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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 219 254
Rank change year-on-year +11 +35 -58
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 547 386 783
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.83% 1.31% 1.02%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.40% 4.55% 3.33%
Number of salaries quoted 356 274 477
10th Percentile £48,394 £42,529 £40,600
25th Percentile £55,175 £52,125 £50,500
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 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -0.68% +0.69%

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 16,083 8,483 23,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.35% 28.79% 30.74%
Number of salaries quoted 10,018 5,818 17,813
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -10.20%

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 9 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 9 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 +83 277 £75,000 +15.38% 64
Yorkshire +34 145 £75,000 +25.00% 18
North West +60 118 £75,000 +11.11% 37
Midlands +22 108 £55,000 - 15
East Midlands +34 72 £55,000 - 7
South East -46 65 £66,250 +10.42% 47
South West -47 49 £62,500 +4.17% 25
West Midlands -33 36 £52,500 -8.70% 8
Wales -33 23 £51,619 -0.73% 7
East of England -22 20 £60,050 -29.35% 7
North East -35 14 £75,000 +20.00% 9
Scotland -8 13 £76,783 +39.60% 5
Northern Ireland - 2 £95,000 - 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 13 (2.38%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.19%) Apache
3 11 (2.01%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.65%) Confluence
4 9 (1.65%) OpenStack
5 8 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.46%) SAS
6 4 (0.73%) Apache Solr
6 4 (0.73%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.73%) JBoss
7 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.37%) nginx
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.18%) CMS
8 1 (0.18%) IIS
8 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 4 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 13 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 413 (75.50%) AWS
2 273 (49.91%) AWS Lambda
3 219 (40.04%) Amazon S3
4 163 (29.80%) Azure
5 147 (26.87%) Amazon ECS
6 128 (23.40%) AWS CloudFormation
7 96 (17.55%) AWS Step Functions
8 77 (14.08%) Azure Functions
9 70 (12.80%) GitHub
10 69 (12.61%) Amazon SQS
11 65 (11.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 62 (11.33%) Amazon EKS
13 59 (10.79%) Amazon EC2
14 47 (8.59%) GitHub Actions
15 46 (8.41%) Amazon ECR
15 46 (8.41%) Azure DevOps
16 43 (7.86%) Apigee
16 43 (7.86%) Azure Logic Apps
16 43 (7.86%) GCP
17 39 (7.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.38%) Network Security
2 7 (1.28%) Firewall
3 6 (1.10%) AMQP
3 6 (1.10%) MQTT
4 4 (0.73%) IPv4
4 4 (0.73%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (0.55%) DHCP
5 3 (0.55%) DNS
5 3 (0.55%) LTE
5 3 (0.55%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.55%) VLAN
5 3 (0.55%) VPN
6 2 (0.37%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.37%) WAN
6 2 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.18%) Internet
7 1 (0.18%) VoIP
7 1 (0.18%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (21.02%) DynamoDB
2 56 (10.24%) PostgreSQL
3 50 (9.14%) Amazon RDS
4 48 (8.78%) NoSQL
5 44 (8.04%) SQL Server
6 36 (6.58%) Amazon Athena
7 32 (5.85%) Relational Database
8 31 (5.67%) Amazon Redshift
9 20 (3.66%) Data Warehouse
10 19 (3.47%) Power BI
11 17 (3.11%) Big Data
12 14 (2.56%) MongoDB
12 14 (2.56%) MySQL
13 11 (2.01%) Azure SQL Database
14 10 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (1.83%) Spark SQL
15 9 (1.65%) RDBMS
16 5 (0.91%) Cloudera CDH
16 5 (0.91%) Hadoop
16 5 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 107 (19.56%) Jenkins
2 96 (17.55%) Git
3 64 (11.70%) GitLab
4 42 (7.68%) SonarQube
5 38 (6.95%) Cypress.io
6 33 (6.03%) Maven
7 22 (4.02%) JIRA
7 22 (4.02%) Snyk
8 14 (2.56%) Crashlytics
8 14 (2.56%) XCTest
9 11 (2.01%) JUnit
10 10 (1.83%) Bitbucket
11 9 (1.65%) Cucumber
11 9 (1.65%) Selenium
12 8 (1.46%) JMeter
13 7 (1.28%) Mockito
13 7 (1.28%) Postman
14 4 (0.73%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.73%) SpecFlow
15 3 (0.55%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 122 (22.30%) Social Skills
2 52 (9.51%) Public Sector
3 41 (7.50%) Finance
4 36 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (5.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (1.46%) Aerospace
7 7 (1.28%) Banking
7 7 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (1.10%) Advertising
9 5 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (0.91%) Legal
10 4 (0.73%) Health Technology
10 4 (0.73%) Publishing
11 3 (0.55%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.55%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.37%) Billing
12 2 (0.37%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.37%) Games
12 2 (0.37%) Law
12 2 (0.37%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 221 (40.40%) Developer
2 143 (26.14%) Senior
3 91 (16.64%) Java Developer
4 81 (14.81%) Lead
5 70 (12.80%) Software Engineer
6 60 (10.97%) Senior Developer
7 59 (10.79%) Architect
8 56 (10.24%) Full-Stack Developer
9 38 (6.95%) AWS Developer
10 36 (6.58%) Software Developer
11 33 (6.03%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 32 (5.85%) Cloud Architect
13 27 (4.94%) Data Engineer
14 26 (4.75%) .NET Developer
15 25 (4.57%) Cloud Security Architect
15 25 (4.57%) Security Architect
16 23 (4.20%) Senior Architect
16 23 (4.20%) Senior Software Engineer
17 22 (4.02%) Senior Cloud Architect
17 22 (4.02%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (26.33%) Node.js
2 129 (23.58%) React
3 109 (19.93%) Spring Boot
4 100 (18.28%) AngularJS
5 89 (16.27%) REST
6 83 (15.17%) Spring
7 71 (12.98%) .NET
8 41 (7.50%) HTML
9 39 (7.13%) Jest
10 38 (6.95%) Gherkin
11 33 (6.03%) AWS CDK
11 33 (6.03%) RESTful
12 30 (5.48%) Kafka
13 26 (4.75%) CSS
14 21 (3.84%) Web Services
15 19 (3.47%) .NET Core
15 19 (3.47%) ASP.NET
15 19 (3.47%) Next.js
16 17 (3.11%) ASP.NET Core
16 17 (3.11%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 107 (19.56%) Cloud Native
2 48 (8.78%) Distributed Systems
3 44 (8.04%) Greenfield Project
4 24 (4.39%) Data Centre
4 24 (4.39%) Mobile App
5 20 (3.66%) Product Ownership
6 19 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.83%) Data Structures
8 10 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (1.65%) IoT
10 6 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
10 6 (1.10%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.10%) Mainframe
11 5 (0.91%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.73%) Robotics
12 4 (0.73%) Security Posture
13 3 (0.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 39 (7.13%) Linux
2 14 (2.56%) Apple iOS
3 13 (2.38%) Windows
4 6 (1.10%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.91%) CentOS
5 5 (0.91%) Debian
5 5 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.91%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.73%) Unix
7 3 (0.55%) VMS
8 2 (0.37%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (59.78%) CI/CD
2 243 (44.42%) DevOps
3 229 (41.86%) Agile
4 166 (30.35%) Infrastructure as Code
5 130 (23.77%) Microservices
6 129 (23.58%) Full-Stack Development
7 121 (22.12%) Mentoring
8 116 (21.21%) Software Engineering
9 111 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
10 105 (19.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 99 (18.10%) Test Automation
12 95 (17.37%) AI
12 95 (17.37%) Containerisation
13 87 (15.90%) Observability
14 71 (12.98%) SDLC
14 71 (12.98%) TDD
15 70 (12.80%) Event-Driven
15 70 (12.80%) Scrum
16 69 (12.61%) Clean Code
17 63 (11.52%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 197 (36.01%) Python
2 167 (30.53%) Java
3 151 (27.61%) TypeScript
4 147 (26.87%) SQL
5 131 (23.95%) JavaScript
6 71 (12.98%) C#
7 56 (10.24%) Bash
8 45 (8.23%) Groovy
8 45 (8.23%) Kotlin
9 17 (3.11%) PowerShell
10 14 (2.56%) Shell Script
10 14 (2.56%) Swift
11 11 (2.01%) PHP
12 10 (1.83%) Ruby
13 8 (1.46%) Rust
14 7 (1.28%) Bicep
15 4 (0.73%) Go
15 4 (0.73%) Perl
15 4 (0.73%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.73%) Scala
Qualifications
1 66 (12.07%) Degree
2 61 (11.15%) AWS Certification
3 54 (9.87%) Security Cleared
4 43 (7.86%) SC Cleared
5 41 (7.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (4.94%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 25 (4.57%) Microsoft Certification
8 23 (4.20%) ITIL Certification
9 21 (3.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 19 (3.47%) Azure Certification
11 12 (2.19%) DBS Check
11 12 (2.19%) Master's Degree
12 11 (2.01%) DV Cleared
13 10 (1.83%) AWS Certified Developer
13 10 (1.83%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
15 6 (1.10%) ISTQB
16 4 (0.73%) CCNA
16 4 (0.73%) OSCP
16 4 (0.73%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.94%) Data Quality
2 22 (4.02%) GRC
3 20 (3.66%) GDPR
4 16 (2.93%) QA
5 13 (2.38%) Accessibility
6 12 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.73%) WCAG
8 3 (0.55%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.55%) NIST
9 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.37%) PMO
10 1 (0.18%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 187 (34.19%) Docker
2 23 (4.20%) Virtual Machines
3 15 (2.74%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.10%) vSphere
5 4 (0.73%) iptables
5 4 (0.73%) Squid
5 4 (0.73%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.55%) Firmware
7 2 (0.37%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 140 (25.59%) Terraform
2 100 (18.28%) Kubernetes
3 45 (8.23%) Ansible
4 31 (5.67%) HP Fortify
5 21 (3.84%) Grafana
6 20 (3.66%) Prometheus
7 15 (2.74%) Puppet
8 12 (2.19%) Kibana
9 10 (1.83%) Packer
10 6 (1.10%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.73%) Control-M
11 4 (0.73%) Podman
11 4 (0.73%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.55%) Scalr
13 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (0.37%) Nagios
Vendors
1 67 (12.25%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.94%) Oracle
2 27 (4.94%) Tenable
3 22 (4.02%) CrowdStrike
3 22 (4.02%) Palo Alto
4 14 (2.56%) Amplitude
4 14 (2.56%) Braze
4 14 (2.56%) Databricks
5 13 (2.38%) Splunk
6 9 (1.65%) AppDynamics
6 9 (1.65%) Dynatrace
6 9 (1.65%) Red Hat
7 8 (1.46%) Google
7 8 (1.46%) IBM
8 7 (1.28%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.10%) VMware
10 5 (0.91%) Informatica
10 5 (0.91%) SaltStack
11 4 (0.73%) NVIDIA
12 3 (0.55%) OneLogin