Azure Functions Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Azure Functions
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Azure Functions skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 106 96
Rank change year-on-year -37 -10 +11
Contract jobs citing Azure Functions 9 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.31% 0.40% 0.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.86% 1.13% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 3
10th Percentile £473 £426 -
25th Percentile £480 £447 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -18.75% +17.07%
75th Percentile £517 £522 £631
90th Percentile £555 £539 £635
England median daily rate £525 £533 £525
% change year-on-year -1.41% +1.43% -12.50%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,045 531 500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 36.54% 35.42% 32.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 662 366 343
10th Percentile £320 £263 £275
25th Percentile £413 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.06% -7.62%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £600 £649
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 5
10th Percentile £15.93 £37.07 £16.15
25th Percentile £18.50 £45.03 £20.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £62.40 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.91% +197.14% -1.20%
75th Percentile £68.75 £82.53 £22.00
90th Percentile - £92.15 -
England median hourly rate £35.71 £26.00 £23.80
% change year-on-year +37.35% +9.24% -27.88%

Azure Functions
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Azure Functions job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Azure Functions
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Azure Functions
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 7 August 2026. 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
West Yorkshire -26 9 £500 +2.56% 1
Azure Functions
England

Azure Functions
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (100.00%) Azure
1 9 (100.00%) Serverless
2 6 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (66.67%) Power Automate
2 6 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 6 (66.67%) PowerApps
3 4 (44.44%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (22.22%) Azure App Service
4 2 (22.22%) Azure Key Vault
4 2 (22.22%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (22.22%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (22.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) Copilot Studio
4 2 (22.22%) Entra ID
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (22.22%) OneDrive
5 1 (11.11%) Azure AKS
5 1 (11.11%) Azure API Management
5 1 (11.11%) Azure Event Grid
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) Power BI
2 2 (22.22%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Law
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Azure Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365 Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Senior
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Integration Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Power Platform Developer
3 1 (11.11%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) .NET
1 2 (22.22%) .NET Core
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Graph
1 2 (22.22%) React
1 2 (22.22%) REST
1 2 (22.22%) SPFx
1 2 (22.22%) Web Services
2 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Product Ownership
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 1 (11.11%) Grid Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) DevOps
1 6 (66.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 5 (55.56%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (55.56%) CI/CD
3 4 (44.44%) Agile
3 4 (44.44%) CRM
3 4 (44.44%) Integration Patterns
4 3 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
4 3 (33.33%) Migration
4 3 (33.33%) Visualisation
5 2 (22.22%) AI
5 2 (22.22%) API Integration
5 2 (22.22%) Asynchronous Programming
5 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
6 1 (11.11%) API Development
6 1 (11.11%) API Management
6 1 (11.11%) Design Patterns
6 1 (11.11%) Microservices
6 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) C#
2 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
3 2 (22.22%) SQL
3 2 (22.22%) TypeScript
4 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) Brio