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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 192 136 77
Rank change year-on-year -56 -59 +32
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 1,505 2,607 7,562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.51% 2.62% 4.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.25% 6.08% 9.59%
Number of salaries quoted 996 1,469 1,945
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 - - +5.63%
75th Percentile £93,750 £92,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £111,875 £106,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £68,497 £66,450
% change year-on-year -5.11% +3.08% +10.75%

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 35,437 42,898 78,888
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.47% 43.13% 48.46%
Number of salaries quoted 26,650 28,186 41,598
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 £96,250 £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 20 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 20 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 -45 1,293 £75,000 - 393
UK excluding London -88 832 £65,000 -5.11% 235
Work from Home -63 702 £75,000 - 220
London -19 567 £85,000 +3.03% 199
North of England -43 238 £60,000 -13.60% 81
South East +4 236 £70,000 - 54
North West -57 148 £60,000 -11.11% 42
Midlands -22 120 £70,000 - 36
Scotland -108 93 £47,500 -31.36% 11
West Midlands +20 92 £70,000 +1.08% 27
South West -134 73 £66,250 +10.42% 32
East of England +24 53 £57,500 -17.86% 14
Yorkshire -9 53 £60,000 -20.00% 27
North East +16 37 £65,000 +52.94% 12
East Midlands -43 27 £76,250 +8.93% 9
Northern Ireland +8 11 £86,250 +7.81% 5
Wales -56 9 £57,500 -8.35% 4

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 (6.91%) Apache Spark
2 98 (6.51%) Apache
3 50 (3.32%) SharePoint
4 42 (2.79%) OpenStack
5 37 (2.46%) Confluence
6 16 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
7 11 (0.73%) Red Hat Fuse
8 10 (0.66%) JBoss
9 7 (0.47%) Apache Pig
9 7 (0.47%) nginx
10 6 (0.40%) CMS
10 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
10 6 (0.40%) Tomcat
11 5 (0.33%) 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 (0.27%) 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 (1.53%) 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
1 987 (65.58%) AWS
2 699 (46.45%) AWS Lambda
3 693 (46.05%) Azure
4 369 (24.52%) Azure Functions
5 301 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
6 283 (18.80%) Amazon S3
7 241 (16.01%) Amazon EC2
7 241 (16.01%) Azure Logic Apps
8 238 (15.81%) Amazon ECS
9 223 (14.82%) Azure Service Bus
10 214 (14.22%) Amazon EKS
11 186 (12.36%) Amazon SQS
12 185 (12.29%) AWS CloudFormation
13 159 (10.56%) Azure API Management
14 146 (9.70%) Power Platform
15 129 (8.57%) GitHub
16 125 (8.31%) IBM Cloud
17 99 (6.58%) GCP
18 83 (5.51%) SaaS
19 79 (5.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.59%) AMQP
2 29 (1.93%) Firewall
3 25 (1.66%) HTTP
4 21 (1.40%) DNS
5 19 (1.26%) VPN
6 17 (1.13%) Network Security
7 14 (0.93%) Internet
8 9 (0.60%) WAN
9 7 (0.47%) IPv4
9 7 (0.47%) 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
1 320 (21.26%) NoSQL
2 250 (16.61%) Relational Database
3 242 (16.08%) PostgreSQL
4 215 (14.29%) DynamoDB
5 189 (12.56%) Amazon RDS
6 165 (10.96%) MongoDB
7 128 (8.50%) Big Data
8 125 (8.31%) DB2
9 114 (7.57%) MySQL
10 111 (7.38%) SQL Server
11 97 (6.45%) Hadoop
12 73 (4.85%) Amazon Redshift
13 70 (4.65%) Power BI
14 55 (3.65%) Azure SQL Database
15 54 (3.59%) Electronic Patient Records
16 46 (3.06%) RDBMS
17 45 (2.99%) Data Lake
18 42 (2.79%) Redis
19 36 (2.39%) Oracle Database
20 31 (2.06%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 337 (22.39%) Git
2 161 (10.70%) Jenkins
3 94 (6.25%) GitLab
4 67 (4.45%) JIRA
5 36 (2.39%) JDeveloper
6 32 (2.13%) Artifactory
7 28 (1.86%) Bitbucket
8 27 (1.79%) JUnit
9 25 (1.66%) Postman
10 19 (1.26%) SonarQube
11 18 (1.20%) Cypress.io
12 16 (1.06%) TeamCity
13 15 (1.00%) 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%) Sonatype Nexus
15 10 (0.66%) Visual Studio
15 10 (0.66%) Yeoman
General
1 320 (21.26%) Social Skills
2 296 (19.67%) Finance
3 208 (13.82%) Public Sector
4 99 (6.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 90 (5.98%) Analytical Skills
6 88 (5.85%) Law
7 61 (4.05%) Legal
8 57 (3.79%) Marketing
9 44 (2.92%) Retail
10 42 (2.79%) Front Office
11 35 (2.33%) Games
12 32 (2.13%) Aerospace
13 29 (1.93%) Banking
14 26 (1.73%) Automotive
14 26 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.40%) Tech for Good
16 18 (1.20%) Health Technology
16 18 (1.20%) Manufacturing
17 13 (0.86%) Billing
18 11 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 618 (41.06%) Developer
2 288 (19.14%) Software Engineer
3 257 (17.08%) Senior
4 225 (14.95%) Full Stack Developer
5 216 (14.35%) AWS Engineer
6 185 (12.29%) Lead
7 153 (10.17%) Azure Developer
8 132 (8.77%) DevOps Engineer
9 116 (7.71%) Senior Developer
10 94 (6.25%) Architect
11 92 (6.11%) Java Developer
12 88 (5.85%) AWS Software Engineer
12 88 (5.85%) Cloud Engineer
13 78 (5.18%) AWS DevOps
14 76 (5.05%) Data Engineer
15 69 (4.58%) AWS DevOps Engineer
16 65 (4.32%) AWS Developer
17 63 (4.19%) Software Developer
18 61 (4.05%) Python Engineer
19 60 (3.99%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 509 (33.82%) Node.js
2 407 (27.04%) React
3 403 (26.78%) .NET
4 278 (18.47%) AngularJS
5 275 (18.27%) REST
6 219 (14.55%) HTML
7 208 (13.82%) CSS
8 202 (13.42%) Web Services
9 195 (12.96%) ASP.NET
10 174 (11.56%) Vue
11 151 (10.03%) RESTful
12 143 (9.50%) ASP.NET Core
13 140 (9.30%) jQuery
13 140 (9.30%) Spring
14 133 (8.84%) Spring Boot
15 129 (8.57%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 125 (8.31%) Backbone.js
16 125 (8.31%) Ember.js
17 105 (6.98%) GraphQL
18 88 (5.85%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 207 (13.75%) Algorithms
2 163 (10.83%) Data Structures
3 141 (9.37%) Hybrid Cloud
4 129 (8.57%) Blockchain
5 99 (6.58%) Cloud Native
6 93 (6.18%) Distributed Systems
7 56 (3.72%) Greenfield Project
8 53 (3.52%) Client/Server
9 43 (2.86%) Product Ownership
10 34 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
10 34 (2.26%) Mobile App
11 30 (1.99%) Tandem
12 25 (1.66%) Low-Code
13 24 (1.59%) IoT
14 22 (1.46%) Management Information System
14 22 (1.46%) Onboarding
15 19 (1.26%) Public Cloud
16 18 (1.20%) Blog
16 18 (1.20%) Virtual Team
17 17 (1.13%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 237 (15.75%) Linux
2 181 (12.03%) Windows
3 128 (8.50%) Apple iOS
4 126 (8.37%) Android
5 31 (2.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 29 (1.93%) Ubuntu
7 28 (1.86%) CentOS
8 27 (1.79%) Debian
9 19 (1.26%) Windows Server
10 15 (1.00%) Unix
11 7 (0.47%) VMS
12 6 (0.40%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 696 (46.25%) DevOps
2 628 (41.73%) Agile
3 531 (35.28%) CI/CD
4 486 (32.29%) Software Engineering
5 410 (27.24%) Microservices
6 364 (24.19%) Full Stack Development
7 316 (21.00%) Problem-Solving
8 267 (17.74%) Design Patterns
9 252 (16.74%) Containerisation
10 250 (16.61%) Infrastructure as Code
11 245 (16.28%) Scrum
12 202 (13.42%) Artificial Intelligence
13 192 (12.76%) MVC
14 191 (12.69%) TDD
15 190 (12.62%) API Management
16 184 (12.23%) OOP
17 175 (11.63%) OO
17 175 (11.63%) Web Development
18 174 (11.56%) SOLID
19 161 (10.70%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 638 (42.39%) Python
2 551 (36.61%) Java
3 535 (35.55%) SQL
4 505 (33.55%) JavaScript
5 406 (26.98%) C#
6 245 (16.28%) TypeScript
7 146 (9.70%) Go
8 90 (5.98%) Bash
9 68 (4.52%) PowerShell
10 64 (4.25%) Scala
11 63 (4.19%) Ruby
12 47 (3.12%) T-SQL
13 46 (3.06%) Perl
14 38 (2.52%) Shell Script
15 37 (2.46%) PHP
16 23 (1.53%) C
17 14 (0.93%) Bicep
18 13 (0.86%) C++
19 11 (0.73%) Kotlin
20 9 (0.60%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 165 (10.96%) Degree
2 142 (9.44%) Security Cleared
3 118 (7.84%) SC Cleared
4 96 (6.38%) AWS Certification
5 85 (5.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 50 (3.32%) Azure Certification
7 48 (3.19%) DBS Check
8 39 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 38 (2.52%) DV Cleared
10 37 (2.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 30 (1.99%) Master's Degree
12 16 (1.06%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 11 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (0.53%) AWS Certified Developer
15 4 (0.27%) CEH
15 4 (0.27%) CISSP
15 4 (0.27%) GSEC
15 4 (0.27%) OSCP
16 3 (0.20%) PhD
16 3 (0.20%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (5.85%) QA
2 33 (2.19%) GDPR
3 21 (1.40%) Accessibility
4 20 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (1.13%) NIST
6 13 (0.86%) Data Quality
7 11 (0.73%) HIPAA
8 6 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.27%) 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
1 343 (22.79%) Docker
2 51 (3.39%) Virtual Machines
3 42 (2.79%) Active Directory
4 38 (2.52%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.60%) HDFS
7 7 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.066%) RACF
Systems Management
1 379 (25.18%) Terraform
2 326 (21.66%) Kubernetes
3 136 (9.04%) Ansible
4 43 (2.86%) Puppet
5 32 (2.13%) Grafana
6 20 (1.33%) Progress Chef
7 19 (1.26%) Prometheus
8 14 (0.93%) 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
1 204 (13.55%) Microsoft
2 154 (10.23%) Red Hat
3 126 (8.37%) IBM
4 72 (4.78%) Oracle
5 59 (3.92%) Google
6 49 (3.26%) Databricks
7 42 (2.79%) WSO2
8 27 (1.79%) SaltStack
9 20 (1.33%) ForgeRock
10 16 (1.06%) Sitecore
11 15 (1.00%) Salesforce
12 14 (0.93%) Splunk
13 12 (0.80%) Atlassian
13 12 (0.80%) VMware
14 11 (0.73%) Facebook
14 11 (0.73%) Informatica
14 11 (0.73%) Sage
15 9 (0.60%) Apple
15 9 (0.60%) MuleSoft
15 9 (0.60%) PayPal