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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 277 238
Rank change year-on-year +22 -39 -65
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 586 296 526
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.68% 0.86% 1.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.43% 3.22% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 393 203 267
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 £73,943
90th Percentile £91,250 £94,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000

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 17,094 9,188 14,600
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 19.75% 26.56% 27.70%
Number of salaries quoted 11,966 6,160 8,448
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 3 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 3 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 +81 291 £68,736 +5.75% 280
North West +48 136 £67,374 +3.65% 153
Yorkshire +19 102 £80,000 +13.48% 81
Midlands -14 78 £62,500 - 160
South East -27 78 £65,000 -8.77% 197
South West -47 73 £62,500 +4.17% 140
North East -13 53 £67,500 -1.46% 48
Wales -38 47 £55,000 +5.26% 137
West Midlands -39 44 £62,500 - 81
East Midlands -5 34 £65,000 - 79
Scotland -4 10 £67,500 -6.90% 273
East of England -63 10 £57,500 - 90
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 (3.58%) Confluence
1 21 (3.58%) SharePoint
2 19 (3.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (2.56%) Apache
3 15 (2.56%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.02%) 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 (3.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.37%) 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
1 418 (71.33%) AWS
2 303 (51.71%) AWS Lambda
3 199 (33.96%) Amazon S3
4 196 (33.45%) Azure
5 138 (23.55%) Amazon ECS
6 132 (22.53%) AWS CloudFormation
7 113 (19.28%) Azure Functions
8 112 (19.11%) GitHub
9 89 (15.19%) Amazon EC2
10 75 (12.80%) Azure DevOps
11 71 (12.12%) AWS Step Functions
12 64 (10.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 62 (10.58%) GitHub Actions
14 61 (10.41%) Amazon SQS
15 60 (10.24%) Amazon EKS
16 51 (8.70%) GCP
17 50 (8.53%) Power Platform
18 47 (8.02%) Azure Logic Apps
19 42 (7.17%) SaaS
20 37 (6.31%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.07%) VPN
2 12 (2.05%) Firewall
3 10 (1.71%) DNS
4 9 (1.54%) MQTT
5 8 (1.37%) DHCP
5 8 (1.37%) Network Security
5 8 (1.37%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.37%) 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
1 106 (18.09%) DynamoDB
2 64 (10.92%) Amazon RDS
3 58 (9.90%) SQL Server
4 46 (7.85%) NoSQL
5 45 (7.68%) Relational Database
6 44 (7.51%) PostgreSQL
7 39 (6.66%) Amazon Athena
8 34 (5.80%) Amazon Redshift
9 30 (5.12%) Data Warehouse
10 22 (3.75%) Azure SQL Database
11 21 (3.58%) Spark SQL
12 18 (3.07%) MySQL
12 18 (3.07%) Power BI
13 17 (2.90%) MongoDB
14 11 (1.88%) Big Data
14 11 (1.88%) Elasticsearch
14 11 (1.88%) Metadata
15 10 (1.71%) Data Lake
15 10 (1.71%) RDBMS
16 9 (1.54%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 132 (22.53%) Git
2 89 (15.19%) Jenkins
3 53 (9.04%) GitLab
4 35 (5.97%) JIRA
5 30 (5.12%) Cypress.io
6 22 (3.75%) Snyk
6 22 (3.75%) SonarQube
7 16 (2.73%) JMeter
7 16 (2.73%) JUnit
8 14 (2.39%) Selenium
9 13 (2.22%) Postman
10 11 (1.88%) Bitbucket
10 11 (1.88%) Maven
11 10 (1.71%) Claude Code
12 8 (1.37%) 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%) REST Assured
General
1 141 (24.06%) Social Skills
2 92 (15.70%) Public Sector
3 68 (11.60%) Finance
4 64 (10.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 54 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (4.61%) Law
7 16 (2.73%) Banking
8 15 (2.56%) Aviation
8 15 (2.56%) Retail
9 12 (2.05%) 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%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.34%) Health Technology
14 2 (0.34%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 196 (33.45%) Developer
2 159 (27.13%) Senior
3 78 (13.31%) Software Engineer
4 65 (11.09%) Senior Developer
5 64 (10.92%) Lead
6 62 (10.58%) Full-Stack Developer
7 58 (9.90%) Architect
7 58 (9.90%) Java Developer
8 49 (8.36%) Data Engineer
9 40 (6.83%) AWS Engineer
10 37 (6.31%) Cloud Engineer
11 33 (5.63%) DevOps Engineer
12 32 (5.46%) Cloud Architect
12 32 (5.46%) Software Developer
13 29 (4.95%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 27 (4.61%) AWS Developer
14 27 (4.61%) Senior Software Engineer
15 25 (4.27%) Cloud Security Architect
15 25 (4.27%) Security Architect
16 23 (3.92%) Senior Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (32.08%) Terraform
2 132 (22.53%) Node.js
3 111 (18.94%) React
4 109 (18.60%) Spring Boot
5 94 (16.04%) Spring
6 90 (15.36%) .NET
7 82 (13.99%) REST
8 77 (13.14%) AngularJS
9 42 (7.17%) Kafka
10 39 (6.66%) RESTful
11 37 (6.31%) AWS CDK
12 36 (6.14%) PySpark
13 35 (5.97%) Jest
14 32 (5.46%) Ruby on Rails
15 27 (4.61%) Next.js
16 26 (4.44%) HTML
16 26 (4.44%) OpenAPI
17 24 (4.10%) Gherkin
18 23 (3.92%) ASP.NET
18 23 (3.92%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 180 (30.72%) Cloud Native
2 42 (7.17%) Product Ownership
3 37 (6.31%) Distributed Systems
4 36 (6.14%) Hybrid Cloud
5 30 (5.12%) Legacy Systems
6 26 (4.44%) Greenfield Project
7 25 (4.27%) Data Centre
8 24 (4.10%) Mainframe
9 18 (3.07%) Public Cloud
10 14 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (2.39%) Linux Command Line
11 12 (2.05%) Podcast
11 12 (2.05%) Security Posture
12 11 (1.88%) Management Information System
13 10 (1.71%) Mobile App
14 9 (1.54%) Digital Wallet
14 9 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (1.37%) Robotics
15 8 (1.37%) Taxonomies
16 7 (1.19%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 36 (6.14%) Linux
2 31 (5.29%) Windows
3 13 (2.22%) VMS
4 12 (2.05%) 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 (63.31%) CI/CD
2 298 (50.85%) Agile
3 244 (41.64%) DevOps
4 187 (31.91%) Infrastructure as Code
5 155 (26.45%) Software Engineering
6 150 (25.60%) AI
7 149 (25.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 140 (23.89%) Full-Stack Development
9 134 (22.87%) Mentoring
10 128 (21.84%) Microservices
11 116 (19.80%) Problem-Solving
12 101 (17.24%) Observability
13 97 (16.55%) Scrum
13 97 (16.55%) Test Automation
14 87 (14.85%) Containerisation
15 86 (14.68%) Cloud Security
16 83 (14.16%) Roadmaps
17 81 (13.82%) Event-Driven
18 78 (13.31%) Analytics
19 77 (13.14%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 190 (32.42%) Python
2 174 (29.69%) Java
3 169 (28.84%) SQL
4 142 (24.23%) TypeScript
5 132 (22.53%) JavaScript
6 115 (19.62%) C#
7 60 (10.24%) Bash
8 36 (6.14%) Ruby
9 29 (4.95%) Kotlin
10 28 (4.78%) PowerShell
11 25 (4.27%) Bicep
12 20 (3.41%) Groovy
13 17 (2.90%) C++
14 13 (2.22%) Kusto Query Language
14 13 (2.22%) Shell Script
15 12 (2.05%) Rust
16 8 (1.37%) Go
16 8 (1.37%) Scala
17 6 (1.02%) COBOL
17 6 (1.02%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 99 (16.89%) Security Cleared
2 85 (14.51%) SC Cleared
3 49 (8.36%) AWS Certification
4 46 (7.85%) Degree
5 34 (5.80%) DV Cleared
5 34 (5.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 31 (5.29%) Azure Certification
7 16 (2.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 15 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.88%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 9 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (1.54%) TOGAF Certification
11 8 (1.37%) 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%) OSCP
14 4 (0.68%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (7.51%) Data Quality
2 36 (6.14%) QA
3 35 (5.97%) Accessibility
4 31 (5.29%) GDPR
5 27 (4.61%) WCAG
6 22 (3.75%) GRC
7 13 (2.22%) 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
1 167 (28.50%) Docker
2 35 (5.97%) Active Directory
3 24 (4.10%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.73%) vSphere
5 12 (2.05%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (1.37%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.68%) Squid
7 4 (0.68%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 107 (18.26%) Kubernetes
2 52 (8.87%) Ansible
3 18 (3.07%) Puppet
4 13 (2.22%) Grafana
5 12 (2.05%) Packer
6 11 (1.88%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.71%) HP Fortify
7 10 (1.71%) Kibana
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 (17.06%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.44%) Tenable
3 22 (3.75%) CrowdStrike
3 22 (3.75%) Oracle
3 22 (3.75%) Palo Alto
4 21 (3.58%) Google
5 20 (3.41%) Splunk
6 19 (3.24%) Dynatrace
7 17 (2.90%) Databricks
7 17 (2.90%) VMware
8 14 (2.39%) Red Hat
9 13 (2.22%) OpenAI
10 12 (2.05%) ScienceLogic
11 11 (1.88%) OneLogin
12 7 (1.19%) SaltStack
12 7 (1.19%) Veeam
13 6 (1.02%) Confluent
14 5 (0.85%) Amplitude
14 5 (0.85%) Braze
14 5 (0.85%) HubSpot