Azure Functions Contracts

Azure Functions
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 388 416 385
Rank change year-on-year +28 -31 +57
Contract jobs citing Azure Functions 131 186 361
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.43% 0.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.19% 1.32% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 124 229
10th Percentile £400 £363 £450
25th Percentile £425 £425 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £519 £590
Median % change year-on-year +5.11% -12.12% +7.27%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £669
90th Percentile £775 £688 £780
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £600 £586
% change year-on-year -16.63% +2.39% +23.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 10,997 14,094 22,029
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.61% 32.33% 36.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,640 10,005 15,924
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £634 £650
90th Percentile £734 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 348 350
10th Percentile £15.28 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.05 £18.50
Median hourly rate £27.43 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.60% -40.00% +62.79%
75th Percentile £48.56 £35.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £62.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.53 £17.72 £24.62
% change year-on-year +21.47% -28.03% +31.31%

Azure Functions
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Functions in the UK

Azure Functions
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Azure Functions in the UK

Azure Functions
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Functions over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Functions in the UK

Azure Functions
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure Functions in the UK

Azure Functions
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +8 115 £550 +5.77% 85
London +7 75 £545 +9.00% 36
Work from Home +27 50 £500 -2.82% 56
UK excluding London +21 33 £500 -16.63% 52
South East +24 13 £500 -16.67% 14
North of England +25 6 £425 -26.09% 23
Midlands +13 6 £400 - 7
West Midlands +6 5 - - 5
South West +48 4 £600 -11.11% 4
North West +11 4 £426 -10.37% 15
Wales - 3 £525 -
Yorkshire +12 2 £425 -29.17% 6
East of England - 1 £675 - 1

Azure Functions
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 (13.74%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.82%) BizTalk Server
3 4 (3.05%) Apache Spark
3 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.29%) Confluence
5 1 (0.76%) Apache
5 1 (0.76%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.76%) CMS
5 1 (0.76%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (3.82%) InfoPath
1 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 21 (16.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.76%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 131 (100.00%) Azure
1 131 (100.00%) Serverless
2 55 (41.98%) Azure Logic Apps
3 46 (35.11%) Power Platform
4 35 (26.72%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (22.90%) Azure Service Bus
6 29 (22.14%) Dynamics 365
7 27 (20.61%) PowerApps
8 26 (19.85%) Azure Data Factory
8 26 (19.85%) Power Automate
9 19 (14.50%) Azure AKS
9 19 (14.50%) Azure API Management
10 18 (13.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 16 (12.21%) Entra ID
11 16 (12.21%) Microsoft 365
12 15 (11.45%) Azure Monitor
13 13 (9.92%) Azure Storage
13 13 (9.92%) PaaS
14 12 (9.16%) AWS
14 12 (9.16%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.05%) Firewall
2 1 (0.76%) Network Security
2 1 (0.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (19.85%) Power BI
2 22 (16.79%) SQL Server
3 16 (12.21%) NoSQL
4 14 (10.69%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (7.63%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (6.11%) MongoDB
7 7 (5.34%) Relational Database
8 6 (4.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (3.82%) RDBMS
10 4 (3.05%) Redis
11 3 (2.29%) Big Data
11 3 (2.29%) Data Lake
11 3 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (2.29%) Hadoop
11 3 (2.29%) MySQL
12 2 (1.53%) Tableau
13 1 (0.76%) Apache Cassandra
13 1 (0.76%) Apache Hive
13 1 (0.76%) DynamoDB
13 1 (0.76%) HBase
Development Applications
1 13 (9.92%) Git
2 6 (4.58%) JIRA
3 5 (3.82%) Selenium
3 5 (3.82%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (2.29%) GitLab
4 3 (2.29%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.53%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.53%) JMeter
5 2 (1.53%) Postman
5 2 (1.53%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.76%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.76%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.76%) Jenkins
General
1 25 (19.08%) Social Skills
2 18 (13.74%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (13.74%) Public Sector
3 15 (11.45%) Finance
4 4 (3.05%) Banking
4 4 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (2.29%) Manufacturing
5 3 (2.29%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.53%) Financial Institution
6 2 (1.53%) Front Office
6 2 (1.53%) Retail
7 1 (0.76%) Aviation
7 1 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.76%) Electronics
7 1 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.76%) Marketing
7 1 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 51 (38.93%) Developer
2 40 (30.53%) Architect
3 15 (11.45%) Azure Engineer
3 15 (11.45%) Full-Stack Developer
3 15 (11.45%) Solutions Architect
4 14 (10.69%) Azure Architect
5 13 (9.92%) Lead
5 13 (9.92%) Senior
6 11 (8.40%) .NET Developer
6 11 (8.40%) Azure Developer
7 8 (6.11%) Python Developer
7 8 (6.11%) Senior Developer
8 7 (5.34%) React Developer
9 6 (4.58%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 6 (4.58%) CRM Architect
9 6 (4.58%) DevOps Engineer
9 6 (4.58%) Full-Stack Python Developer
9 6 (4.58%) Lead Developer
10 5 (3.82%) Consultant
10 5 (3.82%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (38.17%) .NET
2 22 (16.79%) .NET Framework
3 17 (12.98%) .NET Core
4 15 (11.45%) HTML5 Canvas
4 15 (11.45%) RESTful
5 13 (9.92%) CSS
5 13 (9.92%) HTML
6 12 (9.16%) React
7 11 (8.40%) JSON
8 10 (7.63%) ARM Templates
9 9 (6.87%) ASP.NET
9 9 (6.87%) REST
10 8 (6.11%) OAuth
10 8 (6.11%) XML
11 7 (5.34%) AngularJS
11 7 (5.34%) ASP.NET Web API
11 7 (5.34%) Node.js
11 7 (5.34%) WCF
12 6 (4.58%) ASP.NET MVC
12 6 (4.58%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.16%) Cloud Native
2 11 (8.40%) Product Ownership
3 5 (3.82%) Enterprise Cloud
3 5 (3.82%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (3.82%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (3.82%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.05%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.29%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.29%) TWAP
5 3 (2.29%) VWAP
6 2 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.53%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.53%) IoT
6 2 (1.53%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.53%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.53%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.76%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.34%) Windows
2 1 (0.76%) Android
2 1 (0.76%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.76%) Linux
2 1 (0.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (45.80%) DevOps
2 56 (42.75%) CI/CD
3 36 (27.48%) Agile
4 32 (24.43%) Full-Stack Development
5 30 (22.90%) Microservices
6 26 (19.85%) Business Intelligence
7 22 (16.79%) CRM
8 20 (15.27%) API Management
8 20 (15.27%) Containerisation
8 20 (15.27%) Event-Driven
9 15 (11.45%) Infrastructure as Code
9 15 (11.45%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (10.69%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 14 (10.69%) SDLC
11 13 (9.92%) Workflow
12 12 (9.16%) Analytics
12 12 (9.16%) Data Engineering
12 12 (9.16%) Migration
12 12 (9.16%) Software Engineering
13 11 (8.40%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 44 (33.59%) C#
2 38 (29.01%) SQL
3 32 (24.43%) JavaScript
4 30 (22.90%) Python
5 21 (16.03%) PowerShell
6 16 (12.21%) TypeScript
7 10 (7.63%) Java
8 9 (6.87%) Bicep
9 5 (3.82%) Bash
9 5 (3.82%) C++
9 5 (3.82%) Go
9 5 (3.82%) PL/SQL
9 5 (3.82%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.53%) Scala
11 1 (0.76%) Natural
11 1 (0.76%) Perl
11 1 (0.76%) PHP
11 1 (0.76%) R
11 1 (0.76%) Ruby
11 1 (0.76%) XPath
Qualifications
1 26 (19.85%) Security Cleared
2 23 (17.56%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.34%) Azure Certification
4 6 (4.58%) Degree
5 4 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.76%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.76%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.34%) QA
2 4 (3.05%) GDPR
3 3 (2.29%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.29%) HL7
3 3 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.76%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.76%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.76%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.76%) WCAG
System Software
1 20 (15.27%) Docker
2 17 (12.98%) Active Directory
3 9 (6.87%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.76%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 32 (24.43%) Kubernetes
2 23 (17.56%) Terraform
3 2 (1.53%) Ansible
3 2 (1.53%) Progress Chef
3 2 (1.53%) Puppet
Vendors
1 56 (42.75%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.87%) Databricks
3 8 (6.11%) Oracle
4 7 (5.34%) Salesforce
5 5 (3.82%) MuleSoft
6 4 (3.05%) SAP
7 3 (2.29%) Google
8 2 (1.53%) Brio
8 2 (1.53%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.53%) LogicMonitor
8 2 (1.53%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.76%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.76%) Cognizant
9 1 (0.76%) IBM
9 1 (0.76%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.76%) Splunk
9 1 (0.76%) StreamSets
9 1 (0.76%) Virgin Media