Azure Functions Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Azure Functions
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Azure Functions skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 - 55
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Azure Functions 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.15% - 0.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.41% - 2.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £466
25th Percentile - - £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £488
75th Percentile - - £494
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £450 £350 £525
% change year-on-year +28.57% -33.33% +5.00%

All Cloud Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 244 147 143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 36.31% 31.01% 36.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 101 102
10th Percentile £304 £341 £228
25th Percentile £358 £373 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £496 £475
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +4.45% +8.57%
75th Percentile £492 £575 £525
90th Percentile £577 £638 £580
North West median daily rate £447 £475 £495
% change year-on-year -5.89% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 8
10th Percentile - £21.05 £17.37
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.83 £17.72
Median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £22.81
Median % change year-on-year -21.96% +6.03% +8.05%
75th Percentile £25.31 £64.17 £33.50
90th Percentile £59.08 £82.50 £47.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £23.61
% change year-on-year -16.17% +27.06% +4.93%

Azure Functions
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure Functions relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Azure Functions job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Azure Functions
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Azure Functions.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Azure Functions

Azure Functions
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) ShareGate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) Records Management
1 1 (100.00%) Webhook
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft