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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 273 170
Rank change year-on-year +11 -103 +4
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 569 301 713
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.65% 0.88% 1.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.44% 3.24% 5.13%
Number of salaries quoted 388 199 245
10th Percentile £46,000 £41,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £74,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £94,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,500
% change year-on-year - -0.71% +0.71%

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 16,533 9,281 13,902
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.95% 27.22% 27.95%
Number of salaries quoted 11,932 6,251 7,839
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £41,295
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 £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £58,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.76% -10.77% +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 October 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 October 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 +71 279 £67,500 +3.85% 133
North West +36 125 £66,124 +1.73% 77
Yorkshire +18 103 £75,000 +6.38% 38
South West -37 78 £67,500 +12.50% 42
South East -40 74 £65,000 -7.14% 55
Midlands -20 68 £62,500 - 52
North East -25 51 £62,500 -8.76% 18
Wales -36 49 £55,000 +5.77% 15
West Midlands -44 41 £62,500 - 28
East Midlands -11 27 £66,250 - 24
East of England -66 12 £57,500 - 35
Scotland -4 10 £67,500 -6.90% 34
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 27 (4.75%) SharePoint
2 21 (3.69%) Confluence
3 20 (3.51%) Apache
4 19 (3.34%) Apache Spark
4 19 (3.34%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.70%) nginx
6 4 (0.70%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.53%) CMS
7 3 (0.53%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.35%) JBoss
9 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (4.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.58%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.18%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 1 (0.18%) Finacle
4 1 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.18%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.18%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 414 (72.76%) AWS
2 301 (52.90%) AWS Lambda
3 199 (34.97%) Amazon S3
4 198 (34.80%) Azure
5 134 (23.55%) Amazon ECS
6 132 (23.20%) AWS CloudFormation
7 117 (20.56%) Azure Functions
8 116 (20.39%) GitHub
9 90 (15.82%) Amazon EC2
10 79 (13.88%) Azure DevOps
11 71 (12.48%) AWS Step Functions
12 65 (11.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 63 (11.07%) GitHub Actions
14 62 (10.90%) Amazon EKS
15 56 (9.84%) Amazon SQS
15 56 (9.84%) Power Platform
16 51 (8.96%) Azure Logic Apps
17 50 (8.79%) GCP
18 38 (6.68%) SaaS
19 37 (6.50%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.16%) VPN
2 11 (1.93%) Firewall
3 9 (1.58%) DNS
3 9 (1.58%) MQTT
4 7 (1.23%) AMQP
4 7 (1.23%) DHCP
4 7 (1.23%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.23%) VLAN
4 7 (1.23%) VoIP
5 6 (1.05%) Network Security
6 4 (0.70%) IPv4
6 4 (0.70%) LTE
6 4 (0.70%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.53%) HTTP
8 1 (0.18%) LAN
8 1 (0.18%) WAN
8 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.18%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (17.40%) DynamoDB
2 67 (11.78%) Amazon RDS
3 57 (10.02%) SQL Server
4 48 (8.44%) NoSQL
5 45 (7.91%) Relational Database
6 44 (7.73%) Amazon Athena
7 41 (7.21%) PostgreSQL
8 36 (6.33%) Amazon Redshift
9 31 (5.45%) Data Warehouse
10 23 (4.04%) Power BI
11 22 (3.87%) Azure SQL Database
12 20 (3.51%) Spark SQL
13 18 (3.16%) MySQL
14 15 (2.64%) Metadata
14 15 (2.64%) MongoDB
15 11 (1.93%) Big Data
15 11 (1.93%) Elasticsearch
16 10 (1.76%) Data Lake
17 9 (1.58%) Hadoop
17 9 (1.58%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 134 (23.55%) Git
2 91 (15.99%) Jenkins
3 58 (10.19%) GitLab
4 35 (6.15%) JIRA
5 30 (5.27%) Cypress.io
6 23 (4.04%) SonarQube
7 15 (2.64%) JMeter
7 15 (2.64%) JUnit
8 14 (2.46%) Selenium
9 12 (2.11%) Claude Code
9 12 (2.11%) Postman
10 11 (1.93%) Bitbucket
10 11 (1.93%) Maven
10 11 (1.93%) Snyk
11 7 (1.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 7 (1.23%) Mockito
12 5 (0.88%) git-flow
13 4 (0.70%) Crashlytics
13 4 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
13 4 (0.70%) XCTest
General
1 138 (24.25%) Social Skills
2 96 (16.87%) Public Sector
3 64 (11.25%) Finance
4 57 (10.02%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (9.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 28 (4.92%) Law
7 16 (2.81%) Retail
8 15 (2.64%) Aviation
8 15 (2.64%) Banking
9 12 (2.11%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.05%) Manufacturing
11 5 (0.88%) Legal
12 4 (0.70%) Local Government
12 4 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.53%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.53%) iGaming
13 3 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.53%) Marketing
13 3 (0.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 200 (35.15%) Developer
2 141 (24.78%) Senior
3 79 (13.88%) Software Engineer
4 66 (11.60%) Senior Developer
5 65 (11.42%) Full-Stack Developer
6 61 (10.72%) Lead
7 59 (10.37%) Java Developer
8 51 (8.96%) Data Engineer
9 47 (8.26%) Architect
10 44 (7.73%) AWS Engineer
11 39 (6.85%) Cloud Engineer
12 35 (6.15%) DevOps Engineer
13 32 (5.62%) Software Developer
14 28 (4.92%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 27 (4.75%) AWS Developer
16 26 (4.57%) Senior Software Engineer
17 23 (4.04%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 23 (4.04%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
18 19 (3.34%) Cloud Architect
19 17 (2.99%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (33.39%) Terraform
2 129 (22.67%) Node.js
3 108 (18.98%) React
4 107 (18.80%) Spring Boot
5 92 (16.17%) .NET
5 92 (16.17%) Spring
6 78 (13.71%) REST
7 75 (13.18%) AngularJS
8 43 (7.56%) Kafka
9 39 (6.85%) RESTful
10 37 (6.50%) PySpark
11 36 (6.33%) AWS CDK
12 35 (6.15%) Jest
13 32 (5.62%) Ruby on Rails
14 28 (4.92%) Next.js
15 27 (4.75%) HTML
16 26 (4.57%) OpenAPI
17 24 (4.22%) Gherkin
18 23 (4.04%) ASP.NET
18 23 (4.04%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 178 (31.28%) Cloud Native
2 41 (7.21%) Product Ownership
3 37 (6.50%) Distributed Systems
4 36 (6.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 30 (5.27%) Legacy Systems
6 24 (4.22%) Mainframe
7 20 (3.51%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (3.34%) Public Cloud
9 14 (2.46%) Data Centre
9 14 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (2.28%) Linux Command Line
11 12 (2.11%) Podcast
11 12 (2.11%) Security Posture
12 10 (1.76%) Management Information System
13 9 (1.58%) Digital Wallet
13 9 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (1.41%) Robotics
14 8 (1.41%) Taxonomies
15 7 (1.23%) Mobile App
15 7 (1.23%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 39 (6.85%) Linux
2 31 (5.45%) Windows
3 13 (2.28%) VMS
4 11 (1.93%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.23%) AIX
5 7 (1.23%) CentOS
5 7 (1.23%) Debian
5 7 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.23%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.70%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (62.74%) CI/CD
2 296 (52.02%) Agile
3 250 (43.94%) DevOps
4 186 (32.69%) Infrastructure as Code
5 157 (27.59%) Software Engineering
6 147 (25.83%) AI
6 147 (25.83%) Continuous Improvement
7 139 (24.43%) Full-Stack Development
8 129 (22.67%) Mentoring
9 127 (22.32%) Microservices
10 114 (20.04%) Problem-Solving
11 99 (17.40%) Scrum
12 97 (17.05%) Test Automation
13 93 (16.34%) Observability
14 82 (14.41%) Containerisation
14 82 (14.41%) Roadmaps
15 79 (13.88%) Analytics
15 79 (13.88%) Event-Driven
16 72 (12.65%) Technical Leadership
17 71 (12.48%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 185 (32.51%) Python
2 175 (30.76%) Java
3 171 (30.05%) SQL
4 139 (24.43%) TypeScript
5 131 (23.02%) JavaScript
6 118 (20.74%) C#
7 60 (10.54%) Bash
8 36 (6.33%) Ruby
9 30 (5.27%) Kotlin
10 29 (5.10%) Bicep
11 26 (4.57%) PowerShell
12 20 (3.51%) Groovy
13 17 (2.99%) C++
14 13 (2.28%) Kusto Query Language
14 13 (2.28%) Shell Script
15 12 (2.11%) Rust
16 10 (1.76%) Scala
17 9 (1.58%) Go
18 7 (1.23%) T-SQL
19 6 (1.05%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 105 (18.45%) Security Cleared
2 90 (15.82%) SC Cleared
3 51 (8.96%) AWS Certification
4 46 (8.08%) Degree
5 37 (6.50%) DV Cleared
6 35 (6.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 31 (5.45%) Azure Certification
8 16 (2.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 16 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.93%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 9 (1.58%) ITIL Certification
12 8 (1.41%) ISTQB
12 8 (1.41%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.41%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (1.23%) AWS Certified Developer
14 5 (0.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 5 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
15 4 (0.70%) CCNA
15 4 (0.70%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.26%) Data Quality
2 36 (6.33%) Accessibility
2 36 (6.33%) QA
3 28 (4.92%) GDPR
4 27 (4.75%) WCAG
5 11 (1.93%) GRC
6 10 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (1.05%) Government Security Classifications
7 6 (1.05%) NCSC
8 4 (0.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.35%) NIST
9 2 (0.35%) PMO
10 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
System Software
1 165 (29.00%) Docker
2 33 (5.80%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.81%) vSphere
4 12 (2.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.23%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.70%) Squid
6 4 (0.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 106 (18.63%) Kubernetes
2 56 (9.84%) Ansible
3 18 (3.16%) Puppet
4 13 (2.28%) Packer
5 12 (2.11%) Grafana
6 10 (1.76%) HP Fortify
6 10 (1.76%) Kibana
7 9 (1.58%) Prometheus
8 7 (1.23%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.88%) Podman
10 4 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.70%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.35%) logstash
12 1 (0.18%) Fluentd
Vendors
1 105 (18.45%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.04%) Google
3 20 (3.51%) Oracle
4 19 (3.34%) Splunk
5 18 (3.16%) Dynatrace
6 17 (2.99%) Databricks
6 17 (2.99%) VMware
7 15 (2.64%) Tenable
8 14 (2.46%) OpenAI
8 14 (2.46%) Red Hat
9 12 (2.11%) ScienceLogic
10 11 (1.93%) CrowdStrike
10 11 (1.93%) OneLogin
10 11 (1.93%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.23%) SaltStack
12 6 (1.05%) Confluent
12 6 (1.05%) Veeam
13 4 (0.70%) Amplitude
13 4 (0.70%) Braze
13 4 (0.70%) Sparx