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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 255 248
Rank change year-on-year +30 -7 -44
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 571 374 760
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.80% 1.11% 1.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.25% 4.06% 3.43%
Number of salaries quoted 378 265 463
10th Percentile £47,930 £41,250 £38,900
25th Percentile £55,000 £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 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,750 £94,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -0.69% +3.57%

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 17,551 9,212 22,153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.53% 27.26% 30.22%
Number of salaries quoted 11,368 6,409 16,558
10th Percentile £29,962 £27,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +2.94% -7.27%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
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% -8.00%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 +93 276 £75,000 +15.38% 88
North West +56 127 £70,000 +7.69% 45
Yorkshire +40 125 £80,000 +33.33% 25
Midlands +5 91 £57,500 - 39
South East -33 75 £65,000 +8.33% 48
South West -55 66 £62,500 +4.17% 40
East Midlands +32 62 £55,000 - 21
Wales -26 41 £53,171 +2.25% 16
West Midlands -48 29 £62,500 +6.38% 18
North East -36 24 £75,000 +15.38% 18
East of England -43 17 £59,725 -6.31% 27
Scotland 0 12 £70,000 +27.27% 29
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 14
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 (2.63%) Confluence
2 13 (2.28%) Apache
2 13 (2.28%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (1.75%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.40%) SAS
6 4 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.70%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.70%) JBoss
6 4 (0.70%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.53%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.35%) nginx
9 1 (0.18%) CMS
9 1 (0.18%) IIS
9 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 21 (3.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.05%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.18%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 409 (71.63%) AWS
2 271 (47.46%) AWS Lambda
3 203 (35.55%) Amazon S3
4 186 (32.57%) Azure
5 145 (25.39%) Amazon ECS
6 128 (22.42%) AWS CloudFormation
7 100 (17.51%) Azure Functions
8 92 (16.11%) GitHub
9 81 (14.19%) AWS Step Functions
10 66 (11.56%) Amazon SQS
11 63 (11.03%) Azure DevOps
12 60 (10.51%) Amazon EC2
13 54 (9.46%) Amazon EKS
14 51 (8.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 51 (8.93%) GitHub Actions
15 49 (8.58%) Azure Logic Apps
16 47 (8.23%) GCP
17 43 (7.53%) Power Platform
18 40 (7.01%) Amazon ECR
19 38 (6.65%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.45%) VPN
2 13 (2.28%) Network Security
3 8 (1.40%) MQTT
4 7 (1.23%) AMQP
4 7 (1.23%) Firewall
5 4 (0.70%) IPv4
5 4 (0.70%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.53%) DHCP
6 3 (0.53%) DNS
6 3 (0.53%) LTE
6 3 (0.53%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.53%) VLAN
7 2 (0.35%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.35%) WAN
7 2 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.18%) HTTP
8 1 (0.18%) VoIP
8 1 (0.18%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (20.32%) DynamoDB
2 49 (8.58%) Amazon RDS
2 49 (8.58%) NoSQL
3 42 (7.36%) PostgreSQL
3 42 (7.36%) SQL Server
4 38 (6.65%) Amazon Athena
5 32 (5.60%) Relational Database
6 22 (3.85%) Amazon Redshift
7 21 (3.68%) Azure SQL Database
8 18 (3.15%) Big Data
8 18 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (3.15%) Power BI
9 17 (2.98%) MySQL
10 14 (2.45%) MongoDB
11 12 (2.10%) Elasticsearch
12 10 (1.75%) RDBMS
12 10 (1.75%) Spark SQL
13 7 (1.23%) Redis
14 6 (1.05%) Cloudera CDH
14 6 (1.05%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 106 (18.56%) Jenkins
2 105 (18.39%) Git
3 62 (10.86%) GitLab
4 39 (6.83%) SonarQube
5 35 (6.13%) Cypress.io
6 30 (5.25%) JIRA
7 28 (4.90%) Maven
8 22 (3.85%) Snyk
9 15 (2.63%) JUnit
9 15 (2.63%) Selenium
10 14 (2.45%) Crashlytics
10 14 (2.45%) XCTest
11 13 (2.28%) Bitbucket
12 11 (1.93%) Postman
13 10 (1.75%) Cucumber
14 8 (1.40%) JMeter
15 7 (1.23%) Claude Code
15 7 (1.23%) Mockito
16 5 (0.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
17 4 (0.70%) REST Assured
General
1 135 (23.64%) Social Skills
2 64 (11.21%) Public Sector
3 50 (8.76%) Finance
4 39 (6.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 25 (4.38%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (2.10%) Law
7 9 (1.58%) Aerospace
8 5 (0.88%) Banking
8 5 (0.88%) Legal
9 4 (0.70%) Health Technology
9 4 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.53%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.35%) Advertising
11 2 (0.35%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.35%) Games
11 2 (0.35%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.18%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.18%) Marketing
12 1 (0.18%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 220 (38.53%) Developer
2 163 (28.55%) Senior
3 85 (14.89%) Java Developer
4 77 (13.49%) Lead
5 73 (12.78%) Senior Developer
6 71 (12.43%) Software Engineer
7 69 (12.08%) Full-Stack Developer
8 62 (10.86%) Architect
9 40 (7.01%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 34 (5.95%) AWS Developer
10 34 (5.95%) Cloud Architect
11 32 (5.60%) Software Developer
12 30 (5.25%) Data Engineer
13 27 (4.73%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
14 25 (4.38%) Cloud Security Architect
14 25 (4.38%) Security Architect
15 24 (4.20%) Senior Architect
16 23 (4.03%) Full-Stack Java Developer
16 23 (4.03%) Senior Cloud Architect
17 22 (3.85%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (26.09%) Node.js
2 126 (22.07%) React
3 123 (21.54%) Spring Boot
4 102 (17.86%) AngularJS
5 94 (16.46%) Spring
6 90 (15.76%) REST
7 73 (12.78%) .NET
8 39 (6.83%) Jest
9 35 (6.13%) Gherkin
10 34 (5.95%) AWS CDK
11 33 (5.78%) HTML
12 32 (5.60%) Kafka
12 32 (5.60%) RESTful
13 23 (4.03%) Next.js
13 23 (4.03%) Ruby on Rails
14 22 (3.85%) CSS
15 21 (3.68%) Swagger
16 20 (3.50%) ASP.NET
16 20 (3.50%) OpenAPI
17 19 (3.33%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 134 (23.47%) Cloud Native
2 47 (8.23%) Distributed Systems
3 46 (8.06%) Greenfield Project
4 32 (5.60%) Product Ownership
5 28 (4.90%) Legacy Systems
6 25 (4.38%) Data Centre
7 22 (3.85%) Mobile App
8 20 (3.50%) Mainframe
9 14 (2.45%) Public Cloud
10 13 (2.28%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (2.10%) Podcast
11 12 (2.10%) Security Posture
12 9 (1.58%) Data Structures
12 9 (1.58%) IoT
13 8 (1.40%) Robotics
13 8 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (1.23%) Low-Code
15 6 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
15 6 (1.05%) Digital Wallet
15 6 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 39 (6.83%) Linux
2 26 (4.55%) Windows
3 14 (2.45%) Apple iOS
4 13 (2.28%) VMS
5 6 (1.05%) CentOS
5 6 (1.05%) Debian
5 6 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.05%) Ubuntu
5 6 (1.05%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.70%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (59.37%) CI/CD
2 269 (47.11%) Agile
3 251 (43.96%) DevOps
4 178 (31.17%) Infrastructure as Code
5 143 (25.04%) Full-Stack Development
6 131 (22.94%) AI
6 131 (22.94%) Microservices
7 128 (22.42%) Software Engineering
8 113 (19.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 113 (19.79%) Mentoring
9 106 (18.56%) Problem-Solving
10 102 (17.86%) Observability
10 102 (17.86%) Test Automation
11 100 (17.51%) Containerisation
12 91 (15.94%) Scrum
13 78 (13.66%) Clean Code
13 78 (13.66%) Event-Driven
14 77 (13.49%) DevSecOps
14 77 (13.49%) TDD
15 69 (12.08%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 195 (34.15%) Python
2 177 (31.00%) Java
3 154 (26.97%) TypeScript
4 144 (25.22%) SQL
5 124 (21.72%) JavaScript
6 83 (14.54%) C#
7 61 (10.68%) Bash
8 45 (7.88%) Kotlin
9 42 (7.36%) Groovy
10 27 (4.73%) PowerShell
11 23 (4.03%) Ruby
12 22 (3.85%) Bicep
13 14 (2.45%) Swift
14 13 (2.28%) Kusto Query Language
15 10 (1.75%) PHP
15 10 (1.75%) Rust
15 10 (1.75%) Shell Script
16 8 (1.40%) Go
17 6 (1.05%) COBOL
17 6 (1.05%) Scala
Qualifications
1 70 (12.26%) Security Cleared
2 58 (10.16%) Degree
3 57 (9.98%) SC Cleared
4 56 (9.81%) AWS Certification
5 29 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 27 (4.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (4.20%) Azure Certification
8 23 (4.03%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 23 (4.03%) DV Cleared
9 21 (3.68%) ITIL Certification
10 20 (3.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 16 (2.80%) Master's Degree
12 9 (1.58%) AWS Certified Developer
12 9 (1.58%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (1.40%) DBS Check
13 8 (1.40%) ISTQB
14 7 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 4 (0.70%) RHCE
16 4 (0.70%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.03%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.85%) GRC
2 22 (3.85%) QA
3 21 (3.68%) GDPR
4 18 (3.15%) Accessibility
4 18 (3.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (2.10%) WCAG
6 6 (1.05%) Government Security Classifications
6 6 (1.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 6 (1.05%) NCSC
7 4 (0.70%) NIST
8 3 (0.53%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 179 (31.35%) Docker
2 28 (4.90%) Active Directory
3 23 (4.03%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.80%) vSphere
5 12 (2.10%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.70%) Squid
6 4 (0.70%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.53%) Firmware
7 3 (0.53%) iptables
8 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 173 (30.30%) Terraform
2 108 (18.91%) Kubernetes
3 56 (9.81%) Ansible
4 26 (4.55%) HP Fortify
5 21 (3.68%) Grafana
6 19 (3.33%) Prometheus
7 16 (2.80%) Puppet
8 14 (2.45%) Packer
9 13 (2.28%) Kibana
10 6 (1.05%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.70%) Podman
11 4 (0.70%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.53%) Scalr
13 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (0.35%) Nagios
14 1 (0.18%) logstash
Vendors
1 82 (14.36%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.73%) Tenable
3 23 (4.03%) Oracle
4 22 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (3.85%) Palo Alto
5 19 (3.33%) Splunk
6 16 (2.80%) VMware
7 14 (2.45%) Amplitude
7 14 (2.45%) Braze
8 13 (2.28%) Google
9 12 (2.10%) Databricks
9 12 (2.10%) ScienceLogic
10 11 (1.93%) Dynatrace
11 10 (1.75%) Red Hat
12 9 (1.58%) AppDynamics
13 8 (1.40%) IBM
14 7 (1.23%) HubSpot
14 7 (1.23%) OpenAI
15 6 (1.05%) SaltStack
16 5 (0.88%) OneLogin