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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 244 250
Rank change year-on-year +14 +6 -54
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 569 372 752
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.79% 1.10% 1.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.24% 4.03% 3.41%
Number of salaries quoted 377 264 459
10th Percentile £47,972 £41,250 £38,650
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% -3.74%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £96,000 £94,625 £97,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £71,250 £72,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -1.72% +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 17,552 9,231 22,064
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.52% 27.31% 30.15%
Number of salaries quoted 11,365 6,424 16,491
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £51,364
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +2.21% -6.61%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.00%

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 16 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 16 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 +99 275 £75,000 +15.38% 52
Yorkshire +41 126 £80,000 +33.33% 11
North West +61 125 £70,000 +7.69% 27
Midlands +16 91 £57,500 - 21
South East -22 75 £65,000 +5.69% 34
South West -45 65 £62,500 +4.17% 26
East Midlands +21 62 £55,000 - 9
Wales -27 40 £53,171 +2.25% 8
West Midlands -50 29 £62,500 +6.38% 12
North East -33 24 £75,000 +15.38% 14
East of England -35 17 £59,725 -6.31% 8
Scotland -2 13 £70,000 +27.27% 4
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 7
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 15 (2.64%) Confluence
2 12 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (2.11%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.93%) Apache
4 8 (1.41%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.41%) SAS
5 4 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.70%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.70%) JBoss
5 4 (0.70%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.53%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.35%) nginx
8 1 (0.18%) CMS
8 1 (0.18%) IIS
8 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 21 (3.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.05%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.18%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 408 (71.70%) AWS
2 270 (47.45%) AWS Lambda
3 204 (35.85%) Amazon S3
4 184 (32.34%) Azure
5 146 (25.66%) Amazon ECS
6 127 (22.32%) AWS CloudFormation
7 100 (17.57%) Azure Functions
8 93 (16.34%) GitHub
9 82 (14.41%) AWS Step Functions
10 66 (11.60%) Amazon SQS
11 63 (11.07%) Azure DevOps
12 60 (10.54%) Amazon EC2
13 52 (9.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 52 (9.14%) Amazon EKS
13 52 (9.14%) GitHub Actions
14 49 (8.61%) Azure Logic Apps
15 45 (7.91%) GCP
16 43 (7.56%) Power Platform
17 40 (7.03%) Amazon ECR
18 38 (6.68%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.46%) VPN
2 13 (2.28%) Network Security
3 8 (1.41%) MQTT
4 7 (1.23%) Firewall
5 5 (0.88%) AMQP
6 4 (0.70%) IPv4
6 4 (0.70%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.53%) DHCP
7 3 (0.53%) DNS
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
1 117 (20.56%) DynamoDB
2 50 (8.79%) NoSQL
3 49 (8.61%) Amazon RDS
4 42 (7.38%) PostgreSQL
4 42 (7.38%) SQL Server
5 39 (6.85%) Amazon Athena
6 32 (5.62%) Relational Database
7 22 (3.87%) Amazon Redshift
8 21 (3.69%) Azure SQL Database
9 18 (3.16%) Data Warehouse
9 18 (3.16%) Power BI
10 17 (2.99%) MySQL
11 16 (2.81%) Big Data
12 14 (2.46%) MongoDB
13 12 (2.11%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (1.76%) RDBMS
14 10 (1.76%) Spark SQL
15 7 (1.23%) Redis
16 4 (0.70%) GIS
16 4 (0.70%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 106 (18.63%) Git
1 106 (18.63%) Jenkins
2 62 (10.90%) GitLab
3 39 (6.85%) SonarQube
4 35 (6.15%) Cypress.io
5 30 (5.27%) JIRA
6 28 (4.92%) Maven
7 22 (3.87%) Snyk
8 15 (2.64%) JUnit
8 15 (2.64%) Selenium
9 14 (2.46%) Crashlytics
9 14 (2.46%) XCTest
10 13 (2.28%) Bitbucket
11 11 (1.93%) Postman
12 10 (1.76%) Cucumber
13 8 (1.41%) JMeter
14 7 (1.23%) Claude Code
14 7 (1.23%) Mockito
15 5 (0.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 4 (0.70%) SpecFlow
General
1 136 (23.90%) Social Skills
2 64 (11.25%) Public Sector
3 50 (8.79%) Finance
4 39 (6.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 25 (4.39%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (2.11%) Law
7 8 (1.41%) 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%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.35%) Advertising
11 2 (0.35%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.35%) Games
11 2 (0.35%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.18%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.18%) Marketing
12 1 (0.18%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 221 (38.84%) Developer
2 163 (28.65%) Senior
3 86 (15.11%) Java Developer
4 77 (13.53%) Lead
5 74 (13.01%) Senior Developer
6 70 (12.30%) Full-Stack Developer
7 68 (11.95%) Software Engineer
8 62 (10.90%) Architect
9 40 (7.03%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 34 (5.98%) AWS Developer
10 34 (5.98%) Cloud Architect
11 32 (5.62%) Software Developer
12 30 (5.27%) Data Engineer
13 27 (4.75%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
14 25 (4.39%) Cloud Security Architect
14 25 (4.39%) Security Architect
15 24 (4.22%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 24 (4.22%) Senior Architect
16 23 (4.04%) Senior Cloud Architect
17 22 (3.87%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (26.01%) Node.js
2 124 (21.79%) React
3 121 (21.27%) Spring Boot
4 101 (17.75%) AngularJS
5 92 (16.17%) Spring
6 88 (15.47%) REST
7 74 (13.01%) .NET
8 39 (6.85%) Jest
9 35 (6.15%) Gherkin
10 34 (5.98%) AWS CDK
11 33 (5.80%) HTML
12 32 (5.62%) Kafka
12 32 (5.62%) RESTful
13 23 (4.04%) Next.js
13 23 (4.04%) Ruby on Rails
14 22 (3.87%) CSS
15 20 (3.51%) ASP.NET
16 19 (3.34%) ASP.NET Core
16 19 (3.34%) Swagger
16 19 (3.34%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 131 (23.02%) Cloud Native
2 47 (8.26%) Distributed Systems
3 46 (8.08%) Greenfield Project
4 32 (5.62%) Product Ownership
5 28 (4.92%) Legacy Systems
6 25 (4.39%) Data Centre
7 22 (3.87%) Mobile App
8 20 (3.51%) Mainframe
9 14 (2.46%) Public Cloud
10 13 (2.28%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (2.11%) Podcast
11 12 (2.11%) Security Posture
12 9 (1.58%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.58%) IoT
13 8 (1.41%) Robotics
14 7 (1.23%) Low-Code
14 7 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
15 6 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
15 6 (1.05%) Digital Wallet
15 6 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 37 (6.50%) Linux
2 26 (4.57%) Windows
3 14 (2.46%) Apple iOS
4 13 (2.28%) VMS
5 6 (1.05%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.70%) AIX
6 4 (0.70%) CentOS
6 4 (0.70%) Debian
6 4 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.70%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (59.58%) CI/CD
2 266 (46.75%) Agile
3 250 (43.94%) DevOps
4 176 (30.93%) Infrastructure as Code
5 144 (25.31%) Full-Stack Development
6 130 (22.85%) AI
7 129 (22.67%) Microservices
8 125 (21.97%) Software Engineering
9 113 (19.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 113 (19.86%) Mentoring
10 106 (18.63%) Problem-Solving
11 102 (17.93%) Observability
11 102 (17.93%) Test Automation
12 98 (17.22%) Containerisation
13 88 (15.47%) Scrum
14 78 (13.71%) Clean Code
14 78 (13.71%) DevSecOps
14 78 (13.71%) Event-Driven
15 77 (13.53%) TDD
16 69 (12.13%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 193 (33.92%) Python
2 176 (30.93%) Java
3 156 (27.42%) TypeScript
4 145 (25.48%) SQL
5 123 (21.62%) JavaScript
6 84 (14.76%) C#
7 61 (10.72%) Bash
8 46 (8.08%) Kotlin
9 42 (7.38%) Groovy
10 27 (4.75%) PowerShell
11 23 (4.04%) Ruby
12 22 (3.87%) Bicep
13 14 (2.46%) Swift
14 13 (2.28%) Kusto Query Language
15 10 (1.76%) PHP
15 10 (1.76%) Rust
15 10 (1.76%) Shell Script
16 8 (1.41%) Go
17 6 (1.05%) COBOL
17 6 (1.05%) Scala
Qualifications
1 69 (12.13%) Security Cleared
2 57 (10.02%) Degree
3 56 (9.84%) AWS Certification
3 56 (9.84%) SC Cleared
4 29 (5.10%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (4.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (4.22%) Azure Certification
7 23 (4.04%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 22 (3.87%) DV Cleared
9 21 (3.69%) ITIL Certification
10 20 (3.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 16 (2.81%) Master's Degree
12 9 (1.58%) AWS Certified Developer
12 9 (1.58%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (1.41%) DBS Check
13 8 (1.41%) ISTQB
14 7 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 4 (0.70%) CCNA
16 4 (0.70%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.04%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.87%) GRC
2 22 (3.87%) QA
3 21 (3.69%) GDPR
4 18 (3.16%) Accessibility
4 18 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (2.11%) WCAG
6 6 (1.05%) Government Security Classifications
6 6 (1.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 6 (1.05%) NCSC
7 4 (0.70%) NIST
8 3 (0.53%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 180 (31.63%) Docker
2 28 (4.92%) 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
1 171 (30.05%) Terraform
2 106 (18.63%) Kubernetes
3 54 (9.49%) Ansible
4 26 (4.57%) HP Fortify
5 21 (3.69%) Grafana
6 19 (3.34%) Prometheus
7 14 (2.46%) Packer
7 14 (2.46%) Puppet
8 13 (2.28%) Kibana
9 6 (1.05%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.70%) Podman
10 4 (0.70%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.53%) Scalr
12 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.35%) Nagios
13 1 (0.18%) logstash
Vendors
1 82 (14.41%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.75%) Tenable
3 23 (4.04%) Oracle
4 22 (3.87%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (3.87%) Palo Alto
5 19 (3.34%) Splunk
6 16 (2.81%) VMware
7 14 (2.46%) Amplitude
7 14 (2.46%) Braze
8 12 (2.11%) Databricks
8 12 (2.11%) ScienceLogic
9 11 (1.93%) Dynatrace
9 11 (1.93%) Google
10 9 (1.58%) AppDynamics
11 8 (1.41%) IBM
11 8 (1.41%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.23%) HubSpot
12 7 (1.23%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.88%) OneLogin
14 4 (0.70%) NVIDIA