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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 132 214
Rank change year-on-year -98 +82 -69
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 334 748 500
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.80% 2.07% 1.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.47% 6.42% 3.95%
Number of salaries quoted 207 256 369
10th Percentile £51,250 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,188 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,966 £75,500 £69,447
% change year-on-year -6.01% +8.72% -7.40%

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 13,540 11,652 12,654
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.26% 32.24% 36.61%
Number of salaries quoted 6,786 6,337 10,425
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £39,347
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,600 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.12% +7.67% -7.69%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 +74 164 £75,000 +27.66% 105
Yorkshire +52 113 £75,000 +42.18% 45
Midlands +4 56 £60,000 +9.09% 51
North West +15 47 £70,466 +12.75% 49
South East -123 42 £67,500 +10.20% 137
South West -91 38 £62,500 -9.09% 64
West Midlands +20 33 £60,000 +9.09% 21
East Midlands -10 23 £65,000 +18.18% 29
East of England -48 16 £57,500 -8.00% 52
Scotland -22 14 £85,000 +13.33% 12
Wales -17 8 £58,316 +112.06% 23
Northern Ireland -5 6 £95,000 +11.76% 10
North East +2 4 £68,500 +9.60% 11
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 (4.49%) Apache Spark
2 14 (4.19%) Apache
3 13 (3.89%) SharePoint
4 12 (3.59%) OpenStack
5 10 (2.99%) Confluence
6 7 (2.10%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.30%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.30%) CMS
8 1 (0.30%) JBoss
8 1 (0.30%) SAS
Business Applications
1 7 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.30%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 261 (78.14%) AWS
2 164 (49.10%) Azure
3 157 (47.01%) AWS Lambda
4 130 (38.92%) Amazon S3
5 75 (22.46%) Amazon ECS
6 73 (21.86%) AWS CloudFormation
7 60 (17.96%) GitHub
8 56 (16.77%) Amazon EKS
9 44 (13.17%) AWS Step Functions
9 44 (13.17%) Azure Functions
10 43 (12.87%) Amazon EC2
11 41 (12.28%) Amazon SQS
12 37 (11.08%) Azure DevOps
13 36 (10.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 34 (10.18%) Azure Logic Apps
15 33 (9.88%) SaaS
16 32 (9.58%) GCP
17 25 (7.49%) Azure Service Bus
17 25 (7.49%) GitHub Actions
18 20 (5.99%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.99%) Internet
2 7 (2.10%) Wireless
3 6 (1.80%) AMQP
4 4 (1.20%) Firewall
5 2 (0.60%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (17.96%) DynamoDB
2 54 (16.17%) PostgreSQL
3 36 (10.78%) NoSQL
4 34 (10.18%) Amazon RDS
5 33 (9.88%) SQL Server
6 32 (9.58%) Relational Database
7 24 (7.19%) Amazon Redshift
8 16 (4.79%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (4.19%) RDBMS
10 12 (3.59%) MySQL
11 7 (2.10%) Amazon Athena
11 7 (2.10%) Big Data
11 7 (2.10%) Data Lake
11 7 (2.10%) MongoDB
11 7 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (1.50%) Apache Iceberg
12 5 (1.50%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (1.50%) Hadoop
12 5 (1.50%) InfluxDB
13 4 (1.20%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 63 (18.86%) Jenkins
2 59 (17.66%) Git
3 26 (7.78%) GitLab
4 18 (5.39%) SonarQube
5 17 (5.09%) Cypress.io
5 17 (5.09%) Maven
6 15 (4.49%) JUnit
7 11 (3.29%) JMeter
7 11 (3.29%) Mockito
8 10 (2.99%) JIRA
9 6 (1.80%) git-flow
9 6 (1.80%) Storybook
10 5 (1.50%) Bitbucket
11 4 (1.20%) NUnit
12 3 (0.90%) MLflow
12 3 (0.90%) MSTest
13 2 (0.60%) Cucumber
14 1 (0.30%) Gradle
14 1 (0.30%) NSubstitute
14 1 (0.30%) Selenium
General
1 101 (30.24%) Social Skills
2 36 (10.78%) Public Sector
3 30 (8.98%) Finance
4 25 (7.49%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.10%) Automotive
5 7 (2.10%) Legal
5 7 (2.10%) Marketing
6 5 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (1.50%) Law
6 5 (1.50%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.20%) Advertising
7 4 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.20%) Tech for Good
8 3 (0.90%) Aerospace
8 3 (0.90%) Banking
8 3 (0.90%) Billing
8 3 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (0.90%) Retail
9 2 (0.60%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 143 (42.81%) Developer
2 55 (16.47%) Senior
3 43 (12.87%) Java Developer
3 43 (12.87%) Lead
4 42 (12.57%) Architect
5 39 (11.68%) Full-Stack Developer
6 38 (11.38%) Software Engineer
7 30 (8.98%) .NET Developer
7 30 (8.98%) Senior Developer
8 23 (6.89%) Python Developer
9 22 (6.59%) AWS Developer
10 21 (6.29%) Cloud Engineer
10 21 (6.29%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 21 (6.29%) Software Developer
11 18 (5.39%) Lead Developer
12 14 (4.19%) Applications Architect
13 13 (3.89%) Data Engineer
14 12 (3.59%) AWS Engineer
15 11 (3.29%) Mid-Level Java Developer
15 11 (3.29%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (34.13%) React
2 71 (21.26%) .NET
3 67 (20.06%) Node.js
4 61 (18.26%) Spring Boot
5 58 (17.37%) HTML
6 57 (17.07%) Spring
7 56 (16.77%) AngularJS
8 53 (15.87%) REST
9 40 (11.98%) CSS
10 28 (8.38%) RESTful
11 26 (7.78%) AWS CDK
11 26 (7.78%) Vue
12 24 (7.19%) .NET Core
13 23 (6.89%) Web Services
14 22 (6.59%) Blazor
15 21 (6.29%) Kafka
16 19 (5.69%) ASP.NET
17 18 (5.39%) .NET Framework
17 18 (5.39%) JSON
18 17 (5.09%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 83 (24.85%) Cloud Native
2 40 (11.98%) Distributed Systems
3 30 (8.98%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (3.89%) Data Structures
5 11 (3.29%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.99%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (2.40%) IoT
9 6 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.50%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (1.50%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.90%) Animation
11 3 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.90%) Life Science
11 3 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.90%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.90%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.90%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.60%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.60%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.59%) Linux
2 5 (1.50%) Unix
3 3 (0.90%) CentOS
3 3 (0.90%) Debian
3 3 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (0.90%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.60%) Windows
5 1 (0.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (59.58%) CI/CD
2 160 (47.90%) DevOps
3 150 (44.91%) Agile
4 120 (35.93%) Microservices
5 112 (33.53%) Infrastructure as Code
6 97 (29.04%) Mentoring
7 77 (23.05%) Problem-Solving
8 74 (22.16%) Full-Stack Development
9 71 (21.26%) Software Engineering
10 65 (19.46%) Continuous Improvement
11 53 (15.87%) Containerisation
12 49 (14.67%) Migration
13 46 (13.77%) TDD
14 43 (12.87%) Data Modelling
15 41 (12.28%) Application Security
16 37 (11.08%) Architectural Patterns
17 36 (10.78%) SDLC
18 34 (10.18%) Computer Science
19 33 (9.88%) Scrum
20 31 (9.28%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 130 (38.92%) Python
2 126 (37.72%) JavaScript
3 113 (33.83%) Java
4 106 (31.74%) TypeScript
5 85 (25.45%) SQL
6 80 (23.95%) C#
7 25 (7.49%) Bash
8 19 (5.69%) PowerShell
9 18 (5.39%) Shell Script
10 16 (4.79%) Groovy
11 8 (2.40%) Bicep
12 6 (1.80%) Go
13 4 (1.20%) C++
13 4 (1.20%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.90%) PHP
15 2 (0.60%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.60%) VB
15 2 (0.60%) VB.NET
16 1 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.30%) Scala
Qualifications
1 56 (16.77%) AWS Certification
2 37 (11.08%) Azure Certification
2 37 (11.08%) Degree
3 35 (10.48%) Security Cleared
4 32 (9.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (8.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 28 (8.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (7.19%) TOGAF Certification
7 21 (6.29%) SC Cleared
8 18 (5.39%) AWS Certified Developer
9 8 (2.40%) DV Cleared
10 6 (1.80%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 4 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.90%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.90%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.60%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 2 (0.60%) IIBA
14 1 (0.30%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.49%) QA
2 11 (3.29%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.80%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.80%) WCAG
4 4 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.90%) GDPR
6 2 (0.60%) NIST
6 2 (0.60%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.60%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.30%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.30%) SLA
System Software
1 107 (32.04%) Docker
2 8 (2.40%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.30%) iptables
Systems Management
1 86 (25.75%) Terraform
2 76 (22.75%) Kubernetes
3 24 (7.19%) Ansible
4 17 (5.09%) HP Fortify
5 14 (4.19%) Kibana
6 11 (3.29%) Prometheus
7 9 (2.69%) Grafana
8 6 (1.80%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.20%) Argo
9 4 (1.20%) Control-M
9 4 (1.20%) Puppet
10 3 (0.90%) Docker Swarm
10 3 (0.90%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (0.30%) Nagios
12 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 65 (19.46%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.59%) Dynatrace
3 11 (3.29%) Splunk
4 10 (2.99%) Atlassian
5 9 (2.69%) Oracle
6 8 (2.40%) Google
7 4 (1.20%) Informatica
7 4 (1.20%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.20%) PagerDuty
7 4 (1.20%) Pega
7 4 (1.20%) WSO2
8 3 (0.90%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.90%) SaltStack
9 2 (0.60%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.30%) Avaya
10 1 (0.30%) Databricks
10 1 (0.30%) Foundry
10 1 (0.30%) Genesys
10 1 (0.30%) SAP
10 1 (0.30%) StreamSets