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

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 134 204
Rank change year-on-year -93 +70 -73
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 329 754 491
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.78% 2.04% 1.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.42% 6.33% 4.10%
Number of salaries quoted 201 262 358
10th Percentile £51,250 £37,875 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,000 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £76,938
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,932 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -5.42% +11.11% -10.00%

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 13,606 11,906 11,982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.44% 32.23% 38.22%
Number of salaries quoted 6,812 6,498 9,837
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 3 January 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 3 January 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 +80 163 £75,000 +25.00% 114
Yorkshire +61 112 £75,000 +42.86% 55
Midlands -10 50 £60,000 +9.09% 78
North West +25 47 £70,466 +12.75% 51
South East -125 45 £67,500 +8.00% 129
South West -88 39 £62,500 -10.71% 58
West Midlands +12 31 £60,000 +9.09% 40
East Midlands -18 19 £65,000 +18.18% 34
East of England -44 16 £57,500 -4.17% 56
Scotland -22 14 £67,250 -10.33% 26
Wales -16 7 £60,000 +118.18% 14
Northern Ireland -2 5 £95,000 +11.76% 6
North East +5 4 £68,500 +9.60% 8
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 (4.56%) Apache Spark
2 14 (4.26%) Apache
3 12 (3.65%) OpenStack
3 12 (3.65%) SharePoint
4 10 (3.04%) Confluence
5 6 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.30%) CMS
7 1 (0.30%) JBoss
7 1 (0.30%) SAS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.30%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 254 (77.20%) AWS
2 166 (50.46%) Azure
3 150 (45.59%) AWS Lambda
4 124 (37.69%) Amazon S3
5 74 (22.49%) Amazon ECS
6 70 (21.28%) AWS CloudFormation
7 60 (18.24%) GitHub
8 55 (16.72%) Amazon EKS
9 43 (13.07%) Amazon EC2
9 43 (13.07%) AWS Step Functions
9 43 (13.07%) Azure Functions
10 40 (12.16%) Amazon SQS
11 38 (11.55%) Azure DevOps
12 35 (10.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 34 (10.33%) Azure Logic Apps
14 32 (9.73%) SaaS
15 31 (9.42%) GCP
16 25 (7.60%) Azure Service Bus
16 25 (7.60%) GitHub Actions
17 22 (6.69%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.04%) Internet
2 8 (2.43%) Firewall
3 7 (2.13%) Wireless
4 6 (1.82%) AMQP
5 3 (0.91%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.61%) DHCP
6 2 (0.61%) DNS
6 2 (0.61%) Network Security
6 2 (0.61%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.61%) VLAN
6 2 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.30%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.30%) NAS
7 1 (0.30%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (17.93%) DynamoDB
2 54 (16.41%) PostgreSQL
3 37 (11.25%) NoSQL
4 34 (10.33%) Relational Database
4 34 (10.33%) SQL Server
5 31 (9.42%) Amazon RDS
6 22 (6.69%) Amazon Redshift
7 17 (5.17%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (4.56%) RDBMS
9 12 (3.65%) MySQL
10 8 (2.43%) Big Data
10 8 (2.43%) Data Lake
11 7 (2.13%) Amazon Athena
11 7 (2.13%) MongoDB
12 6 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (1.52%) Apache Iceberg
13 5 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (1.52%) Hadoop
13 5 (1.52%) InfluxDB
14 4 (1.22%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 63 (19.15%) Jenkins
2 57 (17.33%) Git
3 26 (7.90%) GitLab
4 18 (5.47%) SonarQube
5 17 (5.17%) Cypress.io
5 17 (5.17%) Maven
6 16 (4.86%) JUnit
7 12 (3.65%) JMeter
7 12 (3.65%) Mockito
8 10 (3.04%) JIRA
9 6 (1.82%) git-flow
9 6 (1.82%) Storybook
10 5 (1.52%) Bitbucket
11 4 (1.22%) NUnit
12 3 (0.91%) MLflow
12 3 (0.91%) MSTest
13 2 (0.61%) Cucumber
14 1 (0.30%) Gradle
14 1 (0.30%) NSubstitute
14 1 (0.30%) Selenium
General
1 99 (30.09%) Social Skills
2 38 (11.55%) Public Sector
3 30 (9.12%) Finance
4 22 (6.69%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.13%) Automotive
5 7 (2.13%) Legal
5 7 (2.13%) Marketing
6 6 (1.82%) Law
6 6 (1.82%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.22%) Tech for Good
8 3 (0.91%) Advertising
8 3 (0.91%) Aerospace
8 3 (0.91%) Billing
8 3 (0.91%) Retail
8 3 (0.91%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.61%) Banking
9 2 (0.61%) Games
9 2 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 139 (42.25%) Developer
2 56 (17.02%) Senior
3 44 (13.37%) Java Developer
4 42 (12.77%) Architect
5 39 (11.85%) Lead
6 38 (11.55%) Full-Stack Developer
7 36 (10.94%) Software Engineer
8 30 (9.12%) .NET Developer
9 29 (8.81%) Senior Developer
10 22 (6.69%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 21 (6.38%) Cloud Engineer
11 21 (6.38%) Python Developer
12 20 (6.08%) AWS Developer
13 19 (5.78%) Software Developer
14 16 (4.86%) Lead Developer
15 14 (4.26%) Applications Architect
16 13 (3.95%) Data Engineer
17 12 (3.65%) Mid-Level Java Developer
18 11 (3.34%) AWS Engineer
18 11 (3.34%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (32.52%) React
2 71 (21.58%) .NET
3 62 (18.84%) Spring Boot
4 60 (18.24%) Node.js
5 57 (17.33%) Spring
6 56 (17.02%) HTML
7 55 (16.72%) AngularJS
8 53 (16.11%) REST
9 38 (11.55%) CSS
10 27 (8.21%) RESTful
11 25 (7.60%) AWS CDK
11 25 (7.60%) Vue
12 24 (7.29%) .NET Core
12 24 (7.29%) Web Services
13 22 (6.69%) Blazor
14 21 (6.38%) Kafka
15 19 (5.78%) ASP.NET
15 19 (5.78%) JSON
16 18 (5.47%) .NET Framework
17 17 (5.17%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 82 (24.92%) Cloud Native
2 41 (12.46%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (8.51%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (3.95%) Data Structures
5 11 (3.34%) Product Ownership
6 10 (3.04%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.74%) IoT
7 9 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.52%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.22%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.22%) Life Science
10 3 (0.91%) Animation
10 3 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.91%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.91%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.91%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.61%) BYOD
11 2 (0.61%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.69%) Linux
2 4 (1.22%) Unix
2 4 (1.22%) Windows
3 3 (0.91%) CentOS
3 3 (0.91%) Debian
3 3 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (0.91%) Ubuntu
3 3 (0.91%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (59.57%) CI/CD
2 156 (47.42%) DevOps
3 150 (45.59%) Agile
4 119 (36.17%) Microservices
5 107 (32.52%) Infrastructure as Code
6 94 (28.57%) Mentoring
7 72 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
8 69 (20.97%) Full-Stack Development
9 66 (20.06%) Software Engineering
10 63 (19.15%) Continuous Improvement
11 53 (16.11%) Containerisation
12 48 (14.59%) Migration
13 47 (14.29%) TDD
14 43 (13.07%) Data Modelling
15 41 (12.46%) Application Security
16 37 (11.25%) Architectural Patterns
16 37 (11.25%) SDLC
17 33 (10.03%) Computer Science
18 32 (9.73%) Scrum
19 31 (9.42%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 128 (38.91%) Python
2 122 (37.08%) JavaScript
3 112 (34.04%) Java
4 103 (31.31%) TypeScript
5 82 (24.92%) SQL
6 79 (24.01%) C#
7 26 (7.90%) Bash
8 20 (6.08%) PowerShell
9 18 (5.47%) Shell Script
10 16 (4.86%) Groovy
11 9 (2.74%) Bicep
12 6 (1.82%) Go
13 4 (1.22%) C++
13 4 (1.22%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.91%) PHP
15 2 (0.61%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.61%) VB
15 2 (0.61%) VB.NET
16 1 (0.30%) R
16 1 (0.30%) Scala
Qualifications
1 55 (16.72%) AWS Certification
2 37 (11.25%) Azure Certification
2 37 (11.25%) Degree
3 36 (10.94%) Security Cleared
4 32 (9.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (8.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 27 (8.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 24 (7.29%) TOGAF Certification
8 21 (6.38%) SC Cleared
9 18 (5.47%) AWS Certified Developer
10 8 (2.43%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 4 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.22%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.61%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.61%) IIBA
14 1 (0.30%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
14 1 (0.30%) MCP
14 1 (0.30%) MCSE
14 1 (0.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.56%) QA
2 11 (3.34%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.82%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.82%) WCAG
4 4 (1.22%) GDPR
5 3 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.61%) NIST
6 2 (0.61%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.61%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.30%) CDISC
7 1 (0.30%) DICOM
7 1 (0.30%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.30%) HL7
7 1 (0.30%) SLA
7 1 (0.30%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 109 (33.13%) Docker
2 10 (3.04%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.61%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.30%) Firmware
5 1 (0.30%) iptables
Systems Management
1 82 (24.92%) Terraform
2 76 (23.10%) Kubernetes
3 24 (7.29%) Ansible
4 17 (5.17%) HP Fortify
5 15 (4.56%) Kibana
6 11 (3.34%) Prometheus
7 9 (2.74%) Grafana
8 6 (1.82%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.22%) Argo
9 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (1.22%) Puppet
10 3 (0.91%) Control-M
10 3 (0.91%) Docker Swarm
10 3 (0.91%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.30%) Nagios
11 1 (0.30%) Podman
11 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.30%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 67 (20.36%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.95%) Dynatrace
2 13 (3.95%) Splunk
3 10 (3.04%) Atlassian
4 8 (2.43%) Google
4 8 (2.43%) Oracle
5 4 (1.22%) OpenAI
5 4 (1.22%) PagerDuty
5 4 (1.22%) Pega
5 4 (1.22%) Red Hat
5 4 (1.22%) WSO2
6 3 (0.91%) Informatica
6 3 (0.91%) SaltStack
7 2 (0.61%) Aruba
7 2 (0.61%) Avaya
7 2 (0.61%) Genesys
7 2 (0.61%) HP
7 2 (0.61%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.61%) Veeam
7 2 (0.61%) VMware