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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 259 243
Rank change year-on-year +30 -16 -54
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 608 345 611
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.78% 0.99% 1.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.38% 3.66% 3.65%
Number of salaries quoted 395 243 344
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £35,704
25th Percentile £53,027 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £75,313
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +6.38% +0.71% -

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 17,971 9,422 16,726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.05% 27.01% 28.18%
Number of salaries quoted 11,911 6,539 11,564
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -5.51%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 +90 305 £75,000 +15.38% 86
North West +54 136 £70,000 +3.70% 44
Yorkshire +51 124 £80,000 +33.33% 24
South East -25 84 £65,000 -7.14% 39
Midlands -1 83 £62,500 -3.85% 21
South West -58 67 £62,500 +4.17% 36
East Midlands +25 48 £60,000 +60.00% 8
Wales -31 46 £55,000 +5.77% 5
North East -19 45 £75,000 +3.45% 18
West Midlands -35 35 £62,500 -3.85% 13
East of England -46 18 £59,450 +1.19% 15
Scotland -8 12 £70,000 +16.67% 15
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 20 (3.29%) Confluence
2 13 (2.14%) Apache
3 12 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.64%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.32%) SAS
6 7 (1.15%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.82%) JBoss
9 4 (0.66%) nginx
9 4 (0.66%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.49%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.49%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.16%) CMS
11 1 (0.16%) IIS
11 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 16 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.99%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.16%) Finacle
4 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.16%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 445 (73.19%) AWS
2 305 (50.16%) AWS Lambda
3 210 (34.54%) Amazon S3
4 196 (32.24%) Azure
5 159 (26.15%) Amazon ECS
6 144 (23.68%) AWS CloudFormation
7 114 (18.75%) GitHub
8 104 (17.11%) Azure Functions
9 77 (12.66%) AWS Step Functions
10 73 (12.01%) Azure DevOps
11 72 (11.84%) Amazon EC2
12 64 (10.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 63 (10.36%) Amazon SQS
14 62 (10.20%) Amazon EKS
15 61 (10.03%) GitHub Actions
16 53 (8.72%) GCP
17 51 (8.39%) SaaS
18 46 (7.57%) Azure Logic Apps
19 44 (7.24%) Power Platform
20 38 (6.25%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.80%) VPN
2 9 (1.48%) MQTT
2 9 (1.48%) Network Security
3 7 (1.15%) Firewall
4 5 (0.82%) AMQP
5 4 (0.66%) DNS
5 4 (0.66%) IPv4
5 4 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.49%) DHCP
6 3 (0.49%) HTTP
6 3 (0.49%) LTE
6 3 (0.49%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.49%) VLAN
6 3 (0.49%) WAN
7 2 (0.33%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.16%) LAN
8 1 (0.16%) VoIP
8 1 (0.16%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (20.39%) DynamoDB
2 64 (10.53%) Amazon RDS
3 49 (8.06%) NoSQL
4 47 (7.73%) SQL Server
5 42 (6.91%) PostgreSQL
6 40 (6.58%) Relational Database
7 39 (6.41%) Amazon Athena
8 29 (4.77%) Amazon Redshift
8 29 (4.77%) Data Warehouse
9 25 (4.11%) Azure SQL Database
10 19 (3.13%) Power BI
11 18 (2.96%) MySQL
12 17 (2.80%) Big Data
12 17 (2.80%) MongoDB
13 13 (2.14%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (1.64%) Spark SQL
15 9 (1.48%) RDBMS
16 8 (1.32%) Metadata
17 6 (0.99%) DocumentDB
17 6 (0.99%) Looker
Development Applications
1 123 (20.23%) Git
2 107 (17.60%) Jenkins
3 60 (9.87%) GitLab
4 37 (6.09%) JIRA
5 35 (5.76%) SonarQube
6 34 (5.59%) Cypress.io
7 22 (3.62%) Snyk
8 21 (3.45%) Maven
9 15 (2.47%) JUnit
9 15 (2.47%) Selenium
10 12 (1.97%) Bitbucket
10 12 (1.97%) Crashlytics
10 12 (1.97%) XCTest
11 11 (1.81%) Postman
12 10 (1.64%) Cucumber
13 8 (1.32%) Claude Code
13 8 (1.32%) JMeter
14 7 (1.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 7 (1.15%) Mockito
15 5 (0.82%) git-flow
General
1 155 (25.49%) Social Skills
2 75 (12.34%) Public Sector
3 65 (10.69%) Finance
4 50 (8.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 41 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (4.11%) Law
7 13 (2.14%) Aviation
8 11 (1.81%) Retail
9 10 (1.64%) Aerospace
10 8 (1.32%) Banking
10 8 (1.32%) Legal
11 4 (0.66%) Health Technology
11 4 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (0.66%) Local Government
11 4 (0.66%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.49%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.33%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 222 (36.51%) Developer
2 163 (26.81%) Senior
3 84 (13.82%) Lead
4 79 (12.99%) Java Developer
5 72 (11.84%) Senior Developer
5 72 (11.84%) Software Engineer
6 71 (11.68%) Full-Stack Developer
7 62 (10.20%) Architect
8 35 (5.76%) Cloud Architect
8 35 (5.76%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 34 (5.59%) Cloud Engineer
9 34 (5.59%) DevOps Engineer
10 33 (5.43%) Data Engineer
10 33 (5.43%) Software Developer
11 31 (5.10%) AWS Developer
11 31 (5.10%) AWS Engineer
12 26 (4.28%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
13 25 (4.11%) Cloud Security Architect
13 25 (4.11%) Security Architect
14 23 (3.78%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (22.86%) Node.js
2 121 (19.90%) React
2 121 (19.90%) Spring Boot
3 97 (15.95%) Spring
4 96 (15.79%) AngularJS
5 95 (15.63%) REST
6 85 (13.98%) .NET
7 41 (6.74%) Jest
8 39 (6.41%) AWS CDK
9 37 (6.09%) Kafka
10 35 (5.76%) RESTful
11 31 (5.10%) Ruby on Rails
12 30 (4.93%) HTML
13 29 (4.77%) Gherkin
14 28 (4.61%) Next.js
15 24 (3.95%) CSS
15 24 (3.95%) OpenAPI
16 22 (3.62%) ASP.NET
17 21 (3.45%) ASP.NET Core
17 21 (3.45%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 161 (26.48%) Cloud Native
2 46 (7.57%) Distributed Systems
3 42 (6.91%) Greenfield Project
4 38 (6.25%) Product Ownership
5 30 (4.93%) Legacy Systems
6 25 (4.11%) Data Centre
7 24 (3.95%) Hybrid Cloud
8 23 (3.78%) Mainframe
9 20 (3.29%) Mobile App
10 17 (2.80%) Public Cloud
11 14 (2.30%) Linux Command Line
12 12 (1.97%) Podcast
12 12 (1.97%) Security Posture
13 11 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
14 9 (1.48%) IoT
15 8 (1.32%) Data Structures
15 8 (1.32%) Digital Wallet
15 8 (1.32%) Robotics
16 7 (1.15%) Low-Code
16 7 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 41 (6.74%) Linux
2 28 (4.61%) Windows
3 13 (2.14%) VMS
4 12 (1.97%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.15%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.99%) AIX
7 5 (0.82%) CentOS
7 5 (0.82%) Debian
7 5 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.82%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (60.20%) CI/CD
2 294 (48.36%) Agile
3 266 (43.75%) DevOps
4 202 (33.22%) Infrastructure as Code
5 150 (24.67%) AI
6 144 (23.68%) Software Engineering
7 138 (22.70%) Full-Stack Development
8 134 (22.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 130 (21.38%) Microservices
10 129 (21.22%) Mentoring
11 126 (20.72%) Problem-Solving
12 114 (18.75%) Observability
13 110 (18.09%) Test Automation
14 108 (17.76%) Containerisation
15 97 (15.95%) Scrum
16 88 (14.47%) TDD
17 84 (13.82%) Clean Code
18 82 (13.49%) Cloud Security
18 82 (13.49%) Event-Driven
19 78 (12.83%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 207 (34.05%) Python
2 178 (29.28%) Java
3 158 (25.99%) SQL
4 152 (25.00%) TypeScript
5 119 (19.57%) JavaScript
6 97 (15.95%) C#
7 66 (10.86%) Bash
8 44 (7.24%) Kotlin
9 36 (5.92%) Groovy
10 35 (5.76%) Ruby
11 28 (4.61%) PowerShell
12 23 (3.78%) Bicep
13 13 (2.14%) Kusto Query Language
13 13 (2.14%) Shell Script
14 12 (1.97%) Swift
15 11 (1.81%) Rust
16 8 (1.32%) Go
16 8 (1.32%) PHP
17 6 (0.99%) COBOL
17 6 (0.99%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 93 (15.30%) Security Cleared
2 79 (12.99%) SC Cleared
3 57 (9.38%) Degree
4 55 (9.05%) AWS Certification
5 30 (4.93%) DV Cleared
6 28 (4.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (4.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 26 (4.28%) Azure Certification
8 19 (3.13%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 19 (3.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 16 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
9 16 (2.63%) Master's Degree
10 14 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.64%) AWS Certified Developer
12 9 (1.48%) DBS Check
12 9 (1.48%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (1.32%) ISTQB
14 7 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 4 (0.66%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.09%) QA
2 32 (5.26%) Data Quality
3 25 (4.11%) GDPR
4 23 (3.78%) Accessibility
5 22 (3.62%) GRC
6 18 (2.96%) WCAG
7 16 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.99%) Government Security Classifications
8 6 (0.99%) NCSC
9 4 (0.66%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 4 (0.66%) NIST
10 3 (0.49%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.33%) PMO
12 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
System Software
1 191 (31.41%) Docker
2 30 (4.93%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.78%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.63%) vSphere
5 12 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.66%) Squid
6 4 (0.66%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.49%) Firmware
7 3 (0.49%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.16%) iptables
Systems Management
1 201 (33.06%) Terraform
2 113 (18.59%) Kubernetes
3 58 (9.54%) Ansible
4 20 (3.29%) HP Fortify
5 17 (2.80%) Grafana
6 15 (2.47%) Puppet
7 14 (2.30%) Prometheus
8 13 (2.14%) Kibana
9 12 (1.97%) Packer
10 5 (0.82%) Podman
11 4 (0.66%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.49%) Scalr
12 3 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (0.33%) Progress Chef
14 1 (0.16%) Fluentd
14 1 (0.16%) logstash
14 1 (0.16%) Nagios
Vendors
1 84 (13.82%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.28%) Tenable
3 25 (4.11%) Oracle
4 22 (3.62%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (3.62%) Palo Alto
5 19 (3.13%) Google
5 19 (3.13%) Splunk
6 17 (2.80%) VMware
7 15 (2.47%) Databricks
8 14 (2.30%) Dynatrace
9 12 (1.97%) Amplitude
9 12 (1.97%) Braze
9 12 (1.97%) OpenAI
9 12 (1.97%) Red Hat
9 12 (1.97%) ScienceLogic
10 10 (1.64%) OneLogin
11 9 (1.48%) AppDynamics
12 8 (1.32%) IBM
13 7 (1.15%) HubSpot
14 5 (0.82%) SaltStack