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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 121 234
Rank change year-on-year -112 +113 -59
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 373 766 603
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.80% 2.34% 1.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.55% 7.02% 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 240 265 465
10th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,750 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,932 £76,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +8.57% -3.45%

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 14,653 10,904 17,498
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.24% 33.36% 35.32%
Number of salaries quoted 7,293 6,083 14,554
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

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 11 February 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 11 February 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 +57 188 £75,000 +20.00% 78
Yorkshire +49 131 £75,000 +36.36% 32
Midlands +4 66 £60,000 +9.09% 23
North West +18 53 £75,000 +22.45% 40
South West -107 41 £62,500 -3.85% 45
South East -149 38 £67,500 +12.50% 68
East Midlands -4 36 £60,000 +4.35% 11
West Midlands -4 30 £55,625 +1.14% 12
East of England -50 16 £62,500 -5.66% 19
Wales -3 15 £41,740 +51.78% 2
Scotland -39 13 - - 8
Northern Ireland -13 7 £95,000 +11.76% 2
North East -11 4 £68,500 +9.60% 6
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 (4.29%) Apache Spark
2 15 (4.02%) Apache
3 14 (3.75%) SharePoint
4 12 (3.22%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.88%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (1.34%) Confluence
7 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.54%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.27%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.27%) CMS
8 1 (0.27%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.27%) JBoss
8 1 (0.27%) SAS
Business Applications
1 14 (3.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.27%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 300 (80.43%) AWS
2 187 (50.13%) AWS Lambda
3 170 (45.58%) Azure
4 157 (42.09%) Amazon S3
5 91 (24.40%) AWS CloudFormation
6 88 (23.59%) Amazon ECS
7 62 (16.62%) GitHub
8 60 (16.09%) Amazon EKS
9 58 (15.55%) AWS Step Functions
10 54 (14.48%) Azure Functions
11 49 (13.14%) Amazon SQS
12 44 (11.80%) GCP
13 43 (11.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 41 (10.99%) Azure Logic Apps
15 40 (10.72%) Amazon EC2
15 40 (10.72%) Azure DevOps
16 33 (8.85%) SaaS
17 30 (8.04%) Azure Service Bus
18 29 (7.77%) GitHub Actions
19 27 (7.24%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.61%) AMQP
1 6 (1.61%) Internet
2 5 (1.34%) Network Security
3 3 (0.80%) Firewall
4 2 (0.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (19.57%) DynamoDB
2 53 (14.21%) PostgreSQL
3 43 (11.53%) NoSQL
4 35 (9.38%) Amazon RDS
5 32 (8.58%) SQL Server
6 28 (7.51%) Relational Database
7 26 (6.97%) Amazon Redshift
8 16 (4.29%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (3.49%) RDBMS
10 11 (2.95%) Amazon Athena
11 10 (2.68%) MySQL
12 9 (2.41%) Big Data
13 7 (1.88%) Data Lake
13 7 (1.88%) Hadoop
13 7 (1.88%) Power BI
14 6 (1.61%) MongoDB
14 6 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 5 (1.34%) Cloudera CDH
15 5 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
16 4 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 71 (19.03%) Jenkins
2 61 (16.35%) Git
3 35 (9.38%) GitLab
4 26 (6.97%) SonarQube
5 25 (6.70%) Cypress.io
5 25 (6.70%) Maven
6 13 (3.49%) JUnit
7 9 (2.41%) JMeter
7 9 (2.41%) Mockito
8 6 (1.61%) git-flow
8 6 (1.61%) Storybook
9 5 (1.34%) Bitbucket
9 5 (1.34%) JIRA
10 3 (0.80%) MLflow
11 2 (0.54%) DBeaver
12 1 (0.27%) Crashlytics
12 1 (0.27%) Selenium
12 1 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
12 1 (0.27%) Vagrant
12 1 (0.27%) XCTest
General
1 107 (28.69%) Social Skills
2 36 (9.65%) Public Sector
3 29 (7.77%) Finance
4 27 (7.24%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (2.14%) Marketing
6 6 (1.61%) Advertising
7 5 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (1.34%) Law
7 5 (1.34%) Legal
7 5 (1.34%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.07%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.07%) Banking
8 4 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.07%) Publishing
9 3 (0.80%) Billing
9 3 (0.80%) Games
9 3 (0.80%) Investment Banking
9 3 (0.80%) Tech for Good
10 2 (0.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 171 (45.84%) Developer
2 66 (17.69%) Senior
3 54 (14.48%) Java Developer
4 47 (12.60%) Architect
4 47 (12.60%) Full-Stack Developer
5 45 (12.06%) Lead
6 44 (11.80%) Software Engineer
7 38 (10.19%) Senior Developer
8 31 (8.31%) .NET Developer
9 29 (7.77%) AWS Developer
10 27 (7.24%) Python Developer
11 23 (6.17%) Software Developer
12 22 (5.90%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 21 (5.63%) Cloud Engineer
14 18 (4.83%) Lead Developer
15 14 (3.75%) Applications Architect
15 14 (3.75%) Solutions Architect
16 13 (3.49%) AWS Engineer
16 13 (3.49%) Node.js Developer
16 13 (3.49%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (35.66%) React
2 92 (24.66%) Node.js
3 73 (19.57%) Spring Boot
4 66 (17.69%) .NET
4 66 (17.69%) AngularJS
5 61 (16.35%) HTML
6 60 (16.09%) Spring
7 54 (14.48%) REST
8 43 (11.53%) CSS
9 32 (8.58%) RESTful
10 28 (7.51%) AWS CDK
11 25 (6.70%) Gherkin
11 25 (6.70%) Jest
11 25 (6.70%) Vue
12 24 (6.43%) .NET Core
13 22 (5.90%) Kafka
14 21 (5.63%) Blazor
14 21 (5.63%) Web Services
15 19 (5.09%) ASP.NET
16 17 (4.56%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 86 (23.06%) Cloud Native
2 38 (10.19%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (8.85%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (3.75%) Data Structures
5 12 (3.22%) Mobile App
6 9 (2.41%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.34%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (1.34%) Security Posture
9 3 (0.80%) Animation
9 3 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.80%) IoT
9 3 (0.80%) Life Science
9 3 (0.80%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.80%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.54%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.54%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.90%) Linux
2 5 (1.34%) CentOS
2 5 (1.34%) Debian
2 5 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 5 (1.34%) Ubuntu
2 5 (1.34%) Unix
3 3 (0.80%) Windows
4 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (59.25%) CI/CD
2 188 (50.40%) DevOps
3 171 (45.84%) Agile
4 129 (34.58%) Microservices
5 122 (32.71%) Infrastructure as Code
6 99 (26.54%) Mentoring
7 92 (24.66%) Full-Stack Development
8 85 (22.79%) Problem-Solving
9 84 (22.52%) Software Engineering
10 71 (19.03%) Continuous Improvement
11 59 (15.82%) Containerisation
12 47 (12.60%) Data Modelling
13 46 (12.33%) Migration
14 43 (11.53%) Application Security
14 43 (11.53%) Scrum
15 42 (11.26%) Computer Science
16 41 (10.99%) SDLC
16 41 (10.99%) TDD
17 38 (10.19%) Architectural Patterns
18 35 (9.38%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 144 (38.61%) Python
2 140 (37.53%) JavaScript
3 125 (33.51%) TypeScript
4 124 (33.24%) Java
5 97 (26.01%) SQL
6 76 (20.38%) C#
7 35 (9.38%) Bash
8 24 (6.43%) Groovy
9 13 (3.49%) PowerShell
9 13 (3.49%) Shell Script
10 10 (2.68%) Kotlin
11 7 (1.88%) Bicep
12 5 (1.34%) C++
13 4 (1.07%) PHP
14 3 (0.80%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.54%) C
15 2 (0.54%) Go
15 2 (0.54%) VB
15 2 (0.54%) VB.NET
16 1 (0.27%) Rust
Qualifications
1 66 (17.69%) AWS Certification
2 48 (12.87%) Degree
3 39 (10.46%) Computer Science Degree
4 36 (9.65%) Azure Certification
4 36 (9.65%) Security Cleared
5 30 (8.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 26 (6.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 26 (6.97%) TOGAF Certification
7 22 (5.90%) SC Cleared
8 18 (4.83%) AWS Certified Developer
9 15 (4.02%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 12 (3.22%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (1.61%) DV Cleared
12 5 (1.34%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.80%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 3 (0.80%) IIBA
13 3 (0.80%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.27%) HND
14 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.49%) QA
2 12 (3.22%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.88%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.61%) WCAG
5 4 (1.07%) GDPR
6 2 (0.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 2 (0.54%) NIST
6 2 (0.54%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.54%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.27%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 122 (32.71%) Docker
2 10 (2.68%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.54%) iptables
Systems Management
1 91 (24.40%) Terraform
2 74 (19.84%) Kubernetes
3 25 (6.70%) Ansible
3 25 (6.70%) HP Fortify
4 12 (3.22%) Kibana
5 10 (2.68%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.14%) Grafana
6 8 (2.14%) Puppet
7 4 (1.07%) Argo
7 4 (1.07%) Control-M
7 4 (1.07%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.80%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.54%) Nagios
10 1 (0.27%) Packer
10 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 67 (17.96%) Microsoft
2 11 (2.95%) Oracle
3 10 (2.68%) Dynatrace
3 10 (2.68%) Google
4 9 (2.41%) Splunk
5 5 (1.34%) Atlassian
5 5 (1.34%) Informatica
5 5 (1.34%) Red Hat
5 5 (1.34%) SaltStack
6 4 (1.07%) OpenAI
6 4 (1.07%) PagerDuty
6 4 (1.07%) Pega
6 4 (1.07%) WSO2
7 2 (0.54%) Databricks
8 1 (0.27%) Amplitude
8 1 (0.27%) Foundry
8 1 (0.27%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.27%) SAP
8 1 (0.27%) StreamSets
8 1 (0.27%) Tenable