serverless jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-09-30, serverless appears in 924 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning serverless, with demand share up 3.5% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30

Postings · last 90 days
924
Demand vs prior month
up 3.5% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 31.5% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
London

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Frequently asked questions about serverless

+Is serverless in demand in 2026?

Yes. serverless appears in 924 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning serverless (31.5% of all postings mentioning serverless).

+What jobs require serverless?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning serverless are Field Engineer (11.1% of that role’s postings mention serverless), Information Security Consultant (8.6% of that role’s postings mention serverless), Cloud Security Architect (6.2% of that role’s postings mention serverless).

+What skills are commonly paired with serverless?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), serverless most often appears alongside AWS, Python, CI/CD, Kubernetes, microservices.

+Where is serverless most in demand?

As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring serverless are London, San Francisco, Paris, New York City, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new serverless content and jobs?

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+Which skills come before and after serverless?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring serverless — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around serverless

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before serverless

Before serverlessAWS → serverless: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairpython → serverless: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairsql → serverless: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairPHP → serverless: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairkubernetes → serverless: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairJenkins → serverless: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairterraform → serverless: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairMicroservices → serverless: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairserverlessAWS: 8 movesAWS8 movespython: 6 movespython6 movessql: 5 movessql5 movesPHP: 4 movesPHP4 moveskubernetes: 4 moveskubernetes4 movesJenkins: 4 movesJenkins4 movesterraform: 4 movesterraform4 movesMicroservices: 3 movesMicroservices3 moves

Skills after serverless

After serverlessserverless → Ansible: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairserverless → kubernetes: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairserverless → GitHub Actions: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairserverless → Terraform modules: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairserverless → encryption: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairserverless → S3: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairserverless → sql: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairserverless → rag: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairserverlessAnsible: 4 movesAnsible4 moveskubernetes: 3 moveskubernetes3 movesGitHub Actions: 3 movesGitHub Actions3 movesTerraform modules: 3 movesTerraform modules3 movesencryption: 3 movesencryption3 movesS3: 3 movesS33 movessql: 2 movessql2 movesrag: 2 movesrag2 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: AWS8
Before: python6
Before: sql5
Before: PHP4
Before: kubernetes4
Before: Jenkins4
Before: terraform4
Before: Microservices3
After: Ansible4
After: kubernetes3
After: GitHub Actions3
After: Terraform modules3
After: encryption3
After: S33
After: sql2
After: rag2

Roles most likely to require serverless

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Field Engineer511.1%
Information Security Consultant38.6%
Cloud Security Architect36.2%
Cloud Architect186.1%
Software Engineering Director56.0%
Cloud Developer35.9%
Lead Developer25.1%
AI Automation Engineer45.1%
Cloud Solutions Architect45.0%
Cloud Security Analyst15.0%

Roles with the most serverless postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer29131.5%
Backend Engineer293.1%
Solutions Architect293.1%
DevOps Engineer242.6%
Platform Engineer242.6%
Cloud Engineer202.2%
Engineering Manager192.1%
Cloud Architect181.9%
Solution Architect181.9%
Full Stack Engineer171.8%

Top companies posting jobs requiring serverless

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring serverless
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Barclays17
Kalepa17
Accenture16
Capital One15
Cloudflare15
Diligent12
WPP10
Thoughtworksreferral10
Teleperformance8
Finvari8

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for serverless

NamePostingsShare
London333.6%
San Francisco252.7%
Paris242.6%
New York City222.4%
Bengaluru161.7%
Hyderabad161.7%
Pune131.4%
São Paulo131.4%
Boston121.3%

Skills commonly paired with serverless

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning serverless by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s serverless postings by all serverless postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.4% to 0.4%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,596 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

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Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index