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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 168 244
Rank change year-on-year -56 +76 -38
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 475 464 770
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.77% 1.76% 1.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.55% 5.47% 3.43%
Number of salaries quoted 295 295 495
10th Percentile £50,800 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,400 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £93,250 £90,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - - +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 18,594 8,477 22,466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.95% 32.22% 33.67%
Number of salaries quoted 8,752 6,295 17,450
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £39,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 16 April 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 April 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 +60 261 £75,000 +20.00% 73
Yorkshire +44 163 £75,000 +30.43% 19
North West +10 91 £75,000 +3.99% 47
Midlands -20 90 £55,000 -2.22% 11
East Midlands -4 63 £60,000 +4.35% 4
South West -72 43 £62,500 +4.17% 19
South East -146 41 £76,250 +27.08% 42
West Midlands -39 27 £50,000 -9.09% 7
Scotland -33 19 £76,783 +33.53% 4
East of England -56 19 £60,100 -29.29% 17
Wales -23 15 £41,740 -16.52% 4
North East -32 7 £92,500 +48.00% 7
Northern Ireland - 5 £95,000 -
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 14 (2.95%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.74%) Apache
3 11 (2.32%) Apache Spark
4 10 (2.11%) OpenStack
5 8 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.68%) SAS
6 4 (0.84%) Apache Solr
6 4 (0.84%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.63%) JBoss
8 2 (0.42%) CMS
8 2 (0.42%) Confluence
8 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.42%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.21%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 376 (79.16%) AWS
2 245 (51.58%) AWS Lambda
3 204 (42.95%) Amazon S3
4 169 (35.58%) Azure
5 127 (26.74%) AWS CloudFormation
6 125 (26.32%) Amazon ECS
7 85 (17.89%) AWS Step Functions
8 74 (15.58%) GitHub
9 65 (13.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 62 (13.05%) Amazon SQS
11 61 (12.84%) Amazon EKS
12 57 (12.00%) Azure Functions
13 49 (10.32%) GCP
14 48 (10.11%) Amazon EC2
14 48 (10.11%) Amazon ECR
15 46 (9.68%) Apigee
16 44 (9.26%) Azure DevOps
17 43 (9.05%) Azure Logic Apps
17 43 (9.05%) GitHub Actions
18 40 (8.42%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.68%) Network Security
2 7 (1.47%) AMQP
3 5 (1.05%) Firewall
4 2 (0.42%) DHCP
4 2 (0.42%) DNS
4 2 (0.42%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.42%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.42%) VLAN
4 2 (0.42%) WAN
4 2 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.21%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (22.95%) DynamoDB
2 52 (10.95%) NoSQL
2 52 (10.95%) PostgreSQL
3 49 (10.32%) Amazon RDS
4 34 (7.16%) SQL Server
5 27 (5.68%) Amazon Athena
6 25 (5.26%) Amazon Redshift
7 23 (4.84%) Relational Database
8 16 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (3.16%) Big Data
10 12 (2.53%) MongoDB
10 12 (2.53%) Power BI
11 10 (2.11%) MySQL
12 8 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
13 7 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (1.26%) Cloudera CDH
14 6 (1.26%) Hadoop
14 6 (1.26%) RDBMS
14 6 (1.26%) Spark SQL
15 5 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 98 (20.63%) Jenkins
2 72 (15.16%) Git
3 57 (12.00%) GitLab
4 46 (9.68%) SonarQube
5 40 (8.42%) Maven
6 39 (8.21%) Cypress.io
7 11 (2.32%) Snyk
8 10 (2.11%) Crashlytics
8 10 (2.11%) JIRA
8 10 (2.11%) XCTest
9 9 (1.89%) Cucumber
10 6 (1.26%) Bitbucket
10 6 (1.26%) Storybook
11 5 (1.05%) JUnit
12 4 (0.84%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.84%) git-flow
12 4 (0.84%) Postman
12 4 (0.84%) Selenium
12 4 (0.84%) SpecFlow
13 3 (0.63%) MLflow
General
1 120 (25.26%) Social Skills
2 40 (8.42%) Finance
3 36 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (7.16%) Public Sector
5 16 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (1.89%) Legal
7 8 (1.68%) Marketing
8 6 (1.26%) Advertising
9 5 (1.05%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.05%) Banking
9 5 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.05%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (0.84%) Publishing
11 3 (0.63%) Billing
11 3 (0.63%) Health Technology
11 3 (0.63%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.42%) Games
12 2 (0.42%) Retail
13 1 (0.21%) Law
Job Titles
1 204 (42.95%) Developer
2 109 (22.95%) Senior
3 79 (16.63%) Java Developer
4 72 (15.16%) Lead
5 56 (11.79%) Architect
6 54 (11.37%) Senior Developer
7 52 (10.95%) Software Engineer
8 48 (10.11%) Full-Stack Developer
9 36 (7.58%) AWS Developer
10 29 (6.11%) .NET Developer
11 28 (5.89%) Python Developer
12 24 (5.05%) Cloud Architect
12 24 (5.05%) Software Developer
13 22 (4.63%) Technical Leader
14 21 (4.42%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 20 (4.21%) Lead Developer
16 18 (3.79%) Data Engineer
16 18 (3.79%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
17 17 (3.58%) Cloud Engineer
17 17 (3.58%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (30.53%) React
2 123 (25.89%) Node.js
3 95 (20.00%) Spring Boot
4 94 (19.79%) AngularJS
5 76 (16.00%) REST
6 70 (14.74%) Spring
7 64 (13.47%) .NET
8 47 (9.89%) HTML
9 39 (8.21%) Gherkin
9 39 (8.21%) Jest
10 38 (8.00%) RESTful
11 35 (7.37%) CSS
12 34 (7.16%) AWS CDK
13 27 (5.68%) Vue
14 21 (4.42%) .NET Core
14 21 (4.42%) Next.js
15 19 (4.00%) Kafka
15 19 (4.00%) RabbitMQ
16 18 (3.79%) Django
16 18 (3.79%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 94 (19.79%) Cloud Native
2 44 (9.26%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (5.89%) Greenfield Project
4 23 (4.84%) Enterprise Software
4 23 (4.84%) Mobile App
5 15 (3.16%) Data Structures
6 13 (2.74%) Product Ownership
7 11 (2.32%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.26%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (1.05%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.84%) IoT
11 4 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.84%) Low-Code
11 4 (0.84%) Security Posture
12 3 (0.63%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.63%) NHS
12 3 (0.63%) PKI
13 2 (0.42%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.11%) Linux
2 10 (2.11%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.47%) Windows
4 6 (1.26%) CentOS
4 6 (1.26%) Debian
4 6 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (1.26%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.84%) Unix
6 2 (0.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (58.11%) CI/CD
2 237 (49.89%) DevOps
3 213 (44.84%) Agile
4 154 (32.42%) Infrastructure as Code
5 126 (26.53%) Microservices
6 114 (24.00%) Mentoring
7 112 (23.58%) Problem-Solving
8 109 (22.95%) Full-Stack Development
9 101 (21.26%) Software Engineering
10 91 (19.16%) Containerisation
11 89 (18.74%) Continuous Improvement
12 69 (14.53%) Test Automation
13 62 (13.05%) Observability
14 60 (12.63%) TDD
15 53 (11.16%) Scrum
16 52 (10.95%) Computer Science
17 51 (10.74%) SDLC
18 49 (10.32%) Data Modelling
18 49 (10.32%) Event-Driven
19 48 (10.11%) AI
Programming Languages
1 170 (35.79%) Python
2 153 (32.21%) TypeScript
3 152 (32.00%) Java
4 131 (27.58%) JavaScript
5 123 (25.89%) SQL
6 64 (13.47%) C#
7 51 (10.74%) Bash
8 44 (9.26%) Groovy
9 34 (7.16%) Kotlin
10 14 (2.95%) PowerShell
11 10 (2.11%) Swift
12 9 (1.89%) Shell Script
13 7 (1.47%) PHP
14 5 (1.05%) C++
14 5 (1.05%) Perl
15 4 (0.84%) Bicep
15 4 (0.84%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.63%) C
16 3 (0.63%) VB
17 2 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 69 (14.53%) AWS Certification
2 57 (12.00%) Degree
3 45 (9.47%) Computer Science Degree
4 41 (8.63%) Security Cleared
5 31 (6.53%) SC Cleared
6 27 (5.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 26 (5.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 23 (4.84%) Azure Certification
9 22 (4.63%) ITIL Certification
10 20 (4.21%) AWS Certified Developer
10 20 (4.21%) Microsoft Certification
11 19 (4.00%) TOGAF Certification
12 13 (2.74%) DBS Check
13 11 (2.32%) Master's Degree
14 9 (1.89%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.63%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
15 3 (0.63%) IIBA
16 2 (0.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 2 (0.42%) CISM
16 2 (0.42%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.42%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.79%) QA
3 11 (2.32%) GRC
3 11 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.11%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.47%) GDPR
6 6 (1.26%) WCAG
7 4 (0.84%) NIST
8 3 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.63%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.21%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 174 (36.63%) Docker
2 15 (3.16%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (1.68%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.84%) iptables
5 3 (0.63%) Firmware
6 2 (0.42%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 125 (26.32%) Terraform
2 86 (18.11%) Kubernetes
3 39 (8.21%) HP Fortify
4 33 (6.95%) Ansible
5 16 (3.37%) Grafana
5 16 (3.37%) Prometheus
6 11 (2.32%) Puppet
7 9 (1.89%) Kibana
8 7 (1.47%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.26%) Packer
10 4 (0.84%) Argo
10 4 (0.84%) Control-M
10 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.63%) Nagios
11 3 (0.63%) Scalr
12 2 (0.42%) Kubeflow
13 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 60 (12.63%) Microsoft
2 14 (2.95%) Oracle
3 12 (2.53%) Tenable
4 11 (2.32%) CrowdStrike
4 11 (2.32%) Palo Alto
5 10 (2.11%) Amplitude
5 10 (2.11%) Braze
6 9 (1.89%) AppDynamics
6 9 (1.89%) Databricks
7 8 (1.68%) Google
7 8 (1.68%) IBM
8 6 (1.26%) Red Hat
8 6 (1.26%) SaltStack
9 5 (1.05%) Informatica
10 4 (0.84%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.84%) HubSpot
10 4 (0.84%) PagerDuty
11 3 (0.63%) Splunk
12 2 (0.42%) Aruba
12 2 (0.42%) Veeam