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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 234 248
Rank change year-on-year +18 +14 -52
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 533 378 783
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.79% 1.30% 1.06%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.91% 4.50% 3.37%
Number of salaries quoted 345 273 480
10th Percentile £48,750 £43,750 £40,900
25th Percentile £55,175 £52,500 £50,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,400 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% -7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £73,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% -1.36% +1.38%

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 18,339 8,395 23,246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.17% 28.87% 31.45%
Number of salaries quoted 9,925 5,692 17,737
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £66,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -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 3 June 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 June 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 +79 276 £75,000 +15.38% 67
Yorkshire +38 151 £75,000 +25.00% 20
North West +52 115 £75,000 - 37
Midlands +11 106 £55,000 -4.35% 20
East Midlands +37 70 £55,000 - 9
South East -46 63 £65,000 +8.33% 50
South West -66 48 £62,500 +4.17% 38
West Midlands -46 36 £52,500 -14.29% 11
East of England -32 20 £60,050 -29.35% 9
Wales -43 15 £46,679 -10.23% 16
Scotland -12 13 £76,783 +39.60% 6
North East -42 10 £71,065 +13.70% 10
Northern Ireland - 3 £95,000 - 5
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 13 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.25%) Apache
3 11 (2.06%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.88%) OpenStack
5 8 (1.50%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.50%) SAS
6 5 (0.94%) Confluence
7 4 (0.75%) Apache Solr
7 4 (0.75%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.75%) JBoss
8 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.38%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.19%) CMS
9 1 (0.19%) IIS
9 1 (0.19%) nginx
9 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 4 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 13 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 401 (75.23%) AWS
2 262 (49.16%) AWS Lambda
3 216 (40.53%) Amazon S3
4 161 (30.21%) Azure
5 145 (27.20%) Amazon ECS
6 126 (23.64%) AWS CloudFormation
7 97 (18.20%) AWS Step Functions
8 77 (14.45%) Azure Functions
9 68 (12.76%) Amazon SQS
10 65 (12.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 65 (12.20%) GitHub
11 60 (11.26%) Amazon EKS
12 59 (11.07%) Amazon EC2
13 46 (8.63%) Amazon ECR
14 45 (8.44%) GCP
15 44 (8.26%) Apigee
15 44 (8.26%) Azure DevOps
15 44 (8.26%) GitHub Actions
16 43 (8.07%) Azure Logic Apps
17 38 (7.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.44%) Network Security
2 7 (1.31%) Firewall
3 6 (1.13%) AMQP
3 6 (1.13%) MQTT
4 4 (0.75%) IPv4
4 4 (0.75%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (0.56%) LTE
5 3 (0.56%) VPN
6 2 (0.38%) DHCP
6 2 (0.38%) DNS
6 2 (0.38%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.38%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.38%) VLAN
6 2 (0.38%) WAN
6 2 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.19%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (21.01%) DynamoDB
2 55 (10.32%) PostgreSQL
3 49 (9.19%) Amazon RDS
4 45 (8.44%) NoSQL
4 45 (8.44%) SQL Server
5 36 (6.75%) Amazon Athena
6 32 (6.00%) Relational Database
7 31 (5.82%) Amazon Redshift
8 20 (3.75%) Data Warehouse
9 19 (3.56%) Power BI
10 17 (3.19%) Big Data
11 11 (2.06%) MongoDB
11 11 (2.06%) MySQL
12 10 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
12 10 (1.88%) Spark SQL
13 9 (1.69%) RDBMS
14 8 (1.50%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.94%) Cloudera CDH
15 5 (0.94%) Hadoop
15 5 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 105 (19.70%) Jenkins
2 93 (17.45%) Git
3 61 (11.44%) GitLab
4 43 (8.07%) SonarQube
5 37 (6.94%) Cypress.io
6 34 (6.38%) Maven
7 22 (4.13%) Snyk
8 16 (3.00%) JIRA
9 14 (2.63%) Crashlytics
9 14 (2.63%) XCTest
10 9 (1.69%) Bitbucket
10 9 (1.69%) JUnit
11 8 (1.50%) Cucumber
12 7 (1.31%) JMeter
12 7 (1.31%) Mockito
13 5 (0.94%) Postman
14 4 (0.75%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.75%) Selenium
14 4 (0.75%) SpecFlow
15 3 (0.56%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 118 (22.14%) Social Skills
2 43 (8.07%) Public Sector
3 39 (7.32%) Finance
4 35 (6.57%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (5.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (1.50%) Aerospace
7 7 (1.31%) Banking
7 7 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (1.13%) Advertising
9 5 (0.94%) Legal
10 4 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (0.75%) Health Technology
10 4 (0.75%) Publishing
11 3 (0.56%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.38%) Billing
12 2 (0.38%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.38%) Games
12 2 (0.38%) Law
12 2 (0.38%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 219 (41.09%) Developer
2 138 (25.89%) Senior
3 92 (17.26%) Java Developer
4 80 (15.01%) Lead
5 68 (12.76%) Software Engineer
6 59 (11.07%) Architect
7 57 (10.69%) Senior Developer
8 54 (10.13%) Full-Stack Developer
9 37 (6.94%) AWS Developer
10 34 (6.38%) Software Developer
11 32 (6.00%) Cloud Architect
12 29 (5.44%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 27 (5.07%) Data Engineer
14 26 (4.88%) .NET Developer
15 25 (4.69%) Cloud Security Architect
15 25 (4.69%) Security Architect
16 23 (4.32%) Senior Architect
16 23 (4.32%) Senior Software Engineer
17 22 (4.13%) Senior Cloud Architect
17 22 (4.13%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (24.58%) Node.js
2 122 (22.89%) React
3 103 (19.32%) Spring Boot
4 100 (18.76%) AngularJS
5 86 (16.14%) REST
6 79 (14.82%) Spring
7 70 (13.13%) .NET
8 39 (7.32%) Gherkin
9 38 (7.13%) HTML
10 35 (6.57%) Jest
11 31 (5.82%) AWS CDK
11 31 (5.82%) RESTful
12 29 (5.44%) Kafka
13 23 (4.32%) CSS
14 22 (4.13%) Web Services
15 20 (3.75%) .NET Core
16 19 (3.56%) ASP.NET
16 19 (3.56%) Next.js
17 18 (3.38%) Elastic Stack
18 17 (3.19%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 96 (18.01%) Cloud Native
2 47 (8.82%) Distributed Systems
3 42 (7.88%) Greenfield Project
4 24 (4.50%) Data Centre
5 23 (4.32%) Mobile App
6 16 (3.00%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (2.63%) Product Ownership
8 10 (1.88%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.69%) IoT
10 8 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
11 6 (1.13%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.94%) Management Information System
13 4 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.75%) Security Posture
14 3 (0.56%) Distributed Architecture
14 3 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (0.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 37 (6.94%) Linux
2 14 (2.63%) Apple iOS
3 13 (2.44%) Windows
4 6 (1.13%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.94%) CentOS
5 5 (0.94%) Debian
5 5 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.94%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.75%) Unix
7 3 (0.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (59.47%) CI/CD
2 237 (44.47%) DevOps
3 216 (40.53%) Agile
4 160 (30.02%) Infrastructure as Code
5 122 (22.89%) Mentoring
6 121 (22.70%) Microservices
7 120 (22.51%) Full-Stack Development
8 112 (21.01%) Software Engineering
9 107 (20.08%) Problem-Solving
10 101 (18.95%) Continuous Improvement
11 92 (17.26%) Containerisation
12 91 (17.07%) Test Automation
13 89 (16.70%) AI
14 79 (14.82%) Observability
15 72 (13.51%) SDLC
16 67 (12.57%) TDD
17 66 (12.38%) Clean Code
18 64 (12.01%) Event-Driven
18 64 (12.01%) Scrum
19 62 (11.63%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 194 (36.40%) Python
2 162 (30.39%) Java
3 148 (27.77%) TypeScript
4 143 (26.83%) SQL
5 130 (24.39%) JavaScript
6 71 (13.32%) C#
7 56 (10.51%) Bash
8 46 (8.63%) Groovy
9 45 (8.44%) Kotlin
10 17 (3.19%) PowerShell
11 14 (2.63%) Shell Script
11 14 (2.63%) Swift
12 11 (2.06%) PHP
13 8 (1.50%) Rust
14 6 (1.13%) Bicep
15 4 (0.75%) Perl
15 4 (0.75%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.75%) Scala
16 3 (0.56%) C++
16 3 (0.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (12.20%) Degree
2 61 (11.44%) AWS Certification
3 50 (9.38%) Security Cleared
4 43 (8.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (7.32%) SC Cleared
6 27 (5.07%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 27 (5.07%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (4.32%) ITIL Certification
8 21 (3.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 21 (3.94%) Azure Certification
9 12 (2.25%) DBS Check
10 11 (2.06%) AWS Certified Developer
10 11 (2.06%) DV Cleared
10 11 (2.06%) TOGAF Certification
11 9 (1.69%) Master's Degree
12 7 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.75%) CCNA
13 4 (0.75%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.75%) RHCE
13 4 (0.75%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.07%) Data Quality
2 22 (4.13%) GRC
3 20 (3.75%) GDPR
4 15 (2.81%) QA
5 12 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.31%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.56%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.56%) NIST
8 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.38%) PMO
System Software
1 185 (34.71%) Docker
2 23 (4.32%) Virtual Machines
3 14 (2.63%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.13%) vSphere
5 4 (0.75%) iptables
5 4 (0.75%) Squid
5 4 (0.75%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.56%) Firmware
7 2 (0.38%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 135 (25.33%) Terraform
2 96 (18.01%) Kubernetes
3 44 (8.26%) Ansible
4 32 (6.00%) HP Fortify
5 21 (3.94%) Grafana
6 20 (3.75%) Prometheus
7 15 (2.81%) Puppet
8 12 (2.25%) Kibana
9 10 (1.88%) Packer
10 6 (1.13%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.75%) Control-M
11 4 (0.75%) Podman
11 4 (0.75%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.56%) Scalr
13 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (0.38%) Nagios
Vendors
1 68 (12.76%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.07%) Tenable
3 25 (4.69%) Oracle
4 22 (4.13%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (4.13%) Palo Alto
5 14 (2.63%) Amplitude
5 14 (2.63%) Braze
5 14 (2.63%) Databricks
6 12 (2.25%) Splunk
7 9 (1.69%) AppDynamics
7 9 (1.69%) Red Hat
8 8 (1.50%) Dynatrace
8 8 (1.50%) Google
8 8 (1.50%) IBM
9 7 (1.31%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.13%) VMware
11 5 (0.94%) Informatica
11 5 (0.94%) SaltStack
12 4 (0.75%) NVIDIA
13 3 (0.56%) OpenAI