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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 233 157
Rank change year-on-year +25 -76 -10
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 937 576 1,122
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.90% 1.34% 1.72%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.96% 4.14% 5.28%
Number of salaries quoted 601 380 468
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,250 £56,813 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £102,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000

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 23,664 13,897 21,242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 22.78% 32.25% 32.64%
Number of salaries quoted 16,629 9,672 12,961
10th Percentile £31,681 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,478 £47,231
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,710 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.52% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,674 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £59,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year +5.93% -7.81% +2.40%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -12 410 £85,000 +13.33% 550
North of England +88 278 £67,500 +3.85% 161
North West +48 123 £65,000 - 105
Yorkshire +28 102 £80,000 +13.48% 39
South West -44 76 £67,500 +12.50% 62
South East -38 75 £65,000 -7.14% 59
Midlands -16 68 £62,500 - 68
North East -22 53 £65,000 -5.11% 17
West Midlands -48 40 £62,500 - 32
East Midlands -8 28 £66,250 - 36
East of England -56 11 £57,500 - 35
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 42 (4.48%) Apache Spark
2 32 (3.42%) Apache
2 32 (3.42%) SharePoint
3 23 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (1.81%) Confluence
5 12 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.75%) CMS
6 7 (0.75%) Headless CMS
7 5 (0.53%) Apache Pig
8 4 (0.43%) nginx
8 4 (0.43%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.32%) SAS
9 3 (0.32%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.21%) Camunda
10 2 (0.21%) JBoss
10 2 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.21%) WebLogic Portal
11 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (0.64%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.21%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 23 (2.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.21%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.11%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.11%) Finacle
4 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.11%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.11%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 646 (68.94%) AWS
2 432 (46.10%) AWS Lambda
3 370 (39.49%) Azure
4 287 (30.63%) Amazon S3
5 220 (23.48%) AWS CloudFormation
6 198 (21.13%) Azure Functions
7 179 (19.10%) Amazon ECS
8 135 (14.41%) Azure DevOps
9 134 (14.30%) GitHub
10 124 (13.23%) Amazon EC2
11 102 (10.89%) Amazon EKS
12 101 (10.78%) GCP
13 100 (10.67%) Power Platform
14 95 (10.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 90 (9.61%) SaaS
16 86 (9.18%) PaaS
17 83 (8.86%) AWS Step Functions
18 78 (8.32%) Azure Logic Apps
19 70 (7.47%) GitHub Actions
20 69 (7.36%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.63%) VPN
2 29 (3.09%) Firewall
3 26 (2.77%) Network Security
4 23 (2.45%) DNS
5 22 (2.35%) Internet
6 16 (1.71%) VoIP
7 12 (1.28%) DHCP
7 12 (1.28%) VLAN
8 9 (0.96%) MQTT
9 8 (0.85%) AMQP
10 7 (0.75%) TCP/IP
11 6 (0.64%) BGP
11 6 (0.64%) IPsec
11 6 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.53%) SAN
13 4 (0.43%) IPv4
13 4 (0.43%) LTE
13 4 (0.43%) Software-Defined Networking
14 3 (0.32%) HTTP
15 2 (0.21%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (13.87%) DynamoDB
2 104 (11.10%) Amazon RDS
3 90 (9.61%) NoSQL
4 88 (9.39%) SQL Server
5 65 (6.94%) PostgreSQL
6 54 (5.76%) Amazon Athena
7 50 (5.34%) Amazon Redshift
7 50 (5.34%) Azure SQL Database
8 49 (5.23%) Relational Database
9 47 (5.02%) Data Warehouse
10 45 (4.80%) Power BI
11 28 (2.99%) Big Data
12 24 (2.56%) Elasticsearch
12 24 (2.56%) Spark SQL
13 23 (2.45%) Metadata
13 23 (2.45%) MongoDB
14 21 (2.24%) Data Lake
14 21 (2.24%) Hadoop
15 20 (2.13%) MySQL
16 15 (1.60%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 190 (20.28%) Git
2 105 (11.21%) Jenkins
3 65 (6.94%) GitLab
4 27 (2.88%) JIRA
5 24 (2.56%) SonarQube
6 22 (2.35%) Cypress.io
7 18 (1.92%) Maven
7 18 (1.92%) Snyk
8 14 (1.49%) JMeter
9 13 (1.39%) Claude Code
10 12 (1.28%) Bitbucket
10 12 (1.28%) JUnit
11 11 (1.17%) Mockito
11 11 (1.17%) TeamCity
12 9 (0.96%) Postman
13 8 (0.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 7 (0.75%) Selenium
15 6 (0.64%) CircleCI
15 6 (0.64%) Cucumber
16 5 (0.53%) Crashlytics
General
1 219 (23.37%) Social Skills
2 187 (19.96%) Finance
3 108 (11.53%) Public Sector
4 88 (9.39%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (8.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 60 (6.40%) Law
7 53 (5.66%) Banking
8 39 (4.16%) Marketing
9 25 (2.67%) Retail
10 24 (2.56%) Legal
11 16 (1.71%) Telecoms
12 15 (1.60%) Aviation
13 14 (1.49%) Military
14 13 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (1.28%) Aerospace
16 11 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
17 8 (0.85%) Health Technology
18 7 (0.75%) Billing
19 6 (0.64%) Manufacturing
19 6 (0.64%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 271 (28.92%) Senior
2 235 (25.08%) Developer
3 118 (12.59%) Lead
4 106 (11.31%) Architect
5 100 (10.67%) Software Engineer
6 83 (8.86%) Data Engineer
7 74 (7.90%) AWS Engineer
8 72 (7.68%) Senior Developer
9 67 (7.15%) DevOps Engineer
10 65 (6.94%) Java Developer
11 59 (6.30%) Full-Stack Developer
12 57 (6.08%) Cloud Engineer
13 43 (4.59%) Senior Software Engineer
14 40 (4.27%) Azure Engineer
15 39 (4.16%) Consultant
15 39 (4.16%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 39 (4.16%) Platform Engineer
16 38 (4.06%) AWS Developer
17 37 (3.95%) Senior Architect
18 36 (3.84%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 356 (37.99%) Terraform
2 159 (16.97%) Node.js
3 148 (15.80%) .NET
4 126 (13.45%) React
5 110 (11.74%) REST
6 88 (9.39%) AngularJS
7 86 (9.18%) Spring Boot
8 80 (8.54%) Spring
9 78 (8.32%) RESTful
10 75 (8.00%) Kafka
11 54 (5.76%) AWS CDK
12 48 (5.12%) PySpark
13 36 (3.84%) JSON
14 32 (3.42%) Swagger
15 30 (3.20%) Jest
16 26 (2.77%) OAuth
16 26 (2.77%) OpenAPI
17 25 (2.67%) .NET Framework
17 25 (2.67%) Gherkin
17 25 (2.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 267 (28.50%) Cloud Native
2 81 (8.64%) Onboarding
3 71 (7.58%) Distributed Systems
4 52 (5.55%) AI Agents
5 48 (5.12%) Product Ownership
6 40 (4.27%) Enterprise Cloud
7 38 (4.06%) Hybrid Cloud
8 31 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
9 26 (2.77%) Data Centre
10 25 (2.67%) Greenfield Project
11 21 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
11 21 (2.24%) Management Information System
12 20 (2.13%) Public Cloud
13 18 (1.92%) Security Posture
14 16 (1.71%) Blog
15 15 (1.60%) Low-Code
16 14 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
17 12 (1.28%) Data Structures
17 12 (1.28%) Podcast
18 11 (1.17%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 67 (7.15%) Linux
2 42 (4.48%) Windows
3 13 (1.39%) VMS
4 12 (1.28%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.75%) CentOS
5 7 (0.75%) Debian
5 7 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (0.75%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.53%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 555 (59.23%) CI/CD
2 451 (48.13%) DevOps
3 369 (39.38%) Agile
4 352 (37.57%) Infrastructure as Code
5 279 (29.78%) AI
6 248 (26.47%) Mentoring
7 239 (25.51%) Software Engineering
8 207 (22.09%) Microservices
9 193 (20.60%) Continuous Improvement
10 183 (19.53%) Problem-Solving
11 167 (17.82%) Test Automation
12 155 (16.54%) Observability
13 154 (16.44%) Full-Stack Development
14 153 (16.33%) Analytics
15 147 (15.69%) Event-Driven
16 141 (15.05%) Roadmaps
17 138 (14.73%) Cloud Security
18 132 (14.09%) Containerisation
19 122 (13.02%) Migration
20 121 (12.91%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 336 (35.86%) Python
2 272 (29.03%) SQL
3 193 (20.60%) Java
4 182 (19.42%) C#
5 176 (18.78%) TypeScript
6 162 (17.29%) JavaScript
7 96 (10.25%) Bash
8 47 (5.02%) Bicep
9 41 (4.38%) PowerShell
10 33 (3.52%) Kotlin
11 30 (3.20%) Ruby
12 27 (2.88%) Groovy
12 27 (2.88%) PHP
13 25 (2.67%) C++
14 19 (2.03%) Go
15 15 (1.60%) Perl
16 14 (1.49%) Scala
16 14 (1.49%) Shell Script
17 13 (1.39%) Kusto Query Language
18 12 (1.28%) Rust
Qualifications
1 183 (19.53%) Security Cleared
2 128 (13.66%) SC Cleared
3 96 (10.25%) Degree
4 79 (8.43%) AWS Certification
5 57 (6.08%) Azure Certification
6 56 (5.98%) DV Cleared
7 39 (4.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 36 (3.84%) Computer Science Degree
9 35 (3.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 16 (1.71%) Master's Degree
11 12 (1.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 10 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (1.07%) ITIL Certification
13 9 (0.96%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 8 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
15 7 (0.75%) AWS Certified Developer
16 6 (0.64%) MBA
16 6 (0.64%) OSCP
17 5 (0.53%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (7.90%) Data Quality
2 69 (7.36%) GDPR
3 47 (5.02%) QA
4 28 (2.99%) Accessibility
5 20 (2.13%) GRC
6 13 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (0.96%) NIST
8 8 (0.85%) WCAG
9 5 (0.53%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.53%) SLA
10 3 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.21%) NCSC
11 2 (0.21%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.21%) PMO
12 1 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 236 (25.19%) Docker
2 41 (4.38%) Active Directory
3 27 (2.88%) Virtual Machines
4 24 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (1.71%) vSphere
6 12 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (0.75%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.43%) Squid
8 4 (0.43%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 177 (18.89%) Kubernetes
2 99 (10.57%) Ansible
3 42 (4.48%) Grafana
4 34 (3.63%) Prometheus
5 24 (2.56%) Puppet
6 19 (2.03%) Packer
7 13 (1.39%) Progress Chef
8 11 (1.17%) HP Fortify
9 10 (1.07%) Kibana
9 10 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (0.64%) Hadoop YARN
10 6 (0.64%) Rancher
11 5 (0.53%) Argo
11 5 (0.53%) Podman
11 5 (0.53%) SCCM
12 4 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.43%) ZABBIX
13 2 (0.21%) logstash
13 2 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 2 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 213 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 40 (4.27%) Databricks
3 36 (3.84%) Dynatrace
4 35 (3.74%) Oracle
5 29 (3.09%) OpenAI
6 27 (2.88%) Tenable
7 25 (2.67%) VMware
8 24 (2.56%) Google
9 22 (2.35%) SAP
9 22 (2.35%) Splunk
10 18 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
10 18 (1.92%) Palo Alto
11 14 (1.49%) Red Hat
12 12 (1.28%) ScienceLogic
13 10 (1.07%) HP
13 10 (1.07%) IBM
13 10 (1.07%) Salesforce
14 9 (0.96%) ServiceNow
15 7 (0.75%) Avaya
15 7 (0.75%) SaltStack