Bitbucket Contract Job Trends in England

Bitbucket
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Bitbucket skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 507 361 366
Rank change year-on-year -146 +5 -57
Contract jobs citing Bitbucket 127 161 170
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.28% 0.58% 0.51%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.43% 3.94% 3.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 124 108
10th Percentile £322 £304 £425
25th Percentile £410 £400 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £525 £625
Median % change year-on-year -9.71% -16.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £588 £653 £725
90th Percentile £753 £793 £810
UK median daily rate £461 £519 £625
% change year-on-year -11.18% -17.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 14
10th Percentile £59.61 £51.49 £55.11
25th Percentile - £52.14 -
Median hourly rate £67.47 £55.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.67% -21.43% +16.67%
75th Percentile - £61.52 -
90th Percentile - £66.61 -
UK median hourly rate £67.47 £56.25 £70.00
% change year-on-year +19.95% -19.64% +16.67%

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 5,228 4,090 4,323
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.44% 14.74% 13.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,318 2,834 2,825
10th Percentile £357 £325 £353
25th Percentile £413 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £603 £628
90th Percentile £694 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 97 181
10th Percentile £36.25 £41.35 £33.07
25th Percentile £58.44 £51.06 £54.00
Median hourly rate £68.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% - -
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £82.98 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +3.85% - +2.46%

Bitbucket
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Bitbucket relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Bitbucket job vacancy trend in England

Bitbucket
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Bitbucket.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Bitbucket

Bitbucket
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Bitbucket in England over the 6 months to 24 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Bitbucket in England

Bitbucket
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Bitbucket.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Bitbucket

Bitbucket
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 24 August 2026. 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 -98 57 £604 -4.92% 20
Midlands -38 28 £456 +1.22% 6
West Midlands -30 26 £456 -20.78% 5
North of England -63 17 £474 +37.39% 5
South East -72 15 £305 -47.86% 8
Yorkshire - 13 £474 - 2
South West -53 6 £500 -9.09% 8
North West -56 4 £464 +34.35% 2
East Midlands -20 2 - - 1
East of England -24 1 - -
Bitbucket
UK

Bitbucket
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 58 (45.67%) Confluence
2 6 (4.72%) nginx
3 5 (3.94%) Apache
4 4 (3.15%) IIS
5 3 (2.36%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (1.57%) OpenStack
6 2 (1.57%) SAS
6 2 (1.57%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.79%) Camunda
7 1 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.15%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 46 (36.22%) GitHub
2 44 (34.65%) AWS
3 29 (22.83%) Azure
4 24 (18.90%) Amazon S3
4 24 (18.90%) GitHub Actions
5 22 (17.32%) AWS Lambda
5 22 (17.32%) Serverless
6 20 (15.75%) Amazon EKS
7 19 (14.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 17 (13.39%) Amazon EC2
9 16 (12.60%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (12.60%) GCP
10 13 (10.24%) Amazon ECS
10 13 (10.24%) AWS CloudFormation
11 12 (9.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 11 (8.66%) AWS CodePipeline
13 8 (6.30%) OpenShift
14 6 (4.72%) Azure AKS
15 5 (3.94%) npm
15 5 (3.94%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.30%) DNS
2 6 (4.72%) Firewall
3 5 (3.94%) DHCP
4 3 (2.36%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.36%) VPN
5 2 (1.57%) Internet
5 2 (1.57%) Intranet
5 2 (1.57%) VLAN
6 1 (0.79%) BGP
6 1 (0.79%) DMVPN
6 1 (0.79%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.79%) IPsec
6 1 (0.79%) MPLS
6 1 (0.79%) OpenVPN
6 1 (0.79%) OSPF
6 1 (0.79%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.79%) SSH
6 1 (0.79%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.09%) Amazon RDS
1 9 (7.09%) MongoDB
1 9 (7.09%) SQL Server
2 8 (6.30%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (6.30%) Redis
3 7 (5.51%) Amazon Redshift
4 5 (3.94%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (3.94%) Relational Database
5 4 (3.15%) NoSQL
5 4 (3.15%) Oracle Database
6 3 (2.36%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (2.36%) BigQuery
6 3 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.36%) Power BI
7 2 (1.57%) Apache Hive
7 2 (1.57%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (1.57%) ClickHouse
7 2 (1.57%) Impala
7 2 (1.57%) MySQL
7 2 (1.57%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 75 (59.06%) JIRA
2 55 (43.31%) Jenkins
3 51 (40.16%) Git
4 36 (28.35%) GitLab
5 29 (22.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 11 (8.66%) TeamCity
7 9 (7.09%) Selenium
8 8 (6.30%) Artifactory
9 6 (4.72%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (3.94%) REST Assured
10 5 (3.94%) WebDriver
11 4 (3.15%) Cucumber
11 4 (3.15%) Cypress.io
11 4 (3.15%) Gradle
11 4 (3.15%) Maven
11 4 (3.15%) SonarQube
12 3 (2.36%) JUnit
12 3 (2.36%) Postman
12 3 (2.36%) SpecFlow
12 3 (2.36%) webpack
General
1 66 (51.97%) Social Skills
2 30 (23.62%) Finance
3 24 (18.90%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (14.17%) Banking
5 8 (6.30%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.51%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.72%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.94%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.36%) Back Office
10 2 (1.57%) Front Office
10 2 (1.57%) Local Government
11 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (25.20%) Developer
2 20 (15.75%) Senior
3 15 (11.81%) JIRA Engineer
4 12 (9.45%) Java Developer
5 11 (8.66%) Scrum Master
6 10 (7.87%) DevOps Engineer
6 10 (7.87%) Technical Engineer
7 8 (6.30%) AWS Engineer
7 8 (6.30%) Lead
8 7 (5.51%) Data Engineer
8 7 (5.51%) Senior Developer
8 7 (5.51%) Senior DevOps
8 7 (5.51%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 7 (5.51%) Software Engineer
9 6 (4.72%) AWS DevOps
9 6 (4.72%) Java Engineer
9 6 (4.72%) Junior
10 5 (3.94%) AWS Data Engineer
10 5 (3.94%) Release Manager
11 4 (3.15%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (23.62%) Terraform
2 21 (16.54%) REST
3 15 (11.81%) HTML
4 13 (10.24%) Spring
5 11 (8.66%) .NET
6 10 (7.87%) AWS CDK
7 8 (6.30%) ASP.NET
7 8 (6.30%) Kafka
7 8 (6.30%) React
7 8 (6.30%) RESTful
8 7 (5.51%) AngularJS
9 6 (4.72%) JWT
10 5 (3.94%) .NET Framework
10 5 (3.94%) CSS
10 5 (3.94%) SOAP
11 4 (3.15%) ActiveMQ
11 4 (3.15%) Jakarta EE
11 4 (3.15%) JDBC
11 4 (3.15%) JMS
11 4 (3.15%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (17.32%) Product Ownership
2 11 (8.66%) Cloud Native
3 6 (4.72%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.15%) Data Structures
5 4 (3.15%) Spread Betting
5 4 (3.15%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 3 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.36%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.79%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.79%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.79%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.79%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.79%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.79%) Replication
8 1 (0.79%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 30 (23.62%) Linux
2 17 (13.39%) Windows
3 11 (8.66%) Unix
4 5 (3.94%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (2.36%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.57%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (71.65%) CI/CD
2 85 (66.93%) Agile
3 76 (59.84%) DevOps
4 45 (35.43%) Scrum
5 41 (32.28%) Test Automation
6 29 (22.83%) Infrastructure as Code
6 29 (22.83%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (21.26%) Platform Engineering
8 25 (19.69%) ITIL
9 24 (18.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 24 (18.90%) Migration
10 23 (18.11%) Service Management
11 22 (17.32%) Containerisation
12 20 (15.75%) Microservices
12 20 (15.75%) SDLC
13 19 (14.96%) AI
13 19 (14.96%) DevSecOps
14 16 (12.60%) Backlog Refinement
14 16 (12.60%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 16 (12.60%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 42 (33.07%) Java
2 40 (31.50%) Python
3 38 (29.92%) SQL
4 23 (18.11%) JavaScript
5 16 (12.60%) C#
6 15 (11.81%) Bash
6 15 (11.81%) Kotlin
6 15 (11.81%) PowerShell
7 8 (6.30%) PL/SQL
7 8 (6.30%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.36%) Bicep
9 2 (1.57%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.57%) C++
9 2 (1.57%) Go
9 2 (1.57%) Groovy
9 2 (1.57%) HiveQL
9 2 (1.57%) Perl
9 2 (1.57%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.57%) SOQL
9 2 (1.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (31.50%) Security Cleared
2 36 (28.35%) SC Cleared
3 11 (8.66%) SAFe Agilist
4 9 (7.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 9 (7.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (3.94%) Degree
6 3 (2.36%) CCNP
6 3 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.57%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.57%) OCA
7 2 (1.57%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (1.57%) RHCA
7 2 (1.57%) RHCE
8 1 (0.79%) CCDP
8 1 (0.79%) CCIE
8 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.79%) PMP
8 1 (0.79%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (12.60%) QA
2 3 (2.36%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.36%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.57%) WCAG
4 1 (0.79%) GDPR
4 1 (0.79%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.79%) PMO
4 1 (0.79%) SEPA
4 1 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (30.71%) Docker
2 5 (3.94%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.94%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.57%) HDFS
3 2 (1.57%) Squid
3 2 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.79%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.79%) zsh
Systems Management
1 31 (24.41%) Kubernetes
2 20 (15.75%) Ansible
3 14 (11.02%) Grafana
4 12 (9.45%) Prometheus
5 6 (4.72%) Puppet
6 5 (3.94%) Packer
6 5 (3.94%) Progress Chef
6 5 (3.94%) vCenter Server
7 3 (2.36%) Istio
7 3 (2.36%) Kibana
8 2 (1.57%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.79%) Consul
9 1 (0.79%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.79%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.79%) OPNET
9 1 (0.79%) Podman
9 1 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.79%) WMI
Vendors
1 20 (15.75%) Atlassian
2 12 (9.45%) Microsoft
3 11 (8.66%) Oracle
4 9 (7.09%) Splunk
4 9 (7.09%) VMware
5 8 (6.30%) ServiceNow
6 6 (4.72%) Dynatrace
6 6 (4.72%) Salesforce
7 5 (3.94%) Tanium
8 4 (3.15%) Google
9 2 (1.57%) Denodo
9 2 (1.57%) Informatica
9 2 (1.57%) ION Trading
9 2 (1.57%) Sitecore
9 2 (1.57%) Talend
10 1 (0.79%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.79%) New Relic
10 1 (0.79%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.79%) Veracode
10 1 (0.79%) Zscaler