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 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 431 329 360
Rank change year-on-year -102 +31 -24
Contract jobs citing Bitbucket 112 161 208
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.34% 0.61% 0.55%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.38% 4.50% 4.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 109 142
10th Percentile £368 £450 £463
25th Percentile £450 £477 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £750 £675
90th Percentile £750 £810 £810
UK median daily rate £528 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.26% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 25
10th Percentile - £54.70 £48.03
25th Percentile - £58.47 £55.00
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £62.50
75th Percentile - £64.06 £70.00
90th Percentile - £70.63 £76.53
UK median hourly rate - £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year - - -1.26%

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 4,712 3,577 4,467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.33% 13.50% 11.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,268 2,208 3,178
10th Percentile £340 £340 £375
25th Percentile £410 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -5.12% -6.52%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 61 200
10th Percentile £39.53 £45.00 £44.26
25th Percentile £52.50 £54.63 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £76.53
90th Percentile £81.70 £76.25 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%

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 1 February 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 1 February 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 -71 57 £600 -9.43% 20
South East -32 18 £463 -7.50% 14
South West -16 16 £588 -12.96% 14
Midlands -53 9 £575 +20.55% 5
North of England -57 9 £620 +15.24% 10
North West -25 7 £620 +15.24% 7
West Midlands -42 7 £575 +20.55% 2
Yorkshire -51 2 - - 3
East Midlands - 2 £525 - 3
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 47 (41.96%) Confluence
2 12 (10.71%) nginx
3 5 (4.46%) Apache
3 5 (4.46%) OpenStack
4 3 (2.68%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.89%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.89%) IIS
5 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.89%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.89%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.89%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.68%) Temenos T24
2 2 (1.79%) Maximo
3 1 (0.89%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 46 (41.07%) AWS
2 37 (33.04%) GitHub
3 25 (22.32%) Azure
4 16 (14.29%) Serverless
5 15 (13.39%) Amazon EKS
5 15 (13.39%) AWS Lambda
6 14 (12.50%) Amazon EC2
6 14 (12.50%) AWS CloudFormation
7 13 (11.61%) Amazon S3
8 11 (9.82%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (9.82%) OpenShift
9 10 (8.93%) GCP
9 10 (8.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 7 (6.25%) Amazon ECS
10 7 (6.25%) Azure AKS
10 7 (6.25%) Datadog
10 7 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (4.46%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 5 (4.46%) npm
11 5 (4.46%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.82%) Firewall
2 6 (5.36%) DNS
2 6 (5.36%) VPN
3 5 (4.46%) OpenVPN
3 5 (4.46%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.89%) BGP
4 1 (0.89%) DSL
4 1 (0.89%) HTTP
4 1 (0.89%) Internet
4 1 (0.89%) LAN
4 1 (0.89%) NAS
4 1 (0.89%) OSPF
4 1 (0.89%) SAN
4 1 (0.89%) Skype
4 1 (0.89%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.89%) SSL
4 1 (0.89%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.89%) VLAN
4 1 (0.89%) VoIP
4 1 (0.89%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.61%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (6.25%) NoSQL
3 6 (5.36%) MySQL
3 6 (5.36%) SQL Server
4 5 (4.46%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (4.46%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (2.68%) DB2
5 3 (2.68%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.79%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (1.79%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.79%) Hadoop
6 2 (1.79%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.89%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.89%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.89%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.89%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.89%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.89%) Redis
7 1 (0.89%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 59 (52.68%) Jenkins
2 58 (51.79%) JIRA
3 51 (45.54%) Git
4 21 (18.75%) SonarQube
5 20 (17.86%) GitLab
6 18 (16.07%) Selenium
7 15 (13.39%) Maven
8 11 (9.82%) Cucumber
8 11 (9.82%) Gradle
8 11 (9.82%) Postman
8 11 (9.82%) Snyk
8 11 (9.82%) Sonatype Nexus
9 9 (8.04%) Artifactory
9 9 (8.04%) JUnit
10 7 (6.25%) ScriptRunner
11 6 (5.36%) Android Studio
11 6 (5.36%) CircleCI
11 6 (5.36%) REST Assured
11 6 (5.36%) webpack
12 5 (4.46%) Cypress.io
General
1 41 (36.61%) Social Skills
2 34 (30.36%) Finance
3 26 (23.21%) Banking
4 14 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 10 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.46%) Financial Institution
8 4 (3.57%) Front Office
8 4 (3.57%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.68%) Automotive
9 3 (2.68%) Back Office
10 1 (0.89%) Advertising
10 1 (0.89%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 38 (33.93%) Developer
2 17 (15.18%) Java Developer
3 13 (11.61%) DevOps Engineer
4 9 (8.04%) Architect
5 7 (6.25%) Android Developer
6 6 (5.36%) Angular Developer
6 6 (5.36%) DevSecOps Engineer
6 6 (5.36%) JIRA Specialist
6 6 (5.36%) Senior
6 6 (5.36%) Tester
7 5 (4.46%) Lead
7 5 (4.46%) Senior Developer
7 5 (4.46%) Software Engineer
8 4 (3.57%) Automation Engineer
8 4 (3.57%) Automation Tester
8 4 (3.57%) Platform Engineer
8 4 (3.57%) Security Engineer
8 4 (3.57%) Selenium Automation Tester
8 4 (3.57%) Selenium Tester
8 4 (3.57%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (23.21%) REST
2 14 (12.50%) JSON
2 14 (12.50%) RESTful
3 13 (11.61%) React
4 11 (9.82%) .NET
4 11 (9.82%) AngularJS
4 11 (9.82%) Spring Boot
5 10 (8.93%) Elastic Stack
5 10 (8.93%) Node.js
6 8 (7.14%) CSS
7 7 (6.25%) HTML
7 7 (6.25%) Spring
8 6 (5.36%) LDAP
8 6 (5.36%) OpenID
9 5 (4.46%) XML
9 5 (4.46%) YAML
10 4 (3.57%) SOAP
10 4 (3.57%) Vue
11 3 (2.68%) Apache NiFi
11 3 (2.68%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.25%) Mobile App
2 5 (4.46%) Cloud Native
2 5 (4.46%) Private Cloud
3 4 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.68%) Derivative
4 3 (2.68%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.68%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.79%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (1.79%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.79%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.89%) Animation
6 1 (0.89%) Blog
6 1 (0.89%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.89%) Contactless
6 1 (0.89%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.89%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.89%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.89%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 30 (26.79%) Linux
2 11 (9.82%) Windows
3 9 (8.04%) Android
4 7 (6.25%) Unix
5 5 (4.46%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.79%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.89%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (52.68%) Agile
1 59 (52.68%) CI/CD
2 56 (50.00%) DevOps
3 36 (32.14%) Scrum
4 33 (29.46%) Test Automation
5 32 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (21.43%) Microservices
7 19 (16.96%) Software Engineering
8 15 (13.39%) Containerisation
8 15 (13.39%) SDLC
9 14 (12.50%) TDD
10 13 (11.61%) DevSecOps
10 13 (11.61%) Kanban
11 12 (10.71%) Migration
12 11 (9.82%) BDD
12 11 (9.82%) Infrastructure as Code
13 10 (8.93%) Configuration Management
13 10 (8.93%) Secure Coding
13 10 (8.93%) Task Automation
14 9 (8.04%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 39 (34.82%) Java
2 32 (28.57%) Python
3 30 (26.79%) SQL
4 13 (11.61%) JavaScript
5 12 (10.71%) C#
6 11 (9.82%) Bash
6 11 (9.82%) PowerShell
7 8 (7.14%) TypeScript
8 4 (3.57%) C++
8 4 (3.57%) Perl
8 4 (3.57%) Ruby
9 3 (2.68%) Kotlin
9 3 (2.68%) PHP
9 3 (2.68%) VB.NET
10 2 (1.79%) Go
10 2 (1.79%) Groovy
10 2 (1.79%) Jython
10 2 (1.79%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.89%) R
11 1 (0.89%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 46 (41.07%) Security Cleared
2 29 (25.89%) SC Cleared
3 10 (8.93%) Degree
4 9 (8.04%) DV Cleared
5 6 (5.36%) AWS Certification
6 5 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.68%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.68%) MCSA
7 3 (2.68%) MCSE
7 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.68%) OCA
7 3 (2.68%) Oracle Certification
7 3 (2.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.79%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.89%) CCNP
9 1 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.89%) CISSP
9 1 (0.89%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.36%) QA
2 3 (2.68%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.89%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.89%) GDPR
3 1 (0.89%) MiFID
System Software
1 40 (35.71%) Docker
2 5 (4.46%) Squid
3 4 (3.57%) Virtual Servers
3 4 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.79%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.79%) Firmware
5 1 (0.89%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 39 (34.82%) Kubernetes
2 25 (22.32%) Terraform
3 20 (17.86%) Ansible
4 12 (10.71%) Grafana
5 11 (9.82%) Prometheus
6 10 (8.93%) Puppet
7 6 (5.36%) Progress Chef
8 5 (4.46%) Consul
8 5 (4.46%) FortiGate
8 5 (4.46%) Podman
8 5 (4.46%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (2.68%) PowerCLI
9 3 (2.68%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (1.79%) Istio
10 2 (1.79%) Opsgenie
10 2 (1.79%) SCCM
11 1 (0.89%) Ambari
11 1 (0.89%) CloudHub
11 1 (0.89%) logstash
11 1 (0.89%) Packer
Vendors
1 33 (29.46%) Atlassian
2 14 (12.50%) Oracle
3 10 (8.93%) Dynatrace
3 10 (8.93%) Splunk
4 9 (8.04%) Microsoft
5 6 (5.36%) Checkmarx
5 6 (5.36%) Veracode
6 5 (4.46%) Red Hat
6 5 (4.46%) VMware
7 4 (3.57%) Salesforce
7 4 (3.57%) Thales
8 3 (2.68%) Coverity
8 3 (2.68%) IBM
8 3 (2.68%) jBASE
8 3 (2.68%) SolarWinds
8 3 (2.68%) Temenos
8 3 (2.68%) UiPath
8 3 (2.68%) Veeam
9 2 (1.79%) Cisco
9 2 (1.79%) Google