Serverless Computing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Serverless skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Serverless over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 197 138 77
Rank change year-on-year -59 -61 +34
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 1,515 2,574 7,435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.52% 2.60% 4.63%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.28% 6.03% 9.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,005 1,463 1,915
10th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.14%
75th Percentile £93,750 £92,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,000 £107,250 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £68,497 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.11% +5.38% +8.33%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Serverless is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,421 42,712 77,813
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 43.07% 48.42%
Number of salaries quoted 26,675 28,032 41,298
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,000 £102,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Serverless
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Serverless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Serverless in the UK

Serverless
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Serverless.

Salary trend for Serverless in the UK

Serverless
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Serverless over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Serverless in the UK

Serverless
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Serverless within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
England -44 1,302 £75,000 - 378
UK excluding London -84 831 £65,000 -5.11% 222
Work from Home -67 706 £75,000 - 217
London -10 575 £85,000 +3.03% 193
North of England -41 238 £60,000 -13.60% 75
South East 0 236 £70,000 - 53
North West -53 148 £60,000 -11.11% 39
Midlands -17 118 £70,000 - 32
Scotland -111 94 £52,500 -24.13% 9
West Midlands +19 91 £70,000 - 25
South West -127 73 £66,250 +10.42% 30
East of England +22 53 £57,500 -17.86% 15
Yorkshire -5 53 £60,000 -20.00% 26
North East +10 37 £65,000 +52.94% 10
East Midlands -32 26 £75,000 +7.14% 7
Northern Ireland 0 11 £86,250 +7.81% 5
Wales -55 9 £57,500 -8.35% 5

Serverless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 104 (6.86%) Apache Spark
2 99 (6.53%) Apache
3 51 (3.37%) SharePoint
4 41 (2.71%) OpenStack
5 38 (2.51%) Confluence
6 17 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
7 10 (0.66%) Red Hat Fuse
8 9 (0.59%) JBoss
9 8 (0.53%) Apache Pig
10 7 (0.46%) nginx
11 6 (0.40%) CMS
11 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
11 6 (0.40%) Tomcat
11 6 (0.40%) WordPress
12 3 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
13 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.066%) Apache Synapse
14 1 (0.066%) ArcGIS
14 1 (0.066%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 6 (0.40%) Chatbot
1 6 (0.40%) Trello
2 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.066%) Sketch
4 1 (0.066%) UXPin
4 1 (0.066%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 23 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.66%) Shopify
3 3 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.13%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.066%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.066%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 992 (65.48%) AWS
2 702 (46.34%) AWS Lambda
3 701 (46.27%) Azure
4 370 (24.42%) Azure Functions
5 303 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
6 282 (18.61%) Amazon S3
7 242 (15.97%) Azure Logic Apps
8 241 (15.91%) Amazon EC2
9 238 (15.71%) Amazon ECS
10 224 (14.79%) Azure Service Bus
11 214 (14.13%) Amazon EKS
12 187 (12.34%) Amazon SQS
13 185 (12.21%) AWS CloudFormation
14 159 (10.50%) Azure API Management
15 147 (9.70%) Power Platform
16 132 (8.71%) GitHub
17 125 (8.25%) IBM Cloud
18 101 (6.67%) GCP
19 84 (5.54%) SaaS
20 79 (5.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.57%) AMQP
2 29 (1.91%) Firewall
3 25 (1.65%) HTTP
4 21 (1.39%) DNS
5 19 (1.25%) VPN
6 18 (1.19%) Network Security
7 14 (0.92%) Internet
8 9 (0.59%) WAN
9 7 (0.46%) IPv4
9 7 (0.46%) LAN
10 6 (0.40%) MQTT
11 5 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.33%) Wireless
12 3 (0.20%) DHCP
12 3 (0.20%) NGFW
13 2 (0.13%) Bluetooth
13 2 (0.13%) WLAN
14 1 (0.066%) IPsec
14 1 (0.066%) Kerberos
14 1 (0.066%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 321 (21.19%) NoSQL
2 249 (16.44%) Relational Database
3 241 (15.91%) PostgreSQL
4 215 (14.19%) DynamoDB
5 188 (12.41%) Amazon RDS
6 165 (10.89%) MongoDB
7 129 (8.51%) Big Data
8 125 (8.25%) DB2
9 115 (7.59%) MySQL
10 111 (7.33%) SQL Server
11 98 (6.47%) Hadoop
12 73 (4.82%) Amazon Redshift
13 70 (4.62%) Power BI
14 55 (3.63%) Azure SQL Database
15 54 (3.56%) Electronic Patient Records
16 46 (3.04%) Data Lake
16 46 (3.04%) RDBMS
17 42 (2.77%) Redis
18 36 (2.38%) Oracle Database
19 32 (2.11%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 337 (22.24%) Git
2 162 (10.69%) Jenkins
3 97 (6.40%) GitLab
4 68 (4.49%) JIRA
5 36 (2.38%) JDeveloper
6 32 (2.11%) Artifactory
7 28 (1.85%) Bitbucket
8 27 (1.78%) JUnit
9 25 (1.65%) Postman
10 20 (1.32%) SonarQube
11 19 (1.25%) TeamCity
12 18 (1.19%) Cypress.io
13 15 (0.99%) Subversion
14 11 (0.73%) CircleCI
14 11 (0.73%) MSTest
15 10 (0.66%) Cucumber
15 10 (0.66%) gulp
15 10 (0.66%) Octopus Deploy
15 10 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
15 10 (0.66%) Yeoman
General
1 319 (21.06%) Social Skills
2 297 (19.60%) Finance
3 209 (13.80%) Public Sector
4 100 (6.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 89 (5.87%) Analytical Skills
6 88 (5.81%) Law
7 61 (4.03%) Legal
8 58 (3.83%) Marketing
9 47 (3.10%) Retail
10 42 (2.77%) Front Office
11 35 (2.31%) Games
12 32 (2.11%) Aerospace
13 29 (1.91%) Banking
14 26 (1.72%) Automotive
14 26 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.39%) Tech for Good
16 19 (1.25%) Manufacturing
17 18 (1.19%) Health Technology
18 13 (0.86%) Billing
19 11 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 619 (40.86%) Developer
2 288 (19.01%) Software Engineer
3 257 (16.96%) Senior
4 224 (14.79%) Full Stack Developer
5 218 (14.39%) AWS Engineer
6 188 (12.41%) Lead
7 153 (10.10%) Azure Developer
8 136 (8.98%) DevOps Engineer
9 116 (7.66%) Senior Developer
10 96 (6.34%) Architect
11 91 (6.01%) Java Developer
12 89 (5.87%) Cloud Engineer
13 88 (5.81%) AWS Software Engineer
14 80 (5.28%) AWS DevOps
15 77 (5.08%) Data Engineer
16 71 (4.69%) AWS DevOps Engineer
17 65 (4.29%) AWS Developer
18 63 (4.16%) Software Developer
19 60 (3.96%) Python Engineer
19 60 (3.96%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 508 (33.53%) Node.js
2 408 (26.93%) React
3 404 (26.67%) .NET
4 278 (18.35%) AngularJS
5 274 (18.09%) REST
6 219 (14.46%) HTML
7 208 (13.73%) CSS
8 201 (13.27%) Web Services
9 195 (12.87%) ASP.NET
10 174 (11.49%) Vue
11 151 (9.97%) RESTful
12 143 (9.44%) ASP.NET Core
13 140 (9.24%) jQuery
13 140 (9.24%) Spring
14 133 (8.78%) Spring Boot
15 129 (8.51%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 125 (8.25%) Backbone.js
16 125 (8.25%) Ember.js
17 105 (6.93%) GraphQL
18 88 (5.81%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 207 (13.66%) Algorithms
2 163 (10.76%) Data Structures
3 141 (9.31%) Hybrid Cloud
4 129 (8.51%) Blockchain
5 103 (6.80%) Cloud Native
6 91 (6.01%) Distributed Systems
7 56 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
8 54 (3.56%) Client/Server
9 44 (2.90%) Product Ownership
10 36 (2.38%) Mobile App
11 33 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
12 30 (1.98%) Tandem
13 25 (1.65%) Low-Code
14 24 (1.58%) IoT
15 22 (1.45%) Management Information System
16 21 (1.39%) Onboarding
17 20 (1.32%) Public Cloud
18 19 (1.25%) Blog
19 18 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
19 18 (1.19%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 238 (15.71%) Linux
2 184 (12.15%) Windows
3 128 (8.45%) Apple iOS
4 126 (8.32%) Android
5 31 (2.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 29 (1.91%) Ubuntu
7 28 (1.85%) CentOS
8 27 (1.78%) Debian
9 19 (1.25%) Windows Server
10 15 (0.99%) Unix
11 9 (0.59%) VMS
12 6 (0.40%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 702 (46.34%) DevOps
2 632 (41.72%) Agile
3 540 (35.64%) CI/CD
4 489 (32.28%) Software Engineering
5 410 (27.06%) Microservices
6 364 (24.03%) Full Stack Development
7 319 (21.06%) Problem-Solving
8 269 (17.76%) Design Patterns
9 255 (16.83%) Containerisation
10 254 (16.77%) Infrastructure as Code
11 244 (16.11%) Scrum
12 204 (13.47%) Artificial Intelligence
13 192 (12.67%) API Management
13 192 (12.67%) MVC
14 191 (12.61%) TDD
15 184 (12.15%) OOP
16 176 (11.62%) OO
17 175 (11.55%) Web Development
18 174 (11.49%) SOLID
19 161 (10.63%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 641 (42.31%) Python
2 551 (36.37%) Java
3 539 (35.58%) SQL
4 506 (33.40%) JavaScript
5 406 (26.80%) C#
6 245 (16.17%) TypeScript
7 146 (9.64%) Go
8 93 (6.14%) Bash
9 71 (4.69%) PowerShell
10 64 (4.22%) Scala
11 63 (4.16%) Ruby
12 47 (3.10%) T-SQL
13 46 (3.04%) Perl
14 38 (2.51%) PHP
14 38 (2.51%) Shell Script
15 23 (1.52%) C
16 15 (0.99%) Bicep
17 13 (0.86%) C++
18 11 (0.73%) Kotlin
19 9 (0.59%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 165 (10.89%) Degree
2 145 (9.57%) Security Cleared
3 121 (7.99%) SC Cleared
4 96 (6.34%) AWS Certification
5 85 (5.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 50 (3.30%) Azure Certification
7 49 (3.23%) DBS Check
8 40 (2.64%) Microsoft Certification
9 38 (2.51%) DV Cleared
10 37 (2.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 29 (1.91%) Master's Degree
12 16 (1.06%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 12 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (0.53%) AWS Certified Developer
15 4 (0.26%) CEH
15 4 (0.26%) CISSP
15 4 (0.26%) GSEC
15 4 (0.26%) OSCP
16 3 (0.20%) PhD
16 3 (0.20%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (5.94%) QA
2 33 (2.18%) GDPR
3 21 (1.39%) Accessibility
4 19 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.06%) NIST
6 13 (0.86%) Data Quality
7 11 (0.73%) HIPAA
8 6 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.26%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.20%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.20%) WCAG
11 2 (0.13%) NCSC
12 1 (0.066%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.066%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.066%) SEPA
12 1 (0.066%) SLA
System Software
1 348 (22.97%) Docker
2 53 (3.50%) Virtual Machines
3 42 (2.77%) Active Directory
4 38 (2.51%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (0.66%) HDFS
7 7 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.066%) RACF
Systems Management
1 385 (25.41%) Terraform
2 330 (21.78%) Kubernetes
3 135 (8.91%) Ansible
4 43 (2.84%) Puppet
5 32 (2.11%) Grafana
6 20 (1.32%) Progress Chef
7 19 (1.25%) Prometheus
8 14 (0.92%) Packer
9 8 (0.53%) Argo
10 6 (0.40%) Kibana
10 6 (0.40%) Salt
11 5 (0.33%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.33%) SCCM
12 3 (0.20%) Autotask
12 3 (0.20%) Consul
13 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.13%) CASB
13 2 (0.13%) Istio
13 2 (0.13%) Podman
13 2 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 209 (13.80%) Microsoft
2 154 (10.17%) Red Hat
3 126 (8.32%) IBM
4 72 (4.75%) Oracle
5 59 (3.89%) Google
6 49 (3.23%) Databricks
7 41 (2.71%) WSO2
8 27 (1.78%) SaltStack
9 20 (1.32%) ForgeRock
10 16 (1.06%) Sitecore
11 15 (0.99%) Salesforce
12 14 (0.92%) Splunk
13 12 (0.79%) Atlassian
13 12 (0.79%) VMware
14 11 (0.73%) Facebook
14 11 (0.73%) Informatica
14 11 (0.73%) Sage
15 9 (0.59%) Apple
15 9 (0.59%) MuleSoft
15 9 (0.59%) PayPal