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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 259 238
Rank change year-on-year +32 -21 -49
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 577 357 659
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.78% 1.05% 1.05%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.22% 3.85% 3.61%
Number of salaries quoted 379 256 382
10th Percentile £47,750 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £61,584
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +1.49% -8.76%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £79,313
90th Percentile £95,500 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.38% -2.76% +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 17,901 9,267 18,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.28% 27.13% 29.18%
Number of salaries quoted 11,662 6,462 13,137
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -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 29 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 29 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 +93 285 £75,000 +15.38% 67
North West +50 128 £70,000 +7.69% 32
Yorkshire +41 121 £80,000 +33.33% 15
Midlands -3 87 £55,000 -8.33% 23
South East -25 81 £66,250 -5.36% 37
South West -51 63 £62,500 +4.17% 23
East Midlands +24 55 £55,000 +46.67% 7
Wales -31 39 £66,250 +27.40% 4
North East -18 36 £75,000 +15.38% 20
West Midlands -47 32 £58,750 -6.00% 16
East of England -50 15 £59,450 +1.19% 10
Scotland +1 13 £70,000 +16.67% 11
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
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 18 (3.12%) Confluence
2 12 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.91%) Apache
4 9 (1.56%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.39%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.39%) SAS
6 5 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.87%) JBoss
7 4 (0.69%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.69%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.52%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.52%) nginx
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 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 16 (2.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.04%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.17%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 420 (72.79%) AWS
2 278 (48.18%) AWS Lambda
3 201 (34.84%) Amazon S3
4 186 (32.24%) Azure
5 152 (26.34%) Amazon ECS
6 133 (23.05%) AWS CloudFormation
7 97 (16.81%) GitHub
8 95 (16.46%) Azure Functions
9 77 (13.34%) AWS Step Functions
10 67 (11.61%) Amazon EC2
11 65 (11.27%) Amazon SQS
12 63 (10.92%) Azure DevOps
13 56 (9.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 56 (9.71%) Amazon EKS
14 54 (9.36%) GitHub Actions
15 48 (8.32%) GCP
16 43 (7.45%) Azure Logic Apps
17 42 (7.28%) SaaS
18 40 (6.93%) Power Platform
19 38 (6.59%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.95%) VPN
2 11 (1.91%) Network Security
3 8 (1.39%) MQTT
4 7 (1.21%) Firewall
5 4 (0.69%) AMQP
5 4 (0.69%) DNS
5 4 (0.69%) IPv4
5 4 (0.69%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.52%) DHCP
6 3 (0.52%) LTE
6 3 (0.52%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.52%) VLAN
6 3 (0.52%) WAN
7 2 (0.35%) HTTP
7 2 (0.35%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.17%) LAN
8 1 (0.17%) VoIP
8 1 (0.17%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (20.28%) DynamoDB
2 57 (9.88%) Amazon RDS
3 48 (8.32%) NoSQL
4 44 (7.63%) SQL Server
5 42 (7.28%) PostgreSQL
6 36 (6.24%) Amazon Athena
7 33 (5.72%) Relational Database
8 26 (4.51%) Amazon Redshift
9 24 (4.16%) Data Warehouse
10 21 (3.64%) Azure SQL Database
11 18 (3.12%) MySQL
11 18 (3.12%) Power BI
12 16 (2.77%) Big Data
13 15 (2.60%) MongoDB
14 14 (2.43%) Elasticsearch
15 10 (1.73%) RDBMS
15 10 (1.73%) Spark SQL
16 6 (1.04%) Redis
17 5 (0.87%) DocumentDB
18 4 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 112 (19.41%) Git
2 108 (18.72%) Jenkins
3 61 (10.57%) GitLab
4 37 (6.41%) SonarQube
5 34 (5.89%) Cypress.io
5 34 (5.89%) JIRA
6 25 (4.33%) Maven
7 22 (3.81%) Snyk
8 15 (2.60%) JUnit
8 15 (2.60%) Selenium
9 14 (2.43%) Crashlytics
9 14 (2.43%) XCTest
10 13 (2.25%) Bitbucket
11 11 (1.91%) Postman
12 10 (1.73%) Cucumber
13 8 (1.39%) JMeter
14 7 (1.21%) Claude Code
14 7 (1.21%) Mockito
15 6 (1.04%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 4 (0.69%) REST Assured
General
1 143 (24.78%) Social Skills
2 69 (11.96%) Public Sector
3 55 (9.53%) Finance
4 44 (7.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (5.20%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (2.77%) Law
7 8 (1.39%) Aerospace
8 6 (1.04%) Legal
9 5 (0.87%) Banking
10 4 (0.69%) Aviation
10 4 (0.69%) Health Technology
10 4 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.52%) Games
11 3 (0.52%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.52%) Retail
11 3 (0.52%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.35%) Advertising
12 2 (0.35%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.17%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 208 (36.05%) Developer
2 161 (27.90%) Senior
3 80 (13.86%) Lead
4 79 (13.69%) Java Developer
5 72 (12.48%) Senior Developer
6 69 (11.96%) Full-Stack Developer
7 68 (11.79%) Software Engineer
8 62 (10.75%) Architect
9 40 (6.93%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 34 (5.89%) Cloud Architect
11 33 (5.72%) Data Engineer
12 29 (5.03%) Software Developer
13 28 (4.85%) AWS Developer
13 28 (4.85%) DevOps Engineer
13 28 (4.85%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
14 25 (4.33%) Cloud Engineer
14 25 (4.33%) Cloud Security Architect
14 25 (4.33%) Security Architect
15 24 (4.16%) AWS Engineer
16 23 (3.99%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (23.92%) Node.js
2 120 (20.80%) React
2 120 (20.80%) Spring Boot
3 95 (16.46%) AngularJS
4 94 (16.29%) Spring
5 89 (15.42%) REST
6 76 (13.17%) .NET
7 39 (6.76%) Jest
8 38 (6.59%) AWS CDK
9 34 (5.89%) Kafka
10 32 (5.55%) Gherkin
10 32 (5.55%) RESTful
11 29 (5.03%) HTML
12 27 (4.68%) Ruby on Rails
13 23 (3.99%) Next.js
14 22 (3.81%) ASP.NET
15 21 (3.64%) ASP.NET Core
15 21 (3.64%) CSS
16 20 (3.47%) Swagger
17 19 (3.29%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 142 (24.61%) Cloud Native
2 46 (7.97%) Distributed Systems
2 46 (7.97%) Greenfield Project
3 34 (5.89%) Product Ownership
4 30 (5.20%) Legacy Systems
5 25 (4.33%) Data Centre
6 22 (3.81%) Mainframe
6 22 (3.81%) Mobile App
7 17 (2.95%) Hybrid Cloud
8 16 (2.77%) Public Cloud
9 12 (2.08%) Podcast
9 12 (2.08%) Security Posture
10 9 (1.56%) IoT
11 8 (1.39%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.39%) Robotics
12 7 (1.21%) Digital Wallet
12 7 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (1.21%) Low-Code
12 7 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 40 (6.93%) Linux
2 28 (4.85%) Windows
3 14 (2.43%) Apple iOS
4 13 (2.25%) VMS
5 7 (1.21%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.87%) AIX
7 4 (0.69%) CentOS
7 4 (0.69%) Debian
7 4 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.69%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (59.79%) CI/CD
2 276 (47.83%) Agile
3 251 (43.50%) DevOps
4 185 (32.06%) Infrastructure as Code
5 140 (24.26%) Full-Stack Development
6 135 (23.40%) AI
7 129 (22.36%) Software Engineering
8 128 (22.18%) Microservices
9 120 (20.80%) Mentoring
10 118 (20.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 114 (19.76%) Problem-Solving
12 109 (18.89%) Observability
13 107 (18.54%) Test Automation
14 101 (17.50%) Containerisation
15 92 (15.94%) Scrum
16 83 (14.38%) TDD
17 81 (14.04%) Event-Driven
18 79 (13.69%) Clean Code
19 77 (13.34%) DevSecOps
20 74 (12.82%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 197 (34.14%) Python
2 173 (29.98%) Java
3 150 (26.00%) TypeScript
4 147 (25.48%) SQL
5 118 (20.45%) JavaScript
6 85 (14.73%) C#
7 62 (10.75%) Bash
8 43 (7.45%) Kotlin
9 39 (6.76%) Groovy
10 28 (4.85%) PowerShell
10 28 (4.85%) Ruby
11 22 (3.81%) Bicep
12 14 (2.43%) Swift
13 13 (2.25%) Kusto Query Language
14 12 (2.08%) Shell Script
15 10 (1.73%) PHP
15 10 (1.73%) Rust
16 8 (1.39%) Go
17 6 (1.04%) COBOL
17 6 (1.04%) Scala
Qualifications
1 79 (13.69%) Security Cleared
2 66 (11.44%) SC Cleared
3 56 (9.71%) AWS Certification
4 55 (9.53%) Degree
5 29 (5.03%) Microsoft Certification
6 27 (4.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (4.51%) DV Cleared
8 25 (4.33%) Azure Certification
9 21 (3.64%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 21 (3.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 18 (3.12%) ITIL Certification
11 16 (2.77%) Master's Degree
12 11 (1.91%) AWS Certified Developer
13 10 (1.73%) TOGAF Certification
14 8 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (1.39%) DBS Check
14 8 (1.39%) ISTQB
15 7 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
16 5 (0.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 4 (0.69%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (4.85%) Data Quality
2 27 (4.68%) QA
3 23 (3.99%) GDPR
4 22 (3.81%) GRC
5 21 (3.64%) Accessibility
6 16 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 15 (2.60%) WCAG
8 6 (1.04%) Government Security Classifications
8 6 (1.04%) NCSC
9 4 (0.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 4 (0.69%) NIST
10 3 (0.52%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 182 (31.54%) Docker
2 28 (4.85%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.99%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.77%) vSphere
5 12 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.69%) Squid
6 4 (0.69%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.52%) Firmware
7 3 (0.52%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.35%) iptables
Systems Management
1 181 (31.37%) Terraform
2 110 (19.06%) Kubernetes
3 56 (9.71%) Ansible
4 23 (3.99%) HP Fortify
5 20 (3.47%) Grafana
6 17 (2.95%) Prometheus
7 14 (2.43%) Kibana
7 14 (2.43%) Packer
7 14 (2.43%) Puppet
8 5 (0.87%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.69%) Podman
9 4 (0.69%) ZABBIX
10 3 (0.52%) Scalr
11 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.17%) Fluentd
12 1 (0.17%) logstash
12 1 (0.17%) Nagios
12 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 79 (13.69%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.68%) Tenable
3 23 (3.99%) Oracle
4 22 (3.81%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (3.81%) Palo Alto
5 19 (3.29%) Splunk
6 17 (2.95%) VMware
7 14 (2.43%) Amplitude
7 14 (2.43%) Braze
7 14 (2.43%) Databricks
7 14 (2.43%) Google
8 13 (2.25%) Dynatrace
9 12 (2.08%) ScienceLogic
10 9 (1.56%) AppDynamics
10 9 (1.56%) Red Hat
11 8 (1.39%) IBM
12 7 (1.21%) HubSpot
12 7 (1.21%) OneLogin
12 7 (1.21%) OpenAI
13 4 (0.69%) NVIDIA