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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 275 241
Rank change year-on-year +38 -34 -50
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 610 320 583
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.74% 0.93% 1.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.44% 3.47% 3.78%
Number of salaries quoted 402 221 292
10th Percentile £46,000 £41,250 £36,250
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 £83,750 £74,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +0.69% +2.86% -

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 17,710 9,233 15,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 21.41% 26.71% 27.64%
Number of salaries quoted 12,148 6,260 9,495
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 £91,250 £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 10 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 10 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 +97 308 £75,000 +15.38% 91
North West +65 137 £70,000 +7.69% 58
Yorkshire +28 118 £80,000 +20.30% 22
South East 0 84 £65,000 -10.34% 46
Midlands -10 84 £62,500 +4.17% 34
South West -60 69 £60,500 +0.83% 53
North East -8 53 £65,000 -10.34% 11
Wales -42 46 £55,000 +5.77% 5
East Midlands +17 43 £65,000 +73.33% 14
West Midlands -35 41 £62,500 +4.17% 20
East of England -57 16 £59,450 +1.19% 19
Scotland 0 10 £70,000 -3.45% 40
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 (3.44%) Confluence
2 19 (3.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (2.79%) SharePoint
4 13 (2.13%) Apache
4 13 (2.13%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.82%) SAS
7 4 (0.66%) nginx
7 4 (0.66%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.49%) JBoss
9 2 (0.33%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.16%) CMS
10 1 (0.16%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.16%) IIS
10 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 20 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.98%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.16%) Finacle
4 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.16%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 439 (71.97%) AWS
2 316 (51.80%) AWS Lambda
3 207 (33.93%) Amazon S3
4 204 (33.44%) Azure
5 151 (24.75%) Amazon ECS
6 142 (23.28%) AWS CloudFormation
7 112 (18.36%) GitHub
8 110 (18.03%) Azure Functions
9 87 (14.26%) Amazon EC2
10 77 (12.62%) AWS Step Functions
11 76 (12.46%) Azure DevOps
12 65 (10.66%) Amazon EKS
13 61 (10.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 61 (10.00%) Amazon SQS
14 60 (9.84%) GitHub Actions
15 51 (8.36%) GCP
16 49 (8.03%) Azure Logic Apps
16 49 (8.03%) Power Platform
17 48 (7.87%) SaaS
18 42 (6.89%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.79%) VPN
2 13 (2.13%) 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 (1.31%) Network Security
6 7 (1.15%) VoIP
7 6 (0.98%) 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
1 117 (19.18%) DynamoDB
2 63 (10.33%) Amazon RDS
3 57 (9.34%) SQL Server
4 46 (7.54%) NoSQL
5 42 (6.89%) Relational Database
6 40 (6.56%) PostgreSQL
7 39 (6.39%) Amazon Athena
8 33 (5.41%) Amazon Redshift
9 31 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
10 25 (4.10%) Azure SQL Database
10 25 (4.10%) Spark SQL
11 20 (3.28%) Power BI
12 18 (2.95%) MongoDB
12 18 (2.95%) MySQL
13 16 (2.62%) Big Data
14 12 (1.97%) Elasticsearch
15 10 (1.64%) Metadata
16 9 (1.48%) RDBMS
17 7 (1.15%) Data Lake
17 7 (1.15%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 132 (21.64%) Git
2 99 (16.23%) Jenkins
3 56 (9.18%) GitLab
4 37 (6.07%) JIRA
5 33 (5.41%) SonarQube
6 29 (4.75%) Cypress.io
7 22 (3.61%) Snyk
8 16 (2.62%) Maven
9 15 (2.46%) JUnit
10 13 (2.13%) Selenium
11 11 (1.80%) Bitbucket
12 10 (1.64%) Crashlytics
12 10 (1.64%) Postman
12 10 (1.64%) XCTest
13 8 (1.31%) Claude Code
13 8 (1.31%) Cucumber
13 8 (1.31%) JMeter
14 7 (1.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 7 (1.15%) Mockito
15 5 (0.82%) git-flow
General
1 151 (24.75%) Social Skills
2 88 (14.43%) Public Sector
3 72 (11.80%) Finance
4 55 (9.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 54 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (4.43%) Law
7 15 (2.46%) Aviation
7 15 (2.46%) Retail
8 12 (1.97%) Banking
9 11 (1.80%) Aerospace
10 7 (1.15%) Legal
11 6 (0.98%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.66%) Local Government
12 4 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.49%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.33%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.33%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 210 (34.43%) Developer
2 156 (25.57%) Senior
3 80 (13.11%) Lead
4 69 (11.31%) Java Developer
4 69 (11.31%) Software Engineer
5 67 (10.98%) Senior Developer
6 66 (10.82%) Full-Stack Developer
7 60 (9.84%) Architect
8 50 (8.20%) Data Engineer
9 37 (6.07%) DevOps Engineer
10 36 (5.90%) Cloud Engineer
11 34 (5.57%) AWS Engineer
12 33 (5.41%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 33 (5.41%) Software Developer
13 32 (5.25%) Cloud Architect
14 27 (4.43%) AWS Developer
15 25 (4.10%) Cloud Security Architect
15 25 (4.10%) Security Architect
16 23 (3.77%) Senior Architect
16 23 (3.77%) Senior Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 203 (33.28%) Terraform
2 133 (21.80%) Node.js
3 114 (18.69%) Spring Boot
4 111 (18.20%) React
5 95 (15.57%) .NET
5 95 (15.57%) Spring
6 93 (15.25%) REST
7 92 (15.08%) AngularJS
8 39 (6.39%) AWS CDK
8 39 (6.39%) Kafka
9 37 (6.07%) Jest
9 37 (6.07%) PySpark
10 35 (5.74%) RESTful
11 31 (5.08%) Ruby on Rails
12 29 (4.75%) HTML
13 26 (4.26%) Next.js
14 25 (4.10%) OpenAPI
15 24 (3.93%) Gherkin
16 23 (3.77%) ASP.NET
16 23 (3.77%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 166 (27.21%) Cloud Native
2 43 (7.05%) Distributed Systems
3 36 (5.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 36 (5.90%) Product Ownership
4 35 (5.74%) Greenfield Project
5 28 (4.59%) Legacy Systems
6 25 (4.10%) Data Centre
7 23 (3.77%) Mainframe
8 17 (2.79%) Public Cloud
9 16 (2.62%) Linux Command Line
9 16 (2.62%) Mobile App
10 12 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (1.97%) Podcast
10 12 (1.97%) Security Posture
11 9 (1.48%) Data Structures
11 9 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.31%) Digital Wallet
12 8 (1.31%) Management Information System
12 8 (1.31%) Robotics
13 7 (1.15%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 41 (6.72%) Linux
2 33 (5.41%) Windows
3 13 (2.13%) VMS
3 13 (2.13%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.64%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.98%) AIX
5 6 (0.98%) CentOS
5 6 (0.98%) Debian
5 6 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.98%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (61.97%) CI/CD
2 305 (50.00%) Agile
3 257 (42.13%) DevOps
4 203 (33.28%) Infrastructure as Code
5 147 (24.10%) AI
6 143 (23.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 143 (23.44%) Software Engineering
7 142 (23.28%) Full-Stack Development
8 140 (22.95%) Mentoring
9 130 (21.31%) Microservices
10 124 (20.33%) Problem-Solving
11 112 (18.36%) Observability
12 108 (17.70%) Test Automation
13 99 (16.23%) Containerisation
14 94 (15.41%) Scrum
15 91 (14.92%) Event-Driven
16 85 (13.93%) Analytics
16 85 (13.93%) Cloud Security
17 81 (13.28%) Roadmaps
18 78 (12.79%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 205 (33.61%) Python
2 184 (30.16%) Java
3 180 (29.51%) SQL
4 143 (23.44%) TypeScript
5 128 (20.98%) JavaScript
6 113 (18.52%) C#
7 66 (10.82%) Bash
8 39 (6.39%) Kotlin
9 35 (5.74%) Ruby
10 31 (5.08%) Groovy
11 29 (4.75%) PowerShell
12 23 (3.77%) Bicep
13 16 (2.62%) C++
14 14 (2.30%) Shell Script
15 13 (2.13%) Kusto Query Language
16 12 (1.97%) Rust
17 10 (1.64%) Swift
18 8 (1.31%) Go
19 7 (1.15%) Scala
20 6 (0.98%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 98 (16.07%) Security Cleared
2 84 (13.77%) SC Cleared
3 55 (9.02%) Degree
4 52 (8.52%) AWS Certification
5 31 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 30 (4.92%) DV Cleared
7 28 (4.59%) Azure Certification
8 24 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (2.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 16 (2.62%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 14 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
12 13 (2.13%) Master's Degree
13 9 (1.48%) TOGAF Certification
14 8 (1.31%) AWS Certified Developer
14 8 (1.31%) ISTQB
15 7 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
16 6 (0.98%) DBS Check
17 5 (0.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 4 (0.66%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (7.70%) Data Quality
2 36 (5.90%) QA
3 30 (4.92%) Accessibility
4 29 (4.75%) GDPR
5 22 (3.61%) GRC
5 22 (3.61%) WCAG
6 14 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.98%) Government Security Classifications
8 6 (0.98%) NCSC
9 4 (0.66%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 4 (0.66%) NIST
10 2 (0.33%) PMO
11 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 182 (29.84%) Docker
2 36 (5.90%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.77%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.62%) vSphere
5 12 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (1.48%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.66%) Squid
7 4 (0.66%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 110 (18.03%) Kubernetes
2 60 (9.84%) Ansible
3 17 (2.79%) Puppet
4 16 (2.62%) Grafana
5 15 (2.46%) HP Fortify
6 13 (2.13%) Kibana
7 12 (1.97%) Packer
7 12 (1.97%) Prometheus
8 7 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.82%) Podman
10 4 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.66%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.49%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.49%) Scalr
12 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.16%) Fluentd
13 1 (0.16%) logstash
Vendors
1 97 (15.90%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.26%) Tenable
3 25 (4.10%) Oracle
4 22 (3.61%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (3.61%) Palo Alto
5 20 (3.28%) Google
6 19 (3.11%) Splunk
7 18 (2.95%) Databricks
8 17 (2.79%) VMware
9 15 (2.46%) Dynatrace
10 13 (2.13%) Red Hat
11 12 (1.97%) OpenAI
11 12 (1.97%) ScienceLogic
12 10 (1.64%) Amplitude
12 10 (1.64%) Braze
12 10 (1.64%) OneLogin
13 9 (1.48%) AppDynamics
14 8 (1.31%) IBM
14 8 (1.31%) Veeam
15 7 (1.15%) HubSpot