Azure Bicep
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Bicep skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Bicep over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 400 548 811
Rank change year-on-year +148 +263 -
Contract jobs citing Bicep 174 153 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.41% 0.27% 0.053%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.37% 0.77% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 109 23
10th Percentile £425 £450 £483
25th Percentile £484 £513 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £608 £638 £684
90th Percentile £656 £775 £723
UK excluding London median daily rate £605 £550 £594
% change year-on-year +10.00% -7.37% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £90.00 - £75.00
Median hourly rate £110.00 - £80.00
75th Percentile £130.00 - £85.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Programming Languages
UK

Bicep is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,689 19,807 31,680
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.82% 34.69% 36.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,016 14,288 23,102
10th Percentile £350 £392 £385
25th Percentile £425 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £653
90th Percentile £763 £785 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £500 £490
% change year-on-year -2.20% +2.04% +15.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 491 450 512
10th Percentile £32.25 £26.24 £19.56
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.10
Median % change year-on-year - +24.75% +16.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £78.00 £74.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year - +25.00% +24.05%

Bicep
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Bicep as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Bicep in the UK

Bicep
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Bicep.

Daily rate trend for Bicep in the UK

Bicep
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Bicep over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Bicep in the UK

Bicep
Top 13 Contract 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 15 May 2024. 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 +134 163 £545 -0.91% 30
London +149 119 £525 -6.25% 9
Work from Home +119 85 £538 -3.93% 21
UK excluding London +49 40 £605 +10.00% 19
South East +27 19 £605 +0.83% 7
Midlands +33 8 £607 +10.36% 4
West Midlands +22 8 £607 -13.29% 1
South West +21 6 £525 -12.50% 2
North of England +11 5 £513 -4.65% 5
North West +13 4 £525 -4.55% 2
Yorkshire +16 1 £463 -11.90% 3
East of England +9 1 £475 -36.67% 1
Scotland - 1 - -

Bicep
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (9.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (8.05%) CMS
3 4 (2.30%) Luigi
4 2 (1.15%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.57%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 174 (100.00%) Azure
2 124 (71.26%) Azure DevOps
3 64 (36.78%) Azure Service Bus
4 62 (35.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 58 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
6 57 (32.76%) Entra ID
7 20 (11.49%) Azure Storage
8 18 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (8.62%) Azure AKS
10 14 (8.05%) Azure App Service
10 14 (8.05%) Azure Pipelines
11 13 (7.47%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (6.90%) Azure Logic Apps
13 10 (5.75%) PaaS
14 9 (5.17%) AWS
15 8 (4.60%) Serverless
16 7 (4.02%) Azure API Management
16 7 (4.02%) Azure Key Vault
17 6 (3.45%) Azure Functions
17 6 (3.45%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 24 (13.79%) Firewall
2 21 (12.07%) DNS
3 17 (9.77%) DHCP
4 7 (4.02%) FTP
5 3 (1.72%) VPN
6 2 (1.15%) Network Security
7 1 (0.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (58.05%) SQL Server
2 16 (9.20%) Azure SQL Database
2 16 (9.20%) Redis
3 7 (4.02%) Data Lake
4 5 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.57%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.57%) InterSystems Cache
5 1 (0.57%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.57%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.57%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 40 (22.99%) Git
2 7 (4.02%) GitLab
3 4 (2.30%) SpecFlow
4 3 (1.72%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.15%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.15%) Snyk
5 2 (1.15%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.57%) Hudson
6 1 (0.57%) JIRA
6 1 (0.57%) JMeter
6 1 (0.57%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.57%) Selenium
6 1 (0.57%) WebDriver
General
1 54 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 29 (16.67%) Back Office
3 27 (15.52%) Public Sector
4 10 (5.75%) Finance
5 8 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.02%) Local Government
7 6 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.30%) Front Office
9 1 (0.57%) Banking
9 1 (0.57%) Billing
9 1 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.57%) Electronics
9 1 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.57%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.57%) Marketing
9 1 (0.57%) Retail
9 1 (0.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 81 (46.55%) Developer
2 60 (34.48%) Senior
3 51 (29.31%) Senior Developer
4 36 (20.69%) Backend Developer
5 32 (18.39%) Azure Engineer
6 27 (15.52%) Senior Backend Developer
7 18 (10.34%) Lead
8 17 (9.77%) Active Directory Support
8 17 (9.77%) Azure Developer
9 14 (8.05%) .NET Developer
9 14 (8.05%) Active Directory Specialist
9 14 (8.05%) Azure Specialist
9 14 (8.05%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 14 (8.05%) Support Specialist
10 13 (7.47%) Software Developer
11 12 (6.90%) Senior Software Developer
11 12 (6.90%) Technical Leader
12 11 (6.32%) C# Developer
12 11 (6.32%) Cloud Engineer
12 11 (6.32%) Senior Front-End Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (59.20%) .NET
2 83 (47.70%) .NET Core
3 46 (26.44%) XML
4 37 (21.26%) ARM Templates
4 37 (21.26%) React
5 32 (18.39%) CSS
6 30 (17.24%) HTML
7 28 (16.09%) ASP.NET
8 24 (13.79%) YAML
9 15 (8.62%) ASP.NET Core
9 15 (8.62%) jQuery
10 11 (6.32%) AngularJS
10 11 (6.32%) ASP.NET MVC
11 6 (3.45%) RESTful
11 6 (3.45%) SOAP
12 5 (2.87%) GraphQL
12 5 (2.87%) REST
13 4 (2.30%) Pandas
14 2 (1.15%) JSON
14 2 (1.15%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 38 (21.84%) Product Ownership
2 18 (10.34%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (9.77%) PKI
4 10 (5.75%) Contactless
5 7 (4.02%) Mobile App
6 6 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.30%) Derivative
8 4 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.30%) Mobile Payment
9 3 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (1.15%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.15%) Tandem
10 2 (1.15%) Wiki
11 1 (0.57%) Algorithms
11 1 (0.57%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.57%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.57%) Reinsurance
11 1 (0.57%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 24 (13.79%) Linux
2 22 (12.64%) Windows
3 20 (11.49%) Windows Server
4 17 (9.77%) Windows Server 2016
4 17 (9.77%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (91.38%) DevOps
2 124 (71.26%) Agile
3 91 (52.30%) CI/CD
4 67 (38.51%) Infrastructure as Code
5 56 (32.18%) TDD
6 52 (29.89%) Scrum
7 49 (28.16%) OO
8 45 (25.86%) OOD
9 44 (25.29%) API Management
10 43 (24.71%) Clean Code
11 36 (20.69%) B2C
12 30 (17.24%) Analytics
13 27 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
14 21 (12.07%) Log Analytics
15 20 (11.49%) RBAC
16 19 (10.92%) Identity Management
16 19 (10.92%) Service Management
16 19 (10.92%) Software Engineering
17 18 (10.34%) Multi-Factor Authentication
17 18 (10.34%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 129 (74.14%) C#
2 86 (49.43%) PowerShell
3 46 (26.44%) TypeScript
4 35 (20.11%) JavaScript
5 26 (14.94%) SQL
6 17 (9.77%) VB
6 17 (9.77%) VBScript
7 16 (9.20%) Python
8 5 (2.87%) Bash
9 4 (2.30%) Java
10 1 (0.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (14.94%) Security Cleared
2 24 (13.79%) SC Cleared
3 22 (12.64%) Degree
4 21 (12.07%) DV Cleared
5 17 (9.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 10 (5.75%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.57%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.57%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.20%) Accessibility
2 15 (8.62%) WCAG
3 10 (5.75%) QA
4 4 (2.30%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.57%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 89 (51.15%) Active Directory
2 31 (17.82%) Virtual Machines
3 18 (10.34%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (8.05%) Docker
5 2 (1.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 37 (21.26%) Terraform
2 28 (16.09%) Kubernetes
3 17 (9.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 17 (9.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (9.77%) SCCM
3 17 (9.77%) SCOM
3 17 (9.77%) WSUS
4 7 (4.02%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (2.30%) Puppet
6 3 (1.72%) Ansible
6 3 (1.72%) Progress Chef
7 2 (1.15%) Argo
8 1 (0.57%) Grafana
8 1 (0.57%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 103 (59.20%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.02%) Databricks
3 3 (1.72%) VMware
4 2 (1.15%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.57%) BMC
5 1 (0.57%) LogicMonitor
5 1 (0.57%) NetApp
5 1 (0.57%) Oracle
5 1 (0.57%) Remedy
5 1 (0.57%) SAP
5 1 (0.57%) ServiceNow