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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 240 249
Rank change year-on-year +23 +9 -54
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 587 388 776
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.83% 1.18% 1.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.38% 4.28% 3.41%
Number of salaries quoted 390 272 478
10th Percentile £47,930 £41,250 £39,500
25th Percentile £55,044 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% -3.74%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £83,594
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £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 17,343 9,069 22,760
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.61% 27.59% 30.60%
Number of salaries quoted 11,246 6,338 17,127
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +2.94% -7.27%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
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% -8.00%

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 8 July 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 8 July 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 +89 284 £75,000 +15.38% 66
North West +56 131 £72,500 +11.54% 35
Yorkshire +44 129 £80,000 +33.33% 20
Midlands +12 95 £55,000 - 29
South East -43 73 £66,250 +10.42% 38
South West -45 69 £62,500 +4.17% 37
East Midlands +27 64 £55,000 +4.76% 17
Wales -28 40 £53,171 +2.25% 6
West Midlands -34 31 £57,500 -6.12% 12
North East -24 24 £75,000 +15.38% 11
East of England -43 19 £60,000 -11.11% 11
Scotland -5 13 £70,000 +27.27% 19
Northern Ireland - 2 £95,000 - 18
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 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.39%) Apache
2 14 (2.39%) Confluence
3 12 (2.04%) Apache Spark
3 12 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.36%) SAS
5 5 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.68%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.68%) JBoss
6 4 (0.68%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.51%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.34%) nginx
8 2 (0.34%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.17%) CMS
9 1 (0.17%) IIS
9 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 22 (3.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.85%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.17%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 422 (71.89%) AWS
2 280 (47.70%) AWS Lambda
3 212 (36.12%) Amazon S3
4 192 (32.71%) Azure
5 148 (25.21%) Amazon ECS
6 130 (22.15%) AWS CloudFormation
7 104 (17.72%) Azure Functions
8 88 (14.99%) AWS Step Functions
8 88 (14.99%) GitHub
9 67 (11.41%) Amazon SQS
10 62 (10.56%) Azure DevOps
11 60 (10.22%) Amazon EC2
12 56 (9.54%) Amazon EKS
13 55 (9.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 52 (8.86%) Azure Logic Apps
15 51 (8.69%) GCP
16 49 (8.35%) GitHub Actions
17 47 (8.01%) Power Platform
18 44 (7.50%) Amazon ECR
19 41 (6.98%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.39%) Network Security
1 14 (2.39%) VPN
2 8 (1.36%) MQTT
3 7 (1.19%) AMQP
3 7 (1.19%) Firewall
4 4 (0.68%) IPv4
4 4 (0.68%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (0.51%) DHCP
5 3 (0.51%) DNS
5 3 (0.51%) LTE
5 3 (0.51%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.51%) VLAN
6 2 (0.34%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.34%) WAN
6 2 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.17%) HTTP
7 1 (0.17%) Internet
7 1 (0.17%) VoIP
7 1 (0.17%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (20.10%) DynamoDB
2 49 (8.35%) Amazon RDS
3 47 (8.01%) NoSQL
4 45 (7.67%) PostgreSQL
5 42 (7.16%) SQL Server
6 38 (6.47%) Amazon Athena
7 30 (5.11%) Relational Database
8 25 (4.26%) Amazon Redshift
9 21 (3.58%) Azure SQL Database
9 21 (3.58%) Data Warehouse
9 21 (3.58%) Power BI
10 18 (3.07%) Big Data
11 17 (2.90%) MySQL
12 14 (2.39%) MongoDB
13 12 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (1.70%) RDBMS
14 10 (1.70%) Spark SQL
15 6 (1.02%) Cloudera CDH
15 6 (1.02%) Hadoop
15 6 (1.02%) Redis
Development Applications
1 110 (18.74%) Jenkins
2 106 (18.06%) Git
3 65 (11.07%) GitLab
4 42 (7.16%) SonarQube
5 38 (6.47%) Cypress.io
6 31 (5.28%) Maven
7 29 (4.94%) JIRA
8 22 (3.75%) Snyk
9 15 (2.56%) JUnit
9 15 (2.56%) Selenium
10 14 (2.39%) Crashlytics
10 14 (2.39%) XCTest
11 13 (2.21%) Bitbucket
12 11 (1.87%) Postman
13 10 (1.70%) Cucumber
14 8 (1.36%) JMeter
15 7 (1.19%) Mockito
16 6 (1.02%) Claude Code
17 4 (0.68%) REST Assured
17 4 (0.68%) SpecFlow
General
1 138 (23.51%) Social Skills
2 63 (10.73%) Public Sector
3 51 (8.69%) Finance
4 39 (6.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 29 (4.94%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (2.04%) Law
7 9 (1.53%) Aerospace
8 7 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.02%) Banking
10 5 (0.85%) Legal
11 4 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.68%) Health Technology
12 3 (0.51%) Advertising
12 3 (0.51%) Publishing
12 3 (0.51%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.34%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.34%) Games
13 2 (0.34%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.34%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.17%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 228 (38.84%) Developer
2 165 (28.11%) Senior
3 89 (15.16%) Java Developer
4 81 (13.80%) Lead
5 73 (12.44%) Senior Developer
5 73 (12.44%) Software Engineer
6 70 (11.93%) Full-Stack Developer
7 62 (10.56%) Architect
8 39 (6.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 35 (5.96%) AWS Developer
10 34 (5.79%) Cloud Architect
11 33 (5.62%) Software Developer
12 31 (5.28%) Data Engineer
13 26 (4.43%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
14 25 (4.26%) Cloud Security Architect
14 25 (4.26%) Security Architect
15 24 (4.09%) Senior Architect
16 23 (3.92%) .NET Developer
16 23 (3.92%) Full-Stack Java Developer
16 23 (3.92%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (25.55%) Node.js
2 130 (22.15%) React
3 124 (21.12%) Spring Boot
4 107 (18.23%) AngularJS
5 94 (16.01%) Spring
6 91 (15.50%) REST
7 75 (12.78%) .NET
8 41 (6.98%) Jest
9 38 (6.47%) Gherkin
10 35 (5.96%) HTML
11 33 (5.62%) AWS CDK
11 33 (5.62%) RESTful
12 32 (5.45%) Kafka
13 24 (4.09%) CSS
14 23 (3.92%) Next.js
15 21 (3.58%) Ruby on Rails
16 20 (3.41%) Vue
17 19 (3.24%) ASP.NET
17 19 (3.24%) Swagger
18 18 (3.07%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 134 (22.83%) Cloud Native
2 47 (8.01%) Distributed Systems
3 45 (7.67%) Greenfield Project
4 29 (4.94%) Product Ownership
5 27 (4.60%) Legacy Systems
6 25 (4.26%) Data Centre
7 24 (4.09%) Mobile App
8 18 (3.07%) Mainframe
9 14 (2.39%) Public Cloud
10 13 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (2.04%) Podcast
11 12 (2.04%) Security Posture
12 9 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (1.53%) IoT
13 8 (1.36%) Data Structures
13 8 (1.36%) Robotics
13 8 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (1.19%) Low-Code
15 6 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
16 5 (0.85%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 40 (6.81%) Linux
2 26 (4.43%) Windows
3 14 (2.39%) Apple iOS
4 13 (2.21%) VMS
5 6 (1.02%) CentOS
5 6 (1.02%) Debian
5 6 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.02%) Ubuntu
5 6 (1.02%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.68%) AIX
7 1 (0.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (60.14%) CI/CD
2 273 (46.51%) Agile
3 263 (44.80%) DevOps
4 183 (31.18%) Infrastructure as Code
5 145 (24.70%) Full-Stack Development
6 135 (23.00%) Microservices
7 129 (21.98%) Software Engineering
8 127 (21.64%) AI
9 121 (20.61%) Continuous Improvement
10 119 (20.27%) Mentoring
11 112 (19.08%) Problem-Solving
12 105 (17.89%) Observability
12 105 (17.89%) Test Automation
13 103 (17.55%) Containerisation
14 93 (15.84%) Scrum
15 79 (13.46%) Clean Code
15 79 (13.46%) TDD
16 78 (13.29%) Event-Driven
17 77 (13.12%) DevSecOps
18 69 (11.75%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 200 (34.07%) Python
2 181 (30.83%) Java
3 159 (27.09%) TypeScript
4 152 (25.89%) SQL
5 126 (21.47%) JavaScript
6 83 (14.14%) C#
7 65 (11.07%) Bash
8 46 (7.84%) Kotlin
9 45 (7.67%) Groovy
10 28 (4.77%) PowerShell
11 21 (3.58%) Bicep
11 21 (3.58%) Ruby
12 14 (2.39%) Swift
13 13 (2.21%) Kusto Query Language
14 11 (1.87%) Shell Script
15 10 (1.70%) PHP
15 10 (1.70%) Rust
16 8 (1.36%) Go
17 6 (1.02%) Scala
18 5 (0.85%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 68 (11.58%) Security Cleared
2 58 (9.88%) Degree
3 57 (9.71%) AWS Certification
4 54 (9.20%) SC Cleared
5 29 (4.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (4.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 27 (4.60%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 24 (4.09%) Azure Certification
7 24 (4.09%) ITIL Certification
8 20 (3.41%) DV Cleared
9 19 (3.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 15 (2.56%) Master's Degree
11 11 (1.87%) DBS Check
12 8 (1.36%) ISTQB
12 8 (1.36%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (1.19%) AWS Certified Developer
13 7 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.68%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 4 (0.68%) CCNA
14 4 (0.68%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.43%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.75%) GRC
3 21 (3.58%) GDPR
4 20 (3.41%) QA
5 18 (3.07%) Accessibility
6 17 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.87%) WCAG
8 5 (0.85%) Government Security Classifications
8 5 (0.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 5 (0.85%) NCSC
9 4 (0.68%) NIST
10 3 (0.51%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 185 (31.52%) Docker
2 28 (4.77%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.92%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.73%) vSphere
5 12 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.68%) iptables
6 4 (0.68%) Squid
6 4 (0.68%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.51%) Firmware
8 2 (0.34%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 169 (28.79%) Terraform
2 108 (18.40%) Kubernetes
3 55 (9.37%) Ansible
4 29 (4.94%) HP Fortify
5 22 (3.75%) Grafana
6 20 (3.41%) Prometheus
7 17 (2.90%) Puppet
8 13 (2.21%) Kibana
8 13 (2.21%) Packer
9 7 (1.19%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.68%) Podman
10 4 (0.68%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.51%) Scalr
12 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.34%) Nagios
13 1 (0.17%) Control-M
13 1 (0.17%) logstash
Vendors
1 82 (13.97%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.60%) Tenable
3 26 (4.43%) Oracle
4 22 (3.75%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (3.75%) Palo Alto
5 18 (3.07%) Splunk
6 16 (2.73%) VMware
7 14 (2.39%) Amplitude
7 14 (2.39%) Braze
8 13 (2.21%) Databricks
9 12 (2.04%) Google
9 12 (2.04%) ScienceLogic
10 11 (1.87%) Dynatrace
11 10 (1.70%) Red Hat
12 9 (1.53%) AppDynamics
13 8 (1.36%) IBM
14 7 (1.19%) HubSpot
14 7 (1.19%) OpenAI
15 6 (1.02%) SaltStack
16 5 (0.85%) OneLogin