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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 277 220
Rank change year-on-year +34 -57 -48
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 572 291 593
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.66% 0.84% 1.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.41% 3.16% 4.12%
Number of salaries quoted 388 197 259
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 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000

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 16,752 9,223 14,405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 19.43% 26.56% 27.80%
Number of salaries quoted 11,833 6,164 8,234
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £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 £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -5.51% +1.60%

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 8 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 8 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 +80 284 £67,500 +3.85% 164
North West +48 129 £67,249 +3.46% 106
Yorkshire +27 103 £80,000 +13.48% 43
South East -31 76 £65,000 -8.77% 96
South West -40 75 £67,500 +12.50% 63
Midlands -13 71 £62,500 - 59
North East -13 52 £65,000 -5.11% 15
Wales -39 47 £55,000 +4.76% 19
West Midlands -42 40 £62,500 - 32
East Midlands -1 31 £65,000 - 27
Scotland -7 10 £67,500 -6.90% 51
East of England -52 10 £57,500 - 32
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 22 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 21 (3.67%) Confluence
3 19 (3.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 17 (2.97%) Apache
4 17 (2.97%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.70%) nginx
6 4 (0.70%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.52%) CMS
7 3 (0.52%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.35%) JBoss
9 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (4.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.40%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.52%) 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
1 417 (72.90%) AWS
2 303 (52.97%) AWS Lambda
3 198 (34.62%) Amazon S3
4 194 (33.92%) Azure
5 136 (23.78%) Amazon ECS
6 133 (23.25%) AWS CloudFormation
7 113 (19.76%) GitHub
8 111 (19.41%) Azure Functions
9 89 (15.56%) Amazon EC2
10 73 (12.76%) Azure DevOps
11 71 (12.41%) AWS Step Functions
12 65 (11.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 63 (11.01%) GitHub Actions
14 60 (10.49%) Amazon SQS
15 59 (10.31%) Amazon EKS
16 51 (8.92%) GCP
16 51 (8.92%) Power Platform
17 45 (7.87%) Azure Logic Apps
18 41 (7.17%) SaaS
19 38 (6.64%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.15%) VPN
2 11 (1.92%) Firewall
3 9 (1.57%) DNS
3 9 (1.57%) MQTT
4 7 (1.22%) AMQP
4 7 (1.22%) DHCP
4 7 (1.22%) Network Security
4 7 (1.22%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.22%) VLAN
4 7 (1.22%) VoIP
5 4 (0.70%) IPv4
5 4 (0.70%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.52%) HTTP
6 3 (0.52%) LTE
7 1 (0.17%) LAN
7 1 (0.17%) WAN
7 1 (0.17%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (18.36%) DynamoDB
2 66 (11.54%) Amazon RDS
3 57 (9.97%) SQL Server
4 49 (8.57%) NoSQL
5 43 (7.52%) PostgreSQL
5 43 (7.52%) Relational Database
6 41 (7.17%) Amazon Athena
7 36 (6.29%) Amazon Redshift
8 31 (5.42%) Data Warehouse
9 21 (3.67%) Azure SQL Database
10 20 (3.50%) Spark SQL
11 19 (3.32%) Power BI
12 18 (3.15%) MySQL
13 17 (2.97%) MongoDB
14 13 (2.27%) Metadata
15 11 (1.92%) Big Data
15 11 (1.92%) Elasticsearch
16 10 (1.75%) Data Lake
17 9 (1.57%) Hadoop
17 9 (1.57%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 133 (23.25%) Git
2 89 (15.56%) Jenkins
3 53 (9.27%) GitLab
4 35 (6.12%) JIRA
5 30 (5.24%) Cypress.io
6 22 (3.85%) SonarQube
7 15 (2.62%) JMeter
7 15 (2.62%) JUnit
7 15 (2.62%) Snyk
8 14 (2.45%) Selenium
9 13 (2.27%) Postman
10 11 (1.92%) Bitbucket
10 11 (1.92%) Maven
11 10 (1.75%) Claude Code
12 7 (1.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 7 (1.22%) Mockito
13 5 (0.87%) Crashlytics
13 5 (0.87%) git-flow
13 5 (0.87%) XCTest
14 4 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 141 (24.65%) Social Skills
2 93 (16.26%) Public Sector
3 65 (11.36%) Finance
4 57 (9.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 54 (9.44%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (4.72%) Law
7 15 (2.62%) Aviation
7 15 (2.62%) Banking
7 15 (2.62%) Retail
8 12 (2.10%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.05%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.70%) Legal
10 4 (0.70%) Local Government
10 4 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.52%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.35%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (0.35%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.35%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 197 (34.44%) Developer
2 147 (25.70%) Senior
3 75 (13.11%) Software Engineer
4 64 (11.19%) Senior Developer
5 63 (11.01%) Lead
6 62 (10.84%) Full-Stack Developer
7 59 (10.31%) Java Developer
8 52 (9.09%) Architect
9 48 (8.39%) Data Engineer
10 40 (6.99%) AWS Engineer
11 36 (6.29%) Cloud Engineer
12 33 (5.77%) DevOps Engineer
13 32 (5.59%) Software Developer
14 28 (4.90%) AWS Developer
14 28 (4.90%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 24 (4.20%) Cloud Architect
15 24 (4.20%) Senior Software Engineer
16 23 (4.02%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 20 (3.50%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
18 19 (3.32%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (32.34%) Terraform
2 134 (23.43%) Node.js
3 111 (19.41%) React
4 107 (18.71%) Spring Boot
5 92 (16.08%) Spring
6 91 (15.91%) .NET
7 80 (13.99%) REST
8 78 (13.64%) AngularJS
9 42 (7.34%) Kafka
10 39 (6.82%) RESTful
11 37 (6.47%) AWS CDK
12 35 (6.12%) Jest
12 35 (6.12%) PySpark
13 32 (5.59%) Ruby on Rails
14 27 (4.72%) Next.js
15 26 (4.55%) OpenAPI
16 25 (4.37%) HTML
17 24 (4.20%) Gherkin
18 23 (4.02%) ASP.NET
18 23 (4.02%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 180 (31.47%) Cloud Native
2 42 (7.34%) Product Ownership
3 38 (6.64%) Distributed Systems
4 36 (6.29%) Hybrid Cloud
5 30 (5.24%) Legacy Systems
6 25 (4.37%) Greenfield Project
7 24 (4.20%) Mainframe
8 19 (3.32%) Public Cloud
9 18 (3.15%) Data Centre
10 14 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (2.27%) Linux Command Line
12 12 (2.10%) Podcast
12 12 (2.10%) Security Posture
13 10 (1.75%) Management Information System
13 10 (1.75%) Mobile App
14 9 (1.57%) Digital Wallet
14 9 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (1.40%) Robotics
15 8 (1.40%) Taxonomies
16 7 (1.22%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (6.47%) Linux
2 31 (5.42%) Windows
3 13 (2.27%) VMS
4 11 (1.92%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.22%) AIX
5 7 (1.22%) CentOS
5 7 (1.22%) Debian
5 7 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.22%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.87%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 361 (63.11%) CI/CD
2 296 (51.75%) Agile
3 243 (42.48%) DevOps
4 185 (32.34%) Infrastructure as Code
5 152 (26.57%) Software Engineering
6 151 (26.40%) Continuous Improvement
7 140 (24.48%) AI
8 138 (24.13%) Full-Stack Development
9 133 (23.25%) Mentoring
10 127 (22.20%) Microservices
11 112 (19.58%) Problem-Solving
12 98 (17.13%) Observability
13 97 (16.96%) Scrum
14 96 (16.78%) Test Automation
15 86 (15.03%) Containerisation
16 81 (14.16%) Roadmaps
17 80 (13.99%) Event-Driven
18 78 (13.64%) Cloud Security
19 77 (13.46%) Analytics
20 72 (12.59%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 183 (31.99%) Python
2 174 (30.42%) Java
3 167 (29.20%) SQL
4 144 (25.17%) TypeScript
5 131 (22.90%) JavaScript
6 117 (20.45%) C#
7 59 (10.31%) Bash
8 36 (6.29%) Ruby
9 31 (5.42%) Kotlin
10 26 (4.55%) PowerShell
11 24 (4.20%) Bicep
12 20 (3.50%) Groovy
13 17 (2.97%) C++
14 13 (2.27%) Kusto Query Language
15 12 (2.10%) Rust
15 12 (2.10%) Shell Script
16 10 (1.75%) Scala
17 8 (1.40%) Go
18 6 (1.05%) COBOL
18 6 (1.05%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 102 (17.83%) Security Cleared
2 88 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 49 (8.57%) AWS Certification
4 45 (7.87%) Degree
5 35 (6.12%) Microsoft Certification
6 34 (5.94%) DV Cleared
7 30 (5.24%) Azure Certification
8 16 (2.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 15 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (1.92%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 9 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
12 9 (1.57%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (1.40%) ISTQB
14 7 (1.22%) AWS Certified Developer
14 7 (1.22%) Master's Degree
15 6 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
16 5 (0.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 4 (0.70%) CCNA
17 4 (0.70%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 35 (6.12%) Accessibility
2 35 (6.12%) QA
3 30 (5.24%) GDPR
4 27 (4.72%) WCAG
5 15 (2.62%) GRC
6 11 (1.92%) 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 3 (0.52%) NIST
10 2 (0.35%) PMO
11 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
System Software
1 167 (29.20%) Docker
2 33 (5.77%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.80%) Virtual Machines
3 16 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.80%) vSphere
4 12 (2.10%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (1.22%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.70%) Squid
6 4 (0.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 105 (18.36%) Kubernetes
2 53 (9.27%) Ansible
3 18 (3.15%) Puppet
4 13 (2.27%) Packer
5 12 (2.10%) Grafana
6 10 (1.75%) HP Fortify
6 10 (1.75%) Prometheus
7 9 (1.57%) Kibana
8 7 (1.22%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.87%) Podman
10 4 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.70%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.17%) Fluentd
12 1 (0.17%) logstash
Vendors
1 102 (17.83%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.85%) Google
2 22 (3.85%) Oracle
3 19 (3.32%) Splunk
3 19 (3.32%) Tenable
4 18 (3.15%) Dynatrace
5 17 (2.97%) VMware
6 15 (2.62%) CrowdStrike
6 15 (2.62%) Databricks
6 15 (2.62%) Palo Alto
7 14 (2.45%) Red Hat
8 13 (2.27%) OpenAI
9 12 (2.10%) ScienceLogic
10 11 (1.92%) OneLogin
11 7 (1.22%) SaltStack
12 6 (1.05%) Confluent
12 6 (1.05%) Veeam
13 5 (0.87%) Amplitude
13 5 (0.87%) Braze
13 5 (0.87%) HubSpot