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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 462 322 364
Rank change year-on-year -140 +42 -9
Contract jobs citing Bitbucket 111 161 184
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.31% 0.62% 0.49%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.25% 4.67% 4.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 115 121
10th Percentile £368 £450 £425
25th Percentile £444 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £560
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £645 £706 £700
90th Percentile £750 £810 £710
UK median daily rate £513 £563 £560
% change year-on-year -8.89% +0.45% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 25
10th Percentile - £55.38 £45.88
25th Percentile - £60.38 £55.00
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £62.50
75th Percentile - £64.38 £75.00
90th Percentile - £71.25 £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 4,942 3,444 4,337
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.97% 13.37% 11.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,387 2,192 3,054
10th Percentile £340 £331 £363
25th Percentile £409 £409 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £535
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -5.61% -6.96%
75th Percentile £588 £631 £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 154 58 199
10th Percentile £30.11 £39.75 £39.50
25th Percentile £52.50 £55.87 £48.31
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £80.00 £88.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% - +1.63%

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 26 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 26 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 -51 60 £550 -15.38% 15
South West -27 15 £589 +1.29% 14
South East -59 12 £500 - 10
Midlands -55 10 £525 +12.06% 9
North of England -59 9 £620 +55.00% 9
West Midlands -54 8 £517 +8.39% 7
North West -26 7 £620 +55.00% 5
East Midlands -27 2 £525 +68.81% 2
Yorkshire -63 2 - - 2
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 44 (39.64%) Confluence
2 14 (12.61%) nginx
3 6 (5.41%) Apache
4 4 (3.60%) Apache Spark
4 4 (3.60%) OpenStack
5 3 (2.70%) SAS
6 1 (0.90%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.90%) IIS
6 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.90%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.90%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.90%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.70%) Temenos T24
2 2 (1.80%) Maximo
3 1 (0.90%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 50 (45.05%) AWS
2 39 (35.14%) GitHub
3 26 (23.42%) Azure
4 22 (19.82%) Serverless
5 21 (18.92%) AWS Lambda
6 19 (17.12%) Amazon EC2
6 19 (17.12%) Amazon EKS
6 19 (17.12%) Amazon S3
6 19 (17.12%) AWS CloudFormation
7 15 (13.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 12 (10.81%) Amazon ECS
9 10 (9.01%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (9.01%) GCP
9 10 (9.01%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (9.01%) OpenShift
10 8 (7.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 7 (6.31%) AWS CodePipeline
11 7 (6.31%) Route 53
12 6 (5.41%) Azure AKS
12 6 (5.41%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.71%) Firewall
2 8 (7.21%) DNS
2 8 (7.21%) VPN
3 7 (6.31%) OpenVPN
3 7 (6.31%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.90%) DSL
4 1 (0.90%) HTTP
4 1 (0.90%) Internet
4 1 (0.90%) LAN
4 1 (0.90%) NAS
4 1 (0.90%) SAN
4 1 (0.90%) SSL
4 1 (0.90%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (13.51%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (8.11%) MySQL
3 7 (6.31%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (6.31%) NoSQL
4 5 (4.50%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (4.50%) Hadoop
4 5 (4.50%) SQL Server
5 4 (3.60%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (3.60%) Apache Hive
5 4 (3.60%) DynamoDB
5 4 (3.60%) MongoDB
6 3 (2.70%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (2.70%) Impala
6 3 (2.70%) Pentaho
6 3 (2.70%) Power BI
7 2 (1.80%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (1.80%) DB2
7 2 (1.80%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.80%) Redis
8 1 (0.90%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 56 (50.45%) Jenkins
1 56 (50.45%) JIRA
2 51 (45.95%) Git
3 26 (23.42%) GitLab
4 23 (20.72%) SonarQube
5 13 (11.71%) Maven
6 10 (9.01%) Postman
6 10 (9.01%) Selenium
6 10 (9.01%) Snyk
6 10 (9.01%) Sonatype Nexus
7 9 (8.11%) Gradle
8 8 (7.21%) Artifactory
9 7 (6.31%) ScriptRunner
10 6 (5.41%) Android Studio
10 6 (5.41%) Cucumber
10 6 (5.41%) JUnit
10 6 (5.41%) webpack
11 5 (4.50%) CircleCI
12 4 (3.60%) Cypress.io
13 3 (2.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 44 (39.64%) Social Skills
2 25 (22.52%) Finance
3 22 (19.82%) Banking
4 12 (10.81%) Public Sector
5 9 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (8.11%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (4.50%) Financial Institution
7 4 (3.60%) Front Office
7 4 (3.60%) Investment Banking
8 3 (2.70%) Back Office
9 2 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.90%) Advertising
10 1 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.90%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 33 (29.73%) Developer
2 15 (13.51%) DevOps Engineer
3 12 (10.81%) Java Developer
4 11 (9.91%) Architect
5 10 (9.01%) Software Engineer
6 7 (6.31%) Android Developer
7 6 (5.41%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 6 (5.41%) JIRA Specialist
7 6 (5.41%) Senior
8 5 (4.50%) Angular Developer
8 5 (4.50%) Automation Engineer
8 5 (4.50%) Platform Engineer
8 5 (4.50%) Technical Architect
9 4 (3.60%) Full-Stack Developer
9 4 (3.60%) Lead
9 4 (3.60%) Security Engineer
9 4 (3.60%) Senior Developer
10 3 (2.70%) AWS Architect
10 3 (2.70%) AWS Engineer
10 3 (2.70%) DevOps Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (18.02%) REST
2 12 (10.81%) JSON
2 12 (10.81%) React
3 10 (9.01%) AngularJS
3 10 (9.01%) RESTful
3 10 (9.01%) Spring Boot
4 9 (8.11%) LDAP
4 9 (8.11%) Node.js
5 8 (7.21%) .NET
5 8 (7.21%) Elastic Stack
5 8 (7.21%) OpenID
6 6 (5.41%) CSS
6 6 (5.41%) Spring
7 5 (4.50%) HTML
8 4 (3.60%) boto
8 4 (3.60%) Vue
8 4 (3.60%) XML
8 4 (3.60%) YAML
9 3 (2.70%) Android Jetpack
9 3 (2.70%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.31%) Mobile App
2 5 (4.50%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.60%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (3.60%) Private Cloud
3 4 (3.60%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.70%) Derivative
5 2 (1.80%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (1.80%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.80%) Fixed Income
5 2 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.80%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (1.80%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.90%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.90%) Contactless
6 1 (0.90%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.90%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.90%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.90%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 33 (29.73%) Linux
2 11 (9.91%) Unix
3 9 (8.11%) Android
4 8 (7.21%) Windows
5 4 (3.60%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.80%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.90%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.90%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (55.86%) Agile
1 62 (55.86%) DevOps
2 60 (54.05%) CI/CD
3 37 (33.33%) Scrum
4 35 (31.53%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (23.42%) Test Automation
6 24 (21.62%) Microservices
6 24 (21.62%) Software Engineering
7 17 (15.32%) Containerisation
8 15 (13.51%) SDLC
9 13 (11.71%) Infrastructure as Code
10 12 (10.81%) Configuration Management
10 12 (10.81%) DevSecOps
10 12 (10.81%) Migration
10 12 (10.81%) TDD
11 11 (9.91%) Kanban
12 10 (9.01%) BDD
12 10 (9.01%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (9.01%) Secure Coding
13 9 (8.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 38 (34.23%) Java
1 38 (34.23%) Python
2 29 (26.13%) SQL
3 13 (11.71%) Bash
4 11 (9.91%) JavaScript
5 10 (9.01%) PowerShell
6 9 (8.11%) C#
7 8 (7.21%) TypeScript
8 5 (4.50%) C++
9 4 (3.60%) Perl
9 4 (3.60%) Ruby
10 3 (2.70%) HiveQL
10 3 (2.70%) Kotlin
10 3 (2.70%) PHP
10 3 (2.70%) PL/SQL
10 3 (2.70%) Shell Script
10 3 (2.70%) VB.NET
11 2 (1.80%) Groovy
11 2 (1.80%) Jython
11 2 (1.80%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 46 (41.44%) Security Cleared
2 35 (31.53%) SC Cleared
3 11 (9.91%) Degree
4 8 (7.21%) AWS Certification
5 7 (6.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (6.31%) DV Cleared
6 5 (4.50%) OCA
6 5 (4.50%) Oracle Certification
6 5 (4.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (3.60%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 3 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.70%) MCSA
8 3 (2.70%) MCSE
8 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.80%) CCNP
9 2 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.80%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.80%) RHCA
9 2 (1.80%) RHCE
10 1 (0.90%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.31%) QA
2 4 (3.60%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.80%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.90%) GDPR
4 1 (0.90%) MiFID
4 1 (0.90%) WCAG
System Software
1 42 (37.84%) Docker
2 7 (6.31%) Squid
3 4 (3.60%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (2.70%) HDFS
4 3 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.80%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 40 (36.04%) Kubernetes
2 28 (25.23%) Terraform
3 25 (22.52%) Ansible
4 16 (14.41%) Grafana
5 12 (10.81%) Prometheus
6 11 (9.91%) Puppet
7 8 (7.21%) Progress Chef
8 7 (6.31%) Consul
8 7 (6.31%) FortiGate
8 7 (6.31%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (3.60%) Podman
10 3 (2.70%) PowerCLI
10 3 (2.70%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (1.80%) Istio
11 2 (1.80%) Opsgenie
12 1 (0.90%) Ambari
12 1 (0.90%) CloudHub
12 1 (0.90%) Kibana
12 1 (0.90%) logstash
12 1 (0.90%) Packer
Vendors
1 30 (27.03%) Atlassian
2 15 (13.51%) Oracle
3 9 (8.11%) Microsoft
4 8 (7.21%) Dynatrace
5 7 (6.31%) Red Hat
6 6 (5.41%) Checkmarx
6 6 (5.41%) Veracode
6 6 (5.41%) VMware
7 5 (4.50%) Splunk
8 4 (3.60%) Informatica
8 4 (3.60%) Salesforce
8 4 (3.60%) Thales
9 3 (2.70%) Coverity
9 3 (2.70%) IBM
9 3 (2.70%) jBASE
9 3 (2.70%) SolarWinds
9 3 (2.70%) Talend
9 3 (2.70%) Temenos
9 3 (2.70%) UiPath
9 3 (2.70%) Veeam