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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 101 192
Rank change year-on-year -106 +91 -44
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 649 1,207 1,131
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.02% 3.05% 1.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.10% 8.05% 4.08%
Number of salaries quoted 425 598 908
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 £102,188 £92,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £118,750 £111,625
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 20,950 14,997 27,712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.86% 37.88% 37.64%
Number of salaries quoted 11,526 10,190 23,303
10th Percentile £29,500 £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 £80,000 £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 9 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 9 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 -82 269 £80,000 -15.79% 179
North of England +60 214 £72,500 +16.00% 95
Yorkshire +45 145 £72,500 +31.82% 38
Midlands -19 71 £60,000 +9.09% 44
North West 0 64 £75,000 +9.69% 50
East Midlands -1 46 £60,000 +4.35% 18
South West -109 42 £62,500 +4.17% 54
South East -166 37 £67,500 +12.50% 101
West Midlands -26 25 £51,875 -5.68% 26
East of England -61 14 £60,100 -9.28% 34
North East -21 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 31 (4.78%) Apache
1 31 (4.78%) Apache Spark
2 21 (3.24%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (2.47%) SharePoint
4 13 (2.00%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.08%) Confluence
6 4 (0.62%) SAS
6 4 (0.62%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.62%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.46%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.46%) JBoss
7 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.46%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.31%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.31%) nginx
8 2 (0.31%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.15%) CMS
9 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (0.62%) 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
1 513 (79.04%) AWS
2 345 (53.16%) AWS Lambda
3 262 (40.37%) Amazon S3
4 238 (36.67%) Azure
5 155 (23.88%) AWS CloudFormation
6 116 (17.87%) GitHub
7 114 (17.57%) Amazon ECS
8 95 (14.64%) AWS Step Functions
8 95 (14.64%) Azure Functions
9 81 (12.48%) Amazon SQS
10 76 (11.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 74 (11.40%) Amazon EC2
12 71 (10.94%) Amazon EKS
13 70 (10.79%) Azure Logic Apps
14 69 (10.63%) GCP
15 68 (10.48%) GitHub Actions
16 58 (8.94%) SaaS
17 56 (8.63%) Azure DevOps
18 50 (7.70%) Power Platform
19 41 (6.32%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.85%) 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 (0.62%) SSL
6 4 (0.62%) WAN
7 3 (0.46%) Internet
8 1 (0.15%) 4G
8 1 (0.15%) 5G
8 1 (0.15%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (18.95%) DynamoDB
2 78 (12.02%) NoSQL
3 72 (11.09%) Amazon RDS
4 71 (10.94%) PostgreSQL
5 48 (7.40%) Amazon Redshift
5 48 (7.40%) SQL Server
6 40 (6.16%) Data Warehouse
7 32 (4.93%) Relational Database
8 31 (4.78%) Power BI
9 27 (4.16%) Amazon Athena
10 24 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
11 23 (3.54%) MySQL
12 20 (3.08%) MongoDB
13 18 (2.77%) Big Data
13 18 (2.77%) Data Lake
14 11 (1.69%) Apache Iceberg
14 11 (1.69%) RDBMS
15 10 (1.54%) Hadoop
15 10 (1.54%) Metadata
16 7 (1.08%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 130 (20.03%) Jenkins
2 89 (13.71%) Git
3 86 (13.25%) GitLab
4 37 (5.70%) Cypress.io
5 34 (5.24%) Maven
6 33 (5.08%) SonarQube
7 18 (2.77%) CircleCI
8 14 (2.16%) JIRA
9 10 (1.54%) Bitbucket
9 10 (1.54%) JUnit
10 8 (1.23%) 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 (0.62%) Crashlytics
13 4 (0.62%) webpack
13 4 (0.62%) XCTest
14 3 (0.46%) Cucumber
14 3 (0.46%) Mocha
General
1 179 (27.58%) Social Skills
2 88 (13.56%) Finance
3 52 (8.01%) Public Sector
4 49 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (3.08%) Banking
5 20 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
6 19 (2.93%) Publishing
7 17 (2.62%) Tech for Good
8 16 (2.47%) Health Technology
9 15 (2.31%) Law
10 14 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (1.85%) Advertising
12 9 (1.39%) Legal
13 7 (1.08%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.92%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.77%) Retail
16 4 (0.62%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.62%) Billing
16 4 (0.62%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 259 (39.91%) Developer
2 161 (24.81%) Senior
3 90 (13.87%) Architect
4 79 (12.17%) Lead
5 72 (11.09%) Senior Developer
6 71 (10.94%) Java Developer
7 64 (9.86%) AWS Developer
8 63 (9.71%) AWS Engineer
9 62 (9.55%) Full-Stack Developer
10 55 (8.47%) Software Engineer
11 47 (7.24%) Python Developer
12 41 (6.32%) Data Engineer
12 41 (6.32%) Lead Developer
13 34 (5.24%) Software Developer
14 32 (4.93%) React Developer
15 31 (4.78%) .NET Developer
15 31 (4.78%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 30 (4.62%) Cloud Engineer
17 27 (4.16%) AWS Architect
18 26 (4.01%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (26.35%) React
2 135 (20.80%) Node.js
3 105 (16.18%) .NET
4 97 (14.95%) Spring Boot
5 79 (12.17%) AngularJS
5 79 (12.17%) Spring
6 73 (11.25%) HTML
7 67 (10.32%) REST
8 65 (10.02%) RESTful
9 62 (9.55%) CSS
10 53 (8.17%) AWS CDK
11 48 (7.40%) Kafka
12 47 (7.24%) .NET Core
13 37 (5.70%) Jest
14 32 (4.93%) Gherkin
15 29 (4.47%) RabbitMQ
16 25 (3.85%) FastAPI
17 24 (3.70%) Flask
18 23 (3.54%) Vue
19 22 (3.39%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 144 (22.19%) Cloud Native
2 44 (6.78%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (5.70%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (4.01%) Greenfield Project
5 25 (3.85%) Data Structures
6 21 (3.24%) Product Ownership
7 17 (2.62%) Mobile App
8 11 (1.69%) Blockchain
8 11 (1.69%) Onboarding
8 11 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.69%) Web3
9 10 (1.54%) Public Cloud
10 8 (1.23%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.08%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.08%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
12 5 (0.77%) Low-Code
13 4 (0.62%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 33 (5.08%) Linux
2 16 (2.47%) Windows
3 14 (2.16%) VMS
4 9 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (1.39%) Unix
5 5 (0.77%) CentOS
5 5 (0.77%) Debian
5 5 (0.77%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.62%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (57.47%) CI/CD
2 309 (47.61%) DevOps
3 259 (39.91%) Agile
4 217 (33.44%) Infrastructure as Code
5 182 (28.04%) Microservices
6 173 (26.66%) Mentoring
7 159 (24.50%) Problem-Solving
8 142 (21.88%) Full-Stack Development
9 135 (20.80%) Software Engineering
10 133 (20.49%) Containerisation
11 110 (16.95%) Continuous Improvement
12 86 (13.25%) Observability
13 81 (12.48%) AI
14 77 (11.86%) Analytics
15 72 (11.09%) Data Modelling
15 72 (11.09%) Test Automation
16 70 (10.79%) TDD
17 69 (10.63%) Continuous Integration
17 69 (10.63%) Scrum
18 65 (10.02%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 266 (40.99%) Python
2 188 (28.97%) JavaScript
3 180 (27.73%) TypeScript
4 170 (26.19%) SQL
5 162 (24.96%) Java
6 106 (16.33%) C#
7 62 (9.55%) Bash
8 32 (4.93%) Go
9 31 (4.78%) Groovy
10 28 (4.31%) PowerShell
11 22 (3.39%) Kotlin
12 14 (2.16%) Kusto Query Language
13 13 (2.00%) Rust
14 8 (1.23%) PHP
14 8 (1.23%) Shell Script
15 7 (1.08%) Bicep
15 7 (1.08%) Scala
16 6 (0.92%) C++
17 5 (0.77%) R
18 4 (0.62%) C
Qualifications
1 105 (16.18%) AWS Certification
2 85 (13.10%) Degree
3 71 (10.94%) Security Cleared
4 55 (8.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (6.63%) SC Cleared
6 40 (6.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 38 (5.86%) Azure Certification
8 34 (5.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 24 (3.70%) TOGAF Certification
10 22 (3.39%) AWS Certified Developer
11 19 (2.93%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 19 (2.93%) ITIL Certification
12 16 (2.47%) DV Cleared
13 13 (2.00%) OSCP
14 8 (1.23%) DBS Check
14 8 (1.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 7 (1.08%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
15 7 (1.08%) Master's Degree
16 5 (0.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 3 (0.46%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (6.32%) QA
2 32 (4.93%) Data Quality
3 19 (2.93%) GDPR
4 11 (1.69%) SOC 2
5 10 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.08%) SLA
7 6 (0.92%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.92%) PCI DSS
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
1 216 (33.28%) Docker
2 17 (2.62%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.62%) HDFS
4 4 (0.62%) iptables
5 2 (0.31%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 193 (29.74%) Terraform
2 151 (23.27%) Kubernetes
3 57 (8.78%) Ansible
4 39 (6.01%) Prometheus
5 36 (5.55%) Grafana
6 32 (4.93%) HP Fortify
7 18 (2.77%) 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 89 (13.71%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.24%) Databricks
3 13 (2.00%) Google
4 12 (1.85%) Oracle
5 10 (1.54%) Palo Alto
6 9 (1.39%) Splunk
7 8 (1.23%) Red Hat
8 7 (1.08%) Atlassian
8 7 (1.08%) Dynatrace
9 6 (0.92%) CrowdStrike
9 6 (0.92%) Fortinet
9 6 (0.92%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.77%) SaltStack
11 4 (0.62%) Amplitude
11 4 (0.62%) IBM
11 4 (0.62%) Pega
11 4 (0.62%) WSO2
11 4 (0.62%) Zscaler
12 2 (0.31%) Apple
12 2 (0.31%) OpenAI