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 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 523 381 373
Rank change year-on-year -142 -8 -65
Contract jobs citing Bitbucket 114 141 163
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.25% 0.51% 0.50%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.17% 3.43% 3.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 105 108
10th Percentile £262 £270 £450
25th Percentile £407 £380 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £508 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% -21.92% +8.33%
75th Percentile £696 £650 £753
90th Percentile £755 £808 £810
UK median daily rate £463 £500 £625
% change year-on-year -7.50% -20.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 14
10th Percentile £59.61 £53.00 £55.11
25th Percentile - £53.75 -
Median hourly rate £67.47 £55.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.67% -21.43% +16.67%
75th Percentile - £63.75 -
90th Percentile - £67.50 -
UK median hourly rate £67.47 £57.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +17.34% -17.86% +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 5,255 4,108 4,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.40% 14.90% 13.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,319 2,837 2,815
10th Percentile £355 £325 £350
25th Percentile £417 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £603 £630
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 95 169
10th Percentile £24.79 £42.50 £37.39
25th Percentile £51.25 £52.25 £54.36
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.23 £78.25 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

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 21 September 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 21 September 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 -100 58 £663 +6.00% 92
North of England -63 19 £441 +27.68% 28
West Midlands -40 17 £456 -20.70% 11
Midlands -49 17 £456 +1.33% 14
South East -61 14 £291 -36.39% 21
Yorkshire - 14 £474 - 9
North West -59 5 £402 +16.52% 14
South West -45 3 £644 +17.05% 19
East of England -27 1 - - 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 45 (39.47%) Confluence
2 5 (4.39%) Apache
2 5 (4.39%) nginx
3 4 (3.51%) Tomcat
4 3 (2.63%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (2.63%) IIS
5 2 (1.75%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.88%) Camunda
Applications
1 4 (3.51%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 48 (42.11%) AWS
2 46 (40.35%) GitHub
3 30 (26.32%) Azure
4 24 (21.05%) GitHub Actions
5 23 (20.18%) Amazon S3
6 21 (18.42%) AWS Lambda
6 21 (18.42%) Serverless
7 20 (17.54%) GCP
8 19 (16.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 19 (16.67%) Amazon EKS
9 16 (14.04%) Amazon EC2
10 13 (11.40%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (8.77%) Amazon ECS
11 10 (8.77%) AWS CloudFormation
12 8 (7.02%) AWS CodePipeline
12 8 (7.02%) OpenShift
12 8 (7.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (5.26%) Amazon EventBridge
13 6 (5.26%) Amazon Kinesis
13 6 (5.26%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.14%) DNS
2 5 (4.39%) DHCP
2 5 (4.39%) Firewall
3 2 (1.75%) Internet
3 2 (1.75%) Intranet
3 2 (1.75%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.75%) VLAN
3 2 (1.75%) VPN
4 1 (0.88%) BGP
4 1 (0.88%) DMVPN
4 1 (0.88%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.88%) IPsec
4 1 (0.88%) MPLS
4 1 (0.88%) OSPF
4 1 (0.88%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.88%) SSH
4 1 (0.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.53%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (7.89%) MongoDB
3 8 (7.02%) Redis
3 8 (7.02%) SQL Server
4 6 (5.26%) Amazon Athena
4 6 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (5.26%) Relational Database
5 5 (4.39%) Oracle Database
6 4 (3.51%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (3.51%) NoSQL
7 3 (2.63%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (2.63%) BigQuery
7 3 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.75%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.88%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (0.88%) ClickHouse
9 1 (0.88%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.88%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 61 (53.51%) JIRA
2 52 (45.61%) Jenkins
3 49 (42.98%) Git
4 33 (28.95%) GitLab
5 27 (23.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 10 (8.77%) TeamCity
7 9 (7.89%) Selenium
8 6 (5.26%) Artifactory
8 6 (5.26%) REST Assured
8 6 (5.26%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (4.39%) WebDriver
10 4 (3.51%) Cucumber
10 4 (3.51%) Cypress.io
10 4 (3.51%) Gradle
10 4 (3.51%) Maven
10 4 (3.51%) Zephyr
11 3 (2.63%) JUnit
11 3 (2.63%) Postman
11 3 (2.63%) SpecFlow
11 3 (2.63%) webpack
General
1 54 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 33 (28.95%) Finance
3 27 (23.68%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (16.67%) Banking
5 6 (5.26%) Back Office
5 6 (5.26%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.39%) Investment Banking
6 5 (4.39%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.63%) Front Office
9 2 (1.75%) Local Government
9 2 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (24.56%) Developer
2 19 (16.67%) Senior
3 13 (11.40%) Java Developer
4 11 (9.65%) JIRA Engineer
5 10 (8.77%) AWS Engineer
5 10 (8.77%) Lead
6 8 (7.02%) Data Engineer
6 8 (7.02%) DevOps Engineer
6 8 (7.02%) Scrum Master
6 8 (7.02%) Technical Engineer
7 7 (6.14%) AWS Data Engineer
8 6 (5.26%) Java Engineer
8 6 (5.26%) Junior
8 6 (5.26%) Senior Developer
9 5 (4.39%) AWS DevOps
9 5 (4.39%) Senior DevOps
9 5 (4.39%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 5 (4.39%) Senior Java Developer
10 4 (3.51%) Senior Data Engineer
10 4 (3.51%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (27.19%) Terraform
2 20 (17.54%) REST
3 17 (14.91%) Spring
4 15 (13.16%) HTML
5 11 (9.65%) .NET
6 9 (7.89%) Kafka
6 9 (7.89%) React
7 8 (7.02%) RESTful
8 7 (6.14%) ActiveMQ
8 7 (6.14%) AngularJS
8 7 (6.14%) ASP.NET
8 7 (6.14%) AWS CDK
8 7 (6.14%) RabbitMQ
9 5 (4.39%) .NET Framework
9 5 (4.39%) Jakarta EE
9 5 (4.39%) JDBC
9 5 (4.39%) JMS
9 5 (4.39%) JWT
10 4 (3.51%) Ktor
10 4 (3.51%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 18 (15.79%) Product Ownership
2 11 (9.65%) Cloud Native
3 6 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (4.39%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (4.39%) Spread Betting
5 4 (3.51%) Data Structures
5 4 (3.51%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 3 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.75%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.75%) PropTech
8 1 (0.88%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.88%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.88%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.88%) Replication
8 1 (0.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 27 (23.68%) Linux
2 15 (13.16%) Windows
3 7 (6.14%) Unix
4 5 (4.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (4.39%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.75%) AIX
5 2 (1.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (71.05%) CI/CD
2 66 (57.89%) Agile
3 60 (52.63%) DevOps
4 35 (30.70%) Test Automation
5 33 (28.95%) Scrum
6 29 (25.44%) Infrastructure as Code
7 28 (24.56%) Problem-Solving
8 24 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (21.05%) Platform Engineering
9 22 (19.30%) Microservices
10 21 (18.42%) AI
11 20 (17.54%) Containerisation
11 20 (17.54%) SDLC
12 18 (15.79%) ITIL
12 18 (15.79%) Migration
13 14 (12.28%) DevSecOps
13 14 (12.28%) Event-Driven
13 14 (12.28%) Service Management
14 13 (11.40%) API Development
14 13 (11.40%) Backlog Refinement
Programming Languages
1 46 (40.35%) Java
2 40 (35.09%) Python
2 40 (35.09%) SQL
3 25 (21.93%) JavaScript
4 16 (14.04%) Kotlin
5 15 (13.16%) PowerShell
6 14 (12.28%) C#
7 13 (11.40%) Bash
8 7 (6.14%) PL/SQL
8 7 (6.14%) TypeScript
9 6 (5.26%) Go
10 4 (3.51%) Groovy
11 3 (2.63%) Bicep
11 3 (2.63%) Perl
12 2 (1.75%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.75%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.88%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.88%) Korn
13 1 (0.88%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 25 (21.93%) Security Cleared
2 23 (20.18%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.89%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (7.02%) SAFe Agilist
5 6 (5.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 3 (2.63%) Degree
7 2 (1.75%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.88%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.88%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.88%) CCDP
8 1 (0.88%) CCIE
8 1 (0.88%) CCNP
8 1 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.88%) PMP
8 1 (0.88%) VCDX
8 1 (0.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (14.04%) QA
2 5 (4.39%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.75%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.75%) WCAG
4 1 (0.88%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.88%) SEPA
System Software
1 40 (35.09%) Docker
2 5 (4.39%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.39%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.88%) Squid
4 1 (0.88%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 33 (28.95%) Kubernetes
2 17 (14.91%) Ansible
3 12 (10.53%) Grafana
3 12 (10.53%) Prometheus
4 5 (4.39%) Packer
4 5 (4.39%) vCenter Server
5 3 (2.63%) Kibana
6 2 (1.75%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (1.75%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.88%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.88%) Istio
7 1 (0.88%) OPNET
7 1 (0.88%) Podman
7 1 (0.88%) Puppet
7 1 (0.88%) WMI
Vendors
1 12 (10.53%) Atlassian
2 11 (9.65%) Splunk
3 10 (8.77%) Microsoft
3 10 (8.77%) Oracle
4 8 (7.02%) ServiceNow
5 7 (6.14%) Dynatrace
5 7 (6.14%) VMware
6 6 (5.26%) Google
7 5 (4.39%) Salesforce
7 5 (4.39%) Tanium
8 2 (1.75%) ION Trading
8 2 (1.75%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.88%) BMC
9 1 (0.88%) Cisco
9 1 (0.88%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.88%) IBM
9 1 (0.88%) New Relic
9 1 (0.88%) Sybase
9 1 (0.88%) Veracode
9 1 (0.88%) Zscaler