Serverless Jobs

Serverless Computing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 23 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 157 99 82
Rank change year-on-year -58 -17 -9
Permanent jobs citing Serverless 1,281 1,886 5,493
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.69% 3.17% 3.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.47% 7.41% 8.61%
Number of salaries quoted 522 986 1,954
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £82,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £95,000 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 23,425 25,468 63,795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.96% 42.84% 45.39%
Number of salaries quoted 13,587 19,908 37,407
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

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 23 October 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 23 October 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 -41 1,174 £72,500 +3.57% 294
UK excluding London -91 734 £60,000 -7.69% 185
Work from Home -62 633 £70,750 +4.77% 450
London -15 517 £87,500 +16.67% 128
South East -11 209 £61,250 -12.50% 46
South West +5 181 £70,000 +16.67% 31
North of England -154 100 £55,000 -15.38% 54
East of England 0 88 £60,000 -20.00% 11
Midlands -59 83 £60,000 -4.00% 20
North West -129 64 £55,000 -15.38% 33
West Midlands -35 49 £72,500 +20.83% 12
Scotland -75 47 £70,000 +7.69% 10
East Midlands -59 33 £34,000 -53.10% 8
Wales -19 29 £27,500 -47.62% 4
Yorkshire -43 29 £52,500 -22.26% 16
North East -29 7 £57,500 -4.17% 6
Northern Ireland -26 2 £85,000 +30.77% 11

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 18 (1.41%) Confluence
2 16 (1.25%) Apache
3 15 (1.17%) Apache Spark
3 15 (1.17%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.01%) OpenStack
5 12 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.47%) BizTalk Server
6 6 (0.47%) Cloud Foundry
6 6 (0.47%) Red Hat Fuse
7 4 (0.31%) JBoss
8 3 (0.23%) nginx
8 3 (0.23%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.078%) Apache Pig
10 1 (0.078%) CMS
10 1 (0.078%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.078%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.078%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.078%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.078%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.16%) Shopify
4 1 (0.078%) Avolution ABACUS
4 1 (0.078%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.078%) R3 Corda
4 1 (0.078%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.078%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 923 (72.05%) AWS
2 602 (46.99%) AWS Lambda
3 513 (40.05%) Azure
4 393 (30.68%) Amazon S3
5 313 (24.43%) Amazon SQS
5 313 (24.43%) Azure Functions
6 262 (20.45%) GitHub
7 208 (16.24%) Amazon Kinesis
8 199 (15.53%) Azure DevOps
8 199 (15.53%) Azure Logic Apps
9 189 (14.75%) Power Platform
10 158 (12.33%) PowerApps
11 157 (12.26%) PaaS
12 154 (12.02%) Power Automate
13 141 (11.01%) IaaS
14 130 (10.15%) GCP
15 118 (9.21%) Amazon EC2
16 109 (8.51%) SaaS
17 107 (8.35%) AWS CloudFormation
18 83 (6.48%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (1.95%) MQTT
2 23 (1.80%) Firewall
3 21 (1.64%) HTTP
4 20 (1.56%) Broadband
5 13 (1.01%) VPN
6 12 (0.94%) DNS
7 8 (0.62%) Network Security
7 8 (0.62%) VLAN
8 6 (0.47%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.39%) AMQP
9 5 (0.39%) WAN
10 4 (0.31%) IPv6
10 4 (0.31%) MPLS
11 3 (0.23%) LAN
11 3 (0.23%) NGFW
11 3 (0.23%) Wireless
12 2 (0.16%) Internet
12 2 (0.16%) OpenVPN
13 1 (0.078%) Fibre Channel
13 1 (0.078%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 283 (22.09%) DynamoDB
2 278 (21.70%) PostgreSQL
3 229 (17.88%) Redis
4 179 (13.97%) SQL Server
5 141 (11.01%) Amazon RDS
6 120 (9.37%) NoSQL
7 79 (6.17%) Amazon Redshift
8 77 (6.01%) MongoDB
9 58 (4.53%) Relational Database
10 40 (3.12%) Azure SQL Database
11 38 (2.97%) Data Lake
11 38 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
12 35 (2.73%) Amazon Aurora
13 30 (2.34%) Power BI
14 28 (2.19%) Amazon Athena
15 23 (1.80%) Elasticsearch
16 22 (1.72%) Big Data
17 21 (1.64%) BigQuery
17 21 (1.64%) MySQL
18 17 (1.33%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 304 (23.73%) Jenkins
2 190 (14.83%) Git
3 106 (8.27%) GitLab
4 39 (3.04%) JIRA
4 39 (3.04%) Maven
4 39 (3.04%) Mockito
5 26 (2.03%) Sonatype Nexus
6 25 (1.95%) Gradle
7 24 (1.87%) Cucumber
8 20 (1.56%) JUnit
9 18 (1.41%) Visual Studio
10 17 (1.33%) Visual Studio Code
11 13 (1.01%) Bitbucket
12 10 (0.78%) Artifactory
13 9 (0.70%) SonarQube
14 8 (0.62%) CircleCI
15 7 (0.55%) Cypress.io
15 7 (0.55%) JMeter
15 7 (0.55%) TeamCity
16 6 (0.47%) Selenium
General
1 352 (27.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 273 (21.31%) Social Skills
3 222 (17.33%) Marketing
4 205 (16.00%) Advertising
5 164 (12.80%) Finance
6 78 (6.09%) Games
7 64 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
8 51 (3.98%) Banking
9 45 (3.51%) Front Office
10 31 (2.42%) Public Sector
10 31 (2.42%) Publishing
11 27 (2.11%) Law
11 27 (2.11%) Tech for Good
12 24 (1.87%) Investment Banking
13 21 (1.64%) Health Technology
14 20 (1.56%) Retail
15 18 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
16 17 (1.33%) Agriculture
17 16 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
18 14 (1.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 362 (28.26%) Software Engineer
2 309 (24.12%) Developer
3 234 (18.27%) Senior
4 190 (14.83%) Lead
5 125 (9.76%) AWS Engineer
6 87 (6.79%) Architect
6 87 (6.79%) Senior Developer
7 86 (6.71%) Analyst
8 82 (6.40%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 76 (5.93%) Full-Stack Developer
9 76 (5.93%) Python Engineer
10 74 (5.78%) DevOps Engineer
11 61 (4.76%) Java Developer
12 57 (4.45%) Senior Software Engineer
13 56 (4.37%) Applications Support
14 53 (4.14%) AWS Software Engineer
15 52 (4.06%) AWS Developer
16 44 (3.43%) Solutions Architect
17 43 (3.36%) AWS DevOps
17 43 (3.36%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 420 (32.79%) React
2 347 (27.09%) AngularJS
3 322 (25.14%) Node.js
4 313 (24.43%) REST
5 197 (15.38%) Tailwind CSS
6 143 (11.16%) .NET
7 123 (9.60%) RESTful
8 107 (8.35%) GraphQL
9 101 (7.88%) HTML
10 78 (6.09%) CSS
11 75 (5.85%) Spring Boot
12 73 (5.70%) Spring
13 65 (5.07%) React Native
14 58 (4.53%) Kafka
15 57 (4.45%) Django
16 55 (4.29%) JSON
17 52 (4.06%) ASP.NET
18 48 (3.75%) Web Services
19 45 (3.51%) HTML5
19 45 (3.51%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 203 (15.85%) Blog
2 196 (15.30%) Digital Media
3 144 (11.24%) Data Structures
4 132 (10.30%) Cloud Native
5 70 (5.46%) Product Ownership
6 60 (4.68%) Distributed Systems
7 41 (3.20%) IoT
8 33 (2.58%) Greenfield Project
9 30 (2.34%) Hedge funds
10 28 (2.19%) Mobile App
11 27 (2.11%) Derivative
12 22 (1.72%) Fixed Income
13 21 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 20 (1.56%) Equities
14 20 (1.56%) Video\Live Streaming
15 19 (1.48%) Private Cloud
16 18 (1.41%) Algorithms
17 14 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
17 14 (1.09%) PropTech
18 13 (1.01%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 68 (5.31%) Linux
2 47 (3.67%) Android
3 42 (3.28%) Windows
4 28 (2.19%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.55%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.47%) VMS
7 5 (0.39%) CentOS
7 5 (0.39%) Debian
7 5 (0.39%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.23%) zOS
9 2 (0.16%) Unix
10 1 (0.078%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.078%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 703 (54.88%) Agile
2 508 (39.66%) Software Engineering
3 477 (37.24%) DevOps
4 436 (34.04%) Full-Stack Development
5 371 (28.96%) CI/CD
6 321 (25.06%) Scrum
7 237 (18.50%) User Experience
8 229 (17.88%) Continuous Delivery
9 224 (17.49%) Microservices
10 219 (17.10%) Problem-Solving
11 208 (16.24%) E-Commerce
12 196 (15.30%) Epics
13 176 (13.74%) Infrastructure as Code
14 163 (12.72%) TDD
15 142 (11.09%) Containerisation
16 122 (9.52%) Artificial Intelligence
17 115 (8.98%) Mentoring
18 97 (7.57%) Roadmaps
19 90 (7.03%) Continuous Integration
20 88 (6.87%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 405 (31.62%) Python
2 348 (27.17%) SQL
3 347 (27.09%) TypeScript
4 246 (19.20%) JavaScript
5 190 (14.83%) Java
6 168 (13.11%) C#
7 73 (5.70%) Go
8 58 (4.53%) PowerShell
9 43 (3.36%) Bash
10 27 (2.11%) PHP
11 19 (1.48%) Shell Script
12 17 (1.33%) T-SQL
13 15 (1.17%) C++
14 12 (0.94%) Groovy
15 9 (0.70%) Ruby
16 8 (0.62%) Bicep
17 7 (0.55%) Perl
18 5 (0.39%) Kotlin
18 5 (0.39%) Scala
19 4 (0.31%) R
Qualifications
1 132 (10.30%) Azure Certification
2 100 (7.81%) Degree
3 79 (6.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 73 (5.70%) AWS Certification
4 73 (5.70%) Security Cleared
5 53 (4.14%) DBS Check
6 48 (3.75%) SC Cleared
7 47 (3.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 17 (1.33%) TOGAF Certification
9 13 (1.01%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 11 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (0.78%) DV Cleared
12 9 (0.70%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 8 (0.62%) Master's Degree
14 7 (0.55%) AWS Certified Developer
15 6 (0.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
16 5 (0.39%) CIPD
17 4 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
17 4 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
18 2 (0.16%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (4.61%) QA
2 19 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (1.25%) Data Quality
3 16 (1.25%) NIST
4 14 (1.09%) GDPR
5 5 (0.39%) SLA
5 5 (0.39%) SOC 2
6 4 (0.31%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.31%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.23%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.23%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.23%) WCAG
8 2 (0.16%) FedRAMP
9 1 (0.078%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.078%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 435 (33.96%) Docker
2 27 (2.11%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.16%) Firmware
6 1 (0.078%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.078%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 421 (32.86%) Kubernetes
2 225 (17.56%) Terraform
3 63 (4.92%) Ansible
4 31 (2.42%) Puppet
5 24 (1.87%) Grafana
5 24 (1.87%) Packer
6 20 (1.56%) Prometheus
7 17 (1.33%) Consul
8 16 (1.25%) Progress Chef
9 15 (1.17%) Kibana
10 7 (0.55%) Argo
11 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (0.31%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.31%) logstash
12 4 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.23%) Fortio
13 3 (0.23%) HAProxy
13 3 (0.23%) HP Fortify
13 3 (0.23%) Istio
13 3 (0.23%) Kiali
Vendors
1 240 (18.74%) Microsoft
2 58 (4.53%) TikTok
3 37 (2.89%) Google
4 34 (2.65%) Databricks
5 27 (2.11%) IBM
6 19 (1.48%) Oracle
7 17 (1.33%) Red Hat
7 17 (1.33%) Salesforce
8 15 (1.17%) Atlassian
9 14 (1.09%) Splunk
10 13 (1.01%) Xamarin
11 8 (0.62%) VMware
12 7 (0.55%) Bloomberg
12 7 (0.55%) Informatica
12 7 (0.55%) Sparx
13 6 (0.47%) AppDynamics
13 6 (0.47%) Dynatrace
13 6 (0.47%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.47%) SAP
14 5 (0.39%) Veeam