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 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 377 464
Rank change year-on-year +78 +87 +61
Permanent jobs citing Bicep 88 51 64
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.54% 0.34% 0.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.97% 0.75% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 64 39 62
10th Percentile £41,800 £51,500 £50,125
25th Percentile £44,375 £61,250 £56,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +17.65% -23.23%
75th Percentile £73,813 £82,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £91,050 £96,225
UK median annual salary £62,500 £73,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -15.25% +13.46% -16.13%

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 4,457 6,778 12,471
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.11% 45.13% 45.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,261 4,437 10,875
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £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 £85,000 £78,875
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 25 February 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 88 (100.00%) Azure
2 63 (71.59%) Azure DevOps
3 46 (52.27%) GitHub
4 42 (47.73%) GitHub Actions
5 33 (37.50%) Azure Monitor
6 19 (21.59%) IaaS
6 19 (21.59%) PaaS
7 18 (20.45%) Azure Data Factory
8 17 (19.32%) AWS
8 17 (19.32%) Azure AKS
9 15 (17.05%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (15.91%) Azure Event Grid
10 14 (15.91%) Azure Logic Apps
10 14 (15.91%) Azure Service Bus
11 10 (11.36%) Amazon EKS
11 10 (11.36%) Entra ID
12 7 (7.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (7.95%) SaaS
13 6 (6.82%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 21 (23.86%) Firewall
2 16 (18.18%) VPN
3 11 (12.50%) DNS
4 3 (3.41%) Network Security
5 2 (2.27%) DHCP
6 1 (1.14%) SAN
6 1 (1.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (2.27%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.14%) Metadata
3 1 (1.14%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.14%) Power BI
3 1 (1.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (11.36%) Jenkins
2 4 (4.55%) Visual Studio
3 2 (2.27%) Git
4 1 (1.14%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.14%) GitLab
4 1 (1.14%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 28 (31.82%) Finance
2 16 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 8 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (7.95%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.27%) Law
6 1 (1.14%) Advertising
6 1 (1.14%) Electronics
6 1 (1.14%) German Language
6 1 (1.14%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.14%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.14%) Marketing
6 1 (1.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (28.41%) Azure Engineer
2 23 (26.14%) Senior
3 20 (22.73%) Cloud Engineer
4 13 (14.77%) DevOps Engineer
4 13 (14.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (12.50%) Platform Engineer
6 10 (11.36%) Integration Engineer
6 10 (11.36%) Senior Cloud Engineer
6 10 (11.36%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (9.09%) Lead
8 7 (7.95%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 6 (6.82%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (5.68%) Architect
11 4 (4.55%) Analyst
11 4 (4.55%) Support Engineer
12 3 (3.41%) AWS DevOps
12 3 (3.41%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 3 (3.41%) Cloud Architect
12 3 (3.41%) CloudOps Engineer
12 3 (3.41%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (17.05%) JSON
1 15 (17.05%) OAuth
2 14 (15.91%) .NET
2 14 (15.91%) OAuth2
2 14 (15.91%) RESTful
3 12 (13.64%) YAML
4 11 (12.50%) ARM Templates
5 4 (4.55%) .NET Core
5 4 (4.55%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (2.27%) React
7 1 (1.14%) AngularJS
7 1 (1.14%) Node.js
7 1 (1.14%) OpenID
7 1 (1.14%) SAML
7 1 (1.14%) Semantic Kernel
7 1 (1.14%) Svelte
7 1 (1.14%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 30 (34.09%) Cloud Native
2 9 (10.23%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (7.95%) Legacy Applications
4 6 (6.82%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.41%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (3.41%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.27%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.14%) Clustering
7 1 (1.14%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.14%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (1.14%) Educational Technology
7 1 (1.14%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.14%) PKI
7 1 (1.14%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 14 (15.91%) Windows
2 12 (13.64%) Linux
3 7 (7.95%) VMS
4 4 (4.55%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (90.91%) Infrastructure as Code
2 72 (81.82%) DevOps
3 66 (75.00%) CI/CD
4 36 (40.91%) RBAC
5 33 (37.50%) Observability
6 32 (36.36%) Analytics
6 32 (36.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 27 (30.68%) Root Cause Analysis
8 26 (29.55%) Incident Response
9 25 (28.41%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (28.41%) Log Analytics
10 24 (27.27%) API Management
11 21 (23.86%) Deployment Automation
12 20 (22.73%) Cloud Security
13 18 (20.45%) Identity Management
13 18 (20.45%) Test Automation
14 17 (19.32%) Coaching
15 16 (18.18%) Asset Management
15 16 (18.18%) Containerisation
15 16 (18.18%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 38 (43.18%) PowerShell
2 27 (30.68%) Python
3 17 (19.32%) Bash
4 8 (9.09%) SQL
5 6 (6.82%) C#
6 1 (1.14%) Go
6 1 (1.14%) Scala
6 1 (1.14%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (27.27%) Azure Certification
2 17 (19.32%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (19.32%) SC Cleared
2 17 (19.32%) Security Cleared
3 7 (7.95%) AWS Certification
4 5 (5.68%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (5.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (5.68%) Degree
5 2 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.14%) CCNA
6 1 (1.14%) CISSP
6 1 (1.14%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.14%) MCSA
6 1 (1.14%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (20.45%) GDPR
2 7 (7.95%) NIST
3 4 (4.55%) PCI DSS
4 3 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.27%) GRC
5 2 (2.27%) SOC 2
6 1 (1.14%) Data Quality
6 1 (1.14%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (27.27%) Docker
2 11 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 9 (10.23%) Hyper-V
4 7 (7.95%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (7.95%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.14%) vCloud
5 1 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 73 (82.95%) Terraform
2 41 (46.59%) Kubernetes
3 8 (9.09%) Grafana
4 7 (7.95%) Ansible
5 6 (6.82%) SCOM
6 4 (4.55%) logstash
7 2 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (1.14%) Prometheus
8 1 (1.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 34 (38.64%) Microsoft
2 14 (15.91%) Ab Initio
3 10 (11.36%) VMware
4 8 (9.09%) New Relic
5 4 (4.55%) AppDynamics
5 4 (4.55%) LogicMonitor
6 3 (3.41%) SolarWinds
7 2 (2.27%) Databricks
8 1 (1.14%) Apple
8 1 (1.14%) Dell
8 1 (1.14%) HP
8 1 (1.14%) NetApp
8 1 (1.14%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.14%) SAP
8 1 (1.14%) Splunk
8 1 (1.14%) Veeam