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

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 209 122 155
Rank change year-on-year -87 +33 -44
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 573 1,274 950
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.18% 2.25% 2.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.43% 6.39% 4.93%
Number of salaries quoted 363 553 748
10th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £83,750 £98,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £96,250
UK median annual salary £70,932 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.42% +7.14% -6.35%

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 16,722 19,936 19,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.52% 35.16% 43.07%
Number of salaries quoted 10,366 12,184 16,266
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £47,500 £46,000
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 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,264 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.16% +1.22% -2.34%

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 5 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 5 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 -52 283 £76,000 -15.56% 98
North of England +67 134 £70,932 +23.36% 73
Yorkshire +42 76 £75,000 +41.51% 35
North West +36 54 £65,000 +6.12% 30
South East -107 50 £67,500 +8.00% 52
South West -72 46 £62,500 -10.71% 18
Midlands +9 45 £62,500 +21.95% 16
West Midlands +14 34 £62,500 +13.64% 11
East of England -41 21 £57,500 -4.17% 8
East Midlands -10 11 £65,000 +54.76% 5
North East +8 4 £68,500 +19.13% 8
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 (5.93%) SharePoint
2 32 (5.58%) Apache Spark
3 21 (3.66%) Confluence
4 19 (3.32%) Apache
5 9 (1.57%) OpenStack
5 9 (1.57%) WebSphere
6 8 (1.40%) Headless CMS
7 7 (1.22%) Tomcat
8 6 (1.05%) WebSphere Application Server
9 5 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.35%) JBoss
11 2 (0.35%) nginx
12 1 (0.17%) CMS
12 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
12 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (1.40%) Shopify
2 3 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.35%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.17%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 416 (72.60%) AWS
2 271 (47.29%) AWS Lambda
3 266 (46.42%) Azure
4 182 (31.76%) Amazon S3
5 108 (18.85%) Azure Functions
6 96 (16.75%) Amazon ECS
7 94 (16.40%) Amazon EC2
8 90 (15.71%) GitHub
9 76 (13.26%) Amazon EKS
10 75 (13.09%) AWS CloudFormation
11 74 (12.91%) Azure Logic Apps
12 61 (10.65%) SaaS
13 60 (10.47%) Azure DevOps
14 59 (10.30%) Amazon SQS
15 57 (9.95%) Power Platform
16 50 (8.73%) AWS Step Functions
16 50 (8.73%) PaaS
17 49 (8.55%) GCP
18 46 (8.03%) Power Automate
19 43 (7.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.97%) Firewall
2 15 (2.62%) Internet
3 12 (2.09%) Wireless
4 9 (1.57%) Network Security
5 8 (1.40%) Broadband
5 8 (1.40%) DNS
5 8 (1.40%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.22%) AMQP
6 7 (1.22%) SSL
6 7 (1.22%) VPN
7 6 (1.05%) WAN
8 5 (0.87%) DHCP
8 5 (0.87%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.87%) Unified Communications
8 5 (0.87%) VLAN
8 5 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.35%) LAN
10 1 (0.17%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.17%) NAS
10 1 (0.17%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (16.58%) DynamoDB
2 79 (13.79%) PostgreSQL
3 65 (11.34%) Amazon RDS
4 63 (10.99%) NoSQL
5 49 (8.55%) SQL Server
6 47 (8.20%) Data Warehouse
7 46 (8.03%) Amazon Redshift
8 44 (7.68%) Relational Database
9 24 (4.19%) Big Data
9 24 (4.19%) Data Lake
10 22 (3.84%) MongoDB
10 22 (3.84%) RDBMS
11 21 (3.66%) Power BI
12 20 (3.49%) Elasticsearch
13 19 (3.32%) MySQL
14 16 (2.79%) Hadoop
15 14 (2.44%) Amazon Athena
15 14 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
16 10 (1.75%) Amazon Aurora
16 10 (1.75%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 87 (15.18%) Jenkins
2 71 (12.39%) Git
3 35 (6.11%) GitLab
4 32 (5.58%) JIRA
5 29 (5.06%) Cypress.io
6 26 (4.54%) JUnit
7 24 (4.19%) JMeter
8 21 (3.66%) Mockito
9 11 (1.92%) Bitbucket
10 10 (1.75%) SonarQube
11 9 (1.57%) Maven
12 6 (1.05%) CircleCI
12 6 (1.05%) git-flow
12 6 (1.05%) Selenium
13 5 (0.87%) Vite
14 4 (0.70%) Mocha
14 4 (0.70%) NUnit
14 4 (0.70%) Postman
14 4 (0.70%) webpack
15 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 166 (28.97%) Social Skills
2 91 (15.88%) Finance
3 56 (9.77%) Public Sector
4 47 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (5.41%) Tech for Good
6 26 (4.54%) Law
7 25 (4.36%) Health Technology
7 25 (4.36%) Publishing
8 15 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
8 15 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (2.27%) Banking
11 12 (2.09%) Automotive
11 12 (2.09%) Legal
12 11 (1.92%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.92%) Marketing
12 11 (1.92%) Retail
13 9 (1.57%) Financial Institution
14 7 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.05%) Billing
Job Titles
1 217 (37.87%) Developer
2 148 (25.83%) Senior
3 79 (13.79%) Lead
4 77 (13.44%) Senior Developer
5 74 (12.91%) Architect
6 57 (9.95%) Full-Stack Developer
7 50 (8.73%) Data Engineer
8 47 (8.20%) Python Developer
9 45 (7.85%) Java Developer
10 42 (7.33%) Software Engineer
11 41 (7.16%) AWS Developer
12 38 (6.63%) AWS Engineer
13 32 (5.58%) Lead Developer
13 32 (5.58%) Software Developer
14 29 (5.06%) .NET Developer
15 28 (4.89%) React Developer
16 27 (4.71%) Solutions Architect
17 26 (4.54%) Full-Stack Java Developer
18 25 (4.36%) Senior Data Engineer
19 23 (4.01%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (26.35%) React
2 104 (18.15%) .NET
3 88 (15.36%) HTML
4 77 (13.44%) Node.js
5 75 (13.09%) Spring
5 75 (13.09%) Spring Boot
6 72 (12.57%) REST
7 66 (11.52%) RESTful
8 65 (11.34%) CSS
9 58 (10.12%) AngularJS
10 38 (6.63%) .NET Core
10 38 (6.63%) Kafka
11 31 (5.41%) .NET Framework
11 31 (5.41%) Vue
12 30 (5.24%) Web Services
13 28 (4.89%) GraphQL
14 27 (4.71%) JSON
15 26 (4.54%) Apache Camel
16 25 (4.36%) FastAPI
16 25 (4.36%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 135 (23.56%) Cloud Native
2 60 (10.47%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (5.76%) Product Ownership
4 25 (4.36%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (2.97%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (2.79%) Data Structures
7 15 (2.62%) IoT
7 15 (2.62%) Mobile App
8 13 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (2.27%) Management Information System
8 13 (2.27%) Onboarding
8 13 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (2.27%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.92%) e-Learning
10 10 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
11 9 (1.57%) Low-Code
12 6 (1.05%) Data Centre
12 6 (1.05%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 36 (6.28%) Linux
2 15 (2.62%) Unix
2 15 (2.62%) Windows
3 9 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (1.05%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.87%) VMS
6 2 (0.35%) CentOS
6 2 (0.35%) Debian
6 2 (0.35%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.17%) Android
7 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 299 (52.18%) CI/CD
2 270 (47.12%) Agile
3 253 (44.15%) DevOps
4 154 (26.88%) Microservices
5 148 (25.83%) Mentoring
6 142 (24.78%) Problem-Solving
7 140 (24.43%) Infrastructure as Code
8 108 (18.85%) Full-Stack Development
9 107 (18.67%) Containerisation
10 105 (18.32%) Continuous Improvement
10 105 (18.32%) Software Engineering
11 99 (17.28%) TDD
12 82 (14.31%) AI
13 81 (14.14%) Scrum
14 77 (13.44%) Analytics
15 72 (12.57%) SDLC
16 70 (12.22%) Data Modelling
17 67 (11.69%) Machine Learning
18 54 (9.42%) Observability
18 54 (9.42%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 275 (47.99%) Python
2 191 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 150 (26.18%) TypeScript
4 139 (24.26%) Java
5 135 (23.56%) SQL
6 108 (18.85%) C#
7 47 (8.20%) PowerShell
8 36 (6.28%) Bash
9 24 (4.19%) Shell Script
10 19 (3.32%) Scala
11 17 (2.97%) Bicep
12 16 (2.79%) Go
13 12 (2.09%) Kusto Query Language
14 8 (1.40%) Groovy
15 5 (0.87%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.70%) C++
16 4 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 3 (0.52%) C
17 3 (0.52%) PHP
17 3 (0.52%) R
Qualifications
1 80 (13.96%) AWS Certification
2 73 (12.74%) Security Cleared
3 67 (11.69%) Degree
4 43 (7.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (6.98%) Azure Certification
6 35 (6.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 35 (6.11%) SC Cleared
7 28 (4.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 25 (4.36%) TOGAF Certification
9 21 (3.66%) AWS Certified Developer
10 19 (3.32%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.40%) SnowPro
12 7 (1.22%) Master's Degree
13 6 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.52%) DBS Check
15 2 (0.35%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 2 (0.35%) MCP
16 1 (0.17%) CCNA
16 1 (0.17%) Cisco Certification
16 1 (0.17%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (10.82%) QA
2 25 (4.36%) GDPR
3 17 (2.97%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.97%) SLA
4 15 (2.62%) Data Quality
4 15 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.22%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.22%) SOC 2
6 6 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.70%) NIST
8 3 (0.52%) WCAG
9 2 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.17%) CDISC
10 1 (0.17%) DICOM
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
1 160 (27.92%) Docker
2 21 (3.66%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.40%) HDFS
3 8 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.87%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.35%) 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
1 148 (25.83%) Terraform
2 127 (22.16%) Kubernetes
3 37 (6.46%) Ansible
4 27 (4.71%) Prometheus
5 25 (4.36%) Kibana
6 23 (4.01%) Grafana
7 9 (1.57%) HP Fortify
7 9 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (1.05%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.52%) Kubeflow
9 3 (0.52%) Puppet
10 2 (0.35%) Nagios
10 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.17%) Argo
11 1 (0.17%) Podman
11 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 118 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.76%) Splunk
3 25 (4.36%) Dynatrace
4 22 (3.84%) Databricks
5 21 (3.66%) Atlassian
6 16 (2.79%) Google
7 15 (2.62%) Oracle
8 10 (1.75%) Palo Alto
9 9 (1.57%) Apple
9 9 (1.57%) IBM
9 9 (1.57%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.22%) OpenAI
11 6 (1.05%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (1.05%) Fortinet
12 5 (0.87%) Aruba
12 5 (0.87%) HP
12 5 (0.87%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.87%) Veeam
13 4 (0.70%) Citrix
13 4 (0.70%) SAP