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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 264 232
Rank change year-on-year +31 -32 -59
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 610 313 551
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.72% 0.92% 1.02%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.47% 3.44% 3.70%
Number of salaries quoted 401 219 277
10th Percentile £46,000 £42,250 £35,350
25th Percentile £50,468 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £94,000 £88,500
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 17,557 9,110 14,883
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 20.62% 26.70% 27.52%
Number of salaries quoted 12,074 6,177 8,928
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,533 £41,250
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 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% 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 22 September 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 22 September 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 +82 314 £72,500 +11.54% 161
North West +40 140 £67,500 +3.85% 107
Yorkshire +30 121 £80,000 +13.48% 35
South East -20 85 £65,000 -8.77% 78
Midlands -14 77 £62,500 - 60
South West -50 73 £60,500 +0.83% 80
North East -15 53 £67,500 -1.82% 19
Wales -41 46 £55,000 +5.77% 16
West Midlands -51 43 £62,500 - 31
East Midlands +5 34 £65,000 - 29
East of England -60 11 £59,450 +3.39% 24
Scotland -1 10 £70,000 -3.45% 67
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 21 (3.44%) Confluence
2 20 (3.28%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (2.13%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.97%) Apache
6 4 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.66%) nginx
6 4 (0.66%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.49%) JBoss
8 2 (0.33%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.16%) CMS
9 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.16%) IIS
9 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.16%) SAS
9 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 23 (3.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.98%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.16%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 1 (0.16%) Finacle
4 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.16%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 440 (72.13%) AWS
2 319 (52.30%) AWS Lambda
3 210 (34.43%) Amazon S3
4 205 (33.61%) Azure
5 152 (24.92%) Amazon ECS
6 142 (23.28%) AWS CloudFormation
7 114 (18.69%) Azure Functions
8 113 (18.52%) GitHub
9 92 (15.08%) Amazon EC2
10 79 (12.95%) AWS Step Functions
11 77 (12.62%) Azure DevOps
12 68 (11.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 68 (11.15%) Amazon EKS
13 62 (10.16%) Amazon SQS
13 62 (10.16%) GitHub Actions
14 53 (8.69%) GCP
15 49 (8.03%) Azure Logic Apps
16 48 (7.87%) Power Platform
17 45 (7.38%) SaaS
18 41 (6.72%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.79%) VPN
2 14 (2.30%) Firewall
3 11 (1.80%) DNS
4 9 (1.48%) DHCP
4 9 (1.48%) MQTT
4 9 (1.48%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.48%) VLAN
5 8 (1.31%) Network Security
6 7 (1.15%) AMQP
6 7 (1.15%) VoIP
7 4 (0.66%) IPv4
7 4 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (0.49%) HTTP
8 3 (0.49%) LTE
8 3 (0.49%) WAN
9 2 (0.33%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.16%) LAN
10 1 (0.16%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (19.34%) DynamoDB
2 62 (10.16%) Amazon RDS
3 60 (9.84%) SQL Server
4 48 (7.87%) NoSQL
5 44 (7.21%) Relational Database
6 43 (7.05%) Amazon Athena
6 43 (7.05%) PostgreSQL
7 32 (5.25%) Amazon Redshift
8 30 (4.92%) Data Warehouse
9 23 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
9 23 (3.77%) Spark SQL
10 19 (3.11%) MongoDB
10 19 (3.11%) MySQL
11 16 (2.62%) Power BI
12 12 (1.97%) Big Data
12 12 (1.97%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (1.64%) Data Lake
13 10 (1.64%) Metadata
13 10 (1.64%) RDBMS
14 9 (1.48%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 139 (22.79%) Git
2 103 (16.89%) Jenkins
3 61 (10.00%) GitLab
4 40 (6.56%) JIRA
5 34 (5.57%) Cypress.io
6 33 (5.41%) SonarQube
7 22 (3.61%) Snyk
8 16 (2.62%) JMeter
8 16 (2.62%) JUnit
8 16 (2.62%) Maven
9 15 (2.46%) Selenium
10 14 (2.30%) Postman
11 11 (1.80%) Bitbucket
12 9 (1.48%) Claude Code
13 8 (1.31%) Cucumber
13 8 (1.31%) Mockito
14 7 (1.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 5 (0.82%) Crashlytics
15 5 (0.82%) git-flow
15 5 (0.82%) XCTest
General
1 146 (23.93%) Social Skills
2 92 (15.08%) Public Sector
3 69 (11.31%) Finance
4 60 (9.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 56 (9.18%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (4.43%) Law
7 15 (2.46%) Aviation
7 15 (2.46%) Retail
8 14 (2.30%) Banking
9 12 (1.97%) Aerospace
10 6 (0.98%) Manufacturing
11 5 (0.82%) Legal
12 4 (0.66%) Local Government
12 4 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.49%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.33%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.33%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 213 (34.92%) Developer
2 163 (26.72%) Senior
3 73 (11.97%) Lead
3 73 (11.97%) Software Engineer
4 68 (11.15%) Java Developer
5 67 (10.98%) Full-Stack Developer
5 67 (10.98%) Senior Developer
6 59 (9.67%) Architect
7 50 (8.20%) Data Engineer
8 39 (6.39%) DevOps Engineer
9 37 (6.07%) AWS Engineer
9 37 (6.07%) Cloud Engineer
10 32 (5.25%) Cloud Architect
10 32 (5.25%) Software Developer
11 30 (4.92%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 29 (4.75%) AWS Developer
13 26 (4.26%) Senior Software Engineer
14 25 (4.10%) Cloud Security Architect
14 25 (4.10%) Security Architect
15 23 (3.77%) Senior Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (33.61%) Terraform
2 134 (21.97%) Node.js
3 116 (19.02%) Spring Boot
4 113 (18.52%) React
5 97 (15.90%) Spring
6 95 (15.57%) REST
7 92 (15.08%) .NET
7 92 (15.08%) AngularJS
8 41 (6.72%) Kafka
9 39 (6.39%) RESTful
10 38 (6.23%) Jest
10 38 (6.23%) PySpark
11 37 (6.07%) AWS CDK
12 31 (5.08%) Ruby on Rails
13 29 (4.75%) Gherkin
13 29 (4.75%) HTML
14 27 (4.43%) JSON
15 26 (4.26%) OpenAPI
16 24 (3.93%) Next.js
17 23 (3.77%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 176 (28.85%) Cloud Native
2 45 (7.38%) Distributed Systems
3 41 (6.72%) Product Ownership
4 36 (5.90%) Hybrid Cloud
5 29 (4.75%) Legacy Systems
6 26 (4.26%) Greenfield Project
7 25 (4.10%) Data Centre
8 23 (3.77%) Mainframe
9 17 (2.79%) Public Cloud
10 14 (2.30%) Linux Command Line
11 13 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.97%) Podcast
12 12 (1.97%) Security Posture
13 11 (1.80%) Management Information System
13 11 (1.80%) Mobile App
14 9 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (1.31%) Data Structures
15 8 (1.31%) Digital Wallet
15 8 (1.31%) Robotics
15 8 (1.31%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 42 (6.89%) Linux
2 33 (5.41%) Windows
3 13 (2.13%) VMS
3 13 (2.13%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.15%) CentOS
4 7 (1.15%) Debian
4 7 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.15%) Ubuntu
5 6 (0.98%) AIX
6 5 (0.82%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (62.62%) CI/CD
2 310 (50.82%) Agile
3 261 (42.79%) DevOps
4 199 (32.62%) Infrastructure as Code
5 153 (25.08%) AI
6 150 (24.59%) Software Engineering
7 149 (24.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 143 (23.44%) Full-Stack Development
9 138 (22.62%) Mentoring
10 135 (22.13%) Microservices
11 122 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
12 106 (17.38%) Observability
12 106 (17.38%) Test Automation
13 100 (16.39%) Scrum
14 93 (15.25%) Containerisation
15 89 (14.59%) Event-Driven
16 86 (14.10%) Cloud Security
17 83 (13.61%) Roadmaps
18 81 (13.28%) TDD
19 80 (13.11%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 201 (32.95%) Python
2 189 (30.98%) Java
3 183 (30.00%) SQL
4 151 (24.75%) TypeScript
5 134 (21.97%) JavaScript
6 115 (18.85%) C#
7 65 (10.66%) Bash
8 35 (5.74%) Kotlin
8 35 (5.74%) Ruby
9 31 (5.08%) Groovy
10 28 (4.59%) PowerShell
11 25 (4.10%) Bicep
12 16 (2.62%) C++
13 15 (2.46%) Shell Script
14 13 (2.13%) Kusto Query Language
15 12 (1.97%) Rust
16 8 (1.31%) Go
17 7 (1.15%) Scala
18 6 (0.98%) COBOL
18 6 (0.98%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 106 (17.38%) Security Cleared
2 91 (14.92%) SC Cleared
3 52 (8.52%) AWS Certification
4 50 (8.20%) Degree
5 34 (5.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 33 (5.41%) DV Cleared
7 30 (4.92%) Azure Certification
8 18 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (2.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 15 (2.46%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 14 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
13 9 (1.48%) TOGAF Certification
14 8 (1.31%) AWS Certified Developer
14 8 (1.31%) ISTQB
14 8 (1.31%) Master's Degree
15 7 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
16 5 (0.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 4 (0.66%) CCNA
17 4 (0.66%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (7.21%) Data Quality
2 40 (6.56%) QA
3 34 (5.57%) Accessibility
4 32 (5.25%) GDPR
5 26 (4.26%) WCAG
6 22 (3.61%) GRC
7 14 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.98%) Government Security Classifications
9 6 (0.98%) NCSC
10 4 (0.66%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (0.66%) NIST
11 2 (0.33%) PMO
12 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
System Software
1 182 (29.84%) Docker
2 36 (5.90%) Active Directory
3 24 (3.93%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.62%) vSphere
5 12 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (1.48%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.66%) Squid
7 4 (0.66%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 115 (18.85%) Kubernetes
2 62 (10.16%) Ansible
3 18 (2.95%) Puppet
4 16 (2.62%) Packer
5 15 (2.46%) HP Fortify
6 14 (2.30%) Kibana
7 13 (2.13%) Grafana
8 11 (1.80%) Prometheus
9 7 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (1.15%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.82%) Podman
11 4 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.66%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.16%) Fluentd
13 1 (0.16%) logstash
13 1 (0.16%) Scalr
Vendors
1 99 (16.23%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.26%) Tenable
3 25 (4.10%) Oracle
4 22 (3.61%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (3.61%) Palo Alto
5 21 (3.44%) Google
6 20 (3.28%) Splunk
7 17 (2.79%) Databricks
7 17 (2.79%) Dynatrace
7 17 (2.79%) VMware
8 14 (2.30%) Red Hat
9 13 (2.13%) OpenAI
10 12 (1.97%) ScienceLogic
11 10 (1.64%) OneLogin
12 9 (1.48%) AppDynamics
13 8 (1.31%) IBM
13 8 (1.31%) Veeam
14 7 (1.15%) HubSpot
14 7 (1.15%) SaltStack
15 5 (0.82%) Braze