Azure Functions
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Azure Functions skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Azure Functions over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 355 465 618
Rank change year-on-year +110 +153 -85
Permanent jobs citing Azure Functions 440 825 519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.83% 0.67% 0.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.95% 1.57% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 181 272 325
10th Percentile £48,750 £41,250 £40,950
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £105,875 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -12.50%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 22,612 52,646 59,920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 42.68% 42.86% 46.76%
Number of salaries quoted 17,789 35,410 42,532
10th Percentile £32,750 £34,750 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +5.00%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Azure Functions in the UK

Azure Functions
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Functions over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Azure Functions in the UK

Azure Functions
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Functions within the UK over the 6 months to 7 December 2023. 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
England +48 320 £63,750 -1.92% 63
Work from Home +45 303 £60,000 -4.00% 46
UK excluding London +34 281 £57,500 -4.17% 35
London +152 116 £70,000 -11.11% 34
North of England -26 66 £55,000 -35.29% 6
Scotland +78 49 £69,447 -26.90% 2
Midlands -5 45 £57,000 -2.98% 7
North West -23 42 £55,000 -35.29% 4
South West +66 38 £60,000 +45.45% 2
South East +124 31 £57,500 -4.17% 13
Wales +30 25 £58,583 -6.27% 2
Yorkshire +58 24 £56,250 -36.43%
East Midlands +31 23 £60,000 -22.58% 2
West Midlands 0 22 £57,000 -0.87% 5
Northern Ireland +55 18 - - 1
East of England +127 9 £52,500 -19.23% 3

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 39 (8.86%) SharePoint
2 14 (3.18%) IIS
3 5 (1.14%) Confluence
4 4 (0.91%) Apache
4 4 (0.91%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (0.91%) CMS
4 4 (0.91%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.68%) Anypoint
5 3 (0.68%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Synapse
6 1 (0.23%) IBM Domino
6 1 (0.23%) OpenEdge
Business Applications
1 255 (57.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.82%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 440 (100.00%) Azure
1 440 (100.00%) Serverless
2 291 (66.14%) Power Platform
3 264 (60.00%) Dynamics 365
4 255 (57.95%) PaaS
5 235 (53.41%) SaaS
6 231 (52.50%) IaaS
7 111 (25.23%) Azure Logic Apps
8 89 (20.23%) Azure DevOps
9 44 (10.00%) Azure Service Bus
10 37 (8.41%) PowerApps
11 33 (7.50%) Azure API Management
12 32 (7.27%) Power Automate
13 31 (7.05%) Azure Data Factory
13 31 (7.05%) Microsoft 365
14 28 (6.36%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 26 (5.91%) Entra ID
16 25 (5.68%) Azure Storage
17 21 (4.77%) GCP
18 20 (4.55%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.73%) Firewall
2 6 (1.36%) HTTP
3 5 (1.14%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.91%) DNS
4 4 (0.91%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.68%) Network Security
5 3 (0.68%) VPN
6 1 (0.23%) FTP
6 1 (0.23%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (13.41%) SQL Server
2 54 (12.27%) Power BI
3 32 (7.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 16 (3.64%) NoSQL
5 15 (3.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 13 (2.95%) Data Lake
6 13 (2.95%) Delta Lake
6 13 (2.95%) Relational Database
7 12 (2.73%) Neo4j
7 12 (2.73%) Parquet
8 8 (1.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.91%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.68%) Data Vault
11 3 (0.68%) Metadata
11 3 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.68%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.45%) Oracle Database
13 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 1 (0.23%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 23 (5.23%) Git
2 12 (2.73%) Postman
3 7 (1.59%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.59%) JIRA
3 7 (1.59%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.91%) MSTest
4 4 (0.91%) NUnit
5 3 (0.68%) SpecFlow
6 2 (0.45%) GitLab
6 2 (0.45%) Moq
6 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.23%) git-flow
7 1 (0.23%) JMeter
7 1 (0.23%) Selenium
7 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 258 (58.64%) Finance
2 47 (10.68%) Social Skills
3 22 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (3.18%) Retail
5 8 (1.82%) Banking
5 8 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (1.36%) Legal
7 5 (1.14%) Public Sector
8 4 (0.91%) Billing
8 4 (0.91%) Law
8 4 (0.91%) Marketing
9 3 (0.68%) Publishing
10 1 (0.23%) Advertising
10 1 (0.23%) Agrochemical
10 1 (0.23%) Electronics
10 1 (0.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.23%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.23%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 235 (53.41%) Architect
2 222 (50.45%) Dynamics 365 Architect
3 220 (50.00%) CRM Architect
3 220 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM Architect
4 105 (23.86%) Developer
5 51 (11.59%) Senior
6 37 (8.41%) Lead
7 25 (5.68%) .NET Developer
8 21 (4.77%) Azure Developer
9 20 (4.55%) Senior Developer
10 18 (4.09%) C# Developer
11 16 (3.64%) Software Engineer
12 15 (3.41%) Azure Engineer
12 15 (3.41%) DevOps Engineer
13 13 (2.95%) Power Platform Developer
13 13 (2.95%) Software Developer
14 12 (2.73%) Dynamics 365 Developer
15 11 (2.50%) Data Engineer
16 9 (2.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 8 (1.82%) Provisioning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (24.77%) .NET
2 40 (9.09%) .NET Framework
3 36 (8.18%) CSS
4 35 (7.95%) React
5 34 (7.73%) HTML
6 33 (7.50%) ASP.NET
7 24 (5.45%) Entity Framework
8 23 (5.23%) .NET Core
9 20 (4.55%) ASP.NET MVC
10 19 (4.32%) REST
10 19 (4.32%) RESTful
11 16 (3.64%) AngularJS
12 14 (3.18%) HTML5 Canvas
13 13 (2.95%) Node.js
14 12 (2.73%) Middleware
14 12 (2.73%) Swagger
14 12 (2.73%) Web Services
14 12 (2.73%) XML
15 11 (2.50%) OpenAPI
15 11 (2.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.09%) Enterprise Cloud
2 16 (3.64%) Cloud Native
3 15 (3.41%) Low-Code
4 14 (3.18%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (2.27%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.05%) Public Cloud
7 8 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (1.82%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.14%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (1.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 4 (0.91%) Grid Computing
9 4 (0.91%) Reinsurance
10 3 (0.68%) Housing Association
10 3 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.68%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.68%) W3C
11 2 (0.45%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.45%) IoT
12 1 (0.23%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.27%) Windows
2 7 (1.59%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.14%) Android
4 4 (0.91%) Linux
5 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (72.27%) Agile
2 260 (59.09%) CRM
3 252 (57.27%) Roadmaps
4 223 (50.68%) Actionable Insight
5 220 (50.00%) Presales
5 220 (50.00%) Project Planning
5 220 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
5 220 (50.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
6 138 (31.36%) DevOps
7 108 (24.55%) CI/CD
8 50 (11.36%) Business Intelligence
9 45 (10.23%) Infrastructure as Code
10 43 (9.77%) Scrum
11 41 (9.32%) TDD
12 39 (8.86%) Mentoring
12 39 (8.86%) Test Automation
13 37 (8.41%) Migration
14 35 (7.95%) API Management
15 26 (5.91%) Analytics
16 24 (5.45%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 122 (27.73%) C#
2 106 (24.09%) SQL
3 47 (10.68%) JavaScript
4 43 (9.77%) Python
5 30 (6.82%) PowerShell
6 18 (4.09%) TypeScript
7 13 (2.95%) Bash
7 13 (2.95%) Java
8 10 (2.27%) Bicep
8 10 (2.27%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.14%) Scala
10 4 (0.91%) PHP
10 4 (0.91%) XAML
11 3 (0.68%) VBA
12 1 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 36 (8.18%) Degree
2 25 (5.68%) Azure Certification
3 11 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (2.05%) Security Cleared
6 7 (1.59%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.23%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.64%) QA
2 5 (1.14%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.68%) SLA
4 1 (0.23%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (5.45%) Docker
2 23 (5.23%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 42 (9.55%) Terraform
2 25 (5.68%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.45%) Ansible
5 1 (0.23%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 345 (78.41%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.77%) Databricks
3 4 (0.91%) Google
3 4 (0.91%) IBM
3 4 (0.91%) MuleSoft
3 4 (0.91%) Oracle
4 3 (0.68%) Dell
4 3 (0.68%) Remedy
4 3 (0.68%) TIBCO
5 2 (0.45%) Atlassian
5 2 (0.45%) Xamarin
6 1 (0.23%) AppDynamics
6 1 (0.23%) Cisco
6 1 (0.23%) New Relic
6 1 (0.23%) Nintex
6 1 (0.23%) SAP
6 1 (0.23%) Splunk