Hybrid/Remote Serverless Job Trends

Serverless Computing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Serverless skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
21 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 145 155
Rank change year-on-year +19 +10 -34
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 383 390 667
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.04% 2.60% 2.05%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.37% 6.46% 4.77%
Number of salaries quoted 272 323 530
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £51,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,629 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.51% -9.83% -
75th Percentile £80,313 £107,125 £91,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £118,750 £107,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

All Cloud Computing Skills
Work from Home

Serverless falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 7,129 6,036 13,994
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.97% 40.27% 43.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4,872 4,401 11,914
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,272 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £79,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

Serverless
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Serverless and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Serverless job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Serverless.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Serverless

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Serverless over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Serverless salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 10 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.09%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (1.83%) Apache Solr
4 6 (1.57%) Apache
4 6 (1.57%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.78%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.26%) CMS
6 1 (0.26%) Confluence
6 1 (0.26%) JBoss
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.57%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (0.78%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (2.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 275 (71.80%) AWS
2 179 (46.74%) AWS Lambda
3 133 (34.73%) Amazon S3
4 111 (28.98%) Azure
5 74 (19.32%) Amazon SQS
6 63 (16.45%) Amazon ECS
7 61 (15.93%) Amazon EC2
8 57 (14.88%) GitHub
9 55 (14.36%) AWS CloudFormation
10 47 (12.27%) SaaS
11 41 (10.70%) Azure Functions
12 39 (10.18%) GitHub Actions
13 31 (8.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 29 (7.57%) Azure DevOps
15 28 (7.31%) Azure Logic Apps
15 28 (7.31%) GCP
16 27 (7.05%) Amazon EventBridge
17 23 (6.01%) AWS Step Functions
18 22 (5.74%) Power Platform
19 21 (5.48%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.31%) AMQP
1 5 (1.31%) Internet
1 5 (1.31%) Network Security
2 4 (1.04%) VoIP
3 3 (0.78%) Broadband
3 3 (0.78%) DNS
3 3 (0.78%) Firewall
3 3 (0.78%) VPN
4 1 (0.26%) 4G
4 1 (0.26%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (14.62%) PostgreSQL
2 53 (13.84%) DynamoDB
3 41 (10.70%) Amazon RDS
4 35 (9.14%) MongoDB
5 34 (8.88%) NoSQL
6 28 (7.31%) SQL Server
7 16 (4.18%) Amazon Athena
8 12 (3.13%) Elasticsearch
9 11 (2.87%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (2.35%) Metadata
10 9 (2.35%) MySQL
11 8 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (1.83%) Data Lake
12 7 (1.83%) Power BI
12 7 (1.83%) Redis
12 7 (1.83%) Relational Database
13 5 (1.31%) Neo4j
14 4 (1.04%) Delta Lake
14 4 (1.04%) DocumentDB
14 4 (1.04%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 42 (10.97%) Git
2 32 (8.36%) Jenkins
3 29 (7.57%) Cypress.io
4 25 (6.53%) Snyk
5 13 (3.39%) Crashlytics
5 13 (3.39%) GitLab
5 13 (3.39%) XCTest
6 7 (1.83%) Maven
6 7 (1.83%) SonarQube
7 5 (1.31%) JIRA
8 4 (1.04%) Storybook
9 3 (0.78%) ESLint
10 2 (0.52%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.52%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.52%) Vagrant
11 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.26%) git-flow
11 1 (0.26%) webpack
11 1 (0.26%) Zephyr
General
1 97 (25.33%) Social Skills
2 34 (8.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 31 (8.09%) Finance
4 29 (7.57%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.18%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (3.92%) Publishing
7 14 (3.66%) Health Technology
8 12 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (2.61%) Law
9 10 (2.61%) Tech for Good
10 6 (1.57%) Legal
10 6 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.57%) Retail
11 5 (1.31%) Billing
12 4 (1.04%) Advertising
12 4 (1.04%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.78%) Banking
13 3 (0.78%) Marketing
13 3 (0.78%) Military
13 3 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 143 (37.34%) Developer
2 118 (30.81%) Senior
3 74 (19.32%) Architect
4 55 (14.36%) Lead
5 41 (10.70%) Full-Stack Developer
6 38 (9.92%) Senior Architect
7 34 (8.88%) Cloud Architect
8 33 (8.62%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 33 (8.62%) Java Developer
9 31 (8.09%) Lead Developer
9 31 (8.09%) React Developer
9 31 (8.09%) Software Developer
10 29 (7.57%) Senior Developer
11 28 (7.31%) AWS Developer
11 28 (7.31%) Cloud Security Architect
11 28 (7.31%) Security Architect
12 26 (6.79%) Python Developer
13 25 (6.53%) Senior Cloud Architect
13 25 (6.53%) Senior Security Architect
14 24 (6.27%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (30.55%) React
2 101 (26.37%) Node.js
3 52 (13.58%) Spring
4 49 (12.79%) Spring Boot
5 42 (10.97%) RESTful
6 34 (8.88%) .NET
7 31 (8.09%) Jest
8 27 (7.05%) Ruby on Rails
9 26 (6.79%) AngularJS
10 25 (6.53%) Kafka
11 23 (6.01%) REST
12 22 (5.74%) AWS CDK
13 19 (4.96%) HTML
14 16 (4.18%) Next.js
15 14 (3.66%) .NET Core
16 13 (3.39%) CSS
16 13 (3.39%) SwiftUI
16 13 (3.39%) UIKit
17 12 (3.13%) JSON
18 11 (2.87%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 74 (19.32%) Cloud Native
2 37 (9.66%) Greenfield Project
3 24 (6.27%) Data Centre
4 22 (5.74%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (4.18%) Enterprise Software
6 14 (3.66%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.35%) Public Cloud
8 8 (2.09%) Data Structures
8 8 (2.09%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.31%) IoT
10 5 (1.31%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.04%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.04%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.78%) Driving Licence
12 3 (0.78%) Operational Technology
12 3 (0.78%) Security Posture
13 2 (0.52%) NHS
13 2 (0.52%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.39%) Apple iOS
2 7 (1.83%) Linux
3 2 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.52%) VMS
4 1 (0.26%) CentOS
4 1 (0.26%) Debian
4 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (49.09%) CI/CD
2 148 (38.64%) Agile
3 147 (38.38%) DevOps
4 127 (33.16%) Mentoring
5 111 (28.98%) Microservices
6 104 (27.15%) Full-Stack Development
7 94 (24.54%) Infrastructure as Code
8 82 (21.41%) Continuous Improvement
9 79 (20.63%) AI
10 75 (19.58%) Problem-Solving
11 71 (18.54%) Test Automation
12 66 (17.23%) Containerisation
13 61 (15.93%) Software Engineering
14 57 (14.88%) Event-Driven
15 53 (13.84%) Scrum
16 51 (13.32%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 48 (12.53%) Application Security
18 46 (12.01%) Observability
19 44 (11.49%) TDD
20 42 (10.97%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 118 (30.81%) Python
2 100 (26.11%) JavaScript
3 93 (24.28%) TypeScript
4 72 (18.80%) SQL
5 66 (17.23%) Java
6 46 (12.01%) C#
7 27 (7.05%) Ruby
8 23 (6.01%) Kotlin
9 14 (3.66%) Bash
10 13 (3.39%) Swift
11 10 (2.61%) PowerShell
12 8 (2.09%) Bicep
12 8 (2.09%) PHP
13 6 (1.57%) Groovy
14 3 (0.78%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.78%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.52%) Go
15 2 (0.52%) R
15 2 (0.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 36 (9.40%) Degree
2 27 (7.05%) Azure Certification
3 26 (6.79%) Security Cleared
4 25 (6.53%) AWS Certification
5 23 (6.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (5.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (5.22%) SC Cleared
8 13 (3.39%) TOGAF Certification
9 11 (2.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.31%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.04%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 4 (1.04%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 4 (1.04%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (0.78%) CCSP
12 3 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.78%) CISM
12 3 (0.78%) CISSP
12 3 (0.78%) IIBA
12 3 (0.78%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.05%) QA
2 25 (6.53%) GRC
3 14 (3.66%) Data Quality
3 14 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.61%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.04%) WCAG
6 3 (0.78%) GDPR
6 3 (0.78%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.78%) NIST
7 2 (0.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.52%) SLA
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.26%) HL7
8 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.26%) SNOMED CT
8 1 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.26%) Solvency II
System Software
1 99 (25.85%) Docker
2 27 (7.05%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (2.09%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.78%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 69 (18.02%) Kubernetes
2 64 (16.71%) Terraform
3 20 (5.22%) Ansible
4 11 (2.87%) Grafana
5 7 (1.83%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.31%) HP Fortify
6 5 (1.31%) Packer
7 3 (0.78%) Kibana
7 3 (0.78%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.52%) Puppet
8 2 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 50 (13.05%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.79%) Tenable
3 25 (6.53%) CrowdStrike
3 25 (6.53%) Palo Alto
4 13 (3.39%) Amplitude
4 13 (3.39%) Braze
5 10 (2.61%) Databricks
6 5 (1.31%) HubSpot
7 4 (1.04%) Oracle
8 3 (0.78%) Apple
8 3 (0.78%) Google
8 3 (0.78%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.52%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.52%) Okta
9 2 (0.52%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.52%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.52%) SendGrid
10 1 (0.26%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.26%) New Relic
10 1 (0.26%) SaltStack
153 hybrid/remote Serverless jobs