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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 191 139 78
Rank change year-on-year -52 -61 +40
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 1,530 2,685 6,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.56% 2.57% 4.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.35% 5.95% 9.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,026 1,562 1,928
10th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £47,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £58,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.14%
75th Percentile £93,750 £93,750 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £106,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +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 35,208 45,118 74,069
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.91% 43.11% 48.06%
Number of salaries quoted 26,662 29,500 41,930
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £33,750
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 £95,000 £102,500 £100,000
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 27 April 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 27 April 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 -42 1,306 £75,000 - 303
UK excluding London -81 846 £65,000 -3.70% 167
Work from Home -58 728 £75,000 - 202
London -20 567 £85,000 +3.03% 146
North of England -28 243 £60,000 -13.60% 61
South East +11 239 £70,000 - 24
North West -40 144 £60,000 -11.11% 37
Midlands -21 114 £70,000 +3.70% 26
Scotland -105 96 £57,500 -15.87% 11
West Midlands +12 86 £70,000 +7.69% 14
South West -109 75 £66,250 +10.42% 28
Yorkshire +8 61 £60,000 -22.58% 17
East of England +30 56 £57,500 -17.86% 11
North East +12 38 £65,000 +30.00% 8
East Midlands -37 27 £55,000 -21.43% 12
Northern Ireland +15 14 £77,500 -3.13% 6
Wales -41 10 £51,816 -17.41% 6

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
1 102 (6.67%) Apache
1 102 (6.67%) Apache Spark
2 55 (3.59%) SharePoint
3 42 (2.75%) OpenStack
4 37 (2.42%) Confluence
5 18 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.65%) JBoss
6 10 (0.65%) Red Hat Fuse
7 9 (0.59%) CMS
8 8 (0.52%) Apache Pig
9 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (0.46%) nginx
9 7 (0.46%) Tomcat
10 6 (0.39%) WordPress
11 3 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.20%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.065%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.065%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.065%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (0.39%) Chatbot
1 6 (0.39%) Trello
2 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.065%) Sketch
4 1 (0.065%) UXPin
4 1 (0.065%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 24 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.65%) Shopify
3 3 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.13%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.065%) Magento
5 1 (0.065%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.065%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 996 (65.10%) AWS
2 708 (46.27%) AWS Lambda
3 690 (45.10%) Azure
4 363 (23.73%) Azure Functions
5 298 (19.48%) Azure DevOps
6 291 (19.02%) Amazon S3
7 247 (16.14%) Amazon EC2
8 246 (16.08%) Amazon ECS
9 237 (15.49%) Azure Logic Apps
10 219 (14.31%) Amazon EKS
11 213 (13.92%) Azure Service Bus
12 187 (12.22%) AWS CloudFormation
13 183 (11.96%) Amazon SQS
14 156 (10.20%) Azure API Management
15 151 (9.87%) Power Platform
16 134 (8.76%) GitHub
17 117 (7.65%) IBM Cloud
18 104 (6.80%) GCP
19 83 (5.42%) SaaS
20 77 (5.03%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.35%) AMQP
2 26 (1.70%) Firewall
3 25 (1.63%) HTTP
4 19 (1.24%) Network Security
4 19 (1.24%) VPN
5 17 (1.11%) Internet
6 16 (1.05%) DNS
7 8 (0.52%) WAN
8 7 (0.46%) IPv4
8 7 (0.46%) LAN
9 5 (0.33%) Bluetooth
9 5 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.33%) Wireless
10 4 (0.26%) MQTT
11 3 (0.20%) DHCP
12 2 (0.13%) WLAN
13 1 (0.065%) IPsec
13 1 (0.065%) Kerberos
13 1 (0.065%) SSL
13 1 (0.065%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 303 (19.80%) NoSQL
2 244 (15.95%) Relational Database
3 237 (15.49%) PostgreSQL
4 206 (13.46%) DynamoDB
5 183 (11.96%) Amazon RDS
6 157 (10.26%) MongoDB
7 127 (8.30%) Big Data
8 121 (7.91%) SQL Server
9 117 (7.65%) DB2
10 115 (7.52%) MySQL
11 96 (6.27%) Hadoop
12 86 (5.62%) Amazon Redshift
13 79 (5.16%) Power BI
14 54 (3.53%) Azure SQL Database
14 54 (3.53%) Electronic Patient Records
15 51 (3.33%) Data Lake
16 46 (3.01%) RDBMS
17 42 (2.75%) Redis
18 37 (2.42%) Amazon Aurora
19 36 (2.35%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 343 (22.42%) Git
2 175 (11.44%) Jenkins
3 88 (5.75%) GitLab
4 69 (4.51%) JIRA
5 39 (2.55%) Artifactory
6 36 (2.35%) JDeveloper
7 28 (1.83%) Bitbucket
8 27 (1.76%) JUnit
9 26 (1.70%) Postman
10 20 (1.31%) SonarQube
10 20 (1.31%) TeamCity
11 18 (1.18%) Cypress.io
12 15 (0.98%) CircleCI
12 15 (0.98%) Subversion
13 11 (0.72%) MSTest
13 11 (0.72%) Octopus Deploy
14 10 (0.65%) Cucumber
14 10 (0.65%) gulp
14 10 (0.65%) Visual Studio
14 10 (0.65%) Yeoman
General
1 320 (20.92%) Social Skills
2 304 (19.87%) Finance
3 206 (13.46%) Public Sector
4 95 (6.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 89 (5.82%) Analytical Skills
6 80 (5.23%) Law
7 61 (3.99%) Legal
8 57 (3.73%) Marketing
9 47 (3.07%) Retail
10 45 (2.94%) Front Office
11 36 (2.35%) Games
12 29 (1.90%) Aerospace
12 29 (1.90%) Banking
12 29 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
13 24 (1.57%) Automotive
14 22 (1.44%) Tech for Good
15 19 (1.24%) Health Technology
15 19 (1.24%) Manufacturing
16 13 (0.85%) Billing
17 11 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 622 (40.65%) Developer
2 291 (19.02%) Software Engineer
3 252 (16.47%) Senior
4 218 (14.25%) AWS Engineer
5 216 (14.12%) Full Stack Developer
6 182 (11.90%) Lead
7 147 (9.61%) Azure Developer
8 146 (9.54%) DevOps Engineer
9 113 (7.39%) Senior Developer
10 100 (6.54%) Architect
11 94 (6.14%) Java Developer
12 93 (6.08%) Data Engineer
13 89 (5.82%) Cloud Engineer
14 86 (5.62%) AWS DevOps
15 81 (5.29%) AWS Software Engineer
16 78 (5.10%) AWS DevOps Engineer
17 66 (4.31%) Software Developer
18 60 (3.92%) AWS Developer
19 56 (3.66%) Senior Software Engineer
20 54 (3.53%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 499 (32.61%) Node.js
2 408 (26.67%) React
3 394 (25.75%) .NET
4 268 (17.52%) AngularJS
5 263 (17.19%) REST
6 212 (13.86%) HTML
7 202 (13.20%) CSS
8 194 (12.68%) Web Services
9 191 (12.48%) ASP.NET
10 171 (11.18%) Vue
11 156 (10.20%) Spring
12 142 (9.28%) RESTful
13 134 (8.76%) ASP.NET Core
14 133 (8.69%) jQuery
15 128 (8.37%) Spring Boot
16 121 (7.91%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 117 (7.65%) Backbone.js
17 117 (7.65%) Ember.js
18 95 (6.21%) GraphQL
19 89 (5.82%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 201 (13.14%) Algorithms
2 157 (10.26%) Data Structures
3 132 (8.63%) Hybrid Cloud
4 123 (8.04%) Blockchain
5 98 (6.41%) Cloud Native
6 96 (6.27%) Distributed Systems
7 54 (3.53%) Client/Server
8 53 (3.46%) Greenfield Project
9 39 (2.55%) Product Ownership
10 36 (2.35%) Tandem
11 35 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
11 35 (2.29%) Mobile App
12 27 (1.76%) IoT
12 27 (1.76%) Low-Code
13 26 (1.70%) Onboarding
14 25 (1.63%) Management Information System
15 21 (1.37%) Virtual Team
16 20 (1.31%) Public Cloud
17 18 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
18 17 (1.11%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 242 (15.82%) Linux
2 178 (11.63%) Windows
3 120 (7.84%) Apple iOS
4 118 (7.71%) Android
5 28 (1.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 26 (1.70%) Ubuntu
7 25 (1.63%) CentOS
8 24 (1.57%) Debian
9 18 (1.18%) Windows Server
10 16 (1.05%) Unix
11 10 (0.65%) VMS
12 8 (0.52%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 712 (46.54%) DevOps
2 625 (40.85%) Agile
3 550 (35.95%) CI/CD
4 499 (32.61%) Software Engineering
5 425 (27.78%) Microservices
6 344 (22.48%) Full Stack Development
7 336 (21.96%) Problem-Solving
8 286 (18.69%) Design Patterns
9 270 (17.65%) Containerisation
10 248 (16.21%) Infrastructure as Code
11 238 (15.56%) Scrum
12 198 (12.94%) Artificial Intelligence
13 187 (12.22%) API Management
14 186 (12.16%) MVC
15 178 (11.63%) TDD
16 172 (11.24%) OOP
17 167 (10.92%) Continuous Integration
18 166 (10.85%) Web Development
19 165 (10.78%) OO
20 162 (10.59%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 653 (42.68%) Python
2 561 (36.67%) Java
3 547 (35.75%) SQL
4 499 (32.61%) JavaScript
5 418 (27.32%) C#
6 246 (16.08%) TypeScript
7 156 (10.20%) Go
8 94 (6.14%) Bash
9 84 (5.49%) Ruby
10 65 (4.25%) PowerShell
10 65 (4.25%) Scala
11 49 (3.20%) T-SQL
12 47 (3.07%) Perl
13 42 (2.75%) Shell Script
14 40 (2.61%) PHP
15 23 (1.50%) C
16 16 (1.05%) Bicep
17 13 (0.85%) C++
18 11 (0.72%) Kotlin
19 9 (0.59%) R
Qualifications
1 169 (11.05%) Degree
2 147 (9.61%) Security Cleared
3 120 (7.84%) SC Cleared
4 97 (6.34%) AWS Certification
5 89 (5.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 48 (3.14%) Azure Certification
7 39 (2.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 39 (2.55%) DBS Check
8 38 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
9 35 (2.29%) DV Cleared
10 33 (2.16%) Master's Degree
11 18 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
12 17 (1.11%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 8 (0.52%) AWS Certified Developer
14 4 (0.26%) CEH
14 4 (0.26%) CISSP
14 4 (0.26%) GSEC
14 4 (0.26%) OSCP
15 3 (0.20%) PhD
15 3 (0.20%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (5.49%) QA
2 35 (2.29%) GDPR
3 20 (1.31%) Accessibility
4 15 (0.98%) Data Quality
5 14 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (0.72%) HIPAA
6 11 (0.72%) NIST
7 6 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.26%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.20%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.20%) WCAG
10 2 (0.13%) NCSC
11 1 (0.065%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.065%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.065%) PMO
11 1 (0.065%) SEPA
System Software
1 363 (23.73%) Docker
2 49 (3.20%) Virtual Machines
3 42 (2.75%) Active Directory
4 39 (2.55%) Hyper-V
5 12 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (0.65%) HDFS
7 4 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.065%) RACF
Systems Management
1 395 (25.82%) Terraform
2 338 (22.09%) Kubernetes
3 137 (8.95%) Ansible
4 39 (2.55%) Puppet
5 35 (2.29%) Grafana
6 20 (1.31%) Progress Chef
7 18 (1.18%) Prometheus
8 15 (0.98%) Packer
9 7 (0.46%) Argo
9 7 (0.46%) Salt
10 6 (0.39%) Kibana
11 5 (0.33%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.20%) Autotask
12 3 (0.20%) Consul
12 3 (0.20%) SCCM
13 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.13%) CASB
13 2 (0.13%) Istio
13 2 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.065%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 216 (14.12%) Microsoft
2 143 (9.35%) Red Hat
3 119 (7.78%) IBM
4 75 (4.90%) Oracle
5 60 (3.92%) Google
6 54 (3.53%) Databricks
7 42 (2.75%) WSO2
8 24 (1.57%) SaltStack
9 18 (1.18%) ForgeRock
10 14 (0.92%) Sitecore
10 14 (0.92%) Splunk
11 13 (0.85%) Atlassian
11 13 (0.85%) Salesforce
11 13 (0.85%) VMware
12 11 (0.72%) Facebook
12 11 (0.72%) Informatica
12 11 (0.72%) Sage
13 9 (0.59%) GoCardless
13 9 (0.59%) MuleSoft
13 9 (0.59%) PayPal