Azure Bicep
England > South West
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Bicep skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 112 | - | 144 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +38 |
| Contract jobs citing Bicep | 17 | 0 | 7 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the South West | 0.73% | - | 0.24% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.11% | - | 0.85% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £488 | - | £511 |
| 25th Percentile | £534 | - | £528 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | - | £550 |
| 75th Percentile | £643 | - | £583 |
| 90th Percentile | £695 | - | £620 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | -2.22% |
All Programming Languages
South West
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 the South West.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 547 | 588 | 819 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West | 23.61% | 27.84% | 27.51% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 360 | 332 | 556 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £400 | £358 |
| 25th Percentile | £431 | £450 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £548 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.11% | +2.10% |
| 75th Percentile | £608 | £638 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £714 | £685 | £713 |
| England median daily rate | £513 | £543 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.53% | -1.36% | -4.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 77 | 60 | 77 |
| 10th Percentile | £61.25 | £61.25 | £46.11 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £62.50 | £52.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £66.50 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.26% | +2.31% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £67.84 | £68.75 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £74.00 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £63.00 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.17% | +0.80% | -0.79% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Bicep relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.
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Daily Rate Trend in the South West
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Bicep.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Bicep in the South West over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.
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Contract Job Locations in the South West
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bicep within the South West region over the 6 months to 18 December 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset | - | 6 | £575 | - | 2 |
| Bristol | - | 4 | £640 | - | 2 |
| Wiltshire | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire | - | 3 | £500 | - | 1 |
| Devon | - | 1 | £575 | - | 1 |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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: