The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Bicep skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Bicep over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
62
61
71
Rank change year-on-year
-1
+10
+24
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Bicep
1
2
2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham
Bicep falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Birmingham.
DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
134
167
210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham
23.14%
23.69%
24.14%
Number of daily rates quoted
90
114
147
10th Percentile
£253
£316
£284
25th Percentile
£368
£366
£383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£500
£463
Median % change year-on-year
-5.00%
+8.11%
-7.50%
75th Percentile
£500
£634
£650
90th Percentile
£604
£696
£700
West Midlands median daily rate
£475
£500
£500
% change year-on-year
-5.00%
-
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
1
4
8
10th Percentile
-
£44.85
£18.95
25th Percentile
-
£51.38
£22.81
Median hourly rate
£36.00
£55.63
£29.32
Median % change year-on-year
-35.28%
+89.73%
-
75th Percentile
-
£56.25
£64.69
90th Percentile
-
-
£98.25
West Midlands median hourly rate
£50.00
£55.00
£24.00
% change year-on-year
-9.09%
+129.17%
-58.62%
Bicep Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing Bicep as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
Bicep Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Bicep.
Bicep Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham
For the 6 months to 27 August 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Bicep also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region with a requirement for Bicep.
Bicep Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:
