Azure Functions Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Azure Functions
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Azure Functions skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 64 67
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 +25
Contract jobs citing Azure Functions 6 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.76% 0.25% 0.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.62% 0.95% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £507 £340 -
25th Percentile £514 £386 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £468 £400
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +16.88% -34.69%
75th Percentile £600 £556 -
90th Percentile £615 £605 -
England median daily rate £513 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -6.82% -8.33% -

All Cloud Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 229 210 312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 29.02% 26.25% 36.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 120 233
10th Percentile £332 £190 £213
25th Percentile £369 £356 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £450 £453
Median % change year-on-year -0.33% -0.66% +0.11%
75th Percentile £500 £600 £530
90th Percentile £573 £649 £624
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 24
10th Percentile £17.64 £14.76 £12.23
25th Percentile £19.38 £16.63 £13.12
Median hourly rate £21.39 £18.32 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.76% +11.03% -20.96%
75th Percentile - £39.68 £40.00
90th Percentile - £48.87 £88.75
England median hourly rate £26.00 £33.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.21% - +53.49%

Azure Functions
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Azure Functions as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Functions in the East Midlands

Azure Functions
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Azure Functions.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Azure Functions

Azure Functions
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 September 2025. 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
Lincolnshire +8 5 £528 -15.60%
Nottinghamshire - 1 £600 -
Azure Functions
England

Azure Functions
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
1 6 (100.00%) Serverless
2 5 (83.33%) Power Automate
3 4 (66.67%) Azure Monitor
3 4 (66.67%) Azure Service Bus
3 4 (66.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 4 (66.67%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (66.67%) Power Platform
3 4 (66.67%) PowerApps
4 3 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (16.67%) AWS
5 1 (16.67%) Azure AKS
5 1 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (16.67%) Big Data
1 1 (16.67%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Agriculture
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
1 4 (66.67%) Dynamics 365 Developer
1 4 (66.67%) Integration Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Express.js
1 1 (16.67%) MERN Stack
1 1 (16.67%) Node.js
1 1 (16.67%) React
1 1 (16.67%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Data Fabric
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (16.67%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Analytics
2 4 (66.67%) Log Analytics
3 3 (50.00%) DevOps
4 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
4 2 (33.33%) Migration
4 2 (33.33%) Presales
4 2 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 1 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (16.67%) CRM
5 1 (16.67%) Data Architecture
5 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
5 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
5 1 (16.67%) Data Science
5 1 (16.67%) ERP
5 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (16.67%) Product Management
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) T-SQL
2 4 (66.67%) X++
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
3 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Databricks