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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 113 163
Rank change year-on-year -85 +50 -42
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 586 1,240 877
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.13% 2.55% 1.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.17% 6.98% 4.55%
Number of salaries quoted 368 538 673
10th Percentile £51,425 £51,175 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £76,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +12.59% -10.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £100,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,750 £119,125 £96,250
UK median annual salary £70,932 £75,000 £68,000
% change year-on-year -5.42% +10.29% -9.33%

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 18,497 17,777 19,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.51% 36.49% 41.15%
Number of salaries quoted 10,269 10,515 16,115
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +7.44% -6.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £100,064
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.14% +5.42% -7.69%

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 January 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 5 January 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 -56 274 £76,000 -17.84% 170
North of England +74 163 £75,000 +25.00% 128
Yorkshire +55 112 £75,000 +42.86% 63
Midlands -2 50 £60,000 +9.09% 91
North West +10 47 £70,466 +12.75% 56
South East -129 45 £67,500 +8.00% 143
South West -94 38 £62,500 -10.71% 65
West Midlands +7 31 £60,000 +9.09% 46
East Midlands -12 19 £65,000 +18.18% 40
East of England -41 16 £57,500 -4.17% 68
North East +4 4 £68,500 +9.60% 9
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 31 (5.29%) Apache Spark
2 24 (4.10%) SharePoint
3 20 (3.41%) Apache
4 16 (2.73%) Confluence
5 14 (2.39%) OpenStack
6 9 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.54%) WebSphere
7 7 (1.19%) Tomcat
8 6 (1.02%) WebSphere Application Server
9 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.34%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.34%) nginx
11 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.17%) CMS
11 1 (0.17%) JBoss
11 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.34%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.34%) Shopify
3 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.17%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 441 (75.26%) AWS
2 293 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
3 251 (42.83%) Azure
4 210 (35.84%) Amazon S3
5 105 (17.92%) AWS CloudFormation
6 98 (16.72%) GitHub
7 96 (16.38%) Azure Functions
8 94 (16.04%) Amazon ECS
9 79 (13.48%) Amazon EC2
10 77 (13.14%) Amazon EKS
11 70 (11.95%) Azure Logic Apps
12 68 (11.60%) Amazon SQS
12 68 (11.60%) AWS Step Functions
13 63 (10.75%) Azure DevOps
14 58 (9.90%) SaaS
15 55 (9.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 49 (8.36%) GitHub Actions
16 49 (8.36%) Power Platform
17 48 (8.19%) GCP
18 40 (6.83%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.05%) Firewall
2 10 (1.71%) AMQP
2 10 (1.71%) Internet
3 8 (1.37%) Broadband
3 8 (1.37%) Network Security
4 7 (1.19%) SSL
4 7 (1.19%) VPN
4 7 (1.19%) Wireless
5 5 (0.85%) WAN
6 4 (0.68%) DNS
6 4 (0.68%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.68%) Unified Communications
7 2 (0.34%) DSL
8 1 (0.17%) DHCP
8 1 (0.17%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.17%) LAN
8 1 (0.17%) NAS
8 1 (0.17%) SAN
8 1 (0.17%) VLAN
8 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (16.72%) DynamoDB
2 78 (13.31%) PostgreSQL
3 70 (11.95%) Amazon RDS
4 68 (11.60%) NoSQL
5 46 (7.85%) Amazon Redshift
5 46 (7.85%) SQL Server
6 44 (7.51%) Data Warehouse
7 42 (7.17%) Relational Database
8 22 (3.75%) Data Lake
8 22 (3.75%) MongoDB
9 21 (3.58%) Big Data
10 20 (3.41%) Elasticsearch
10 20 (3.41%) MySQL
11 18 (3.07%) Azure SQL Database
12 17 (2.90%) Power BI
12 17 (2.90%) RDBMS
13 16 (2.73%) Amazon Athena
14 14 (2.39%) Hadoop
15 10 (1.71%) Apache Iceberg
16 9 (1.54%) DB2
Development Applications
1 99 (16.89%) Jenkins
2 86 (14.68%) Git
3 49 (8.36%) GitLab
4 30 (5.12%) Cypress.io
5 24 (4.10%) JIRA
6 18 (3.07%) JUnit
6 18 (3.07%) SonarQube
7 17 (2.90%) JMeter
7 17 (2.90%) Maven
8 14 (2.39%) Mockito
9 11 (1.88%) Bitbucket
10 7 (1.19%) CircleCI
11 6 (1.02%) MLflow
12 5 (0.85%) git-flow
12 5 (0.85%) Vite
13 4 (0.68%) Mocha
13 4 (0.68%) NUnit
13 4 (0.68%) Postman
13 4 (0.68%) Selenium
13 4 (0.68%) webpack
General
1 170 (29.01%) Social Skills
2 82 (13.99%) Finance
3 56 (9.56%) Public Sector
4 43 (7.34%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (5.29%) Tech for Good
6 28 (4.78%) Publishing
7 27 (4.61%) Health Technology
8 18 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
9 16 (2.73%) Law
10 15 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (2.39%) Banking
12 12 (2.05%) Legal
13 9 (1.54%) Financial Institution
13 9 (1.54%) Retail
14 8 (1.37%) Advertising
14 8 (1.37%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.19%) Automotive
15 7 (1.19%) Billing
16 5 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 237 (40.44%) Developer
2 142 (24.23%) Senior
3 89 (15.19%) Architect
4 81 (13.82%) Lead
5 70 (11.95%) Senior Developer
6 59 (10.07%) AWS Developer
7 54 (9.22%) Python Developer
8 52 (8.87%) Full-Stack Developer
9 49 (8.36%) Java Developer
10 47 (8.02%) AWS Engineer
11 41 (7.00%) Data Engineer
12 40 (6.83%) Software Engineer
13 38 (6.48%) Lead Developer
14 36 (6.14%) Software Developer
15 34 (5.80%) .NET Developer
15 34 (5.80%) React Developer
16 27 (4.61%) Cloud Engineer
17 25 (4.27%) Solutions Architect
18 23 (3.92%) Full-Stack Java Developer
18 23 (3.92%) Lead Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (26.79%) React
2 102 (17.41%) .NET
3 98 (16.72%) Node.js
4 82 (13.99%) HTML
4 82 (13.99%) Spring Boot
5 77 (13.14%) Spring
6 74 (12.63%) REST
6 74 (12.63%) RESTful
7 66 (11.26%) AngularJS
8 64 (10.92%) CSS
9 39 (6.66%) .NET Core
10 37 (6.31%) AWS CDK
11 36 (6.14%) Kafka
12 32 (5.46%) Vue
13 28 (4.78%) Jest
13 28 (4.78%) Web Services
14 26 (4.44%) .NET Framework
14 26 (4.44%) FastAPI
15 24 (4.10%) Blazor
15 24 (4.10%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 139 (23.72%) Cloud Native
2 56 (9.56%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (5.97%) Enterprise Software
4 27 (4.61%) Product Ownership
5 21 (3.58%) Data Structures
6 14 (2.39%) Mobile App
6 14 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (2.05%) Management Information System
8 12 (2.05%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.88%) Virtual Team
10 9 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
10 9 (1.54%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.54%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.37%) e-Learning
11 8 (1.37%) IoT
11 8 (1.37%) Security Posture
12 7 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 39 (6.66%) Linux
2 15 (2.56%) Unix
2 15 (2.56%) Windows
3 10 (1.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (0.85%) VMS
5 3 (0.51%) CentOS
5 3 (0.51%) Debian
5 3 (0.51%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.34%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.17%) Android
7 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (54.95%) CI/CD
2 266 (45.39%) DevOps
3 253 (43.17%) Agile
4 171 (29.18%) Microservices
5 163 (27.82%) Mentoring
6 159 (27.13%) Infrastructure as Code
7 137 (23.38%) Problem-Solving
8 111 (18.94%) Full-Stack Development
9 108 (18.43%) Containerisation
10 102 (17.41%) Software Engineering
11 101 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
12 92 (15.70%) TDD
13 89 (15.19%) Scrum
14 87 (14.85%) AI
15 78 (13.31%) SDLC
16 70 (11.95%) Data Modelling
17 69 (11.77%) Migration
18 65 (11.09%) Analytics
18 65 (11.09%) Computer Science
19 63 (10.75%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 255 (43.52%) Python
2 195 (33.28%) JavaScript
3 162 (27.65%) TypeScript
4 145 (24.74%) Java
5 137 (23.38%) SQL
6 112 (19.11%) C#
7 43 (7.34%) Bash
8 32 (5.46%) PowerShell
9 19 (3.24%) Shell Script
10 16 (2.73%) Groovy
11 15 (2.56%) Scala
12 14 (2.39%) Go
13 13 (2.22%) Bicep
14 8 (1.37%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.85%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.68%) C++
16 4 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 4 (0.68%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.68%) PHP
16 4 (0.68%) R
Qualifications
1 105 (17.92%) AWS Certification
2 79 (13.48%) Degree
3 71 (12.12%) Security Cleared
4 54 (9.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (7.68%) Azure Certification
6 44 (7.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 39 (6.66%) SC Cleared
8 38 (6.48%) Microsoft Certification
9 32 (5.46%) TOGAF Certification
10 26 (4.44%) AWS Certified Developer
11 21 (3.58%) DV Cleared
12 10 (1.71%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (1.19%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 7 (1.19%) Master's Degree
14 6 (1.02%) MCP
15 5 (0.85%) SnowPro
16 4 (0.68%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
17 3 (0.51%) OSCP
18 2 (0.34%) DBS Check
18 2 (0.34%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (10.24%) QA
2 20 (3.41%) GDPR
3 19 (3.24%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.39%) SLA
5 13 (2.22%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.19%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.85%) WCAG
9 3 (0.51%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.34%) NIST
11 1 (0.17%) CDISC
11 1 (0.17%) DICOM
11 1 (0.17%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.17%) GAAP
11 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.17%) HL7
11 1 (0.17%) IFRS
11 1 (0.17%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.17%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 173 (29.52%) Docker
2 16 (2.73%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.37%) HDFS
3 8 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.17%) Firmware
4 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.17%) iptables
4 1 (0.17%) Terminal Server
4 1 (0.17%) vCloud
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 155 (26.45%) Terraform
2 122 (20.82%) Kubernetes
3 40 (6.83%) Ansible
4 28 (4.78%) Grafana
5 27 (4.61%) Prometheus
6 21 (3.58%) Kibana
7 17 (2.90%) HP Fortify
8 6 (1.02%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
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
1 111 (18.94%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.58%) Databricks
3 20 (3.41%) Splunk
4 18 (3.07%) Dynatrace
5 17 (2.90%) Atlassian
6 16 (2.73%) Google
7 13 (2.22%) Oracle
8 10 (1.71%) Palo Alto
8 10 (1.71%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.54%) IBM
9 9 (1.54%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.19%) OpenAI
11 6 (1.02%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (1.02%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.68%) Pega
12 4 (0.68%) WSO2
12 4 (0.68%) Zscaler
13 3 (0.51%) Apple
13 3 (0.51%) SaltStack
13 3 (0.51%) SAP