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 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 205 113 166
Rank change year-on-year -92 +53 -53
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 592 1,256 883
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.13% 2.49% 1.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.17% 6.82% 4.74%
Number of salaries quoted 365 551 682
10th Percentile £51,250 £51,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £75,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.05% +11.85% -10.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £98,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £97,375
UK median annual salary £70,932 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -5.42% +11.11% -10.00%

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 18,700 18,415 18,632
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.67% 36.57% 42.02%
Number of salaries quoted 10,426 11,080 15,610
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,250 £45,653
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £101,300
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +0.81% -4.62%

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 25 December 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 25 December 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 -50 285 £76,000 -15.56% 221
North of England +69 160 £75,000 +22.45% 154
Yorkshire +55 106 £75,000 +46.34% 73
North West +16 50 £70,932 +13.49% 70
Midlands -8 46 £60,000 +9.09% 84
South East -120 46 £67,500 +8.00% 147
South West -87 40 £62,500 -10.71% 69
West Midlands +10 31 £60,000 +9.09% 44
East of England -41 16 £57,500 -4.17% 64
East Midlands -22 15 £65,000 +18.18% 36
North East +9 4 £68,500 +9.60% 12
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 34 (5.74%) Apache Spark
2 27 (4.56%) SharePoint
3 20 (3.38%) Apache
4 18 (3.04%) Confluence
5 14 (2.36%) OpenStack
6 9 (1.52%) WebSphere
7 8 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (1.35%) Headless CMS
8 7 (1.18%) Tomcat
9 6 (1.01%) WebSphere Application Server
10 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.34%) nginx
12 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.17%) CMS
12 1 (0.17%) JBoss
12 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.35%) Shopify
3 2 (0.34%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.17%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 442 (74.66%) AWS
2 296 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
3 259 (43.75%) Azure
4 207 (34.97%) Amazon S3
5 102 (17.23%) Amazon ECS
6 99 (16.72%) Azure Functions
7 98 (16.55%) AWS CloudFormation
7 98 (16.55%) GitHub
8 80 (13.51%) Amazon EC2
8 80 (13.51%) Amazon EKS
9 75 (12.67%) Amazon SQS
10 73 (12.33%) Azure Logic Apps
11 67 (11.32%) AWS Step Functions
12 61 (10.30%) Azure DevOps
13 60 (10.14%) SaaS
14 54 (9.12%) Power Platform
15 52 (8.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 50 (8.45%) GCP
16 50 (8.45%) GitHub Actions
17 43 (7.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.53%) Firewall
2 12 (2.03%) Internet
3 9 (1.52%) AMQP
3 9 (1.52%) Network Security
3 9 (1.52%) Wireless
4 8 (1.35%) Broadband
5 7 (1.18%) SSL
5 7 (1.18%) VPN
6 6 (1.01%) DNS
6 6 (1.01%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.01%) WAN
7 5 (0.84%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.51%) DHCP
8 3 (0.51%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.51%) VLAN
8 3 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.34%) DSL
9 2 (0.34%) LAN
10 1 (0.17%) NAS
10 1 (0.17%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (17.06%) DynamoDB
2 80 (13.51%) PostgreSQL
3 75 (12.67%) NoSQL
4 67 (11.32%) Amazon RDS
5 50 (8.45%) SQL Server
6 44 (7.43%) Amazon Redshift
6 44 (7.43%) Data Warehouse
6 44 (7.43%) Relational Database
7 24 (4.05%) Big Data
8 23 (3.89%) Data Lake
9 22 (3.72%) MongoDB
10 21 (3.55%) Elasticsearch
10 21 (3.55%) MySQL
11 20 (3.38%) Power BI
12 19 (3.21%) RDBMS
13 17 (2.87%) Hadoop
14 15 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
15 14 (2.36%) Amazon Athena
16 10 (1.69%) Apache Iceberg
17 9 (1.52%) DB2
Development Applications
1 100 (16.89%) Jenkins
2 83 (14.02%) Git
3 48 (8.11%) GitLab
4 36 (6.08%) Cypress.io
5 26 (4.39%) JIRA
6 20 (3.38%) JUnit
7 19 (3.21%) JMeter
8 18 (3.04%) SonarQube
9 17 (2.87%) Maven
10 16 (2.70%) Mockito
11 11 (1.86%) Bitbucket
12 6 (1.01%) CircleCI
13 5 (0.84%) git-flow
13 5 (0.84%) MLflow
13 5 (0.84%) Vite
14 4 (0.68%) Mocha
14 4 (0.68%) NUnit
14 4 (0.68%) Postman
14 4 (0.68%) Selenium
14 4 (0.68%) webpack
General
1 173 (29.22%) Social Skills
2 84 (14.19%) Finance
3 57 (9.63%) Public Sector
4 44 (7.43%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (5.41%) Tech for Good
6 27 (4.56%) Health Technology
6 27 (4.56%) Publishing
7 19 (3.21%) Law
8 17 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
8 17 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (2.20%) Banking
11 12 (2.03%) Legal
11 12 (2.03%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.52%) Automotive
12 9 (1.52%) Financial Institution
12 9 (1.52%) Retail
13 8 (1.35%) Advertising
14 7 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.01%) Billing
Job Titles
1 236 (39.86%) Developer
2 146 (24.66%) Senior
3 87 (14.70%) Architect
4 79 (13.34%) Lead
5 72 (12.16%) Senior Developer
6 57 (9.63%) Full-Stack Developer
7 55 (9.29%) AWS Developer
8 52 (8.78%) Python Developer
9 49 (8.28%) Java Developer
10 45 (7.60%) Data Engineer
11 42 (7.09%) Software Engineer
12 41 (6.93%) AWS Engineer
13 35 (5.91%) Lead Developer
14 34 (5.74%) .NET Developer
15 33 (5.57%) Software Developer
16 31 (5.24%) React Developer
17 26 (4.39%) Solutions Architect
18 25 (4.22%) Full-Stack Java Developer
19 23 (3.89%) Cloud Engineer
20 22 (3.72%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 165 (27.87%) React
2 104 (17.57%) .NET
3 97 (16.39%) Node.js
4 87 (14.70%) HTML
5 83 (14.02%) Spring Boot
6 79 (13.34%) Spring
7 77 (13.01%) RESTful
8 74 (12.50%) REST
9 68 (11.49%) CSS
10 64 (10.81%) AngularJS
11 42 (7.09%) .NET Core
12 40 (6.76%) Kafka
13 35 (5.91%) AWS CDK
14 34 (5.74%) Jest
15 32 (5.41%) Vue
16 29 (4.90%) Web Services
17 26 (4.39%) .NET Framework
17 26 (4.39%) FastAPI
18 25 (4.22%) ASP.NET
19 24 (4.05%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 143 (24.16%) Cloud Native
2 59 (9.97%) Distributed Systems
3 32 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
4 27 (4.56%) Product Ownership
5 21 (3.55%) Data Structures
6 17 (2.87%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (2.36%) Mobile App
7 14 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (2.03%) Management Information System
9 12 (2.03%) Onboarding
9 12 (2.03%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.86%) IoT
11 9 (1.52%) e-Learning
11 9 (1.52%) Linux Command Line
11 9 (1.52%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (1.35%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.01%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 40 (6.76%) Linux
2 15 (2.53%) Unix
2 15 (2.53%) Windows
3 10 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (1.01%) VMS
5 4 (0.68%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.51%) CentOS
6 3 (0.51%) Debian
6 3 (0.51%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.17%) Android
7 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (54.05%) CI/CD
2 267 (45.10%) Agile
2 267 (45.10%) DevOps
3 168 (28.38%) Microservices
4 157 (26.52%) Mentoring
5 152 (25.68%) Infrastructure as Code
6 143 (24.16%) Problem-Solving
7 114 (19.26%) Full-Stack Development
8 107 (18.07%) Containerisation
9 103 (17.40%) Software Engineering
10 102 (17.23%) Continuous Improvement
11 96 (16.22%) TDD
12 89 (15.03%) Scrum
13 87 (14.70%) AI
14 76 (12.84%) SDLC
15 75 (12.67%) Analytics
16 72 (12.16%) Data Modelling
17 65 (10.98%) Migration
18 62 (10.47%) Observability
19 61 (10.30%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 264 (44.59%) Python
2 198 (33.45%) JavaScript
3 169 (28.55%) TypeScript
4 146 (24.66%) Java
5 142 (23.99%) SQL
6 110 (18.58%) C#
7 43 (7.26%) Bash
8 37 (6.25%) PowerShell
9 21 (3.55%) Shell Script
10 17 (2.87%) Scala
11 16 (2.70%) Groovy
12 15 (2.53%) Go
13 14 (2.36%) Bicep
14 10 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.84%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.68%) C++
16 4 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.68%) PHP
16 4 (0.68%) R
17 3 (0.51%) C
Qualifications
1 98 (16.55%) AWS Certification
2 75 (12.67%) Degree
3 73 (12.33%) Security Cleared
4 50 (8.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 46 (7.77%) Azure Certification
6 42 (7.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 38 (6.42%) SC Cleared
8 37 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 30 (5.07%) TOGAF Certification
10 26 (4.39%) AWS Certified Developer
11 21 (3.55%) DV Cleared
12 10 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (1.18%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 7 (1.18%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.84%) MCP
14 5 (0.84%) SnowPro
15 3 (0.51%) OSCP
16 2 (0.34%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
16 2 (0.34%) IIBA
17 1 (0.17%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (10.47%) QA
2 22 (3.72%) GDPR
3 19 (3.21%) Accessibility
3 19 (3.21%) Data Quality
4 15 (2.53%) SLA
5 13 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.18%) SOC 2
7 5 (0.84%) WCAG
8 4 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.68%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.34%) NIST
10 1 (0.17%) CDISC
10 1 (0.17%) DICOM
10 1 (0.17%) EU AI Act
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
1 175 (29.56%) Docker
2 18 (3.04%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.35%) HDFS
3 8 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.51%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.34%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.17%) Firmware
6 1 (0.17%) iptables
6 1 (0.17%) vCloud
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 157 (26.52%) Terraform
2 124 (20.95%) Kubernetes
3 40 (6.76%) Ansible
4 26 (4.39%) Prometheus
5 25 (4.22%) Grafana
6 22 (3.72%) Kibana
7 17 (2.87%) HP Fortify
8 7 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (1.01%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.68%) Puppet
11 3 (0.51%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.51%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.17%) Argo
12 1 (0.17%) Nagios
12 1 (0.17%) Podman
12 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 115 (19.43%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.05%) Splunk
3 22 (3.72%) Databricks
4 20 (3.38%) Dynatrace
5 19 (3.21%) Atlassian
6 17 (2.87%) Google
7 13 (2.20%) Oracle
8 10 (1.69%) Palo Alto
8 10 (1.69%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.52%) Apple
9 9 (1.52%) IBM
9 9 (1.52%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.18%) OpenAI
11 6 (1.01%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (1.01%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.68%) Pega
12 4 (0.68%) SAP
12 4 (0.68%) WSO2
12 4 (0.68%) Zscaler
13 3 (0.51%) ServiceNow