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

As of 2026-10-29, serverless appears in 1,171 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning serverless, with demand share up 10.1% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-29

Postings · last 90 days
1,171
Demand vs prior month
up 10.1% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 29.0% 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 1,171 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning serverless (29.0% of all postings mentioning serverless).

+What jobs require serverless?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning serverless are Cloud Solutions Architect (10.5% of that role’s postings mention serverless), Systems Development Engineer (10.0% of that role’s postings mention serverless), Delivery Consultant (9.3% of that role’s postings mention serverless).

+What skills are commonly paired with serverless?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-29), serverless most often appears alongside AWS, CI/CD, Python, microservices, Kubernetes.

+Where is serverless most in demand?

As of 2026-10-29, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring serverless are London, San Francisco, New York City, Hyderabad, Paris, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

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

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning serverless alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new serverless content from your Skillenai account.

+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: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairpython → serverless: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairsql → serverless: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairPHP → serverless: 5 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 pairC# → serverless: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairserverlessAWS: 9 movesAWS9 movespython: 7 movespython7 movessql: 7 movessql7 movesPHP: 5 movesPHP5 moveskubernetes: 4 moveskubernetes4 movesJenkins: 4 movesJenkins4 movesterraform: 4 movesterraform4 movesC#: 3 movesC#3 moves

Skills after serverless

After serverlessserverless → kubernetes: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairserverless → Ansible: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairserverless → S3: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairserverless → GitHub Actions: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairserverless → encryption: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairserverless → Java: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairserverless → Jenkins: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairserverless → Terraform modules: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairserverlesskubernetes: 4 moveskubernetes4 movesAnsible: 4 movesAnsible4 movesS3: 3 movesS33 movesGitHub Actions: 3 movesGitHub Actions3 movesencryption: 3 movesencryption3 movesJava: 3 movesJava3 movesJenkins: 3 movesJenkins3 movesTerraform modules: 3 movesTerraform modules3 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: AWS9
Before: python7
Before: sql7
Before: PHP5
Before: kubernetes4
Before: Jenkins4
Before: terraform4
Before: C#3
After: kubernetes4
After: Ansible4
After: S33
After: GitHub Actions3
After: encryption3
After: Java3
After: Jenkins3
After: Terraform modules3

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
Cloud Solutions Architect810.5%
Systems Development Engineer210.0%
Delivery Consultant49.3%
Field Engineer58.3%
Cloud Developer58.2%
Application Security Analyst28.0%
Sales Engineering Manager28.0%
Team Lead27.4%
Cloud Architect287.2%
Back-End Developer26.5%

Roles with the most serverless postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer34029.0%
Solutions Architect554.7%
Backend Engineer413.5%
Cloud Engineer353.0%
Full Stack Engineer302.6%
Cloud Architect282.4%
Solution Architect262.2%
Platform Engineer242.0%
DevOps Engineer232.0%
Software Architect232.0%

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
Accenture21
Capital One20
Barclays20
Amazon Web Services (AWS)20
Kalepa16
Cloudflare14
EPAM Systems11
Palo Alto Networks10
Northrop Grumman9
Bloomberg9

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
London272.3%
San Francisco272.3%
New York City242.0%
Hyderabad221.9%
Paris181.5%
Pune181.5%
São Paulo171.5%
Bengaluru161.4%
Arlington121.0%

Skills commonly paired with serverless

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How this was computed

Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29. 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 2,482 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 and 2026-07-28 to 2026-10-26 (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.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
879cd9b6198d5c17
data_as_of
2026-10-29
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index