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 27 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 186 242
Rank change year-on-year -41 +56 -41
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 476 410 793
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.73% 1.52% 1.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.50% 4.82% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 294 296 497
10th Percentile £50,468 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £61,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.20% -5.77% -3.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £93,375 £90,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +1.69%

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 19,036 8,503 22,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.35% 31.55% 33.37%
Number of salaries quoted 8,935 6,298 17,436
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,500 £27,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £61,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -2.40% +8.70% -11.54%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +56 258 £75,000 +15.38% 68
Yorkshire +29 159 £75,000 +30.43% 15
Midlands -26 94 £55,000 - 22
North West +8 92 £75,000 - 48
East Midlands +1 66 £60,000 +9.09% 10
South East -108 42 £67,500 +12.50% 44
South West -64 41 £62,500 +4.17% 24
West Midlands -49 28 £50,000 -11.11% 12
Scotland -27 19 £76,783 +33.53% 6
East of England -48 19 £60,100 -29.29% 15
Wales -25 15 £41,740 -16.52% 4
North East -41 7 £95,000 +52.00% 5
Northern Ireland - 5 £95,000 - 6
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 14 (2.94%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.52%) Apache
3 11 (2.31%) OpenStack
4 10 (2.10%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.68%) SAS
6 4 (0.84%) Apache Solr
6 4 (0.84%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.84%) JBoss
7 2 (0.42%) Confluence
7 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.21%) CMS
8 1 (0.21%) IIS
8 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 13 (2.73%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 372 (78.15%) AWS
2 247 (51.89%) AWS Lambda
3 208 (43.70%) Amazon S3
4 160 (33.61%) Azure
5 129 (27.10%) AWS CloudFormation
6 128 (26.89%) Amazon ECS
7 91 (19.12%) AWS Step Functions
8 68 (14.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 68 (14.29%) GitHub
9 65 (13.66%) Amazon SQS
10 59 (12.39%) Amazon EKS
10 59 (12.39%) Azure Functions
11 51 (10.71%) Amazon ECR
12 49 (10.29%) Apigee
13 46 (9.66%) Amazon EC2
14 45 (9.45%) Azure DevOps
14 45 (9.45%) GCP
14 45 (9.45%) GitHub Actions
15 42 (8.82%) Azure Logic Apps
16 37 (7.77%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.89%) Network Security
2 6 (1.26%) AMQP
3 4 (0.84%) Firewall
4 2 (0.42%) DHCP
4 2 (0.42%) DNS
4 2 (0.42%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.42%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.42%) VLAN
4 2 (0.42%) WAN
4 2 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.21%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (23.74%) DynamoDB
2 54 (11.34%) PostgreSQL
3 50 (10.50%) NoSQL
4 48 (10.08%) Amazon RDS
5 34 (7.14%) SQL Server
6 29 (6.09%) Amazon Athena
7 27 (5.67%) Amazon Redshift
8 25 (5.25%) Relational Database
9 17 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (2.94%) Big Data
10 14 (2.94%) Power BI
11 11 (2.31%) MongoDB
12 7 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (1.47%) RDBMS
12 7 (1.47%) Spark SQL
13 6 (1.26%) MySQL
14 5 (1.05%) Data Lake
14 5 (1.05%) Hadoop
14 5 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 99 (20.80%) Jenkins
2 75 (15.76%) Git
3 59 (12.39%) GitLab
4 47 (9.87%) SonarQube
5 41 (8.61%) Cypress.io
5 41 (8.61%) Maven
6 15 (3.15%) Snyk
7 11 (2.31%) Crashlytics
7 11 (2.31%) XCTest
8 10 (2.10%) JIRA
9 9 (1.89%) Cucumber
10 7 (1.47%) JUnit
11 6 (1.26%) Bitbucket
12 5 (1.05%) Storybook
13 4 (0.84%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.84%) JMeter
13 4 (0.84%) Mockito
13 4 (0.84%) Postman
13 4 (0.84%) Selenium
13 4 (0.84%) SpecFlow
General
1 116 (24.37%) Social Skills
2 39 (8.19%) Finance
3 35 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 20 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (1.89%) Legal
7 7 (1.47%) Marketing
8 6 (1.26%) Advertising
8 6 (1.26%) Banking
9 5 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (0.84%) Aerospace
10 4 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (0.84%) Health Technology
10 4 (0.84%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.84%) Publishing
11 3 (0.63%) Billing
11 3 (0.63%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.42%) Games
12 2 (0.42%) Retail
12 2 (0.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 198 (41.60%) Developer
2 111 (23.32%) Senior
3 79 (16.60%) Java Developer
4 74 (15.55%) Lead
5 57 (11.97%) Architect
6 51 (10.71%) Senior Developer
6 51 (10.71%) Software Engineer
7 46 (9.66%) Full-Stack Developer
8 39 (8.19%) AWS Developer
9 28 (5.88%) Cloud Architect
10 26 (5.46%) .NET Developer
11 24 (5.04%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 24 (5.04%) Python Developer
12 22 (4.62%) Data Engineer
12 22 (4.62%) Technical Leader
13 21 (4.41%) Software Developer
14 20 (4.20%) Lead Developer
15 19 (3.99%) Senior Architect
16 18 (3.78%) Cloud Security Architect
16 18 (3.78%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (28.78%) React
2 124 (26.05%) Node.js
3 97 (20.38%) Spring Boot
4 96 (20.17%) AngularJS
5 76 (15.97%) REST
6 71 (14.92%) Spring
7 59 (12.39%) .NET
8 41 (8.61%) Gherkin
9 40 (8.40%) Jest
10 39 (8.19%) HTML
11 36 (7.56%) AWS CDK
12 35 (7.35%) RESTful
13 26 (5.46%) CSS
14 23 (4.83%) Next.js
14 23 (4.83%) Vue
15 21 (4.41%) .NET Core
15 21 (4.41%) Web Services
16 19 (3.99%) Elastic Stack
17 18 (3.78%) JSON
17 18 (3.78%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 89 (18.70%) Cloud Native
2 46 (9.66%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (7.35%) Greenfield Project
4 22 (4.62%) Mobile App
5 21 (4.41%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (3.15%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.52%) Data Structures
8 11 (2.31%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
11 5 (1.05%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.84%) IoT
12 4 (0.84%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.84%) Security Posture
13 3 (0.63%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (0.63%) NHS
13 3 (0.63%) PKI
14 2 (0.42%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.67%) Linux
2 11 (2.31%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.47%) Windows
4 5 (1.05%) CentOS
4 5 (1.05%) Debian
4 5 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.05%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.84%) Unix
6 2 (0.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (58.40%) CI/CD
2 234 (49.16%) DevOps
3 208 (43.70%) Agile
4 146 (30.67%) Infrastructure as Code
5 122 (25.63%) Microservices
6 114 (23.95%) Problem-Solving
7 113 (23.74%) Mentoring
8 110 (23.11%) Full-Stack Development
9 97 (20.38%) Software Engineering
10 87 (18.28%) Containerisation
11 85 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
12 73 (15.34%) Test Automation
13 63 (13.24%) Observability
14 59 (12.39%) TDD
15 58 (12.18%) SDLC
16 53 (11.13%) AI
16 53 (11.13%) Computer Science
16 53 (11.13%) Scrum
17 52 (10.92%) Clean Code
18 49 (10.29%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 168 (35.29%) Python
2 153 (32.14%) Java
3 151 (31.72%) TypeScript
4 126 (26.47%) SQL
5 122 (25.63%) JavaScript
6 58 (12.18%) C#
7 53 (11.13%) Bash
8 46 (9.66%) Groovy
9 36 (7.56%) Kotlin
10 15 (3.15%) PowerShell
11 11 (2.31%) Swift
12 10 (2.10%) Shell Script
13 7 (1.47%) PHP
14 4 (0.84%) Bicep
14 4 (0.84%) C++
14 4 (0.84%) Perl
14 4 (0.84%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.63%) C
15 3 (0.63%) VB
16 2 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 68 (14.29%) AWS Certification
2 57 (11.97%) Degree
3 45 (9.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 38 (7.98%) Security Cleared
5 29 (6.09%) SC Cleared
6 27 (5.67%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 25 (5.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 23 (4.83%) ITIL Certification
9 21 (4.41%) Azure Certification
10 20 (4.20%) AWS Certified Developer
10 20 (4.20%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (3.57%) TOGAF Certification
12 12 (2.52%) DBS Check
13 10 (2.10%) Master's Degree
14 8 (1.68%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.63%) CCSP
15 3 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (0.63%) CISM
15 3 (0.63%) CISSP
15 3 (0.63%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.62%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.78%) QA
3 15 (3.15%) GRC
4 11 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.10%) GDPR
6 9 (1.89%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.05%) WCAG
8 3 (0.63%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.63%) NIST
9 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 171 (35.92%) Docker
2 18 (3.78%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (1.47%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.84%) iptables
5 3 (0.63%) Firmware
6 2 (0.42%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 118 (24.79%) Terraform
2 84 (17.65%) Kubernetes
3 40 (8.40%) HP Fortify
4 31 (6.51%) Ansible
5 15 (3.15%) Grafana
5 15 (3.15%) Prometheus
6 10 (2.10%) Kibana
6 10 (2.10%) Puppet
7 7 (1.47%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.26%) Packer
9 4 (0.84%) Argo
9 4 (0.84%) Control-M
9 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.63%) Nagios
10 3 (0.63%) Scalr
11 1 (0.21%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (11.97%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.36%) Oracle
2 16 (3.36%) Tenable
3 15 (3.15%) CrowdStrike
3 15 (3.15%) Palo Alto
4 11 (2.31%) Amplitude
4 11 (2.31%) Braze
4 11 (2.31%) Databricks
5 9 (1.89%) AppDynamics
6 8 (1.68%) IBM
7 7 (1.47%) Google
8 5 (1.05%) HubSpot
8 5 (1.05%) Informatica
8 5 (1.05%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.05%) SaltStack
9 4 (0.84%) Dynatrace
9 4 (0.84%) PagerDuty
9 4 (0.84%) Splunk
10 2 (0.42%) Aruba
10 2 (0.42%) Pega