Azure Functions Contracts in the Thames Valley

Azure Functions
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Azure Functions skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure Functions over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 114 144
Rank change year-on-year -3 +30 -10
Contract jobs citing Azure Functions 26 34 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.97% 1.16% 0.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.42% 4.02% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 32 20
10th Percentile £442 £544 £436
25th Percentile £505 £575 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +23.81% +23.53%
75th Percentile £650 £717 £559
90th Percentile £688 £750 £589
South East median daily rate £600 £600 £500
% change year-on-year - +20.00% +17.65%

All Cloud Skills
Thames Valley

Azure Functions is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 760 845 1,081
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 28.44% 28.76% 31.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 514 616 835
10th Percentile £275 £300 £181
25th Percentile £413 £425 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.57% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 20 21
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.42 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.74 £21.49 £16.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £30.23 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.59% +43.95% -0.24%
75th Percentile £60.73 £59.25 £26.50
90th Percentile £61.60 £79.19 £80.40
South East median hourly rate £23.22 £24.50 £21.05
% change year-on-year -5.24% +16.39% -4.32%

Azure Functions
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Functions in the Thames Valley

Azure Functions
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Functions in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Azure Functions in the Thames Valley

Azure Functions
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Functions in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Functions in the Thames Valley

Azure Functions
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +3 23 £600 - 1
Buckinghamshire +12 3 £600 -7.69%
Azure Functions
South East

Azure Functions
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 26 (100.00%) Azure
1 26 (100.00%) Serverless
2 24 (92.31%) Azure Data Factory
3 16 (61.54%) Azure Monitor
4 14 (53.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 10 (38.46%) Entra ID
6 8 (30.77%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (26.92%) Azure API Management
7 7 (26.92%) Azure Key Vault
7 7 (26.92%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (19.23%) Power Platform
9 3 (11.54%) PaaS
10 2 (7.69%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (3.85%) Azure Cognitive Search
11 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (50.00%) NoSQL
2 12 (46.15%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (23.08%) SQL Server
4 5 (19.23%) Power BI
5 4 (15.38%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (11.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (7.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (38.46%) Git
2 5 (19.23%) Visual Studio
3 2 (7.69%) Postman
3 2 (7.69%) Selenium
General
1 9 (34.62%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (69.23%) Developer
2 15 (57.69%) Azure Developer
3 11 (42.31%) Full Stack Developer
4 7 (26.92%) Python Developer
5 6 (23.08%) Full Stack Python Developer
6 4 (15.38%) Azure Data Engineer
6 4 (15.38%) Azure Engineer
6 4 (15.38%) Data Engineer
6 4 (15.38%) Integration Developer
7 2 (7.69%) C# Developer
7 2 (7.69%) Lead
7 2 (7.69%) SQL Developer
8 1 (3.85%) .NET Architect
8 1 (3.85%) Applications Architect
8 1 (3.85%) Applications Support
8 1 (3.85%) Architect
8 1 (3.85%) Cloud Developer
8 1 (3.85%) Designer
8 1 (3.85%) Lead Designer
8 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (42.31%) React
2 7 (26.92%) XML
3 5 (19.23%) ARM Templates
4 3 (11.54%) .NET
4 3 (11.54%) AngularJS
4 3 (11.54%) JSON
4 3 (11.54%) OAuth
4 3 (11.54%) OpenID
4 3 (11.54%) REST
4 3 (11.54%) SOAP
5 2 (7.69%) Node.js
5 2 (7.69%) OpenAPI
5 2 (7.69%) Swagger
6 1 (3.85%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 14 (53.85%) Product Ownership
2 5 (19.23%) Smart Meter
3 1 (3.85%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Linux
1 4 (15.38%) Unix
1 4 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (76.92%) DevOps
2 19 (73.08%) CI/CD
3 13 (50.00%) Full Stack Development
4 12 (46.15%) Agile
5 10 (38.46%) Change Management
5 10 (38.46%) Microservices
6 9 (34.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (34.62%) SDLC
6 9 (34.62%) Unit Testing
7 8 (30.77%) Product Backlog
8 6 (23.08%) Scrum
9 5 (19.23%) Analytics
9 5 (19.23%) B2C
9 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (19.23%) Data Modelling
9 5 (19.23%) ETL
9 5 (19.23%) Infrastructure as Code
9 5 (19.23%) OO
9 5 (19.23%) Performance Tuning
9 5 (19.23%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (42.31%) Python
2 10 (38.46%) SQL
3 5 (19.23%) C#
3 5 (19.23%) PowerShell
4 2 (7.69%) C
4 2 (7.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (3.85%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (38.46%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) Ab Initio
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft