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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 273 238
Rank change year-on-year +32 -35 -55
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 608 317 536
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.71% 0.92% 0.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.45% 3.47% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 402 223 272
10th Percentile £46,000 £42,750 £34,225
25th Percentile £50,468 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £92,375 £93,750 £89,750
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,500 £71,746
% change year-on-year +2.84% -1.74% +2.49%

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 17,623 9,148 14,973
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 20.56% 26.68% 27.58%
Number of salaries quoted 12,098 6,235 8,805
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -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 24 September 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 24 September 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 +81 310 £72,500 +11.54% 152
North West +55 141 £67,500 +3.85% 100
Yorkshire +32 116 £80,000 +18.08% 38
South East -30 87 £65,000 -8.77% 90
Midlands -17 77 £62,500 -1.96% 55
South West -49 74 £60,500 +0.83% 71
North East -18 53 £67,500 -1.46% 14
Wales -43 46 £55,000 +5.77% 18
West Midlands -46 43 £62,500 -1.96% 26
East Midlands +6 34 £65,000 - 29
Scotland -3 10 £70,000 -3.45% 57
East of England -67 10 £57,500 - 28
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 21 (3.45%) Confluence
2 20 (3.29%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (2.14%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.97%) Apache
6 4 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.66%) nginx
6 4 (0.66%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.49%) JBoss
8 2 (0.33%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.16%) CMS
9 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.16%) IIS
9 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 23 (3.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.15%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.16%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 1 (0.16%) Finacle
4 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.16%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 439 (72.20%) AWS
2 319 (52.47%) AWS Lambda
3 210 (34.54%) Amazon S3
4 205 (33.72%) Azure
5 152 (25.00%) Amazon ECS
6 140 (23.03%) AWS CloudFormation
7 113 (18.59%) Azure Functions
8 112 (18.42%) GitHub
9 93 (15.30%) Amazon EC2
10 78 (12.83%) AWS Step Functions
11 76 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
12 68 (11.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 68 (11.18%) Amazon EKS
13 63 (10.36%) Amazon SQS
13 63 (10.36%) GitHub Actions
14 53 (8.72%) GCP
15 48 (7.89%) Azure Logic Apps
15 48 (7.89%) Power Platform
16 45 (7.40%) SaaS
17 41 (6.74%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.80%) VPN
2 14 (2.30%) Firewall
3 11 (1.81%) DNS
4 9 (1.48%) DHCP
4 9 (1.48%) MQTT
4 9 (1.48%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.48%) VLAN
5 8 (1.32%) Network Security
6 7 (1.15%) AMQP
6 7 (1.15%) VoIP
7 4 (0.66%) IPv4
7 4 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (0.49%) HTTP
8 3 (0.49%) LTE
8 3 (0.49%) WAN
9 2 (0.33%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.16%) LAN
10 1 (0.16%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (19.24%) DynamoDB
2 62 (10.20%) Amazon RDS
3 60 (9.87%) SQL Server
4 48 (7.89%) NoSQL
5 46 (7.57%) Relational Database
6 45 (7.40%) PostgreSQL
7 42 (6.91%) Amazon Athena
8 32 (5.26%) Amazon Redshift
9 29 (4.77%) Data Warehouse
10 23 (3.78%) Azure SQL Database
11 22 (3.62%) Spark SQL
12 19 (3.13%) MongoDB
12 19 (3.13%) MySQL
13 16 (2.63%) Power BI
14 12 (1.97%) Elasticsearch
15 11 (1.81%) Big Data
16 10 (1.64%) Data Lake
16 10 (1.64%) Metadata
16 10 (1.64%) RDBMS
17 9 (1.48%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 140 (23.03%) Git
2 102 (16.78%) Jenkins
3 60 (9.87%) GitLab
4 40 (6.58%) JIRA
5 33 (5.43%) Cypress.io
6 32 (5.26%) SonarQube
7 22 (3.62%) Snyk
8 16 (2.63%) JMeter
8 16 (2.63%) JUnit
9 15 (2.47%) Maven
9 15 (2.47%) Selenium
10 14 (2.30%) Postman
11 11 (1.81%) Bitbucket
12 10 (1.64%) Claude Code
13 8 (1.32%) Cucumber
13 8 (1.32%) Mockito
14 7 (1.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 5 (0.82%) Crashlytics
15 5 (0.82%) git-flow
15 5 (0.82%) XCTest
General
1 147 (24.18%) Social Skills
2 92 (15.13%) Public Sector
3 71 (11.68%) Finance
4 60 (9.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 56 (9.21%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (4.44%) Law
7 15 (2.47%) Aviation
7 15 (2.47%) Banking
7 15 (2.47%) Retail
8 12 (1.97%) Aerospace
9 6 (0.99%) Manufacturing
10 5 (0.82%) Legal
11 4 (0.66%) Local Government
11 4 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.49%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.33%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.33%) Marketing
13 2 (0.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 209 (34.38%) Developer
2 163 (26.81%) Senior
3 76 (12.50%) Software Engineer
4 72 (11.84%) Lead
5 66 (10.86%) Java Developer
5 66 (10.86%) Senior Developer
6 65 (10.69%) Full-Stack Developer
7 59 (9.70%) Architect
8 49 (8.06%) Data Engineer
9 39 (6.41%) AWS Engineer
9 39 (6.41%) DevOps Engineer
10 38 (6.25%) Cloud Engineer
11 32 (5.26%) Cloud Architect
11 32 (5.26%) Software Developer
12 30 (4.93%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 29 (4.77%) AWS Developer
14 27 (4.44%) Senior Software Engineer
15 25 (4.11%) Cloud Security Architect
15 25 (4.11%) Security Architect
16 23 (3.78%) Senior Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (33.22%) Terraform
2 135 (22.20%) Node.js
3 115 (18.91%) React
3 115 (18.91%) Spring Boot
4 97 (15.95%) Spring
5 94 (15.46%) REST
6 93 (15.30%) .NET
7 92 (15.13%) AngularJS
8 41 (6.74%) Kafka
9 39 (6.41%) RESTful
10 37 (6.09%) AWS CDK
10 37 (6.09%) Jest
10 37 (6.09%) PySpark
11 31 (5.10%) Ruby on Rails
12 28 (4.61%) Gherkin
13 27 (4.44%) HTML
13 27 (4.44%) JSON
14 26 (4.28%) OpenAPI
15 25 (4.11%) Next.js
16 23 (3.78%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 178 (29.28%) Cloud Native
2 47 (7.73%) Distributed Systems
3 41 (6.74%) Product Ownership
4 36 (5.92%) Hybrid Cloud
5 29 (4.77%) Legacy Systems
6 26 (4.28%) Greenfield Project
7 25 (4.11%) Data Centre
8 23 (3.78%) Mainframe
9 17 (2.80%) Public Cloud
10 14 (2.30%) Linux Command Line
11 13 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.97%) Podcast
12 12 (1.97%) Security Posture
13 11 (1.81%) Management Information System
13 11 (1.81%) Mobile App
14 9 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (1.32%) Digital Wallet
15 8 (1.32%) Robotics
15 8 (1.32%) Taxonomies
16 7 (1.15%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 42 (6.91%) Linux
2 33 (5.43%) Windows
3 13 (2.14%) VMS
3 13 (2.14%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.15%) CentOS
4 7 (1.15%) Debian
4 7 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.15%) Ubuntu
5 6 (0.99%) AIX
6 5 (0.82%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (62.50%) CI/CD
2 307 (50.49%) Agile
3 260 (42.76%) DevOps
4 197 (32.40%) Infrastructure as Code
5 154 (25.33%) AI
6 153 (25.16%) Software Engineering
7 148 (24.34%) Continuous Improvement
8 143 (23.52%) Full-Stack Development
9 139 (22.86%) Mentoring
10 137 (22.53%) Microservices
11 119 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
12 105 (17.27%) Observability
13 103 (16.94%) Test Automation
14 100 (16.45%) Scrum
15 94 (15.46%) Containerisation
16 87 (14.31%) Event-Driven
17 86 (14.14%) Cloud Security
18 84 (13.82%) Roadmaps
19 80 (13.16%) Analytics
19 80 (13.16%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 200 (32.89%) Python
2 188 (30.92%) Java
3 180 (29.61%) SQL
4 150 (24.67%) TypeScript
5 132 (21.71%) JavaScript
6 116 (19.08%) C#
7 64 (10.53%) Bash
8 35 (5.76%) Ruby
9 34 (5.59%) Kotlin
10 30 (4.93%) Groovy
11 28 (4.61%) PowerShell
12 25 (4.11%) Bicep
13 17 (2.80%) C++
14 15 (2.47%) Shell Script
15 13 (2.14%) Kusto Query Language
16 12 (1.97%) Rust
17 8 (1.32%) Go
18 7 (1.15%) Scala
19 6 (0.99%) COBOL
19 6 (0.99%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 106 (17.43%) Security Cleared
2 91 (14.97%) SC Cleared
3 51 (8.39%) AWS Certification
4 48 (7.89%) Degree
5 34 (5.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 33 (5.43%) DV Cleared
7 30 (4.93%) Azure Certification
8 17 (2.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 16 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (2.30%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 14 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (1.97%) ITIL Certification
12 9 (1.48%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (1.32%) AWS Certified Developer
13 8 (1.32%) ISTQB
14 7 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (1.15%) Master's Degree
15 5 (0.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 4 (0.66%) OSCP
16 4 (0.66%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (7.07%) Data Quality
2 40 (6.58%) QA
3 34 (5.59%) Accessibility
4 31 (5.10%) GDPR
5 26 (4.28%) WCAG
6 22 (3.62%) GRC
7 14 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.99%) Government Security Classifications
9 6 (0.99%) NCSC
10 4 (0.66%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (0.66%) NIST
11 2 (0.33%) PMO
12 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
System Software
1 180 (29.61%) Docker
2 36 (5.92%) Active Directory
3 24 (3.95%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.63%) vSphere
5 12 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (1.48%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.66%) Squid
7 4 (0.66%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 116 (19.08%) Kubernetes
2 62 (10.20%) Ansible
3 18 (2.96%) Puppet
4 16 (2.63%) Packer
5 14 (2.30%) HP Fortify
5 14 (2.30%) Kibana
6 13 (2.14%) Grafana
7 11 (1.81%) Prometheus
8 7 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (1.15%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.82%) Podman
10 4 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.66%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.16%) Fluentd
12 1 (0.16%) logstash
12 1 (0.16%) Scalr
Vendors
1 100 (16.45%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.28%) Tenable
3 25 (4.11%) Oracle
4 22 (3.62%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (3.62%) Palo Alto
5 21 (3.45%) Google
6 20 (3.29%) Splunk
7 17 (2.80%) Dynatrace
7 17 (2.80%) VMware
8 16 (2.63%) Databricks
9 14 (2.30%) Red Hat
10 13 (2.14%) OpenAI
11 12 (1.97%) ScienceLogic
12 10 (1.64%) OneLogin
13 9 (1.48%) AppDynamics
14 8 (1.32%) IBM
14 8 (1.32%) Veeam
15 7 (1.15%) HubSpot
15 7 (1.15%) SaltStack
16 5 (0.82%) Braze