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 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 517 360 359
Rank change year-on-year -157 -1 -5
Contract jobs citing Bitbucket 115 159 185
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.26% 0.58% 0.54%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.19% 4.03% 4.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 127 120
10th Percentile £276 £305 £411
25th Percentile £405 £401 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £508 £650
Median % change year-on-year -9.21% -21.92% +13.04%
75th Percentile £584 £638 £700
90th Percentile £744 £805 £775
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £650
% change year-on-year -10.00% -23.08% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 18
10th Percentile £58.30 £51.49 £53.14
25th Percentile £64.19 £52.14 £59.69
Median hourly rate £67.47 £55.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.67% -21.43% +21.74%
75th Percentile - £61.52 -
90th Percentile - £66.61 £75.75
UK median hourly rate £67.47 £55.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +22.67% -21.43% +21.74%

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 5,263 3,948 4,313
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.69% 14.30% 12.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,357 2,719 2,886
10th Percentile £350 £321 £350
25th Percentile £413 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £631
90th Percentile £688 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 93 205
10th Percentile £28.08 £40.50 £31.71
25th Percentile £55.63 £51.00 £52.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £83.60 £73.90
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +4.00%

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 27 July 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 27 July 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 -84 49 £563 -10.71% 14
Midlands -45 27 £456 +27.37% 6
West Midlands -35 25 £456 -0.87% 4
South East -73 15 £328 -45.42% 9
North of England -76 14 £407 +17.97% 11
Yorkshire -37 11 £407 - 6
South West -57 6 £500 -13.04% 5
North West -60 3 £464 +34.35% 3
East Midlands -21 2 - - 2
East of England -19 1 - - 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 53 (46.09%) Confluence
2 6 (5.22%) nginx
3 5 (4.35%) Apache
4 4 (3.48%) IIS
5 3 (2.61%) SAS
6 2 (1.74%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.87%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.87%) Camunda
7 1 (0.87%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.87%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.87%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (2.61%) Trello
2 1 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.87%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 43 (37.39%) GitHub
2 41 (35.65%) AWS
3 26 (22.61%) Azure
4 25 (21.74%) Amazon S3
4 25 (21.74%) GitHub Actions
5 23 (20.00%) AWS Lambda
5 23 (20.00%) Serverless
6 22 (19.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 22 (19.13%) Amazon EKS
7 20 (17.39%) Amazon EC2
8 18 (15.65%) AWS CloudFormation
9 17 (14.78%) Amazon ECS
10 16 (13.91%) AWS CodePipeline
10 16 (13.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 14 (12.17%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (10.43%) GCP
13 6 (5.22%) Azure AKS
13 6 (5.22%) OpenShift
13 6 (5.22%) Power Platform
14 4 (3.48%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.09%) DNS
2 6 (5.22%) Firewall
3 4 (3.48%) DHCP
4 3 (2.61%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.61%) VPN
5 2 (1.74%) Internet
5 2 (1.74%) Intranet
5 2 (1.74%) OpenVPN
6 1 (0.87%) BGP
6 1 (0.87%) DMVPN
6 1 (0.87%) IPsec
6 1 (0.87%) MPLS
6 1 (0.87%) OSPF
6 1 (0.87%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.87%) VLAN
6 1 (0.87%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.83%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (6.09%) Amazon Redshift
3 6 (5.22%) MongoDB
3 6 (5.22%) SQL Server
4 5 (4.35%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (3.48%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (3.48%) Power BI
5 4 (3.48%) Redis
5 4 (3.48%) Relational Database
6 3 (2.61%) Apache Hive
6 3 (2.61%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (2.61%) DynamoDB
6 3 (2.61%) Hadoop
6 3 (2.61%) Impala
6 3 (2.61%) MySQL
6 3 (2.61%) Oracle Database
6 3 (2.61%) Pentaho
7 2 (1.74%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (1.74%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.74%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 66 (57.39%) JIRA
2 50 (43.48%) Jenkins
3 40 (34.78%) Git
4 36 (31.30%) GitLab
5 22 (19.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 13 (11.30%) TeamCity
7 10 (8.70%) Selenium
8 7 (6.09%) Artifactory
9 6 (5.22%) REST Assured
9 6 (5.22%) SonarQube
10 5 (4.35%) Cucumber
10 5 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (4.35%) WebDriver
11 4 (3.48%) Gradle
11 4 (3.48%) Maven
11 4 (3.48%) webpack
12 3 (2.61%) JUnit
12 3 (2.61%) MSBuild
12 3 (2.61%) Postman
12 3 (2.61%) SpecFlow
General
1 56 (48.70%) Social Skills
2 22 (19.13%) Finance
3 19 (16.52%) Banking
4 18 (15.65%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (7.83%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (5.22%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (4.35%) Investment Banking
7 5 (4.35%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.74%) Back Office
8 2 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.74%) Front Office
9 1 (0.87%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (23.48%) Developer
2 15 (13.04%) Senior
3 12 (10.43%) Java Developer
3 12 (10.43%) JIRA Engineer
4 11 (9.57%) Scrum Master
5 10 (8.70%) DevOps Engineer
6 9 (7.83%) Software Engineer
7 8 (6.96%) Technical Engineer
8 7 (6.09%) AWS DevOps
8 7 (6.09%) AWS Engineer
9 6 (5.22%) Senior Developer
10 5 (4.35%) Data Engineer
10 5 (4.35%) Java Engineer
10 5 (4.35%) Junior
10 5 (4.35%) Release Manager
10 5 (4.35%) Senior DevOps
10 5 (4.35%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 4 (3.48%) Automation Tester
11 4 (3.48%) Platform Engineer
11 4 (3.48%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (11.30%) AWS CDK
1 13 (11.30%) REST
2 12 (10.43%) HTML
3 10 (8.70%) React
3 10 (8.70%) Spring
4 8 (6.96%) .NET
5 7 (6.09%) ASP.NET
5 7 (6.09%) RESTful
6 5 (4.35%) JWT
7 4 (3.48%) CSS
7 4 (3.48%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (3.48%) Node.js
7 4 (3.48%) YAML
8 3 (2.61%) AngularJS
8 3 (2.61%) Entity Framework
8 3 (2.61%) Gherkin
8 3 (2.61%) JDBC
8 3 (2.61%) Kafka
8 3 (2.61%) RabbitMQ
8 3 (2.61%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 23 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 9 (7.83%) Cloud Native
3 7 (6.09%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (4.35%) Data Structures
5 4 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.61%) Spread Betting
7 2 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.87%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.87%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.87%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.87%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.87%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.87%) Replication
8 1 (0.87%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 23 (20.00%) Linux
2 12 (10.43%) Windows
3 10 (8.70%) Unix
4 4 (3.48%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.74%) AIX
5 2 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.74%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.87%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (0.87%) Android
6 1 (0.87%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (72.17%) CI/CD
2 80 (69.57%) Agile
3 71 (61.74%) DevOps
4 41 (35.65%) Test Automation
5 40 (34.78%) Scrum
6 28 (24.35%) Infrastructure as Code
7 27 (23.48%) Platform Engineering
8 23 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (20.00%) ITIL
8 23 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (18.26%) Containerisation
10 20 (17.39%) Service Management
10 20 (17.39%) Software Engineering
11 17 (14.78%) DevSecOps
11 17 (14.78%) Microservices
11 17 (14.78%) Migration
12 16 (13.91%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 16 (13.91%) SDLC
13 14 (12.17%) Backlog Refinement
14 13 (11.30%) AI
Programming Languages
1 39 (33.91%) Python
2 38 (33.04%) Java
3 32 (27.83%) SQL
4 17 (14.78%) JavaScript
5 14 (12.17%) C#
6 12 (10.43%) Kotlin
7 11 (9.57%) Bash
7 11 (9.57%) PowerShell
8 8 (6.96%) PL/SQL
8 8 (6.96%) TypeScript
9 4 (3.48%) Shell Script
10 3 (2.61%) Bicep
10 3 (2.61%) HiveQL
11 2 (1.74%) Apex Code
11 2 (1.74%) C++
11 2 (1.74%) SOQL
12 1 (0.87%) Groovy
12 1 (0.87%) Korn
12 1 (0.87%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.87%) Perl
Qualifications
1 37 (32.17%) Security Cleared
2 34 (29.57%) SC Cleared
3 11 (9.57%) SAFe Agilist
4 9 (7.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 7 (6.09%) Degree
6 5 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.61%) CCNP
7 3 (2.61%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.74%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.74%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 2 (1.74%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.74%) OCA
8 2 (1.74%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (1.74%) RHCA
8 2 (1.74%) RHCE
9 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.87%) PMP
9 1 (0.87%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.43%) QA
2 4 (3.48%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.61%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.61%) WCAG
4 1 (0.87%) GDPR
4 1 (0.87%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.87%) PMO
4 1 (0.87%) SEPA
4 1 (0.87%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (28.70%) Docker
2 4 (3.48%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.48%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (2.61%) HDFS
3 3 (2.61%) Squid
4 1 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.87%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.87%) zsh
Systems Management
1 29 (25.22%) Terraform
2 24 (20.87%) Kubernetes
3 20 (17.39%) Ansible
4 9 (7.83%) Grafana
5 8 (6.96%) Prometheus
6 6 (5.22%) Puppet
7 5 (4.35%) Progress Chef
8 4 (3.48%) Packer
8 4 (3.48%) vCenter Server
9 2 (1.74%) Consul
9 2 (1.74%) FortiGate
9 2 (1.74%) Istio
9 2 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.87%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.87%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.87%) OPNET
10 1 (0.87%) Podman
Vendors
1 19 (16.52%) Atlassian
2 12 (10.43%) Microsoft
3 10 (8.70%) Oracle
4 7 (6.09%) VMware
5 6 (5.22%) Salesforce
5 6 (5.22%) ServiceNow
6 5 (4.35%) Dynatrace
6 5 (4.35%) Splunk
7 4 (3.48%) Tanium
8 3 (2.61%) Denodo
8 3 (2.61%) Google
8 3 (2.61%) Informatica
8 3 (2.61%) Talend
9 2 (1.74%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.74%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.87%) Cisco
10 1 (0.87%) ION Trading
10 1 (0.87%) Sybase
10 1 (0.87%) Veracode
10 1 (0.87%) Zscaler