Bicep Contract Job Trends

Azure Bicep
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Bicep skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 378 415
Rank change year-on-year -7 +37 +127
Contract jobs citing Bicep 248 142 171
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.52% 0.49% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.92% 1.43% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 103 114
10th Percentile £367 £373 £427
25th Percentile £435 £413 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £539
Median % change year-on-year - -2.60% -2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £725 £611
90th Percentile £663 £838 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £488 £605
% change year-on-year +7.69% -19.42% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.53 £67.50 £90.00
Median hourly rate £42.69 £70.00 £110.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.02% -36.36% -
75th Percentile £45.84 £72.50 £130.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.69 - -

All Programming Languages
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,910 9,936 12,750
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 27.05% 34.06% 29.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,503 6,761 9,074
10th Percentile £355 £358 £350
25th Percentile £413 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £712 £769 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £489
% change year-on-year - -2.86% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 565 248 490
10th Percentile £41.94 £25.07 £32.25
25th Percentile £54.55 £35.00 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +0.81% +2.27%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £79.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +1.56% +2.40% +2.56%

Bicep
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Bicep relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Bicep job vacancy trend in the UK

Bicep
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Bicep.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Bicep

Bicep
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Bicep over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Bicep in the UK

Bicep
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Bicep.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Bicep

Bicep
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bicep within the UK 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
England -20 204 £525 +10.53% 66
London -37 108 £525 +7.69% 21
UK excluding London -36 100 £525 +7.69% 55
Work from Home -28 68 £525 -4.55% 35
North of England -38 29 £476 +5.67% 23
South East -57 25 £588 +36.63% 17
North West -19 20 £452 +0.43% 10
Midlands -47 19 £500 -6.98% 2
South West -20 16 £575 +27.78% 4
West Midlands -46 14 £575 -4.17% 1
Scotland +6 9 £488 -7.14% 4
Yorkshire - 7 £563 - 10
East Midlands -30 5 £447 -5.89% 1
North East -17 2 £475 -15.93% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
Wales - 1 £425 - 2

Bicep
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.02%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.81%) Apache Pulsar
2 2 (0.81%) Confluence
2 2 (0.81%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.40%) IIS
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.40%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 6 (2.42%) Maximo
2 1 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 239 (96.37%) Azure
2 136 (54.84%) Azure DevOps
3 85 (34.27%) Azure AKS
4 78 (31.45%) GitHub
5 74 (29.84%) Azure Monitor
6 70 (28.23%) GitHub Actions
7 65 (26.21%) Entra ID
8 56 (22.58%) Azure Key Vault
9 50 (20.16%) AWS
10 49 (19.76%) Serverless
11 38 (15.32%) PaaS
12 35 (14.11%) IaaS
13 33 (13.31%) Azure Data Factory
14 32 (12.90%) Azure Service Bus
14 32 (12.90%) Power Platform
15 31 (12.50%) Azure Functions
16 27 (10.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 26 (10.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 25 (10.08%) AWS CloudFormation
18 25 (10.08%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (15.73%) Firewall
2 23 (9.27%) Network Security
3 21 (8.47%) VPN
4 19 (7.66%) DNS
5 4 (1.61%) DHCP
5 4 (1.61%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (1.21%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.81%) Internet
7 2 (0.81%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.81%) NGFW
8 1 (0.40%) HTTP
8 1 (0.40%) LAN
8 1 (0.40%) MPLS
8 1 (0.40%) SMTP
8 1 (0.40%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (13.31%) Azure SQL Database
2 28 (11.29%) SQL Server
3 21 (8.47%) Power BI
4 18 (7.26%) Data Lake
5 10 (4.03%) Delta Lake
6 8 (3.23%) NoSQL
6 8 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (2.02%) Parquet
8 5 (2.02%) Spark SQL
9 4 (1.61%) Metadata
9 4 (1.61%) Redis
9 4 (1.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.21%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.81%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.81%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.81%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (14.92%) Git
2 20 (8.06%) GitLab
3 18 (7.26%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.02%) JIRA
5 3 (1.21%) Spinnaker
6 2 (0.81%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.81%) git-flow
6 2 (0.81%) JMeter
6 2 (0.81%) NUnit
6 2 (0.81%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.40%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.40%) Gatling
7 1 (0.40%) Moq
7 1 (0.40%) MSI
7 1 (0.40%) Postman
7 1 (0.40%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.40%) Selenium
7 1 (0.40%) Serilog
7 1 (0.40%) Tricentis qTest
7 1 (0.40%) webpack
General
1 44 (17.74%) Social Skills
2 35 (14.11%) Public Sector
3 26 (10.48%) Finance
4 17 (6.85%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (3.23%) Legal
6 7 (2.82%) Banking
7 2 (0.81%) Retail
8 1 (0.40%) Advertising
8 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.40%) Law
8 1 (0.40%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.40%) Publishing
8 1 (0.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 68 (27.42%) Azure Engineer
2 51 (20.56%) Architect
3 45 (18.15%) DevOps Engineer
4 32 (12.90%) Cloud Engineer
5 30 (12.10%) Azure Architect
6 28 (11.29%) Developer
6 28 (11.29%) Senior
7 21 (8.47%) Data Engineer
7 21 (8.47%) Lead
7 21 (8.47%) Platform Engineer
8 20 (8.06%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 20 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (5.65%) Technical Architect
10 13 (5.24%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 12 (4.84%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 11 (4.44%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (4.44%) Cloud Architect
12 11 (4.44%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (4.03%) Azure Developer
14 9 (3.63%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (17.74%) ARM Templates
2 39 (15.73%) .NET
3 27 (10.89%) REST
4 24 (9.68%) .NET Core
4 24 (9.68%) OAuth
5 20 (8.06%) OAuth2
5 20 (8.06%) YAML
6 14 (5.65%) Kafka
7 13 (5.24%) Node.js
8 12 (4.84%) OpenID
8 12 (4.84%) React
9 11 (4.44%) Entity Framework
10 9 (3.63%) AngularJS
10 9 (3.63%) JWT
10 9 (3.63%) PySpark
11 7 (2.82%) JSON
11 7 (2.82%) RESTful
12 6 (2.42%) .NET Framework
12 6 (2.42%) OpenTelemetry
13 5 (2.02%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 65 (26.21%) Cloud Native
2 19 (7.66%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (5.24%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (4.03%) AI Agents
4 10 (4.03%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (4.03%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (3.63%) Data Centre
5 9 (3.63%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.82%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.42%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.02%) Enterprise Cloud
8 5 (2.02%) Wiki
9 4 (1.61%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.21%) CMDB
10 3 (1.21%) IoT
10 3 (1.21%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (1.21%) SCADA
11 2 (0.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (0.81%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.84%) Windows
2 11 (4.44%) VMS
3 10 (4.03%) Linux
4 6 (2.42%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (79.44%) Infrastructure as Code
2 174 (70.16%) CI/CD
3 172 (69.35%) DevOps
4 74 (29.84%) Analytics
5 73 (29.44%) Containerisation
6 69 (27.82%) RBAC
7 51 (20.56%) Platform Engineering
8 50 (20.16%) Observability
9 48 (19.35%) Agile
10 46 (18.55%) Log Analytics
11 45 (18.15%) AI
11 45 (18.15%) DevSecOps
12 41 (16.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 40 (16.13%) Cloud Security
13 40 (16.13%) Migration
14 39 (15.73%) Problem-Solving
15 37 (14.92%) Identity Access Management
15 37 (14.92%) Microservices
16 33 (13.31%) Deployment Automation
17 31 (12.50%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 80 (32.26%) Python
2 75 (30.24%) PowerShell
3 64 (25.81%) SQL
4 39 (15.73%) C#
5 29 (11.69%) Bash
6 13 (5.24%) JavaScript
7 12 (4.84%) TypeScript
8 6 (2.42%) Java
8 6 (2.42%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.81%) Go
10 2 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.81%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.40%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.40%) C
11 1 (0.40%) C++
Qualifications
1 60 (24.19%) Security Cleared
2 58 (23.39%) Azure Certification
3 54 (21.77%) SC Cleared
4 20 (8.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (4.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (4.03%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.82%) AWS Certification
8 6 (2.42%) CISSP
9 5 (2.02%) CISM
9 5 (2.02%) Degree
9 5 (2.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 4 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.81%) MCSE
13 1 (0.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (0.40%) CCSP
13 1 (0.40%) CSSLP
13 1 (0.40%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.66%) Data Quality
2 14 (5.65%) GDPR
2 14 (5.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (5.65%) NCSC
3 13 (5.24%) NIST
3 13 (5.24%) QA
4 7 (2.82%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.02%) NIST 800
5 5 (2.02%) SOC 2
6 4 (1.61%) GRC
7 3 (1.21%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.81%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.81%) FedRAMP
8 2 (0.81%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.40%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.40%) SLA
9 1 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 70 (28.23%) Docker
2 32 (12.90%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.63%) Hyper-V
4 8 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (2.82%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 215 (86.69%) Terraform
2 85 (34.27%) Kubernetes
3 17 (6.85%) Prometheus
4 16 (6.45%) Grafana
5 10 (4.03%) Ansible
6 8 (3.23%) Istio
7 6 (2.42%) Argo
8 5 (2.02%) linkerd
8 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (2.02%) Progress Chef
8 5 (2.02%) Puppet
9 4 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.40%) Packer
Vendors
1 126 (50.81%) Microsoft
2 33 (13.31%) Databricks
3 16 (6.45%) OpenAI
4 9 (3.63%) Oracle
4 9 (3.63%) Splunk
5 8 (3.23%) Red Hat
6 7 (2.82%) IBM
6 7 (2.82%) VMware
7 4 (1.61%) Foundry
7 4 (1.61%) Google
8 3 (1.21%) Alibaba
8 3 (1.21%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.21%) Informatica
8 3 (1.21%) SAP
8 3 (1.21%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.81%) Citrix
9 2 (0.81%) Virgin Media
10 1 (0.40%) Cisco
10 1 (0.40%) New Relic
10 1 (0.40%) Salesforce