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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 127 189
Rank change year-on-year -87 +62 -19
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 739 895 1,237
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.99% 2.44% 1.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.07% 6.54% 4.25%
Number of salaries quoted 483 614 906
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £85,625 £100,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £112,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - - +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 24,092 13,695 29,140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.16% 37.31% 36.17%
Number of salaries quoted 12,909 10,205 24,135
10th Percentile £30,250 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,439 £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 £83,125 £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 12 April 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 12 April 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 -80 292 £82,500 -13.16% 153
North of England +50 259 £75,000 +20.00% 90
Yorkshire +40 165 £75,000 +30.43% 34
North West +3 88 £75,000 +8.30% 47
Midlands -24 88 £55,000 - 22
East Midlands +1 62 £60,000 +4.35% 4
South West -57 44 £62,500 +4.17% 31
South East -148 40 £82,500 +37.50% 61
West Midlands -41 26 £50,000 -9.09% 18
East of England -54 19 £60,100 -29.29% 20
North East -31 6 £92,500 +48.00% 11
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 (3.79%) Apache
1 28 (3.79%) Apache Spark
2 23 (3.11%) Apache Airflow
3 17 (2.30%) SharePoint
4 11 (1.49%) OpenStack
5 9 (1.22%) SAS
6 5 (0.68%) Confluence
7 4 (0.54%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.54%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.41%) CMS
8 3 (0.41%) JBoss
8 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.27%) nginx
9 2 (0.27%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (0.27%) WordPress
10 1 (0.14%) IIS
10 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.14%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 6 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
2 5 (0.68%) Chatbot
2 5 (0.68%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.14%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 566 (76.59%) AWS
2 383 (51.83%) AWS Lambda
3 290 (39.24%) Amazon S3
4 259 (35.05%) Azure
5 173 (23.41%) AWS CloudFormation
6 139 (18.81%) Amazon ECS
7 130 (17.59%) GitHub
8 111 (15.02%) AWS Step Functions
9 108 (14.61%) Azure Functions
10 98 (13.26%) Amazon SQS
11 93 (12.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 84 (11.37%) GitHub Actions
13 80 (10.83%) Amazon EC2
14 77 (10.42%) Azure Logic Apps
15 72 (9.74%) Amazon EKS
15 72 (9.74%) Azure DevOps
16 70 (9.47%) GCP
17 64 (8.66%) SaaS
18 58 (7.85%) Power Platform
19 54 (7.31%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.30%) Firewall
2 13 (1.76%) DSL
3 12 (1.62%) AMQP
3 12 (1.62%) Network Security
4 8 (1.08%) VPN
5 6 (0.81%) WAN
6 5 (0.68%) Broadband
6 5 (0.68%) DNS
7 2 (0.27%) DHCP
7 2 (0.27%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.27%) SSL
7 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.27%) VLAN
7 2 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.14%) 4G
8 1 (0.14%) 5G
8 1 (0.14%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (21.79%) DynamoDB
2 85 (11.50%) NoSQL
3 81 (10.96%) Amazon RDS
4 64 (8.66%) PostgreSQL
5 54 (7.31%) SQL Server
6 43 (5.82%) Amazon Redshift
7 38 (5.14%) Data Warehouse
8 37 (5.01%) Amazon Athena
8 37 (5.01%) Power BI
9 29 (3.92%) Azure SQL Database
9 29 (3.92%) Relational Database
10 25 (3.38%) MySQL
11 23 (3.11%) Big Data
12 21 (2.84%) Data Lake
13 20 (2.71%) MongoDB
14 11 (1.49%) Delta Lake
15 10 (1.35%) Hadoop
15 10 (1.35%) Metadata
16 9 (1.22%) Spark SQL
17 8 (1.08%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 150 (20.30%) Jenkins
2 105 (14.21%) Git
3 101 (13.67%) GitLab
4 47 (6.36%) SonarQube
5 44 (5.95%) Maven
6 43 (5.82%) Cypress.io
7 23 (3.11%) CircleCI
8 16 (2.17%) JIRA
9 10 (1.35%) Crashlytics
9 10 (1.35%) XCTest
10 9 (1.22%) Bitbucket
10 9 (1.22%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.22%) MLflow
11 7 (0.95%) JUnit
11 7 (0.95%) Snyk
12 6 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 4 (0.54%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.54%) git-flow
13 4 (0.54%) JMeter
13 4 (0.54%) Selenium
General
1 196 (26.52%) Social Skills
2 106 (14.34%) Finance
3 56 (7.58%) Public Sector
4 52 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (3.25%) Banking
5 24 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (2.71%) Influencing Skills
7 19 (2.57%) Publishing
8 17 (2.30%) Health Technology
9 16 (2.17%) Tech for Good
10 15 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (1.76%) Advertising
12 12 (1.62%) Legal
13 10 (1.35%) Law
14 8 (1.08%) Manufacturing
15 7 (0.95%) Retail
16 5 (0.68%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.68%) Billing
16 5 (0.68%) Investment Banking
17 4 (0.54%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 281 (38.02%) Developer
2 198 (26.79%) Senior
3 101 (13.67%) Architect
4 99 (13.40%) Lead
5 86 (11.64%) Java Developer
6 82 (11.10%) Senior Developer
7 67 (9.07%) AWS Developer
7 67 (9.07%) Full-Stack Developer
8 61 (8.25%) Software Engineer
9 59 (7.98%) AWS Engineer
10 45 (6.09%) Python Developer
11 42 (5.68%) Data Engineer
11 42 (5.68%) Lead Developer
12 38 (5.14%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 36 (4.87%) Cloud Engineer
14 32 (4.33%) .NET Developer
14 32 (4.33%) DevOps Engineer
14 32 (4.33%) React Developer
15 31 (4.19%) AWS Architect
15 31 (4.19%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (24.63%) React
2 151 (20.43%) Node.js
3 110 (14.88%) .NET
4 106 (14.34%) Spring Boot
5 97 (13.13%) AngularJS
6 91 (12.31%) REST
7 81 (10.96%) Spring
8 77 (10.42%) RESTful
9 65 (8.80%) HTML
10 59 (7.98%) Kafka
11 55 (7.44%) AWS CDK
12 54 (7.31%) CSS
13 47 (6.36%) .NET Core
14 44 (5.95%) Jest
15 42 (5.68%) RabbitMQ
16 40 (5.41%) Gherkin
17 30 (4.06%) Elastic Stack
18 27 (3.65%) PySpark
19 24 (3.25%) Flask
19 24 (3.25%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 157 (21.24%) Cloud Native
2 56 (7.58%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (5.28%) Greenfield Project
4 30 (4.06%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (3.38%) Data Structures
6 23 (3.11%) Mobile App
7 21 (2.84%) Product Ownership
8 14 (1.89%) Blockchain
8 14 (1.89%) Web3
9 12 (1.62%) Onboarding
10 11 (1.49%) Public Cloud
11 10 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.22%) Legacy Applications
13 8 (1.08%) Management Information System
14 7 (0.95%) Data Centre
15 6 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
15 6 (0.81%) Linux Command Line
15 6 (0.81%) Low-Code
16 5 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (4.74%) Linux
2 16 (2.17%) VMS
2 16 (2.17%) Windows
3 10 (1.35%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.81%) CentOS
5 6 (0.81%) Debian
5 6 (0.81%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.41%) Unix
7 2 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 432 (58.46%) CI/CD
2 362 (48.99%) DevOps
3 289 (39.11%) Agile
4 257 (34.78%) Infrastructure as Code
5 195 (26.39%) Microservices
6 191 (25.85%) Mentoring
7 171 (23.14%) Problem-Solving
8 155 (20.97%) Full-Stack Development
9 153 (20.70%) Containerisation
10 142 (19.22%) Software Engineering
11 124 (16.78%) Continuous Improvement
12 117 (15.83%) Observability
13 113 (15.29%) Test Automation
14 100 (13.53%) Analytics
15 94 (12.72%) AI
16 83 (11.23%) TDD
17 82 (11.10%) Event-Driven
18 81 (10.96%) Continuous Integration
19 75 (10.15%) Data Modelling
20 71 (9.61%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 298 (40.32%) Python
2 205 (27.74%) SQL
3 204 (27.60%) TypeScript
4 181 (24.49%) JavaScript
5 179 (24.22%) Java
6 110 (14.88%) C#
7 73 (9.88%) Bash
8 46 (6.22%) Groovy
9 38 (5.14%) Go
10 36 (4.87%) Kotlin
11 34 (4.60%) PowerShell
12 16 (2.17%) Kusto Query Language
13 14 (1.89%) Rust
14 13 (1.76%) Bicep
15 10 (1.35%) PHP
15 10 (1.35%) Swift
16 8 (1.08%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.81%) C++
18 5 (0.68%) Perl
18 5 (0.68%) Scala
Qualifications
1 100 (13.53%) AWS Certification
2 90 (12.18%) Degree
3 87 (11.77%) Security Cleared
4 65 (8.80%) SC Cleared
5 60 (8.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (5.01%) Azure Certification
7 35 (4.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 33 (4.47%) Microsoft Certification
9 27 (3.65%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 24 (3.25%) ITIL Certification
11 23 (3.11%) AWS Certified Developer
12 20 (2.71%) TOGAF Certification
13 14 (1.89%) Master's Degree
13 14 (1.89%) OSCP
14 13 (1.76%) DBS Check
14 13 (1.76%) DV Cleared
15 8 (1.08%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 7 (0.95%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
17 5 (0.68%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 3 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (6.22%) QA
2 38 (5.14%) Data Quality
3 24 (3.25%) GDPR
4 16 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.76%) SOC 2
6 10 (1.35%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.95%) GRC
8 6 (0.81%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.54%) NIST
9 4 (0.54%) Solvency II
10 3 (0.41%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.41%) SLA
11 2 (0.27%) WCAG
12 1 (0.14%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.14%) MiFID
12 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 249 (33.69%) Docker
2 19 (2.57%) Virtual Machines
3 16 (2.17%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.54%) iptables
5 3 (0.41%) Firmware
5 3 (0.41%) HDFS
6 2 (0.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 230 (31.12%) Terraform
2 175 (23.68%) Kubernetes
3 72 (9.74%) Ansible
4 46 (6.22%) Prometheus
5 45 (6.09%) Grafana
6 40 (5.41%) HP Fortify
7 19 (2.57%) Kibana
8 11 (1.49%) Puppet
9 8 (1.08%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.81%) Packer
11 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.41%) Nagios
12 3 (0.41%) Scalr
13 2 (0.27%) Kubeflow
14 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Satellite
14 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 92 (12.45%) Microsoft
2 32 (4.33%) Databricks
3 14 (1.89%) Palo Alto
4 13 (1.76%) Google
5 10 (1.35%) Amplitude
5 10 (1.35%) Braze
5 10 (1.35%) CrowdStrike
5 10 (1.35%) Oracle
6 9 (1.22%) AppDynamics
6 9 (1.22%) IBM
6 9 (1.22%) Red Hat
7 8 (1.08%) Tenable
8 7 (0.95%) Salesforce
9 6 (0.81%) OpenAI
9 6 (0.81%) SaltStack
10 5 (0.68%) Dynatrace
10 5 (0.68%) Splunk
11 4 (0.54%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.54%) Zscaler
12 3 (0.41%) Foundry