Azure Functions Job Trends in England

Azure Functions
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Azure Functions skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 562 523 505
Rank change year-on-year -39 -18 +20
Permanent jobs citing Azure Functions 159 130 346
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.18% 0.30% 0.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.66% 0.90% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 128 100 180
10th Percentile £51,775 £42,500 £46,125
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £51,913
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £86,938 £82,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £91,075 £95,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £69,450
% change year-on-year +15.38% -6.41% +2.89%

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

Azure Functions falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 24,106 14,399 27,992
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.26% 33.18% 32.93%
Number of salaries quoted 16,166 10,295 21,909
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £30,625
25th Percentile £43,847 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +1.69% -9.23%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +3.45% -7.20%

Azure Functions
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Azure Functions job vacancy trend in England

Azure Functions
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure Functions.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure Functions

Azure Functions
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Functions in England over the 6 months to 19 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Functions in England

Azure Functions
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Functions within the England region over the 6 months to 19 July 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -41 75 £80,000 +14.29% 13
North of England -11 35 £70,000 +16.67% 8
Yorkshire -17 20 £82,500 +37.50% 5
South East -29 18 £58,500 -2.50% 11
South West -56 15 £57,500 -4.17% 4
North West -5 14 £60,000 +5.26% 2
Midlands -37 9 £52,500 -32.26% 9
West Midlands -25 8 £52,500 -32.26% 9
East of England -15 4 £60,000 -27.27% 3
East Midlands -15 1 - -
North East - 1 £51,000 - 1
Azure Functions
UK

Azure Functions
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 12 (7.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (6.92%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.26%) CMS
3 2 (1.26%) Headless CMS
3 2 (1.26%) WordPress
4 1 (0.63%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (5.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 159 (100.00%) Azure
1 159 (100.00%) Serverless
2 77 (48.43%) Azure DevOps
3 70 (44.03%) Azure Logic Apps
4 60 (37.74%) Power Platform
5 57 (35.85%) Azure Monitor
6 42 (26.42%) Azure Service Bus
7 34 (21.38%) Azure AKS
7 34 (21.38%) SaaS
8 33 (20.75%) PaaS
9 26 (16.35%) IaaS
10 25 (15.72%) Power Automate
11 23 (14.47%) Azure Data Factory
12 22 (13.84%) GitHub
13 21 (13.21%) Azure Event Grid
14 20 (12.58%) Azure Key Vault
14 20 (12.58%) Entra ID
15 19 (11.95%) PowerApps
16 18 (11.32%) Dynamics 365
17 17 (10.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.55%) VPN
2 2 (1.26%) Firewall
3 1 (0.63%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (23.90%) SQL Server
2 36 (22.64%) Azure SQL Database
3 25 (15.72%) Power BI
4 15 (9.43%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (9.43%) Spark SQL
5 11 (6.92%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (6.29%) Data Lake
7 7 (4.40%) Delta Lake
8 2 (1.26%) InfluxDB
8 2 (1.26%) MariaDB
8 2 (1.26%) MySQL
8 2 (1.26%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.63%) Metadata
9 1 (0.63%) Parquet
9 1 (0.63%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 42 (26.42%) Git
2 5 (3.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (1.26%) ERwin
3 2 (1.26%) git-flow
3 2 (1.26%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.63%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.63%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.63%) SpecFlow
General
1 60 (37.74%) Social Skills
2 37 (23.27%) Finance
3 17 (10.69%) Law
4 13 (8.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.77%) Legal
7 3 (1.89%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.26%) Advertising
8 2 (1.26%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.26%) Marketing
8 2 (1.26%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.63%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (33.96%) Developer
2 44 (27.67%) Senior
3 34 (21.38%) Lead
4 33 (20.75%) Azure Engineer
5 19 (11.95%) Azure Developer
6 15 (9.43%) .NET Developer
6 15 (9.43%) Analyst
7 14 (8.81%) Architect
7 14 (8.81%) Data Engineer
8 13 (8.18%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 13 (8.18%) Senior Developer
9 11 (6.92%) Integration Developer
9 11 (6.92%) Software Developer
10 10 (6.29%) Azure Architect
11 9 (5.66%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 9 (5.66%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 9 (5.66%) Lead Data Engineer
11 9 (5.66%) Platform Engineer
11 9 (5.66%) Support Engineer
12 8 (5.03%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (49.06%) .NET
2 34 (21.38%) REST
3 21 (13.21%) .NET Core
4 19 (11.95%) ARM Templates
5 17 (10.69%) PySpark
6 11 (6.92%) Blazor
6 11 (6.92%) OAuth
7 10 (6.29%) OAuth2
7 10 (6.29%) RESTful
8 9 (5.66%) HTML
9 8 (5.03%) ASP.NET
10 7 (4.40%) ASP.NET Core
10 7 (4.40%) CSS
11 6 (3.77%) HTML5 Canvas
12 5 (3.14%) Middleware
13 4 (2.52%) .NET Framework
13 4 (2.52%) ASP.NET Web API
13 4 (2.52%) JSON
13 4 (2.52%) React
14 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 36 (22.64%) Cloud Native
2 15 (9.43%) AI Agents
3 13 (8.18%) Product Ownership
4 12 (7.55%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (7.55%) Podcast
4 12 (7.55%) Public Cloud
4 12 (7.55%) Security Posture
5 8 (5.03%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (4.40%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (3.77%) Low-Code
8 5 (3.14%) Management Information System
9 4 (2.52%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (2.52%) IoT
9 4 (2.52%) Mobile App
9 4 (2.52%) Reinsurance
10 3 (1.89%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.26%) Onboarding
12 1 (0.63%) Autonomous Agent
Operating Systems
1 23 (14.47%) VMS
2 13 (8.18%) Windows
3 2 (1.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (62.26%) CI/CD
2 89 (55.97%) DevOps
3 59 (37.11%) Infrastructure as Code
4 44 (27.67%) API Management
5 43 (27.04%) Analytics
6 41 (25.79%) AI
7 40 (25.16%) Observability
8 37 (23.27%) Mentoring
9 36 (22.64%) Agile
9 36 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
10 34 (21.38%) Computer Science
10 34 (21.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (18.24%) Cloud Security
12 28 (17.61%) Test Automation
13 27 (16.98%) Log Analytics
13 27 (16.98%) Software Engineering
14 25 (15.72%) Business Intelligence
15 24 (15.09%) Runbook
16 23 (14.47%) Cost Optimisation
16 23 (14.47%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 86 (54.09%) C#
2 83 (52.20%) SQL
3 41 (25.79%) Python
4 40 (25.16%) Bicep
5 35 (22.01%) JavaScript
6 28 (17.61%) PowerShell
7 24 (15.09%) Kusto Query Language
8 19 (11.95%) TypeScript
9 13 (8.18%) Bash
10 3 (1.89%) PHP
10 3 (1.89%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.63%) C++
12 1 (0.63%) Java
12 1 (0.63%) VB
Qualifications
1 32 (20.13%) Azure Certification
2 27 (16.98%) Microsoft Certification
3 24 (15.09%) Degree
4 14 (8.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.89%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.89%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (13.84%) GDPR
2 10 (6.29%) QA
3 4 (2.52%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.52%) Solvency II
4 2 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.26%) PMO
4 2 (1.26%) SLA
5 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
System Software
1 24 (15.09%) Active Directory
2 16 (10.06%) Docker
3 12 (7.55%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (7.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (7.55%) vSphere
4 4 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 48 (30.19%) Terraform
2 18 (11.32%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.89%) Grafana
4 1 (0.63%) Kibana
Vendors
1 95 (59.75%) Microsoft
2 18 (11.32%) Databricks
3 12 (7.55%) ScienceLogic
3 12 (7.55%) VMware
4 10 (6.29%) OpenAI
4 10 (6.29%) Oracle
5 5 (3.14%) Foundry
6 3 (1.89%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.26%) Apple
7 2 (1.26%) BiZZdesign
7 2 (1.26%) Sparx
8 1 (0.63%) Sage