BICSI Certification Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

BICSI Certification
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 409 - 404
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing BICSI Certification 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.023% - 0.005%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.064% - 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £190
75th Percentile - - £205
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate - £406 £190
% change year-on-year - +113.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.01 - -
Median hourly rate £19.34 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £19.34 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,794 4,534 7,780
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.84% 35.72% 36.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,916 2,765 4,542
10th Percentile £300 £211 £252
25th Percentile £406 £394 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -1.87%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £638
90th Percentile £700 £689 £713
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 954 381 852
10th Percentile £16.09 £18.51 £13.69
25th Percentile £19.14 £24.50 £16.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 £50.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.00% +33.33% -22.05%
75th Percentile £67.44 £68.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £84.00 £81.01 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.61 £42.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -30.33% +13.33% -25.00%

BICSI Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

BICSI Certification job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

BICSI Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing BICSI Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing BICSI Certification

BICSI Certification
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South East - 2 - - 1
East of England - 2 - - 2
Midlands - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
BICSI Certification
UK

BICSI Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 5 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Data Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 5 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) City & Guilds