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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 135 194
Rank change year-on-year -73 +59 -24
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 748 872 1,265
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.97% 2.35% 1.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.06% 6.35% 4.28%
Number of salaries quoted 487 621 922
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £46,375
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £86,250 £100,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
% 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 24,479 13,729 29,528
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 31.81% 36.94% 35.83%
Number of salaries quoted 12,991 10,215 24,298
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,993 £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 £83,750 £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 18 April 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 18 April 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 -79 290 £82,500 -10.81% 129
North of England +56 264 £75,000 +15.38% 73
Yorkshire +33 164 £75,000 +30.43% 20
North West +14 93 £75,000 - 48
Midlands -17 90 £55,000 -4.35% 13
East Midlands 0 64 £60,000 +4.35% 5
South East -133 44 £67,500 +12.50% 43
South West -65 43 £62,500 +4.17% 21
West Midlands -52 26 £50,000 -11.11% 8
East of England -55 19 £60,100 -29.29% 16
North East -30 7 £92,500 +48.00% 5
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 27 (3.61%) Apache
1 27 (3.61%) Apache Spark
2 22 (2.94%) Apache Airflow
3 15 (2.01%) SharePoint
4 12 (1.60%) OpenStack
5 8 (1.07%) SAS
6 4 (0.53%) Apache Solr
6 4 (0.53%) CMS
6 4 (0.53%) Confluence
6 4 (0.53%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.53%) JBoss
7 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.40%) WordPress
8 2 (0.27%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.27%) nginx
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.13%) IIS
9 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 6 (0.80%) PlantUML
1 6 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
2 5 (0.67%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 568 (75.94%) AWS
2 385 (51.47%) AWS Lambda
3 289 (38.64%) Amazon S3
4 260 (34.76%) Azure
5 176 (23.53%) AWS CloudFormation
6 143 (19.12%) Amazon ECS
7 129 (17.25%) GitHub
8 112 (14.97%) AWS Step Functions
9 110 (14.71%) Azure Functions
10 100 (13.37%) Amazon SQS
11 96 (12.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 85 (11.36%) GitHub Actions
13 78 (10.43%) Amazon EC2
14 75 (10.03%) Azure Logic Apps
15 74 (9.89%) Azure DevOps
16 71 (9.49%) Amazon EKS
17 68 (9.09%) GCP
18 63 (8.42%) SaaS
19 58 (7.75%) Power Platform
20 56 (7.49%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.14%) Firewall
2 13 (1.74%) DSL
3 12 (1.60%) AMQP
3 12 (1.60%) Network Security
4 8 (1.07%) VPN
5 6 (0.80%) WAN
6 5 (0.67%) Broadband
6 5 (0.67%) DNS
7 2 (0.27%) DHCP
7 2 (0.27%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.27%) VLAN
7 2 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.13%) 4G
8 1 (0.13%) 5G
8 1 (0.13%) Internet
8 1 (0.13%) Intranet
8 1 (0.13%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (22.06%) DynamoDB
2 86 (11.50%) NoSQL
3 81 (10.83%) Amazon RDS
4 67 (8.96%) PostgreSQL
5 55 (7.35%) SQL Server
6 40 (5.35%) Amazon Redshift
7 38 (5.08%) Amazon Athena
8 37 (4.95%) Data Warehouse
8 37 (4.95%) Power BI
9 29 (3.88%) Relational Database
10 28 (3.74%) Azure SQL Database
11 24 (3.21%) MySQL
12 22 (2.94%) Big Data
12 22 (2.94%) Data Lake
13 19 (2.54%) MongoDB
14 11 (1.47%) Delta Lake
15 10 (1.34%) Metadata
15 10 (1.34%) Spark SQL
16 9 (1.20%) Hadoop
17 8 (1.07%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 151 (20.19%) Jenkins
2 112 (14.97%) Git
3 100 (13.37%) GitLab
4 47 (6.28%) SonarQube
5 45 (6.02%) Maven
6 43 (5.75%) Cypress.io
7 23 (3.07%) CircleCI
8 15 (2.01%) JIRA
9 11 (1.47%) Snyk
10 10 (1.34%) Crashlytics
10 10 (1.34%) XCTest
11 9 (1.20%) Cucumber
11 9 (1.20%) MLflow
12 8 (1.07%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.94%) JUnit
14 6 (0.80%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 4 (0.53%) Artifactory
15 4 (0.53%) Mockito
15 4 (0.53%) Selenium
15 4 (0.53%) SpecFlow
General
1 198 (26.47%) Social Skills
2 107 (14.30%) Finance
3 54 (7.22%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (6.95%) Public Sector
5 27 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (3.07%) Banking
7 20 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
8 19 (2.54%) Publishing
9 17 (2.27%) Health Technology
10 15 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
10 15 (2.01%) Tech for Good
11 14 (1.87%) Advertising
12 12 (1.60%) Legal
13 10 (1.34%) Law
14 8 (1.07%) Manufacturing
15 7 (0.94%) Retail
16 6 (0.80%) Billing
17 5 (0.67%) Aerospace
17 5 (0.67%) Investment Banking
18 4 (0.53%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 279 (37.30%) Developer
2 202 (27.01%) Senior
3 105 (14.04%) Lead
4 102 (13.64%) Architect
5 87 (11.63%) Java Developer
6 82 (10.96%) Senior Developer
7 68 (9.09%) AWS Developer
8 65 (8.69%) Full-Stack Developer
9 63 (8.42%) Software Engineer
10 59 (7.89%) AWS Engineer
11 44 (5.88%) Python Developer
12 43 (5.75%) Lead Developer
13 42 (5.61%) Data Engineer
14 41 (5.48%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 36 (4.81%) Cloud Engineer
16 34 (4.55%) Cloud Architect
16 34 (4.55%) Senior Architect
17 33 (4.41%) DevOps Engineer
18 32 (4.28%) React Developer
18 32 (4.28%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (24.33%) React
2 158 (21.12%) Node.js
3 113 (15.11%) .NET
4 108 (14.44%) Spring Boot
5 100 (13.37%) AngularJS
6 96 (12.83%) REST
7 83 (11.10%) Spring
8 79 (10.56%) RESTful
9 64 (8.56%) HTML
10 59 (7.89%) Kafka
11 56 (7.49%) AWS CDK
12 52 (6.95%) CSS
13 47 (6.28%) .NET Core
14 44 (5.88%) Jest
15 41 (5.48%) RabbitMQ
16 40 (5.35%) Gherkin
17 31 (4.14%) Elastic Stack
18 28 (3.74%) PySpark
19 25 (3.34%) JSON
20 24 (3.21%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 156 (20.86%) Cloud Native
2 59 (7.89%) Distributed Systems
3 40 (5.35%) Greenfield Project
4 28 (3.74%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (3.21%) Data Structures
6 23 (3.07%) Mobile App
7 21 (2.81%) Product Ownership
8 14 (1.87%) Blockchain
8 14 (1.87%) Web3
9 12 (1.60%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.60%) Public Cloud
10 11 (1.47%) Data Centre
11 10 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.20%) Legacy Applications
12 9 (1.20%) Management Information System
13 7 (0.94%) Low-Code
14 6 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
15 5 (0.67%) Reinsurance
15 5 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (4.55%) Linux
2 16 (2.14%) VMS
3 15 (2.01%) Windows
4 10 (1.34%) Apple iOS
5 8 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.80%) CentOS
6 6 (0.80%) Debian
6 6 (0.80%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.27%) Unix
7 2 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 442 (59.09%) CI/CD
2 364 (48.66%) DevOps
3 287 (38.37%) Agile
4 264 (35.29%) Infrastructure as Code
5 194 (25.94%) Microservices
6 190 (25.40%) Mentoring
7 177 (23.66%) Problem-Solving
8 157 (20.99%) Containerisation
9 155 (20.72%) Full-Stack Development
10 148 (19.79%) Software Engineering
11 125 (16.71%) Continuous Improvement
12 123 (16.44%) Observability
13 120 (16.04%) Test Automation
14 102 (13.64%) Analytics
15 99 (13.24%) AI
16 85 (11.36%) Event-Driven
17 84 (11.23%) TDD
18 81 (10.83%) Continuous Integration
19 74 (9.89%) Data Modelling
20 72 (9.63%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 303 (40.51%) Python
2 212 (28.34%) SQL
3 211 (28.21%) TypeScript
4 180 (24.06%) JavaScript
5 179 (23.93%) Java
6 111 (14.84%) C#
7 73 (9.76%) Bash
8 46 (6.15%) Groovy
9 38 (5.08%) Go
10 37 (4.95%) Kotlin
11 33 (4.41%) PowerShell
12 16 (2.14%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (2.01%) Bicep
14 14 (1.87%) Rust
15 10 (1.34%) PHP
15 10 (1.34%) Swift
16 8 (1.07%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.80%) C++
18 5 (0.67%) Perl
19 4 (0.53%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 99 (13.24%) AWS Certification
2 91 (12.17%) Degree
3 84 (11.23%) Security Cleared
4 63 (8.42%) SC Cleared
5 60 (8.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 38 (5.08%) Azure Certification
7 35 (4.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 34 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 27 (3.61%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 23 (3.07%) AWS Certified Developer
10 23 (3.07%) ITIL Certification
11 19 (2.54%) TOGAF Certification
12 14 (1.87%) Master's Degree
12 14 (1.87%) OSCP
13 13 (1.74%) DBS Check
13 13 (1.74%) DV Cleared
14 8 (1.07%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 7 (0.94%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
16 5 (0.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 3 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.28%) QA
2 39 (5.21%) Data Quality
3 25 (3.34%) GDPR
4 16 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.74%) SOC 2
6 11 (1.47%) GRC
7 10 (1.34%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.94%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.53%) NIST
9 4 (0.53%) Solvency II
10 3 (0.40%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.27%) SLA
11 2 (0.27%) WCAG
12 1 (0.13%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.13%) MiFID
12 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 251 (33.56%) Docker
2 22 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
3 16 (2.14%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.53%) iptables
5 3 (0.40%) Firmware
6 2 (0.27%) HDFS
6 2 (0.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 232 (31.02%) Terraform
2 178 (23.80%) Kubernetes
3 75 (10.03%) Ansible
4 46 (6.15%) Prometheus
5 45 (6.02%) Grafana
6 40 (5.35%) HP Fortify
7 18 (2.41%) Kibana
8 11 (1.47%) Puppet
9 8 (1.07%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.80%) Packer
11 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.40%) Nagios
12 3 (0.40%) Scalr
13 2 (0.27%) Kubeflow
14 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Satellite
14 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 92 (12.30%) Microsoft
2 34 (4.55%) Databricks
3 17 (2.27%) Palo Alto
4 13 (1.74%) CrowdStrike
4 13 (1.74%) Google
5 12 (1.60%) Oracle
5 12 (1.60%) Tenable
6 10 (1.34%) Amplitude
6 10 (1.34%) Braze
7 9 (1.20%) AppDynamics
8 8 (1.07%) IBM
8 8 (1.07%) Red Hat
9 7 (0.94%) Salesforce
10 6 (0.80%) OpenAI
10 6 (0.80%) SaltStack
10 6 (0.80%) Splunk
11 5 (0.67%) Dynatrace
11 5 (0.67%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.53%) Zscaler
13 3 (0.40%) Atlassian