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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 203 242
Rank change year-on-year -35 +39 -46
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 473 391 801
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.72% 1.44% 1.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.48% 4.62% 3.53%
Number of salaries quoted 291 288 501
10th Percentile £50,468 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,400 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% -7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

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 19,062 8,467 22,671
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.19% 31.13% 33.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9,010 6,268 17,431
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,250 £27,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £74,987 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £61,182 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.16% +6.40% -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 2 May 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 2 May 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 +52 256 £75,000 +15.38% 74
Yorkshire +27 154 £75,000 +30.43% 20
North West +18 95 £75,000 - 48
Midlands -11 94 £55,000 - 18
East Midlands +12 68 £60,000 +9.09% 11
South East -90 43 £62,500 +4.17% 39
South West -66 41 £62,500 +4.17% 28
West Midlands -49 26 £50,000 -11.11% 7
East of England -28 19 £60,100 -29.29% 9
Scotland -35 18 £76,783 +39.60% 6
Wales -24 14 £46,679 -6.64% 2
North East -37 7 £95,000 +52.00% 6
Northern Ireland - 5 £95,000 - 2
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 12 (2.54%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.33%) Apache
2 11 (2.33%) OpenStack
3 9 (1.90%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.69%) SAS
5 4 (0.85%) Apache Solr
5 4 (0.85%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.85%) JBoss
6 2 (0.42%) Confluence
6 2 (0.42%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.21%) CMS
7 1 (0.21%) IIS
7 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.54%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 367 (77.59%) AWS
2 240 (50.74%) AWS Lambda
3 201 (42.49%) Amazon S3
4 156 (32.98%) Azure
5 127 (26.85%) Amazon ECS
5 127 (26.85%) AWS CloudFormation
6 89 (18.82%) AWS Step Functions
7 67 (14.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 65 (13.74%) GitHub
9 62 (13.11%) Amazon SQS
10 61 (12.90%) Azure Functions
11 55 (11.63%) Amazon EKS
12 51 (10.78%) Amazon ECR
13 49 (10.36%) Apigee
14 44 (9.30%) Amazon EC2
14 44 (9.30%) GCP
14 44 (9.30%) GitHub Actions
15 43 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
16 40 (8.46%) Azure Logic Apps
17 37 (7.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.90%) Network Security
2 6 (1.27%) AMQP
3 4 (0.85%) Firewall
4 2 (0.42%) DHCP
4 2 (0.42%) DNS
4 2 (0.42%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.42%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.42%) VLAN
4 2 (0.42%) WAN
4 2 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.21%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (23.26%) DynamoDB
2 53 (11.21%) PostgreSQL
3 48 (10.15%) NoSQL
4 47 (9.94%) Amazon RDS
5 35 (7.40%) SQL Server
6 30 (6.34%) Amazon Athena
7 26 (5.50%) Amazon Redshift
8 23 (4.86%) Relational Database
9 17 (3.59%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (2.96%) Big Data
10 14 (2.96%) Power BI
11 11 (2.33%) MongoDB
12 8 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
12 8 (1.69%) Spark SQL
13 7 (1.48%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (1.27%) MySQL
14 6 (1.27%) RDBMS
15 5 (1.06%) Cloudera CDH
15 5 (1.06%) Hadoop
15 5 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 97 (20.51%) Jenkins
2 74 (15.64%) Git
3 58 (12.26%) GitLab
4 47 (9.94%) SonarQube
5 41 (8.67%) Cypress.io
5 41 (8.67%) Maven
6 16 (3.38%) Snyk
7 12 (2.54%) Crashlytics
7 12 (2.54%) XCTest
8 10 (2.11%) JIRA
9 9 (1.90%) Cucumber
10 6 (1.27%) Bitbucket
10 6 (1.27%) JUnit
11 4 (0.85%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.85%) Postman
11 4 (0.85%) Selenium
11 4 (0.85%) SpecFlow
11 4 (0.85%) Storybook
12 3 (0.63%) JMeter
12 3 (0.63%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 111 (23.47%) Social Skills
2 39 (8.25%) Finance
3 34 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (6.98%) Public Sector
5 20 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (1.69%) Legal
7 6 (1.27%) Advertising
7 6 (1.27%) Banking
7 6 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (1.27%) Marketing
8 4 (0.85%) Aerospace
8 4 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (0.85%) Health Technology
8 4 (0.85%) Publishing
9 3 (0.63%) Billing
9 3 (0.63%) Investment Banking
9 3 (0.63%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.63%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.42%) Games
11 1 (0.21%) Retail
Job Titles
1 196 (41.44%) Developer
2 113 (23.89%) Senior
3 80 (16.91%) Java Developer
4 78 (16.49%) Lead
5 59 (12.47%) Architect
6 52 (10.99%) Senior Developer
7 49 (10.36%) Software Engineer
8 45 (9.51%) Full-Stack Developer
9 39 (8.25%) AWS Developer
10 30 (6.34%) Cloud Architect
11 26 (5.50%) .NET Developer
12 23 (4.86%) Data Engineer
12 23 (4.86%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 23 (4.86%) Software Developer
12 23 (4.86%) Technical Leader
13 22 (4.65%) Python Developer
14 21 (4.44%) Lead Developer
15 20 (4.23%) Senior Architect
16 19 (4.02%) Cloud Security Architect
16 19 (4.02%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (27.70%) React
2 123 (26.00%) Node.js
3 96 (20.30%) AngularJS
3 96 (20.30%) Spring Boot
4 76 (16.07%) REST
5 69 (14.59%) Spring
6 58 (12.26%) .NET
7 41 (8.67%) Gherkin
8 40 (8.46%) Jest
9 37 (7.82%) HTML
10 35 (7.40%) AWS CDK
11 32 (6.77%) RESTful
12 25 (5.29%) CSS
13 23 (4.86%) Next.js
14 20 (4.23%) Vue
14 20 (4.23%) Web Services
15 19 (4.02%) .NET Core
15 19 (4.02%) Elastic Stack
15 19 (4.02%) Kafka
16 16 (3.38%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 84 (17.76%) Cloud Native
2 44 (9.30%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (7.82%) Greenfield Project
4 23 (4.86%) Mobile App
5 21 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
6 17 (3.59%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.54%) Data Structures
8 11 (2.33%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
11 5 (1.06%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.85%) IoT
12 4 (0.85%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.85%) Security Posture
13 3 (0.63%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (0.63%) NHS
13 3 (0.63%) PKI
14 2 (0.42%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.50%) Linux
2 12 (2.54%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.48%) Windows
4 5 (1.06%) CentOS
4 5 (1.06%) Debian
4 5 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.06%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.85%) Unix
6 2 (0.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (58.14%) CI/CD
2 225 (47.57%) DevOps
3 204 (43.13%) Agile
4 141 (29.81%) Infrastructure as Code
5 117 (24.74%) Microservices
6 114 (24.10%) Mentoring
7 109 (23.04%) Problem-Solving
8 107 (22.62%) Full-Stack Development
9 95 (20.08%) Software Engineering
10 84 (17.76%) Containerisation
10 84 (17.76%) Continuous Improvement
11 75 (15.86%) Test Automation
12 65 (13.74%) Observability
13 60 (12.68%) TDD
14 59 (12.47%) SDLC
15 56 (11.84%) Computer Science
16 55 (11.63%) AI
16 55 (11.63%) Clean Code
17 52 (10.99%) Scrum
18 50 (10.57%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 166 (35.10%) Python
2 151 (31.92%) Java
2 151 (31.92%) TypeScript
3 125 (26.43%) SQL
4 120 (25.37%) JavaScript
5 61 (12.90%) C#
6 53 (11.21%) Bash
7 46 (9.73%) Groovy
8 38 (8.03%) Kotlin
9 14 (2.96%) PowerShell
10 12 (2.54%) Swift
11 9 (1.90%) Shell Script
12 7 (1.48%) PHP
13 4 (0.85%) Perl
13 4 (0.85%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.63%) Bicep
14 3 (0.63%) C
14 3 (0.63%) C++
14 3 (0.63%) VB
15 2 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 67 (14.16%) AWS Certification
2 60 (12.68%) Degree
3 47 (9.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 36 (7.61%) Security Cleared
5 29 (6.13%) SC Cleared
6 27 (5.71%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 25 (5.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 23 (4.86%) ITIL Certification
8 23 (4.86%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (4.65%) Azure Certification
10 18 (3.81%) AWS Certified Developer
11 17 (3.59%) TOGAF Certification
12 12 (2.54%) DBS Check
13 9 (1.90%) Master's Degree
14 8 (1.69%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 3 (0.63%) CCSP
15 3 (0.63%) CISM
15 3 (0.63%) CISSP
15 3 (0.63%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.86%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.59%) QA
3 16 (3.38%) GRC
4 12 (2.54%) GDPR
5 10 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.90%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.85%) WCAG
8 3 (0.63%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.63%) NIST
9 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 168 (35.52%) Docker
2 18 (3.81%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.27%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.85%) iptables
5 3 (0.63%) Firmware
6 2 (0.42%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 113 (23.89%) Terraform
2 81 (17.12%) Kubernetes
3 40 (8.46%) HP Fortify
4 30 (6.34%) Ansible
5 14 (2.96%) Grafana
5 14 (2.96%) Prometheus
6 10 (2.11%) Puppet
7 9 (1.90%) Kibana
8 7 (1.48%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.27%) Packer
10 4 (0.85%) Control-M
11 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.63%) Nagios
11 3 (0.63%) Scalr
12 2 (0.42%) Argo
13 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 56 (11.84%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.81%) Oracle
3 17 (3.59%) Tenable
4 16 (3.38%) CrowdStrike
4 16 (3.38%) Palo Alto
5 12 (2.54%) Amplitude
5 12 (2.54%) Braze
5 12 (2.54%) Databricks
6 9 (1.90%) AppDynamics
7 8 (1.69%) IBM
8 7 (1.48%) Google
9 6 (1.27%) HubSpot
10 5 (1.06%) Informatica
10 5 (1.06%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.06%) SaltStack
11 3 (0.63%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.63%) Splunk
12 2 (0.42%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.42%) PagerDuty
12 2 (0.42%) WSO2