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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 232 251
Rank change year-on-year +24 +19 -50
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 567 380 790
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.83% 1.25% 1.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.42% 4.40% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 371 267 487
10th Percentile £48,000 £41,250 £39,800
25th Percentile £55,175 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £94,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% 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 16,580 8,643 23,878
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.30% 28.48% 30.13%
Number of salaries quoted 10,672 5,965 18,061
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £51,364
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +2.21% -6.61%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £67,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.73%

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 +83 275 £75,000 +15.38% 44
Yorkshire +42 132 £80,000 +33.33% 14
North West +68 123 £75,000 +15.38% 23
Midlands +7 103 £55,000 - 16
East Midlands +35 70 £55,000 +2.33% 7
South East -44 69 £67,500 +12.50% 46
South West -45 64 £62,500 +4.17% 22
West Midlands -37 33 £52,500 -6.67% 9
Wales -30 29 £51,619 -0.73% 6
East of England -33 21 £60,000 -27.27% 6
North East -35 20 £75,000 +20.00% 7
Scotland 0 14 £64,283 +16.88% 6
Northern Ireland - 2 £95,000 - 10
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 (2.65%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.29%) Apache
3 11 (1.94%) Apache Spark
3 11 (1.94%) Confluence
4 10 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.41%) SAS
6 7 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (1.06%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.71%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.71%) JBoss
9 3 (0.53%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.35%) nginx
10 2 (0.35%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.18%) CMS
11 1 (0.18%) IIS
11 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 4 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (3.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 411 (72.49%) AWS
2 273 (48.15%) AWS Lambda
3 215 (37.92%) Amazon S3
4 182 (32.10%) Azure
5 146 (25.75%) Amazon ECS
6 123 (21.69%) AWS CloudFormation
7 97 (17.11%) Azure Functions
8 91 (16.05%) AWS Step Functions
9 82 (14.46%) GitHub
10 64 (11.29%) Amazon SQS
11 62 (10.93%) Amazon EC2
12 61 (10.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 57 (10.05%) Azure DevOps
14 56 (9.88%) Amazon EKS
15 51 (8.99%) Azure Logic Apps
16 46 (8.11%) GCP
17 45 (7.94%) GitHub Actions
18 42 (7.41%) Amazon ECR
18 42 (7.41%) Power Platform
18 42 (7.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.47%) Network Security
2 12 (2.12%) VPN
3 7 (1.23%) Firewall
3 7 (1.23%) MQTT
4 6 (1.06%) AMQP
5 4 (0.71%) IPv4
5 4 (0.71%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.53%) DHCP
6 3 (0.53%) DNS
6 3 (0.53%) LTE
6 3 (0.53%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.53%) VLAN
7 2 (0.35%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.35%) WAN
7 2 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.18%) Internet
8 1 (0.18%) VoIP
8 1 (0.18%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (20.11%) DynamoDB
2 50 (8.82%) Amazon RDS
3 49 (8.64%) PostgreSQL
4 46 (8.11%) NoSQL
5 42 (7.41%) SQL Server
6 39 (6.88%) Amazon Athena
7 30 (5.29%) Relational Database
8 29 (5.11%) Amazon Redshift
9 21 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
10 20 (3.53%) Power BI
11 19 (3.35%) Azure SQL Database
12 17 (3.00%) Big Data
13 16 (2.82%) MySQL
14 13 (2.29%) MongoDB
15 11 (1.94%) Elasticsearch
16 10 (1.76%) Spark SQL
17 9 (1.59%) RDBMS
18 6 (1.06%) Redis
19 5 (0.88%) Cloudera CDH
19 5 (0.88%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 105 (18.52%) Git
2 104 (18.34%) Jenkins
3 59 (10.41%) GitLab
4 39 (6.88%) SonarQube
5 34 (6.00%) Cypress.io
6 29 (5.11%) Maven
7 24 (4.23%) JIRA
8 22 (3.88%) Snyk
9 14 (2.47%) Crashlytics
9 14 (2.47%) XCTest
10 12 (2.12%) Bitbucket
11 11 (1.94%) JUnit
12 10 (1.76%) Cucumber
12 10 (1.76%) Selenium
13 8 (1.41%) JMeter
13 8 (1.41%) Postman
14 7 (1.23%) Mockito
15 4 (0.71%) Artifactory
15 4 (0.71%) Claude Code
15 4 (0.71%) SpecFlow
General
1 133 (23.46%) Social Skills
2 54 (9.52%) Public Sector
3 48 (8.47%) Finance
4 37 (6.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 35 (6.17%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (1.76%) Law
7 8 (1.41%) Aerospace
7 8 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (1.06%) Banking
9 5 (0.88%) Legal
10 4 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (0.71%) Health Technology
10 4 (0.71%) Publishing
11 3 (0.53%) Advertising
11 3 (0.53%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.35%) Billing
12 2 (0.35%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.35%) Games
12 2 (0.35%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 226 (39.86%) Developer
2 155 (27.34%) Senior
3 91 (16.05%) Java Developer
4 82 (14.46%) Lead
5 70 (12.35%) Software Engineer
6 66 (11.64%) Senior Developer
7 63 (11.11%) Architect
7 63 (11.11%) Full-Stack Developer
8 38 (6.70%) AWS Developer
9 37 (6.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 36 (6.35%) Software Developer
11 34 (6.00%) Cloud Architect
12 28 (4.94%) Data Engineer
13 25 (4.41%) Cloud Security Architect
13 25 (4.41%) Security Architect
14 24 (4.23%) Senior Architect
15 23 (4.06%) Senior Cloud Architect
15 23 (4.06%) Senior Software Engineer
16 22 (3.88%) Senior Java Developer
16 22 (3.88%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (25.75%) Node.js
2 127 (22.40%) React
3 111 (19.58%) Spring Boot
4 105 (18.52%) AngularJS
5 88 (15.52%) REST
6 86 (15.17%) Spring
7 71 (12.52%) .NET
8 38 (6.70%) HTML
9 36 (6.35%) Gherkin
10 35 (6.17%) Jest
11 31 (5.47%) RESTful
12 30 (5.29%) Kafka
13 29 (5.11%) AWS CDK
14 23 (4.06%) CSS
15 22 (3.88%) Next.js
16 20 (3.53%) Vue
17 18 (3.17%) ARM Templates
17 18 (3.17%) Web Services
18 16 (2.82%) .NET Core
18 16 (2.82%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 116 (20.46%) Cloud Native
2 49 (8.64%) Distributed Systems
3 44 (7.76%) Greenfield Project
4 25 (4.41%) Data Centre
5 24 (4.23%) Mobile App
6 23 (4.06%) Product Ownership
7 20 (3.53%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (2.12%) Security Posture
11 11 (1.94%) Public Cloud
12 10 (1.76%) Podcast
13 9 (1.59%) IoT
14 8 (1.41%) Mainframe
15 7 (1.23%) Data Structures
15 7 (1.23%) Low-Code
15 7 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
16 6 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
16 6 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
16 6 (1.06%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 38 (6.70%) Linux
2 22 (3.88%) Windows
3 14 (2.47%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.94%) VMS
5 6 (1.06%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.88%) CentOS
6 5 (0.88%) Debian
6 5 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.88%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.53%) Unix
8 2 (0.35%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (59.96%) CI/CD
2 252 (44.44%) DevOps
3 245 (43.21%) Agile
4 174 (30.69%) Infrastructure as Code
5 137 (24.16%) Full-Stack Development
6 130 (22.93%) Microservices
7 123 (21.69%) Mentoring
8 122 (21.52%) Software Engineering
9 114 (20.11%) Continuous Improvement
10 112 (19.75%) AI
10 112 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
11 101 (17.81%) Test Automation
12 96 (16.93%) Containerisation
12 96 (16.93%) Observability
13 81 (14.29%) Scrum
14 76 (13.40%) Clean Code
15 75 (13.23%) DevSecOps
15 75 (13.23%) TDD
16 73 (12.87%) Event-Driven
17 69 (12.17%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 203 (35.80%) Python
2 172 (30.34%) Java
3 157 (27.69%) SQL
4 153 (26.98%) TypeScript
5 132 (23.28%) JavaScript
6 80 (14.11%) C#
7 61 (10.76%) Bash
8 48 (8.47%) Kotlin
9 43 (7.58%) Groovy
10 25 (4.41%) PowerShell
11 19 (3.35%) Bicep
12 14 (2.47%) Swift
13 13 (2.29%) Shell Script
14 12 (2.12%) Ruby
15 11 (1.94%) Kusto Query Language
16 10 (1.76%) PHP
17 9 (1.59%) Rust
18 6 (1.06%) Go
19 5 (0.88%) Scala
20 4 (0.71%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (11.29%) Degree
2 60 (10.58%) Security Cleared
3 54 (9.52%) AWS Certification
4 47 (8.29%) SC Cleared
5 37 (6.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (5.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (4.41%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 25 (4.41%) Azure Certification
8 22 (3.88%) ITIL Certification
9 19 (3.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 14 (2.47%) DV Cleared
10 14 (2.47%) Master's Degree
11 12 (2.12%) DBS Check
12 9 (1.59%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (1.06%) AWS Certified Developer
14 6 (1.06%) ISTQB
15 4 (0.71%) CCNA
15 4 (0.71%) RHCE
15 4 (0.71%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.88%) GRC
3 21 (3.70%) GDPR
4 18 (3.17%) QA
5 16 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (2.47%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.88%) WCAG
8 4 (0.71%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 4 (0.71%) NIST
9 3 (0.53%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.35%) NCSC
10 2 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 180 (31.75%) Docker
2 26 (4.59%) Active Directory
3 23 (4.06%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.47%) vSphere
5 10 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.71%) iptables
6 4 (0.71%) Squid
6 4 (0.71%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.53%) Firmware
8 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 151 (26.63%) Terraform
2 97 (17.11%) Kubernetes
3 46 (8.11%) Ansible
4 27 (4.76%) HP Fortify
5 22 (3.88%) Grafana
6 20 (3.53%) Prometheus
7 15 (2.65%) Puppet
8 13 (2.29%) Kibana
9 11 (1.94%) Packer
10 6 (1.06%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.71%) Podman
11 4 (0.71%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.53%) Control-M
12 3 (0.53%) Scalr
13 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (0.35%) Nagios
14 1 (0.18%) logstash
Vendors
1 82 (14.46%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.76%) Tenable
3 26 (4.59%) Oracle
4 22 (3.88%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (3.88%) Palo Alto
5 16 (2.82%) Splunk
6 14 (2.47%) Amplitude
6 14 (2.47%) Braze
6 14 (2.47%) Databricks
6 14 (2.47%) VMware
7 10 (1.76%) Dynatrace
7 10 (1.76%) Google
7 10 (1.76%) ScienceLogic
8 9 (1.59%) AppDynamics
8 9 (1.59%) Red Hat
9 8 (1.41%) IBM
10 7 (1.23%) HubSpot
10 7 (1.23%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.88%) SaltStack
12 4 (0.71%) NVIDIA