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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 278 234
Rank change year-on-year +29 -44 -57
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 590 300 527
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.68% 0.87% 0.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.44% 3.27% 3.59%
Number of salaries quoted 397 207 268
10th Percentile £46,000 £41,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,914
90th Percentile £91,250 £94,250 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -0.71% +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 17,136 9,184 14,684
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 19.81% 26.54% 27.68%
Number of salaries quoted 12,016 6,159 8,526
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £41,250
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 £90,000 £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 2 October 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 2 October 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 +79 292 £69,973 +7.65% 162
North West +47 136 £67,500 +3.85% 109
Yorkshire +27 102 £80,000 +13.48% 38
South East -27 81 £65,000 -10.34% 106
Midlands -16 78 £62,500 -1.96% 73
South West -41 73 £62,500 +4.17% 75
North East -13 54 £67,500 -1.46% 15
Wales -40 47 £55,000 +5.26% 18
West Midlands -41 44 £62,500 -1.96% 37
East Midlands -6 34 £65,000 - 36
Scotland +2 10 £67,500 -6.90% 54
East of England -66 10 £57,500 - 29
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 (3.56%) Confluence
1 21 (3.56%) SharePoint
2 19 (3.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (2.37%) Apache
3 14 (2.37%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.68%) nginx
5 4 (0.68%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.34%) CMS
6 2 (0.34%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.34%) JBoss
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.17%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 23 (3.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.36%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.17%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 1 (0.17%) Finacle
4 1 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.17%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.17%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 422 (71.53%) AWS
2 306 (51.86%) AWS Lambda
3 200 (33.90%) Amazon S3
4 198 (33.56%) Azure
5 140 (23.73%) Amazon ECS
6 132 (22.37%) AWS CloudFormation
7 113 (19.15%) Azure Functions
8 111 (18.81%) GitHub
9 90 (15.25%) Amazon EC2
10 75 (12.71%) Azure DevOps
11 71 (12.03%) AWS Step Functions
12 64 (10.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 62 (10.51%) Amazon EKS
13 62 (10.51%) Amazon SQS
13 62 (10.51%) GitHub Actions
14 51 (8.64%) GCP
15 49 (8.31%) Power Platform
16 47 (7.97%) Azure Logic Apps
17 43 (7.29%) SaaS
18 38 (6.44%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.05%) VPN
2 12 (2.03%) Firewall
3 10 (1.69%) DNS
4 9 (1.53%) MQTT
5 8 (1.36%) DHCP
5 8 (1.36%) Network Security
5 8 (1.36%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.36%) VLAN
6 7 (1.19%) AMQP
6 7 (1.19%) VoIP
7 4 (0.68%) IPv4
7 4 (0.68%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (0.51%) HTTP
8 3 (0.51%) LTE
9 2 (0.34%) WAN
10 1 (0.17%) LAN
10 1 (0.17%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.17%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (18.14%) DynamoDB
2 64 (10.85%) Amazon RDS
3 58 (9.83%) SQL Server
4 46 (7.80%) NoSQL
5 45 (7.63%) Relational Database
6 44 (7.46%) PostgreSQL
7 38 (6.44%) Amazon Athena
8 34 (5.76%) Amazon Redshift
9 30 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
10 22 (3.73%) Azure SQL Database
11 21 (3.56%) Spark SQL
12 18 (3.05%) MySQL
13 17 (2.88%) MongoDB
13 17 (2.88%) Power BI
14 11 (1.86%) Big Data
14 11 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
14 11 (1.86%) Metadata
15 10 (1.69%) Data Lake
15 10 (1.69%) RDBMS
16 9 (1.53%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 133 (22.54%) Git
2 91 (15.42%) Jenkins
3 53 (8.98%) GitLab
4 35 (5.93%) JIRA
5 30 (5.08%) Cypress.io
6 23 (3.90%) SonarQube
7 22 (3.73%) Snyk
8 16 (2.71%) JMeter
8 16 (2.71%) JUnit
9 14 (2.37%) Postman
9 14 (2.37%) Selenium
10 11 (1.86%) Bitbucket
10 11 (1.86%) Maven
11 10 (1.69%) Claude Code
12 8 (1.36%) Mockito
13 7 (1.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 5 (0.85%) Crashlytics
14 5 (0.85%) git-flow
14 5 (0.85%) XCTest
15 4 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 141 (23.90%) Social Skills
2 93 (15.76%) Public Sector
3 69 (11.69%) Finance
4 63 (10.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 54 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (4.58%) Law
7 16 (2.71%) Banking
8 15 (2.54%) Aviation
8 15 (2.54%) Retail
9 12 (2.03%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.02%) Manufacturing
11 5 (0.85%) Legal
12 4 (0.68%) Local Government
12 4 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.51%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.34%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.34%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.34%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 198 (33.56%) Developer
2 160 (27.12%) Senior
3 78 (13.22%) Software Engineer
4 67 (11.36%) Lead
5 65 (11.02%) Senior Developer
6 62 (10.51%) Full-Stack Developer
7 59 (10.00%) Java Developer
8 58 (9.83%) Architect
9 49 (8.31%) Data Engineer
10 39 (6.61%) AWS Engineer
11 37 (6.27%) Cloud Engineer
12 34 (5.76%) DevOps Engineer
13 32 (5.42%) Cloud Architect
13 32 (5.42%) Software Developer
14 29 (4.92%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 27 (4.58%) AWS Developer
15 27 (4.58%) Senior Software Engineer
16 25 (4.24%) Cloud Security Architect
16 25 (4.24%) Security Architect
17 23 (3.90%) Senior Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (32.20%) Terraform
2 133 (22.54%) Node.js
3 113 (19.15%) React
4 110 (18.64%) Spring Boot
5 96 (16.27%) Spring
6 91 (15.42%) .NET
7 84 (14.24%) REST
8 80 (13.56%) AngularJS
9 42 (7.12%) Kafka
10 39 (6.61%) RESTful
11 37 (6.27%) AWS CDK
12 36 (6.10%) PySpark
13 35 (5.93%) Jest
14 32 (5.42%) Ruby on Rails
15 27 (4.58%) Next.js
16 26 (4.41%) HTML
16 26 (4.41%) OpenAPI
17 24 (4.07%) Gherkin
18 23 (3.90%) ASP.NET
18 23 (3.90%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 180 (30.51%) Cloud Native
2 42 (7.12%) Product Ownership
3 39 (6.61%) Distributed Systems
4 36 (6.10%) Hybrid Cloud
5 30 (5.08%) Legacy Systems
6 26 (4.41%) Greenfield Project
7 25 (4.24%) Data Centre
8 24 (4.07%) Mainframe
9 18 (3.05%) Public Cloud
10 14 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (2.37%) Linux Command Line
11 12 (2.03%) Podcast
11 12 (2.03%) Security Posture
12 11 (1.86%) Management Information System
13 10 (1.69%) Mobile App
14 9 (1.53%) Digital Wallet
14 9 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (1.36%) Robotics
15 8 (1.36%) Taxonomies
16 7 (1.19%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (6.27%) Linux
2 31 (5.25%) Windows
3 13 (2.20%) VMS
4 12 (2.03%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.19%) AIX
5 7 (1.19%) CentOS
5 7 (1.19%) Debian
5 7 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.19%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 371 (62.88%) CI/CD
2 300 (50.85%) Agile
3 245 (41.53%) DevOps
4 188 (31.86%) Infrastructure as Code
5 156 (26.44%) Software Engineering
6 151 (25.59%) AI
7 148 (25.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 140 (23.73%) Full-Stack Development
9 137 (23.22%) Mentoring
10 131 (22.20%) Microservices
11 116 (19.66%) Problem-Solving
12 102 (17.29%) Observability
13 98 (16.61%) Scrum
13 98 (16.61%) Test Automation
14 91 (15.42%) Containerisation
15 86 (14.58%) Cloud Security
16 83 (14.07%) Event-Driven
16 83 (14.07%) Roadmaps
17 79 (13.39%) Analytics
18 77 (13.05%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 191 (32.37%) Python
2 175 (29.66%) Java
3 169 (28.64%) SQL
4 143 (24.24%) TypeScript
5 132 (22.37%) JavaScript
6 116 (19.66%) C#
7 60 (10.17%) Bash
8 36 (6.10%) Ruby
9 29 (4.92%) Kotlin
10 28 (4.75%) PowerShell
11 25 (4.24%) Bicep
12 21 (3.56%) Groovy
13 17 (2.88%) C++
14 14 (2.37%) Shell Script
15 13 (2.20%) Kusto Query Language
16 12 (2.03%) Rust
17 8 (1.36%) Go
17 8 (1.36%) Scala
18 6 (1.02%) COBOL
18 6 (1.02%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 101 (17.12%) Security Cleared
2 87 (14.75%) SC Cleared
3 48 (8.14%) AWS Certification
4 46 (7.80%) Degree
5 34 (5.76%) DV Cleared
5 34 (5.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 31 (5.25%) Azure Certification
7 16 (2.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 15 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 9 (1.53%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (1.53%) TOGAF Certification
11 8 (1.36%) ISTQB
12 7 (1.19%) AWS Certified Developer
12 7 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (1.19%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 4 (0.68%) CCNA
14 4 (0.68%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (7.29%) Data Quality
2 36 (6.10%) QA
3 35 (5.93%) Accessibility
4 31 (5.25%) GDPR
5 27 (4.58%) WCAG
6 22 (3.73%) GRC
7 13 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.02%) Government Security Classifications
9 6 (1.02%) NCSC
10 4 (0.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (0.68%) NIST
11 2 (0.34%) PMO
12 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
System Software
1 170 (28.81%) Docker
2 35 (5.93%) Active Directory
3 24 (4.07%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.71%) vSphere
5 12 (2.03%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (1.36%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.68%) Squid
7 4 (0.68%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 109 (18.47%) Kubernetes
2 54 (9.15%) Ansible
3 18 (3.05%) Puppet
4 13 (2.20%) Grafana
5 12 (2.03%) Packer
6 11 (1.86%) Kibana
6 11 (1.86%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.69%) HP Fortify
8 7 (1.19%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (0.85%) Podman
11 4 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.68%) ZABBIX
12 2 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.17%) Fluentd
13 1 (0.17%) logstash
13 1 (0.17%) Scalr
Vendors
1 100 (16.95%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.41%) Tenable
3 23 (3.90%) Oracle
4 22 (3.73%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (3.73%) Palo Alto
5 21 (3.56%) Google
6 20 (3.39%) Splunk
7 19 (3.22%) Dynatrace
8 17 (2.88%) VMware
9 16 (2.71%) Databricks
10 14 (2.37%) Red Hat
11 13 (2.20%) OpenAI
12 12 (2.03%) ScienceLogic
13 11 (1.86%) OneLogin
14 7 (1.19%) SaltStack
14 7 (1.19%) Veeam
15 6 (1.02%) Confluent
15 6 (1.02%) HubSpot
16 5 (0.85%) Amplitude
16 5 (0.85%) Braze