locust
11 6 (1.00%) CircleCI
12 5 (0.83%) Vite
13 4 (0.67%) Mocha
13 4 (0.67%) NUnit
13 4 (0.67%) Postman
13 4 (0.67%) Spinnaker
14 3 (0.50%) MSTest
14 3 (0.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 176 (29.33%) Social Skills
2 117 (19.50%) Finance
3 66 (11.00%) Public Sector
4 54 (9.00%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (7.50%) Law
6 32 (5.33%) Marketing
7 31 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 30 (5.00%) Tech for Good
9 25 (4.17%) Publishing
10 24 (4.00%) Health Technology
11 15 (2.50%) Automotive
11 15 (2.50%) Manufacturing
11 15 (2.50%) Retail
12 14 (2.33%) Banking
13 11 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.83%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.50%) Financial Institution
15 9 (1.50%) Games
15 9 (1.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 223 (37.17%) Developer
2 165 (27.50%) Senior
3 89 (14.83%) Senior Developer
4 73 (12.17%) Lead
5 65 (10.83%) Architect
6 59 (9.83%) Software Engineer
7 57 (9.50%) Data Engineer
7 57 (9.50%) Full-Stack Developer
8 50 (8.33%) Python Developer
9 48 (8.00%) Java Developer
10 43 (7.17%) AWS Engineer
11 36 (6.00%) AWS Developer
12 29 (4.83%) Lead Developer
12 29 (4.83%) Software Developer
13 28 (4.67%) React Developer
14 25 (4.17%) Senior Data Engineer
14 25 (4.17%) Senior Python Developer
15 24 (4.00%) .NET Developer
15 24 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
16 23 (3.83%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 160 (26.67%) React
2 106 (17.67%) .NET
3 96 (16.00%) HTML
4 83 (13.83%) REST
5 77 (12.83%) Node.js
6 75 (12.50%) Spring Boot
7 74 (12.33%) CSS
7 74 (12.33%) Spring
8 70 (11.67%) RESTful
9 54 (9.00%) AngularJS
10 43 (7.17%) Kafka
11 38 (6.33%) Web Services
12 36 (6.00%) .NET Core
12 36 (6.00%) GraphQL
13 34 (5.67%) Vue
14 32 (5.33%) FastAPI
15 31 (5.17%) .NET Framework
16 30 (5.00%) JSON
17 29 (4.83%) Apache Camel
18 25 (4.17%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 133 (22.17%) Cloud Native
2 56 (9.33%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (5.50%) Product Ownership
4 22 (3.67%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (3.00%) IoT
5 18 (3.00%) Management Information System
6 17 (2.83%) Greenfield Project
6 17 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (2.50%) Data Structures
8 14 (2.33%) e-Learning
8 14 (2.33%) Onboarding
8 14 (2.33%) Virtual Team
9 13 (2.17%) Mobile App
10 12 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.50%) Linux Command Line
12 9 (1.50%) Low-Code
13 8 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
14 7 (1.17%) Public Cloud
15 6 (1.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 35 (5.83%) Linux
2 15 (2.50%) Windows
3 14 (2.33%) Unix
4 9 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.00%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.50%) VMS
7 2 (0.33%) CentOS
7 2 (0.33%) Debian
7 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.17%) Android
8 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (49.33%) CI/CD
2 277 (46.17%) Agile
3 259 (43.17%) DevOps
4 155 (25.83%) Microservices
5 154 (25.67%) Problem-Solving
6 146 (24.33%) Mentoring
7 143 (23.83%) Infrastructure as Code
8 130 (21.67%) Software Engineering
9 113 (18.83%) Containerisation
10 106 (17.67%) Full-Stack Development
11 104 (17.33%) TDD
12 99 (16.50%) Continuous Improvement
13 94 (15.67%) AI
14 82 (13.67%) Analytics
15 80 (13.33%) Machine Learning
16 79 (13.17%) Scrum
17 77 (12.83%) Data Modelling
18 72 (12.00%) SDLC
19 64 (10.67%) Data Pipeline
20 63 (10.50%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 304 (50.67%) Python
2 195 (32.50%) JavaScript
3 150 (25.00%) TypeScript
4 146 (24.33%) Java
5 145 (24.17%) SQL
6 106 (17.67%) C#
7 51 (8.50%) PowerShell
8 28 (4.67%) Bash
9 25 (4.17%) Shell Script
10 22 (3.67%) Scala
11 17 (2.83%) Bicep
12 14 (2.33%) Go
13 12 (2.00%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (1.00%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.83%) PHP
16 4 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.67%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.67%) Rust
17 3 (0.50%) C++
17 3 (0.50%) R
Qualifications
1 82 (13.67%) Security Cleared
2 75 (12.50%) AWS Certification
3 74 (12.33%) Degree
4 49 (8.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (7.17%) Azure Certification
6 39 (6.50%) SC Cleared
7 35 (5.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 27 (4.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (3.83%) DV Cleared
10 22 (3.67%) TOGAF Certification
11 16 (2.67%) AWS Certified Developer
12 9 (1.50%) Master's Degree
13 8 (1.33%) SnowPro
14 6 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.50%) DBS Check
16 2 (0.33%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
16 2 (0.33%) MCP
17 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
17 1 (0.17%) Cisco Certification
17 1 (0.17%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (10.17%) QA
2 26 (4.33%) GDPR
3 19 (3.17%) SLA
4 16 (2.67%) Accessibility
4 16 (2.67%) Data Quality
4 16 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.83%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.33%) NIST
7 6 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.83%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.50%) WCAG
10 1 (0.17%) CDISC
10 1 (0.17%) DICOM
10 1 (0.17%) GAAP
10 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.17%) HL7
10 1 (0.17%) IFRS
10 1 (0.17%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.17%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 157 (26.17%) Docker
2 21 (3.50%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.33%) HDFS
4 6 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.83%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.33%) Firmware
6 2 (0.33%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.17%) iptables
7 1 (0.17%) vCloud
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 159 (26.50%) Terraform
2 145 (24.17%) Kubernetes
3 38 (6.33%) Ansible
4 28 (4.67%) Prometheus
5 26 (4.33%) Kibana
6 25 (4.17%) Grafana
7 8 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.83%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.50%) Docker Swarm
10 3 (0.50%) Kubeflow
10 3 (0.50%) Puppet
11 1 (0.17%) Argo
11 1 (0.17%) Nagios
11 1 (0.17%) Podman
11 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 124 (20.67%) Microsoft
2 42 (7.00%) Splunk
3 30 (5.00%) Databricks
4 26 (4.33%) Dynatrace
5 25 (4.17%) Oracle
6 23 (3.83%) Atlassian
7 17 (2.83%) Google
8 10 (1.67%) OpenAI
9 9 (1.50%) Apple
9 9 (1.50%) IBM
9 9 (1.50%) Red Hat
10 8 (1.33%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.33%) SAP
11 6 (1.00%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (1.00%) Fortinet
12 5 (0.83%) Aruba
12 5 (0.83%) HP
12 5 (0.83%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.83%) Veeam
13 4 (0.67%) Citrix