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 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 196 197 210
Rank change year-on-year +1 +13 -42
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 836 706 1,252
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.02% 1.80% 1.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.74% 5.25% 4.05%
Number of salaries quoted 568 513 865
10th Percentile £51,250 £47,600 £46,750
25th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% 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 22,348 13,438 30,877
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.17% 34.22% 33.18%
Number of salaries quoted 14,696 9,486 24,654
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -10.16%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 -54 319 £82,500 -2.94% 85
North of England +87 267 £75,000 +15.38% 45
Yorkshire +33 135 £75,000 +25.00% 15
North West +63 117 £75,000 +15.38% 25
Midlands +25 109 £55,000 - 15
East Midlands +37 72 £55,000 +2.33% 7
South East -47 67 £67,500 +12.50% 38
South West -47 52 £62,500 +4.17% 28
West Midlands -34 37 £52,500 -8.70% 8
East of England -30 21 £60,000 -29.41% 6
North East -34 15 £75,000 +20.00% 5
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 (3.35%) Apache
2 25 (2.99%) Apache Spark
3 21 (2.51%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (1.56%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.32%) Confluence
6 8 (0.96%) SAS
7 7 (0.84%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.48%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.48%) JBoss
8 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.36%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.36%) CMS
9 3 (0.36%) WordPress
10 2 (0.24%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.24%) nginx
10 2 (0.24%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.12%) IIS
11 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 10 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
2 7 (0.84%) PlantUML
3 6 (0.72%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 597 (71.41%) AWS
2 406 (48.56%) AWS Lambda
3 293 (35.05%) Amazon S3
4 288 (34.45%) Azure
5 193 (23.09%) AWS CloudFormation
6 161 (19.26%) Amazon ECS
7 142 (16.99%) Azure Functions
8 116 (13.88%) GitHub
9 113 (13.52%) AWS Step Functions
10 95 (11.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 95 (11.36%) Amazon EC2
11 83 (9.93%) Amazon SQS
12 82 (9.81%) Azure DevOps
13 78 (9.33%) SaaS
14 77 (9.21%) GitHub Actions
15 76 (9.09%) Azure Logic Apps
16 70 (8.37%) GCP
17 69 (8.25%) Amazon EKS
18 63 (7.54%) Power Platform
19 58 (6.94%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.51%) Firewall
2 15 (1.79%) Network Security
3 13 (1.56%) DSL
4 10 (1.20%) VPN
5 8 (0.96%) AMQP
6 7 (0.84%) VoIP
7 6 (0.72%) DNS
7 6 (0.72%) Internet
7 6 (0.72%) MQTT
8 4 (0.48%) Broadband
8 4 (0.48%) IPv4
8 4 (0.48%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (0.36%) DHCP
9 3 (0.36%) LTE
9 3 (0.36%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.36%) VLAN
10 2 (0.24%) 4G
10 2 (0.24%) 5G
10 2 (0.24%) WAN
10 2 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (20.69%) DynamoDB
2 79 (9.45%) NoSQL
3 78 (9.33%) Amazon RDS
4 64 (7.66%) SQL Server
5 63 (7.54%) PostgreSQL
6 47 (5.62%) Amazon Athena
7 43 (5.14%) Amazon Redshift
8 39 (4.67%) Power BI
9 36 (4.31%) Data Warehouse
10 34 (4.07%) Relational Database
11 30 (3.59%) Azure SQL Database
12 27 (3.23%) MySQL
13 23 (2.75%) Big Data
14 18 (2.15%) Data Lake
15 16 (1.91%) MongoDB
16 15 (1.79%) Spark SQL
17 13 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
18 12 (1.44%) Delta Lake
19 11 (1.32%) Metadata
20 8 (0.96%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 159 (19.02%) Jenkins
2 146 (17.46%) Git
3 103 (12.32%) GitLab
4 40 (4.78%) SonarQube
5 38 (4.55%) Maven
6 34 (4.07%) Cypress.io
7 26 (3.11%) CircleCI
8 25 (2.99%) Snyk
9 24 (2.87%) JIRA
10 14 (1.67%) Crashlytics
10 14 (1.67%) XCTest
11 12 (1.44%) Bitbucket
12 10 (1.20%) Cucumber
13 8 (0.96%) JUnit
13 8 (0.96%) TeamCity
14 7 (0.84%) JMeter
14 7 (0.84%) MLflow
14 7 (0.84%) Mockito
15 6 (0.72%) Selenium
16 5 (0.60%) SpecFlow
General
1 205 (24.52%) Social Skills
2 126 (15.07%) Finance
3 60 (7.18%) Public Sector
4 58 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (5.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (3.71%) Banking
7 17 (2.03%) Law
8 14 (1.67%) Advertising
9 10 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (1.08%) Health Technology
10 9 (1.08%) Publishing
11 8 (0.96%) Aerospace
11 8 (0.96%) Legal
11 8 (0.96%) Telecoms
12 7 (0.84%) Billing
12 7 (0.84%) Investment Banking
13 6 (0.72%) Retail
14 5 (0.60%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.60%) Marketing
15 4 (0.48%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 276 (33.01%) Developer
2 261 (31.22%) Senior
3 108 (12.92%) Architect
4 103 (12.32%) Lead
5 96 (11.48%) Senior Developer
6 93 (11.12%) Java Developer
7 76 (9.09%) Software Engineer
8 69 (8.25%) AWS Engineer
8 69 (8.25%) Full-Stack Developer
9 51 (6.10%) AWS Developer
10 50 (5.98%) Data Engineer
10 50 (5.98%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 44 (5.26%) Cloud Engineer
11 44 (5.26%) Senior Architect
12 42 (5.02%) Cloud Architect
13 41 (4.90%) DevOps Engineer
13 41 (4.90%) Security Architect
14 37 (4.43%) Platform Engineer
14 37 (4.43%) Software Developer
15 36 (4.31%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (20.33%) Node.js
2 167 (19.98%) React
3 128 (15.31%) .NET
4 106 (12.68%) REST
5 104 (12.44%) Spring Boot
6 103 (12.32%) AngularJS
7 83 (9.93%) Spring
8 72 (8.61%) Kafka
9 64 (7.66%) RESTful
10 52 (6.22%) AWS CDK
11 49 (5.86%) HTML
12 39 (4.67%) .NET Core
13 38 (4.55%) RabbitMQ
14 37 (4.43%) PySpark
15 36 (4.31%) CSS
15 36 (4.31%) Gherkin
16 35 (4.19%) Jest
17 32 (3.83%) JSON
18 29 (3.47%) YAML
19 25 (2.99%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 185 (22.13%) Cloud Native
2 64 (7.66%) Distributed Systems
3 50 (5.98%) Greenfield Project
4 25 (2.99%) Product Ownership
5 24 (2.87%) Data Centre
5 24 (2.87%) Mobile App
6 18 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (2.15%) Public Cloud
7 17 (2.03%) Blockchain
7 17 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (2.03%) Web3
8 14 (1.67%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (1.32%) Low-Code
10 11 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.20%) IoT
12 9 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
12 9 (1.08%) Management Information System
13 7 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
13 7 (0.84%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 57 (6.82%) Linux
2 22 (2.63%) Windows
3 16 (1.91%) VMS
4 14 (1.67%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.72%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.60%) CentOS
7 5 (0.60%) Debian
7 5 (0.60%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 499 (59.69%) CI/CD
2 389 (46.53%) DevOps
3 308 (36.84%) Infrastructure as Code
4 285 (34.09%) Agile
5 195 (23.33%) Mentoring
6 190 (22.73%) Microservices
7 175 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
8 171 (20.45%) Software Engineering
9 166 (19.86%) Full-Stack Development
10 161 (19.26%) Test Automation
11 155 (18.54%) Containerisation
12 141 (16.87%) AI
12 141 (16.87%) Observability
13 127 (15.19%) Continuous Improvement
14 116 (13.88%) Event-Driven
15 115 (13.76%) Analytics
16 93 (11.12%) Cloud Security
17 90 (10.77%) DevSecOps
18 82 (9.81%) Event-Driven Architecture
19 80 (9.57%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 328 (39.23%) Python
2 238 (28.47%) SQL
3 213 (25.48%) TypeScript
4 177 (21.17%) Java
5 162 (19.38%) JavaScript
6 131 (15.67%) C#
7 82 (9.81%) Bash
8 49 (5.86%) Kotlin
9 44 (5.26%) Groovy
10 43 (5.14%) Go
11 40 (4.78%) PowerShell
12 30 (3.59%) Bicep
13 21 (2.51%) Rust
14 16 (1.91%) Kusto Query Language
15 15 (1.79%) PHP
16 14 (1.67%) Swift
17 11 (1.32%) Shell Script
18 8 (0.96%) T-SQL
19 6 (0.72%) C++
20 5 (0.60%) Scala
Qualifications
1 103 (12.32%) Security Cleared
2 98 (11.72%) Degree
3 73 (8.73%) AWS Certification
3 73 (8.73%) SC Cleared
4 53 (6.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (4.78%) Azure Certification
6 39 (4.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 26 (3.11%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 25 (2.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 22 (2.63%) DV Cleared
9 22 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
10 17 (2.03%) Master's Degree
10 17 (2.03%) OSCP
11 12 (1.44%) DBS Check
12 10 (1.20%) AWS Certified Developer
13 9 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (1.08%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (0.84%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
15 6 (0.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 5 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.50%) Data Quality
2 38 (4.55%) GDPR
3 35 (4.19%) QA
4 25 (2.99%) GRC
5 15 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.44%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.08%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.08%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.60%) NIST
9 4 (0.48%) Solvency II
10 3 (0.36%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.24%) PMO
11 2 (0.24%) SLA
12 1 (0.12%) MiFID
12 1 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 244 (29.19%) Docker
2 31 (3.71%) Virtual Machines
3 22 (2.63%) Active Directory
4 8 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.96%) vSphere
5 4 (0.48%) iptables
5 4 (0.48%) Squid
5 4 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.48%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.36%) Firmware
7 2 (0.24%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 269 (32.18%) Terraform
2 179 (21.41%) Kubernetes
3 86 (10.29%) Ansible
4 56 (6.70%) Prometheus
5 51 (6.10%) Grafana
6 29 (3.47%) HP Fortify
7 20 (2.39%) Kibana
8 15 (1.79%) Puppet
9 14 (1.67%) Packer
10 7 (0.84%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.48%) Argo
11 4 (0.48%) Podman
11 4 (0.48%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.36%) Scalr
13 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (0.24%) Nagios
14 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 111 (13.28%) Microsoft
2 35 (4.19%) Databricks
3 30 (3.59%) Tenable
4 25 (2.99%) CrowdStrike
4 25 (2.99%) Palo Alto
5 24 (2.87%) Oracle
6 16 (1.91%) Splunk
7 14 (1.67%) Amplitude
7 14 (1.67%) Braze
8 12 (1.44%) Google
8 12 (1.44%) OpenAI
9 11 (1.32%) Red Hat
10 10 (1.20%) Dynatrace
11 9 (1.08%) AppDynamics
12 8 (0.96%) IBM
12 8 (0.96%) VMware
13 7 (0.84%) HubSpot
14 5 (0.60%) SaltStack
15 4 (0.48%) NVIDIA
15 4 (0.48%) Salesforce