Bitbucket Contracts in England

Bitbucket
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Bitbucket skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Bitbucket over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 338 384 365
Rank change year-on-year +46 -19 -44
Contract jobs citing Bitbucket 147 159 319
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.60% 0.43% 0.63%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.45% 3.73% 4.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 104 216
10th Percentile £341 £390 £448
25th Percentile £454 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +4.55%
75th Percentile £659 £700 £675
90th Percentile £813 £708 £788
UK median daily rate £539 £553 £570
% change year-on-year -2.49% -3.07% +3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 17 15
10th Percentile £49.85 £45.88 £50.50
25th Percentile £52.50 £55.00 £52.38
Median hourly rate £60.50 £57.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.22% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £63.75 £70.00 £74.13
90th Percentile £66.25 £76.00 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £57.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +5.22% - +4.55%

All Development Application Skills
England

Bitbucket falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 3,305 4,263 7,542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.57% 11.46% 14.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,218 2,908 5,318
10th Percentile £350 £355 £375
25th Percentile £413 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.41% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 182 222
10th Percentile £27.50 £31.84 £45.00
25th Percentile £52.00 £52.50 £52.56
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.34
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.97% +21.46%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.75 £82.35 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +21.78%

Bitbucket
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Bitbucket in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Bitbucket in England

Bitbucket
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Bitbucket in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Bitbucket in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Bitbucket in England

Bitbucket
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Bitbucket in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Bitbucket in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bitbucket within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London +42 69 £669 +20.22% 80
South East +41 30 £500 +11.11% 42
South West +38 25 £575 -17.86% 14
Midlands +23 12 £460 -16.36% 8
North of England +15 7 £384 -25.07% 23
West Midlands +10 7 £460 -16.36% 5
North West +13 5 £384 -26.86% 13
East Midlands - 5 £311 - 3
East of England +31 2 £500 -16.67% 2
Yorkshire +8 2 - - 5
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UK

Bitbucket
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 55 (37.41%) Confluence
2 6 (4.08%) Apache
2 6 (4.08%) JBoss
3 5 (3.40%) Tomcat
3 5 (3.40%) WebLogic
3 5 (3.40%) WebSphere
4 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.04%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.04%) Skype for Business
5 2 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.36%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.68%) Anypoint
Applications
1 6 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.36%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 53 (36.05%) AWS
2 19 (12.93%) Azure
3 16 (10.88%) GitHub
4 10 (6.80%) Amazon S3
5 8 (5.44%) GCP
5 8 (5.44%) Serverless
6 7 (4.76%) OpenShift
7 6 (4.08%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.72%) Amazon SQS
10 3 (2.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (2.04%) Amazon Cognito
10 3 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (1.36%) Amazon SageMaker
11 2 (1.36%) AWS CodeBuild
11 2 (1.36%) AWS CodePipeline
11 2 (1.36%) BigCommerce
11 2 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.36%) npm
11 2 (1.36%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.80%) Software-Defined Radio
2 8 (5.44%) SNMP
3 7 (4.76%) DNS
4 6 (4.08%) HTTP
5 4 (2.72%) DHCP
5 4 (2.72%) Skype
5 4 (2.72%) Unified Communications
6 3 (2.04%) Firewall
6 3 (2.04%) LTE
6 3 (2.04%) NAS
7 2 (1.36%) BGP
7 2 (1.36%) OSPF
7 2 (1.36%) SSL
7 2 (1.36%) VLAN
7 2 (1.36%) VPN
8 1 (0.68%) EIGRP
8 1 (0.68%) Network Security
8 1 (0.68%) SMTP
8 1 (0.68%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.68%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.20%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.12%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (5.44%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (4.08%) Big Data
4 6 (4.08%) MySQL
5 5 (3.40%) DB2
6 4 (2.72%) DynamoDB
6 4 (2.72%) MongoDB
6 4 (2.72%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.72%) Relational Database
7 3 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (2.04%) ClickHouse
7 3 (2.04%) Redis
8 2 (1.36%) IDMS
8 2 (1.36%) Impala
8 2 (1.36%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.68%) KDB
9 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 72 (48.98%) Git
1 72 (48.98%) JIRA
2 69 (46.94%) Jenkins
3 28 (19.05%) GitLab
4 20 (13.61%) GoogleTest
4 20 (13.61%) TeamCity
5 14 (9.52%) Eclipse
6 13 (8.84%) Robot Framework
7 11 (7.48%) SonarQube
8 10 (6.80%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 9 (6.12%) Maven
10 7 (4.76%) JUnit
10 7 (4.76%) Rational DOORS
10 7 (4.76%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (4.76%) TestRail
11 6 (4.08%) Artifactory
11 6 (4.08%) Selenium
12 5 (3.40%) Visual Studio Code
13 4 (2.72%) Cucumber
13 4 (2.72%) JMeter
General
1 32 (21.77%) Social Skills
2 27 (18.37%) Banking
3 25 (17.01%) Finance
4 17 (11.56%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (10.20%) Investment Banking
6 11 (7.48%) Front Office
6 11 (7.48%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.08%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.72%) Retail
9 3 (2.04%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.04%) Law
9 3 (2.04%) Legal
10 2 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.36%) Marketing
11 1 (0.68%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.68%) Aviation
11 1 (0.68%) Back Office
11 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (25.17%) Developer
2 26 (17.69%) Software Engineer
3 24 (16.33%) Senior
4 13 (8.84%) Embedded Engineer
4 13 (8.84%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 10 (6.80%) DevOps Engineer
6 9 (6.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (6.12%) Linux Engineer
6 9 (6.12%) Senior Software Engineer
7 8 (5.44%) Architect
7 8 (5.44%) C++ Software Engineer
7 8 (5.44%) Senior Developer
8 7 (4.76%) Embedded C++ Engineer
8 7 (4.76%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
8 7 (4.76%) Java Developer
8 7 (4.76%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 7 (4.76%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 7 (4.76%) Senior Linux Engineer
8 7 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (4.76%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (23.13%) HTML
2 31 (21.09%) REST
3 30 (20.41%) CSS
4 23 (15.65%) .NET
5 21 (14.29%) React
6 20 (13.61%) Node.js
6 20 (13.61%) SOAP
7 17 (11.56%) ASP.NET
8 16 (10.88%) HTML5
9 12 (8.16%) Spring
9 12 (8.16%) Spring Boot
10 9 (6.12%) ASP.NET Web API
11 8 (5.44%) Kafka
11 8 (5.44%) LESS
11 8 (5.44%) Sass
11 8 (5.44%) Tailwind CSS
12 7 (4.76%) AngularJS
12 7 (4.76%) ASP.NET Core
12 7 (4.76%) Jest
12 7 (4.76%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.16%) Product Ownership
2 11 (7.48%) Private Cloud
3 7 (4.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 7 (4.76%) Public Cloud
4 5 (3.40%) Algorithms
4 5 (3.40%) Data Structures
4 5 (3.40%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.72%) PKI
5 4 (2.72%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.04%) Credit Risk
6 3 (2.04%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.04%) Fixed Income
6 3 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (2.04%) Vector Graphics
6 3 (2.04%) Verilog
6 3 (2.04%) VHDL
7 2 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.36%) GNSS
7 2 (1.36%) Mobile Banking
7 2 (1.36%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 57 (38.78%) Linux
2 25 (17.01%) Windows
3 16 (10.88%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.76%) Embedded Linux
4 7 (4.76%) Unix
5 5 (3.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (2.04%) CentOS
6 3 (2.04%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.36%) VMS
8 1 (0.68%) Android
8 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.68%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (54.42%) Agile
2 56 (38.10%) DevOps
3 49 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 48 (32.65%) Scrum
5 45 (30.61%) Software Engineering
6 32 (21.77%) Test Automation
7 27 (18.37%) Microservices
8 25 (17.01%) Problem-Solving
9 24 (16.33%) Configuration Management
10 23 (15.65%) OO
11 22 (14.97%) Deployment Automation
12 21 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
13 20 (13.61%) Validation
14 19 (12.93%) Clean Code
14 19 (12.93%) Computer Science
15 18 (12.24%) Service Management
16 16 (10.88%) Full-Stack Development
16 16 (10.88%) System Testing
17 15 (10.20%) Containerisation
17 15 (10.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 46 (31.29%) JavaScript
2 44 (29.93%) Python
3 37 (25.17%) Java
4 34 (23.13%) SQL
5 31 (21.09%) C#
6 28 (19.05%) C++
7 21 (14.29%) PowerShell
8 14 (9.52%) TypeScript
9 12 (8.16%) Bash
10 6 (4.08%) Shell Script
11 5 (3.40%) PL/SQL
12 4 (2.72%) Perl
12 4 (2.72%) T-SQL
13 3 (2.04%) PHP
13 3 (2.04%) SystemVerilog
13 3 (2.04%) Tcl
14 2 (1.36%) COBOL
14 2 (1.36%) Groovy
14 2 (1.36%) Kotlin
14 2 (1.36%) RPG
Qualifications
1 46 (31.29%) Security Cleared
2 39 (26.53%) SC Cleared
3 24 (16.33%) Degree
4 16 (10.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (7.48%) CCNP
5 11 (7.48%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (7.48%) OCA
5 11 (7.48%) Oracle Certification
5 11 (7.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (6.80%) RHCA
6 10 (6.80%) RHCE
7 8 (5.44%) Master's Degree
8 7 (4.76%) DV Cleared
9 4 (2.72%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.72%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (2.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (1.36%) ISEB
11 2 (1.36%) ISTQB
11 2 (1.36%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.16%) QA
2 2 (1.36%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.68%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 24 (16.33%) Docker
2 15 (10.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (5.44%) Active Directory
4 5 (3.40%) Firmware
5 4 (2.72%) Hyper-V
6 3 (2.04%) Lustre
6 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (2.04%) vCloud
6 3 (2.04%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (2.04%) VMware Workstation
6 3 (2.04%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (16.33%) Ansible
2 19 (12.93%) Kubernetes
2 19 (12.93%) Terraform
3 17 (11.56%) Puppet
4 13 (8.84%) Progress Chef
5 11 (7.48%) vCenter Server
6 4 (2.72%) Kibana
7 3 (2.04%) Grafana
7 3 (2.04%) Karpenter
7 3 (2.04%) Podman
7 3 (2.04%) WSUS
8 2 (1.36%) Opsgenie
8 2 (1.36%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.68%) Argo
9 1 (0.68%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.68%) Control-M
9 1 (0.68%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.68%) Rancher
Vendors
1 38 (25.85%) Atlassian
2 28 (19.05%) Google
3 22 (14.97%) Oracle
4 15 (10.20%) VMware
5 13 (8.84%) Microsoft
6 11 (7.48%) Cisco
7 6 (4.08%) Intel
8 5 (3.40%) IBM
8 5 (3.40%) Splunk
9 4 (2.72%) Red Hat
9 4 (2.72%) Salesforce
9 4 (2.72%) Veeam
10 3 (2.04%) Veracode
10 3 (2.04%) Xilinx
11 2 (1.36%) Adobe
11 2 (1.36%) MuleSoft
11 2 (1.36%) PagerDuty
11 2 (1.36%) SAP
11 2 (1.36%) Sitecore
12 1 (0.68%) CheckPoint