Serverless Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Serverless Computing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Serverless skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 254 239
Rank change year-on-year +25 -15 -38
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 570 366 684
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.78% 1.08% 1.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.22% 3.96% 3.51%
Number of salaries quoted 376 263 401
10th Percentile £47,930 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £54,688 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -4.00% -7.43%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.38% -2.76% +3.57%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 17,705 9,240 19,477
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.31% 27.27% 29.63%
Number of salaries quoted 11,516 6,437 14,220
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.00%

Serverless
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Serverless job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Serverless
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Serverless

Serverless
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Serverless in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Serverless in the UK excluding London

Serverless
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 Serverless within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 July 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 +97 279 £75,000 +15.38% 71
North West +56 127 £70,000 +7.69% 37
Yorkshire +37 121 £80,000 +33.33% 19
Midlands 0 90 £57,500 -2.13% 31
South East -19 77 £65,000 - 33
South West -54 63 £60,500 +0.83% 34
East Midlands +29 59 £55,000 +46.67% 12
Wales -31 38 £72,500 +39.42% 6
North East -19 31 £75,000 +15.38% 15
West Midlands -52 31 £62,500 +4.17% 19
East of England -36 17 £59,725 -0.46% 8
Scotland +1 13 £70,000 +27.27% 9
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2
Serverless
UK

Serverless
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 16 (2.81%) Confluence
2 12 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.93%) Apache
4 9 (1.58%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.40%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.40%) SAS
6 5 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.70%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.70%) JBoss
7 4 (0.70%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.53%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.35%) nginx
10 1 (0.18%) CMS
10 1 (0.18%) IIS
10 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 16 (2.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.05%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.18%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 414 (72.63%) AWS
2 275 (48.25%) AWS Lambda
3 202 (35.44%) Amazon S3
4 182 (31.93%) Azure
5 149 (26.14%) Amazon ECS
6 129 (22.63%) AWS CloudFormation
7 94 (16.49%) Azure Functions
7 94 (16.49%) GitHub
8 77 (13.51%) AWS Step Functions
9 67 (11.75%) Amazon SQS
10 65 (11.40%) Amazon EC2
11 61 (10.70%) Azure DevOps
12 55 (9.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 55 (9.65%) Amazon EKS
13 52 (9.12%) GitHub Actions
14 46 (8.07%) GCP
15 43 (7.54%) Azure Logic Apps
16 40 (7.02%) SaaS
17 39 (6.84%) Amazon ECR
17 39 (6.84%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.63%) VPN
2 13 (2.28%) Network Security
3 8 (1.40%) MQTT
4 7 (1.23%) Firewall
5 5 (0.88%) AMQP
6 4 (0.70%) DNS
6 4 (0.70%) IPv4
6 4 (0.70%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.53%) DHCP
7 3 (0.53%) LTE
7 3 (0.53%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.53%) VLAN
8 2 (0.35%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.35%) WAN
8 2 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.18%) HTTP
9 1 (0.18%) VoIP
9 1 (0.18%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (20.35%) DynamoDB
2 54 (9.47%) Amazon RDS
3 49 (8.60%) NoSQL
4 43 (7.54%) SQL Server
5 42 (7.37%) PostgreSQL
6 36 (6.32%) Amazon Athena
7 32 (5.61%) Relational Database
8 24 (4.21%) Amazon Redshift
9 22 (3.86%) Azure SQL Database
10 21 (3.68%) Data Warehouse
11 18 (3.16%) Power BI
12 17 (2.98%) MySQL
13 16 (2.81%) Big Data
14 15 (2.63%) MongoDB
15 14 (2.46%) Elasticsearch
16 10 (1.75%) RDBMS
16 10 (1.75%) Spark SQL
17 6 (1.05%) Redis
18 5 (0.88%) DocumentDB
19 4 (0.70%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 109 (19.12%) Git
2 107 (18.77%) Jenkins
3 61 (10.70%) GitLab
4 37 (6.49%) SonarQube
5 35 (6.14%) Cypress.io
6 32 (5.61%) JIRA
7 26 (4.56%) Maven
8 22 (3.86%) Snyk
9 15 (2.63%) JUnit
9 15 (2.63%) Selenium
10 14 (2.46%) Crashlytics
10 14 (2.46%) XCTest
11 13 (2.28%) Bitbucket
12 11 (1.93%) Postman
13 10 (1.75%) Cucumber
14 8 (1.40%) JMeter
15 7 (1.23%) Claude Code
15 7 (1.23%) Mockito
16 5 (0.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
17 4 (0.70%) SpecFlow
General
1 139 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 69 (12.11%) Public Sector
3 52 (9.12%) Finance
4 43 (7.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (4.91%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (2.63%) Law
7 8 (1.40%) Aerospace
8 5 (0.88%) Banking
8 5 (0.88%) Legal
9 4 (0.70%) Health Technology
9 4 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.53%) Games
10 3 (0.53%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.53%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.35%) Advertising
11 2 (0.35%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.35%) Marketing
12 1 (0.18%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.18%) Retail
Job Titles
1 213 (37.37%) Developer
2 160 (28.07%) Senior
3 81 (14.21%) Java Developer
4 79 (13.86%) Lead
5 72 (12.63%) Senior Developer
6 68 (11.93%) Full-Stack Developer
7 65 (11.40%) Software Engineer
8 63 (11.05%) Architect
9 41 (7.19%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 35 (6.14%) Cloud Architect
11 32 (5.61%) Data Engineer
12 31 (5.44%) Software Developer
13 30 (5.26%) AWS Developer
14 27 (4.74%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 25 (4.39%) Cloud Security Architect
15 25 (4.39%) Security Architect
16 24 (4.21%) DevOps Engineer
16 24 (4.21%) Senior Architect
17 23 (4.04%) Cloud Engineer
17 23 (4.04%) Senior Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (24.56%) Node.js
2 122 (21.40%) Spring Boot
3 121 (21.23%) React
4 96 (16.84%) AngularJS
5 95 (16.67%) Spring
6 89 (15.61%) REST
7 75 (13.16%) .NET
8 40 (7.02%) Jest
9 36 (6.32%) AWS CDK
10 34 (5.96%) Kafka
11 33 (5.79%) Gherkin
11 33 (5.79%) RESTful
12 30 (5.26%) HTML
13 26 (4.56%) Ruby on Rails
14 23 (4.04%) Next.js
15 20 (3.51%) ASP.NET
15 20 (3.51%) CSS
16 19 (3.33%) ASP.NET Core
16 19 (3.33%) Swagger
17 18 (3.16%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 139 (24.39%) Cloud Native
2 47 (8.25%) Distributed Systems
3 46 (8.07%) Greenfield Project
4 35 (6.14%) Product Ownership
5 30 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
6 25 (4.39%) Data Centre
7 22 (3.86%) Mainframe
7 22 (3.86%) Mobile App
8 16 (2.81%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (2.46%) Public Cloud
10 12 (2.11%) Podcast
10 12 (2.11%) Security Posture
11 9 (1.58%) IoT
12 8 (1.40%) Data Structures
12 8 (1.40%) Robotics
13 7 (1.23%) Digital Wallet
13 7 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (1.23%) Low-Code
13 7 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 38 (6.67%) Linux
2 27 (4.74%) Windows
3 14 (2.46%) Apple iOS
4 13 (2.28%) VMS
5 7 (1.23%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.88%) AIX
7 4 (0.70%) CentOS
7 4 (0.70%) Debian
7 4 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.70%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 341 (59.82%) CI/CD
2 269 (47.19%) Agile
3 244 (42.81%) DevOps
4 180 (31.58%) Infrastructure as Code
5 142 (24.91%) Full-Stack Development
6 131 (22.98%) AI
7 127 (22.28%) Microservices
8 126 (22.11%) Software Engineering
9 115 (20.18%) Continuous Improvement
9 115 (20.18%) Mentoring
10 111 (19.47%) Problem-Solving
11 106 (18.60%) Test Automation
12 105 (18.42%) Observability
13 101 (17.72%) Containerisation
14 89 (15.61%) Scrum
15 82 (14.39%) TDD
16 79 (13.86%) Clean Code
17 78 (13.68%) Event-Driven
18 77 (13.51%) DevSecOps
19 72 (12.63%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 195 (34.21%) Python
2 172 (30.18%) Java
3 151 (26.49%) TypeScript
4 146 (25.61%) SQL
5 119 (20.88%) JavaScript
6 82 (14.39%) C#
7 63 (11.05%) Bash
8 43 (7.54%) Kotlin
9 40 (7.02%) Groovy
10 28 (4.91%) PowerShell
11 26 (4.56%) Ruby
12 22 (3.86%) Bicep
13 14 (2.46%) Swift
14 13 (2.28%) Kusto Query Language
15 11 (1.93%) Shell Script
16 10 (1.75%) PHP
16 10 (1.75%) Rust
17 8 (1.40%) Go
18 6 (1.05%) COBOL
18 6 (1.05%) Scala
Qualifications
1 73 (12.81%) Security Cleared
2 61 (10.70%) SC Cleared
3 55 (9.65%) AWS Certification
4 53 (9.30%) Degree
5 29 (5.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 26 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (4.21%) Azure Certification
7 24 (4.21%) DV Cleared
8 21 (3.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 21 (3.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 19 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
10 16 (2.81%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.75%) AWS Certified Developer
12 9 (1.58%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (1.40%) DBS Check
13 8 (1.40%) ISTQB
14 7 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
15 6 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
16 5 (0.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 4 (0.70%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.74%) QA
2 26 (4.56%) Data Quality
3 22 (3.86%) GDPR
3 22 (3.86%) GRC
4 21 (3.68%) Accessibility
5 16 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (2.63%) WCAG
7 6 (1.05%) Government Security Classifications
7 6 (1.05%) NCSC
8 4 (0.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 4 (0.70%) NIST
9 3 (0.53%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 182 (31.93%) Docker
2 26 (4.56%) Active Directory
3 23 (4.04%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.81%) vSphere
5 12 (2.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.70%) Squid
6 4 (0.70%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.53%) Firmware
7 3 (0.53%) iptables
8 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 177 (31.05%) Terraform
2 110 (19.30%) Kubernetes
3 55 (9.65%) Ansible
4 24 (4.21%) HP Fortify
5 21 (3.68%) Grafana
6 18 (3.16%) Prometheus
7 14 (2.46%) Kibana
7 14 (2.46%) Packer
7 14 (2.46%) Puppet
8 6 (1.05%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.70%) Podman
9 4 (0.70%) ZABBIX
10 3 (0.53%) Scalr
11 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (0.18%) Fluentd
12 1 (0.18%) logstash
12 1 (0.18%) Nagios
Vendors
1 77 (13.51%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.74%) Tenable
3 24 (4.21%) Oracle
4 22 (3.86%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (3.86%) Palo Alto
5 19 (3.33%) Splunk
6 16 (2.81%) VMware
7 14 (2.46%) Amplitude
7 14 (2.46%) Braze
7 14 (2.46%) Databricks
8 13 (2.28%) Dynatrace
9 12 (2.11%) Google
9 12 (2.11%) ScienceLogic
10 9 (1.58%) AppDynamics
11 8 (1.40%) IBM
11 8 (1.40%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.23%) HubSpot
12 7 (1.23%) OneLogin
12 7 (1.23%) OpenAI
13 4 (0.70%) NVIDIA