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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 211 100 184
Rank change year-on-year -111 +84 -26
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 683 1,152 1,187
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.00% 3.13% 1.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.06% 8.29% 4.17%
Number of salaries quoted 440 592 898
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,275 £47,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £100,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% -

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 22,329 13,904 28,464
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.76% 37.77% 37.18%
Number of salaries quoted 12,083 10,087 23,709
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 25 March 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 25 March 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 -92 279 £82,500 -13.16% 144
North of England +41 225 £75,000 +20.00% 93
Yorkshire +47 153 £75,000 +30.43% 39
Midlands -31 80 £60,000 +9.09% 22
North West -3 69 £72,966 +6.71% 47
East Midlands -6 55 £60,000 +4.35% 4
South West -120 43 £62,500 +4.17% 33
South East -172 35 £67,500 +12.50% 61
West Midlands -34 25 £51,875 -5.68% 18
East of England -62 19 £60,100 -10.96% 21
North East -31 3 £51,000 -18.40% 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 28 (4.10%) Apache
1 28 (4.10%) Apache Spark
2 21 (3.07%) Apache Airflow
3 17 (2.49%) SharePoint
4 14 (2.05%) OpenStack
5 9 (1.32%) SAS
6 6 (0.88%) Confluence
7 4 (0.59%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.44%) JBoss
8 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.44%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.44%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.29%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.29%) CMS
9 2 (0.29%) nginx
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.29%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (0.59%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.59%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.15%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 539 (78.92%) AWS
2 354 (51.83%) AWS Lambda
3 270 (39.53%) Amazon S3
4 246 (36.02%) Azure
5 162 (23.72%) AWS CloudFormation
6 126 (18.45%) GitHub
7 120 (17.57%) Amazon ECS
8 101 (14.79%) Azure Functions
9 96 (14.06%) AWS Step Functions
10 88 (12.88%) Amazon SQS
11 82 (12.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 79 (11.57%) GitHub Actions
13 76 (11.13%) Amazon EC2
14 73 (10.69%) Azure Logic Apps
15 71 (10.40%) Amazon EKS
16 66 (9.66%) GCP
17 64 (9.37%) Azure DevOps
18 61 (8.93%) SaaS
19 58 (8.49%) Power Platform
20 45 (6.59%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.90%) DSL
1 13 (1.90%) Firewall
2 11 (1.61%) AMQP
2 11 (1.61%) Network Security
3 8 (1.17%) VPN
4 6 (0.88%) Broadband
5 4 (0.59%) SSL
5 4 (0.59%) WAN
6 3 (0.44%) DNS
7 2 (0.29%) Internet
8 1 (0.15%) 4G
8 1 (0.15%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (19.62%) DynamoDB
2 83 (12.15%) NoSQL
3 77 (11.27%) Amazon RDS
4 70 (10.25%) PostgreSQL
5 52 (7.61%) SQL Server
6 42 (6.15%) Amazon Redshift
7 35 (5.12%) Data Warehouse
7 35 (5.12%) Power BI
8 31 (4.54%) Relational Database
9 28 (4.10%) Amazon Athena
9 28 (4.10%) Azure SQL Database
10 25 (3.66%) MySQL
11 21 (3.07%) Big Data
12 20 (2.93%) MongoDB
13 18 (2.64%) Data Lake
14 10 (1.46%) Metadata
15 9 (1.32%) Apache Iceberg
15 9 (1.32%) Delta Lake
15 9 (1.32%) Hadoop
15 9 (1.32%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 143 (20.94%) Jenkins
2 96 (14.06%) GitLab
3 92 (13.47%) Git
4 40 (5.86%) Cypress.io
5 38 (5.56%) Maven
6 37 (5.42%) SonarQube
7 23 (3.37%) CircleCI
8 14 (2.05%) JIRA
9 10 (1.46%) Bitbucket
10 9 (1.32%) Crashlytics
10 9 (1.32%) JUnit
10 9 (1.32%) MLflow
10 9 (1.32%) XCTest
11 6 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 5 (0.73%) git-flow
12 5 (0.73%) JMeter
12 5 (0.73%) Mockito
13 4 (0.59%) webpack
14 3 (0.44%) ESLint
14 3 (0.44%) Mocha
General
1 188 (27.53%) Social Skills
2 100 (14.64%) Finance
3 52 (7.61%) Public Sector
4 51 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (3.22%) Banking
6 19 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
6 19 (2.78%) Publishing
7 17 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (2.34%) Health Technology
8 16 (2.34%) Tech for Good
9 14 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (1.76%) Advertising
11 11 (1.61%) Law
12 10 (1.46%) Legal
13 7 (1.02%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.73%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.73%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.73%) Retail
15 4 (0.59%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.59%) Billing
Job Titles
1 268 (39.24%) Developer
2 168 (24.60%) Senior
3 90 (13.18%) Architect
3 90 (13.18%) Lead
4 78 (11.42%) Java Developer
4 78 (11.42%) Senior Developer
5 65 (9.52%) AWS Developer
6 64 (9.37%) Full-Stack Developer
7 58 (8.49%) AWS Engineer
8 55 (8.05%) Software Engineer
9 49 (7.17%) Python Developer
10 39 (5.71%) Lead Developer
11 38 (5.56%) Data Engineer
12 34 (4.98%) Cloud Engineer
12 34 (4.98%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 32 (4.69%) React Developer
13 32 (4.69%) Software Developer
14 30 (4.39%) AWS Architect
15 29 (4.25%) .NET Developer
16 26 (3.81%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (25.04%) React
2 141 (20.64%) Node.js
3 109 (15.96%) .NET
4 102 (14.93%) Spring Boot
5 83 (12.15%) AngularJS
6 80 (11.71%) Spring
7 72 (10.54%) REST
8 71 (10.40%) HTML
9 69 (10.10%) RESTful
10 61 (8.93%) CSS
11 56 (8.20%) AWS CDK
12 50 (7.32%) .NET Core
12 50 (7.32%) Kafka
13 40 (5.86%) Jest
14 36 (5.27%) Gherkin
15 31 (4.54%) RabbitMQ
16 26 (3.81%) Flask
17 25 (3.66%) Elastic Stack
17 25 (3.66%) FastAPI
17 25 (3.66%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 146 (21.38%) Cloud Native
2 43 (6.30%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (5.12%) Greenfield Project
4 33 (4.83%) Enterprise Software
5 27 (3.95%) Data Structures
6 24 (3.51%) Product Ownership
7 19 (2.78%) Mobile App
8 13 (1.90%) Blockchain
8 13 (1.90%) Web3
9 12 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.32%) Onboarding
10 9 (1.32%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
11 7 (1.02%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.02%) Management Information System
12 6 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (0.88%) Security Posture
12 6 (0.88%) Virtual Team
13 5 (0.73%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.83%) Linux
2 16 (2.34%) VMS
3 15 (2.20%) Windows
4 9 (1.32%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.88%) Unix
6 5 (0.73%) CentOS
6 5 (0.73%) Debian
6 5 (0.73%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (57.39%) CI/CD
2 326 (47.73%) DevOps
3 277 (40.56%) Agile
4 236 (34.55%) Infrastructure as Code
5 187 (27.38%) Mentoring
6 183 (26.79%) Microservices
7 168 (24.60%) Problem-Solving
8 148 (21.67%) Full-Stack Development
9 140 (20.50%) Containerisation
10 133 (19.47%) Software Engineering
11 118 (17.28%) Continuous Improvement
12 103 (15.08%) Observability
13 94 (13.76%) Test Automation
14 92 (13.47%) Analytics
15 81 (11.86%) AI
16 76 (11.13%) Continuous Integration
17 75 (10.98%) TDD
18 72 (10.54%) Scrum
19 70 (10.25%) Computer Science
19 70 (10.25%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 280 (41.00%) Python
2 191 (27.96%) JavaScript
3 185 (27.09%) TypeScript
4 183 (26.79%) SQL
5 167 (24.45%) Java
6 109 (15.96%) C#
7 71 (10.40%) Bash
8 37 (5.42%) Go
9 35 (5.12%) Groovy
10 33 (4.83%) PowerShell
11 29 (4.25%) Kotlin
12 16 (2.34%) Kusto Query Language
13 14 (2.05%) Rust
14 10 (1.46%) PHP
15 9 (1.32%) Swift
16 8 (1.17%) Bicep
17 7 (1.02%) Shell Script
18 6 (0.88%) C++
18 6 (0.88%) Scala
19 5 (0.73%) R
Qualifications
1 103 (15.08%) AWS Certification
2 93 (13.62%) Degree
3 72 (10.54%) Security Cleared
4 60 (8.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (6.59%) SC Cleared
6 38 (5.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 37 (5.42%) Azure Certification
8 34 (4.98%) Microsoft Certification
9 24 (3.51%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 22 (3.22%) ITIL Certification
10 22 (3.22%) TOGAF Certification
11 21 (3.07%) AWS Certified Developer
12 15 (2.20%) DV Cleared
13 14 (2.05%) Master's Degree
13 14 (2.05%) OSCP
14 13 (1.90%) DBS Check
15 8 (1.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 7 (1.02%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
17 5 (0.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 3 (0.44%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (6.30%) QA
2 35 (5.12%) Data Quality
3 24 (3.51%) GDPR
4 14 (2.05%) SOC 2
5 13 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.46%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.88%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.88%) SLA
8 3 (0.44%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.44%) Solvency II
9 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.29%) NIST
9 2 (0.29%) WCAG
10 1 (0.15%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.15%) MiFID
10 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 228 (33.38%) Docker
2 16 (2.34%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.59%) iptables
5 3 (0.44%) Firmware
5 3 (0.44%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 207 (30.31%) Terraform
2 157 (22.99%) Kubernetes
3 64 (9.37%) Ansible
4 46 (6.73%) Prometheus
5 44 (6.44%) Grafana
6 36 (5.27%) HP Fortify
7 17 (2.49%) Kibana
8 10 (1.46%) Puppet
9 7 (1.02%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.44%) Kubeflow
10 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.44%) Nagios
11 2 (0.29%) Packer
11 2 (0.29%) Scalr
12 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 89 (13.03%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.95%) Databricks
3 11 (1.61%) Google
4 10 (1.46%) Oracle
5 9 (1.32%) Amplitude
6 8 (1.17%) Palo Alto
6 8 (1.17%) Red Hat
6 8 (1.17%) Splunk
7 7 (1.02%) Atlassian
7 7 (1.02%) Salesforce
8 6 (0.88%) Dynatrace
9 5 (0.73%) Pega
9 5 (0.73%) SaltStack
9 5 (0.73%) WSO2
10 4 (0.59%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (0.59%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.59%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.59%) Zscaler
11 3 (0.44%) IBM
12 2 (0.29%) Apple