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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 267 237
Rank change year-on-year +38 -30 -55
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 606 317 564
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.72% 0.92% 1.02%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.46% 3.45% 3.70%
Number of salaries quoted 398 220 278
10th Percentile £46,000 £41,250 £35,472
25th Percentile £50,468 £51,250 £46,563
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 £82,813 £74,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £88,250
UK median annual salary £72,500 £71,000 £71,250
% change year-on-year +2.11% -0.35% +1.79%

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 17,493 9,180 15,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 20.92% 26.72% 27.59%
Number of salaries quoted 12,007 6,221 9,205
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £41,000
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 £91,258 £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 16 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 16 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 +83 315 £72,500 +11.54% 163
North West +63 140 £68,750 +5.77% 106
Yorkshire +42 123 £80,000 +13.48% 35
South East -32 83 £65,000 -8.77% 80
Midlands 0 78 £62,500 +2.04% 66
South West -49 69 £60,500 +0.83% 81
North East -15 52 £65,000 -5.45% 22
Wales -43 46 £55,000 +5.77% 14
West Midlands -43 42 £62,500 - 34
East Midlands +3 36 £65,000 +73.33% 32
East of England -65 12 £59,450 +1.19% 32
Scotland 0 10 £70,000 -3.45% 69
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 (3.47%) Confluence
2 19 (3.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.15%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.98%) Apache
5 4 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.66%) nginx
6 3 (0.50%) JBoss
6 3 (0.50%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.33%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.33%) SAS
8 1 (0.17%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.17%) IIS
8 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 22 (3.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.99%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.17%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 1 (0.17%) Finacle
4 1 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.17%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.17%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 437 (72.11%) AWS
2 320 (52.81%) AWS Lambda
3 211 (34.82%) Amazon S3
4 206 (33.99%) Azure
5 151 (24.92%) Amazon ECS
6 142 (23.43%) AWS CloudFormation
7 113 (18.65%) GitHub
8 112 (18.48%) Azure Functions
9 92 (15.18%) Amazon EC2
10 81 (13.37%) AWS Step Functions
11 76 (12.54%) Azure DevOps
12 68 (11.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 65 (10.73%) Amazon EKS
14 62 (10.23%) GitHub Actions
15 60 (9.90%) Amazon SQS
16 54 (8.91%) GCP
17 49 (8.09%) Azure Logic Apps
18 48 (7.92%) Power Platform
19 45 (7.43%) SaaS
20 42 (6.93%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.81%) VPN
2 14 (2.31%) Firewall
3 11 (1.82%) DNS
4 9 (1.49%) DHCP
4 9 (1.49%) MQTT
4 9 (1.49%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.49%) VLAN
5 8 (1.32%) Network Security
6 7 (1.16%) AMQP
6 7 (1.16%) VoIP
7 4 (0.66%) IPv4
7 4 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (0.50%) HTTP
8 3 (0.50%) LTE
8 3 (0.50%) WAN
9 2 (0.33%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.17%) LAN
10 1 (0.17%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (19.64%) DynamoDB
2 62 (10.23%) Amazon RDS
3 57 (9.41%) SQL Server
4 48 (7.92%) NoSQL
5 44 (7.26%) Amazon Athena
6 42 (6.93%) Relational Database
7 41 (6.77%) PostgreSQL
8 33 (5.45%) Amazon Redshift
9 30 (4.95%) Data Warehouse
10 24 (3.96%) Azure SQL Database
10 24 (3.96%) Spark SQL
11 18 (2.97%) MongoDB
11 18 (2.97%) MySQL
12 17 (2.81%) Power BI
13 13 (2.15%) Big Data
14 12 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
15 10 (1.65%) Data Lake
15 10 (1.65%) Metadata
15 10 (1.65%) RDBMS
16 9 (1.49%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 135 (22.28%) Git
2 104 (17.16%) Jenkins
3 62 (10.23%) GitLab
4 40 (6.60%) JIRA
5 35 (5.78%) Cypress.io
6 34 (5.61%) SonarQube
7 22 (3.63%) Snyk
8 17 (2.81%) Maven
9 16 (2.64%) JUnit
10 15 (2.48%) JMeter
11 14 (2.31%) Postman
11 14 (2.31%) Selenium
12 11 (1.82%) Bitbucket
13 8 (1.32%) Claude Code
13 8 (1.32%) Cucumber
13 8 (1.32%) Mockito
14 7 (1.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 6 (0.99%) Crashlytics
15 6 (0.99%) XCTest
16 5 (0.83%) git-flow
General
1 148 (24.42%) Social Skills
2 90 (14.85%) Public Sector
3 69 (11.39%) Finance
4 57 (9.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 56 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (4.46%) Law
7 15 (2.48%) Aviation
7 15 (2.48%) Retail
8 13 (2.15%) Banking
9 12 (1.98%) Aerospace
10 6 (0.99%) Legal
10 6 (0.99%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.66%) Local Government
11 4 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.50%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.33%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.33%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 212 (34.98%) Developer
2 158 (26.07%) Senior
3 75 (12.38%) Lead
4 71 (11.72%) Java Developer
5 70 (11.55%) Software Engineer
6 66 (10.89%) Senior Developer
7 65 (10.73%) Full-Stack Developer
8 60 (9.90%) Architect
9 50 (8.25%) Data Engineer
10 37 (6.11%) AWS Engineer
11 36 (5.94%) DevOps Engineer
12 35 (5.78%) Cloud Engineer
13 33 (5.45%) Cloud Architect
14 32 (5.28%) Software Developer
15 29 (4.79%) AWS Developer
15 29 (4.79%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 25 (4.13%) Cloud Security Architect
16 25 (4.13%) Security Architect
17 23 (3.80%) Senior Architect
17 23 (3.80%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 203 (33.50%) Terraform
2 133 (21.95%) Node.js
3 116 (19.14%) Spring Boot
4 108 (17.82%) React
5 96 (15.84%) Spring
6 93 (15.35%) REST
7 92 (15.18%) .NET
7 92 (15.18%) AngularJS
8 39 (6.44%) Kafka
9 38 (6.27%) Jest
9 38 (6.27%) PySpark
10 37 (6.11%) AWS CDK
10 37 (6.11%) RESTful
11 31 (5.12%) Ruby on Rails
12 30 (4.95%) Gherkin
13 29 (4.79%) HTML
14 26 (4.29%) OpenAPI
15 25 (4.13%) JSON
16 24 (3.96%) Next.js
17 23 (3.80%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 170 (28.05%) Cloud Native
2 43 (7.10%) Distributed Systems
3 40 (6.60%) Product Ownership
4 36 (5.94%) Hybrid Cloud
5 29 (4.79%) Legacy Systems
6 28 (4.62%) Greenfield Project
7 25 (4.13%) Data Centre
8 23 (3.80%) Mainframe
9 17 (2.81%) Public Cloud
10 15 (2.48%) Linux Command Line
11 12 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.98%) Mobile App
11 12 (1.98%) Podcast
11 12 (1.98%) Security Posture
12 10 (1.65%) Management Information System
13 9 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (1.32%) Data Structures
14 8 (1.32%) Digital Wallet
14 8 (1.32%) Robotics
15 7 (1.16%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 42 (6.93%) Linux
2 33 (5.45%) Windows
3 13 (2.15%) VMS
3 13 (2.15%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.16%) CentOS
4 7 (1.16%) Debian
4 7 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.16%) Ubuntu
5 6 (0.99%) AIX
5 6 (0.99%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (62.71%) CI/CD
2 306 (50.50%) Agile
3 258 (42.57%) DevOps
4 199 (32.84%) Infrastructure as Code
5 150 (24.75%) AI
6 144 (23.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 144 (23.76%) Software Engineering
7 138 (22.77%) Mentoring
8 137 (22.61%) Full-Stack Development
9 131 (21.62%) Microservices
10 123 (20.30%) Problem-Solving
11 106 (17.49%) Observability
11 106 (17.49%) Test Automation
12 100 (16.50%) Scrum
13 95 (15.68%) Containerisation
14 88 (14.52%) Event-Driven
15 86 (14.19%) Cloud Security
16 82 (13.53%) Roadmaps
17 81 (13.37%) Analytics
17 81 (13.37%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 202 (33.33%) Python
2 190 (31.35%) Java
3 184 (30.36%) SQL
4 149 (24.59%) TypeScript
5 132 (21.78%) JavaScript
6 112 (18.48%) C#
7 66 (10.89%) Bash
8 37 (6.11%) Kotlin
9 35 (5.78%) Ruby
10 32 (5.28%) Groovy
11 28 (4.62%) PowerShell
12 24 (3.96%) Bicep
13 16 (2.64%) C++
14 15 (2.48%) Shell Script
15 13 (2.15%) Kusto Query Language
16 12 (1.98%) Rust
17 8 (1.32%) Go
18 7 (1.16%) Scala
19 6 (0.99%) COBOL
19 6 (0.99%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 103 (17.00%) Security Cleared
2 88 (14.52%) SC Cleared
3 52 (8.58%) AWS Certification
4 50 (8.25%) Degree
5 33 (5.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 31 (5.12%) DV Cleared
7 29 (4.79%) Azure Certification
8 19 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (2.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 16 (2.64%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 14 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (2.31%) ITIL Certification
12 9 (1.49%) Master's Degree
12 9 (1.49%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (1.32%) AWS Certified Developer
13 8 (1.32%) ISTQB
14 7 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 4 (0.66%) CCNA
16 4 (0.66%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (7.43%) Data Quality
2 39 (6.44%) QA
3 32 (5.28%) Accessibility
4 30 (4.95%) GDPR
5 24 (3.96%) WCAG
6 22 (3.63%) GRC
7 13 (2.15%) 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 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
System Software
1 181 (29.87%) Docker
2 36 (5.94%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.80%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.64%) vSphere
5 12 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (1.49%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.66%) Squid
7 4 (0.66%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 111 (18.32%) Kubernetes
2 60 (9.90%) Ansible
3 18 (2.97%) Puppet
4 16 (2.64%) HP Fortify
5 14 (2.31%) Grafana
5 14 (2.31%) Kibana
5 14 (2.31%) Packer
6 12 (1.98%) Prometheus
7 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.83%) Podman
8 5 (0.83%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.66%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.33%) Scalr
11 1 (0.17%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.17%) logstash
Vendors
1 98 (16.17%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.29%) Tenable
3 25 (4.13%) Oracle
4 22 (3.63%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (3.63%) Palo Alto
5 21 (3.47%) Google
6 20 (3.30%) Splunk
7 18 (2.97%) Databricks
8 17 (2.81%) VMware
9 16 (2.64%) Dynatrace
10 14 (2.31%) Red Hat
11 12 (1.98%) OpenAI
11 12 (1.98%) ScienceLogic
12 10 (1.65%) OneLogin
13 9 (1.49%) AppDynamics
14 8 (1.32%) IBM
14 8 (1.32%) Veeam
15 7 (1.16%) HubSpot
15 7 (1.16%) SaltStack
16 6 (0.99%) Braze