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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 264 245 181
Rank change year-on-year -19 -64 -69
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 316 553 646
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.92% 1.00% 1.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.43% 3.62% 4.89%
Number of salaries quoted 219 280 491
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,893 £43,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,188 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £70,500 £71,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -0.70% +1.43% -6.67%

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 9,203 15,281 13,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.74% 27.57% 38.33%
Number of salaries quoted 6,232 9,245 10,902
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £30,126
25th Percentile £32,750 £41,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £82,548
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -

Serverless
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Serverless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Serverless 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 September 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 18 September 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 -20 90 £65,000 +18.18% 88
South East -25 62 £71,250 +14.00% 91
North West -23 52 £65,000 +18.18% 53
South West +55 47 £60,000 -17.24% 22
Midlands +13 47 £61,250 +5.60% 19
West Midlands +44 45 £62,500 -7.41% 9
East of England -10 45 £58,750 -2.08% 13
Yorkshire +22 36 £65,000 +15.56% 25
Scotland +2 17 £72,500 +11.54% 28
Wales +8 13 £52,000 +89.09% 10
North East +13 2 £68,750 +19.57% 11
East Midlands -4 2 £37,500 -25.00% 5
Serverless
UK

Serverless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (7.28%) Confluence
2 17 (5.38%) SharePoint
3 16 (5.06%) Apache Spark
4 12 (3.80%) Apache
5 9 (2.85%) CMS
6 7 (2.22%) Headless CMS
6 7 (2.22%) JBoss
6 7 (2.22%) Red Hat Fuse
7 3 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.63%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.63%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.32%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (1.27%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.63%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.32%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 240 (75.95%) AWS
2 159 (50.32%) AWS Lambda
3 139 (43.99%) Azure
4 80 (25.32%) Amazon ECS
5 75 (23.73%) Amazon S3
6 61 (19.30%) Amazon EC2
7 48 (15.19%) Azure Functions
8 47 (14.87%) Amazon EKS
9 35 (11.08%) AWS Step Functions
9 35 (11.08%) GitHub
10 32 (10.13%) Azure Logic Apps
10 32 (10.13%) Power Platform
11 30 (9.49%) Amazon SQS
12 28 (8.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 27 (8.54%) SaaS
14 25 (7.91%) Azure Service Bus
15 24 (7.59%) AWS CloudFormation
15 24 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
15 24 (7.59%) PowerApps
16 23 (7.28%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.38%) Internet
2 16 (5.06%) Firewall
3 14 (4.43%) Wireless
4 8 (2.53%) DNS
5 6 (1.90%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.90%) VLAN
6 5 (1.58%) DHCP
6 5 (1.58%) SD-WAN
6 5 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (1.27%) SSL
7 4 (1.27%) VPN
8 3 (0.95%) AMQP
9 2 (0.63%) Broadband
9 2 (0.63%) IPv4
10 1 (0.32%) HTTP
10 1 (0.32%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.32%) NAS
10 1 (0.32%) Network Security
10 1 (0.32%) OSPF
10 1 (0.32%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (16.46%) PostgreSQL
2 44 (13.92%) Relational Database
3 37 (11.71%) DynamoDB
4 31 (9.81%) RDBMS
5 29 (9.18%) Amazon RDS
6 23 (7.28%) SQL Server
7 22 (6.96%) Big Data
8 19 (6.01%) NoSQL
9 15 (4.75%) MongoDB
10 14 (4.43%) Amazon Redshift
10 14 (4.43%) Data Warehouse
11 13 (4.11%) Amazon Athena
12 9 (2.85%) Data Lake
13 7 (2.22%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (1.90%) Apache Cassandra
14 6 (1.90%) MySQL
15 5 (1.58%) Amazon Aurora
16 4 (1.27%) Electronic Patient Records
16 4 (1.27%) Power BI
16 4 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 60 (18.99%) Jenkins
2 32 (10.13%) JUnit
3 31 (9.81%) JIRA
4 29 (9.18%) Git
5 24 (7.59%) JMeter
5 24 (7.59%) Mockito
6 7 (2.22%) GitLab
7 6 (1.90%) Selenium
8 5 (1.58%) Bitbucket
8 5 (1.58%) Maven
9 4 (1.27%) Bitbucket Server
9 4 (1.27%) Jasmine
9 4 (1.27%) Karma Test Runner
9 4 (1.27%) Locust
9 4 (1.27%) NUnit
10 3 (0.95%) MSTest
10 3 (0.95%) Vagrant
11 2 (0.63%) Storybook
12 1 (0.32%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.32%) webpack
General
1 77 (24.37%) Social Skills
2 71 (22.47%) Public Sector
3 37 (11.71%) Finance
4 33 (10.44%) Law
5 23 (7.28%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (5.70%) Retail
7 16 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (4.75%) Automotive
9 10 (3.16%) Games
9 10 (3.16%) Telecoms
10 9 (2.85%) Banking
10 9 (2.85%) Marketing
11 6 (1.90%) Tech for Good
12 5 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.27%) Electronics
13 4 (1.27%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.27%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.63%) Legal
14 2 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 112 (35.44%) Developer
2 75 (23.73%) Senior
3 50 (15.82%) Java Developer
4 48 (15.19%) Lead
5 45 (14.24%) Senior Developer
6 37 (11.71%) Software Engineer
7 26 (8.23%) Architect
7 26 (8.23%) Full-Stack Developer
8 20 (6.33%) AWS Engineer
8 20 (6.33%) Data Engineer
9 18 (5.70%) Support Engineer
10 16 (5.06%) .NET Developer
10 16 (5.06%) Applications Engineer
10 16 (5.06%) Cloud Engineer
11 15 (4.75%) Applications Support
11 15 (4.75%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 13 (4.11%) Applications Support Engineer
12 13 (4.11%) Senior Java Developer
12 13 (4.11%) Software Developer
13 12 (3.80%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (21.84%) REST
2 61 (19.30%) React
3 58 (18.35%) .NET
4 55 (17.41%) Spring Boot
5 53 (16.77%) Spring
6 51 (16.14%) HTML
7 42 (13.29%) Web Services
8 37 (11.71%) AngularJS
8 37 (11.71%) RESTful
9 31 (9.81%) Apache Camel
9 31 (9.81%) jQuery
9 31 (9.81%) Node.js
10 26 (8.23%) Kafka
11 25 (7.91%) Hibernate
12 24 (7.59%) ActiveMQ
12 24 (7.59%) WireMock
13 22 (6.96%) CSS
13 22 (6.96%) JSON
14 19 (6.01%) XML
15 18 (5.70%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 51 (16.14%) Cloud Native
2 39 (12.34%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (6.01%) IoT
3 19 (6.01%) Mobile App
4 12 (3.80%) Product Ownership
5 10 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (3.16%) Public Cloud
6 8 (2.53%) e-Learning
7 7 (2.22%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.58%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.58%) BYOD
9 5 (1.58%) CMDB
9 5 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.27%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.95%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.63%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 18 (5.70%) Linux
2 11 (3.48%) Windows
3 5 (1.58%) Ubuntu
3 5 (1.58%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.27%) VMS
5 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (51.58%) CI/CD
2 133 (42.09%) Agile
2 133 (42.09%) DevOps
3 98 (31.01%) Microservices
4 71 (22.47%) TDD
5 66 (20.89%) Problem-Solving
6 65 (20.57%) Software Engineering
7 64 (20.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 56 (17.72%) Mentoring
9 48 (15.19%) Infrastructure as Code
10 41 (12.97%) Full-Stack Development
11 38 (12.03%) Artificial Intelligence
11 38 (12.03%) BDD
12 36 (11.39%) Analytics
12 36 (11.39%) Event-Driven
13 34 (10.76%) Scrum
14 33 (10.44%) Technical Leadership
15 30 (9.49%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 30 (9.49%) Test Automation
16 29 (9.18%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 126 (39.87%) Python
2 122 (38.61%) Java
3 95 (30.06%) JavaScript
4 73 (23.10%) SQL
5 64 (20.25%) C#
6 63 (19.94%) TypeScript
7 31 (9.81%) Shell Script
8 28 (8.86%) PowerShell
9 15 (4.75%) Bash
10 7 (2.22%) Bicep
11 5 (1.58%) Go
11 5 (1.58%) PHP
11 5 (1.58%) Scala
12 4 (1.27%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.95%) Groovy
13 3 (0.95%) Perl
13 3 (0.95%) R
13 3 (0.95%) Ruby
14 2 (0.63%) VB
15 1 (0.32%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 73 (23.10%) Security Cleared
2 40 (12.66%) SC Cleared
3 28 (8.86%) Degree
4 20 (6.33%) AWS Certification
5 19 (6.01%) Azure Certification
5 19 (6.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 6 (1.90%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.58%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.95%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.63%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.63%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.32%) CCNA
11 1 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.32%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.32%) MCSE
11 1 (0.32%) PhD
11 1 (0.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.75%) PCI DSS
2 13 (4.11%) GDPR
2 13 (4.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 12 (3.80%) QA
4 10 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (3.16%) NIST
5 8 (2.53%) Data Quality
6 7 (2.22%) SLA
7 6 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.27%) HIPAA
8 4 (1.27%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.32%) CDISC
10 1 (0.32%) DICOM
10 1 (0.32%) HL7
10 1 (0.32%) NCSC
10 1 (0.32%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 88 (27.85%) Docker
2 10 (3.16%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.58%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.63%) Firmware
5 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.32%) iptables
Systems Management
1 88 (27.85%) Kubernetes
2 61 (19.30%) Terraform
3 25 (7.91%) Kibana
4 23 (7.28%) Ansible
5 10 (3.16%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.22%) Grafana
7 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.58%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.27%) Nessus
8 4 (1.27%) Proxmox
9 3 (0.95%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.95%) Nagios
9 3 (0.95%) Puppet
10 1 (0.32%) Argo
10 1 (0.32%) Podman
10 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.32%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 56 (17.72%) Microsoft
2 27 (8.54%) Splunk
3 24 (7.59%) Dynatrace
4 20 (6.33%) Oracle
4 20 (6.33%) ServiceNow
5 17 (5.38%) Atlassian
6 16 (5.06%) Salesforce
7 14 (4.43%) Informatica
7 14 (4.43%) MuleSoft
8 13 (4.11%) Google
9 10 (3.16%) Databricks
10 5 (1.58%) Aruba
10 5 (1.58%) HP
10 5 (1.58%) Veeam
11 4 (1.27%) Juniper
11 4 (1.27%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.95%) StreamSets
13 2 (0.63%) Citrix
13 2 (0.63%) Genesys
13 2 (0.63%) VMware