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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 227 206
Rank change year-on-year +26 -21 -56
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 979 619 933
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.96% 1.45% 1.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.00% 4.46% 4.32%
Number of salaries quoted 614 427 496
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,800 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £59,375 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £72,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.43% -0.69% +3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £102,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +2.84% +0.71% -

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 24,502 13,891 21,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 23.93% 32.47% 31.93%
Number of salaries quoted 17,049 9,696 13,894
10th Percentile £31,750 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £60,000 £63,762
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -5.90% -1.91%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -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 22 September 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 22 September 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 -29 405 £80,000 +6.67% 464
North of England +82 314 £72,500 +11.54% 131
North West +40 140 £67,500 +3.85% 86
Yorkshire +30 121 £80,000 +13.48% 31
South East -20 85 £65,000 -8.77% 72
Midlands -14 77 £62,500 - 52
South West -50 73 £60,500 +0.83% 64
North East -15 53 £67,500 -1.82% 14
West Midlands -51 43 £62,500 - 25
East Midlands +5 34 £65,000 - 27
East of England -60 11 £59,450 +3.39% 22
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 38 (3.88%) Apache Spark
2 30 (3.06%) SharePoint
3 26 (2.66%) Apache
4 22 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (1.74%) Confluence
6 11 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.61%) CMS
7 6 (0.61%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.51%) Apache Pig
9 4 (0.41%) nginx
9 4 (0.41%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.41%) SAS
10 3 (0.31%) JBoss
11 2 (0.20%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.20%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.20%) WordPress
12 1 (0.10%) IIS
12 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.10%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 8 (0.82%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.31%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 19 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.10%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.10%) Finacle
3 1 (0.10%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.10%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.10%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.10%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 682 (69.66%) AWS
2 464 (47.40%) AWS Lambda
3 365 (37.28%) Azure
4 305 (31.15%) Amazon S3
5 225 (22.98%) AWS CloudFormation
6 204 (20.84%) Amazon ECS
7 200 (20.43%) Azure Functions
8 135 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
9 133 (13.59%) GitHub
10 130 (13.28%) Amazon EC2
11 110 (11.24%) Amazon EKS
12 104 (10.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 95 (9.70%) AWS Step Functions
13 95 (9.70%) GCP
13 95 (9.70%) SaaS
14 91 (9.30%) Power Platform
15 83 (8.48%) Azure Logic Apps
16 79 (8.07%) Amazon SQS
17 78 (7.97%) PaaS
18 71 (7.25%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.37%) Firewall
2 32 (3.27%) VPN
3 25 (2.55%) Network Security
4 24 (2.45%) DNS
5 22 (2.25%) Internet
6 16 (1.63%) VoIP
7 14 (1.43%) DHCP
7 14 (1.43%) VLAN
8 9 (0.92%) MQTT
8 9 (0.92%) TCP/IP
9 8 (0.82%) AMQP
10 7 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.61%) BGP
11 6 (0.61%) IPsec
12 5 (0.51%) SAN
13 4 (0.41%) IPv4
13 4 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
14 3 (0.31%) HTTP
14 3 (0.31%) SSL
14 3 (0.31%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (16.24%) DynamoDB
2 99 (10.11%) Amazon RDS
3 90 (9.19%) NoSQL
4 85 (8.68%) SQL Server
5 69 (7.05%) PostgreSQL
6 57 (5.82%) Amazon Athena
7 50 (5.11%) Relational Database
8 47 (4.80%) Amazon Redshift
8 47 (4.80%) Azure SQL Database
9 46 (4.70%) Data Warehouse
10 37 (3.78%) Power BI
11 31 (3.17%) Big Data
12 29 (2.96%) Spark SQL
13 27 (2.76%) MongoDB
14 25 (2.55%) Data Lake
14 25 (2.55%) Elasticsearch
15 23 (2.35%) MySQL
16 21 (2.15%) Hadoop
17 20 (2.04%) Metadata
18 13 (1.33%) Redis
Development Applications
1 203 (20.74%) Git
2 125 (12.77%) Jenkins
3 72 (7.35%) GitLab
4 35 (3.58%) SonarQube
5 32 (3.27%) JIRA
6 28 (2.86%) Cypress.io
7 26 (2.66%) Maven
8 25 (2.55%) Snyk
9 15 (1.53%) JMeter
10 12 (1.23%) Bitbucket
10 12 (1.23%) Claude Code
10 12 (1.23%) JUnit
11 11 (1.12%) Cucumber
11 11 (1.12%) Mockito
11 11 (1.12%) TeamCity
12 10 (1.02%) Postman
13 8 (0.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 8 (0.82%) Selenium
14 7 (0.72%) CircleCI
15 6 (0.61%) Crashlytics
General
1 230 (23.49%) Social Skills
2 194 (19.82%) Finance
3 108 (11.03%) Public Sector
4 91 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
5 80 (8.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 56 (5.72%) Law
7 53 (5.41%) Banking
8 39 (3.98%) Marketing
9 25 (2.55%) Retail
10 17 (1.74%) Legal
11 16 (1.63%) Telecoms
12 15 (1.53%) Aviation
13 14 (1.43%) Military
14 13 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (1.23%) Aerospace
16 11 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (0.92%) Health Technology
18 8 (0.82%) Manufacturing
19 7 (0.72%) Advertising
19 7 (0.72%) Billing
Job Titles
1 294 (30.03%) Senior
2 264 (26.97%) Developer
3 127 (12.97%) Lead
4 107 (10.93%) Architect
5 95 (9.70%) Software Engineer
6 82 (8.38%) Senior Developer
7 81 (8.27%) Data Engineer
8 77 (7.87%) Java Developer
9 71 (7.25%) AWS Engineer
9 71 (7.25%) Full-Stack Developer
10 69 (7.05%) DevOps Engineer
11 59 (6.03%) Cloud Engineer
12 44 (4.49%) Senior Architect
13 43 (4.39%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 43 (4.39%) Senior Software Engineer
14 41 (4.19%) AWS Developer
14 41 (4.19%) Cloud Architect
15 40 (4.09%) Azure Engineer
15 40 (4.09%) Consultant
16 39 (3.98%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 364 (37.18%) Terraform
2 165 (16.85%) Node.js
3 151 (15.42%) .NET
4 141 (14.40%) React
5 129 (13.18%) REST
6 103 (10.52%) AngularJS
7 97 (9.91%) Spring Boot
8 86 (8.78%) Spring
9 80 (8.17%) RESTful
10 79 (8.07%) Kafka
11 54 (5.52%) AWS CDK
11 54 (5.52%) PySpark
12 44 (4.49%) JSON
13 36 (3.68%) OAuth
14 35 (3.58%) Jest
15 32 (3.27%) OAuth2
16 31 (3.17%) Gherkin
16 31 (3.17%) HTML
16 31 (3.17%) Swagger
17 30 (3.06%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 266 (27.17%) Cloud Native
2 79 (8.07%) Distributed Systems
3 77 (7.87%) Onboarding
4 47 (4.80%) Product Ownership
5 43 (4.39%) AI Agents
6 38 (3.88%) Enterprise Cloud
6 38 (3.88%) Hybrid Cloud
7 32 (3.27%) Data Centre
8 30 (3.06%) Greenfield Project
9 27 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
10 23 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
11 21 (2.15%) Management Information System
12 20 (2.04%) Public Cloud
13 16 (1.63%) Linux Command Line
14 15 (1.53%) Blog
14 15 (1.53%) Low-Code
14 15 (1.53%) Security Posture
15 14 (1.43%) Data Structures
15 14 (1.43%) Mobile App
16 12 (1.23%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 73 (7.46%) Linux
2 44 (4.49%) Windows
3 14 (1.43%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.33%) VMS
5 9 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.72%) CentOS
6 7 (0.72%) Debian
6 7 (0.72%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.61%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 575 (58.73%) CI/CD
2 465 (47.50%) DevOps
3 377 (38.51%) Agile
4 354 (36.16%) Infrastructure as Code
5 280 (28.60%) AI
6 259 (26.46%) Mentoring
7 229 (23.39%) Software Engineering
8 215 (21.96%) Microservices
9 190 (19.41%) Problem-Solving
10 188 (19.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 180 (18.39%) Test Automation
12 167 (17.06%) Full-Stack Development
12 167 (17.06%) Observability
13 158 (16.14%) Analytics
13 158 (16.14%) Event-Driven
14 145 (14.81%) Containerisation
15 137 (13.99%) Cloud Security
16 132 (13.48%) Roadmaps
17 116 (11.85%) Migration
18 112 (11.44%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 364 (37.18%) Python
2 288 (29.42%) SQL
3 212 (21.65%) Java
4 202 (20.63%) TypeScript
5 182 (18.59%) C#
6 175 (17.88%) JavaScript
7 103 (10.52%) Bash
8 50 (5.11%) Bicep
9 41 (4.19%) PowerShell
10 40 (4.09%) Groovy
11 39 (3.98%) Kotlin
12 30 (3.06%) Ruby
13 27 (2.76%) PHP
14 24 (2.45%) C++
15 20 (2.04%) Go
16 19 (1.94%) Perl
17 17 (1.74%) Shell Script
18 13 (1.33%) Kusto Query Language
19 12 (1.23%) Rust
20 11 (1.12%) Scala
Qualifications
1 192 (19.61%) Security Cleared
2 137 (13.99%) SC Cleared
3 100 (10.21%) Degree
4 84 (8.58%) AWS Certification
5 56 (5.72%) Azure Certification
6 54 (5.52%) DV Cleared
7 42 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 40 (4.09%) Microsoft Certification
9 36 (3.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 17 (1.74%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 17 (1.74%) Master's Degree
11 15 (1.53%) ITIL Certification
12 11 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (0.92%) AWS Certified Developer
13 9 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 7 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
16 6 (0.61%) CISM
16 6 (0.61%) CISSP
16 6 (0.61%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (7.15%) Data Quality
2 63 (6.44%) GDPR
3 56 (5.72%) QA
4 28 (2.86%) Accessibility
5 27 (2.76%) GRC
6 14 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (0.82%) NIST
8 8 (0.82%) WCAG
9 5 (0.51%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.51%) SLA
10 3 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.20%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.20%) PMO
12 1 (0.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.10%) NCSC
12 1 (0.10%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.10%) Solvency II
System Software
1 258 (26.35%) Docker
2 44 (4.49%) Active Directory
3 35 (3.58%) Virtual Machines
4 24 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (1.63%) vSphere
6 12 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.92%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.41%) Squid
8 4 (0.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 192 (19.61%) Kubernetes
2 103 (10.52%) Ansible
3 41 (4.19%) Grafana
4 37 (3.78%) Prometheus
5 24 (2.45%) Puppet
6 22 (2.25%) Packer
7 17 (1.74%) HP Fortify
8 14 (1.43%) Kibana
8 14 (1.43%) Progress Chef
9 12 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (0.61%) Hadoop YARN
10 6 (0.61%) Rancher
11 5 (0.51%) Argo
11 5 (0.51%) Podman
11 5 (0.51%) SCCM
12 4 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.41%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 1 (0.10%) Fluentd
14 1 (0.10%) Scalr
Vendors
1 199 (20.33%) Microsoft
2 42 (4.29%) Databricks
3 38 (3.88%) Oracle
4 34 (3.47%) Tenable
5 33 (3.37%) Dynatrace
6 31 (3.17%) OpenAI
7 25 (2.55%) CrowdStrike
7 25 (2.55%) Palo Alto
7 25 (2.55%) VMware
8 23 (2.35%) Google
8 23 (2.35%) Splunk
9 19 (1.94%) SAP
10 18 (1.84%) IBM
11 16 (1.63%) Red Hat
12 14 (1.43%) AppDynamics
13 12 (1.23%) HP
13 12 (1.23%) ScienceLogic
14 10 (1.02%) Salesforce
15 8 (0.82%) ServiceNow
15 8 (0.82%) Veeam