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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 259 244
Rank change year-on-year +19 -15 -58
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 596 350 625
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.77% 1.01% 1.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.33% 3.74% 3.64%
Number of salaries quoted 385 248 351
10th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £36,103
25th Percentile £53,750 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £96,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +6.38% +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 17,876 9,360 17,148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.22% 27.06% 28.63%
Number of salaries quoted 11,842 6,516 11,874
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,500 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% -1.82%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -6.25%

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 12 August 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 12 August 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 +85 298 £75,000 +15.38% 114
North West +52 135 £70,000 +5.66% 62
Yorkshire +45 120 £80,000 +33.33% 29
Midlands +7 84 £62,500 -3.85% 43
South East -17 83 £65,000 -7.14% 56
South West -47 66 £60,500 -1.22% 45
East Midlands +28 51 £60,000 +60.00% 14
North East -16 43 £75,000 +15.38% 23
Wales -27 42 £55,000 +5.77% 10
West Midlands -40 33 £62,500 -3.85% 29
East of England -57 17 £59,450 +1.19% 17
Scotland +4 13 £70,000 +16.67% 30
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 19 (3.19%) Confluence
2 12 (2.01%) Apache
2 12 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.51%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.34%) SAS
4 8 (1.34%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.84%) JBoss
7 4 (0.67%) nginx
7 4 (0.67%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.50%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.50%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.17%) CMS
9 1 (0.17%) IIS
9 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 16 (2.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.01%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.17%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 434 (72.82%) AWS
2 293 (49.16%) AWS Lambda
3 205 (34.40%) Amazon S3
4 193 (32.38%) Azure
5 156 (26.17%) Amazon ECS
6 138 (23.15%) AWS CloudFormation
7 109 (18.29%) GitHub
8 102 (17.11%) Azure Functions
9 77 (12.92%) AWS Step Functions
10 71 (11.91%) Azure DevOps
11 69 (11.58%) Amazon EC2
12 63 (10.57%) Amazon SQS
13 60 (10.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 58 (9.73%) Amazon EKS
14 58 (9.73%) GitHub Actions
15 52 (8.72%) GCP
16 49 (8.22%) SaaS
17 44 (7.38%) Azure Logic Apps
18 43 (7.21%) Power Platform
19 37 (6.21%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.85%) VPN
2 9 (1.51%) MQTT
2 9 (1.51%) Network Security
3 7 (1.17%) Firewall
4 4 (0.67%) AMQP
4 4 (0.67%) DNS
4 4 (0.67%) IPv4
4 4 (0.67%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (0.50%) DHCP
5 3 (0.50%) HTTP
5 3 (0.50%) LTE
5 3 (0.50%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.50%) VLAN
5 3 (0.50%) WAN
6 2 (0.34%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.17%) LAN
7 1 (0.17%) VoIP
7 1 (0.17%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (20.64%) DynamoDB
2 59 (9.90%) Amazon RDS
3 49 (8.22%) NoSQL
4 46 (7.72%) SQL Server
5 42 (7.05%) PostgreSQL
6 40 (6.71%) Relational Database
7 37 (6.21%) Amazon Athena
8 28 (4.70%) Data Warehouse
9 27 (4.53%) Amazon Redshift
10 25 (4.19%) Azure SQL Database
11 19 (3.19%) MySQL
11 19 (3.19%) Power BI
12 17 (2.85%) MongoDB
13 16 (2.68%) Big Data
14 14 (2.35%) Elasticsearch
15 10 (1.68%) Spark SQL
16 9 (1.51%) RDBMS
17 7 (1.17%) Metadata
18 6 (1.01%) DocumentDB
18 6 (1.01%) Looker
Development Applications
1 121 (20.30%) Git
2 103 (17.28%) Jenkins
3 59 (9.90%) GitLab
4 36 (6.04%) JIRA
5 34 (5.70%) SonarQube
6 31 (5.20%) Cypress.io
7 22 (3.69%) Maven
7 22 (3.69%) Snyk
8 15 (2.52%) JUnit
8 15 (2.52%) Selenium
9 13 (2.18%) Bitbucket
9 13 (2.18%) Crashlytics
9 13 (2.18%) XCTest
10 11 (1.85%) Postman
11 10 (1.68%) Cucumber
12 8 (1.34%) Claude Code
12 8 (1.34%) JMeter
13 7 (1.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 7 (1.17%) Mockito
14 4 (0.67%) SpecFlow
General
1 151 (25.34%) Social Skills
2 71 (11.91%) Public Sector
3 62 (10.40%) Finance
4 47 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (6.21%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (3.52%) Law
7 12 (2.01%) Aviation
8 10 (1.68%) Retail
9 9 (1.51%) Aerospace
10 8 (1.34%) Legal
11 6 (1.01%) Banking
12 4 (0.67%) Health Technology
12 4 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.50%) Local Government
13 3 (0.50%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.50%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.34%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.34%) Games
Job Titles
1 218 (36.58%) Developer
2 159 (26.68%) Senior
3 84 (14.09%) Lead
4 79 (13.26%) Java Developer
5 71 (11.91%) Full-Stack Developer
5 71 (11.91%) Senior Developer
5 71 (11.91%) Software Engineer
6 62 (10.40%) Architect
7 37 (6.21%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 35 (5.87%) Cloud Architect
9 34 (5.70%) Software Developer
10 33 (5.54%) Data Engineer
11 31 (5.20%) AWS Developer
12 30 (5.03%) DevOps Engineer
13 28 (4.70%) Cloud Engineer
14 27 (4.53%) AWS Engineer
15 26 (4.36%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
16 25 (4.19%) Cloud Security Architect
16 25 (4.19%) Security Architect
17 23 (3.86%) Senior Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (23.15%) Node.js
2 120 (20.13%) React
3 118 (19.80%) Spring Boot
4 96 (16.11%) AngularJS
5 95 (15.94%) REST
5 95 (15.94%) Spring
6 83 (13.93%) .NET
7 41 (6.88%) AWS CDK
8 38 (6.38%) Jest
9 37 (6.21%) Kafka
10 33 (5.54%) RESTful
11 29 (4.87%) Gherkin
12 28 (4.70%) HTML
12 28 (4.70%) Ruby on Rails
13 27 (4.53%) Next.js
14 22 (3.69%) ASP.NET
14 22 (3.69%) CSS
14 22 (3.69%) OpenAPI
15 21 (3.52%) ASP.NET Core
16 20 (3.36%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 155 (26.01%) Cloud Native
2 46 (7.72%) Distributed Systems
3 45 (7.55%) Greenfield Project
4 35 (5.87%) Product Ownership
5 29 (4.87%) Legacy Systems
6 25 (4.19%) Data Centre
7 22 (3.69%) Mainframe
8 21 (3.52%) Mobile App
9 20 (3.36%) Hybrid Cloud
10 17 (2.85%) Public Cloud
11 12 (2.01%) Podcast
11 12 (2.01%) Security Posture
12 10 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (1.68%) Linux Command Line
13 9 (1.51%) IoT
14 8 (1.34%) Data Structures
14 8 (1.34%) Robotics
15 7 (1.17%) Digital Wallet
15 7 (1.17%) Low-Code
15 7 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 39 (6.54%) Linux
2 28 (4.70%) Windows
3 13 (2.18%) Apple iOS
3 13 (2.18%) VMS
4 7 (1.17%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.84%) AIX
6 4 (0.67%) CentOS
6 4 (0.67%) Debian
6 4 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (59.73%) CI/CD
2 286 (47.99%) Agile
3 259 (43.46%) DevOps
4 196 (32.89%) Infrastructure as Code
5 148 (24.83%) AI
6 142 (23.83%) Software Engineering
7 140 (23.49%) Full-Stack Development
8 132 (22.15%) Continuous Improvement
9 129 (21.64%) Mentoring
10 127 (21.31%) Microservices
11 122 (20.47%) Problem-Solving
12 114 (19.13%) Observability
13 109 (18.29%) Test Automation
14 107 (17.95%) Containerisation
15 94 (15.77%) Scrum
16 85 (14.26%) TDD
17 84 (14.09%) Clean Code
18 82 (13.76%) Event-Driven
19 79 (13.26%) DevSecOps
20 78 (13.09%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 201 (33.72%) Python
2 176 (29.53%) Java
3 157 (26.34%) SQL
4 152 (25.50%) TypeScript
5 116 (19.46%) JavaScript
6 94 (15.77%) C#
7 61 (10.23%) Bash
8 45 (7.55%) Kotlin
9 36 (6.04%) Groovy
10 31 (5.20%) Ruby
11 28 (4.70%) PowerShell
12 22 (3.69%) Bicep
13 13 (2.18%) Kusto Query Language
13 13 (2.18%) Shell Script
13 13 (2.18%) Swift
14 10 (1.68%) Rust
15 9 (1.51%) PHP
16 8 (1.34%) Go
17 6 (1.01%) Scala
17 6 (1.01%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 86 (14.43%) Security Cleared
2 72 (12.08%) SC Cleared
3 57 (9.56%) Degree
4 54 (9.06%) AWS Certification
5 29 (4.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (4.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (4.70%) DV Cleared
7 26 (4.36%) Azure Certification
8 19 (3.19%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 19 (3.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 16 (2.68%) ITIL Certification
9 16 (2.68%) Master's Degree
10 11 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.68%) AWS Certified Developer
12 9 (1.51%) DBS Check
12 9 (1.51%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (1.34%) ISTQB
14 7 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 4 (0.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.37%) QA
2 30 (5.03%) Data Quality
3 25 (4.19%) GDPR
4 22 (3.69%) GRC
5 21 (3.52%) Accessibility
6 16 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 15 (2.52%) WCAG
8 6 (1.01%) Government Security Classifications
8 6 (1.01%) NCSC
9 4 (0.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 4 (0.67%) NIST
10 3 (0.50%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.34%) PMO
12 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
System Software
1 190 (31.88%) Docker
2 30 (5.03%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.86%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.68%) vSphere
5 12 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.67%) Squid
6 4 (0.67%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.50%) Firmware
7 3 (0.50%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.17%) iptables
Systems Management
1 191 (32.05%) Terraform
2 112 (18.79%) Kubernetes
3 55 (9.23%) Ansible
4 20 (3.36%) HP Fortify
5 18 (3.02%) Grafana
6 15 (2.52%) Prometheus
7 14 (2.35%) Kibana
7 14 (2.35%) Puppet
8 13 (2.18%) Packer
9 5 (0.84%) Podman
10 4 (0.67%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.50%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.50%) Scalr
12 2 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
13 1 (0.17%) Fluentd
13 1 (0.17%) logstash
13 1 (0.17%) Nagios
Vendors
1 83 (13.93%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.36%) Tenable
3 23 (3.86%) Oracle
4 22 (3.69%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (3.69%) Palo Alto
5 19 (3.19%) Splunk
6 18 (3.02%) Google
7 17 (2.85%) VMware
8 15 (2.52%) Databricks
9 14 (2.35%) Dynatrace
10 13 (2.18%) Amplitude
10 13 (2.18%) Braze
11 12 (2.01%) ScienceLogic
12 11 (1.85%) OpenAI
12 11 (1.85%) Red Hat
13 9 (1.51%) AppDynamics
14 8 (1.34%) IBM
15 7 (1.17%) HubSpot
15 7 (1.17%) OneLogin
16 4 (0.67%) NVIDIA