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 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 458 316 373
Rank change year-on-year -142 +57 +9
Contract jobs citing Bitbucket 117 161 174
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 0.66% 0.46%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.32% 4.84% 4.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 114 115
10th Percentile £394 £427 £405
25th Percentile £420 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £555
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +3.60% -7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £684 £700
90th Percentile £750 £810 £708
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £558
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.35% -3.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 19
10th Percentile - £51.49 £45.88
25th Percentile - £58.47 £55.63
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £62.50
75th Percentile - £64.06 £72.50
90th Percentile - £70.63 £76.72
UK median hourly rate - £62.50 £58.75
% change year-on-year - +6.38% +9.81%

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 5,035 3,327 4,256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.61% 13.60% 11.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,417 2,190 2,969
10th Percentile £337 £340 £358
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £506 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -3.57% -7.89%
75th Percentile £588 £630 £638
90th Percentile £688 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 62 180
10th Percentile £35.80 £26.06 £37.50
25th Percentile £55.00 £51.48 £48.23
Median hourly rate £66.50 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.40% - +1.63%
75th Percentile £78.75 £73.13 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £82.66 £83.13
UK median hourly rate £66.50 £62.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year +6.40% +0.81% +0.81%

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 19 March 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 19 March 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 -63 61 £550 -15.38% 10
Midlands -67 15 £455 -2.99% 7
South West -30 14 £589 +2.39% 10
South East -74 14 £500 - 10
West Midlands -58 13 £450 -3.95% 5
North of England -66 10 £610 +52.50% 11
North West -27 8 £610 +52.50% 6
East Midlands -35 2 £525 +23.38% 2
Yorkshire -57 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 49 (41.88%) Confluence
2 14 (11.97%) nginx
3 6 (5.13%) Apache
4 4 (3.42%) Apache Spark
5 3 (2.56%) SAS
6 2 (1.71%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.85%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.85%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.56%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.85%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 50 (42.74%) AWS
2 39 (33.33%) GitHub
3 25 (21.37%) Serverless
4 24 (20.51%) AWS Lambda
5 23 (19.66%) Azure
6 22 (18.80%) Amazon EC2
6 22 (18.80%) Amazon S3
7 20 (17.09%) Amazon EKS
7 20 (17.09%) AWS CloudFormation
8 18 (15.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 15 (12.82%) Amazon ECS
10 11 (9.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 11 (9.40%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (8.55%) AWS CodePipeline
12 9 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (7.69%) OpenShift
13 8 (6.84%) GCP
14 7 (5.98%) Route 53
15 4 (3.42%) Datadog
15 4 (3.42%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.11%) Firewall
2 8 (6.84%) DNS
2 8 (6.84%) VPN
3 7 (5.98%) OpenVPN
3 7 (5.98%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.85%) DSL
4 1 (0.85%) HTTP
4 1 (0.85%) Internet
4 1 (0.85%) LAN
4 1 (0.85%) NAS
4 1 (0.85%) SAN
4 1 (0.85%) SSL
4 1 (0.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (12.82%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (5.98%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (5.98%) MySQL
2 7 (5.98%) NoSQL
3 5 (4.27%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (3.42%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (3.42%) Apache Hive
4 4 (3.42%) DynamoDB
4 4 (3.42%) Hadoop
4 4 (3.42%) MongoDB
4 4 (3.42%) Power BI
5 3 (2.56%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (2.56%) Impala
5 3 (2.56%) Pentaho
6 2 (1.71%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (1.71%) DB2
6 2 (1.71%) Redis
7 1 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.85%) CouchDB
7 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 62 (52.99%) JIRA
2 56 (47.86%) Jenkins
3 50 (42.74%) Git
4 31 (26.50%) GitLab
5 21 (17.95%) SonarQube
6 11 (9.40%) Maven
7 8 (6.84%) Selenium
7 8 (6.84%) Snyk
7 8 (6.84%) Sonatype Nexus
8 7 (5.98%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 7 (5.98%) Gradle
9 6 (5.13%) Android Studio
9 6 (5.13%) Cucumber
9 6 (5.13%) Postman
9 6 (5.13%) ScriptRunner
10 4 (3.42%) Artifactory
10 4 (3.42%) JUnit
10 4 (3.42%) webpack
11 3 (2.56%) CircleCI
11 3 (2.56%) Subversion
General
1 51 (43.59%) Social Skills
2 25 (21.37%) Finance
3 23 (19.66%) Banking
4 14 (11.97%) Public Sector
5 9 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (6.84%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (4.27%) Financial Institution
8 4 (3.42%) Front Office
8 4 (3.42%) Investment Banking
8 4 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.56%) Back Office
10 2 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.85%) Advertising
11 1 (0.85%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 33 (28.21%) Developer
2 13 (11.11%) DevOps Engineer
3 11 (9.40%) Architect
3 11 (9.40%) Java Developer
3 11 (9.40%) Software Engineer
4 7 (5.98%) Android Developer
5 6 (5.13%) DevSecOps Engineer
5 6 (5.13%) JIRA Specialist
6 5 (4.27%) Automation Engineer
6 5 (4.27%) JIRA Engineer
6 5 (4.27%) Lead
6 5 (4.27%) Platform Engineer
6 5 (4.27%) Senior
6 5 (4.27%) Technical Architect
7 4 (3.42%) Angular Developer
7 4 (3.42%) Security Engineer
8 3 (2.56%) AWS DevOps
8 3 (2.56%) React Developer
8 3 (2.56%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
8 3 (2.56%) T24 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (14.53%) REST
2 11 (9.40%) React
3 10 (8.55%) RESTful
4 9 (7.69%) AngularJS
4 9 (7.69%) LDAP
4 9 (7.69%) Node.js
4 9 (7.69%) Spring Boot
5 8 (6.84%) OpenID
6 7 (5.98%) .NET
6 7 (5.98%) JSON
7 6 (5.13%) AWS CDK
7 6 (5.13%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (5.13%) Spring
8 4 (3.42%) boto
8 4 (3.42%) CSS
9 3 (2.56%) Android Jetpack
9 3 (2.56%) Apache NiFi
9 3 (2.56%) HTML
9 3 (2.56%) Jetpack Compose
9 3 (2.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 7 (5.98%) Mobile App
3 5 (4.27%) Cloud Native
3 5 (4.27%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.56%) Derivative
5 2 (1.71%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (1.71%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.71%) Fixed Income
5 2 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.71%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (1.71%) Private Cloud
5 2 (1.71%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.85%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.85%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.85%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.85%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 32 (27.35%) Linux
2 10 (8.55%) Unix
3 9 (7.69%) Windows
4 8 (6.84%) Android
5 4 (3.42%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.71%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.85%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.85%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (61.54%) Agile
2 70 (59.83%) DevOps
3 66 (56.41%) CI/CD
4 42 (35.90%) Scrum
5 32 (27.35%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (24.79%) Test Automation
7 24 (20.51%) Software Engineering
8 22 (18.80%) Microservices
9 16 (13.68%) Containerisation
9 16 (13.68%) Migration
10 15 (12.82%) DevSecOps
10 15 (12.82%) Infrastructure as Code
10 15 (12.82%) Service Management
11 14 (11.97%) SDLC
12 12 (10.26%) Configuration Management
12 12 (10.26%) Platform Engineering
12 12 (10.26%) TDD
13 11 (9.40%) Kanban
13 11 (9.40%) Scaled Agile Framework
13 11 (9.40%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 39 (33.33%) Python
2 36 (30.77%) Java
3 24 (20.51%) SQL
4 14 (11.97%) Bash
5 9 (7.69%) C#
5 9 (7.69%) PowerShell
6 8 (6.84%) JavaScript
7 7 (5.98%) TypeScript
8 5 (4.27%) C++
9 4 (3.42%) Perl
9 4 (3.42%) Ruby
10 3 (2.56%) HiveQL
10 3 (2.56%) Kotlin
10 3 (2.56%) PL/SQL
10 3 (2.56%) Shell Script
10 3 (2.56%) VB.NET
11 2 (1.71%) Groovy
11 2 (1.71%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.85%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.85%) Scala
Qualifications
1 51 (43.59%) Security Cleared
2 41 (35.04%) SC Cleared
3 10 (8.55%) Degree
4 8 (6.84%) AWS Certification
5 7 (5.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (4.27%) DV Cleared
6 5 (4.27%) OCA
6 5 (4.27%) Oracle Certification
6 5 (4.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (3.42%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 3 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.56%) MCSA
8 3 (2.56%) MCSE
8 3 (2.56%) SAFe Agilist
9 2 (1.71%) CCNP
9 2 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.71%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.71%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.69%) QA
2 5 (4.27%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.71%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.71%) GDPR
4 1 (0.85%) MiFID
4 1 (0.85%) PMO
4 1 (0.85%) SLA
4 1 (0.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 40 (34.19%) Docker
2 7 (5.98%) Squid
3 4 (3.42%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (2.56%) HDFS
4 3 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.85%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.85%) zsh
Systems Management
1 39 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 29 (24.79%) Terraform
3 24 (20.51%) Ansible
4 14 (11.97%) Grafana
5 11 (9.40%) Prometheus
6 8 (6.84%) Puppet
7 7 (5.98%) Consul
7 7 (5.98%) FortiGate
7 7 (5.98%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (5.13%) Progress Chef
9 3 (2.56%) PowerCLI
9 3 (2.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (1.71%) Istio
10 2 (1.71%) Opsgenie
10 2 (1.71%) Podman
11 1 (0.85%) CloudHub
11 1 (0.85%) Kibana
11 1 (0.85%) logstash
11 1 (0.85%) Packer
Vendors
1 35 (29.91%) Atlassian
2 14 (11.97%) Oracle
3 11 (9.40%) Microsoft
4 8 (6.84%) Dynatrace
5 7 (5.98%) Red Hat
6 6 (5.13%) Checkmarx
6 6 (5.13%) Veracode
6 6 (5.13%) VMware
7 4 (3.42%) Informatica
7 4 (3.42%) Salesforce
7 4 (3.42%) Thales
8 3 (2.56%) Coverity
8 3 (2.56%) Denodo
8 3 (2.56%) jBASE
8 3 (2.56%) SolarWinds
8 3 (2.56%) Splunk
8 3 (2.56%) Talend
8 3 (2.56%) Temenos
8 3 (2.56%) UiPath
8 3 (2.56%) Veeam