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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 235 252
Rank change year-on-year +25 +17 -53
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 575 381 788
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.84% 1.25% 1.01%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.46% 4.40% 3.32%
Number of salaries quoted 378 267 487
10th Percentile £47,979 £41,250 £40,600
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% -3.74%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £81,875
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 16,635 8,655 23,708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.32% 28.41% 30.47%
Number of salaries quoted 10,726 5,979 17,956
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 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +1.94% -6.36%
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% -8.95%

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 25 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 25 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 +81 275 £75,000 +15.38% 46
Yorkshire +38 129 £80,000 +33.33% 15
North West +59 126 £75,000 +15.38% 25
Midlands +20 101 £55,000 - 22
South East -47 71 £67,500 +12.50% 47
East Midlands +27 69 £55,000 +4.76% 9
South West -44 66 £62,500 +4.17% 31
Wales -27 35 £53,171 +2.25% 6
West Midlands -35 32 £52,500 -8.70% 13
East of England -29 21 £60,000 -27.27% 7
North East -29 20 £75,000 +15.38% 6
Scotland -7 14 £64,283 +16.88% 8
Northern Ireland - 2 £95,000 - 2
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 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.26%) Apache
3 12 (2.09%) Confluence
3 12 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.91%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.39%) SAS
6 7 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (1.04%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.70%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.70%) JBoss
9 3 (0.52%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.35%) nginx
10 2 (0.35%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.17%) CMS
11 1 (0.17%) IIS
11 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (3.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.70%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.17%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 415 (72.17%) AWS
2 279 (48.52%) AWS Lambda
3 218 (37.91%) Amazon S3
4 185 (32.17%) Azure
5 147 (25.57%) Amazon ECS
6 124 (21.57%) AWS CloudFormation
7 100 (17.39%) Azure Functions
8 90 (15.65%) AWS Step Functions
9 86 (14.96%) GitHub
10 67 (11.65%) Amazon SQS
11 62 (10.78%) Amazon EC2
12 61 (10.61%) Azure DevOps
13 60 (10.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 57 (9.91%) Amazon EKS
15 51 (8.87%) Azure Logic Apps
16 48 (8.35%) GitHub Actions
17 47 (8.17%) GCP
18 43 (7.48%) Amazon ECR
18 43 (7.48%) Power Platform
18 43 (7.48%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.43%) Network Security
1 14 (2.43%) VPN
2 7 (1.22%) Firewall
2 7 (1.22%) MQTT
3 6 (1.04%) AMQP
4 4 (0.70%) IPv4
4 4 (0.70%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (0.52%) DHCP
5 3 (0.52%) DNS
5 3 (0.52%) LTE
5 3 (0.52%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.52%) VLAN
6 2 (0.35%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.35%) WAN
6 2 (0.35%) 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
1 114 (19.83%) DynamoDB
2 51 (8.87%) Amazon RDS
3 49 (8.52%) PostgreSQL
4 44 (7.65%) NoSQL
5 43 (7.48%) SQL Server
6 37 (6.43%) Amazon Athena
7 31 (5.39%) Relational Database
8 30 (5.22%) Amazon Redshift
9 21 (3.65%) Azure SQL Database
9 21 (3.65%) Data Warehouse
10 20 (3.48%) Power BI
11 17 (2.96%) Big Data
11 17 (2.96%) MySQL
12 13 (2.26%) MongoDB
13 11 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (1.74%) RDBMS
14 10 (1.74%) Spark SQL
15 6 (1.04%) Redis
16 5 (0.87%) Cloudera CDH
16 5 (0.87%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 109 (18.96%) Jenkins
2 108 (18.78%) Git
3 62 (10.78%) GitLab
4 40 (6.96%) SonarQube
5 36 (6.26%) Cypress.io
6 30 (5.22%) Maven
7 26 (4.52%) JIRA
8 22 (3.83%) Snyk
9 14 (2.43%) Crashlytics
9 14 (2.43%) XCTest
10 13 (2.26%) JUnit
10 13 (2.26%) Selenium
11 12 (2.09%) Bitbucket
12 10 (1.74%) Cucumber
12 10 (1.74%) Postman
13 8 (1.39%) JMeter
14 7 (1.22%) Mockito
15 5 (0.87%) Claude Code
16 4 (0.70%) Artifactory
16 4 (0.70%) SpecFlow
General
1 136 (23.65%) Social Skills
2 60 (10.43%) Public Sector
3 49 (8.52%) Finance
4 39 (6.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 35 (6.09%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (2.09%) Law
7 8 (1.39%) Aerospace
7 8 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (1.04%) Banking
9 5 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (0.87%) Legal
10 4 (0.70%) Health Technology
10 4 (0.70%) Publishing
11 3 (0.52%) Advertising
11 3 (0.52%) 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
1 228 (39.65%) Developer
2 162 (28.17%) Senior
3 91 (15.83%) Java Developer
4 83 (14.43%) Lead
5 70 (12.17%) Senior Developer
5 70 (12.17%) Software Engineer
6 67 (11.65%) Full-Stack Developer
7 63 (10.96%) Architect
8 37 (6.43%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 36 (6.26%) AWS Developer
10 35 (6.09%) Software Developer
11 34 (5.91%) Cloud Architect
12 29 (5.04%) Data Engineer
13 25 (4.35%) Cloud Security Architect
13 25 (4.35%) Security Architect
14 24 (4.17%) Senior Architect
15 23 (4.00%) Senior Cloud Architect
15 23 (4.00%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 23 (4.00%) Senior Software Engineer
16 22 (3.83%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (25.74%) Node.js
2 129 (22.43%) React
3 118 (20.52%) Spring Boot
4 105 (18.26%) AngularJS
5 92 (16.00%) REST
6 90 (15.65%) Spring
7 72 (12.52%) .NET
8 38 (6.61%) HTML
8 38 (6.61%) Jest
9 37 (6.43%) Gherkin
10 32 (5.57%) Kafka
10 32 (5.57%) RESTful
11 31 (5.39%) AWS CDK
12 24 (4.17%) CSS
13 22 (3.83%) Next.js
14 20 (3.48%) Vue
15 18 (3.13%) ARM Templates
15 18 (3.13%) Web Services
16 17 (2.96%) ASP.NET
16 17 (2.96%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 123 (21.39%) Cloud Native
2 49 (8.52%) Distributed Systems
3 44 (7.65%) Greenfield Project
4 26 (4.52%) Product Ownership
5 25 (4.35%) Data Centre
6 24 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
6 24 (4.17%) Mobile App
7 14 (2.43%) Mainframe
7 14 (2.43%) Security Posture
8 13 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (2.26%) Public Cloud
9 12 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (2.09%) Podcast
10 9 (1.57%) IoT
11 8 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.22%) Data Structures
12 7 (1.22%) Low-Code
13 6 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (1.04%) Legacy Applications
13 6 (1.04%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 38 (6.61%) Linux
2 24 (4.17%) Windows
3 14 (2.43%) Apple iOS
4 13 (2.26%) VMS
5 6 (1.04%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.87%) CentOS
6 5 (0.87%) Debian
6 5 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.87%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.52%) AIX
7 3 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (61.04%) CI/CD
2 256 (44.52%) Agile
2 256 (44.52%) DevOps
3 179 (31.13%) Infrastructure as Code
4 140 (24.35%) Full-Stack Development
5 133 (23.13%) Microservices
6 124 (21.57%) Software Engineering
7 123 (21.39%) Mentoring
8 120 (20.87%) AI
9 116 (20.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 115 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
11 102 (17.74%) Observability
11 102 (17.74%) Test Automation
12 99 (17.22%) Containerisation
13 88 (15.30%) Scrum
14 77 (13.39%) Clean Code
14 77 (13.39%) Event-Driven
15 76 (13.22%) DevSecOps
15 76 (13.22%) TDD
16 72 (12.52%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 200 (34.78%) Python
2 176 (30.61%) Java
3 157 (27.30%) SQL
4 153 (26.61%) TypeScript
5 129 (22.43%) JavaScript
6 79 (13.74%) C#
7 64 (11.13%) Bash
8 47 (8.17%) Kotlin
9 44 (7.65%) Groovy
10 28 (4.87%) PowerShell
11 21 (3.65%) Bicep
12 17 (2.96%) Ruby
13 14 (2.43%) Swift
14 13 (2.26%) Kusto Query Language
14 13 (2.26%) Shell Script
15 10 (1.74%) PHP
16 9 (1.57%) Rust
17 6 (1.04%) Go
17 6 (1.04%) Scala
18 4 (0.70%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (10.78%) Degree
2 60 (10.43%) Security Cleared
3 55 (9.57%) AWS Certification
4 47 (8.17%) SC Cleared
5 35 (6.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (5.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 26 (4.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 25 (4.35%) Azure Certification
9 23 (4.00%) ITIL Certification
10 19 (3.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 14 (2.43%) DV Cleared
11 14 (2.43%) Master's Degree
12 12 (2.09%) DBS Check
13 9 (1.57%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (1.22%) ISTQB
15 6 (1.04%) AWS Certified Developer
16 4 (0.70%) CCNA
16 4 (0.70%) OSCP
16 4 (0.70%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.70%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.83%) GRC
3 21 (3.65%) GDPR
4 19 (3.30%) QA
5 16 (2.78%) Accessibility
5 16 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.39%) WCAG
7 4 (0.70%) Government Security Classifications
7 4 (0.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 4 (0.70%) NCSC
7 4 (0.70%) NIST
8 3 (0.52%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 181 (31.48%) Docker
2 28 (4.87%) Active Directory
3 23 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.78%) vSphere
5 12 (2.09%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.70%) iptables
6 4 (0.70%) Squid
6 4 (0.70%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.52%) Firmware
8 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 157 (27.30%) Terraform
2 99 (17.22%) Kubernetes
3 46 (8.00%) Ansible
4 28 (4.87%) HP Fortify
5 22 (3.83%) Grafana
6 20 (3.48%) Prometheus
7 15 (2.61%) Puppet
8 13 (2.26%) Kibana
9 11 (1.91%) Packer
10 6 (1.04%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.70%) Podman
11 4 (0.70%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.52%) Control-M
12 3 (0.52%) Scalr
13 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (0.35%) Nagios
14 1 (0.17%) logstash
Vendors
1 83 (14.43%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.70%) Oracle
2 27 (4.70%) Tenable
3 22 (3.83%) CrowdStrike
3 22 (3.83%) Palo Alto
4 17 (2.96%) Splunk
5 16 (2.78%) VMware
6 14 (2.43%) Amplitude
6 14 (2.43%) Braze
6 14 (2.43%) Databricks
7 12 (2.09%) ScienceLogic
8 11 (1.91%) Dynatrace
9 10 (1.74%) Google
10 9 (1.57%) AppDynamics
10 9 (1.57%) Red Hat
11 8 (1.39%) IBM
12 7 (1.22%) HubSpot
12 7 (1.22%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.87%) SaltStack
14 4 (0.70%) Informatica