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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 237 259
Rank change year-on-year +33 +22 -62
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 572 381 787
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.83% 1.25% 1.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.44% 4.41% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 377 268 486
10th Percentile £47,972 £41,250 £39,750
25th Percentile £55,175 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% -3.74%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% 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 16,635 8,641 23,742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.28% 28.43% 30.27%
Number of salaries quoted 10,727 5,967 17,966
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +1.94% -6.36%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £67,438
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.95%

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 June 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 June 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 +86 274 £75,000 +15.38% 44
Yorkshire +33 128 £80,000 +33.33% 15
North West +60 126 £75,000 +15.38% 23
Midlands +21 101 £55,000 - 17
East Midlands +31 69 £55,000 +4.76% 6
South East -43 69 £67,500 +12.50% 47
South West -50 66 £62,500 +4.17% 21
Wales -27 35 £53,171 +2.25% 6
West Midlands -28 32 £52,500 -6.67% 11
East of England -35 21 £60,000 -27.27% 7
North East -26 20 £75,000 +20.00% 6
Scotland -5 14 £64,283 +16.88% 5
Northern Ireland - 2 £95,000 - 10
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 15 (2.62%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.27%) Apache
3 12 (2.10%) Confluence
3 12 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.92%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.40%) SAS
6 7 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (1.05%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.70%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.70%) JBoss
9 3 (0.52%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.35%) nginx
10 2 (0.35%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.17%) CMS
11 1 (0.17%) IIS
11 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 4 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (3.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.70%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 413 (72.20%) AWS
2 277 (48.43%) AWS Lambda
3 216 (37.76%) Amazon S3
4 184 (32.17%) Azure
5 145 (25.35%) Amazon ECS
6 123 (21.50%) AWS CloudFormation
7 99 (17.31%) Azure Functions
8 89 (15.56%) AWS Step Functions
9 86 (15.03%) GitHub
10 66 (11.54%) Amazon SQS
11 62 (10.84%) Amazon EC2
12 60 (10.49%) Azure DevOps
13 59 (10.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 57 (9.97%) Amazon EKS
15 51 (8.92%) Azure Logic Apps
16 48 (8.39%) GitHub Actions
17 47 (8.22%) GCP
18 42 (7.34%) Amazon ECR
18 42 (7.34%) Power Platform
18 42 (7.34%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.45%) Network Security
1 14 (2.45%) VPN
2 7 (1.22%) Firewall
2 7 (1.22%) MQTT
3 6 (1.05%) AMQP
4 4 (0.70%) IPv4
4 4 (0.70%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (0.52%) DHCP
5 3 (0.52%) DNS
5 3 (0.52%) LTE
5 3 (0.52%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.52%) VLAN
6 2 (0.35%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.35%) WAN
6 2 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.17%) Internet
7 1 (0.17%) VoIP
7 1 (0.17%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (19.76%) DynamoDB
2 51 (8.92%) Amazon RDS
3 49 (8.57%) PostgreSQL
4 44 (7.69%) NoSQL
5 42 (7.34%) SQL Server
6 37 (6.47%) Amazon Athena
7 30 (5.24%) Amazon Redshift
7 30 (5.24%) Relational Database
8 21 (3.67%) Azure SQL Database
8 21 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
9 20 (3.50%) Power BI
10 17 (2.97%) Big Data
10 17 (2.97%) MySQL
11 13 (2.27%) MongoDB
12 11 (1.92%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (1.75%) Spark SQL
14 9 (1.57%) RDBMS
15 6 (1.05%) Redis
16 5 (0.87%) Cloudera CDH
16 5 (0.87%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 107 (18.71%) Git
1 107 (18.71%) Jenkins
2 60 (10.49%) GitLab
3 39 (6.82%) SonarQube
4 35 (6.12%) Cypress.io
5 29 (5.07%) Maven
6 26 (4.55%) JIRA
7 22 (3.85%) Snyk
8 14 (2.45%) Crashlytics
8 14 (2.45%) XCTest
9 13 (2.27%) JUnit
9 13 (2.27%) Selenium
10 12 (2.10%) Bitbucket
11 10 (1.75%) Cucumber
11 10 (1.75%) Postman
12 8 (1.40%) JMeter
13 7 (1.22%) Mockito
14 5 (0.87%) Claude Code
15 4 (0.70%) Artifactory
15 4 (0.70%) SpecFlow
General
1 135 (23.60%) Social Skills
2 60 (10.49%) Public Sector
3 48 (8.39%) Finance
4 39 (6.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 35 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (2.10%) Law
7 8 (1.40%) Aerospace
7 8 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (1.05%) Banking
9 5 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (0.87%) Legal
10 4 (0.70%) Health Technology
10 4 (0.70%) Publishing
11 3 (0.52%) Advertising
11 3 (0.52%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.35%) Billing
12 2 (0.35%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.35%) Games
12 2 (0.35%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 226 (39.51%) Developer
2 161 (28.15%) Senior
3 90 (15.73%) Java Developer
4 83 (14.51%) Lead
5 70 (12.24%) Software Engineer
6 69 (12.06%) Senior Developer
7 66 (11.54%) Full-Stack Developer
8 63 (11.01%) Architect
9 37 (6.47%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 36 (6.29%) AWS Developer
11 35 (6.12%) Software Developer
12 34 (5.94%) Cloud Architect
13 29 (5.07%) Data Engineer
14 25 (4.37%) Cloud Security Architect
14 25 (4.37%) Security Architect
15 24 (4.20%) Senior Architect
16 23 (4.02%) Senior Cloud Architect
16 23 (4.02%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
16 23 (4.02%) Senior Software Engineer
17 22 (3.85%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (25.87%) Node.js
2 129 (22.55%) React
3 117 (20.45%) Spring Boot
4 104 (18.18%) AngularJS
5 91 (15.91%) REST
6 90 (15.73%) Spring
7 71 (12.41%) .NET
8 38 (6.64%) HTML
9 37 (6.47%) Jest
10 36 (6.29%) Gherkin
11 32 (5.59%) Kafka
11 32 (5.59%) RESTful
12 31 (5.42%) AWS CDK
13 24 (4.20%) CSS
14 22 (3.85%) Next.js
15 20 (3.50%) Vue
16 18 (3.15%) ARM Templates
16 18 (3.15%) Web Services
17 17 (2.97%) Ruby on Rails
18 16 (2.80%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 122 (21.33%) Cloud Native
2 49 (8.57%) Distributed Systems
3 44 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
4 25 (4.37%) Data Centre
4 25 (4.37%) Product Ownership
5 24 (4.20%) Legacy Systems
5 24 (4.20%) Mobile App
6 14 (2.45%) Mainframe
6 14 (2.45%) Security Posture
7 13 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
7 13 (2.27%) Public Cloud
8 12 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (2.10%) Podcast
9 9 (1.57%) IoT
10 8 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.22%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.22%) Low-Code
12 6 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
12 6 (1.05%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 38 (6.64%) Linux
2 24 (4.20%) Windows
3 14 (2.45%) Apple iOS
4 13 (2.27%) VMS
5 6 (1.05%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.87%) CentOS
6 5 (0.87%) Debian
6 5 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.87%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.52%) AIX
7 3 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (60.84%) CI/CD
2 253 (44.23%) Agile
2 253 (44.23%) DevOps
3 179 (31.29%) Infrastructure as Code
4 139 (24.30%) Full-Stack Development
5 133 (23.25%) Microservices
6 124 (21.68%) Software Engineering
7 122 (21.33%) Mentoring
8 119 (20.80%) AI
9 116 (20.28%) Continuous Improvement
10 114 (19.93%) Problem-Solving
11 102 (17.83%) Test Automation
12 101 (17.66%) Observability
13 99 (17.31%) Containerisation
14 87 (15.21%) Scrum
15 76 (13.29%) Clean Code
15 76 (13.29%) DevSecOps
15 76 (13.29%) Event-Driven
15 76 (13.29%) TDD
16 70 (12.24%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 200 (34.97%) Python
2 174 (30.42%) Java
3 157 (27.45%) SQL
4 151 (26.40%) TypeScript
5 129 (22.55%) JavaScript
6 78 (13.64%) C#
7 63 (11.01%) Bash
8 47 (8.22%) Kotlin
9 43 (7.52%) Groovy
10 27 (4.72%) PowerShell
11 21 (3.67%) Bicep
12 17 (2.97%) Ruby
13 14 (2.45%) Swift
14 13 (2.27%) Kusto Query Language
14 13 (2.27%) Shell Script
15 10 (1.75%) PHP
16 9 (1.57%) Rust
17 6 (1.05%) Go
17 6 (1.05%) Scala
18 4 (0.70%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (10.84%) Degree
2 60 (10.49%) Security Cleared
3 54 (9.44%) AWS Certification
4 47 (8.22%) SC Cleared
5 35 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (5.42%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (4.37%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 25 (4.37%) Azure Certification
8 22 (3.85%) ITIL Certification
9 19 (3.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 14 (2.45%) DV Cleared
10 14 (2.45%) Master's Degree
11 12 (2.10%) DBS Check
12 9 (1.57%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (1.22%) ISTQB
14 6 (1.05%) AWS Certified Developer
15 4 (0.70%) CCNA
15 4 (0.70%) OSCP
15 4 (0.70%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.72%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.85%) GRC
3 21 (3.67%) GDPR
4 18 (3.15%) QA
5 16 (2.80%) Accessibility
5 16 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.40%) WCAG
7 4 (0.70%) Government Security Classifications
7 4 (0.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 4 (0.70%) NCSC
7 4 (0.70%) NIST
8 3 (0.52%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 180 (31.47%) Docker
2 28 (4.90%) Active Directory
3 23 (4.02%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.80%) vSphere
5 12 (2.10%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.70%) iptables
6 4 (0.70%) Squid
6 4 (0.70%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.52%) Firmware
8 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 157 (27.45%) Terraform
2 99 (17.31%) Kubernetes
3 46 (8.04%) Ansible
4 27 (4.72%) HP Fortify
5 22 (3.85%) Grafana
6 20 (3.50%) Prometheus
7 15 (2.62%) Puppet
8 13 (2.27%) Kibana
9 11 (1.92%) Packer
10 6 (1.05%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.70%) Podman
11 4 (0.70%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.52%) Control-M
12 3 (0.52%) Scalr
13 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (0.35%) Nagios
14 1 (0.17%) logstash
Vendors
1 82 (14.34%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.72%) Oracle
2 27 (4.72%) Tenable
3 22 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
3 22 (3.85%) Palo Alto
4 17 (2.97%) Splunk
5 16 (2.80%) VMware
6 14 (2.45%) Amplitude
6 14 (2.45%) Braze
6 14 (2.45%) Databricks
7 12 (2.10%) ScienceLogic
8 11 (1.92%) Dynatrace
9 10 (1.75%) Google
10 9 (1.57%) AppDynamics
10 9 (1.57%) Red Hat
11 8 (1.40%) IBM
12 7 (1.22%) HubSpot
12 7 (1.22%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.87%) SaltStack
14 4 (0.70%) Informatica