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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 239 156 179
Rank change year-on-year -83 +23 -53
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 327 752 574
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.90% 1.57% 1.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.02% 5.57% 4.71%
Number of salaries quoted 204 246 452
10th Percentile £45,725 £34,000 £42,819
25th Percentile £52,375 £47,500 £52,500
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 £76,188 £77,554
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £86,000
UK median annual salary £69,384 £75,000 £69,447
% change year-on-year -7.49% +8.00% -7.40%

All Cloud 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 10,834 13,495 12,186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.66% 28.23% 39.63%
Number of salaries quoted 6,855 7,508 10,152
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,705 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 +61 121 £69,250 +25.91% 134
Yorkshire +46 61 £75,000 +42.86% 35
South East -99 58 £67,500 +8.00% 82
North West +38 55 £65,000 +6.12% 93
South West -65 50 £60,000 -15.79% 38
Midlands +20 43 £62,500 +13.64% 34
West Midlands +45 37 £62,500 -13.79% 22
East of England -38 28 £57,500 +4.55% 21
Scotland -24 21 £85,000 +21.43% 28
Wales -9 9 £52,500 +90.91% 8
East Midlands -1 6 £65,000 +91.18% 12
North East +11 5 £68,500 +24.55% 6
Northern Ireland +7 3 £78,750 -7.35% 7
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 19 (5.81%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.20%) Confluence
3 15 (4.59%) Apache Spark
4 13 (3.98%) Apache
5 6 (1.83%) OpenStack
6 5 (1.53%) JBoss
7 4 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (1.22%) Red Hat Fuse
8 2 (0.61%) CMS
9 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.31%) SAS
9 1 (0.31%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (2.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.61%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.31%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.31%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 239 (73.09%) AWS
2 166 (50.76%) Azure
3 142 (43.43%) AWS Lambda
4 94 (28.75%) Amazon S3
5 74 (22.63%) Amazon ECS
6 58 (17.74%) Amazon EKS
7 57 (17.43%) Amazon EC2
8 51 (15.60%) Azure Functions
9 50 (15.29%) GitHub
10 38 (11.62%) Azure Logic Apps
11 35 (10.70%) AWS CloudFormation
12 31 (9.48%) Power Platform
13 30 (9.17%) Azure DevOps
14 26 (7.95%) Azure Service Bus
14 26 (7.95%) Entra ID
14 26 (7.95%) GCP
15 25 (7.65%) Power Automate
16 24 (7.34%) Amazon SQS
17 23 (7.03%) PowerApps
17 23 (7.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.50%) Internet
2 14 (4.28%) Wireless
3 13 (3.98%) Firewall
4 7 (2.14%) DNS
5 6 (1.83%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.53%) AMQP
6 5 (1.53%) DHCP
6 5 (1.53%) SD-WAN
6 5 (1.53%) VLAN
6 5 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.61%) Broadband
7 2 (0.61%) Network Security
7 2 (0.61%) VPN
8 1 (0.31%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.31%) NAS
8 1 (0.31%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (16.51%) PostgreSQL
2 44 (13.46%) DynamoDB
3 43 (13.15%) Relational Database
4 32 (9.79%) SQL Server
5 27 (8.26%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (7.65%) RDBMS
7 24 (7.34%) NoSQL
8 20 (6.12%) Data Warehouse
9 17 (5.20%) Amazon Redshift
10 13 (3.98%) MongoDB
10 13 (3.98%) MySQL
11 11 (3.36%) Amazon Athena
12 9 (2.75%) Data Lake
12 9 (2.75%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (2.14%) Big Data
14 6 (1.83%) Amazon Aurora
14 6 (1.83%) Apache Cassandra
14 6 (1.83%) Power BI
15 5 (1.53%) Apache Iceberg
15 5 (1.53%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 54 (16.51%) Jenkins
2 45 (13.76%) Git
3 26 (7.95%) JUnit
4 21 (6.42%) JIRA
5 19 (5.81%) JMeter
5 19 (5.81%) Mockito
6 7 (2.14%) GitLab
7 6 (1.83%) git-flow
7 6 (1.83%) Selenium
8 5 (1.53%) Maven
9 4 (1.22%) Bitbucket
9 4 (1.22%) Locust
9 4 (1.22%) NUnit
9 4 (1.22%) Storybook
10 3 (0.92%) MLflow
10 3 (0.92%) MSTest
11 2 (0.61%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.61%) Karma Test Runner
12 1 (0.31%) NSubstitute
12 1 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 94 (28.75%) Social Skills
2 55 (16.82%) Public Sector
3 49 (14.98%) Finance
4 25 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.12%) Law
6 19 (5.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (4.59%) Automotive
8 14 (4.28%) Marketing
9 9 (2.75%) Banking
9 9 (2.75%) Retail
10 8 (2.45%) Games
10 8 (2.45%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.83%) Tech for Good
11 6 (1.83%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.22%) Electronics
12 4 (1.22%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.22%) Legal
13 3 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.61%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 125 (38.23%) Developer
2 61 (18.65%) Senior
3 47 (14.37%) Software Engineer
4 46 (14.07%) Java Developer
5 34 (10.40%) Full-Stack Developer
5 34 (10.40%) Senior Developer
6 33 (10.09%) Architect
7 27 (8.26%) Lead
8 22 (6.73%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 21 (6.42%) Cloud Engineer
10 20 (6.12%) .NET Developer
10 20 (6.12%) Data Engineer
11 17 (5.20%) Software Developer
12 15 (4.59%) AWS Engineer
12 15 (4.59%) Mid-Level Java Developer
12 15 (4.59%) Python Developer
13 13 (3.98%) Support Engineer
14 12 (3.67%) Java Engineer
14 12 (3.67%) Java Software Engineer
15 10 (3.06%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (25.38%) React
2 72 (22.02%) .NET
3 60 (18.35%) Spring
4 58 (17.74%) HTML
4 58 (17.74%) Spring Boot
5 52 (15.90%) REST
6 39 (11.93%) AngularJS
7 35 (10.70%) CSS
7 35 (10.70%) Node.js
8 33 (10.09%) Web Services
9 27 (8.26%) Apache Camel
10 26 (7.95%) jQuery
11 25 (7.65%) JSON
11 25 (7.65%) Kafka
11 25 (7.65%) RESTful
12 22 (6.73%) Hibernate
13 21 (6.42%) .NET Framework
14 20 (6.12%) .NET Core
14 20 (6.12%) Vue
15 19 (5.81%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 75 (22.94%) Cloud Native
2 41 (12.54%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (5.81%) IoT
4 16 (4.89%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (4.28%) Product Ownership
6 12 (3.67%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (3.06%) Data Structures
7 10 (3.06%) Public Cloud
8 9 (2.75%) Mobile App
9 7 (2.14%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.83%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.83%) e-Learning
11 5 (1.53%) BYOD
12 4 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (1.22%) Legacy Applications
12 4 (1.22%) Life Science
13 3 (0.92%) Animation
13 3 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
14 2 (0.61%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.20%) Linux
2 7 (2.14%) Windows
3 6 (1.83%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.61%) CentOS
4 2 (0.61%) Debian
4 2 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.61%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.31%) Unix
5 1 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (52.91%) CI/CD
2 151 (46.18%) Agile
3 135 (41.28%) DevOps
4 106 (32.42%) Microservices
5 89 (27.22%) Infrastructure as Code
6 84 (25.69%) Mentoring
7 74 (22.63%) Software Engineering
8 70 (21.41%) Problem-Solving
9 68 (20.80%) TDD
10 67 (20.49%) Continuous Improvement
11 49 (14.98%) Full-Stack Development
12 45 (13.76%) Containerisation
13 39 (11.93%) AI
13 39 (11.93%) Migration
14 37 (11.31%) Data Modelling
15 35 (10.70%) Test Automation
16 34 (10.40%) SDLC
17 33 (10.09%) BDD
17 33 (10.09%) Scrum
18 30 (9.17%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 138 (42.20%) Python
2 110 (33.64%) JavaScript
3 104 (31.80%) Java
4 79 (24.16%) TypeScript
5 70 (21.41%) C#
6 69 (21.10%) SQL
7 28 (8.56%) PowerShell
8 22 (6.73%) Shell Script
9 12 (3.67%) Bash
10 10 (3.06%) Bicep
11 6 (1.83%) Go
12 3 (0.92%) C++
12 3 (0.92%) PHP
12 3 (0.92%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.61%) Scala
13 2 (0.61%) VB
13 2 (0.61%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.31%) Perl
14 1 (0.31%) R
Qualifications
1 49 (14.98%) Security Cleared
2 35 (10.70%) Azure Certification
3 31 (9.48%) AWS Certification
4 30 (9.17%) Degree
5 29 (8.87%) SC Cleared
6 24 (7.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (5.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 18 (5.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 14 (4.28%) TOGAF Certification
10 8 (2.45%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.83%) AWS Certified Developer
12 5 (1.53%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.92%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.31%) CCNA
14 1 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.31%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.31%) MCP
14 1 (0.31%) MCSE
14 1 (0.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.89%) QA
2 11 (3.36%) GDPR
3 10 (3.06%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.45%) NIST
4 8 (2.45%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.53%) SLA
7 4 (1.22%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.22%) WCAG
8 3 (0.92%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.61%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.31%) CDISC
10 1 (0.31%) DICOM
10 1 (0.31%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.31%) HL7
10 1 (0.31%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 95 (29.05%) Docker
2 14 (4.28%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.53%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.61%) Firmware
4 2 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.31%) iptables
Systems Management
1 96 (29.36%) Kubernetes
2 84 (25.69%) Terraform
3 24 (7.34%) Ansible
4 22 (6.73%) Kibana
5 10 (3.06%) Prometheus
6 9 (2.75%) Grafana
7 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (1.53%) Argo
8 5 (1.53%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.92%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.92%) Kubeflow
9 3 (0.92%) Puppet
10 1 (0.31%) Podman
10 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 74 (22.63%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.12%) Dynatrace
2 20 (6.12%) Splunk
3 18 (5.50%) Oracle
4 16 (4.89%) Atlassian
5 8 (2.45%) Databricks
5 8 (2.45%) Google
6 5 (1.53%) Aruba
6 5 (1.53%) HP
6 5 (1.53%) PagerDuty
6 5 (1.53%) Veeam
7 4 (1.22%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.22%) Pega
7 4 (1.22%) WSO2
8 3 (0.92%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.92%) SAP
9 2 (0.61%) Avaya
9 2 (0.61%) Citrix
9 2 (0.61%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.61%) VMware