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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 111 232
Rank change year-on-year -119 +121 -63
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 399 728 642
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.79% 2.47% 1.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.58% 7.34% 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 255 267 468
10th Percentile £50,187 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +3.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £84,500 £90,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £76,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -4.61% +4.83% -

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 15,477 9,917 18,955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.71% 33.64% 35.24%
Number of salaries quoted 7,692 6,002 15,395
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £86,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,264 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.16% +10.02% -11.54%

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 March 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 March 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 +59 211 £72,500 +20.83% 107
Yorkshire +49 146 £72,500 +36.79% 39
Midlands -19 70 £60,000 +9.09% 31
North West +15 60 £75,000 +15.38% 57
East Midlands -7 42 £60,000 +4.35% 16
South West -109 40 £62,500 +4.17% 72
South East -162 39 £67,500 +12.50% 104
West Midlands -6 28 £55,625 +1.14% 15
Scotland -35 16 £95,000 +35.71% 16
Wales -10 15 £41,740 +27.97% 8
East of England -58 13 £61,300 -5.69% 48
Northern Ireland -21 7 £95,000 +11.76% 3
North East -18 5 £66,750 +6.80% 12
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 15 (3.76%) Apache
2 14 (3.51%) Apache Spark
2 14 (3.51%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.01%) OpenStack
4 8 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.00%) Confluence
6 3 (0.75%) JBoss
7 2 (0.50%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.50%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.50%) SAS
8 1 (0.25%) CMS
8 1 (0.25%) GeoServer
Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (3.01%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 326 (81.70%) AWS
2 204 (51.13%) AWS Lambda
3 173 (43.36%) Amazon S3
4 166 (41.60%) Azure
5 107 (26.82%) AWS CloudFormation
6 102 (25.56%) Amazon ECS
7 67 (16.79%) AWS Step Functions
8 66 (16.54%) GitHub
9 61 (15.29%) Amazon EKS
10 54 (13.53%) Azure Functions
11 52 (13.03%) Amazon SQS
12 50 (12.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 47 (11.78%) GCP
14 43 (10.78%) Amazon EC2
14 43 (10.78%) Azure Logic Apps
15 39 (9.77%) Azure DevOps
16 35 (8.77%) Amazon ECR
17 34 (8.52%) SaaS
18 32 (8.02%) Apigee
19 31 (7.77%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.50%) AMQP
1 6 (1.50%) Network Security
2 4 (1.00%) Internet
3 3 (0.75%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (20.80%) DynamoDB
2 55 (13.78%) PostgreSQL
3 46 (11.53%) NoSQL
4 37 (9.27%) Amazon RDS
5 32 (8.02%) SQL Server
6 28 (7.02%) Relational Database
7 27 (6.77%) Amazon Redshift
8 16 (4.01%) Amazon Athena
8 16 (4.01%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (3.01%) RDBMS
10 11 (2.76%) MySQL
11 9 (2.26%) Big Data
11 9 (2.26%) MongoDB
11 9 (2.26%) Power BI
12 7 (1.75%) Data Lake
12 7 (1.75%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (1.75%) Hadoop
13 5 (1.25%) Cloudera CDH
13 5 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 82 (20.55%) Jenkins
2 63 (15.79%) Git
3 44 (11.03%) GitLab
4 33 (8.27%) Maven
4 33 (8.27%) SonarQube
5 32 (8.02%) Cypress.io
6 12 (3.01%) JUnit
7 8 (2.01%) JMeter
7 8 (2.01%) Mockito
8 7 (1.75%) Bitbucket
9 6 (1.50%) git-flow
9 6 (1.50%) Storybook
10 5 (1.25%) JIRA
11 3 (0.75%) Crashlytics
11 3 (0.75%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.75%) MLflow
11 3 (0.75%) Selenium
11 3 (0.75%) XCTest
12 2 (0.50%) DBeaver
12 2 (0.50%) Vagrant
General
1 109 (27.32%) Social Skills
2 34 (8.52%) Public Sector
3 31 (7.77%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (7.52%) Finance
5 8 (2.01%) Marketing
6 7 (1.75%) Legal
7 6 (1.50%) Advertising
7 6 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (1.25%) Law
8 5 (1.25%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.00%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.00%) Banking
9 4 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.00%) Publishing
10 3 (0.75%) Billing
10 3 (0.75%) Games
10 3 (0.75%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.75%) Tech for Good
11 2 (0.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 188 (47.12%) Developer
2 77 (19.30%) Senior
3 66 (16.54%) Java Developer
4 49 (12.28%) Full-Stack Developer
4 49 (12.28%) Lead
5 48 (12.03%) Architect
6 46 (11.53%) Software Engineer
7 43 (10.78%) Senior Developer
8 33 (8.27%) AWS Developer
9 28 (7.02%) .NET Developer
9 28 (7.02%) Python Developer
10 25 (6.27%) Software Developer
11 21 (5.26%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 20 (5.01%) Cloud Engineer
13 19 (4.76%) Lead Developer
14 15 (3.76%) React Developer
14 15 (3.76%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 14 (3.51%) Node.js Developer
15 14 (3.51%) Solutions Architect
16 13 (3.26%) Applications Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (36.09%) React
2 101 (25.31%) Node.js
3 83 (20.80%) Spring Boot
4 75 (18.80%) AngularJS
5 64 (16.04%) Spring
6 63 (15.79%) .NET
7 61 (15.29%) HTML
8 57 (14.29%) REST
9 45 (11.28%) CSS
10 32 (8.02%) Gherkin
10 32 (8.02%) Jest
10 32 (8.02%) RESTful
11 31 (7.77%) AWS CDK
12 25 (6.27%) Vue
13 22 (5.51%) .NET Core
14 21 (5.26%) Kafka
15 20 (5.01%) Blazor
15 20 (5.01%) Web Services
16 18 (4.51%) Django
16 18 (4.51%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 89 (22.31%) Cloud Native
2 37 (9.27%) Distributed Systems
3 32 (8.02%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (3.76%) Mobile App
5 14 (3.51%) Data Structures
6 13 (3.26%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.25%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (1.25%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.75%) Animation
11 3 (0.75%) Life Science
11 3 (0.75%) Public Cloud
12 2 (0.50%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.50%) NHS
12 2 (0.50%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.50%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.02%) Linux
2 5 (1.25%) CentOS
2 5 (1.25%) Debian
2 5 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 5 (1.25%) Ubuntu
2 5 (1.25%) Unix
3 4 (1.00%) Windows
4 3 (0.75%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (58.65%) CI/CD
2 209 (52.38%) DevOps
3 185 (46.37%) Agile
4 130 (32.58%) Infrastructure as Code
5 129 (32.33%) Microservices
6 109 (27.32%) Mentoring
7 97 (24.31%) Full-Stack Development
8 93 (23.31%) Problem-Solving
9 86 (21.55%) Software Engineering
10 81 (20.30%) Continuous Improvement
11 68 (17.04%) Containerisation
12 47 (11.78%) Scrum
13 46 (11.53%) Data Modelling
14 45 (11.28%) Computer Science
15 44 (11.03%) Migration
15 44 (11.03%) TDD
16 43 (10.78%) SDLC
17 42 (10.53%) Application Security
18 41 (10.28%) Observability
19 39 (9.77%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 146 (36.59%) Python
2 145 (36.34%) JavaScript
3 141 (35.34%) TypeScript
4 137 (34.34%) Java
5 98 (24.56%) SQL
6 71 (17.79%) C#
7 42 (10.53%) Bash
8 31 (7.77%) Groovy
9 18 (4.51%) Kotlin
10 12 (3.01%) Shell Script
11 11 (2.76%) PowerShell
12 6 (1.50%) C++
13 5 (1.25%) Bicep
14 4 (1.00%) PHP
15 3 (0.75%) C
15 3 (0.75%) Swift
16 2 (0.50%) Go
16 2 (0.50%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.50%) VB
16 2 (0.50%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 72 (18.05%) AWS Certification
2 49 (12.28%) Degree
3 40 (10.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 36 (9.02%) Azure Certification
4 36 (9.02%) Security Cleared
5 32 (8.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 26 (6.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (6.27%) TOGAF Certification
8 21 (5.26%) SC Cleared
9 20 (5.01%) AWS Certified Developer
10 19 (4.76%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 16 (4.01%) ITIL Certification
12 8 (2.01%) DV Cleared
13 6 (1.50%) DBS Check
14 4 (1.00%) Master's Degree
15 3 (0.75%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
15 3 (0.75%) IIBA
16 1 (0.25%) HND
16 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.26%) Data Quality
2 12 (3.01%) QA
3 8 (2.01%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.50%) WCAG
5 5 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.75%) GDPR
7 2 (0.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.50%) NIST
8 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.25%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.25%) SLA
8 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 142 (35.59%) Docker
2 10 (2.51%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.75%) iptables
Systems Management
1 98 (24.56%) Terraform
2 79 (19.80%) Kubernetes
3 32 (8.02%) HP Fortify
4 26 (6.52%) Ansible
5 13 (3.26%) Prometheus
6 12 (3.01%) Kibana
7 10 (2.51%) Grafana
8 9 (2.26%) Puppet
9 6 (1.50%) Progress Chef
10 4 (1.00%) Argo
10 4 (1.00%) Control-M
11 3 (0.75%) Kubeflow
11 3 (0.75%) Nagios
12 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.50%) Packer
13 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 64 (16.04%) Microsoft
2 11 (2.76%) Oracle
3 10 (2.51%) Google
4 9 (2.26%) Dynatrace
5 8 (2.01%) Splunk
6 5 (1.25%) Informatica
6 5 (1.25%) Red Hat
6 5 (1.25%) SaltStack
7 4 (1.00%) PagerDuty
7 4 (1.00%) Pega
7 4 (1.00%) WSO2
8 3 (0.75%) Amplitude
8 3 (0.75%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.75%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.50%) Databricks
10 1 (0.25%) Foundry
10 1 (0.25%) SAP
10 1 (0.25%) StreamSets
10 1 (0.25%) Tenable