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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 238 149 179
Rank change year-on-year -89 +30 -50
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 313 774 531
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.83% 1.74% 1.82%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.85% 5.80% 4.62%
Number of salaries quoted 193 266 415
10th Percentile £48,550 £34,000 £43,079
25th Percentile £56,250 £48,063 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £79,375
90th Percentile £91,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,932 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.42% +7.14% -6.67%

All Cloud 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 10,979 13,355 11,489
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.08% 30.06% 39.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6,767 7,496 9,675
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.80% -2.73%
75th Percentile £69,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £82,548
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.51% +1.60% -2.34%

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 2 December 2025.

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 2 December 2025. 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 +65 130 £70,932 +23.36% 79
Yorkshire +45 73 £75,000 +41.51% 25
North West +39 53 £65,000 +6.12% 47
South East -110 50 £67,500 +8.00% 92
South West -73 47 £62,500 -10.71% 26
Midlands +10 44 £62,500 +25.00% 26
West Midlands +31 34 £62,500 +13.64% 13
East of England -40 21 £57,500 -4.17% 14
Scotland -17 18 £90,000 +26.76% 14
East Midlands +3 10 £65,000 +91.18% 13
Wales -14 7 £60,000 +118.18% 5
North East +10 4 £68,500 +19.13% 7
Northern Ireland 0 4 £95,000 +11.76%
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 17 (5.43%) SharePoint
2 15 (4.79%) Apache Spark
2 15 (4.79%) Confluence
3 14 (4.47%) Apache
4 8 (2.56%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.64%) JBoss
7 1 (0.32%) CMS
7 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.32%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 226 (72.20%) AWS
2 163 (52.08%) Azure
3 128 (40.89%) AWS Lambda
4 96 (30.67%) Amazon S3
5 68 (21.73%) Amazon ECS
6 53 (16.93%) Amazon EKS
7 52 (16.61%) GitHub
8 50 (15.97%) Amazon EC2
9 47 (15.02%) Azure Functions
10 42 (13.42%) AWS CloudFormation
11 34 (10.86%) Azure DevOps
12 33 (10.54%) Azure Logic Apps
13 28 (8.95%) Amazon SQS
14 27 (8.63%) GCP
15 26 (8.31%) Power Platform
16 25 (7.99%) Entra ID
17 24 (7.67%) AWS Step Functions
17 24 (7.67%) PaaS
17 24 (7.67%) SaaS
18 23 (7.35%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.11%) Internet
2 12 (3.83%) Firewall
2 12 (3.83%) Wireless
3 6 (1.92%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.60%) AMQP
4 5 (1.60%) DHCP
4 5 (1.60%) DNS
4 5 (1.60%) SD-WAN
4 5 (1.60%) VLAN
4 5 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.64%) Network Security
6 1 (0.32%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.32%) NAS
6 1 (0.32%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (16.61%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (14.38%) DynamoDB
3 38 (12.14%) Relational Database
4 32 (10.22%) SQL Server
5 27 (8.63%) NoSQL
6 24 (7.67%) Amazon RDS
7 21 (6.71%) RDBMS
8 18 (5.75%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (5.11%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (3.51%) MySQL
11 9 (2.88%) Data Lake
12 8 (2.56%) MongoDB
13 7 (2.24%) Amazon Athena
13 7 (2.24%) Big Data
13 7 (2.24%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (1.60%) Amazon Aurora
14 5 (1.60%) Apache Iceberg
14 5 (1.60%) InfluxDB
14 5 (1.60%) Power BI
15 4 (1.28%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 56 (17.89%) Jenkins
2 44 (14.06%) Git
3 23 (7.35%) JUnit
4 18 (5.75%) JMeter
4 18 (5.75%) Mockito
5 17 (5.43%) JIRA
6 14 (4.47%) GitLab
7 10 (3.19%) Maven
8 8 (2.56%) Cypress.io
8 8 (2.56%) SonarQube
9 6 (1.92%) git-flow
9 6 (1.92%) Storybook
10 5 (1.60%) Bitbucket
11 4 (1.28%) NUnit
11 4 (1.28%) Selenium
12 3 (0.96%) MLflow
12 3 (0.96%) MSTest
13 2 (0.64%) Cucumber
13 2 (0.64%) Jasmine
13 2 (0.64%) Locust
General
1 91 (29.07%) Social Skills
2 44 (14.06%) Public Sector
3 41 (13.10%) Finance
4 20 (6.39%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (4.15%) Law
6 12 (3.83%) Automotive
7 11 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (3.51%) Marketing
8 7 (2.24%) Legal
9 6 (1.92%) Games
9 6 (1.92%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.92%) Tech for Good
10 5 (1.60%) Banking
10 5 (1.60%) Retail
11 3 (0.96%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.64%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.64%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 119 (38.02%) Developer
2 53 (16.93%) Senior
3 43 (13.74%) Java Developer
4 38 (12.14%) Software Engineer
5 37 (11.82%) Full-Stack Developer
6 36 (11.50%) Architect
7 30 (9.58%) Lead
8 25 (7.99%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 25 (7.99%) Senior Developer
9 23 (7.35%) .NET Developer
10 21 (6.71%) Cloud Engineer
11 19 (6.07%) Data Engineer
12 17 (5.43%) Software Developer
13 15 (4.79%) Mid-Level Java Developer
14 14 (4.47%) Python Developer
15 11 (3.51%) Solutions Architect
16 10 (3.19%) Applications Architect
16 10 (3.19%) AWS Engineer
16 10 (3.19%) Azure Engineer
16 10 (3.19%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (28.12%) React
2 69 (22.04%) .NET
3 59 (18.85%) Spring
4 58 (18.53%) Spring Boot
5 56 (17.89%) HTML
6 47 (15.02%) REST
7 46 (14.70%) AngularJS
8 41 (13.10%) Node.js
9 34 (10.86%) CSS
10 29 (9.27%) Web Services
11 26 (8.31%) JSON
12 23 (7.35%) Apache Camel
12 23 (7.35%) jQuery
13 22 (7.03%) Hibernate
13 22 (7.03%) Kafka
13 22 (7.03%) RESTful
14 21 (6.71%) .NET Core
14 21 (6.71%) Vue
15 20 (6.39%) .NET Framework
16 18 (5.75%) ActiveMQ
Miscellaneous
1 79 (25.24%) Cloud Native
2 42 (13.42%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (5.75%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (5.11%) IoT
5 14 (4.47%) Product Ownership
6 12 (3.83%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (3.19%) Data Structures
8 8 (2.56%) Mobile App
9 7 (2.24%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.60%) BYOD
10 5 (1.60%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.28%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.28%) e-Learning
11 4 (1.28%) Life Science
12 3 (0.96%) Animation
12 3 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.96%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.43%) Linux
2 7 (2.24%) Windows
3 6 (1.92%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.64%) CentOS
4 2 (0.64%) Debian
4 2 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.64%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.32%) Unix
5 1 (0.32%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (56.23%) CI/CD
2 145 (46.33%) Agile
3 135 (43.13%) DevOps
4 108 (34.50%) Microservices
5 92 (29.39%) Infrastructure as Code
6 82 (26.20%) Mentoring
7 67 (21.41%) Software Engineering
8 65 (20.77%) Problem-Solving
9 64 (20.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 58 (18.53%) Full-Stack Development
10 58 (18.53%) TDD
11 46 (14.70%) Containerisation
12 41 (13.10%) Migration
13 35 (11.18%) Data Modelling
14 34 (10.86%) AI
14 34 (10.86%) SDLC
15 31 (9.90%) Architectural Patterns
16 30 (9.58%) BDD
16 30 (9.58%) Scrum
17 29 (9.27%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 124 (39.62%) Python
2 112 (35.78%) JavaScript
3 101 (32.27%) Java
4 85 (27.16%) TypeScript
5 70 (22.36%) C#
6 64 (20.45%) SQL
7 26 (8.31%) PowerShell
8 21 (6.71%) Shell Script
9 16 (5.11%) Bash
10 10 (3.19%) Bicep
11 7 (2.24%) Go
12 6 (1.92%) Groovy
13 4 (1.28%) C++
14 3 (0.96%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.64%) PHP
15 2 (0.64%) VB
15 2 (0.64%) VB.NET
16 1 (0.32%) C
16 1 (0.32%) Perl
16 1 (0.32%) Scala
Qualifications
1 38 (12.14%) Security Cleared
2 35 (11.18%) Azure Certification
3 34 (10.86%) AWS Certification
4 25 (7.99%) Degree
5 22 (7.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (6.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (6.39%) SC Cleared
8 18 (5.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 16 (5.11%) TOGAF Certification
10 12 (3.83%) AWS Certified Developer
11 7 (2.24%) DV Cleared
12 4 (1.28%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.96%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.32%) CCNA
14 1 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.32%) MCP
14 1 (0.32%) MCSE
14 1 (0.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.79%) QA
2 9 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.56%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.56%) GDPR
4 6 (1.92%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.92%) NIST
4 6 (1.92%) WCAG
5 4 (1.28%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.64%) SLA
6 2 (0.64%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.32%) CDISC
7 1 (0.32%) DICOM
7 1 (0.32%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.32%) HL7
7 1 (0.32%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 98 (31.31%) Docker
2 14 (4.47%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.60%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.32%) Firmware
5 1 (0.32%) iptables
Systems Management
1 87 (27.80%) Kubernetes
2 80 (25.56%) Terraform
3 22 (7.03%) Ansible
3 22 (7.03%) Kibana
4 11 (3.51%) Prometheus
5 9 (2.88%) Grafana
6 7 (2.24%) HP Fortify
7 6 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (1.92%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.28%) Argo
9 3 (0.96%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.96%) Kubeflow
9 3 (0.96%) Puppet
10 1 (0.32%) Nagios
10 1 (0.32%) Podman
10 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.32%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 72 (23.00%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.07%) Dynatrace
2 19 (6.07%) Splunk
3 15 (4.79%) Atlassian
4 11 (3.51%) Oracle
5 7 (2.24%) Google
6 5 (1.60%) Aruba
6 5 (1.60%) HP
6 5 (1.60%) Veeam
7 4 (1.28%) Databricks
7 4 (1.28%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.28%) PagerDuty
7 4 (1.28%) Pega
7 4 (1.28%) WSO2
8 3 (0.96%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.64%) Avaya
9 2 (0.64%) Citrix
9 2 (0.64%) Genesys
9 2 (0.64%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.64%) VMware