AWS Lambda Job Trends in the UK excluding London

AWS Lambda
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring AWS Lambda skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 338 440
Rank change year-on-year +1 +102 -32
Permanent jobs citing AWS Lambda 279 201 358
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.68% 0.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.72% 2.36% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 201 151 257
10th Percentile £48,500 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,555 £52,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -7.41% +3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK excluding London

AWS Lambda 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 16,244 8,533 23,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.14% 28.67% 30.21%
Number of salaries quoted 10,361 5,863 18,004
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,685
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +3.58% -7.85%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,840 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -9.45%

AWS Lambda
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AWS Lambda relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

AWS Lambda job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

AWS Lambda
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing AWS Lambda.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing AWS Lambda

AWS Lambda
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing AWS Lambda in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for AWS Lambda in the UK excluding London

AWS Lambda
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AWS Lambda within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
North of England +46 148 £75,000 +15.38% 65
Yorkshire +27 102 £75,000 +25.00% 20
Midlands +5 52 £55,000 +29.41% 24
North West +1 38 £72,500 +3.57% 32
South West -44 37 £62,500 +4.17% 30
East Midlands +2 36 £55,000 +18.92% 14
South East -13 25 £82,500 +50.00% 49
West Midlands -23 16 £50,000 +17.65% 10
Wales -37 10 £72,500 +92.14% 18
North East -43 8 £68,750 +10.00% 13
Scotland -9 7 £76,783 +33.53% 17
East of England -37 4 £62,500 -26.47% 28
Northern Ireland - 1 £95,000 - 17
AWS Lambda
UK

AWS Lambda
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 13 (4.66%) Apache
2 12 (4.30%) Apache Spark
3 8 (2.87%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (2.51%) Confluence
5 3 (1.08%) JBoss
6 2 (0.72%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.36%) CMS
7 1 (0.36%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 279 (100.00%) Serverless
2 278 (99.64%) AWS
3 216 (77.42%) Amazon S3
4 128 (45.88%) Amazon ECS
5 117 (41.94%) AWS CloudFormation
6 95 (34.05%) AWS Step Functions
7 65 (23.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 63 (22.58%) Amazon SQS
9 54 (19.35%) Amazon EC2
10 46 (16.49%) GitHub
11 44 (15.77%) Amazon ECR
12 43 (15.41%) Amazon EKS
13 39 (13.98%) Apigee
14 31 (11.11%) Azure
15 30 (10.75%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 29 (10.39%) GitHub Actions
17 26 (9.32%) Amazon EventBridge
18 25 (8.96%) Datadog
19 23 (8.24%) SaaS
20 18 (6.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.51%) AMQP
2 6 (2.15%) Network Security
3 4 (1.43%) Firewall
3 4 (1.43%) IPv4
3 4 (1.43%) Software-Defined Networking
4 2 (0.72%) VPN
5 1 (0.36%) DHCP
5 1 (0.36%) DNS
5 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.36%) VLAN
5 1 (0.36%) VoIP
5 1 (0.36%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (40.86%) DynamoDB
2 54 (19.35%) Amazon RDS
3 39 (13.98%) Amazon Athena
4 35 (12.54%) NoSQL
5 31 (11.11%) Amazon Redshift
6 14 (5.02%) PostgreSQL
7 13 (4.66%) SQL Server
8 12 (4.30%) Relational Database
9 11 (3.94%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (3.58%) Big Data
10 10 (3.58%) MySQL
11 6 (2.15%) Cloudera CDH
11 6 (2.15%) Hadoop
11 6 (2.15%) Power BI
12 4 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (1.43%) RDBMS
12 4 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (1.08%) Tableau
14 2 (0.72%) MongoDB
14 2 (0.72%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 85 (30.47%) Jenkins
2 56 (20.07%) Git
3 54 (19.35%) GitLab
4 36 (12.90%) Cypress.io
5 35 (12.54%) SonarQube
6 30 (10.75%) Maven
7 19 (6.81%) JIRA
8 10 (3.58%) Bitbucket
9 9 (3.23%) Cucumber
10 8 (2.87%) Postman
10 8 (2.87%) Selenium
11 4 (1.43%) Artifactory
11 4 (1.43%) SpecFlow
12 3 (1.08%) Claude Code
12 3 (1.08%) JUnit
12 3 (1.08%) Octopus Deploy
13 2 (0.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 2 (0.72%) Karma Test Runner
13 2 (0.72%) REST Assured
13 2 (0.72%) Zephyr
General
1 57 (20.43%) Social Skills
2 30 (10.75%) Public Sector
3 29 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.17%) Finance
5 9 (3.23%) Aerospace
6 6 (2.15%) Advertising
7 5 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.43%) Banking
8 4 (1.43%) Health Technology
9 3 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.08%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.08%) Legal
10 2 (0.72%) Billing
10 2 (0.72%) Games
11 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.36%) Marketing
11 1 (0.36%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 142 (50.90%) Developer
2 77 (27.60%) Senior
3 75 (26.88%) Java Developer
4 47 (16.85%) Senior Developer
5 44 (15.77%) Full-Stack Developer
6 38 (13.62%) AWS Developer
6 38 (13.62%) Lead
7 27 (9.68%) Software Engineer
8 21 (7.53%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
9 17 (6.09%) Data Engineer
9 17 (6.09%) Lead Developer
9 17 (6.09%) Software Developer
10 16 (5.73%) DevOps Engineer
10 16 (5.73%) React Developer
11 15 (5.38%) AWS Engineer
12 14 (5.02%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 14 (5.02%) Python Developer
12 14 (5.02%) Senior Java Developer
13 12 (4.30%) Node.js Developer
14 10 (3.58%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (41.94%) Node.js
2 92 (32.97%) AngularJS
3 85 (30.47%) React
4 79 (28.32%) Spring Boot
5 52 (18.64%) Spring
6 37 (13.26%) Gherkin
6 37 (13.26%) REST
7 35 (12.54%) Jest
8 23 (8.24%) HTML
9 20 (7.17%) AWS CDK
9 20 (7.17%) RESTful
10 19 (6.81%) Kafka
11 16 (5.73%) .NET
12 15 (5.38%) CSS
12 15 (5.38%) Swagger
13 13 (4.66%) OpenAPI
14 12 (4.30%) RabbitMQ
15 10 (3.58%) OpenTelemetry
16 9 (3.23%) Ruby on Rails
16 9 (3.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (17.20%) Cloud Native
2 25 (8.96%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (4.30%) Greenfield Project
4 11 (3.94%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.51%) Mainframe
7 6 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.79%) IoT
9 4 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.43%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.08%) Distributed Architecture
10 3 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.08%) NHS
11 2 (0.72%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.72%) Digital Wallet
11 2 (0.72%) Security Posture
12 1 (0.36%) Public Cloud
12 1 (0.36%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.75%) Linux
2 10 (3.58%) Windows
3 6 (2.15%) CentOS
3 6 (2.15%) Debian
3 6 (2.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (2.15%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.43%) Unix
4 4 (1.43%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.72%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (60.57%) CI/CD
2 125 (44.80%) DevOps
3 109 (39.07%) Agile
4 93 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
5 80 (28.67%) Full-Stack Development
6 63 (22.58%) Containerisation
7 61 (21.86%) Software Engineering
8 60 (21.51%) Mentoring
9 58 (20.79%) Microservices
10 49 (17.56%) Problem-Solving
11 43 (15.41%) AI
12 42 (15.05%) Event-Driven
13 40 (14.34%) Observability
14 39 (13.98%) Test Automation
15 34 (12.19%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 32 (11.47%) Continuous Integration
16 32 (11.47%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 31 (11.11%) DevSecOps
18 30 (10.75%) SDLC
19 29 (10.39%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 116 (41.58%) Java
1 116 (41.58%) Python
2 106 (37.99%) TypeScript
3 95 (34.05%) SQL
4 59 (21.15%) JavaScript
5 50 (17.92%) Bash
6 44 (15.77%) Groovy
7 34 (12.19%) Kotlin
8 15 (5.38%) C#
9 13 (4.66%) PowerShell
10 9 (3.23%) Ruby
11 8 (2.87%) PHP
12 6 (2.15%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.79%) Scala
14 4 (1.43%) Perl
15 3 (1.08%) Go
16 2 (0.72%) COBOL
16 2 (0.72%) PL/SQL
17 1 (0.36%) Natural
17 1 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 51 (18.28%) AWS Certification
2 35 (12.54%) Security Cleared
3 26 (9.32%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 24 (8.60%) SC Cleared
5 22 (7.89%) ITIL Certification
6 20 (7.17%) Degree
7 16 (5.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 14 (5.02%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (4.66%) DV Cleared
10 8 (2.87%) AWS Certified Developer
11 6 (2.15%) ISTQB
12 4 (1.43%) CCNA
12 4 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.43%) OSCP
12 4 (1.43%) RHCE
12 4 (1.43%) RHCSA
13 3 (1.08%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 3 (1.08%) IIBA
13 3 (1.08%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.66%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.94%) QA
3 8 (2.87%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.79%) WCAG
5 3 (1.08%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.72%) GDPR
6 2 (0.72%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.72%) NCSC
System Software
1 123 (44.09%) Docker
2 4 (1.43%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.43%) iptables
2 4 (1.43%) Squid
2 4 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.43%) VMware NSX
2 4 (1.43%) vSphere
3 3 (1.08%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 86 (30.82%) Terraform
2 47 (16.85%) Kubernetes
3 31 (11.11%) Ansible
4 29 (10.39%) HP Fortify
5 14 (5.02%) Grafana
6 12 (4.30%) Prometheus
7 10 (3.58%) Puppet
8 9 (3.23%) Packer
9 4 (1.43%) Control-M
9 4 (1.43%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.43%) ZABBIX
10 3 (1.08%) Scalr
11 2 (0.72%) Kibana
Vendors
1 15 (5.38%) Oracle
2 10 (3.58%) Red Hat
3 8 (2.87%) Splunk
4 7 (2.51%) AppDynamics
4 7 (2.51%) HubSpot
5 6 (2.15%) Google
5 6 (2.15%) IBM
5 6 (2.15%) Microsoft
5 6 (2.15%) SaltStack
6 5 (1.79%) Informatica
7 4 (1.43%) VMware
8 3 (1.08%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.08%) OneLogin
8 3 (1.08%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.72%) Databricks
9 2 (0.72%) SnapLogic
10 1 (0.36%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.36%) Confluent