BICSI Certification Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

BICSI Certification
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for BICSI Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 - 144
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing BICSI Certification 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.073% - 0.036%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% - 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £190
75th Percentile - - £205
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate - - £190
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £16.34 - -
25th Percentile £16.84 - -
Median hourly rate £18.23 - -
75th Percentile £19.06 - -
90th Percentile £19.23 - -
South East median hourly rate £18.23 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,280 547 1,160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 46.83% 35.82% 41.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 849 320 638
10th Percentile £270 £256 £210
25th Percentile £375 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £525 £521
Median % change year-on-year -6.29% +0.72% +3.63%
75th Percentile £580 £650 £615
90th Percentile £638 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 35 101
10th Percentile £16.35 £17.90 £18.00
25th Percentile £20.72 £41.25 £41.25
Median hourly rate £72.80 £61.50 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +18.38% +5.48% +2.49%
75th Percentile £85.63 £67.50 £67.25
90th Percentile £94.88 £83.65 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £42.25 £56.75 £57.35
% change year-on-year -25.55% -1.05% +14.70%

BICSI Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

BICSI Certification job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

BICSI Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing BICSI Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing BICSI Certification

BICSI Certification
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 March 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
Berkshire - 2 - -
BICSI Certification
South East

BICSI Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Data Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) City & Guilds