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 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 231 179
Rank change year-on-year +25 -52 -30
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 955 583 966
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.92% 1.35% 1.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.99% 4.21% 4.55%
Number of salaries quoted 609 394 466
10th Percentile £46,243 £47,150 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £102,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000

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 23,947 13,862 21,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 23.00% 32.09% 32.40%
Number of salaries quoted 16,771 9,606 13,061
10th Percentile £31,500 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,500 £38,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -5.51% +1.60%

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 6 October 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 6 October 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 -26 412 £82,500 +10.00% 568
North of England +84 289 £67,500 +3.85% 209
North West +45 133 £67,249 +3.46% 123
Yorkshire +26 103 £80,000 +13.48% 60
South East -20 77 £65,000 -8.77% 132
South West -45 76 £66,250 +10.42% 106
Midlands -25 73 £62,500 - 91
North East -17 53 £67,500 -1.46% 27
West Midlands -34 42 £62,500 - 48
East Midlands 0 31 £65,000 - 43
East of England -50 10 £57,500 - 70
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 42 (4.40%) Apache Spark
2 31 (3.25%) Apache
3 30 (3.14%) SharePoint
4 23 (2.41%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (1.78%) Confluence
6 11 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.73%) CMS
7 7 (0.73%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.52%) Apache Pig
9 4 (0.42%) nginx
9 4 (0.42%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.31%) SAS
10 3 (0.31%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.21%) Camunda
11 2 (0.21%) JBoss
11 2 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.21%) WebLogic Portal
12 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (0.73%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.31%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 21 (2.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.10%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 1 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.10%) Finacle
4 1 (0.10%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.10%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.10%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 658 (68.90%) AWS
2 438 (45.86%) AWS Lambda
3 372 (38.95%) Azure
4 288 (30.16%) Amazon S3
5 221 (23.14%) AWS CloudFormation
6 198 (20.73%) Azure Functions
7 183 (19.16%) Amazon ECS
8 135 (14.14%) Azure DevOps
9 132 (13.82%) GitHub
10 125 (13.09%) Amazon EC2
11 105 (10.99%) GCP
12 103 (10.79%) Amazon EKS
13 95 (9.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 94 (9.84%) Power Platform
15 91 (9.53%) SaaS
16 89 (9.32%) PaaS
17 84 (8.80%) AWS Step Functions
18 77 (8.06%) Azure Logic Apps
19 71 (7.43%) Amazon SQS
20 70 (7.33%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.56%) VPN
2 30 (3.14%) Firewall
3 26 (2.72%) Network Security
4 24 (2.51%) DNS
5 22 (2.30%) Internet
6 16 (1.68%) VoIP
7 13 (1.36%) DHCP
7 13 (1.36%) VLAN
8 9 (0.94%) MQTT
9 8 (0.84%) AMQP
9 8 (0.84%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.63%) BGP
10 6 (0.63%) IPsec
10 6 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.52%) SAN
12 4 (0.42%) IPv4
12 4 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
13 3 (0.31%) HTTP
13 3 (0.31%) LTE
14 2 (0.21%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (14.35%) DynamoDB
2 103 (10.79%) Amazon RDS
3 90 (9.42%) NoSQL
4 86 (9.01%) SQL Server
5 69 (7.23%) PostgreSQL
6 52 (5.45%) Amazon Athena
7 51 (5.34%) Relational Database
8 49 (5.13%) Amazon Redshift
8 49 (5.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 48 (5.03%) Data Warehouse
10 40 (4.19%) Power BI
11 30 (3.14%) Big Data
12 25 (2.62%) MongoDB
12 25 (2.62%) Spark SQL
13 24 (2.51%) Elasticsearch
14 23 (2.41%) Metadata
15 22 (2.30%) Data Lake
16 21 (2.20%) Hadoop
17 20 (2.09%) MySQL
18 15 (1.57%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 194 (20.31%) Git
2 107 (11.20%) Jenkins
3 62 (6.49%) GitLab
4 27 (2.83%) JIRA
5 23 (2.41%) SonarQube
6 22 (2.30%) Cypress.io
6 22 (2.30%) Snyk
7 19 (1.99%) Maven
8 15 (1.57%) JMeter
9 13 (1.36%) Claude Code
9 13 (1.36%) JUnit
10 12 (1.26%) Bitbucket
10 12 (1.26%) Mockito
11 11 (1.15%) TeamCity
12 9 (0.94%) Postman
13 8 (0.84%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 7 (0.73%) Selenium
15 6 (0.63%) CircleCI
15 6 (0.63%) Crashlytics
15 6 (0.63%) Gradle
General
1 223 (23.35%) Social Skills
2 189 (19.79%) Finance
3 107 (11.20%) Public Sector
4 88 (9.21%) Analytical Skills
5 79 (8.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 58 (6.07%) Law
7 54 (5.65%) Banking
8 38 (3.98%) Marketing
9 24 (2.51%) Retail
10 20 (2.09%) Legal
11 16 (1.68%) Telecoms
12 15 (1.57%) Aviation
13 14 (1.47%) Military
14 13 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (1.26%) Aerospace
16 11 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (0.94%) Health Technology
18 7 (0.73%) Billing
19 6 (0.63%) Manufacturing
19 6 (0.63%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 286 (29.95%) Senior
2 236 (24.71%) Developer
3 118 (12.36%) Lead
4 114 (11.94%) Architect
5 103 (10.79%) Software Engineer
6 82 (8.59%) Data Engineer
7 76 (7.96%) Senior Developer
8 73 (7.64%) AWS Engineer
9 65 (6.81%) DevOps Engineer
9 65 (6.81%) Java Developer
10 61 (6.39%) Full-Stack Developer
11 58 (6.07%) Cloud Engineer
12 46 (4.82%) Senior Software Engineer
13 43 (4.50%) Senior Architect
14 42 (4.40%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 41 (4.29%) Cloud Architect
15 41 (4.29%) Platform Engineer
16 40 (4.19%) Consultant
17 39 (4.08%) Azure Engineer
18 38 (3.98%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 359 (37.59%) Terraform
2 163 (17.07%) Node.js
3 147 (15.39%) .NET
4 133 (13.93%) React
5 115 (12.04%) REST
6 89 (9.32%) AngularJS
6 89 (9.32%) Spring Boot
7 83 (8.69%) Spring
8 77 (8.06%) RESTful
9 76 (7.96%) Kafka
10 55 (5.76%) AWS CDK
11 50 (5.24%) PySpark
12 40 (4.19%) JSON
13 32 (3.35%) Swagger
14 30 (3.14%) Jest
15 28 (2.93%) OAuth
16 26 (2.72%) HTML
16 26 (2.72%) Next.js
16 26 (2.72%) OpenAPI
17 25 (2.62%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 271 (28.38%) Cloud Native
2 77 (8.06%) Onboarding
3 75 (7.85%) Distributed Systems
4 49 (5.13%) AI Agents
5 48 (5.03%) Product Ownership
6 39 (4.08%) Enterprise Cloud
7 38 (3.98%) Hybrid Cloud
8 31 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
9 30 (3.14%) Data Centre
10 29 (3.04%) Greenfield Project
11 23 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
12 22 (2.30%) Public Cloud
13 21 (2.20%) Management Information System
14 17 (1.78%) Security Posture
15 15 (1.57%) Blog
15 15 (1.57%) Low-Code
16 14 (1.47%) Linux Command Line
17 13 (1.36%) Mobile App
18 12 (1.26%) Data Structures
18 12 (1.26%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 67 (7.02%) Linux
2 43 (4.50%) Windows
3 13 (1.36%) VMS
3 13 (1.36%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.73%) CentOS
4 7 (0.73%) Debian
4 7 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (0.73%) Ubuntu
5 6 (0.63%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 565 (59.16%) CI/CD
2 454 (47.54%) DevOps
3 374 (39.16%) Agile
4 356 (37.28%) Infrastructure as Code
5 277 (29.01%) AI
6 251 (26.28%) Mentoring
7 240 (25.13%) Software Engineering
8 213 (22.30%) Microservices
9 196 (20.52%) Continuous Improvement
10 182 (19.06%) Problem-Solving
11 169 (17.70%) Test Automation
12 161 (16.86%) Observability
13 159 (16.65%) Full-Stack Development
14 156 (16.34%) Analytics
15 150 (15.71%) Event-Driven
16 143 (14.97%) Cloud Security
16 143 (14.97%) Roadmaps
17 135 (14.14%) Containerisation
18 125 (13.09%) Migration
19 114 (11.94%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 344 (36.02%) Python
2 271 (28.38%) SQL
3 196 (20.52%) Java
4 183 (19.16%) TypeScript
5 180 (18.85%) C#
6 166 (17.38%) JavaScript
7 95 (9.95%) Bash
8 50 (5.24%) Bicep
9 41 (4.29%) PowerShell
10 33 (3.46%) Kotlin
11 30 (3.14%) Ruby
12 27 (2.83%) Groovy
12 27 (2.83%) PHP
13 26 (2.72%) C++
14 19 (1.99%) Go
15 15 (1.57%) Perl
15 15 (1.57%) Shell Script
16 14 (1.47%) Scala
17 13 (1.36%) Kusto Query Language
18 12 (1.26%) Rust
Qualifications
1 186 (19.48%) Security Cleared
2 132 (13.82%) SC Cleared
3 97 (10.16%) Degree
4 78 (8.17%) AWS Certification
5 60 (6.28%) Azure Certification
6 55 (5.76%) DV Cleared
7 40 (4.19%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 35 (3.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 16 (1.68%) Master's Degree
11 12 (1.26%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 10 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
13 9 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (0.94%) TOGAF Certification
14 8 (0.84%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 7 (0.73%) AWS Certified Developer
16 6 (0.63%) CISM
16 6 (0.63%) CISSP
16 6 (0.63%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (7.43%) Data Quality
2 70 (7.33%) GDPR
3 48 (5.03%) QA
4 28 (2.93%) Accessibility
5 24 (2.51%) GRC
6 14 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (0.94%) NIST
8 8 (0.84%) WCAG
9 5 (0.52%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.52%) SLA
10 3 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.21%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.21%) PMO
12 1 (0.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.10%) NCSC
12 1 (0.10%) NIST 800
System Software
1 241 (25.24%) Docker
2 43 (4.50%) Active Directory
3 32 (3.35%) Virtual Machines
4 24 (2.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (1.68%) vSphere
6 12 (1.26%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.84%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.42%) Squid
8 4 (0.42%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 182 (19.06%) Kubernetes
2 101 (10.58%) Ansible
3 41 (4.29%) Grafana
4 35 (3.66%) Prometheus
5 24 (2.51%) Puppet
6 19 (1.99%) Packer
7 13 (1.36%) Progress Chef
8 11 (1.15%) HP Fortify
8 11 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
9 10 (1.05%) Kibana
10 6 (0.63%) Hadoop YARN
10 6 (0.63%) Rancher
11 5 (0.52%) Argo
11 5 (0.52%) Podman
11 5 (0.52%) SCCM
12 4 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.42%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 2 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 211 (22.09%) Microsoft
2 41 (4.29%) Databricks
3 37 (3.87%) Dynatrace
4 35 (3.66%) Oracle
5 31 (3.25%) OpenAI
5 31 (3.25%) Tenable
6 25 (2.62%) Google
6 25 (2.62%) VMware
7 23 (2.41%) Splunk
8 22 (2.30%) CrowdStrike
8 22 (2.30%) Palo Alto
9 21 (2.20%) SAP
10 14 (1.47%) Red Hat
11 12 (1.26%) ScienceLogic
12 11 (1.15%) HP
13 10 (1.05%) IBM
13 10 (1.05%) Salesforce
14 9 (0.94%) ServiceNow
15 7 (0.73%) Avaya
15 7 (0.73%) SaltStack