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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 104 183
Rank change year-on-year -92 +79 -42
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 631 1,270 1,064
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.11% 2.76% 1.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.25% 7.48% 4.23%
Number of salaries quoted 411 569 865
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £76,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.61% +8.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £83,125 £105,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £121,250 £107,000
UK median annual salary £70,932 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.42% +7.14% -6.67%

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 19,418 16,981 25,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.14% 36.91% 38.66%
Number of salaries quoted 10,773 10,135 21,431
10th Percentile £28,800 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +12.07% -10.77%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

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 4 February 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 4 February 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 -71 280 £80,000 -15.79% 134
North of England +58 187 £75,000 +22.45% 66
Yorkshire +54 127 £75,000 +36.36% 25
Midlands -5 64 £60,000 +9.09% 28
North West +11 56 £75,000 +25.00% 38
South West -100 41 £62,500 -7.41% 37
South East -142 39 £67,500 +12.50% 54
East Midlands +4 33 £60,000 +6.67% 12
West Midlands +10 31 £60,000 +9.09% 16
East of England -45 17 £61,300 -7.47% 8
North East -10 4 £68,500 +9.60% 3
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 36 (5.71%) Apache Spark
2 25 (3.96%) Apache
3 18 (2.85%) SharePoint
4 14 (2.22%) OpenStack
5 13 (2.06%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (1.58%) Confluence
7 8 (1.27%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.95%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.79%) WebSphere Application Server
10 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.32%) nginx
11 2 (0.32%) Oracle Application Server
12 1 (0.16%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.16%) CMS
12 1 (0.16%) GeoServer
12 1 (0.16%) JBoss
12 1 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.16%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.16%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.16%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 490 (77.65%) AWS
2 332 (52.61%) AWS Lambda
3 249 (39.46%) Azure
4 240 (38.03%) Amazon S3
5 129 (20.44%) AWS CloudFormation
6 107 (16.96%) GitHub
7 104 (16.48%) Amazon ECS
8 103 (16.32%) Azure Functions
9 83 (13.15%) AWS Step Functions
10 80 (12.68%) Amazon EKS
11 77 (12.20%) Amazon SQS
11 77 (12.20%) Azure Logic Apps
12 74 (11.73%) Amazon EC2
13 64 (10.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 64 (10.14%) Azure DevOps
14 62 (9.83%) GCP
15 60 (9.51%) SaaS
16 59 (9.35%) GitHub Actions
17 53 (8.40%) Power Platform
18 35 (5.55%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.90%) AMQP
2 10 (1.58%) Firewall
3 9 (1.43%) Network Security
4 7 (1.11%) DSL
4 7 (1.11%) Internet
4 7 (1.11%) VPN
5 6 (0.95%) Broadband
5 6 (0.95%) SSL
6 4 (0.63%) WAN
7 3 (0.48%) Wireless
8 2 (0.32%) DNS
8 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.16%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (18.07%) DynamoDB
2 75 (11.89%) NoSQL
2 75 (11.89%) PostgreSQL
3 73 (11.57%) Amazon RDS
4 49 (7.77%) Amazon Redshift
5 46 (7.29%) Data Warehouse
5 46 (7.29%) SQL Server
6 34 (5.39%) Relational Database
7 24 (3.80%) Power BI
8 23 (3.65%) Big Data
9 21 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
9 21 (3.33%) MySQL
10 20 (3.17%) Amazon Athena
10 20 (3.17%) Data Lake
10 20 (3.17%) MongoDB
11 16 (2.54%) Hadoop
12 14 (2.22%) RDBMS
13 13 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (1.58%) Apache Iceberg
15 8 (1.27%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 110 (17.43%) Jenkins
2 86 (13.63%) Git
3 65 (10.30%) GitLab
4 34 (5.39%) Cypress.io
5 25 (3.96%) Maven
5 25 (3.96%) SonarQube
6 19 (3.01%) JIRA
7 14 (2.22%) JUnit
8 12 (1.90%) Bitbucket
8 12 (1.90%) CircleCI
9 11 (1.74%) JMeter
10 10 (1.58%) Mockito
11 7 (1.11%) MLflow
12 5 (0.79%) git-flow
12 5 (0.79%) Vite
13 4 (0.63%) Mocha
13 4 (0.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 4 (0.63%) webpack
14 3 (0.48%) ESLint
15 2 (0.32%) Postman
General
1 174 (27.58%) Social Skills
2 89 (14.10%) Finance
3 54 (8.56%) Public Sector
4 48 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (3.80%) Publishing
6 23 (3.65%) Tech for Good
7 20 (3.17%) Health Technology
7 20 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (2.54%) Banking
8 16 (2.54%) Law
9 15 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (1.58%) Legal
12 9 (1.43%) Advertising
12 9 (1.43%) Financial Institution
13 8 (1.27%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.79%) Retail
15 4 (0.63%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.63%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 250 (39.62%) Developer
2 150 (23.77%) Senior
3 94 (14.90%) Architect
4 86 (13.63%) Lead
5 72 (11.41%) Senior Developer
6 63 (9.98%) AWS Developer
7 59 (9.35%) AWS Engineer
8 58 (9.19%) Full-Stack Developer
9 57 (9.03%) Java Developer
10 52 (8.24%) Software Engineer
11 51 (8.08%) Python Developer
12 44 (6.97%) Data Engineer
13 39 (6.18%) Lead Developer
14 37 (5.86%) .NET Developer
15 36 (5.71%) Software Developer
16 34 (5.39%) Cloud Engineer
16 34 (5.39%) React Developer
17 25 (3.96%) Solutions Architect
17 25 (3.96%) Support Engineer
18 23 (3.65%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (27.42%) React
2 121 (19.18%) Node.js
3 108 (17.12%) .NET
4 92 (14.58%) Spring Boot
5 80 (12.68%) Spring
6 78 (12.36%) HTML
7 73 (11.57%) AngularJS
7 73 (11.57%) REST
8 71 (11.25%) RESTful
9 61 (9.67%) CSS
10 45 (7.13%) .NET Core
10 45 (7.13%) Kafka
11 44 (6.97%) AWS CDK
12 33 (5.23%) Jest
13 28 (4.44%) RabbitMQ
13 28 (4.44%) Vue
14 25 (3.96%) FastAPI
14 25 (3.96%) Web Services
15 24 (3.80%) Gherkin
16 22 (3.49%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 145 (22.98%) Cloud Native
2 53 (8.40%) Distributed Systems
3 40 (6.34%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (3.80%) Data Structures
5 23 (3.65%) Product Ownership
6 15 (2.38%) Mobile App
6 15 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (1.90%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.74%) Low-Code
9 11 (1.74%) Management Information System
9 11 (1.74%) Virtual Team
10 10 (1.58%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.27%) e-Learning
11 8 (1.27%) Security Posture
12 7 (1.11%) Blockchain
12 7 (1.11%) Web3
13 6 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (0.95%) Legacy Applications
13 6 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 35 (5.55%) Linux
2 16 (2.54%) Windows
3 14 (2.22%) Unix
4 11 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (1.43%) VMS
6 5 (0.79%) CentOS
6 5 (0.79%) Debian
6 5 (0.79%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.16%) Android
7 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 368 (58.32%) CI/CD
2 290 (45.96%) DevOps
3 253 (40.10%) Agile
4 193 (30.59%) Infrastructure as Code
5 184 (29.16%) Microservices
6 167 (26.47%) Mentoring
7 150 (23.77%) Problem-Solving
8 131 (20.76%) Full-Stack Development
9 129 (20.44%) Software Engineering
10 117 (18.54%) Containerisation
11 106 (16.80%) Continuous Improvement
12 86 (13.63%) AI
13 82 (13.00%) TDD
14 79 (12.52%) Scrum
15 77 (12.20%) Observability
16 75 (11.89%) SDLC
17 74 (11.73%) Data Modelling
18 71 (11.25%) Computer Science
19 69 (10.94%) Analytics
20 67 (10.62%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 271 (42.95%) Python
2 199 (31.54%) JavaScript
3 172 (27.26%) TypeScript
4 161 (25.52%) Java
5 159 (25.20%) SQL
6 118 (18.70%) C#
7 52 (8.24%) Bash
8 27 (4.28%) PowerShell
9 23 (3.65%) Groovy
10 22 (3.49%) Go
11 15 (2.38%) Scala
12 13 (2.06%) Shell Script
13 10 (1.58%) Bicep
14 9 (1.43%) Kusto Query Language
15 8 (1.27%) Kotlin
15 8 (1.27%) Rust
16 6 (0.95%) PHP
16 6 (0.95%) R
17 5 (0.79%) C++
17 5 (0.79%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 117 (18.54%) AWS Certification
2 88 (13.95%) Degree
3 71 (11.25%) Security Cleared
4 59 (9.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 48 (7.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 43 (6.81%) Azure Certification
7 42 (6.66%) SC Cleared
8 34 (5.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 30 (4.75%) TOGAF Certification
10 25 (3.96%) AWS Certified Developer
11 18 (2.85%) DV Cleared
12 16 (2.54%) ITIL Certification
13 15 (2.38%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 8 (1.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 8 (1.27%) OSCP
15 6 (0.95%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
15 6 (0.95%) Master's Degree
16 5 (0.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 5 (0.79%) DBS Check
17 4 (0.63%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (7.77%) QA
2 24 (3.80%) Data Quality
2 24 (3.80%) GDPR
3 14 (2.22%) SLA
4 11 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.58%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.58%) SOC 2
6 6 (0.95%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.48%) WCAG
8 2 (0.32%) NIST
9 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.16%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.16%) GAAP
9 1 (0.16%) IFRS
9 1 (0.16%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.16%) MiFID
9 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 189 (29.95%) Docker
2 16 (2.54%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.27%) HDFS
3 8 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.32%) iptables
5 1 (0.16%) vCloud
5 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 176 (27.89%) Terraform
2 134 (21.24%) Kubernetes
3 45 (7.13%) Ansible
4 32 (5.07%) Grafana
4 32 (5.07%) Prometheus
5 24 (3.80%) HP Fortify
6 20 (3.17%) Kibana
7 8 (1.27%) Puppet
8 6 (0.95%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.48%) Kubeflow
9 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.32%) Nagios
11 1 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.16%) Packer
11 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 98 (15.53%) Microsoft
2 24 (3.80%) Databricks
3 16 (2.54%) Google
4 14 (2.22%) Oracle
4 14 (2.22%) Splunk
5 12 (1.90%) Atlassian
5 12 (1.90%) Dynatrace
6 10 (1.58%) Palo Alto
6 10 (1.58%) Red Hat
7 9 (1.43%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.27%) IBM
9 6 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
9 6 (0.95%) Fortinet
9 6 (0.95%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.79%) SaltStack
11 4 (0.63%) Pega
11 4 (0.63%) WSO2
11 4 (0.63%) Zscaler
12 2 (0.32%) SendGrid
12 2 (0.32%) ServiceNow