Bitbucket Contracts

Bitbucket
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Bitbucket skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Bitbucket over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 405 368 328
Rank change year-on-year -37 -40 -27
Contract jobs citing Bitbucket 179 368 720
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 0.64% 0.82%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.48% 4.36% 4.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 255 474
10th Percentile £390 £450 £409
25th Percentile £463 £509 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% +7.32%
75th Percentile £700 £675 £675
90th Percentile £713 £810 £784
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £550 £495
% change year-on-year +9.09% +11.11% +4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 11 2
10th Percentile £40.00 £50.00 £46.30
25th Percentile £45.88 £51.25 £48.24
Median hourly rate £57.50 £57.50 £51.48
Median % change year-on-year - +11.70% +28.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.88 £54.71
90th Percentile £74.50 £73.75 £56.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £57.50 £51.48
% change year-on-year +4.35% +11.70% +28.69%

All Development Application Skills
UK

Bitbucket is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,142 8,441 15,756
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.08% 14.74% 17.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,456 5,955 11,098
10th Percentile £355 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £458 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +13.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 231 205
10th Percentile £32.36 £42.81 £37.10
25th Percentile £46.38 £53.75 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +17.14% +14.13%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.89 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.38 £82.50 £76.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +5.69% +11.82% +20.88%

Bitbucket
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Bitbucket in the UK

Bitbucket
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Bitbucket in the UK

Bitbucket
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Bitbucket over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Bitbucket in the UK

Bitbucket
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Bitbucket.

Hourly rate trend for Bitbucket in the UK

Bitbucket
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Bitbucket over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Bitbucket in the UK

Bitbucket
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 Bitbucket within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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 -6 161 £600 +4.80% 83
UK excluding London -9 98 £600 +9.09% 55
London +24 67 £625 +2.04% 31
Work from Home -13 50 £544 -2.90% 48
South East +24 35 £450 -13.46% 13
South West +18 33 £700 +12.00% 10
North of England +11 12 £500 -12.28% 17
West Midlands -4 10 £550 +1.85% 6
Midlands -5 10 £550 +1.85% 9
North West +13 9 £525 +2.44% 13
Scotland +39 7 - - 1
Yorkshire +11 3 £438 -23.25% 1
East of England -4 1 £600 -1.80% 3

Bitbucket
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 80 (44.69%) Confluence
2 5 (2.79%) CMS
2 5 (2.79%) nginx
3 4 (2.23%) Apache
4 3 (1.68%) SAS
4 3 (1.68%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.56%) IIS
6 1 (0.56%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.56%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.56%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (3.35%) Simulink
2 5 (2.79%) Stateflow
2 5 (2.79%) TargetLink
3 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 45 (25.14%) AWS
2 34 (18.99%) Azure
3 25 (13.97%) GitHub
4 14 (7.82%) OpenShift
5 13 (7.26%) GCP
6 12 (6.70%) PaaS
6 12 (6.70%) Serverless
7 11 (6.15%) Amazon EC2
8 10 (5.59%) AWS Lambda
9 9 (5.03%) Amazon S3
10 6 (3.35%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (2.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (2.79%) Amazon SQS
11 5 (2.79%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (2.79%) AWS Step Functions
11 5 (2.79%) BrowserStack
11 5 (2.79%) Sauce Labs
12 4 (2.23%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (2.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (8.38%) SNMP
1 15 (8.38%) Software-Defined Radio
2 13 (7.26%) Firewall
3 8 (4.47%) TCP/IP
4 6 (3.35%) Kerberos
5 5 (2.79%) DNS
5 5 (2.79%) SSL
5 5 (2.79%) VPN
6 4 (2.23%) HTTP
7 1 (0.56%) 2G
7 1 (0.56%) 5G
7 1 (0.56%) DHCP
7 1 (0.56%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.94%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.15%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (5.03%) MySQL
4 8 (4.47%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (3.35%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (3.35%) MongoDB
5 6 (3.35%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.23%) KDB
6 4 (2.23%) Power BI
7 3 (1.68%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (1.68%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (1.68%) Big Data
8 2 (1.12%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (1.12%) CouchDB
8 2 (1.12%) DataStax
8 2 (1.12%) Metadata
9 1 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.56%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.56%) Impala
Development Applications
1 99 (55.31%) JIRA
2 75 (41.90%) Git
2 75 (41.90%) Jenkins
3 33 (18.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 19 (10.61%) Artifactory
5 17 (9.50%) Selenium
6 15 (8.38%) Eclipse
6 15 (8.38%) GoogleTest
6 15 (8.38%) Robot Framework
6 15 (8.38%) TeamCity
7 12 (6.70%) GitLab
7 12 (6.70%) Maven
8 11 (6.15%) Cucumber
9 8 (4.47%) Bitbucket Server
10 6 (3.35%) SonarQube
10 6 (3.35%) Subversion
11 5 (2.79%) Appium
11 5 (2.79%) Gradle
11 5 (2.79%) JMeter
11 5 (2.79%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 50 (27.93%) Social Skills
2 31 (17.32%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (14.53%) Aerospace
4 25 (13.97%) Finance
5 14 (7.82%) Banking
6 8 (4.47%) Automotive
7 7 (3.91%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.23%) Front Office
8 4 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.12%) Advertising
9 2 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.12%) Prime Brokerage
10 1 (0.56%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.56%) Law
10 1 (0.56%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 63 (35.20%) Developer
2 26 (14.53%) Senior
3 23 (12.85%) DevOps Engineer
4 17 (9.50%) Software Engineer
5 15 (8.38%) Java Developer
6 13 (7.26%) C++ Software Engineer
7 10 (5.59%) Senior Developer
8 9 (5.03%) Architect
8 9 (5.03%) Java Engineer
9 8 (4.47%) Data Engineer
9 8 (4.47%) Lead
9 8 (4.47%) Senior DevOps
10 7 (3.91%) Java Software Engineer
10 7 (3.91%) Lead DevOps
11 6 (3.35%) C++ Developer
11 6 (3.35%) Cloud Engineer
11 6 (3.35%) Linux Engineer
11 6 (3.35%) Platform Engineer
11 6 (3.35%) Test Engineer
12 5 (2.79%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (19.55%) .NET
2 28 (15.64%) .NET Core
2 28 (15.64%) CSS
2 28 (15.64%) HTML
3 14 (7.82%) React
3 14 (7.82%) REST
3 14 (7.82%) XML
4 12 (6.70%) RESTful
5 10 (5.59%) JSON
5 10 (5.59%) Node.js
6 9 (5.03%) Elastic Stack
6 9 (5.03%) Spring
7 8 (4.47%) Kafka
7 8 (4.47%) Web Services
8 6 (3.35%) AngularJS
8 6 (3.35%) JDBC
8 6 (3.35%) LDAP
8 6 (3.35%) OpenID
8 6 (3.35%) SOAP
8 6 (3.35%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.26%) Product Ownership
2 9 (5.03%) Public Cloud
3 7 (3.91%) Algorithms
3 7 (3.91%) Enterprise Cloud
4 6 (3.35%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (2.79%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.79%) PKI
6 4 (2.23%) Credit Risk
6 4 (2.23%) Derivative
6 4 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.23%) Fixed Income
6 4 (2.23%) Market Risk
6 4 (2.23%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.12%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.12%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.12%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.12%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.12%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.56%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 80 (44.69%) Linux
2 38 (21.23%) Windows
3 13 (7.26%) Unix
4 9 (5.03%) Android
5 6 (3.35%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.23%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (1.68%) Windows Server
8 2 (1.12%) Debian
8 2 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.12%) VMS
9 1 (0.56%) CentOS
9 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.56%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.56%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.56%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (41.90%) Agile
2 70 (39.11%) CI/CD
3 56 (31.28%) DevOps
4 52 (29.05%) Continuous Integration
5 48 (26.82%) Test Automation
6 40 (22.35%) OO
7 39 (21.79%) Software Engineering
8 37 (20.67%) Scrum
9 34 (18.99%) Problem-Solving
10 30 (16.76%) Configuration Management
11 29 (16.20%) Deployment Automation
12 27 (15.08%) Infrastructure Automation
13 24 (13.41%) OOP
13 24 (13.41%) Task Automation
14 22 (12.29%) Computer Science
15 21 (11.73%) UML
16 19 (10.61%) Validation
17 17 (9.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 17 (9.50%) Verification and Validation
18 16 (8.94%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 80 (44.69%) Python
2 41 (22.91%) Java
3 36 (20.11%) PowerShell
4 34 (18.99%) JavaScript
5 28 (15.64%) C++
6 23 (12.85%) C
7 19 (10.61%) SQL
8 15 (8.38%) Bash
9 12 (6.70%) C#
10 10 (5.59%) Go
11 7 (3.91%) Groovy
12 6 (3.35%) MATLAB
12 6 (3.35%) Shell Script
12 6 (3.35%) TypeScript
13 3 (1.68%) Kotlin
13 3 (1.68%) Objective-C
13 3 (1.68%) Swift
14 1 (0.56%) Assembly Language
14 1 (0.56%) PHP
14 1 (0.56%) XPath
Qualifications
1 60 (33.52%) Security Cleared
2 52 (29.05%) SC Cleared
3 29 (16.20%) Degree
4 13 (7.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (6.15%) Master's Degree
6 7 (3.91%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.68%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.68%) AWS Certified Developer
7 3 (1.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 3 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.56%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.56%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.59%) QA
2 6 (3.35%) MISRA
2 6 (3.35%) MISRA C
3 5 (2.79%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.79%) AUTOSAR
3 5 (2.79%) ISO 26262
4 2 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.12%) NIST
4 2 (1.12%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.12%) WCAG
5 1 (0.56%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.56%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.56%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (15.08%) Docker
2 15 (8.38%) Firmware
3 9 (5.03%) Active Directory
3 9 (5.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (5.03%) VMware NSX
4 6 (3.35%) VirtualBox
5 5 (2.79%) Hyper-V
6 4 (2.23%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (2.23%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (2.23%) vSphere
7 3 (1.68%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (1.12%) Varnish
9 1 (0.56%) Cronacle
9 1 (0.56%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 58 (32.40%) Ansible
2 41 (22.91%) Terraform
3 37 (20.67%) Kubernetes
4 25 (13.97%) PowerCLI
5 7 (3.91%) Grafana
6 6 (3.35%) Packer
6 6 (3.35%) Puppet
7 4 (2.23%) Consul
7 4 (2.23%) Istio
7 4 (2.23%) OPNET
8 3 (1.68%) Kustomize
8 3 (1.68%) Prometheus
9 2 (1.12%) HAProxy
9 2 (1.12%) Opsgenie
9 2 (1.12%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.56%) Control-M
10 1 (0.56%) Nagios
10 1 (0.56%) Opsview
10 1 (0.56%) Rundeck
10 1 (0.56%) Salt
Vendors
1 60 (33.52%) Atlassian
2 25 (13.97%) Oracle
3 22 (12.29%) Dell
3 22 (12.29%) HP
4 21 (11.73%) Google
5 14 (7.82%) Microsoft
6 13 (7.26%) VMware
7 11 (6.15%) Red Hat
8 6 (3.35%) Cadence
8 6 (3.35%) Salesforce
8 6 (3.35%) SAP
9 5 (2.79%) Perfecto Mobile
10 4 (2.23%) Cisco
10 4 (2.23%) Splunk
11 3 (1.68%) Apple
11 3 (1.68%) MKS
11 3 (1.68%) Sage
12 2 (1.12%) Informatica
12 2 (1.12%) ION Trading
12 2 (1.12%) Mercator