Serverless Jobs in the UK excluding London

Serverless Computing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Serverless skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Serverless over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 245 239 165
Rank change year-on-year -6 -74 -22
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 397 859 1,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.08% 1.22% 2.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.64% 3.65% 5.63%
Number of salaries quoted 293 500 689
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £43,950
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £92,000 £97,500 £97,328
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%

All Cloud 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 8,552 23,516 23,679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.22% 33.45% 38.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6,311 17,431 14,156
10th Percentile £29,250 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £61,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.09% -11.54% +4.00%

Serverless
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Serverless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Serverless in the UK excluding London

Serverless
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Serverless in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Serverless in the UK excluding London

Serverless
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Serverless in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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
South East +13 116 £60,000 -14.29% 147
North of England -40 94 £65,000 +8.33% 147
Midlands +35 67 £55,000 -21.43% 46
South West +87 59 £60,000 -7.69% 40
West Midlands +19 54 £56,250 -19.64% 28
North West -54 54 £75,000 +25.00% 96
Yorkshire +52 38 £57,500 -4.17% 39
East of England +29 29 £85,000 +47.83% 19
Scotland +63 25 £55,000 -4.35% 31
East Midlands +37 13 £55,000 -15.38% 13
Wales +46 11 £50,000 -3.50% 12
North East +18 6 £62,500 -3.85% 17
Serverless
UK

Serverless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (3.78%) Apache Spark
2 13 (3.27%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.02%) CMS
3 12 (3.02%) JBoss
3 12 (3.02%) Red Hat Fuse
4 11 (2.77%) Confluence
5 10 (2.52%) Apache
6 8 (2.02%) Headless CMS
7 6 (1.51%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.50%) Strapi
8 2 (0.50%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (1.76%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 2 (0.50%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.50%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 303 (76.32%) AWS
2 191 (48.11%) AWS Lambda
3 137 (34.51%) Azure
4 84 (21.16%) Amazon S3
5 75 (18.89%) Amazon EC2
6 74 (18.64%) Azure Functions
7 66 (16.62%) Amazon ECS
8 58 (14.61%) SaaS
9 50 (12.59%) Amazon EKS
10 43 (10.83%) GitHub
11 38 (9.57%) Amazon SQS
12 37 (9.32%) AWS CloudFormation
13 36 (9.07%) GCP
14 35 (8.82%) Azure Logic Apps
15 33 (8.31%) Azure Service Bus
16 28 (7.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 28 (7.05%) AWS Step Functions
17 26 (6.55%) Azure DevOps
18 23 (5.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 21 (5.29%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.27%) Firewall
2 7 (1.76%) SSL
3 6 (1.51%) Internet
4 4 (1.01%) IPv4
5 2 (0.50%) OSPF
5 2 (0.50%) VLAN
5 2 (0.50%) VPN
6 1 (0.25%) HTTP
6 1 (0.25%) MQTT
6 1 (0.25%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (15.37%) DynamoDB
2 57 (14.36%) PostgreSQL
3 48 (12.09%) Relational Database
4 44 (11.08%) NoSQL
5 29 (7.30%) Big Data
6 28 (7.05%) Amazon RDS
6 28 (7.05%) MySQL
7 27 (6.80%) Data Lake
8 23 (5.79%) RDBMS
9 21 (5.29%) Data Warehouse
10 18 (4.53%) Amazon Redshift
10 18 (4.53%) SQL Server
11 14 (3.53%) Azure SQL Database
11 14 (3.53%) MongoDB
12 10 (2.52%) Power BI
13 7 (1.76%) Redis
14 6 (1.51%) Amazon Athena
15 5 (1.26%) Amazon Aurora
16 4 (1.01%) BigQuery
16 4 (1.01%) Cloud Spanner
Development Applications
1 81 (20.40%) Git
2 62 (15.62%) Jenkins
3 32 (8.06%) JUnit
4 27 (6.80%) JIRA
5 23 (5.79%) GitLab
6 18 (4.53%) JMeter
6 18 (4.53%) Mockito
7 15 (3.78%) Selenium
8 12 (3.02%) Visual Studio
9 7 (1.76%) Bitbucket Server
9 7 (1.76%) SonarQube
10 6 (1.51%) Postman
11 5 (1.26%) Bitbucket
11 5 (1.26%) Jasmine
11 5 (1.26%) Karma Test Runner
11 5 (1.26%) Visual Studio Code
11 5 (1.26%) webpack
12 4 (1.01%) Mocha
13 3 (0.76%) Cucumber
13 3 (0.76%) Vagrant
General
1 85 (21.41%) Social Skills
2 66 (16.62%) Public Sector
3 37 (9.32%) Finance
4 28 (7.05%) Law
5 25 (6.30%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (6.30%) Retail
6 13 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (2.52%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.27%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.76%) Marketing
11 6 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.26%) Banking
12 5 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.01%) Electronics
13 4 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.76%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.76%) Games
15 2 (0.50%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.50%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 173 (43.58%) Developer
2 108 (27.20%) Senior
3 70 (17.63%) Senior Developer
4 55 (13.85%) Lead
5 47 (11.84%) Full-Stack Developer
6 43 (10.83%) Java Developer
7 39 (9.82%) Architect
8 33 (8.31%) Software Engineer
9 27 (6.80%) Software Developer
10 25 (6.30%) Data Engineer
10 25 (6.30%) DevOps Engineer
11 24 (6.05%) AWS Engineer
12 23 (5.79%) Senior Software Developer
13 18 (4.53%) Cloud Engineer
14 17 (4.28%) Cloud Architect
15 15 (3.78%) AWS Architect
15 15 (3.78%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
16 14 (3.53%) Solutions Architect
17 11 (2.77%) .NET Developer
17 11 (2.77%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (28.46%) React
2 96 (24.18%) Node.js
3 75 (18.89%) REST
4 62 (15.62%) HTML
5 56 (14.11%) .NET
5 56 (14.11%) GraphQL
6 49 (12.34%) RESTful
7 47 (11.84%) CSS
8 46 (11.59%) Web Services
9 45 (11.34%) Spring Boot
10 41 (10.33%) Spring
11 39 (9.82%) AngularJS
12 30 (7.56%) Apache Camel
13 26 (6.55%) Vue
14 25 (6.30%) .NET Framework
15 24 (6.05%) Kafka
16 21 (5.29%) Laravel
17 19 (4.79%) jQuery
17 19 (4.79%) SOAP
18 18 (4.53%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 39 (9.82%) Distributed Systems
2 35 (8.82%) Cloud Native
3 20 (5.04%) Product Ownership
4 15 (3.78%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.77%) IoT
6 8 (2.02%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.51%) Client/Server
8 6 (1.51%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.26%) CMDB
9 5 (1.26%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.76%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (0.76%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.76%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.76%) PropTech
11 2 (0.50%) IVR
11 2 (0.50%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.55%) Linux
2 12 (3.02%) Windows
3 8 (2.02%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.01%) VMS
5 1 (0.25%) Android
5 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (46.85%) Agile
2 168 (42.32%) DevOps
3 159 (40.05%) CI/CD
4 140 (35.26%) Microservices
5 102 (25.69%) Full-Stack Development
6 88 (22.17%) Software Engineering
7 72 (18.14%) Event-Driven
8 70 (17.63%) Problem-Solving
9 67 (16.88%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 67 (16.88%) Test Automation
10 65 (16.37%) Kanban
11 61 (15.37%) Scrum
12 59 (14.86%) TDD
13 54 (13.60%) Infrastructure as Code
14 50 (12.59%) Technology Strategy
15 46 (11.59%) Unit Testing
16 44 (11.08%) Analytics
17 42 (10.58%) Containerisation
18 41 (10.33%) Secure Coding
19 39 (9.82%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 131 (33.00%) JavaScript
2 112 (28.21%) Python
3 99 (24.94%) TypeScript
4 97 (24.43%) Java
5 83 (20.91%) SQL
6 78 (19.65%) C#
7 27 (6.80%) PHP
7 27 (6.80%) Shell Script
8 13 (3.27%) Bash
9 11 (2.77%) PowerShell
10 9 (2.27%) Scala
11 7 (1.76%) Bicep
11 7 (1.76%) Go
12 6 (1.51%) Groovy
13 5 (1.26%) Perl
14 4 (1.01%) R
14 4 (1.01%) Ruby
14 4 (1.01%) X++
15 3 (0.76%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.50%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 79 (19.90%) Security Cleared
2 52 (13.10%) SC Cleared
3 39 (9.82%) Degree
4 21 (5.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (4.53%) AWS Certification
6 9 (2.27%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.76%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.01%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.76%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.50%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.50%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.50%) PhD
11 1 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.25%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.53%) Data Quality
2 12 (3.02%) QA
2 12 (3.02%) SLA
3 5 (1.26%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.01%) GMP
4 4 (1.01%) NIST
5 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.25%) GDPR
5 1 (0.25%) NCSC
5 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 106 (26.70%) Docker
2 16 (4.03%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.25%) HDFS
5 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 94 (23.68%) Kubernetes
2 67 (16.88%) Terraform
3 33 (8.31%) Ansible
4 18 (4.53%) Kibana
5 7 (1.76%) Nessus
5 7 (1.76%) Progress Chef
5 7 (1.76%) Proxmox
6 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (1.01%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.01%) Puppet
8 3 (0.76%) Grafana
8 3 (0.76%) Nagios
8 3 (0.76%) Packer
9 2 (0.50%) Argo
10 1 (0.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 44 (11.08%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.04%) Databricks
2 20 (5.04%) Google
2 20 (5.04%) ServiceNow
2 20 (5.04%) Splunk
3 18 (4.53%) Dynatrace
4 15 (3.78%) Informatica
4 15 (3.78%) MuleSoft
4 15 (3.78%) Salesforce
5 7 (1.76%) Juniper
6 6 (1.51%) Atlassian
7 4 (1.01%) Oracle
7 4 (1.01%) SAP
7 4 (1.01%) VMware
8 3 (0.76%) IBM
9 2 (0.50%) Adobe
9 2 (0.50%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.50%) iManage
9 2 (0.50%) PagerDuty
10 1 (0.25%) Workday