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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 264 244
Rank change year-on-year +31 -20 -55
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 612 343 610
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.78% 0.99% 1.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.42% 3.65% 3.65%
Number of salaries quoted 397 241 344
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £35,704
25th Percentile £52,500 £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 £74,164
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +2.84% +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 17,884 9,388 16,718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 22.87% 27.01% 28.16%
Number of salaries quoted 11,916 6,499 11,558
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £40,000
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 £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 18 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 18 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 +101 308 £75,000 +15.38% 48
North West +66 136 £70,000 +3.70% 24
Yorkshire +49 125 £80,000 +33.33% 15
Midlands -4 85 £62,500 -3.85% 11
South East -9 84 £65,000 -7.14% 32
South West -50 66 £62,500 +2.04% 27
East Midlands +24 50 £60,000 +60.00% 4
North East -15 47 £71,250 -1.72% 9
Wales -30 46 £55,000 +5.77% 5
West Midlands -42 35 £62,500 -3.85% 7
East of England -56 18 £59,450 +1.19% 8
Scotland -11 12 £70,000 +16.67% 3
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 20 (3.27%) Confluence
2 12 (1.96%) Apache
2 12 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.63%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.31%) SAS
5 7 (1.14%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.65%) JBoss
7 4 (0.65%) nginx
7 4 (0.65%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.49%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.49%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.16%) CMS
9 1 (0.16%) IIS
9 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 16 (2.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.98%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.16%) Finacle
4 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.16%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 448 (73.20%) AWS
2 306 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
3 212 (34.64%) Amazon S3
4 197 (32.19%) Azure
5 159 (25.98%) Amazon ECS
6 147 (24.02%) AWS CloudFormation
7 115 (18.79%) GitHub
8 104 (16.99%) Azure Functions
9 78 (12.75%) AWS Step Functions
10 73 (11.93%) Azure DevOps
11 72 (11.76%) Amazon EC2
12 65 (10.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 63 (10.29%) Amazon SQS
14 62 (10.13%) Amazon EKS
15 61 (9.97%) GitHub Actions
16 54 (8.82%) GCP
17 51 (8.33%) SaaS
18 46 (7.52%) Azure Logic Apps
19 44 (7.19%) Power Platform
20 38 (6.21%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.78%) VPN
2 9 (1.47%) MQTT
2 9 (1.47%) Network Security
3 7 (1.14%) Firewall
4 5 (0.82%) AMQP
5 4 (0.65%) DNS
5 4 (0.65%) IPv4
5 4 (0.65%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.49%) DHCP
6 3 (0.49%) HTTP
6 3 (0.49%) LTE
6 3 (0.49%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.49%) VLAN
6 3 (0.49%) WAN
7 2 (0.33%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.16%) LAN
8 1 (0.16%) VoIP
8 1 (0.16%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (20.26%) DynamoDB
2 64 (10.46%) Amazon RDS
3 50 (8.17%) NoSQL
4 47 (7.68%) SQL Server
5 42 (6.86%) PostgreSQL
6 41 (6.70%) Amazon Athena
7 40 (6.54%) Relational Database
8 31 (5.07%) Amazon Redshift
8 31 (5.07%) Data Warehouse
9 25 (4.08%) Azure SQL Database
10 19 (3.10%) Power BI
11 18 (2.94%) MySQL
12 17 (2.78%) Big Data
12 17 (2.78%) MongoDB
13 13 (2.12%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (1.63%) Metadata
14 10 (1.63%) Spark SQL
15 9 (1.47%) RDBMS
16 6 (0.98%) Hadoop
16 6 (0.98%) Redis
Development Applications
1 123 (20.10%) Git
2 109 (17.81%) Jenkins
3 61 (9.97%) GitLab
4 37 (6.05%) JIRA
5 36 (5.88%) SonarQube
6 33 (5.39%) Cypress.io
7 22 (3.59%) Snyk
8 20 (3.27%) Maven
9 15 (2.45%) JUnit
10 14 (2.29%) Selenium
11 12 (1.96%) Bitbucket
11 12 (1.96%) Crashlytics
11 12 (1.96%) XCTest
12 11 (1.80%) Postman
13 9 (1.47%) Cucumber
14 8 (1.31%) Claude Code
14 8 (1.31%) JMeter
15 7 (1.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 7 (1.14%) Mockito
16 5 (0.82%) git-flow
General
1 157 (25.65%) Social Skills
2 75 (12.25%) Public Sector
3 67 (10.95%) Finance
4 50 (8.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 39 (6.37%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (4.08%) Law
7 13 (2.12%) Aviation
8 11 (1.80%) Retail
9 10 (1.63%) Aerospace
9 10 (1.63%) Banking
10 8 (1.31%) Legal
11 4 (0.65%) Health Technology
11 4 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (0.65%) Local Government
11 4 (0.65%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.49%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.33%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 222 (36.27%) Developer
2 163 (26.63%) Senior
3 85 (13.89%) Lead
4 79 (12.91%) Java Developer
5 72 (11.76%) Senior Developer
5 72 (11.76%) Software Engineer
6 71 (11.60%) Full-Stack Developer
7 65 (10.62%) Architect
8 36 (5.88%) DevOps Engineer
9 35 (5.72%) Cloud Architect
9 35 (5.72%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 34 (5.56%) Cloud Engineer
11 33 (5.39%) Software Developer
12 32 (5.23%) Data Engineer
13 31 (5.07%) AWS Developer
13 31 (5.07%) AWS Engineer
14 26 (4.25%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 25 (4.08%) Cloud Security Architect
15 25 (4.08%) Security Architect
16 23 (3.76%) Senior Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (22.88%) Node.js
2 121 (19.77%) React
2 121 (19.77%) Spring Boot
3 98 (16.01%) Spring
4 96 (15.69%) AngularJS
5 95 (15.52%) REST
6 85 (13.89%) .NET
7 40 (6.54%) AWS CDK
7 40 (6.54%) Jest
8 37 (6.05%) Kafka
9 35 (5.72%) RESTful
10 31 (5.07%) Ruby on Rails
11 30 (4.90%) HTML
12 28 (4.58%) Gherkin
12 28 (4.58%) Next.js
13 24 (3.92%) CSS
13 24 (3.92%) OpenAPI
14 22 (3.59%) ASP.NET
15 21 (3.43%) ASP.NET Core
15 21 (3.43%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 164 (26.80%) Cloud Native
2 46 (7.52%) Distributed Systems
3 42 (6.86%) Greenfield Project
4 36 (5.88%) Product Ownership
5 30 (4.90%) Legacy Systems
6 25 (4.08%) Data Centre
7 24 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
8 23 (3.76%) Mainframe
9 20 (3.27%) Mobile App
10 17 (2.78%) Public Cloud
11 14 (2.29%) Linux Command Line
12 12 (1.96%) Podcast
12 12 (1.96%) Security Posture
13 11 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
14 9 (1.47%) IoT
15 8 (1.31%) Data Structures
15 8 (1.31%) Digital Wallet
15 8 (1.31%) Robotics
16 7 (1.14%) Driving Licence
16 7 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 41 (6.70%) Linux
2 28 (4.58%) Windows
3 13 (2.12%) VMS
4 12 (1.96%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.14%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.98%) AIX
7 5 (0.82%) CentOS
7 5 (0.82%) Debian
7 5 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.82%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (60.78%) CI/CD
2 298 (48.69%) Agile
3 271 (44.28%) DevOps
4 205 (33.50%) Infrastructure as Code
5 150 (24.51%) AI
6 144 (23.53%) Software Engineering
7 138 (22.55%) Full-Stack Development
8 134 (21.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 130 (21.24%) Microservices
10 129 (21.08%) Mentoring
11 126 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
12 113 (18.46%) Observability
13 112 (18.30%) Test Automation
14 109 (17.81%) Containerisation
15 97 (15.85%) Scrum
16 88 (14.38%) TDD
17 84 (13.73%) Clean Code
18 82 (13.40%) Cloud Security
18 82 (13.40%) Event-Driven
19 79 (12.91%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 207 (33.82%) Python
2 178 (29.08%) Java
3 161 (26.31%) SQL
4 152 (24.84%) TypeScript
5 118 (19.28%) JavaScript
6 97 (15.85%) C#
7 66 (10.78%) Bash
8 44 (7.19%) Kotlin
9 35 (5.72%) Groovy
9 35 (5.72%) Ruby
10 29 (4.74%) PowerShell
11 23 (3.76%) Bicep
12 13 (2.12%) Kusto Query Language
12 13 (2.12%) Shell Script
13 12 (1.96%) Swift
14 11 (1.80%) Rust
15 8 (1.31%) Go
15 8 (1.31%) PHP
16 6 (0.98%) COBOL
16 6 (0.98%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 93 (15.20%) Security Cleared
2 79 (12.91%) SC Cleared
3 57 (9.31%) Degree
4 56 (9.15%) AWS Certification
5 29 (4.74%) DV Cleared
6 28 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (4.58%) Microsoft Certification
7 26 (4.25%) Azure Certification
8 20 (3.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 19 (3.10%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 16 (2.61%) ITIL Certification
10 16 (2.61%) Master's Degree
11 14 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (1.47%) AWS Certified Developer
12 9 (1.47%) DBS Check
12 9 (1.47%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (1.31%) ISTQB
14 7 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 4 (0.65%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.05%) QA
2 32 (5.23%) Data Quality
3 25 (4.08%) GDPR
4 23 (3.76%) Accessibility
5 22 (3.59%) GRC
6 18 (2.94%) WCAG
7 16 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.98%) Government Security Classifications
8 6 (0.98%) NCSC
9 4 (0.65%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 4 (0.65%) NIST
10 3 (0.49%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.33%) PMO
12 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
System Software
1 191 (31.21%) Docker
2 30 (4.90%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.76%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.61%) vSphere
5 12 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.65%) Squid
6 4 (0.65%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.49%) Firmware
7 3 (0.49%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.16%) iptables
Systems Management
1 203 (33.17%) Terraform
2 113 (18.46%) Kubernetes
3 59 (9.64%) Ansible
4 19 (3.10%) HP Fortify
5 17 (2.78%) Grafana
6 16 (2.61%) Puppet
7 14 (2.29%) Prometheus
8 13 (2.12%) Kibana
9 12 (1.96%) Packer
10 5 (0.82%) Podman
11 4 (0.65%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.49%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.49%) Scalr
12 3 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
14 1 (0.16%) Fluentd
14 1 (0.16%) logstash
14 1 (0.16%) Nagios
Vendors
1 86 (14.05%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.25%) Tenable
3 25 (4.08%) Oracle
4 22 (3.59%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (3.59%) Palo Alto
5 19 (3.10%) Google
5 19 (3.10%) Splunk
6 17 (2.78%) Databricks
6 17 (2.78%) VMware
7 14 (2.29%) Dynatrace
8 12 (1.96%) Amplitude
8 12 (1.96%) Braze
8 12 (1.96%) OpenAI
8 12 (1.96%) Red Hat
8 12 (1.96%) ScienceLogic
9 10 (1.63%) OneLogin
10 9 (1.47%) AppDynamics
11 8 (1.31%) IBM
12 7 (1.14%) HubSpot
13 5 (0.82%) SaltStack