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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 254 238
Rank change year-on-year +22 -16 -47
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 578 365 676
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.78% 1.07% 1.07%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.23% 3.93% 3.63%
Number of salaries quoted 380 263 396
10th Percentile £47,750 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,250 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,250 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.76% -3.10% +3.57%

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 17,911 9,283 18,599
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.32% 27.20% 29.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11,670 6,476 13,464
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.00%

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 28 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 28 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 +91 285 £75,000 +15.38% 63
North West +64 128 £70,000 +7.69% 31
Yorkshire +34 122 £80,000 +33.33% 14
Midlands -2 88 £55,000 -8.33% 23
South East -7 80 £65,000 - 36
South West -49 64 £60,500 +0.83% 25
East Midlands +30 57 £55,000 +46.67% 6
Wales -35 39 £66,250 +27.40% 5
North East -14 35 £75,000 +15.38% 18
West Midlands -34 31 £62,500 - 17
East of England -40 16 £59,450 +1.19% 12
Scotland 0 13 £70,000 +21.74% 8
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
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 16 (2.77%) Confluence
2 12 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.90%) Apache
4 9 (1.56%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.38%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.38%) SAS
6 5 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.69%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.69%) JBoss
7 4 (0.69%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.52%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.35%) nginx
10 1 (0.17%) CMS
10 1 (0.17%) IIS
10 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 16 (2.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.04%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.17%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 422 (73.01%) AWS
2 280 (48.44%) AWS Lambda
3 204 (35.29%) Amazon S3
4 184 (31.83%) Azure
5 152 (26.30%) Amazon ECS
6 132 (22.84%) AWS CloudFormation
7 96 (16.61%) GitHub
8 94 (16.26%) Azure Functions
9 78 (13.49%) AWS Step Functions
10 67 (11.59%) Amazon EC2
11 66 (11.42%) Amazon SQS
12 61 (10.55%) Azure DevOps
13 56 (9.69%) Amazon EKS
14 55 (9.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 53 (9.17%) GitHub Actions
16 49 (8.48%) GCP
17 42 (7.27%) Azure Logic Apps
18 41 (7.09%) SaaS
19 40 (6.92%) Power Platform
20 39 (6.75%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.77%) VPN
2 12 (2.08%) Network Security
3 8 (1.38%) MQTT
4 7 (1.21%) Firewall
5 5 (0.87%) AMQP
6 4 (0.69%) DNS
6 4 (0.69%) IPv4
6 4 (0.69%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.52%) DHCP
7 3 (0.52%) LTE
7 3 (0.52%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.52%) VLAN
8 2 (0.35%) HTTP
8 2 (0.35%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.35%) WAN
8 2 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.17%) VoIP
9 1 (0.17%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (20.42%) DynamoDB
2 57 (9.86%) Amazon RDS
3 50 (8.65%) NoSQL
4 44 (7.61%) SQL Server
5 42 (7.27%) PostgreSQL
6 36 (6.23%) Amazon Athena
7 33 (5.71%) Relational Database
8 26 (4.50%) Amazon Redshift
9 24 (4.15%) Data Warehouse
10 21 (3.63%) Azure SQL Database
11 18 (3.11%) MySQL
11 18 (3.11%) Power BI
12 16 (2.77%) Big Data
13 15 (2.60%) MongoDB
14 14 (2.42%) Elasticsearch
15 10 (1.73%) RDBMS
15 10 (1.73%) Spark SQL
16 6 (1.04%) Redis
17 5 (0.87%) DocumentDB
18 4 (0.69%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 110 (19.03%) Git
2 108 (18.69%) Jenkins
3 62 (10.73%) GitLab
4 38 (6.57%) SonarQube
5 35 (6.06%) Cypress.io
6 32 (5.54%) JIRA
7 26 (4.50%) Maven
8 22 (3.81%) Snyk
9 15 (2.60%) JUnit
9 15 (2.60%) Selenium
10 14 (2.42%) Crashlytics
10 14 (2.42%) XCTest
11 13 (2.25%) Bitbucket
12 11 (1.90%) Postman
13 10 (1.73%) Cucumber
14 8 (1.38%) JMeter
15 7 (1.21%) Claude Code
15 7 (1.21%) Mockito
16 5 (0.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
17 4 (0.69%) SpecFlow
General
1 142 (24.57%) Social Skills
2 71 (12.28%) Public Sector
3 54 (9.34%) Finance
4 44 (7.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (2.77%) Law
7 8 (1.38%) Aerospace
8 6 (1.04%) Legal
9 5 (0.87%) Banking
10 4 (0.69%) Health Technology
10 4 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.52%) Aviation
11 3 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.52%) Games
11 3 (0.52%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.52%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.35%) Advertising
12 2 (0.35%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.35%) Marketing
12 2 (0.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 212 (36.68%) Developer
2 163 (28.20%) Senior
3 81 (14.01%) Java Developer
4 80 (13.84%) Lead
5 73 (12.63%) Senior Developer
6 70 (12.11%) Full-Stack Developer
7 68 (11.76%) Software Engineer
8 63 (10.90%) Architect
9 40 (6.92%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 35 (6.06%) Cloud Architect
11 33 (5.71%) Data Engineer
12 30 (5.19%) Software Developer
13 29 (5.02%) AWS Developer
14 28 (4.84%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 27 (4.67%) DevOps Engineer
16 25 (4.33%) Cloud Engineer
16 25 (4.33%) Cloud Security Architect
16 25 (4.33%) Security Architect
17 24 (4.15%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 24 (4.15%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (24.22%) Node.js
2 123 (21.28%) Spring Boot
3 121 (20.93%) React
4 96 (16.61%) AngularJS
4 96 (16.61%) Spring
5 90 (15.57%) REST
6 77 (13.32%) .NET
7 40 (6.92%) Jest
8 36 (6.23%) AWS CDK
9 34 (5.88%) Kafka
10 33 (5.71%) Gherkin
10 33 (5.71%) RESTful
11 30 (5.19%) HTML
12 27 (4.67%) Ruby on Rails
13 23 (3.98%) Next.js
14 22 (3.81%) ASP.NET
15 21 (3.63%) ASP.NET Core
15 21 (3.63%) CSS
16 20 (3.46%) Swagger
17 19 (3.29%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 141 (24.39%) Cloud Native
2 47 (8.13%) Distributed Systems
3 46 (7.96%) Greenfield Project
4 34 (5.88%) Product Ownership
5 30 (5.19%) Legacy Systems
6 25 (4.33%) Data Centre
7 22 (3.81%) Mainframe
7 22 (3.81%) Mobile App
8 17 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (2.60%) Public Cloud
10 12 (2.08%) Podcast
10 12 (2.08%) Security Posture
11 9 (1.56%) IoT
12 8 (1.38%) Data Structures
12 8 (1.38%) Robotics
13 7 (1.21%) Digital Wallet
13 7 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
13 7 (1.21%) Low-Code
13 7 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 39 (6.75%) Linux
2 27 (4.67%) Windows
3 14 (2.42%) Apple iOS
4 13 (2.25%) VMS
5 7 (1.21%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.87%) AIX
7 4 (0.69%) CentOS
7 4 (0.69%) Debian
7 4 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.69%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (59.86%) CI/CD
2 276 (47.75%) Agile
3 250 (43.25%) DevOps
4 184 (31.83%) Infrastructure as Code
5 142 (24.57%) Full-Stack Development
6 134 (23.18%) AI
7 130 (22.49%) Software Engineering
8 128 (22.15%) Microservices
9 120 (20.76%) Mentoring
10 118 (20.42%) Continuous Improvement
11 113 (19.55%) Problem-Solving
12 106 (18.34%) Observability
12 106 (18.34%) Test Automation
13 102 (17.65%) Containerisation
14 90 (15.57%) Scrum
15 83 (14.36%) TDD
16 80 (13.84%) Clean Code
16 80 (13.84%) Event-Driven
17 77 (13.32%) DevSecOps
18 73 (12.63%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 199 (34.43%) Python
2 174 (30.10%) Java
3 152 (26.30%) TypeScript
4 149 (25.78%) SQL
5 120 (20.76%) JavaScript
6 85 (14.71%) C#
7 63 (10.90%) Bash
8 43 (7.44%) Kotlin
9 40 (6.92%) Groovy
10 28 (4.84%) PowerShell
10 28 (4.84%) Ruby
11 22 (3.81%) Bicep
12 14 (2.42%) Swift
13 13 (2.25%) Kusto Query Language
14 11 (1.90%) Shell Script
15 10 (1.73%) PHP
15 10 (1.73%) Rust
16 8 (1.38%) Go
17 6 (1.04%) COBOL
17 6 (1.04%) Scala
Qualifications
1 78 (13.49%) Security Cleared
2 65 (11.25%) SC Cleared
3 56 (9.69%) AWS Certification
4 55 (9.52%) Degree
5 29 (5.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (4.50%) DV Cleared
8 24 (4.15%) Azure Certification
9 22 (3.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 21 (3.63%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 19 (3.29%) ITIL Certification
12 16 (2.77%) Master's Degree
13 11 (1.90%) AWS Certified Developer
14 9 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
15 8 (1.38%) DBS Check
15 8 (1.38%) ISTQB
16 7 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
17 5 (0.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 4 (0.69%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (4.84%) Data Quality
2 27 (4.67%) QA
3 23 (3.98%) GDPR
4 22 (3.81%) GRC
5 21 (3.63%) Accessibility
6 16 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 15 (2.60%) WCAG
8 6 (1.04%) Government Security Classifications
8 6 (1.04%) NCSC
9 4 (0.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 4 (0.69%) NIST
10 3 (0.52%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 184 (31.83%) Docker
2 27 (4.67%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.98%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.77%) vSphere
5 12 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.69%) Squid
6 4 (0.69%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.52%) Firmware
7 3 (0.52%) iptables
8 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 179 (30.97%) Terraform
2 111 (19.20%) Kubernetes
3 56 (9.69%) Ansible
4 24 (4.15%) HP Fortify
5 21 (3.63%) Grafana
6 18 (3.11%) Prometheus
7 14 (2.42%) Kibana
7 14 (2.42%) Packer
7 14 (2.42%) Puppet
8 6 (1.04%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.69%) Podman
9 4 (0.69%) ZABBIX
10 3 (0.52%) Scalr
11 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (0.17%) Fluentd
12 1 (0.17%) logstash
12 1 (0.17%) Nagios
Vendors
1 78 (13.49%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.67%) Tenable
3 24 (4.15%) Oracle
4 22 (3.81%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (3.81%) Palo Alto
5 19 (3.29%) Splunk
6 16 (2.77%) VMware
7 14 (2.42%) Amplitude
7 14 (2.42%) Braze
7 14 (2.42%) Databricks
7 14 (2.42%) Google
8 13 (2.25%) Dynatrace
9 12 (2.08%) ScienceLogic
10 9 (1.56%) AppDynamics
11 8 (1.38%) IBM
11 8 (1.38%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.21%) HubSpot
12 7 (1.21%) OneLogin
12 7 (1.21%) OpenAI
13 4 (0.69%) NVIDIA