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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 179 248
Rank change year-on-year -53 +69 -46
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 480 437 787
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.75% 1.64% 1.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.53% 5.10% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 298 299 496
10th Percentile £50,490 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,950 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.72% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £94,125 £90,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - - +3.45%

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 18,990 8,566 22,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.81% 32.05% 33.52%
Number of salaries quoted 8,884 6,363 17,372
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £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 £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +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 22 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 22 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 +58 265 £75,000 +15.38% 77
Yorkshire +37 166 £75,000 +30.43% 18
Midlands -26 93 £55,000 -4.35% 17
North West +9 91 £75,000 - 52
East Midlands +4 66 £60,000 +6.67% 8
South West -70 42 £62,500 +4.17% 24
South East -132 41 £68,750 +14.58% 45
West Midlands -53 27 £50,000 -13.04% 9
East of England -47 19 £60,100 -29.29% 19
Scotland -25 18 £76,783 +33.53% 8
Wales -16 15 £41,740 -16.52% 3
North East -40 8 £95,000 +52.00% 7
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 (2.92%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.50%) Apache
3 11 (2.29%) OpenStack
4 10 (2.08%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.67%) SAS
6 4 (0.83%) Apache Solr
6 4 (0.83%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.83%) JBoss
7 2 (0.42%) CMS
7 2 (0.42%) Confluence
7 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle Application Server
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 12 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 380 (79.17%) AWS
2 249 (51.88%) AWS Lambda
3 208 (43.33%) Amazon S3
4 162 (33.75%) Azure
5 130 (27.08%) AWS CloudFormation
6 128 (26.67%) Amazon ECS
7 90 (18.75%) AWS Step Functions
8 73 (15.21%) GitHub
9 68 (14.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 65 (13.54%) Amazon SQS
11 60 (12.50%) Amazon EKS
12 57 (11.88%) Azure Functions
13 50 (10.42%) Amazon ECR
14 48 (10.00%) Apigee
15 47 (9.79%) Amazon EC2
15 47 (9.79%) GCP
16 45 (9.38%) GitHub Actions
17 44 (9.17%) Azure DevOps
18 42 (8.75%) Azure Logic Apps
19 38 (7.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.88%) Network Security
2 6 (1.25%) AMQP
3 4 (0.83%) 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 (23.54%) DynamoDB
2 52 (10.83%) NoSQL
2 52 (10.83%) PostgreSQL
3 50 (10.42%) Amazon RDS
4 34 (7.08%) SQL Server
5 29 (6.04%) Amazon Athena
6 26 (5.42%) Amazon Redshift
7 23 (4.79%) Relational Database
8 18 (3.75%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (2.92%) Big Data
10 13 (2.71%) Power BI
11 11 (2.29%) MongoDB
12 8 (1.67%) MySQL
13 7 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
13 7 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (1.46%) Spark SQL
14 6 (1.25%) RDBMS
15 5 (1.04%) Cloudera CDH
15 5 (1.04%) Hadoop
15 5 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 97 (20.21%) Jenkins
2 75 (15.63%) Git
3 58 (12.08%) GitLab
4 47 (9.79%) SonarQube
5 41 (8.54%) Maven
6 40 (8.33%) Cypress.io
7 13 (2.71%) Snyk
8 11 (2.29%) Crashlytics
8 11 (2.29%) XCTest
9 10 (2.08%) JIRA
10 9 (1.88%) Cucumber
11 6 (1.25%) Bitbucket
11 6 (1.25%) JUnit
12 5 (1.04%) Storybook
13 4 (0.83%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.83%) Postman
13 4 (0.83%) Selenium
13 4 (0.83%) SpecFlow
14 3 (0.63%) JMeter
14 3 (0.63%) Mockito
General
1 118 (24.58%) Social Skills
2 40 (8.33%) Finance
3 36 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (7.29%) Public Sector
5 18 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (1.88%) Legal
7 7 (1.46%) Marketing
8 6 (1.25%) Advertising
8 6 (1.25%) Banking
9 5 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (0.83%) Aerospace
10 4 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (0.83%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.83%) Publishing
11 3 (0.63%) Billing
11 3 (0.63%) Health Technology
11 3 (0.63%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.42%) Games
12 2 (0.42%) Retail
12 2 (0.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 203 (42.29%) Developer
2 111 (23.13%) Senior
3 80 (16.67%) Java Developer
4 74 (15.42%) Lead
5 58 (12.08%) Architect
6 54 (11.25%) Senior Developer
7 52 (10.83%) Software Engineer
8 46 (9.58%) Full-Stack Developer
9 39 (8.13%) AWS Developer
10 28 (5.83%) Python Developer
11 27 (5.63%) Cloud Architect
12 26 (5.42%) .NET Developer
13 23 (4.79%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 22 (4.58%) Software Developer
14 22 (4.58%) Technical Leader
15 21 (4.38%) Data Engineer
15 21 (4.38%) Lead Developer
16 17 (3.54%) Senior Architect
16 17 (3.54%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
16 17 (3.54%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (29.58%) React
2 125 (26.04%) Node.js
3 96 (20.00%) Spring Boot
4 95 (19.79%) AngularJS
5 75 (15.63%) REST
6 70 (14.58%) Spring
7 58 (12.08%) .NET
8 44 (9.17%) HTML
9 40 (8.33%) Gherkin
9 40 (8.33%) Jest
10 37 (7.71%) AWS CDK
10 37 (7.71%) RESTful
11 32 (6.67%) CSS
12 27 (5.63%) Vue
13 23 (4.79%) Next.js
14 21 (4.38%) .NET Core
15 20 (4.17%) Web Services
16 19 (3.96%) Elastic Stack
16 19 (3.96%) Kafka
17 17 (3.54%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 90 (18.75%) Cloud Native
2 46 (9.58%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (7.08%) Greenfield Project
4 22 (4.58%) Enterprise Software
4 22 (4.58%) Mobile App
5 15 (3.13%) Data Structures
6 13 (2.71%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.50%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.04%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (1.04%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.83%) IoT
10 4 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.83%) Low-Code
10 4 (0.83%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.63%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.63%) NHS
11 3 (0.63%) PKI
12 2 (0.42%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.63%) Linux
2 11 (2.29%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.46%) Windows
4 5 (1.04%) CentOS
4 5 (1.04%) Debian
4 5 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.04%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.83%) Unix
6 2 (0.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (58.75%) CI/CD
2 236 (49.17%) DevOps
3 214 (44.58%) Agile
4 155 (32.29%) Infrastructure as Code
5 125 (26.04%) Microservices
6 116 (24.17%) Mentoring
6 116 (24.17%) Problem-Solving
7 109 (22.71%) Full-Stack Development
8 99 (20.63%) Software Engineering
9 91 (18.96%) Containerisation
10 89 (18.54%) Continuous Improvement
11 74 (15.42%) Test Automation
12 65 (13.54%) Observability
13 58 (12.08%) TDD
14 55 (11.46%) SDLC
15 54 (11.25%) Scrum
16 53 (11.04%) Computer Science
17 52 (10.83%) Clean Code
18 51 (10.63%) AI
19 50 (10.42%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 172 (35.83%) Python
2 154 (32.08%) TypeScript
3 153 (31.88%) Java
4 128 (26.67%) SQL
5 127 (26.46%) JavaScript
6 58 (12.08%) C#
7 53 (11.04%) Bash
8 45 (9.38%) Groovy
9 36 (7.50%) Kotlin
10 15 (3.13%) PowerShell
11 11 (2.29%) Swift
12 9 (1.88%) Shell Script
13 7 (1.46%) PHP
14 5 (1.04%) Perl
15 4 (0.83%) Bicep
15 4 (0.83%) C++
15 4 (0.83%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.63%) C
16 3 (0.63%) VB
17 2 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 69 (14.38%) AWS Certification
2 57 (11.88%) Degree
3 46 (9.58%) Computer Science Degree
4 39 (8.13%) Security Cleared
5 30 (6.25%) SC Cleared
6 27 (5.63%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 26 (5.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 23 (4.79%) ITIL Certification
9 21 (4.38%) Azure Certification
10 20 (4.17%) AWS Certified Developer
10 20 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (3.75%) TOGAF Certification
12 13 (2.71%) DBS Check
13 10 (2.08%) Master's Degree
14 8 (1.67%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 3 (0.63%) CCSP
15 3 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (0.63%) CISM
15 3 (0.63%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.38%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.75%) QA
3 13 (2.71%) GRC
4 12 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.88%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.67%) GDPR
7 5 (1.04%) NIST
7 5 (1.04%) WCAG
8 3 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.63%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.21%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 175 (36.46%) Docker
2 16 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (1.46%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.83%) iptables
5 3 (0.63%) Firmware
6 2 (0.42%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 126 (26.25%) Terraform
2 84 (17.50%) Kubernetes
3 40 (8.33%) HP Fortify
4 31 (6.46%) Ansible
5 16 (3.33%) Grafana
5 16 (3.33%) Prometheus
6 10 (2.08%) Puppet
7 9 (1.88%) Kibana
8 7 (1.46%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.25%) Packer
10 4 (0.83%) Argo
10 4 (0.83%) Control-M
10 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.63%) Nagios
11 3 (0.63%) Scalr
12 1 (0.21%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 58 (12.08%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.13%) Oracle
3 14 (2.92%) Tenable
4 13 (2.71%) CrowdStrike
4 13 (2.71%) Palo Alto
5 11 (2.29%) Amplitude
5 11 (2.29%) Braze
5 11 (2.29%) Databricks
6 9 (1.88%) AppDynamics
7 8 (1.67%) IBM
8 7 (1.46%) Google
9 5 (1.04%) HubSpot
9 5 (1.04%) Informatica
9 5 (1.04%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.04%) SaltStack
10 4 (0.83%) PagerDuty
11 3 (0.63%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.63%) Splunk
12 2 (0.42%) Aruba
12 2 (0.42%) WSO2