Hybrid/Remote Bicep Job Trends

Azure Bicep
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Bicep skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 373 488
Rank change year-on-year +79 +115 +34
Permanent jobs citing Bicep 89 50 62
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.53% 0.34% 0.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.99% 0.74% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 65 37 58
10th Percentile £41,900 £51,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £61,250 £56,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £72,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +13.73% -17.74%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £91,100 £96,250
UK median annual salary £63,500 £75,000 £65,500
% change year-on-year -15.33% +14.50% -15.48%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

Bicep falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,472 6,730 12,954
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.68% 45.62% 44.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3,277 4,613 11,276
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

Bicep
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Bicep and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Bicep job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Bicep
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Bicep.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Bicep

Bicep
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Bicep over the 6 months to 7 March 2026.

Bicep salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Bicep
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 1 (1.12%) Apache
1 1 (1.12%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 89 (100.00%) Azure
2 61 (68.54%) Azure DevOps
3 42 (47.19%) GitHub
4 40 (44.94%) GitHub Actions
5 32 (35.96%) Azure Monitor
6 20 (22.47%) PaaS
7 19 (21.35%) IaaS
8 17 (19.10%) Azure Data Factory
9 15 (16.85%) AWS
9 15 (16.85%) Azure AKS
9 15 (16.85%) Azure Logic Apps
10 14 (15.73%) Azure Event Grid
10 14 (15.73%) Azure Service Bus
11 13 (14.61%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (12.36%) Entra ID
13 8 (8.99%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (7.87%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (7.87%) Microsoft 365
14 7 (7.87%) SaaS
15 6 (6.74%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 20 (22.47%) Firewall
2 15 (16.85%) VPN
3 10 (11.24%) DNS
4 3 (3.37%) DHCP
4 3 (3.37%) Network Security
5 2 (2.25%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.12%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (12.36%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.37%) Data Lake
3 2 (2.25%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (2.25%) Power BI
3 2 (2.25%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.12%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.12%) Metadata
4 1 (1.12%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (8.99%) Jenkins
2 4 (4.49%) Git
2 4 (4.49%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.12%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.12%) GitLab
3 1 (1.12%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 26 (29.21%) Finance
2 16 (17.98%) Social Skills
3 8 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (7.87%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.49%) Law
6 2 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.12%) Advertising
7 1 (1.12%) Electronics
7 1 (1.12%) German Language
7 1 (1.12%) Health Technology
7 1 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.12%) Legal
7 1 (1.12%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.12%) Marketing
7 1 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (28.09%) Azure Engineer
2 20 (22.47%) Senior
3 17 (19.10%) Cloud Engineer
4 12 (13.48%) DevOps Engineer
5 11 (12.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (12.36%) Platform Engineer
6 10 (11.24%) Integration Engineer
7 9 (10.11%) Lead
8 8 (8.99%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (7.87%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 7 (7.87%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 5 (5.62%) Architect
11 4 (4.49%) Analyst
11 4 (4.49%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (4.49%) Support Engineer
12 3 (3.37%) Cloud Architect
12 3 (3.37%) CloudOps Engineer
12 3 (3.37%) Data Engineer
12 3 (3.37%) Security Engineer
12 3 (3.37%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (16.85%) .NET
1 15 (16.85%) JSON
1 15 (16.85%) OAuth
2 14 (15.73%) OAuth2
2 14 (15.73%) RESTful
3 12 (13.48%) YAML
4 10 (11.24%) ARM Templates
5 4 (4.49%) .NET Core
5 4 (4.49%) ASP.NET Web API
6 3 (3.37%) React
7 1 (1.12%) .NET Framework
7 1 (1.12%) AngularJS
7 1 (1.12%) CSS
7 1 (1.12%) Kafka
7 1 (1.12%) Node.js
7 1 (1.12%) OpenID
7 1 (1.12%) PySpark
7 1 (1.12%) REST
7 1 (1.12%) SAML
7 1 (1.12%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 33 (37.08%) Cloud Native
2 10 (11.24%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (7.87%) Legacy Applications
4 6 (6.74%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.37%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (3.37%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (3.37%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.25%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.12%) Clustering
7 1 (1.12%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.12%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (1.12%) Educational Technology
7 1 (1.12%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.12%) PKI
7 1 (1.12%) Podcast
7 1 (1.12%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.12%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 14 (15.73%) Windows
2 11 (12.36%) Linux
3 5 (5.62%) VMS
3 5 (5.62%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (89.89%) Infrastructure as Code
2 72 (80.90%) DevOps
3 67 (75.28%) CI/CD
4 34 (38.20%) Observability
4 34 (38.20%) RBAC
5 33 (37.08%) Analytics
6 31 (34.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 27 (30.34%) Incident Response
8 26 (29.21%) Log Analytics
8 26 (29.21%) Root Cause Analysis
9 25 (28.09%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (26.97%) API Management
11 21 (23.60%) Deployment Automation
12 20 (22.47%) Cloud Security
13 18 (20.22%) Containerisation
13 18 (20.22%) Identity Management
13 18 (20.22%) Test Automation
14 17 (19.10%) Data Pipeline
15 16 (17.98%) ETL
16 15 (16.85%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 36 (40.45%) PowerShell
2 25 (28.09%) Python
3 15 (16.85%) Bash
4 7 (7.87%) C#
4 7 (7.87%) SQL
5 2 (2.25%) Scala
6 1 (1.12%) Go
6 1 (1.12%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.12%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.12%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (29.21%) Azure Certification
2 17 (19.10%) SC Cleared
2 17 (19.10%) Security Cleared
3 16 (17.98%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (7.87%) Degree
5 6 (6.74%) AWS Certification
5 6 (6.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (5.62%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.25%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.12%) CCNA
8 1 (1.12%) CISSP
8 1 (1.12%) MCSA
8 1 (1.12%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (20.22%) GDPR
2 7 (7.87%) NIST
3 4 (4.49%) PCI DSS
4 3 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.25%) Data Quality
5 2 (2.25%) GRC
5 2 (2.25%) SOC 2
6 1 (1.12%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (24.72%) Docker
2 12 (13.48%) Active Directory
3 9 (10.11%) Hyper-V
4 7 (7.87%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (7.87%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (2.25%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.25%) vSphere
6 1 (1.12%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 73 (82.02%) Terraform
2 39 (43.82%) Kubernetes
3 7 (7.87%) Grafana
4 6 (6.74%) Ansible
4 6 (6.74%) SCOM
5 4 (4.49%) logstash
6 2 (2.25%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (2.25%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.12%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 36 (40.45%) Microsoft
2 14 (15.73%) Ab Initio
3 11 (12.36%) VMware
4 8 (8.99%) New Relic
5 4 (4.49%) AppDynamics
6 3 (3.37%) Databricks
6 3 (3.37%) LogicMonitor
7 2 (2.25%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.12%) Apple
8 1 (1.12%) Dell
8 1 (1.12%) HP
8 1 (1.12%) NetApp
8 1 (1.12%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.12%) SAP
8 1 (1.12%) Splunk
8 1 (1.12%) Veeam