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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 270 240
Rank change year-on-year +41 -30 -52
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 615 316 584
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.74% 0.91% 1.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.47% 3.42% 3.77%
Number of salaries quoted 405 218 293
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 £74,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year +0.35% +3.21% -

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 17,706 9,247 15,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 21.29% 26.73% 27.70%
Number of salaries quoted 12,135 6,252 9,527
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,533 £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 11 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 11 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 +104 313 £75,000 +15.38% 57
North West +60 140 £68,750 +5.77% 37
Yorkshire +26 120 £80,000 +13.48% 14
South East -19 85 £65,000 -10.34% 42
Midlands -12 84 £62,500 +4.17% 23
South West -56 69 £60,500 +0.83% 32
North East -6 53 £65,000 -10.34% 6
Wales -35 46 £55,000 +5.77% 5
West Midlands -35 43 £62,500 +4.17% 12
East Midlands +6 41 £65,000 +73.33% 11
East of England -59 15 £59,450 +1.19% 16
Scotland +2 10 £70,000 -3.45% 30
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 (3.41%) Confluence
2 19 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (3.09%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.11%) Apache
3 13 (2.11%) Apache Spark
4 6 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.65%) nginx
5 4 (0.65%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.65%) SAS
6 3 (0.49%) JBoss
7 2 (0.33%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.16%) CMS
8 1 (0.16%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.16%) IIS
8 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 22 (3.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.98%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.16%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 1 (0.16%) Finacle
4 1 (0.16%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.16%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 442 (71.87%) AWS
2 319 (51.87%) AWS Lambda
3 210 (34.15%) Amazon S3
4 208 (33.82%) Azure
5 151 (24.55%) Amazon ECS
6 140 (22.76%) AWS CloudFormation
7 114 (18.54%) GitHub
8 113 (18.37%) Azure Functions
9 92 (14.96%) Amazon EC2
10 78 (12.68%) Azure DevOps
11 77 (12.52%) AWS Step Functions
12 66 (10.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 66 (10.73%) Amazon EKS
13 62 (10.08%) GitHub Actions
14 60 (9.76%) Amazon SQS
15 51 (8.29%) GCP
15 51 (8.29%) Power Platform
16 50 (8.13%) Azure Logic Apps
17 48 (7.80%) SaaS
18 42 (6.83%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.76%) VPN
2 13 (2.11%) Firewall
3 10 (1.63%) DNS
4 9 (1.46%) DHCP
4 9 (1.46%) MQTT
4 9 (1.46%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.46%) VLAN
5 8 (1.30%) Network Security
6 7 (1.14%) VoIP
7 6 (0.98%) AMQP
8 4 (0.65%) IPv4
8 4 (0.65%) 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
1 116 (18.86%) DynamoDB
2 64 (10.41%) Amazon RDS
3 60 (9.76%) SQL Server
4 47 (7.64%) NoSQL
5 43 (6.99%) Relational Database
6 42 (6.83%) PostgreSQL
7 41 (6.67%) Amazon Athena
8 33 (5.37%) Amazon Redshift
9 31 (5.04%) Data Warehouse
10 25 (4.07%) Azure SQL Database
10 25 (4.07%) Spark SQL
11 20 (3.25%) Power BI
12 18 (2.93%) MongoDB
12 18 (2.93%) MySQL
13 15 (2.44%) Big Data
14 12 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
15 10 (1.63%) Metadata
15 10 (1.63%) RDBMS
16 9 (1.46%) Data Lake
17 8 (1.30%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 135 (21.95%) Git
2 102 (16.59%) Jenkins
3 58 (9.43%) GitLab
4 40 (6.50%) JIRA
5 32 (5.20%) SonarQube
6 31 (5.04%) Cypress.io
7 22 (3.58%) Snyk
8 16 (2.60%) JUnit
9 15 (2.44%) Maven
10 14 (2.28%) Selenium
11 13 (2.11%) JMeter
11 13 (2.11%) Postman
12 11 (1.79%) Bitbucket
13 9 (1.46%) Crashlytics
13 9 (1.46%) XCTest
14 8 (1.30%) Claude Code
14 8 (1.30%) Cucumber
14 8 (1.30%) Mockito
15 7 (1.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 5 (0.81%) git-flow
General
1 151 (24.55%) Social Skills
2 92 (14.96%) Public Sector
3 73 (11.87%) Finance
4 57 (9.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 55 (8.94%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (4.39%) Law
7 15 (2.44%) Aviation
7 15 (2.44%) Retail
8 13 (2.11%) Banking
9 11 (1.79%) Aerospace
10 7 (1.14%) Legal
11 6 (0.98%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.65%) Local Government
12 4 (0.65%) 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
1 213 (34.63%) Developer
2 159 (25.85%) Senior
3 80 (13.01%) Lead
4 70 (11.38%) Software Engineer
5 69 (11.22%) Java Developer
5 69 (11.22%) Senior Developer
6 67 (10.89%) Full-Stack Developer
7 60 (9.76%) Architect
8 51 (8.29%) Data Engineer
9 37 (6.02%) DevOps Engineer
10 36 (5.85%) AWS Engineer
10 36 (5.85%) Cloud Engineer
11 33 (5.37%) Software Developer
12 32 (5.20%) Cloud Architect
12 32 (5.20%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 27 (4.39%) AWS Developer
14 25 (4.07%) Cloud Security Architect
14 25 (4.07%) Security Architect
15 23 (3.74%) Senior Architect
15 23 (3.74%) Senior Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 206 (33.50%) Terraform
2 133 (21.63%) Node.js
3 116 (18.86%) Spring Boot
4 112 (18.21%) React
5 98 (15.93%) Spring
6 95 (15.45%) .NET
6 95 (15.45%) REST
7 91 (14.80%) AngularJS
8 39 (6.34%) Kafka
9 38 (6.18%) AWS CDK
9 38 (6.18%) PySpark
10 37 (6.02%) RESTful
11 36 (5.85%) Jest
12 31 (5.04%) Ruby on Rails
13 30 (4.88%) HTML
14 26 (4.23%) Gherkin
15 25 (4.07%) Next.js
15 25 (4.07%) OpenAPI
16 24 (3.90%) JSON
17 23 (3.74%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 170 (27.64%) Cloud Native
2 44 (7.15%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (6.34%) Product Ownership
4 36 (5.85%) Hybrid Cloud
5 33 (5.37%) Greenfield Project
6 29 (4.72%) Legacy Systems
7 25 (4.07%) Data Centre
8 23 (3.74%) Mainframe
9 17 (2.76%) Public Cloud
10 16 (2.60%) Linux Command Line
11 15 (2.44%) Mobile App
12 12 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.95%) Podcast
12 12 (1.95%) Security Posture
13 10 (1.63%) Management Information System
14 9 (1.46%) Data Structures
14 9 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (1.30%) Digital Wallet
15 8 (1.30%) Robotics
16 7 (1.14%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 41 (6.67%) Linux
2 33 (5.37%) Windows
3 13 (2.11%) VMS
3 13 (2.11%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.46%) 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
1 383 (62.28%) CI/CD
2 312 (50.73%) Agile
3 261 (42.44%) DevOps
4 201 (32.68%) Infrastructure as Code
5 150 (24.39%) AI
6 147 (23.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 146 (23.74%) Software Engineering
8 142 (23.09%) Full-Stack Development
8 142 (23.09%) Mentoring
9 132 (21.46%) Microservices
10 125 (20.33%) Problem-Solving
11 111 (18.05%) Observability
11 111 (18.05%) Test Automation
12 99 (16.10%) Containerisation
12 99 (16.10%) Scrum
13 91 (14.80%) Event-Driven
14 85 (13.82%) Cloud Security
15 84 (13.66%) Analytics
15 84 (13.66%) TDD
16 83 (13.50%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 206 (33.50%) Python
2 187 (30.41%) Java
3 183 (29.76%) SQL
4 146 (23.74%) TypeScript
5 134 (21.79%) JavaScript
6 115 (18.70%) C#
7 65 (10.57%) Bash
8 38 (6.18%) Kotlin
9 35 (5.69%) Ruby
10 30 (4.88%) Groovy
11 29 (4.72%) PowerShell
12 23 (3.74%) Bicep
13 16 (2.60%) C++
14 15 (2.44%) Shell Script
15 13 (2.11%) Kusto Query Language
16 12 (1.95%) Rust
17 9 (1.46%) Swift
18 8 (1.30%) Go
19 7 (1.14%) Scala
20 6 (0.98%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 99 (16.10%) Security Cleared
2 85 (13.82%) SC Cleared
3 54 (8.78%) Degree
4 51 (8.29%) AWS Certification
5 33 (5.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 30 (4.88%) DV Cleared
7 29 (4.72%) Azure Certification
8 23 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (2.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 15 (2.44%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 14 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (1.95%) ITIL Certification
12 12 (1.95%) Master's Degree
13 9 (1.46%) TOGAF Certification
14 8 (1.30%) AWS Certified Developer
14 8 (1.30%) ISTQB
15 7 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
16 5 (0.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 5 (0.81%) DBS Check
17 4 (0.65%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (7.48%) Data Quality
2 38 (6.18%) QA
3 33 (5.37%) Accessibility
4 31 (5.04%) GDPR
5 24 (3.90%) WCAG
6 22 (3.58%) GRC
7 14 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.98%) Government Security Classifications
9 6 (0.98%) NCSC
10 4 (0.65%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (0.65%) NIST
11 2 (0.33%) PMO
12 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 184 (29.92%) Docker
2 36 (5.85%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.74%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.60%) vSphere
5 12 (1.95%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (1.46%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.65%) Squid
7 4 (0.65%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 113 (18.37%) Kubernetes
2 60 (9.76%) Ansible
3 17 (2.76%) Puppet
4 16 (2.60%) Grafana
5 14 (2.28%) HP Fortify
5 14 (2.28%) Kibana
5 14 (2.28%) Packer
6 12 (1.95%) Prometheus
7 7 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.81%) Podman
8 5 (0.81%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.65%) ZABBIX
10 3 (0.49%) Scalr
11 2 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.16%) Fluentd
12 1 (0.16%) logstash
Vendors
1 100 (16.26%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.23%) Tenable
3 25 (4.07%) Oracle
4 22 (3.58%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (3.58%) Palo Alto
5 20 (3.25%) Google
5 20 (3.25%) Splunk
6 19 (3.09%) Databricks
7 17 (2.76%) VMware
8 16 (2.60%) Dynatrace
9 13 (2.11%) Red Hat
10 12 (1.95%) OpenAI
10 12 (1.95%) ScienceLogic
11 10 (1.63%) OneLogin
12 9 (1.46%) Amplitude
12 9 (1.46%) AppDynamics
12 9 (1.46%) Braze
13 8 (1.30%) IBM
13 8 (1.30%) Veeam
14 7 (1.14%) HubSpot