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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 214 203
Rank change year-on-year +11 -11 -48
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 960 630 927
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.96% 1.47% 1.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.94% 4.52% 4.28%
Number of salaries quoted 601 433 498
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,100 £47,125
25th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £102,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £71,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +2.11% +1.43% -

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 24,350 13,952 21,661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 24.25% 32.47% 31.69%
Number of salaries quoted 16,895 9,686 14,295
10th Percentile £31,500 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,635 £60,000 £62,900
Median % change year-on-year +7.73% -4.61% -3.23%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 -35 388 £82,500 +10.00% 638
North of England +102 314 £72,500 +11.54% 147
North West +61 139 £67,500 +3.85% 94
Yorkshire +33 123 £80,000 +13.48% 33
South East -19 84 £65,000 -8.77% 72
Midlands -17 80 £62,500 +4.17% 56
South West -57 69 £60,500 +0.83% 74
North East -13 52 £65,000 -10.34% 20
West Midlands -43 42 £62,500 +4.17% 29
East Midlands +8 38 £65,000 +73.33% 27
East of England -60 13 £59,450 +1.19% 29
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 38 (3.96%) Apache Spark
2 28 (2.92%) SharePoint
3 25 (2.60%) Apache
4 19 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (1.77%) Confluence
6 11 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.63%) SAS
8 5 (0.52%) Apache Pig
9 4 (0.42%) nginx
10 3 (0.31%) CMS
10 3 (0.31%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.31%) JBoss
10 3 (0.31%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.21%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.21%) WordPress
12 1 (0.10%) GeoServer
12 1 (0.10%) IIS
12 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Fuse
12 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.10%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (0.94%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.31%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.10%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.10%) Finacle
3 1 (0.10%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.10%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.10%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 677 (70.52%) AWS
2 461 (48.02%) AWS Lambda
3 355 (36.98%) Azure
4 303 (31.56%) Amazon S3
5 224 (23.33%) AWS CloudFormation
6 202 (21.04%) Amazon ECS
7 190 (19.79%) Azure Functions
8 129 (13.44%) Amazon EC2
8 129 (13.44%) GitHub
9 128 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
10 104 (10.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 104 (10.83%) Amazon EKS
11 95 (9.90%) AWS Step Functions
12 94 (9.79%) GCP
13 92 (9.58%) SaaS
14 88 (9.17%) Power Platform
15 82 (8.54%) Azure Logic Apps
16 78 (8.13%) Amazon SQS
17 74 (7.71%) PaaS
18 71 (7.40%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.13%) VPN
2 29 (3.02%) Firewall
3 24 (2.50%) Network Security
4 22 (2.29%) Internet
5 21 (2.19%) DNS
6 16 (1.67%) VoIP
7 13 (1.35%) DHCP
7 13 (1.35%) VLAN
8 9 (0.94%) MQTT
8 9 (0.94%) TCP/IP
9 8 (0.83%) AMQP
10 6 (0.63%) BGP
10 6 (0.63%) IPsec
10 6 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.42%) IPv4
11 4 (0.42%) SAN
11 4 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (0.31%) HTTP
12 3 (0.31%) LTE
12 3 (0.31%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (16.77%) DynamoDB
2 95 (9.90%) Amazon RDS
3 91 (9.48%) NoSQL
4 79 (8.23%) SQL Server
5 63 (6.56%) PostgreSQL
6 57 (5.94%) Amazon Athena
7 46 (4.79%) Amazon Redshift
7 46 (4.79%) Data Warehouse
8 45 (4.69%) Relational Database
9 44 (4.58%) Azure SQL Database
10 35 (3.65%) Power BI
11 33 (3.44%) Big Data
12 31 (3.23%) Spark SQL
13 26 (2.71%) Data Lake
14 25 (2.60%) MongoDB
15 24 (2.50%) Elasticsearch
16 22 (2.29%) MySQL
17 21 (2.19%) Hadoop
18 18 (1.88%) Metadata
19 11 (1.15%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 194 (20.21%) Git
2 125 (13.02%) Jenkins
3 73 (7.60%) GitLab
4 35 (3.65%) SonarQube
5 32 (3.33%) JIRA
6 28 (2.92%) Cypress.io
7 26 (2.71%) Maven
8 25 (2.60%) Snyk
9 14 (1.46%) JMeter
10 12 (1.25%) Bitbucket
11 11 (1.15%) Claude Code
11 11 (1.15%) Cucumber
11 11 (1.15%) JUnit
11 11 (1.15%) Postman
11 11 (1.15%) TeamCity
12 10 (1.04%) Mockito
13 9 (0.94%) CircleCI
14 8 (0.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 8 (0.83%) Crashlytics
15 7 (0.73%) Selenium
General
1 228 (23.75%) Social Skills
2 187 (19.48%) Finance
3 100 (10.42%) Public Sector
4 86 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
5 76 (7.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 56 (5.83%) Law
7 51 (5.31%) Banking
8 38 (3.96%) Marketing
9 24 (2.50%) Retail
10 16 (1.67%) Legal
11 15 (1.56%) Aviation
11 15 (1.56%) Telecoms
12 14 (1.46%) Military
13 13 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (1.25%) Aerospace
15 10 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (0.94%) Health Technology
17 8 (0.83%) Manufacturing
18 7 (0.73%) Advertising
18 7 (0.73%) Billing
Job Titles
1 285 (29.69%) Senior
2 261 (27.19%) Developer
3 134 (13.96%) Lead
4 101 (10.52%) Architect
5 88 (9.17%) Software Engineer
6 81 (8.44%) Senior Developer
7 80 (8.33%) Data Engineer
7 80 (8.33%) Java Developer
8 69 (7.19%) AWS Engineer
8 69 (7.19%) Full-Stack Developer
9 64 (6.67%) DevOps Engineer
10 58 (6.04%) Cloud Engineer
11 41 (4.27%) AWS Developer
11 41 (4.27%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 40 (4.17%) Consultant
12 40 (4.17%) Senior Architect
13 39 (4.06%) Azure Engineer
13 39 (4.06%) Cloud Architect
14 38 (3.96%) Platform Engineer
15 37 (3.85%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 351 (36.56%) Terraform
2 162 (16.88%) Node.js
3 150 (15.63%) .NET
4 133 (13.85%) React
5 121 (12.60%) REST
6 101 (10.52%) AngularJS
7 96 (10.00%) Spring Boot
8 85 (8.85%) Spring
9 77 (8.02%) Kafka
10 76 (7.92%) RESTful
11 54 (5.63%) AWS CDK
11 54 (5.63%) PySpark
12 40 (4.17%) JSON
13 34 (3.54%) Jest
14 33 (3.44%) OAuth
15 31 (3.23%) Gherkin
15 31 (3.23%) RabbitMQ
16 30 (3.13%) HTML
16 30 (3.13%) OAuth2
16 30 (3.13%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 254 (26.46%) Cloud Native
2 74 (7.71%) Distributed Systems
2 74 (7.71%) Onboarding
3 46 (4.79%) Product Ownership
4 38 (3.96%) AI Agents
4 38 (3.96%) Hybrid Cloud
5 37 (3.85%) Enterprise Cloud
6 34 (3.54%) Greenfield Project
7 31 (3.23%) Data Centre
8 22 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
10 20 (2.08%) Public Cloud
11 17 (1.77%) Linux Command Line
12 16 (1.67%) Management Information System
12 16 (1.67%) Mobile App
13 15 (1.56%) Blog
14 14 (1.46%) Low-Code
15 13 (1.35%) Data Structures
15 13 (1.35%) Security Posture
16 12 (1.25%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 72 (7.50%) Linux
2 43 (4.48%) Windows
3 14 (1.46%) VMS
3 14 (1.46%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (0.83%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.73%) CentOS
6 7 (0.73%) Debian
6 7 (0.73%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 563 (58.65%) CI/CD
2 451 (46.98%) DevOps
3 368 (38.33%) Agile
4 343 (35.73%) Infrastructure as Code
5 272 (28.33%) AI
6 261 (27.19%) Mentoring
7 213 (22.19%) Software Engineering
8 210 (21.88%) Microservices
9 190 (19.79%) Problem-Solving
10 177 (18.44%) Continuous Improvement
11 175 (18.23%) Test Automation
12 160 (16.67%) Observability
13 158 (16.46%) Full-Stack Development
14 155 (16.15%) Analytics
15 151 (15.73%) Event-Driven
16 150 (15.63%) Containerisation
17 135 (14.06%) Cloud Security
18 123 (12.81%) Roadmaps
19 112 (11.67%) Migration
20 110 (11.46%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 363 (37.81%) Python
2 284 (29.58%) SQL
3 212 (22.08%) Java
4 195 (20.31%) TypeScript
5 177 (18.44%) C#
6 172 (17.92%) JavaScript
7 103 (10.73%) Bash
8 42 (4.38%) Bicep
8 42 (4.38%) Kotlin
8 42 (4.38%) PowerShell
9 38 (3.96%) Groovy
10 30 (3.13%) Ruby
11 27 (2.81%) PHP
12 24 (2.50%) C++
13 22 (2.29%) Go
14 19 (1.98%) Perl
15 17 (1.77%) Shell Script
16 14 (1.46%) Kusto Query Language
17 12 (1.25%) Rust
18 11 (1.15%) Scala
Qualifications
1 178 (18.54%) Security Cleared
2 124 (12.92%) SC Cleared
3 102 (10.63%) Degree
4 83 (8.65%) AWS Certification
5 51 (5.31%) DV Cleared
6 50 (5.21%) Azure Certification
7 44 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 36 (3.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 19 (1.98%) Master's Degree
11 17 (1.77%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 15 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
13 11 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (0.94%) AWS Certified Developer
14 9 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (0.73%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 6 (0.63%) CISM
16 6 (0.63%) CISSP
16 6 (0.63%) MBA
16 6 (0.63%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (7.29%) Data Quality
2 63 (6.56%) GDPR
3 56 (5.83%) QA
4 27 (2.81%) GRC
5 24 (2.50%) Accessibility
6 13 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (0.83%) NIST
9 6 (0.63%) WCAG
10 5 (0.52%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.42%) SLA
12 3 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.21%) PMO
13 2 (0.21%) Solvency II
14 1 (0.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 1 (0.10%) NCSC
14 1 (0.10%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 254 (26.46%) Docker
2 43 (4.48%) Active Directory
3 34 (3.54%) Virtual Machines
4 23 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (1.67%) vSphere
6 12 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.94%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.42%) Squid
8 4 (0.42%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 183 (19.06%) Kubernetes
2 101 (10.52%) Ansible
3 38 (3.96%) Prometheus
4 37 (3.85%) Grafana
5 24 (2.50%) Puppet
6 20 (2.08%) Packer
7 17 (1.77%) HP Fortify
8 14 (1.46%) Kibana
9 12 (1.25%) Progress Chef
10 11 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (0.63%) Hadoop YARN
12 5 (0.52%) Argo
12 5 (0.52%) Podman
13 4 (0.42%) Rancher
13 4 (0.42%) SCCM
13 4 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.42%) ZABBIX
14 2 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 2 (0.21%) Scalr
15 1 (0.10%) logstash
Vendors
1 184 (19.17%) Microsoft
2 45 (4.69%) Databricks
3 36 (3.75%) Oracle
4 33 (3.44%) Tenable
5 31 (3.23%) OpenAI
6 25 (2.60%) CrowdStrike
6 25 (2.60%) Dynatrace
6 25 (2.60%) Palo Alto
7 24 (2.50%) Google
7 24 (2.50%) VMware
8 22 (2.29%) Splunk
9 18 (1.88%) IBM
10 17 (1.77%) SAP
11 16 (1.67%) Red Hat
12 13 (1.35%) AppDynamics
13 12 (1.25%) HP
13 12 (1.25%) ScienceLogic
14 10 (1.04%) Salesforce
15 8 (0.83%) Veeam
16 7 (0.73%) Foundry