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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 266 250
Rank change year-on-year +26 -16 -58
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 604 340 599
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.77% 0.98% 1.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.40% 3.63% 3.57%
Number of salaries quoted 393 238 344
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,973 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.65% +8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £73,886
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +2.84% +0.71% -

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 17,769 9,377 16,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 22.65% 27.03% 28.12%
Number of salaries quoted 11,882 6,473 11,459
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £91,217 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -5.51%

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 21 August 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 21 August 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 +97 302 £75,000 +15.38% 54
North West +51 136 £70,000 +5.66% 27
Yorkshire +36 118 £80,000 +33.33% 16
South East -16 84 £65,000 -7.14% 32
Midlands -11 82 £63,750 +6.25% 19
South West -51 68 £60,500 +0.83% 27
North East -10 48 £67,500 -6.90% 11
East Midlands +24 47 £65,000 +73.33% 6
Wales -23 46 £55,000 +5.77% 4
West Midlands -50 35 £62,500 - 13
East of England -45 17 £59,450 +1.19% 9
Scotland +4 12 £70,000 +16.67% 3
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 20 (3.31%) Confluence
2 14 (2.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.99%) Apache
4 10 (1.66%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.49%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.16%) SAS
7 5 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.66%) nginx
8 4 (0.66%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.50%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.50%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.50%) JBoss
10 1 (0.17%) CMS
10 1 (0.17%) IIS
10 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 16 (2.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.99%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.17%) Finacle
4 1 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.17%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.17%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 438 (72.52%) AWS
2 300 (49.67%) AWS Lambda
3 207 (34.27%) Amazon S3
4 197 (32.62%) Azure
5 154 (25.50%) Amazon ECS
6 143 (23.68%) AWS CloudFormation
7 114 (18.87%) GitHub
8 104 (17.22%) Azure Functions
9 76 (12.58%) AWS Step Functions
10 73 (12.09%) Azure DevOps
11 72 (11.92%) Amazon EC2
12 63 (10.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 62 (10.26%) Amazon EKS
14 61 (10.10%) Amazon SQS
14 61 (10.10%) GitHub Actions
15 53 (8.77%) GCP
16 51 (8.44%) SaaS
17 46 (7.62%) Azure Logic Apps
18 44 (7.28%) Power Platform
19 40 (6.62%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.81%) VPN
2 9 (1.49%) Firewall
2 9 (1.49%) MQTT
2 9 (1.49%) Network Security
3 6 (0.99%) DNS
4 5 (0.83%) AMQP
4 5 (0.83%) DHCP
4 5 (0.83%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.83%) VLAN
5 4 (0.66%) IPv4
5 4 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.50%) HTTP
6 3 (0.50%) LTE
6 3 (0.50%) VoIP
6 3 (0.50%) WAN
7 2 (0.33%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.17%) LAN
8 1 (0.17%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (19.87%) DynamoDB
2 64 (10.60%) Amazon RDS
3 50 (8.28%) NoSQL
4 49 (8.11%) SQL Server
5 42 (6.95%) PostgreSQL
6 41 (6.79%) Relational Database
7 39 (6.46%) Amazon Athena
8 31 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
9 30 (4.97%) Amazon Redshift
10 25 (4.14%) Azure SQL Database
11 19 (3.15%) Power BI
12 18 (2.98%) MySQL
13 17 (2.81%) MongoDB
14 16 (2.65%) Big Data
15 13 (2.15%) Elasticsearch
16 10 (1.66%) Metadata
16 10 (1.66%) Spark SQL
17 9 (1.49%) RDBMS
18 6 (0.99%) Hadoop
18 6 (0.99%) Redis
Development Applications
1 124 (20.53%) Git
2 105 (17.38%) Jenkins
3 58 (9.60%) GitLab
4 37 (6.13%) JIRA
5 34 (5.63%) SonarQube
6 30 (4.97%) Cypress.io
7 22 (3.64%) Snyk
8 17 (2.81%) Maven
9 15 (2.48%) JUnit
10 13 (2.15%) Selenium
11 12 (1.99%) Bitbucket
12 11 (1.82%) Crashlytics
12 11 (1.82%) Postman
12 11 (1.82%) XCTest
13 8 (1.32%) Claude Code
13 8 (1.32%) Cucumber
13 8 (1.32%) JMeter
14 7 (1.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 7 (1.16%) Mockito
15 5 (0.83%) git-flow
General
1 154 (25.50%) Social Skills
2 74 (12.25%) Public Sector
3 68 (11.26%) Finance
4 50 (8.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (4.14%) Law
7 13 (2.15%) Aviation
8 11 (1.82%) Banking
8 11 (1.82%) Retail
9 10 (1.66%) Aerospace
10 8 (1.32%) Legal
11 4 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (0.66%) Local Government
11 4 (0.66%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.50%) Health Technology
12 3 (0.50%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.33%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 216 (35.76%) Developer
2 160 (26.49%) Senior
3 83 (13.74%) Lead
4 76 (12.58%) Java Developer
5 72 (11.92%) Software Engineer
6 70 (11.59%) Senior Developer
7 69 (11.42%) Full-Stack Developer
8 65 (10.76%) Architect
9 37 (6.13%) DevOps Engineer
10 35 (5.79%) Cloud Architect
11 34 (5.63%) Cloud Engineer
11 34 (5.63%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 33 (5.46%) Software Developer
13 32 (5.30%) Data Engineer
14 31 (5.13%) AWS Engineer
15 29 (4.80%) AWS Developer
16 25 (4.14%) Cloud Security Architect
16 25 (4.14%) Security Architect
17 24 (3.97%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
18 23 (3.81%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 203 (33.61%) Terraform
2 138 (22.85%) Node.js
3 118 (19.54%) Spring Boot
4 115 (19.04%) React
5 98 (16.23%) Spring
6 94 (15.56%) AngularJS
6 94 (15.56%) REST
7 85 (14.07%) .NET
8 40 (6.62%) AWS CDK
9 37 (6.13%) Jest
9 37 (6.13%) Kafka
10 35 (5.79%) RESTful
11 31 (5.13%) Ruby on Rails
12 29 (4.80%) HTML
13 27 (4.47%) Next.js
14 25 (4.14%) Gherkin
15 24 (3.97%) OpenAPI
16 23 (3.81%) CSS
17 22 (3.64%) ASP.NET
18 21 (3.48%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 164 (27.15%) Cloud Native
2 46 (7.62%) Distributed Systems
3 40 (6.62%) Greenfield Project
4 35 (5.79%) Product Ownership
5 29 (4.80%) Legacy Systems
6 25 (4.14%) Data Centre
7 24 (3.97%) Hybrid Cloud
8 23 (3.81%) Mainframe
9 19 (3.15%) Mobile App
10 17 (2.81%) Public Cloud
11 14 (2.32%) Linux Command Line
12 12 (1.99%) Podcast
12 12 (1.99%) Security Posture
13 11 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
14 9 (1.49%) IoT
15 8 (1.32%) Data Structures
15 8 (1.32%) Digital Wallet
15 8 (1.32%) Robotics
16 7 (1.16%) Private Cloud
16 7 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 41 (6.79%) Linux
2 30 (4.97%) Windows
3 13 (2.15%) VMS
4 11 (1.82%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.49%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.99%) AIX
7 5 (0.83%) CentOS
7 5 (0.83%) Debian
7 5 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.83%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 369 (61.09%) CI/CD
2 293 (48.51%) Agile
3 266 (44.04%) DevOps
4 205 (33.94%) Infrastructure as Code
5 150 (24.83%) AI
6 144 (23.84%) Software Engineering
7 136 (22.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 133 (22.02%) Full-Stack Development
9 129 (21.36%) Microservices
10 126 (20.86%) Mentoring
11 123 (20.36%) Problem-Solving
12 112 (18.54%) Observability
13 110 (18.21%) Test Automation
14 107 (17.72%) Containerisation
15 97 (16.06%) Scrum
16 88 (14.57%) TDD
17 82 (13.58%) Cloud Security
18 81 (13.41%) Clean Code
19 80 (13.25%) Event-Driven
20 79 (13.08%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 206 (34.11%) Python
2 175 (28.97%) Java
3 161 (26.66%) SQL
4 149 (24.67%) TypeScript
5 113 (18.71%) JavaScript
6 97 (16.06%) C#
7 64 (10.60%) Bash
8 42 (6.95%) Kotlin
9 35 (5.79%) Ruby
10 32 (5.30%) Groovy
11 30 (4.97%) PowerShell
12 23 (3.81%) Bicep
13 13 (2.15%) Kusto Query Language
13 13 (2.15%) Shell Script
14 11 (1.82%) Rust
14 11 (1.82%) Swift
15 8 (1.32%) Go
15 8 (1.32%) PHP
16 6 (0.99%) COBOL
16 6 (0.99%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 93 (15.40%) Security Cleared
2 79 (13.08%) SC Cleared
3 55 (9.11%) Degree
4 53 (8.77%) AWS Certification
5 29 (4.80%) DV Cleared
6 28 (4.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 26 (4.30%) Azure Certification
7 26 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (3.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 17 (2.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 15 (2.48%) Master's Degree
11 14 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (2.32%) ITIL Certification
12 9 (1.49%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (1.32%) AWS Certified Developer
13 8 (1.32%) DBS Check
13 8 (1.32%) ISTQB
14 7 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 4 (0.66%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.13%) QA
2 31 (5.13%) Data Quality
3 25 (4.14%) GDPR
4 23 (3.81%) Accessibility
5 22 (3.64%) GRC
6 18 (2.98%) WCAG
7 16 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.99%) Government Security Classifications
8 6 (0.99%) NCSC
9 4 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.66%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 4 (0.66%) NIST
10 3 (0.50%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.33%) PMO
12 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
System Software
1 189 (31.29%) Docker
2 32 (5.30%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.81%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.65%) vSphere
5 12 (1.99%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.83%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.66%) Squid
7 4 (0.66%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.50%) Firmware
9 1 (0.17%) iptables
Systems Management
1 113 (18.71%) Kubernetes
2 60 (9.93%) Ansible
3 17 (2.81%) Grafana
3 17 (2.81%) Puppet
4 16 (2.65%) HP Fortify
5 14 (2.32%) Prometheus
6 13 (2.15%) Kibana
7 12 (1.99%) Packer
8 5 (0.83%) Podman
9 4 (0.66%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.66%) ZABBIX
10 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.50%) Scalr
10 3 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.17%) Fluentd
12 1 (0.17%) logstash
12 1 (0.17%) Nagios
Vendors
1 88 (14.57%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.30%) Tenable
3 25 (4.14%) Oracle
4 22 (3.64%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (3.64%) Palo Alto
5 19 (3.15%) Google
5 19 (3.15%) Splunk
6 17 (2.81%) Databricks
6 17 (2.81%) VMware
7 14 (2.32%) Dynatrace
8 12 (1.99%) OpenAI
8 12 (1.99%) Red Hat
8 12 (1.99%) ScienceLogic
9 11 (1.82%) Amplitude
9 11 (1.82%) Braze
10 10 (1.66%) OneLogin
11 9 (1.49%) AppDynamics
12 8 (1.32%) IBM
13 7 (1.16%) HubSpot
14 5 (0.83%) SaltStack