BICSI Certification Contract Job Trends in the South West

BICSI Certification
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for BICSI Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing BICSI Certification 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.030% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.067% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - £406 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

BICSI Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,496 936 1,780
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 45.01% 55.06% 56.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 943 590 1,133
10th Percentile £340 £235 £353
25th Percentile £431 £442 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.09%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £660
90th Percentile £715 £700 £725
England median daily rate £521 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 102 194
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.51 £21.79
25th Percentile £21.07 £21.33 £40.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% -1.64% -6.87%
75th Percentile £68.75 £67.50 £72.50
90th Percentile £85.25 £75.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £47.54 £40.72 £40.00
% change year-on-year +16.76% +1.79% -23.81%

BICSI Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BICSI Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

BICSI Certification job vacancy trend in the South West

BICSI Certification
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 BICSI Certification within the South West region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Bristol - 1 - -
BICSI Certification
England

BICSI Certification
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cabling Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) City & Guilds
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared