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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 265 244
Rank change year-on-year +38 -21 -62
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 610 339 607
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.78% 0.98% 1.02%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.42% 3.61% 3.61%
Number of salaries quoted 396 237 344
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £35,704
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,736 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.75% +8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £74,164
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +2.84% +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 17,843 9,378 16,825
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 22.81% 27.02% 28.19%
Number of salaries quoted 11,884 6,488 11,558
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 £91,151 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -6.25%

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 19 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 19 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 +101 305 £75,000 +15.38% 88
North West +56 136 £70,000 +3.70% 46
Yorkshire +51 121 £80,000 +33.33% 23
Midlands -7 85 £62,500 +4.17% 24
South East -13 84 £65,000 -7.14% 35
South West -45 67 £61,500 +0.41% 33
East Midlands +27 50 £60,000 +60.00% 9
North East -11 48 £67,500 -6.90% 19
Wales -26 46 £55,000 +5.77% 4
West Midlands -42 35 £62,500 - 15
East of England -53 18 £59,450 +1.19% 16
Scotland -12 12 £70,000 +16.67% 16
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 (3.28%) Confluence
2 13 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.97%) Apache
4 10 (1.64%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.31%) SAS
5 8 (1.31%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.66%) JBoss
7 4 (0.66%) nginx
7 4 (0.66%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.49%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.49%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.16%) CMS
9 1 (0.16%) IIS
9 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
9 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 (2.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.98%) 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 (72.95%) AWS
2 304 (49.84%) AWS Lambda
3 210 (34.43%) Amazon S3
4 196 (32.13%) Azure
5 157 (25.74%) Amazon ECS
6 146 (23.93%) AWS CloudFormation
7 114 (18.69%) GitHub
8 104 (17.05%) Azure Functions
9 76 (12.46%) AWS Step Functions
10 73 (11.97%) Azure DevOps
11 72 (11.80%) Amazon EC2
12 64 (10.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 62 (10.16%) Amazon EKS
13 62 (10.16%) Amazon SQS
14 61 (10.00%) GitHub Actions
15 53 (8.69%) GCP
16 51 (8.36%) SaaS
17 46 (7.54%) Azure Logic Apps
18 44 (7.21%) Power Platform
19 38 (6.23%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.79%) VPN
2 9 (1.48%) MQTT
2 9 (1.48%) Network Security
3 8 (1.31%) Firewall
4 5 (0.82%) AMQP
4 5 (0.82%) DNS
5 4 (0.66%) DHCP
5 4 (0.66%) IPv4
5 4 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
5 4 (0.66%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.66%) VLAN
6 3 (0.49%) HTTP
6 3 (0.49%) LTE
6 3 (0.49%) WAN
7 2 (0.33%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.33%) VoIP
7 2 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.16%) LAN
8 1 (0.16%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (20.00%) DynamoDB
2 64 (10.49%) Amazon RDS
3 49 (8.03%) NoSQL
4 48 (7.87%) SQL Server
5 42 (6.89%) PostgreSQL
6 40 (6.56%) Amazon Athena
6 40 (6.56%) Relational Database
7 31 (5.08%) Amazon Redshift
7 31 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
8 25 (4.10%) Azure SQL Database
9 19 (3.11%) Power BI
10 18 (2.95%) MySQL
11 17 (2.79%) Big Data
11 17 (2.79%) MongoDB
12 13 (2.13%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (1.64%) Metadata
13 10 (1.64%) Spark SQL
14 9 (1.48%) RDBMS
15 6 (0.98%) Hadoop
15 6 (0.98%) Redis
Development Applications
1 123 (20.16%) Git
2 108 (17.70%) Jenkins
3 61 (10.00%) GitLab
4 37 (6.07%) JIRA
5 36 (5.90%) SonarQube
6 32 (5.25%) Cypress.io
7 22 (3.61%) Snyk
8 19 (3.11%) Maven
9 15 (2.46%) JUnit
10 14 (2.30%) Selenium
11 12 (1.97%) Bitbucket
11 12 (1.97%) Crashlytics
11 12 (1.97%) XCTest
12 11 (1.80%) Postman
13 9 (1.48%) Cucumber
14 8 (1.31%) Claude Code
14 8 (1.31%) JMeter
15 7 (1.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 7 (1.15%) Mockito
16 5 (0.82%) git-flow
General
1 157 (25.74%) Social Skills
2 75 (12.30%) Public Sector
3 67 (10.98%) Finance
4 50 (8.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 39 (6.39%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (4.10%) Law
7 13 (2.13%) Aviation
8 11 (1.80%) Retail
9 10 (1.64%) Aerospace
9 10 (1.64%) Banking
10 8 (1.31%) 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%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 220 (36.07%) Developer
2 162 (26.56%) Senior
3 84 (13.77%) Lead
4 77 (12.62%) Java Developer
5 72 (11.80%) Senior Developer
5 72 (11.80%) Software Engineer
6 71 (11.64%) Full-Stack Developer
7 65 (10.66%) Architect
8 37 (6.07%) DevOps Engineer
9 35 (5.74%) Cloud Architect
9 35 (5.74%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 34 (5.57%) Cloud Engineer
11 33 (5.41%) Software Developer
12 32 (5.25%) Data Engineer
13 31 (5.08%) AWS Developer
13 31 (5.08%) AWS Engineer
14 26 (4.26%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 25 (4.10%) Cloud Security Architect
15 25 (4.10%) Security Architect
16 23 (3.77%) Senior Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (22.62%) Node.js
2 119 (19.51%) React
2 119 (19.51%) Spring Boot
3 97 (15.90%) Spring
4 94 (15.41%) AngularJS
4 94 (15.41%) REST
5 85 (13.93%) .NET
6 41 (6.72%) AWS CDK
7 39 (6.39%) Jest
8 37 (6.07%) Kafka
9 35 (5.74%) RESTful
10 31 (5.08%) Ruby on Rails
11 30 (4.92%) HTML
12 28 (4.59%) Next.js
13 27 (4.43%) Gherkin
14 24 (3.93%) CSS
14 24 (3.93%) OpenAPI
15 22 (3.61%) ASP.NET
16 21 (3.44%) ASP.NET Core
16 21 (3.44%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 163 (26.72%) Cloud Native
2 46 (7.54%) Distributed Systems
3 42 (6.89%) Greenfield Project
4 36 (5.90%) Product Ownership
5 30 (4.92%) Legacy Systems
6 25 (4.10%) Data Centre
7 24 (3.93%) Hybrid Cloud
8 23 (3.77%) Mainframe
9 20 (3.28%) Mobile App
10 17 (2.79%) Public Cloud
11 14 (2.30%) Linux Command Line
12 12 (1.97%) Podcast
12 12 (1.97%) Security Posture
13 11 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
14 9 (1.48%) IoT
15 8 (1.31%) Data Structures
15 8 (1.31%) Digital Wallet
15 8 (1.31%) Robotics
16 7 (1.15%) Private Cloud
16 7 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 41 (6.72%) Linux
2 29 (4.75%) Windows
3 13 (2.13%) VMS
4 12 (1.97%) Apple iOS
5 8 (1.31%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.98%) 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
1 370 (60.66%) CI/CD
2 297 (48.69%) Agile
3 269 (44.10%) DevOps
4 206 (33.77%) Infrastructure as Code
5 150 (24.59%) AI
6 144 (23.61%) Software Engineering
7 136 (22.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 136 (22.30%) Full-Stack Development
8 128 (20.98%) Mentoring
8 128 (20.98%) Microservices
9 126 (20.66%) Problem-Solving
10 113 (18.52%) Observability
10 113 (18.52%) Test Automation
11 108 (17.70%) Containerisation
12 97 (15.90%) Scrum
13 88 (14.43%) TDD
14 84 (13.77%) Clean Code
15 82 (13.44%) Cloud Security
16 81 (13.28%) Event-Driven
17 78 (12.79%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 208 (34.10%) Python
2 176 (28.85%) Java
3 160 (26.23%) SQL
4 150 (24.59%) TypeScript
5 116 (19.02%) JavaScript
6 97 (15.90%) C#
7 66 (10.82%) Bash
8 43 (7.05%) Kotlin
9 35 (5.74%) Ruby
10 34 (5.57%) Groovy
11 30 (4.92%) PowerShell
12 23 (3.77%) Bicep
13 13 (2.13%) Kusto Query Language
13 13 (2.13%) Shell Script
14 12 (1.97%) Swift
15 11 (1.80%) Rust
16 8 (1.31%) Go
16 8 (1.31%) PHP
17 6 (0.98%) COBOL
17 6 (0.98%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 93 (15.25%) Security Cleared
2 79 (12.95%) SC Cleared
3 57 (9.34%) Degree
4 55 (9.02%) AWS Certification
5 29 (4.75%) DV Cleared
6 28 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (4.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 26 (4.26%) Azure Certification
8 20 (3.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 18 (2.95%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 16 (2.62%) Master's Degree
11 15 (2.46%) ITIL Certification
12 14 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (1.48%) AWS Certified Developer
13 9 (1.48%) DBS Check
13 9 (1.48%) TOGAF Certification
14 8 (1.31%) ISTQB
15 7 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
16 5 (0.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 4 (0.66%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.07%) QA
2 32 (5.25%) Data Quality
3 25 (4.10%) GDPR
4 23 (3.77%) Accessibility
5 22 (3.61%) GRC
6 18 (2.95%) WCAG
7 16 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.98%) Government Security Classifications
8 6 (0.98%) NCSC
9 4 (0.66%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 4 (0.66%) NIST
10 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.49%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.33%) PMO
12 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
System Software
1 189 (30.98%) Docker
2 31 (5.08%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.77%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.62%) vSphere
5 12 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.66%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.66%) Squid
6 4 (0.66%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.49%) Firmware
8 1 (0.16%) iptables
Systems Management
1 204 (33.44%) Terraform
2 113 (18.52%) Kubernetes
3 60 (9.84%) Ansible
4 18 (2.95%) HP Fortify
5 17 (2.79%) Grafana
5 17 (2.79%) Puppet
6 14 (2.30%) Prometheus
7 13 (2.13%) Kibana
8 12 (1.97%) Packer
9 5 (0.82%) Podman
10 4 (0.66%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.66%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.49%) Scalr
11 3 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
13 1 (0.16%) Fluentd
13 1 (0.16%) logstash
13 1 (0.16%) Nagios
Vendors
1 87 (14.26%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.26%) Tenable
3 25 (4.10%) Oracle
4 22 (3.61%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (3.61%) Palo Alto
5 19 (3.11%) Google
5 19 (3.11%) Splunk
6 17 (2.79%) Databricks
6 17 (2.79%) VMware
7 14 (2.30%) Dynatrace
8 12 (1.97%) Amplitude
8 12 (1.97%) Braze
8 12 (1.97%) OpenAI
8 12 (1.97%) Red Hat
8 12 (1.97%) ScienceLogic
9 10 (1.64%) OneLogin
10 9 (1.48%) AppDynamics
11 8 (1.31%) IBM
12 7 (1.15%) HubSpot
13 5 (0.82%) SaltStack