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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 239 254
Rank change year-on-year +29 +15 -63
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 582 387 779
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.83% 1.19% 1.02%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.41% 4.31% 3.38%
Number of salaries quoted 387 271 481
10th Percentile £47,930 £41,250 £39,500
25th Percentile £55,088 £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 £83,125
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 17,074 8,972 23,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.44% 27.68% 30.19%
Number of salaries quoted 11,057 6,258 17,375
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +2.94% -7.27%
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% -8.73%

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 4 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 4 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 +90 281 £75,000 +15.38% 68
North West +50 130 £72,500 +11.54% 40
Yorkshire +44 127 £80,000 +33.33% 18
Midlands +12 98 £55,000 - 26
South East -48 71 £67,500 +12.50% 52
East Midlands +38 67 £55,000 +4.76% 14
South West -56 67 £62,500 +4.17% 39
Wales -22 39 £53,171 +2.25% 6
West Midlands -44 31 £57,500 -6.12% 12
North East -23 24 £75,000 +15.38% 10
East of England -38 19 £60,000 -11.11% 8
Scotland -1 13 £70,000 +27.27% 16
Northern Ireland - 2 £95,000 - 11
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 (2.58%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.41%) Apache
2 14 (2.41%) Confluence
3 12 (2.06%) Apache Spark
3 12 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.37%) SAS
5 5 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.69%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.69%) JBoss
6 4 (0.69%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.52%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.34%) nginx
8 2 (0.34%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.17%) CMS
9 1 (0.17%) IIS
9 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 22 (3.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.86%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.17%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 418 (71.82%) AWS
2 280 (48.11%) AWS Lambda
3 213 (36.60%) Amazon S3
4 190 (32.65%) Azure
5 146 (25.09%) Amazon ECS
6 127 (21.82%) AWS CloudFormation
7 104 (17.87%) Azure Functions
8 87 (14.95%) AWS Step Functions
9 85 (14.60%) GitHub
10 66 (11.34%) Amazon SQS
11 61 (10.48%) Azure DevOps
12 59 (10.14%) Amazon EC2
13 56 (9.62%) Amazon EKS
14 54 (9.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 52 (8.93%) Azure Logic Apps
16 50 (8.59%) GCP
17 47 (8.08%) Power Platform
18 46 (7.90%) GitHub Actions
19 44 (7.56%) Amazon ECR
20 41 (7.04%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.41%) Network Security
1 14 (2.41%) VPN
2 7 (1.20%) AMQP
2 7 (1.20%) Firewall
2 7 (1.20%) MQTT
3 4 (0.69%) IPv4
3 4 (0.69%) Software-Defined Networking
4 3 (0.52%) DHCP
4 3 (0.52%) DNS
4 3 (0.52%) LTE
4 3 (0.52%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.52%) VLAN
5 2 (0.34%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.34%) WAN
5 2 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.17%) HTTP
6 1 (0.17%) Internet
6 1 (0.17%) VoIP
6 1 (0.17%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (19.93%) DynamoDB
2 48 (8.25%) Amazon RDS
3 45 (7.73%) PostgreSQL
4 44 (7.56%) NoSQL
5 41 (7.04%) SQL Server
6 37 (6.36%) Amazon Athena
7 30 (5.15%) Relational Database
8 27 (4.64%) Amazon Redshift
9 21 (3.61%) Azure SQL Database
9 21 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
9 21 (3.61%) Power BI
10 18 (3.09%) Big Data
11 17 (2.92%) MySQL
12 14 (2.41%) MongoDB
13 12 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (1.72%) RDBMS
14 10 (1.72%) Spark SQL
15 6 (1.03%) Cloudera CDH
15 6 (1.03%) Hadoop
15 6 (1.03%) Redis
Development Applications
1 108 (18.56%) Jenkins
2 104 (17.87%) Git
3 64 (11.00%) GitLab
4 42 (7.22%) SonarQube
5 37 (6.36%) Cypress.io
6 31 (5.33%) Maven
7 28 (4.81%) JIRA
8 22 (3.78%) Snyk
9 14 (2.41%) Crashlytics
9 14 (2.41%) JUnit
9 14 (2.41%) Selenium
9 14 (2.41%) XCTest
10 13 (2.23%) Bitbucket
11 10 (1.72%) Cucumber
11 10 (1.72%) Postman
12 8 (1.37%) JMeter
13 7 (1.20%) Mockito
14 6 (1.03%) Claude Code
15 4 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 4 (0.69%) SpecFlow
General
1 136 (23.37%) Social Skills
2 62 (10.65%) Public Sector
3 51 (8.76%) Finance
4 39 (6.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 31 (5.33%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (2.06%) Law
7 9 (1.55%) Aerospace
8 7 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.03%) Banking
10 5 (0.86%) Legal
11 4 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.69%) Health Technology
12 3 (0.52%) Advertising
12 3 (0.52%) Publishing
12 3 (0.52%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.34%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.34%) Games
13 2 (0.34%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.34%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.17%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 229 (39.35%) Developer
2 164 (28.18%) Senior
3 88 (15.12%) Java Developer
4 81 (13.92%) Lead
5 72 (12.37%) Senior Developer
5 72 (12.37%) Software Engineer
6 70 (12.03%) Full-Stack Developer
7 62 (10.65%) Architect
8 38 (6.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 35 (6.01%) AWS Developer
9 35 (6.01%) Software Developer
10 34 (5.84%) Cloud Architect
11 30 (5.15%) Data Engineer
12 25 (4.30%) Cloud Security Architect
12 25 (4.30%) Security Architect
12 25 (4.30%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
13 24 (4.12%) Senior Architect
14 23 (3.95%) .NET Developer
14 23 (3.95%) Full-Stack Java Developer
14 23 (3.95%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (25.95%) Node.js
2 132 (22.68%) React
3 122 (20.96%) Spring Boot
4 106 (18.21%) AngularJS
5 92 (15.81%) Spring
6 91 (15.64%) REST
7 74 (12.71%) .NET
8 40 (6.87%) Jest
9 38 (6.53%) Gherkin
9 38 (6.53%) HTML
10 33 (5.67%) AWS CDK
10 33 (5.67%) RESTful
11 31 (5.33%) Kafka
12 25 (4.30%) CSS
13 23 (3.95%) Next.js
14 20 (3.44%) Ruby on Rails
14 20 (3.44%) Vue
15 18 (3.09%) ASP.NET
15 18 (3.09%) Swagger
16 17 (2.92%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 130 (22.34%) Cloud Native
2 47 (8.08%) Distributed Systems
3 45 (7.73%) Greenfield Project
4 28 (4.81%) Product Ownership
5 26 (4.47%) Legacy Systems
6 25 (4.30%) Data Centre
7 24 (4.12%) Mobile App
8 17 (2.92%) Mainframe
9 13 (2.23%) Hybrid Cloud
9 13 (2.23%) Public Cloud
10 12 (2.06%) Podcast
10 12 (2.06%) Security Posture
11 9 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.55%) IoT
12 8 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (1.20%) Data Structures
13 7 (1.20%) Low-Code
13 7 (1.20%) Robotics
14 6 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
15 5 (0.86%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 38 (6.53%) Linux
2 25 (4.30%) Windows
3 14 (2.41%) Apple iOS
4 13 (2.23%) VMS
5 6 (1.03%) CentOS
5 6 (1.03%) Debian
5 6 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.03%) Ubuntu
5 6 (1.03%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.69%) AIX
7 1 (0.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 349 (59.97%) CI/CD
2 267 (45.88%) Agile
3 258 (44.33%) DevOps
4 182 (31.27%) Infrastructure as Code
5 146 (25.09%) Full-Stack Development
6 133 (22.85%) Microservices
7 129 (22.16%) Software Engineering
8 126 (21.65%) AI
9 120 (20.62%) Continuous Improvement
9 120 (20.62%) Mentoring
10 112 (19.24%) Problem-Solving
11 105 (18.04%) Observability
12 104 (17.87%) Test Automation
13 102 (17.53%) Containerisation
14 91 (15.64%) Scrum
15 79 (13.57%) Clean Code
16 78 (13.40%) TDD
17 77 (13.23%) Event-Driven
18 75 (12.89%) DevSecOps
19 69 (11.86%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 201 (34.54%) Python
2 177 (30.41%) Java
3 158 (27.15%) TypeScript
4 154 (26.46%) SQL
5 128 (21.99%) JavaScript
6 82 (14.09%) C#
7 65 (11.17%) Bash
8 45 (7.73%) Groovy
8 45 (7.73%) Kotlin
9 28 (4.81%) PowerShell
10 21 (3.61%) Bicep
11 20 (3.44%) Ruby
12 14 (2.41%) Swift
13 13 (2.23%) Kusto Query Language
14 11 (1.89%) Shell Script
15 10 (1.72%) PHP
16 9 (1.55%) Rust
17 8 (1.37%) Go
18 6 (1.03%) Scala
19 5 (0.86%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 65 (11.17%) Security Cleared
2 59 (10.14%) Degree
3 56 (9.62%) AWS Certification
4 51 (8.76%) SC Cleared
5 31 (5.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (4.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 27 (4.64%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 24 (4.12%) Azure Certification
8 24 (4.12%) ITIL Certification
9 18 (3.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 18 (3.09%) DV Cleared
10 15 (2.58%) Master's Degree
11 11 (1.89%) DBS Check
12 8 (1.37%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (1.20%) ISTQB
14 6 (1.03%) AWS Certified Developer
15 4 (0.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 4 (0.69%) CCNA
15 4 (0.69%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.47%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.78%) GRC
3 21 (3.61%) GDPR
4 20 (3.44%) QA
5 17 (2.92%) Accessibility
5 17 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.72%) WCAG
7 5 (0.86%) Government Security Classifications
7 5 (0.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 5 (0.86%) NCSC
8 4 (0.69%) NIST
9 3 (0.52%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 183 (31.44%) Docker
2 28 (4.81%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.95%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.75%) vSphere
5 12 (2.06%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.69%) iptables
6 4 (0.69%) Squid
6 4 (0.69%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.52%) Firmware
8 2 (0.34%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 165 (28.35%) Terraform
2 105 (18.04%) Kubernetes
3 51 (8.76%) Ansible
4 29 (4.98%) HP Fortify
5 22 (3.78%) Grafana
6 20 (3.44%) Prometheus
7 17 (2.92%) Puppet
8 13 (2.23%) Kibana
9 12 (2.06%) Packer
10 7 (1.20%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.69%) Podman
11 4 (0.69%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.52%) Scalr
13 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (0.34%) Nagios
14 1 (0.17%) Control-M
14 1 (0.17%) logstash
Vendors
1 82 (14.09%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.64%) Tenable
3 26 (4.47%) Oracle
4 22 (3.78%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (3.78%) Palo Alto
5 18 (3.09%) Splunk
6 16 (2.75%) VMware
7 14 (2.41%) Amplitude
7 14 (2.41%) Braze
8 13 (2.23%) Databricks
9 12 (2.06%) Google
9 12 (2.06%) ScienceLogic
10 11 (1.89%) Dynatrace
11 10 (1.72%) Red Hat
12 9 (1.55%) AppDynamics
13 8 (1.37%) IBM
14 7 (1.20%) HubSpot
14 7 (1.20%) OpenAI
15 6 (1.03%) SaltStack
16 5 (0.86%) OneLogin