Azure Functions Contracts in England

Azure Functions
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Azure Functions skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure Functions over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 377 348 487
Rank change year-on-year -29 +139 -109
Contract jobs citing Azure Functions 174 313 323
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.46% 0.67% 0.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.45% 1.83% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 201 238
10th Percentile £326 £450 £406
25th Percentile £445 £513 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £650
90th Percentile £688 £807 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £55.00 -

All Cloud Skills
England

Azure Functions falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 12,003 17,073 26,837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.00% 36.30% 38.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,593 12,521 19,923
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £415 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £748 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 282 314
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.06 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.46 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.69% +62.79% +2.14%
75th Percentile £43.75 £70.00 £44.70
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.19 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £36.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -40.28% +63.64% +2.33%

Azure Functions
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Azure Functions as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Functions in England

Azure Functions
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Functions in England.

Daily rate trend for Azure Functions in England

Azure Functions
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Functions in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Functions in England

Azure Functions
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure Functions in England.

Hourly rate trend for Azure Functions in England

Azure Functions
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Functions within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +21 99 £519 -17.04% 35
South East -18 35 £625 +4.17% 7
Midlands +20 14 £400 -11.11% 5
West Midlands +20 12 £400 -11.11% 2
North of England -14 11 £600 +26.32% 14
North West -6 6 £513 +2.50% 12
Yorkshire +4 5 £600 +26.32%
South West -6 4 £413 -37.74% 6
East Midlands - 2 £468 - 3
East of England +3 1 - - 2
Azure Functions
UK

Azure Functions
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 16 (9.20%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.17%) Confluence
3 6 (3.45%) BizTalk Server
4 3 (1.72%) Mendix
5 2 (1.15%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.15%) ArcGIS
5 2 (1.15%) IIS
5 2 (1.15%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.57%) CMS
6 1 (0.57%) Drupal
6 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.57%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.57%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.57%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.57%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.57%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.57%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 7 (4.02%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 174 (100.00%) Azure
1 174 (100.00%) Serverless
2 67 (38.51%) Azure DevOps
3 50 (28.74%) Azure Logic Apps
4 49 (28.16%) Azure Service Bus
5 48 (27.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 48 (27.59%) Power Platform
6 47 (27.01%) Azure Data Factory
7 40 (22.99%) Azure Monitor
8 33 (18.97%) GitHub
9 30 (17.24%) Entra ID
10 28 (16.09%) Azure API Management
11 27 (15.52%) PowerApps
12 26 (14.94%) Power Automate
13 23 (13.22%) Azure Storage
14 19 (10.92%) Azure Key Vault
15 18 (10.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 17 (9.77%) Dynamics 365
17 15 (8.62%) PaaS
18 13 (7.47%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.02%) Firewall
2 3 (1.72%) HTTP
3 2 (1.15%) VPN
4 1 (0.57%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.57%) SSH
4 1 (0.57%) SSL
4 1 (0.57%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (25.86%) Azure SQL Database
1 45 (25.86%) SQL Server
2 37 (21.26%) NoSQL
3 32 (18.39%) Power BI
4 20 (11.49%) Data Lake
5 16 (9.20%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (6.32%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (6.32%) Redis
7 9 (5.17%) Big Data
8 8 (4.60%) MongoDB
9 7 (4.02%) InterSystems Cache
9 7 (4.02%) OLTP
10 5 (2.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (2.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (1.72%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 3 (1.72%) Power Query
12 3 (1.72%) Relational Database
13 2 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 41 (23.56%) Git
2 12 (6.90%) Visual Studio
3 11 (6.32%) GitLab
3 11 (6.32%) JIRA
3 11 (6.32%) Selenium
4 10 (5.75%) Cypress.io
5 9 (5.17%) JMeter
6 7 (4.02%) Visual Studio Team System
7 4 (2.30%) NUnit
7 4 (2.30%) Postman
7 4 (2.30%) SonarQube
8 3 (1.72%) Jenkins
8 3 (1.72%) Moq
9 2 (1.15%) Maven
9 2 (1.15%) MLflow
9 2 (1.15%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.57%) git-flow
10 1 (0.57%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.57%) Serilog
10 1 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 37 (21.26%) Social Skills
2 29 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (9.20%) Finance
3 16 (9.20%) Public Sector
4 11 (6.32%) Banking
5 4 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (2.30%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.15%) Legal
6 2 (1.15%) Police
7 1 (0.57%) Back Office
7 1 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.57%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.57%) Front Office
7 1 (0.57%) Law
7 1 (0.57%) Publishing
7 1 (0.57%) Retail
7 1 (0.57%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 101 (58.05%) Developer
2 37 (21.26%) Azure Developer
3 34 (19.54%) Full Stack Developer
4 19 (10.92%) Data Engineer
5 18 (10.34%) Applications Developer
6 16 (9.20%) Architect
7 15 (8.62%) Azure Engineer
7 15 (8.62%) Python Developer
8 12 (6.90%) Power Apps Developer
8 12 (6.90%) Senior
9 11 (6.32%) Full Stack Python Developer
10 10 (5.75%) .NET Developer
10 10 (5.75%) C# Developer
11 9 (5.17%) Azure Data Engineer
11 9 (5.17%) Lead
12 8 (4.60%) Azure Architect
13 7 (4.02%) DevOps Engineer
14 6 (3.45%) Cloud Developer
14 6 (3.45%) Integration Developer
14 6 (3.45%) Microsoft Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (28.74%) .NET
2 43 (24.71%) React
3 22 (12.64%) Node.js
4 20 (11.49%) .NET Core
5 16 (9.20%) ARM Templates
6 15 (8.62%) XML
7 12 (6.90%) JSON
8 11 (6.32%) .NET Framework
8 11 (6.32%) REST
9 10 (5.75%) Kafka
10 8 (4.60%) ASP.NET
10 8 (4.60%) Microsoft Graph
10 8 (4.60%) OAuth
10 8 (4.60%) RESTful
11 7 (4.02%) SignalR
12 6 (3.45%) Blazor
12 6 (3.45%) Web Services
13 5 (2.87%) ASP.NET MVC
13 5 (2.87%) PySpark
13 5 (2.87%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.37%) Product Ownership
2 12 (6.90%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.02%) Machine to Machine
4 6 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (2.87%) Low-Code
5 5 (2.87%) Smart Meter
6 4 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.30%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.15%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.57%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (0.57%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.57%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.57%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.57%) Replication
8 1 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.57%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.77%) Windows
2 14 (8.05%) Linux
3 6 (3.45%) Unix
4 2 (1.15%) Android
4 2 (1.15%) VMS
5 1 (0.57%) CentOS
5 1 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (55.17%) DevOps
2 84 (48.28%) CI/CD
3 76 (43.68%) Agile
4 50 (28.74%) Full Stack Development
5 43 (24.71%) Microservices
6 34 (19.54%) Test Automation
7 31 (17.82%) SDLC
8 30 (17.24%) Analytics
9 29 (16.67%) API Management
9 29 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
10 25 (14.37%) Scrum
11 22 (12.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 22 (12.64%) TDD
12 21 (12.07%) Data Engineering
13 20 (11.49%) Software Engineering
13 20 (11.49%) Unit Testing
14 17 (9.77%) Change Management
15 15 (8.62%) ETL
15 15 (8.62%) Migration
16 14 (8.05%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 61 (35.06%) Python
2 53 (30.46%) C#
2 53 (30.46%) SQL
3 35 (20.11%) PowerShell
4 25 (14.37%) JavaScript
5 21 (12.07%) Java
6 9 (5.17%) T-SQL
7 7 (4.02%) PL/SQL
8 6 (3.45%) C++
8 6 (3.45%) Go
8 6 (3.45%) TypeScript
9 4 (2.30%) Bicep
10 3 (1.72%) Bash
10 3 (1.72%) C
10 3 (1.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (1.15%) R
12 1 (0.57%) Perl
12 1 (0.57%) Scala
12 1 (0.57%) X++
Qualifications
1 12 (6.90%) Degree
2 9 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (4.02%) Security Cleared
4 6 (3.45%) Azure Certification
4 6 (3.45%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.15%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.87%) GDPR
1 5 (2.87%) QA
2 4 (2.30%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.72%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.15%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.15%) SLA
4 2 (1.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 31 (17.82%) Active Directory
2 20 (11.49%) Docker
3 5 (2.87%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (2.30%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.57%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 26 (14.94%) Kubernetes
1 26 (14.94%) Terraform
2 9 (5.17%) Argo
3 5 (2.87%) SysTrack
4 2 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.57%) Ansible
5 1 (0.57%) yum
Vendors
1 60 (34.48%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.77%) Oracle
3 15 (8.62%) Databricks
4 5 (2.87%) Ab Initio
4 5 (2.87%) Citrix
4 5 (2.87%) MuleSoft
4 5 (2.87%) New Relic
4 5 (2.87%) OpenAI
5 4 (2.30%) Google
6 2 (1.15%) SAP
6 2 (1.15%) Xamarin
7 1 (0.57%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.57%) Checkmarx
7 1 (0.57%) Cisco
7 1 (0.57%) LogicMonitor
7 1 (0.57%) OutSystems
7 1 (0.57%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.57%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.57%) Sybase
7 1 (0.57%) UiPath