Serverless Job Trends in London

Serverless Computing
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Serverless skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 85 131
Rank change year-on-year -83 +46 -17
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 290 482 565
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.50% 3.73% 2.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.12% 8.43% 5.56%
Number of salaries quoted 193 341 433
10th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £56,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £92,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.81% +8.82% +3.03%
75th Percentile £93,750 £115,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £138,750 £119,750
England median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

All Cloud Computing Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 7,045 5,716 10,154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 36.41% 44.27% 43.81%
Number of salaries quoted 4,525 4,145 8,184
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £76,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.31% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

Serverless
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Serverless relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Serverless job vacancy trend in London

Serverless
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Serverless.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Serverless

Serverless
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Serverless in London over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Serverless in London

Serverless
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Serverless within the London region over the 6 months to 19 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
Central London -3 40 £82,500 -13.16% 38
South London -19 12 £80,000 +30.61% 2
West London -25 5 £85,000 +112.50% 4
East London -15 3 - - 5
Serverless
England

Serverless
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 19 (6.55%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (5.17%) Apache Spark
3 14 (4.83%) Apache
4 6 (2.07%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.03%) WordPress
6 2 (0.69%) CMS
6 2 (0.69%) Confluence
6 2 (0.69%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.69%) nginx
6 2 (0.69%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.34%) JBoss
7 1 (0.34%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.34%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 6 (2.07%) PlantUML
1 6 (2.07%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (1.03%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 196 (67.59%) AWS
2 147 (50.69%) AWS Lambda
3 110 (37.93%) Azure
4 88 (30.34%) Amazon S3
5 61 (21.03%) Azure Functions
6 59 (20.34%) AWS CloudFormation
7 52 (17.93%) GitHub
8 39 (13.45%) GitHub Actions
9 38 (13.10%) Amazon SQS
10 36 (12.41%) Datadog
11 35 (12.07%) Amazon EC2
11 35 (12.07%) Power Platform
12 34 (11.72%) Azure DevOps
12 34 (11.72%) Azure Logic Apps
13 32 (11.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 32 (11.03%) Azure Monitor
14 30 (10.34%) AWS Step Functions
15 28 (9.66%) SaaS
16 23 (7.93%) GCP
17 20 (6.90%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.48%) DSL
2 12 (4.14%) Firewall
3 8 (2.76%) VPN
4 5 (1.72%) AMQP
5 4 (1.38%) Broadband
5 4 (1.38%) Network Security
5 4 (1.38%) WAN
6 3 (1.03%) DNS
7 1 (0.34%) 4G
7 1 (0.34%) 5G
7 1 (0.34%) Intranet
7 1 (0.34%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (18.62%) DynamoDB
2 33 (11.38%) Amazon RDS
2 33 (11.38%) NoSQL
3 23 (7.93%) Power BI
3 23 (7.93%) SQL Server
4 21 (7.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 19 (6.55%) Amazon Redshift
5 19 (6.55%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (5.17%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (4.83%) Data Lake
8 12 (4.14%) MySQL
9 11 (3.79%) Delta Lake
10 9 (3.10%) Amazon Athena
10 9 (3.10%) Metadata
11 7 (2.41%) Relational Database
12 6 (2.07%) Big Data
12 6 (2.07%) MongoDB
13 5 (1.72%) Apache Iceberg
13 5 (1.72%) Snowflake Schema
13 5 (1.72%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 55 (18.97%) Jenkins
2 43 (14.83%) GitLab
3 41 (14.14%) Git
4 23 (7.93%) CircleCI
5 7 (2.41%) MLflow
6 6 (2.07%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (1.72%) Maven
8 4 (1.38%) JIRA
9 3 (1.03%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.03%) ESLint
9 3 (1.03%) Gradle
9 3 (1.03%) JUnit
9 3 (1.03%) webpack
10 2 (0.69%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.69%) JMeter
10 2 (0.69%) Mocha
10 2 (0.69%) Mockito
10 2 (0.69%) Storybook
10 2 (0.69%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.34%) Zephyr
General
1 84 (28.97%) Social Skills
2 71 (24.48%) Finance
3 21 (7.24%) Public Sector
4 19 (6.55%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (6.21%) Banking
6 16 (5.52%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (5.17%) Publishing
8 14 (4.83%) Health Technology
8 14 (4.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (4.83%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (4.83%) Tech for Good
9 8 (2.76%) Advertising
10 6 (2.07%) Law
11 5 (1.72%) Retail
12 3 (1.03%) Billing
12 3 (1.03%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.03%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.03%) Military
13 2 (0.69%) Front Office
13 2 (0.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 90 (31.03%) Senior
2 80 (27.59%) Developer
3 50 (17.24%) Architect
4 46 (15.86%) AWS Engineer
5 33 (11.38%) Lead
6 28 (9.66%) AWS Developer
6 28 (9.66%) Senior Developer
7 23 (7.93%) Cloud Engineer
8 22 (7.59%) Support Engineer
9 21 (7.24%) Lead Developer
10 20 (6.90%) AWS Architect
10 20 (6.90%) Azure Engineer
10 20 (6.90%) Data Engineer
10 20 (6.90%) Full-Stack Developer
11 19 (6.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 18 (6.21%) DevOps Engineer
12 18 (6.21%) React Developer
12 18 (6.21%) Senior Architect
13 15 (5.17%) Python Developer
14 14 (4.83%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (16.55%) React
2 47 (16.21%) .NET
3 41 (14.14%) Kafka
4 40 (13.79%) RESTful
5 37 (12.76%) Node.js
6 24 (8.28%) .NET Core
7 23 (7.93%) AWS CDK
7 23 (7.93%) RabbitMQ
7 23 (7.93%) REST
8 20 (6.90%) PySpark
9 16 (5.52%) OAuth
10 15 (5.17%) gRPC
10 15 (5.17%) HTML
11 14 (4.83%) CSS
11 14 (4.83%) web3js
11 14 (4.83%) YAML
12 13 (4.48%) Elastic Stack
13 12 (4.14%) JSON
13 12 (4.14%) Spring
13 12 (4.14%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 67 (23.10%) Cloud Native
2 17 (5.86%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (4.83%) Blockchain
3 14 (4.83%) Web3
4 12 (4.14%) Public Cloud
5 11 (3.79%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (3.10%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.41%) Data Structures
7 7 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (2.07%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.72%) Reinsurance
10 4 (1.38%) Distributed Computing
10 4 (1.38%) Virtual Team
11 3 (1.03%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.03%) Data Fabric
11 3 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (1.03%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.03%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.52%) VMS
2 9 (3.10%) Linux
3 8 (2.76%) Windows
4 2 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (62.07%) CI/CD
2 143 (49.31%) DevOps
3 116 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 82 (28.28%) Agile
5 77 (26.55%) Mentoring
6 71 (24.48%) Analytics
7 69 (23.79%) Microservices
8 64 (22.07%) AI
9 61 (21.03%) Problem-Solving
10 59 (20.34%) Containerisation
11 58 (20.00%) Observability
12 54 (18.62%) Software Engineering
13 52 (17.93%) Continuous Integration
14 50 (17.24%) Full-Stack Development
14 50 (17.24%) Test Automation
15 48 (16.55%) Continuous Improvement
16 43 (14.83%) Data Pipeline
17 39 (13.45%) Event-Driven
17 39 (13.45%) High Availability
18 30 (10.34%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 132 (45.52%) Python
2 89 (30.69%) SQL
3 65 (22.41%) TypeScript
4 51 (17.59%) C#
5 45 (15.52%) JavaScript
6 37 (12.76%) Go
7 27 (9.31%) Java
8 22 (7.59%) Bash
9 17 (5.86%) PowerShell
10 16 (5.52%) Kusto Query Language
11 13 (4.48%) Rust
12 11 (3.79%) Bicep
13 4 (1.38%) Shell Script
14 3 (1.03%) R
14 3 (1.03%) Scala
14 3 (1.03%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.69%) Groovy
15 2 (0.69%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.69%) Ruby
16 1 (0.34%) Korn
Qualifications
1 41 (14.14%) Security Cleared
2 33 (11.38%) Degree
3 30 (10.34%) SC Cleared
4 28 (9.66%) AWS Certification
5 16 (5.52%) Azure Certification
6 13 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (4.48%) OSCP
7 8 (2.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 7 (2.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 5 (1.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (1.38%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 3 (1.03%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.69%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.69%) PhD
12 2 (0.69%) SnowPro
13 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.34%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.34%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.31%) QA
2 21 (7.24%) Data Quality
3 16 (5.52%) GDPR
4 13 (4.48%) SOC 2
5 9 (3.10%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.38%) Solvency II
7 2 (0.69%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.69%) SLA
7 2 (0.69%) WCAG
8 1 (0.34%) MiFID
8 1 (0.34%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 77 (26.55%) Docker
2 8 (2.76%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.76%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.69%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 113 (38.97%) Terraform
2 93 (32.07%) Kubernetes
3 42 (14.48%) Ansible
4 29 (10.00%) Grafana
4 29 (10.00%) Prometheus
5 10 (3.45%) Kibana
6 1 (0.34%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 40 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.28%) Databricks
3 6 (2.07%) OpenAI
3 6 (2.07%) Palo Alto
4 5 (1.72%) Google
4 5 (1.72%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.38%) Splunk
5 4 (1.38%) Zscaler
6 2 (0.69%) Apple
6 2 (0.69%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (0.69%) Dynatrace
6 2 (0.69%) Fortinet
6 2 (0.69%) Foundry
6 2 (0.69%) Red Hat
6 2 (0.69%) SendGrid
7 1 (0.34%) Cisco
7 1 (0.34%) Dataiku
7 1 (0.34%) DataRobot
7 1 (0.34%) New Relic
7 1 (0.34%) Palantir