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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 169 247
Rank change year-on-year -50 +78 -39
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 482 450 780
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.77% 1.70% 1.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.58% 5.31% 3.46%
Number of salaries quoted 301 300 500
10th Percentile £50,500 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £61,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.20% -5.77% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £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 18,681 8,481 22,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.75% 32.10% 33.59%
Number of salaries quoted 8,825 6,316 17,458
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £39,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +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 18 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 18 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 +56 264 £75,000 +15.38% 76
Yorkshire +33 164 £75,000 +30.43% 19
North West +14 93 £75,000 - 49
Midlands -17 90 £55,000 -4.35% 14
East Midlands 0 64 £60,000 +4.35% 6
South East -133 44 £67,500 +12.50% 40
South West -65 43 £62,500 +4.17% 22
West Midlands -52 26 £50,000 -11.11% 8
Scotland -32 19 £76,783 +33.53% 22
East of England -55 19 £60,100 -29.29% 17
Wales -20 16 £47,455 -5.09% 4
North East -30 7 £92,500 +48.00% 8
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 (2.90%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.70%) Apache
3 11 (2.28%) Apache Spark
3 11 (2.28%) OpenStack
4 8 (1.66%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.66%) SAS
5 4 (0.83%) Apache Solr
5 4 (0.83%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.83%) JBoss
6 2 (0.41%) CMS
6 2 (0.41%) Confluence
6 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.41%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.21%) IIS
7 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (2.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 381 (79.05%) AWS
2 247 (51.24%) AWS Lambda
3 205 (42.53%) Amazon S3
4 169 (35.06%) Azure
5 129 (26.76%) Amazon ECS
5 129 (26.76%) AWS CloudFormation
6 86 (17.84%) AWS Step Functions
7 73 (15.15%) GitHub
8 67 (13.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 63 (13.07%) Amazon EKS
10 62 (12.86%) Amazon SQS
11 59 (12.24%) Azure Functions
12 49 (10.17%) Amazon EC2
13 48 (9.96%) Amazon ECR
13 48 (9.96%) GCP
14 46 (9.54%) Apigee
15 45 (9.34%) Azure DevOps
16 44 (9.13%) Azure Logic Apps
16 44 (9.13%) GitHub Actions
17 39 (8.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.66%) Network Security
2 7 (1.45%) AMQP
3 4 (0.83%) Firewall
4 2 (0.41%) DHCP
4 2 (0.41%) DNS
4 2 (0.41%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.41%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.41%) VLAN
4 2 (0.41%) WAN
4 2 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.21%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (22.82%) DynamoDB
2 56 (11.62%) PostgreSQL
3 52 (10.79%) NoSQL
4 50 (10.37%) Amazon RDS
5 35 (7.26%) SQL Server
6 28 (5.81%) Amazon Athena
7 25 (5.19%) Amazon Redshift
7 25 (5.19%) Relational Database
8 16 (3.32%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (3.11%) Big Data
10 13 (2.70%) Power BI
11 12 (2.49%) MongoDB
12 9 (1.87%) MySQL
13 8 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (1.45%) RDBMS
15 6 (1.24%) Cloudera CDH
15 6 (1.24%) Hadoop
15 6 (1.24%) Spark SQL
16 5 (1.04%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 99 (20.54%) Jenkins
2 77 (15.98%) Git
3 57 (11.83%) GitLab
4 46 (9.54%) SonarQube
5 40 (8.30%) Maven
6 39 (8.09%) Cypress.io
7 11 (2.28%) Snyk
8 10 (2.07%) Crashlytics
8 10 (2.07%) JIRA
8 10 (2.07%) XCTest
9 9 (1.87%) Cucumber
10 7 (1.45%) JUnit
11 6 (1.24%) Bitbucket
11 6 (1.24%) Storybook
12 4 (0.83%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.83%) JMeter
12 4 (0.83%) Mockito
12 4 (0.83%) Postman
12 4 (0.83%) Selenium
12 4 (0.83%) SpecFlow
General
1 120 (24.90%) Social Skills
2 41 (8.51%) Finance
3 36 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (7.05%) Public Sector
5 16 (3.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (1.87%) Legal
7 8 (1.66%) Marketing
8 6 (1.24%) Advertising
9 5 (1.04%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.04%) Banking
9 5 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.04%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (0.83%) Publishing
11 3 (0.62%) Billing
11 3 (0.62%) Health Technology
11 3 (0.62%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.41%) Games
12 2 (0.41%) Retail
12 2 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 205 (42.53%) Developer
2 109 (22.61%) Senior
3 81 (16.80%) Java Developer
4 74 (15.35%) Lead
5 56 (11.62%) Architect
6 54 (11.20%) Software Engineer
7 52 (10.79%) Senior Developer
8 47 (9.75%) Full-Stack Developer
9 37 (7.68%) AWS Developer
10 28 (5.81%) .NET Developer
10 28 (5.81%) Python Developer
11 24 (4.98%) Cloud Architect
11 24 (4.98%) Software Developer
12 22 (4.56%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 22 (4.56%) Technical Leader
13 21 (4.36%) Lead Developer
14 19 (3.94%) Data Engineer
15 17 (3.53%) DevOps Engineer
15 17 (3.53%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 17 (3.53%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (30.08%) React
2 126 (26.14%) Node.js
3 97 (20.12%) Spring Boot
4 96 (19.92%) AngularJS
5 79 (16.39%) REST
6 72 (14.94%) Spring
7 63 (13.07%) .NET
8 47 (9.75%) HTML
9 39 (8.09%) Gherkin
9 39 (8.09%) Jest
10 38 (7.88%) RESTful
11 34 (7.05%) AWS CDK
11 34 (7.05%) CSS
12 27 (5.60%) Vue
13 23 (4.77%) Next.js
14 21 (4.36%) .NET Core
15 19 (3.94%) Elastic Stack
15 19 (3.94%) JSON
15 19 (3.94%) Kafka
15 19 (3.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 94 (19.50%) Cloud Native
2 47 (9.75%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (6.02%) Greenfield Project
4 23 (4.77%) Enterprise Software
4 23 (4.77%) Mobile App
5 15 (3.11%) Data Structures
6 12 (2.49%) Product Ownership
7 11 (2.28%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.24%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.04%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.83%) IoT
11 4 (0.83%) Low-Code
11 4 (0.83%) Security Posture
12 3 (0.62%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.62%) NHS
12 3 (0.62%) PKI
13 2 (0.41%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.02%) Linux
2 10 (2.07%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.45%) Windows
4 6 (1.24%) CentOS
4 6 (1.24%) Debian
4 6 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (1.24%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.83%) Unix
6 2 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (58.09%) CI/CD
2 238 (49.38%) DevOps
3 216 (44.81%) Agile
4 155 (32.16%) Infrastructure as Code
5 128 (26.56%) Microservices
6 118 (24.48%) Mentoring
7 115 (23.86%) Problem-Solving
8 109 (22.61%) Full-Stack Development
9 103 (21.37%) Software Engineering
10 93 (19.29%) Containerisation
11 90 (18.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 71 (14.73%) Test Automation
13 64 (13.28%) Observability
14 61 (12.66%) TDD
15 55 (11.41%) Scrum
16 54 (11.20%) SDLC
17 53 (11.00%) Computer Science
18 50 (10.37%) Data Modelling
19 49 (10.17%) Clean Code
19 49 (10.17%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 175 (36.31%) Python
2 155 (32.16%) Java
2 155 (32.16%) TypeScript
3 133 (27.59%) JavaScript
4 127 (26.35%) SQL
5 64 (13.28%) C#
6 52 (10.79%) Bash
7 44 (9.13%) Groovy
8 35 (7.26%) Kotlin
9 15 (3.11%) PowerShell
10 10 (2.07%) Shell Script
10 10 (2.07%) Swift
11 7 (1.45%) PHP
12 5 (1.04%) C++
12 5 (1.04%) Perl
13 4 (0.83%) Bicep
13 4 (0.83%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.62%) C
14 3 (0.62%) VB
15 2 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 69 (14.32%) AWS Certification
2 58 (12.03%) Degree
3 46 (9.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 41 (8.51%) Security Cleared
5 31 (6.43%) SC Cleared
6 27 (5.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 26 (5.39%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 23 (4.77%) Azure Certification
9 22 (4.56%) ITIL Certification
10 21 (4.36%) Microsoft Certification
11 20 (4.15%) AWS Certified Developer
12 19 (3.94%) TOGAF Certification
13 13 (2.70%) DBS Check
14 11 (2.28%) Master's Degree
15 9 (1.87%) DV Cleared
16 3 (0.62%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
16 3 (0.62%) IIBA
17 2 (0.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 2 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
17 2 (0.41%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.36%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.73%) QA
3 11 (2.28%) GRC
3 11 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.07%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.45%) GDPR
6 6 (1.24%) WCAG
7 4 (0.83%) NIST
8 3 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.62%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.21%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 178 (36.93%) Docker
2 14 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (1.66%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.83%) iptables
5 3 (0.62%) Firmware
6 2 (0.41%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 126 (26.14%) Terraform
2 88 (18.26%) Kubernetes
3 39 (8.09%) HP Fortify
4 34 (7.05%) Ansible
5 16 (3.32%) Grafana
5 16 (3.32%) Prometheus
6 11 (2.28%) Puppet
7 10 (2.07%) Kibana
8 7 (1.45%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.24%) Packer
10 4 (0.83%) Argo
10 4 (0.83%) Control-M
10 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.62%) Nagios
11 3 (0.62%) Scalr
12 2 (0.41%) Kubeflow
13 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 62 (12.86%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.11%) Oracle
3 12 (2.49%) Tenable
4 11 (2.28%) CrowdStrike
4 11 (2.28%) Palo Alto
5 10 (2.07%) Amplitude
5 10 (2.07%) Braze
5 10 (2.07%) Databricks
6 9 (1.87%) AppDynamics
7 8 (1.66%) Google
7 8 (1.66%) IBM
8 6 (1.24%) Red Hat
8 6 (1.24%) SaltStack
9 5 (1.04%) Dynatrace
9 5 (1.04%) HubSpot
9 5 (1.04%) Informatica
10 4 (0.83%) PagerDuty
10 4 (0.83%) Splunk
11 2 (0.41%) Veeam
11 2 (0.41%) WSO2