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 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 271 246
Rank change year-on-year +43 -25 -58
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 608 320 575
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.73% 0.93% 1.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.47% 3.46% 3.74%
Number of salaries quoted 400 219 294
10th Percentile £46,000 £41,250 £36,147
25th Percentile £50,468 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £83,125 £73,971
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £71,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.40% +2.14% -

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 17,545 9,238 15,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 21.09% 26.75% 27.60%
Number of salaries quoted 11,976 6,246 9,448
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £41,000
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 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,259 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% 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 13 September 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 13 September 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 +97 313 £73,750 +13.46% 75
North West +64 139 £67,500 +3.85% 49
Yorkshire +33 122 £80,000 +13.48% 18
South East -19 84 £65,000 -8.77% 52
Midlands -24 81 £62,500 +4.17% 23
South West -50 67 £60,500 +0.83% 37
North East -10 52 £65,000 -10.34% 8
Wales -42 46 £55,000 +5.77% 5
West Midlands -44 42 £62,500 +4.17% 12
East Midlands +4 39 £65,000 +73.33% 11
East of England -62 13 £59,450 +1.19% 16
Scotland +2 11 £70,000 -3.45% 39
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 21 (3.45%) Confluence
2 19 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (3.13%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.97%) Apache
3 12 (1.97%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.66%) nginx
6 3 (0.49%) JBoss
6 3 (0.49%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.49%) SAS
7 2 (0.33%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.16%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.16%) IIS
8 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 22 (3.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.99%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.16%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 1 (0.16%) Finacle
4 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.16%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 438 (72.04%) AWS
2 320 (52.63%) AWS Lambda
3 211 (34.70%) Amazon S3
4 205 (33.72%) Azure
5 151 (24.84%) Amazon ECS
6 141 (23.19%) AWS CloudFormation
7 114 (18.75%) GitHub
8 113 (18.59%) Azure Functions
9 91 (14.97%) Amazon EC2
10 80 (13.16%) AWS Step Functions
11 77 (12.66%) Azure DevOps
12 68 (11.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 65 (10.69%) Amazon EKS
14 63 (10.36%) GitHub Actions
15 62 (10.20%) Amazon SQS
16 52 (8.55%) GCP
17 50 (8.22%) Azure Logic Apps
18 48 (7.89%) Power Platform
19 46 (7.57%) SaaS
20 42 (6.91%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.80%) VPN
2 13 (2.14%) Firewall
3 10 (1.64%) DNS
4 9 (1.48%) DHCP
4 9 (1.48%) MQTT
4 9 (1.48%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.48%) VLAN
5 8 (1.32%) Network Security
6 7 (1.15%) VoIP
7 6 (0.99%) AMQP
8 4 (0.66%) IPv4
8 4 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (0.49%) HTTP
9 3 (0.49%) LTE
9 3 (0.49%) WAN
10 2 (0.33%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.16%) LAN
11 1 (0.16%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (19.57%) DynamoDB
2 63 (10.36%) Amazon RDS
3 58 (9.54%) SQL Server
4 48 (7.89%) NoSQL
5 44 (7.24%) Amazon Athena
6 42 (6.91%) Relational Database
7 41 (6.74%) PostgreSQL
8 33 (5.43%) Amazon Redshift
9 31 (5.10%) Data Warehouse
10 25 (4.11%) Spark SQL
11 24 (3.95%) Azure SQL Database
12 18 (2.96%) MongoDB
12 18 (2.96%) MySQL
13 17 (2.80%) Power BI
14 13 (2.14%) Big Data
15 12 (1.97%) Elasticsearch
16 10 (1.64%) Data Lake
16 10 (1.64%) Metadata
16 10 (1.64%) RDBMS
17 8 (1.32%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 136 (22.37%) Git
2 102 (16.78%) Jenkins
3 60 (9.87%) GitLab
4 39 (6.41%) JIRA
5 33 (5.43%) Cypress.io
5 33 (5.43%) SonarQube
6 22 (3.62%) Snyk
7 16 (2.63%) JUnit
7 16 (2.63%) Maven
8 14 (2.30%) JMeter
8 14 (2.30%) Postman
8 14 (2.30%) Selenium
9 11 (1.81%) Bitbucket
10 8 (1.32%) Claude Code
10 8 (1.32%) Crashlytics
10 8 (1.32%) Cucumber
10 8 (1.32%) Mockito
10 8 (1.32%) XCTest
11 7 (1.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 5 (0.82%) git-flow
General
1 151 (24.84%) Social Skills
2 91 (14.97%) Public Sector
3 69 (11.35%) Finance
4 57 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 56 (9.21%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (4.44%) Law
7 15 (2.47%) Aviation
7 15 (2.47%) Retail
8 13 (2.14%) Banking
9 11 (1.81%) Aerospace
10 6 (0.99%) Legal
10 6 (0.99%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.66%) Local Government
11 4 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.49%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.33%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.33%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 213 (35.03%) Developer
2 159 (26.15%) Senior
3 78 (12.83%) Lead
4 71 (11.68%) Java Developer
5 69 (11.35%) Software Engineer
6 67 (11.02%) Senior Developer
7 65 (10.69%) Full-Stack Developer
8 59 (9.70%) Architect
9 51 (8.39%) Data Engineer
10 36 (5.92%) AWS Engineer
10 36 (5.92%) DevOps Engineer
11 35 (5.76%) Cloud Engineer
12 33 (5.43%) Software Developer
13 32 (5.26%) Cloud Architect
14 30 (4.93%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 29 (4.77%) AWS Developer
16 25 (4.11%) Cloud Security Architect
16 25 (4.11%) Security Architect
17 23 (3.78%) Senior Architect
17 23 (3.78%) Senior Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 203 (33.39%) Terraform
2 133 (21.88%) Node.js
3 114 (18.75%) Spring Boot
4 108 (17.76%) React
5 95 (15.63%) Spring
6 94 (15.46%) REST
7 93 (15.30%) .NET
8 91 (14.97%) AngularJS
9 39 (6.41%) Kafka
9 39 (6.41%) PySpark
10 38 (6.25%) AWS CDK
11 37 (6.09%) Jest
11 37 (6.09%) RESTful
12 31 (5.10%) Ruby on Rails
13 29 (4.77%) HTML
14 28 (4.61%) Gherkin
15 25 (4.11%) JSON
15 25 (4.11%) OpenAPI
16 24 (3.95%) Next.js
17 23 (3.78%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 170 (27.96%) Cloud Native
2 43 (7.07%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (6.41%) Product Ownership
4 36 (5.92%) Hybrid Cloud
5 31 (5.10%) Greenfield Project
6 29 (4.77%) Legacy Systems
7 25 (4.11%) Data Centre
8 23 (3.78%) Mainframe
9 17 (2.80%) Public Cloud
10 15 (2.47%) Linux Command Line
11 14 (2.30%) Mobile App
12 12 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.97%) Podcast
12 12 (1.97%) Security Posture
13 10 (1.64%) Management Information System
14 9 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (1.32%) Data Structures
15 8 (1.32%) Digital Wallet
15 8 (1.32%) Robotics
16 7 (1.15%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 41 (6.74%) Linux
2 33 (5.43%) Windows
3 13 (2.14%) VMS
3 13 (2.14%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.32%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.99%) AIX
5 6 (0.99%) CentOS
5 6 (0.99%) Debian
5 6 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.99%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (62.99%) CI/CD
2 307 (50.49%) Agile
3 260 (42.76%) DevOps
4 199 (32.73%) Infrastructure as Code
5 151 (24.84%) AI
6 144 (23.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 144 (23.68%) Software Engineering
7 139 (22.86%) Mentoring
8 138 (22.70%) Full-Stack Development
9 131 (21.55%) Microservices
10 125 (20.56%) Problem-Solving
11 109 (17.93%) Test Automation
12 108 (17.76%) Observability
13 99 (16.28%) Scrum
14 96 (15.79%) Containerisation
15 90 (14.80%) Event-Driven
16 85 (13.98%) Cloud Security
17 83 (13.65%) Analytics
18 82 (13.49%) Roadmaps
18 82 (13.49%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 203 (33.39%) Python
2 188 (30.92%) Java
3 185 (30.43%) SQL
4 148 (24.34%) TypeScript
5 130 (21.38%) JavaScript
6 113 (18.59%) C#
7 65 (10.69%) Bash
8 39 (6.41%) Kotlin
9 35 (5.76%) Ruby
10 31 (5.10%) Groovy
11 28 (4.61%) PowerShell
12 23 (3.78%) Bicep
13 16 (2.63%) C++
14 15 (2.47%) Shell Script
15 13 (2.14%) Kusto Query Language
16 12 (1.97%) Rust
17 8 (1.32%) Go
17 8 (1.32%) Swift
18 7 (1.15%) Scala
19 6 (0.99%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 100 (16.45%) Security Cleared
2 85 (13.98%) SC Cleared
3 52 (8.55%) Degree
4 51 (8.39%) AWS Certification
5 33 (5.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 30 (4.93%) DV Cleared
7 29 (4.77%) Azure Certification
8 21 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (2.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 15 (2.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 14 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (2.14%) ITIL Certification
13 10 (1.64%) Master's Degree
14 9 (1.48%) TOGAF Certification
15 8 (1.32%) AWS Certified Developer
15 8 (1.32%) ISTQB
16 7 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
17 5 (0.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 4 (0.66%) CCNA
18 4 (0.66%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (7.57%) Data Quality
2 38 (6.25%) QA
3 33 (5.43%) Accessibility
4 31 (5.10%) GDPR
5 24 (3.95%) WCAG
6 22 (3.62%) GRC
7 13 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.99%) Government Security Classifications
9 6 (0.99%) NCSC
10 4 (0.66%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (0.66%) NIST
11 2 (0.33%) PMO
12 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
System Software
1 182 (29.93%) Docker
2 36 (5.92%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.78%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.63%) vSphere
5 12 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (1.48%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.66%) Squid
7 4 (0.66%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 110 (18.09%) Kubernetes
2 59 (9.70%) Ansible
3 17 (2.80%) Puppet
4 15 (2.47%) Grafana
4 15 (2.47%) HP Fortify
5 14 (2.30%) Kibana
5 14 (2.30%) Packer
6 12 (1.97%) Prometheus
7 7 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.82%) Podman
8 5 (0.82%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.66%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.33%) Scalr
11 1 (0.16%) Fluentd
11 1 (0.16%) logstash
Vendors
1 98 (16.12%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.28%) Tenable
3 25 (4.11%) Oracle
4 22 (3.62%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (3.62%) Palo Alto
5 20 (3.29%) Google
5 20 (3.29%) Splunk
6 19 (3.13%) Databricks
7 17 (2.80%) VMware
8 16 (2.63%) Dynatrace
9 13 (2.14%) Red Hat
10 12 (1.97%) OpenAI
10 12 (1.97%) ScienceLogic
11 10 (1.64%) OneLogin
12 9 (1.48%) AppDynamics
13 8 (1.32%) Amplitude
13 8 (1.32%) Braze
13 8 (1.32%) IBM
13 8 (1.32%) Veeam
14 7 (1.15%) HubSpot