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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 233 252
Rank change year-on-year +21 +19 -50
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 549 377 794
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.81% 1.26% 1.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.36% 4.39% 3.32%
Number of salaries quoted 359 264 488
10th Percentile £48,458 £41,400 £39,500
25th Percentile £55,175 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £94,625 £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 16,362 8,585 23,942
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 24.22% 28.58% 30.18%
Number of salaries quoted 10,481 5,899 18,113
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,101
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 £69,625 £66,250
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% -9.75%

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 19 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 19 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 +88 268 £75,000 +15.38% 53
Yorkshire +33 131 £80,000 +33.33% 16
North West +59 120 £75,000 +15.38% 28
Midlands +25 105 £55,000 - 16
East Midlands +35 72 £55,000 +2.33% 6
South East -45 67 £67,500 +12.50% 42
South West -48 58 £62,500 +4.17% 26
West Midlands -29 33 £52,500 -6.67% 10
Wales -37 25 £51,619 -0.73% 7
East of England -34 21 £60,000 -27.27% 5
North East -29 17 £75,000 +20.00% 9
Scotland -4 13 £76,783 +39.60% 6
Northern Ireland - 2 £95,000 - 8
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 (2.37%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.19%) Apache
3 11 (2.00%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.82%) Confluence
5 8 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.46%) SAS
6 7 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (1.09%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.73%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.73%) JBoss
9 3 (0.55%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.36%) nginx
10 2 (0.36%) Oracle Application Server
11 1 (0.18%) CMS
11 1 (0.18%) IIS
11 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 4 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 14 (2.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 404 (73.59%) AWS
2 270 (49.18%) AWS Lambda
3 213 (38.80%) Amazon S3
4 170 (30.97%) Azure
5 144 (26.23%) Amazon ECS
6 121 (22.04%) AWS CloudFormation
7 91 (16.58%) AWS Step Functions
8 88 (16.03%) Azure Functions
9 77 (14.03%) GitHub
10 63 (11.48%) Amazon SQS
11 62 (11.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 61 (11.11%) Amazon EC2
13 56 (10.20%) Amazon EKS
14 51 (9.29%) Azure DevOps
15 46 (8.38%) Azure Logic Apps
16 45 (8.20%) GitHub Actions
17 44 (8.01%) GCP
18 41 (7.47%) Amazon ECR
18 41 (7.47%) SaaS
19 38 (6.92%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.37%) Network Security
2 9 (1.64%) VPN
3 7 (1.28%) Firewall
4 6 (1.09%) AMQP
4 6 (1.09%) MQTT
5 4 (0.73%) IPv4
5 4 (0.73%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.55%) DHCP
6 3 (0.55%) DNS
6 3 (0.55%) LTE
6 3 (0.55%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.55%) VLAN
7 2 (0.36%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.36%) WAN
7 2 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.18%) Internet
8 1 (0.18%) VoIP
8 1 (0.18%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (20.04%) DynamoDB
2 50 (9.11%) Amazon RDS
2 50 (9.11%) PostgreSQL
3 45 (8.20%) NoSQL
4 43 (7.83%) SQL Server
5 39 (7.10%) Amazon Athena
6 31 (5.65%) Amazon Redshift
7 30 (5.46%) Relational Database
8 20 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
9 19 (3.46%) Power BI
10 17 (3.10%) Big Data
11 16 (2.91%) Azure SQL Database
12 15 (2.73%) MySQL
13 13 (2.37%) MongoDB
14 10 (1.82%) Spark SQL
15 9 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
15 9 (1.64%) RDBMS
16 6 (1.09%) Redis
17 5 (0.91%) Hadoop
17 5 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 102 (18.58%) Jenkins
2 99 (18.03%) Git
3 57 (10.38%) GitLab
4 37 (6.74%) SonarQube
5 33 (6.01%) Cypress.io
6 28 (5.10%) Maven
7 23 (4.19%) JIRA
8 22 (4.01%) Snyk
9 14 (2.55%) Crashlytics
9 14 (2.55%) XCTest
10 11 (2.00%) Bitbucket
10 11 (2.00%) JUnit
11 10 (1.82%) Selenium
12 9 (1.64%) Cucumber
13 8 (1.46%) JMeter
13 8 (1.46%) Postman
14 7 (1.28%) Mockito
15 4 (0.73%) Artifactory
15 4 (0.73%) SpecFlow
16 3 (0.55%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 128 (23.32%) Social Skills
2 53 (9.65%) Public Sector
3 45 (8.20%) Finance
4 37 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (6.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (1.46%) Aerospace
6 8 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (1.28%) Law
8 6 (1.09%) Banking
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%) Advertising
11 3 (0.55%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.36%) Billing
12 2 (0.36%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.36%) Games
12 2 (0.36%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.36%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 218 (39.71%) Developer
2 150 (27.32%) Senior
3 90 (16.39%) Java Developer
4 82 (14.94%) Lead
5 67 (12.20%) Software Engineer
6 63 (11.48%) Senior Developer
7 62 (11.29%) Architect
7 62 (11.29%) Full-Stack Developer
8 37 (6.74%) AWS Developer
9 36 (6.56%) Software Developer
10 34 (6.19%) Cloud Architect
10 34 (6.19%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 28 (5.10%) Data Engineer
12 25 (4.55%) Cloud Security Architect
12 25 (4.55%) Security Architect
13 24 (4.37%) Senior Architect
14 23 (4.19%) Senior Cloud Architect
15 22 (4.01%) Senior Java Developer
15 22 (4.01%) Senior Security Architect
15 22 (4.01%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (26.41%) Node.js
2 122 (22.22%) React
3 108 (19.67%) Spring Boot
4 101 (18.40%) AngularJS
5 88 (16.03%) REST
6 83 (15.12%) Spring
7 68 (12.39%) .NET
8 39 (7.10%) HTML
9 35 (6.38%) Gherkin
10 34 (6.19%) Jest
11 29 (5.28%) Kafka
12 28 (5.10%) AWS CDK
12 28 (5.10%) RESTful
13 24 (4.37%) CSS
14 20 (3.64%) Next.js
15 18 (3.28%) Vue
15 18 (3.28%) Web Services
16 17 (3.10%) ARM Templates
17 16 (2.91%) OpenAPI
18 15 (2.73%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 112 (20.40%) Cloud Native
2 48 (8.74%) Distributed Systems
3 44 (8.01%) Greenfield Project
4 25 (4.55%) Data Centre
5 24 (4.37%) Mobile App
6 21 (3.83%) Product Ownership
7 20 (3.64%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.64%) IoT
10 9 (1.64%) Security Posture
11 8 (1.46%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.46%) Mainframe
11 8 (1.46%) Public Cloud
12 7 (1.28%) Podcast
13 6 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
13 6 (1.09%) Low-Code
13 6 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (0.91%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 38 (6.92%) Linux
2 19 (3.46%) Windows
3 14 (2.55%) Apple iOS
4 8 (1.46%) VMS
5 6 (1.09%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.91%) CentOS
6 5 (0.91%) Debian
6 5 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.91%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.73%) Unix
8 2 (0.36%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (60.11%) CI/CD
2 239 (43.53%) DevOps
3 231 (42.08%) Agile
4 168 (30.60%) Infrastructure as Code
5 132 (24.04%) Full-Stack Development
6 123 (22.40%) Microservices
7 121 (22.04%) Mentoring
8 117 (21.31%) Software Engineering
9 111 (20.22%) Problem-Solving
10 107 (19.49%) AI
11 105 (19.13%) Continuous Improvement
12 98 (17.85%) Test Automation
13 94 (17.12%) Containerisation
14 92 (16.76%) Observability
15 74 (13.48%) Event-Driven
16 73 (13.30%) Clean Code
17 72 (13.11%) Scrum
17 72 (13.11%) TDD
18 71 (12.93%) DevSecOps
19 68 (12.39%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 197 (35.88%) Python
2 166 (30.24%) Java
3 154 (28.05%) SQL
4 144 (26.23%) TypeScript
5 126 (22.95%) JavaScript
6 75 (13.66%) C#
7 56 (10.20%) Bash
8 48 (8.74%) Kotlin
9 42 (7.65%) Groovy
10 22 (4.01%) PowerShell
11 15 (2.73%) Bicep
12 14 (2.55%) Shell Script
12 14 (2.55%) Swift
13 12 (2.19%) Ruby
14 10 (1.82%) PHP
15 8 (1.46%) Kusto Query Language
15 8 (1.46%) Rust
16 5 (0.91%) Go
16 5 (0.91%) Scala
17 4 (0.73%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (11.84%) Degree
2 57 (10.38%) Security Cleared
3 53 (9.65%) AWS Certification
4 45 (8.20%) SC Cleared
5 39 (7.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (5.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 24 (4.37%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 22 (4.01%) Azure Certification
9 21 (3.83%) ITIL Certification
10 19 (3.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 13 (2.37%) Master's Degree
12 12 (2.19%) DBS Check
12 12 (2.19%) DV Cleared
13 9 (1.64%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
15 6 (1.09%) AWS Certified Developer
15 6 (1.09%) ISTQB
16 4 (0.73%) CCNA
16 4 (0.73%) OSCP
16 4 (0.73%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.92%) Data Quality
2 22 (4.01%) GRC
3 20 (3.64%) GDPR
4 17 (3.10%) QA
5 14 (2.55%) Accessibility
6 13 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.91%) WCAG
8 4 (0.73%) NIST
9 3 (0.55%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.36%) NCSC
10 2 (0.36%) PMO
System Software
1 178 (32.42%) Docker
2 23 (4.19%) Virtual Machines
3 22 (4.01%) Active Directory
4 11 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.00%) vSphere
5 7 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.73%) iptables
6 4 (0.73%) Squid
6 4 (0.73%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.55%) Firmware
8 2 (0.36%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 144 (26.23%) Terraform
2 96 (17.49%) Kubernetes
3 44 (8.01%) Ansible
4 26 (4.74%) HP Fortify
5 21 (3.83%) Grafana
6 20 (3.64%) Prometheus
7 15 (2.73%) Puppet
8 12 (2.19%) Kibana
9 11 (2.00%) Packer
10 6 (1.09%) 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 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (0.36%) Nagios
Vendors
1 75 (13.66%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.92%) Oracle
2 27 (4.92%) Tenable
3 22 (4.01%) CrowdStrike
3 22 (4.01%) Palo Alto
4 15 (2.73%) Splunk
5 14 (2.55%) Amplitude
5 14 (2.55%) Braze
5 14 (2.55%) Databricks
6 11 (2.00%) VMware
7 10 (1.82%) Dynatrace
8 9 (1.64%) AppDynamics
8 9 (1.64%) Google
8 9 (1.64%) Red Hat
9 8 (1.46%) IBM
10 7 (1.28%) HubSpot
10 7 (1.28%) ScienceLogic
11 5 (0.91%) Informatica
11 5 (0.91%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.91%) SaltStack