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 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 208 206
Rank change year-on-year +9 -2 -45
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 937 698 979
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.02% 1.60% 1.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.78% 4.81% 4.19%
Number of salaries quoted 590 501 616
10th Percentile £51,250 £43,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £105,125 £106,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,500 £71,991
% change year-on-year +6.38% -2.07% +2.84%

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 24,759 14,501 23,376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 26.97% 33.23% 32.05%
Number of salaries quoted 16,662 10,365 17,638
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,870 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% 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 2 August 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 2 August 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 -41 387 £85,000 +13.33% 207
North of England +100 293 £75,000 +15.38% 78
North West +64 130 £70,000 +7.69% 41
Yorkshire +36 123 £80,000 +33.33% 22
Midlands +5 89 £55,000 -8.33% 26
South East -15 84 £65,000 -3.70% 40
South West -56 64 £61,500 +2.50% 31
East Midlands +22 55 £55,000 +46.67% 7
North East -16 40 £75,000 +15.38% 15
West Midlands -53 34 £62,500 - 19
East of England -51 14 £59,450 +3.39% 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 (3.63%) Apache Spark
2 28 (2.99%) Apache
3 18 (1.92%) Apache Airflow
3 18 (1.92%) Confluence
4 15 (1.60%) SharePoint
5 12 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (1.17%) SAS
7 5 (0.53%) Apache Pig
7 5 (0.53%) JBoss
8 4 (0.43%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.43%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.32%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.32%) CMS
9 3 (0.32%) nginx
9 3 (0.32%) WordPress
10 2 (0.21%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.11%) IIS
11 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (1.07%) Chatbot
2 7 (0.75%) PlantUML
3 4 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.11%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 679 (72.47%) AWS
2 438 (46.74%) AWS Lambda
3 334 (35.65%) Azure
4 300 (32.02%) Amazon S3
5 228 (24.33%) AWS CloudFormation
6 203 (21.66%) Amazon ECS
7 166 (17.72%) Azure Functions
8 128 (13.66%) GitHub
9 115 (12.27%) Amazon EC2
10 106 (11.31%) Azure DevOps
11 102 (10.89%) AWS Step Functions
12 97 (10.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 95 (10.14%) GCP
14 94 (10.03%) SaaS
15 88 (9.39%) Amazon EKS
16 85 (9.07%) Amazon SQS
17 81 (8.64%) Power Platform
18 78 (8.32%) Azure Logic Apps
19 72 (7.68%) GitHub Actions
19 72 (7.68%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.88%) VPN
2 26 (2.77%) Network Security
3 22 (2.35%) Firewall
4 20 (2.13%) Internet
5 14 (1.49%) DNS
6 9 (0.96%) MQTT
7 8 (0.85%) VoIP
8 7 (0.75%) DSL
9 6 (0.64%) BGP
9 6 (0.64%) IPsec
10 5 (0.53%) AMQP
10 5 (0.53%) Broadband
11 4 (0.43%) DHCP
11 4 (0.43%) IPv4
11 4 (0.43%) Software-Defined Networking
11 4 (0.43%) VLAN
12 3 (0.32%) HTTP
12 3 (0.32%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.32%) WAN
12 3 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (18.46%) DynamoDB
2 98 (10.46%) NoSQL
3 92 (9.82%) Amazon RDS
4 70 (7.47%) SQL Server
5 63 (6.72%) PostgreSQL
6 51 (5.44%) Amazon Athena
7 44 (4.70%) Amazon Redshift
8 42 (4.48%) Azure SQL Database
8 42 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
9 39 (4.16%) Power BI
9 39 (4.16%) Relational Database
10 35 (3.74%) Big Data
11 29 (3.09%) MySQL
12 24 (2.56%) Elasticsearch
13 22 (2.35%) Data Lake
14 21 (2.24%) MongoDB
15 16 (1.71%) Hadoop
15 16 (1.71%) Metadata
16 15 (1.60%) Spark SQL
17 14 (1.49%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 166 (17.72%) Git
2 143 (15.26%) Jenkins
3 92 (9.82%) GitLab
4 39 (4.16%) SonarQube
5 32 (3.42%) Maven
6 31 (3.31%) JIRA
7 30 (3.20%) Cypress.io
8 25 (2.67%) Snyk
9 20 (2.13%) CircleCI
10 15 (1.60%) Bitbucket
10 15 (1.60%) Crashlytics
11 14 (1.49%) XCTest
12 13 (1.39%) TeamCity
13 11 (1.17%) Cucumber
14 10 (1.07%) Claude Code
15 8 (0.85%) JUnit
15 8 (0.85%) Selenium
16 7 (0.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 7 (0.75%) JMeter
16 7 (0.75%) Mockito
General
1 231 (24.65%) Social Skills
2 172 (18.36%) Finance
3 76 (8.11%) Public Sector
4 58 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
5 54 (5.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 41 (4.38%) Law
7 40 (4.27%) Banking
8 26 (2.77%) Marketing
9 15 (1.60%) Military
10 14 (1.49%) Telecoms
11 13 (1.39%) Legal
12 12 (1.28%) Retail
13 11 (1.17%) Health Technology
13 11 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.07%) Advertising
15 8 (0.85%) Aerospace
15 8 (0.85%) Billing
16 7 (0.75%) Aviation
16 7 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (0.64%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 306 (32.66%) Senior
2 266 (28.39%) Developer
3 129 (13.77%) Lead
4 108 (11.53%) Architect
5 92 (9.82%) Senior Developer
6 87 (9.28%) Java Developer
7 83 (8.86%) Software Engineer
8 79 (8.43%) Full-Stack Developer
9 68 (7.26%) AWS Engineer
10 59 (6.30%) Data Engineer
11 57 (6.08%) DevOps Engineer
12 52 (5.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 49 (5.23%) Cloud Engineer
14 45 (4.80%) Solutions Architect
15 44 (4.70%) Cloud Architect
15 44 (4.70%) Senior Architect
16 42 (4.48%) AWS Developer
16 42 (4.48%) Consultant
17 38 (4.06%) Azure Engineer
17 38 (4.06%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (18.46%) Node.js
2 152 (16.22%) React
3 135 (14.41%) .NET
4 119 (12.70%) REST
5 105 (11.21%) AngularJS
6 102 (10.89%) Spring Boot
7 85 (9.07%) Spring
8 82 (8.75%) Kafka
9 67 (7.15%) RESTful
10 58 (6.19%) AWS CDK
11 37 (3.95%) Jest
12 36 (3.84%) PySpark
13 34 (3.63%) HTML
14 33 (3.52%) Gherkin
15 32 (3.42%) RabbitMQ
16 30 (3.20%) JSON
16 30 (3.20%) OAuth
17 28 (2.99%) CSS
17 28 (2.99%) Next.js
17 28 (2.99%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 239 (25.51%) Cloud Native
2 73 (7.79%) Distributed Systems
3 67 (7.15%) Onboarding
4 54 (5.76%) Greenfield Project
5 44 (4.70%) Product Ownership
6 37 (3.95%) Enterprise Cloud
7 31 (3.31%) Data Centre
8 27 (2.88%) AI Agents
9 25 (2.67%) Mobile App
10 21 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
11 20 (2.13%) Public Cloud
12 19 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
13 15 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.49%) Data Structures
14 14 (1.49%) IoT
15 13 (1.39%) Low-Code
16 12 (1.28%) Blockchain
16 12 (1.28%) Security Posture
16 12 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (1.28%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 72 (7.68%) Linux
2 34 (3.63%) Windows
3 21 (2.24%) VMS
4 14 (1.49%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.75%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.43%) CentOS
7 4 (0.43%) Debian
7 4 (0.43%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 533 (56.88%) CI/CD
2 443 (47.28%) DevOps
3 346 (36.93%) Infrastructure as Code
4 344 (36.71%) Agile
5 252 (26.89%) Mentoring
6 237 (25.29%) AI
7 212 (22.63%) Microservices
8 195 (20.81%) Software Engineering
9 186 (19.85%) Problem-Solving
10 170 (18.14%) Test Automation
11 168 (17.93%) Full-Stack Development
12 163 (17.40%) Containerisation
13 156 (16.65%) Observability
14 153 (16.33%) Continuous Improvement
15 147 (15.69%) Analytics
16 136 (14.51%) Event-Driven
17 129 (13.77%) Cloud Security
18 103 (10.99%) Roadmaps
19 94 (10.03%) Clean Code
20 93 (9.93%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 370 (39.49%) Python
2 261 (27.85%) SQL
3 204 (21.77%) TypeScript
4 198 (21.13%) Java
5 155 (16.54%) JavaScript
6 146 (15.58%) C#
7 102 (10.89%) Bash
8 47 (5.02%) Kotlin
9 46 (4.91%) PowerShell
10 41 (4.38%) Groovy
11 40 (4.27%) Bicep
11 40 (4.27%) Go
12 34 (3.63%) PHP
13 24 (2.56%) Ruby
14 21 (2.24%) Kusto Query Language
15 19 (2.03%) Perl
16 18 (1.92%) Rust
17 14 (1.49%) Swift
18 13 (1.39%) Shell Script
19 10 (1.07%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 157 (16.76%) Security Cleared
2 108 (11.53%) Degree
3 103 (10.99%) SC Cleared
4 86 (9.18%) AWS Certification
5 45 (4.80%) DV Cleared
6 42 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 41 (4.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 38 (4.06%) Azure Certification
9 34 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
10 25 (2.67%) Master's Degree
11 23 (2.45%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 19 (2.03%) ITIL Certification
13 12 (1.28%) AWS Certified Developer
14 11 (1.17%) OSCP
15 9 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.96%) DBS Check
16 8 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
16 8 (0.85%) PhD
17 6 (0.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 5 (0.53%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (6.19%) GDPR
2 50 (5.34%) Data Quality
3 45 (4.80%) QA
4 25 (2.67%) GRC
5 16 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.39%) Accessibility
7 10 (1.07%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.75%) SOC 2
9 6 (0.64%) NIST
10 5 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.43%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.43%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.32%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.21%) PMO
14 1 (0.11%) SLA
System Software
1 264 (28.18%) Docker
2 35 (3.74%) Virtual Machines
3 34 (3.63%) Active Directory
4 20 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (1.71%) vSphere
6 12 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.43%) Squid
7 4 (0.43%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.32%) Firmware
8 3 (0.32%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.21%) iptables
Systems Management
1 341 (36.39%) Terraform
2 204 (21.77%) Kubernetes
3 110 (11.74%) Ansible
4 48 (5.12%) Prometheus
5 44 (4.70%) Grafana
6 24 (2.56%) HP Fortify
7 21 (2.24%) Puppet
8 19 (2.03%) Packer
9 15 (1.60%) Kibana
10 11 (1.17%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.64%) Hadoop YARN
12 5 (0.53%) Argo
12 5 (0.53%) Podman
13 4 (0.43%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
14 3 (0.32%) Scalr
15 1 (0.11%) Fluentd
15 1 (0.11%) logstash
15 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Satellite
15 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 148 (15.80%) Microsoft
2 38 (4.06%) Databricks
3 32 (3.42%) Oracle
4 31 (3.31%) Tenable
5 28 (2.99%) OpenAI
6 25 (2.67%) CrowdStrike
6 25 (2.67%) Palo Alto
7 21 (2.24%) Splunk
7 21 (2.24%) VMware
8 19 (2.03%) Google
9 18 (1.92%) IBM
10 16 (1.71%) Dynatrace
11 15 (1.60%) SAP
12 14 (1.49%) Amplitude
12 14 (1.49%) Braze
13 12 (1.28%) HP
13 12 (1.28%) ScienceLogic
14 11 (1.17%) Red Hat
15 10 (1.07%) AppDynamics
16 9 (0.96%) Salesforce