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 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 108 247
Rank change year-on-year -117 +139 -73
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 403 731 661
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.77% 2.59% 1.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.54% 7.63% 3.26%
Number of salaries quoted 255 283 488
10th Percentile £50,468 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £83,250 £87,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £72,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +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 15,835 9,586 20,283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.36% 33.99% 35.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,740 6,259 16,398
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,625 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,250
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 £66,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 10 March 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 10 March 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 +55 213 £72,500 +16.00% 83
Yorkshire +43 145 £72,500 +31.82% 34
Midlands -22 71 £60,000 +9.09% 27
North West -1 63 £72,966 +6.71% 42
East Midlands -4 46 £60,000 +4.35% 10
South West -111 42 £62,500 +4.17% 48
South East -163 37 £67,500 +12.50% 79
West Midlands -31 25 £51,875 -5.68% 17
Scotland -37 17 £95,000 +65.22% 14
Wales -11 15 £41,740 +10.62% 1
East of England -58 13 £60,100 -9.28% 23
Northern Ireland -24 7 £95,000 +11.76% 3
North East -26 5 £66,750 +6.80% 9
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 (3.72%) Apache
2 14 (3.47%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.98%) Apache Spark
3 12 (2.98%) OpenStack
4 7 (1.74%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.99%) Confluence
5 4 (0.99%) SAS
6 3 (0.74%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.74%) JBoss
7 2 (0.50%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.50%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.25%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (2.98%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 331 (82.13%) AWS
2 209 (51.86%) AWS Lambda
3 176 (43.67%) Amazon S3
4 161 (39.95%) Azure
5 110 (27.30%) AWS CloudFormation
6 103 (25.56%) Amazon ECS
7 68 (16.87%) AWS Step Functions
8 67 (16.63%) GitHub
9 58 (14.39%) Amazon EKS
10 53 (13.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 51 (12.66%) Amazon SQS
11 51 (12.66%) Azure Functions
12 46 (11.41%) GCP
13 44 (10.92%) Amazon EC2
14 40 (9.93%) Azure Logic Apps
15 36 (8.93%) Amazon ECR
15 36 (8.93%) Azure DevOps
15 36 (8.93%) SaaS
16 34 (8.44%) GitHub Actions
17 32 (7.94%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.74%) Network Security
2 6 (1.49%) AMQP
3 3 (0.74%) Firewall
3 3 (0.74%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (20.84%) DynamoDB
2 53 (13.15%) PostgreSQL
3 46 (11.41%) NoSQL
4 40 (9.93%) Amazon RDS
5 31 (7.69%) SQL Server
6 26 (6.45%) Amazon Redshift
7 25 (6.20%) Relational Database
8 18 (4.47%) Amazon Athena
9 15 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (2.73%) MySQL
11 9 (2.23%) Big Data
11 9 (2.23%) MongoDB
11 9 (2.23%) RDBMS
12 8 (1.99%) Power BI
13 7 (1.74%) Data Lake
13 7 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (1.24%) Cloudera CDH
14 5 (1.24%) Hadoop
14 5 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 4 (0.99%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 85 (21.09%) Jenkins
2 64 (15.88%) Git
3 45 (11.17%) GitLab
4 33 (8.19%) Maven
4 33 (8.19%) SonarQube
5 32 (7.94%) Cypress.io
6 10 (2.48%) JUnit
7 8 (1.99%) Bitbucket
8 6 (1.49%) git-flow
8 6 (1.49%) JMeter
8 6 (1.49%) Mockito
8 6 (1.49%) Storybook
9 5 (1.24%) JIRA
10 4 (0.99%) Crashlytics
10 4 (0.99%) XCTest
11 3 (0.74%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.74%) MLflow
11 3 (0.74%) Selenium
12 2 (0.50%) DBeaver
12 2 (0.50%) Vagrant
General
1 110 (27.30%) Social Skills
2 35 (8.68%) Public Sector
3 30 (7.44%) Finance
4 29 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (1.99%) Marketing
6 7 (1.74%) Legal
7 6 (1.49%) Advertising
8 5 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (1.24%) Manufacturing
9 4 (0.99%) Aerospace
9 4 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (0.99%) Publishing
10 3 (0.74%) Banking
10 3 (0.74%) Billing
10 3 (0.74%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.74%) Law
10 3 (0.74%) Tech for Good
11 2 (0.50%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 190 (47.15%) Developer
2 81 (20.10%) Senior
3 68 (16.87%) Java Developer
4 51 (12.66%) Lead
5 49 (12.16%) Full-Stack Developer
6 46 (11.41%) Senior Developer
6 46 (11.41%) Software Engineer
7 45 (11.17%) Architect
8 34 (8.44%) AWS Developer
9 29 (7.20%) Python Developer
10 28 (6.95%) .NET Developer
11 24 (5.96%) Software Developer
12 20 (4.96%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 19 (4.71%) Lead Developer
14 17 (4.22%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 16 (3.97%) Cloud Engineer
16 15 (3.72%) React Developer
17 14 (3.47%) Node.js Developer
17 14 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
17 14 (3.47%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (35.73%) React
2 106 (26.30%) Node.js
3 83 (20.60%) Spring Boot
4 75 (18.61%) AngularJS
5 64 (15.88%) Spring
6 63 (15.63%) .NET
7 58 (14.39%) HTML
8 55 (13.65%) REST
9 44 (10.92%) CSS
10 32 (7.94%) AWS CDK
10 32 (7.94%) Gherkin
10 32 (7.94%) Jest
10 32 (7.94%) RESTful
11 25 (6.20%) Vue
12 21 (5.21%) .NET Core
13 19 (4.71%) Blazor
14 18 (4.47%) Django
14 18 (4.47%) FastAPI
14 18 (4.47%) Kafka
14 18 (4.47%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 89 (22.08%) Cloud Native
2 35 (8.68%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (7.20%) Enterprise Software
4 17 (4.22%) Mobile App
5 14 (3.47%) Data Structures
6 13 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (3.23%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.24%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (1.24%) Security Posture
9 4 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.74%) Animation
10 3 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.74%) Life Science
10 3 (0.74%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.74%) NHS
11 2 (0.50%) IoT
11 2 (0.50%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.50%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.20%) Linux
2 5 (1.24%) CentOS
2 5 (1.24%) Debian
2 5 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 5 (1.24%) Ubuntu
2 5 (1.24%) Unix
2 5 (1.24%) Windows
3 4 (0.99%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (57.82%) CI/CD
2 212 (52.61%) DevOps
3 189 (46.90%) Agile
4 132 (32.75%) Infrastructure as Code
5 124 (30.77%) Microservices
6 109 (27.05%) Mentoring
7 99 (24.57%) Full-Stack Development
8 92 (22.83%) Problem-Solving
9 89 (22.08%) Software Engineering
10 81 (20.10%) Continuous Improvement
11 71 (17.62%) Containerisation
12 49 (12.16%) Scrum
13 48 (11.91%) TDD
14 44 (10.92%) Data Modelling
15 43 (10.67%) Computer Science
16 42 (10.42%) SDLC
17 41 (10.17%) Observability
18 39 (9.68%) Application Security
18 39 (9.68%) Migration
18 39 (9.68%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 144 (35.73%) Python
2 142 (35.24%) JavaScript
2 142 (35.24%) TypeScript
3 136 (33.75%) Java
4 95 (23.57%) SQL
5 66 (16.38%) C#
6 43 (10.67%) Bash
7 31 (7.69%) Groovy
8 21 (5.21%) Kotlin
9 12 (2.98%) PowerShell
10 10 (2.48%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.49%) C++
11 6 (1.49%) PHP
12 5 (1.24%) Bicep
13 4 (0.99%) Swift
14 3 (0.74%) C
15 2 (0.50%) Go
15 2 (0.50%) VB
15 2 (0.50%) VB.NET
16 1 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (17.37%) AWS Certification
2 47 (11.66%) Degree
3 38 (9.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 33 (8.19%) Security Cleared
5 31 (7.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 30 (7.44%) Azure Certification
7 25 (6.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 23 (5.71%) TOGAF Certification
9 20 (4.96%) SC Cleared
10 19 (4.71%) AWS Certified Developer
10 19 (4.71%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 16 (3.97%) ITIL Certification
12 8 (1.99%) DBS Check
12 8 (1.99%) DV Cleared
13 6 (1.49%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.74%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 3 (0.74%) IIBA
15 1 (0.25%) HND
15 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.47%) Data Quality
1 14 (3.47%) QA
2 8 (1.99%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.49%) WCAG
4 2 (0.50%) GDPR
4 2 (0.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 2 (0.50%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.50%) NIST
5 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.25%) EU AI Act
5 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 143 (35.48%) Docker
2 10 (2.48%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.99%) iptables
3 4 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 98 (24.32%) Terraform
2 74 (18.36%) Kubernetes
3 32 (7.94%) HP Fortify
4 27 (6.70%) Ansible
5 14 (3.47%) Prometheus
6 11 (2.73%) Grafana
7 10 (2.48%) Kibana
7 10 (2.48%) Puppet
8 7 (1.74%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.99%) Argo
9 4 (0.99%) Control-M
10 3 (0.74%) Kubeflow
10 3 (0.74%) Nagios
11 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.50%) Packer
12 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 63 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 10 (2.48%) Oracle
3 8 (1.99%) Google
4 7 (1.74%) Dynatrace
5 6 (1.49%) Splunk
6 5 (1.24%) Informatica
6 5 (1.24%) Red Hat
6 5 (1.24%) SaltStack
7 4 (0.99%) Amplitude
7 4 (0.99%) PagerDuty
7 4 (0.99%) Pega
7 4 (0.99%) WSO2
8 3 (0.74%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.50%) Databricks
10 1 (0.25%) Foundry
10 1 (0.25%) SAP
10 1 (0.25%) Tenable