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 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 333 395 499
Rank change year-on-year +62 +104 -13
Permanent jobs citing Bicep 79 39 92
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.41% 0.26% 0.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.53% 0.67% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 50 18 72
10th Percentile £56,125 £57,250 £56,575
25th Percentile £62,875 £59,688 £59,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,563 £73,750 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% +7.27% -11.29%
75th Percentile £90,313 £89,813 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,250 £93,700 £90,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £80,000 £66,500
% change year-on-year -9.38% +20.30% -5.00%

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 5,163 5,834 13,867
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.54% 38.59% 40.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,782 4,044 11,564
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £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 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 10 June 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 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.80%) Apache
2 3 (3.80%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 79 (100.00%) Azure
2 37 (46.84%) Azure DevOps
3 25 (31.65%) IaaS
4 21 (26.58%) PaaS
5 20 (25.32%) Azure AKS
6 19 (24.05%) GitHub
7 17 (21.52%) Azure Monitor
7 17 (21.52%) Entra ID
8 16 (20.25%) Azure Functions
8 16 (20.25%) Serverless
9 13 (16.46%) AWS
9 13 (16.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 9 (11.39%) AWS CloudFormation
10 9 (11.39%) Azure Key Vault
10 9 (11.39%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (11.39%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (10.13%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (10.13%) SaaS
12 7 (8.86%) Azure Sentinel
13 5 (6.33%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 15 (18.99%) VPN
2 8 (10.13%) DNS
3 6 (7.59%) DHCP
3 6 (7.59%) Firewall
4 5 (6.33%) TCP/IP
5 3 (3.80%) BGP
5 3 (3.80%) HTTP
5 3 (3.80%) LAN
5 3 (3.80%) OSPF
5 3 (3.80%) SD-WAN
5 3 (3.80%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.27%) NAS
6 1 (1.27%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.13%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (7.59%) Delta Lake
3 5 (6.33%) Metadata
3 5 (6.33%) SQL Server
4 4 (5.06%) Data Lake
5 3 (3.80%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.53%) Big Data
6 2 (2.53%) Data Vault
6 2 (2.53%) Power BI
6 2 (2.53%) Relational Database
7 1 (1.27%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (1.27%) Looker
7 1 (1.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (16.46%) Git
2 6 (7.59%) Visual Studio
3 5 (6.33%) NUnit
4 3 (3.80%) Bitbucket
4 3 (3.80%) Jenkins
5 2 (2.53%) Jasmine
5 2 (2.53%) MLflow
5 2 (2.53%) Selenium
5 2 (2.53%) TeamCity
5 2 (2.53%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (1.27%) GitLab
6 1 (1.27%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 32 (40.51%) Social Skills
2 21 (26.58%) Finance
3 12 (15.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (13.92%) Law
5 6 (7.59%) Legal
6 5 (6.33%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.53%) Advertising
7 2 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.27%) German Language
8 1 (1.27%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.27%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 20 (25.32%) Azure Engineer
1 20 (25.32%) Senior
2 15 (18.99%) Lead
3 13 (16.46%) Architect
4 8 (10.13%) Cloud Engineer
4 8 (10.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (8.86%) Developer
5 7 (8.86%) Engineering Manager
6 6 (7.59%) DevOps Engineer
6 6 (7.59%) Infrastructure Engineering Manager
6 6 (7.59%) Infrastructure Manager
6 6 (7.59%) Platform Engineer
6 6 (7.59%) Product Manager
7 5 (6.33%) Azure Architect
7 5 (6.33%) Azure Consultant
7 5 (6.33%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 5 (6.33%) Consultant
7 5 (6.33%) Enterprise Architect
7 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Enterprise Architect
7 5 (6.33%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (25.32%) ARM Templates
2 12 (15.19%) .NET
3 8 (10.13%) RESTful
4 5 (6.33%) ASP.NET
4 5 (6.33%) ASP.NET Web API
5 4 (5.06%) .NET Core
5 4 (5.06%) .NET Framework
5 4 (5.06%) PySpark
5 4 (5.06%) REST
6 3 (3.80%) 802.1X
6 3 (3.80%) AngularJS
6 3 (3.80%) ASP.NET Core
6 3 (3.80%) Entity Framework
6 3 (3.80%) OAuth
6 3 (3.80%) OpenAPI
6 3 (3.80%) OpenID
6 3 (3.80%) Swagger
6 3 (3.80%) Vitest
7 2 (2.53%) OAuth2
7 2 (2.53%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 30 (37.97%) Cloud Native
2 10 (12.66%) Hybrid Cloud
2 10 (12.66%) Podcast
3 8 (10.13%) Product Ownership
4 6 (7.59%) Public Cloud
5 5 (6.33%) Security Posture
6 3 (3.80%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (3.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (2.53%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.53%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.53%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.53%) PKI
7 2 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.27%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.27%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.13%) Windows
2 5 (6.33%) Linux
3 4 (5.06%) VMS
3 4 (5.06%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.27%) Android
4 1 (1.27%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (91.14%) Infrastructure as Code
2 57 (72.15%) CI/CD
3 56 (70.89%) DevOps
4 27 (34.18%) AI
4 27 (34.18%) Observability
5 22 (27.85%) Analytics
6 18 (22.78%) Cloud Security
6 18 (22.78%) Identity Access Management
6 18 (22.78%) Log Analytics
7 17 (21.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (21.52%) Infrastructure Automation
7 17 (21.52%) RBAC
7 17 (21.52%) Roadmaps
7 17 (21.52%) Root Cause Analysis
8 16 (20.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 16 (20.25%) Technical Leadership
9 15 (18.99%) Mentoring
9 15 (18.99%) Platform Engineering
9 15 (18.99%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (17.72%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 31 (39.24%) PowerShell
2 23 (29.11%) Python
3 15 (18.99%) SQL
4 14 (17.72%) Bash
5 11 (13.92%) C#
6 4 (5.06%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (5.06%) Scala
7 3 (3.80%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.27%) Java
8 1 (1.27%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (34.18%) Azure Certification
2 12 (15.19%) Degree
2 12 (15.19%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (7.59%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.80%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.80%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.53%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.53%) SnowPro
6 1 (1.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (1.27%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.27%) CISSP
6 1 (1.27%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.86%) GDPR
2 6 (7.59%) Data Quality
3 5 (6.33%) NIST
4 4 (5.06%) PCI DSS
5 2 (2.53%) IFRS
5 2 (2.53%) IFRS 17
5 2 (2.53%) Solvency II
6 1 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.27%) NCSC
6 1 (1.27%) QA
System Software
1 16 (20.25%) Docker
2 14 (17.72%) Active Directory
3 6 (7.59%) vSphere
4 5 (6.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (5.06%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (3.80%) Hyper-V
7 2 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (2.53%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 67 (84.81%) Terraform
2 17 (21.52%) Kubernetes
3 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.53%) MIIS
4 2 (2.53%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.53%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.27%) Ansible
5 1 (1.27%) Grafana
5 1 (1.27%) logstash
Vendors
1 46 (58.23%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.13%) VMware
3 7 (8.86%) Databricks
4 4 (5.06%) ScienceLogic
4 4 (5.06%) SolarWinds
5 3 (3.80%) Cisco
5 3 (3.80%) DevExpress
6 2 (2.53%) Ab Initio
6 2 (2.53%) Apple
6 2 (2.53%) LogicMonitor
6 2 (2.53%) Oracle
7 1 (1.27%) Commvault
7 1 (1.27%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.27%) Veeam