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 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 501 345 378
Rank change year-on-year -156 +33 -7
Contract jobs citing Bitbucket 101 142 158
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.24% 0.59% 0.43%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.00% 4.14% 3.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 105 102
10th Percentile £363 £340 £388
25th Percentile £406 £435 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £550 £613
Median % change year-on-year -10.23% -10.20% +6.52%
75th Percentile £573 £656 £700
90th Percentile £717 £813 £750
UK median daily rate £463 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -11.90% -12.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 19
10th Percentile - £51.93 £45.88
25th Percentile - £53.75 £56.25
Median hourly rate - £57.75 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - -7.60% +8.70%
75th Percentile - £63.13 £70.00
90th Percentile - £66.25 £75.50
UK median hourly rate - £57.75 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +0.43% -

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 5,061 3,426 4,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.05% 14.14% 11.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,314 2,319 2,916
10th Percentile £348 £350 £350
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £611 £638
90th Percentile £681 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 63 207
10th Percentile £36.25 £27.59 £31.53
25th Percentile £55.94 £50.00 £52.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -3.85% +5.69%
75th Percentile £75.00 £74.38 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £79.75 £77.70
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +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 31 May 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 31 May 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 -99 45 £519 -18.50% 8
Midlands -50 20 £455 +1.00% 1
West Midlands -49 18 £455 -1.20%
South East -64 14 £425 -15.00% 13
North of England -75 12 £405 +5.34% 7
South West -45 9 £539 -6.30% 4
Yorkshire -52 8 £400 - 2
North West -47 4 £525 +36.72% 5
East Midlands -29 2 - - 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 (44.55%) Confluence
2 7 (6.93%) nginx
3 3 (2.97%) SAS
4 2 (1.98%) Apache
4 2 (1.98%) IIS
4 2 (1.98%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.99%) Camunda
5 1 (0.99%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.99%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.97%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 42 (41.58%) AWS
2 35 (34.65%) GitHub
3 27 (26.73%) Amazon S3
4 25 (24.75%) AWS Lambda
4 25 (24.75%) Serverless
5 24 (23.76%) Amazon EKS
6 22 (21.78%) Amazon EC2
6 22 (21.78%) Azure
7 20 (19.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 18 (17.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 18 (17.82%) Amazon ECS
8 18 (17.82%) AWS CloudFormation
9 17 (16.83%) AWS CodePipeline
10 16 (15.84%) GitHub Actions
11 11 (10.89%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (8.91%) GCP
13 7 (6.93%) Route 53
14 6 (5.94%) Azure AKS
15 4 (3.96%) AWS CodeBuild
15 4 (3.96%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.92%) Firewall
2 7 (6.93%) DNS
2 7 (6.93%) OpenVPN
2 7 (6.93%) TCP/IP
2 7 (6.93%) VPN
3 2 (1.98%) WAN
4 1 (0.99%) BGP
4 1 (0.99%) DMVPN
4 1 (0.99%) DSL
4 1 (0.99%) IPsec
4 1 (0.99%) LAN
4 1 (0.99%) MPLS
4 1 (0.99%) NAS
4 1 (0.99%) OSPF
4 1 (0.99%) SAN
4 1 (0.99%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.93%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (5.94%) Amazon Redshift
3 5 (4.95%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.96%) DynamoDB
4 4 (3.96%) Power BI
5 3 (2.97%) Apache Hive
5 3 (2.97%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (2.97%) Hadoop
5 3 (2.97%) Impala
5 3 (2.97%) MySQL
5 3 (2.97%) Pentaho
5 3 (2.97%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.98%) BigQuery
6 2 (1.98%) ClickHouse
6 2 (1.98%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.98%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.99%) Metadata
7 1 (0.99%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.99%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 53 (52.48%) JIRA
2 41 (40.59%) Jenkins
3 29 (28.71%) Git
4 27 (26.73%) GitLab
5 14 (13.86%) SonarQube
6 9 (8.91%) TeamCity
7 8 (7.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 7 (6.93%) Selenium
9 5 (4.95%) Maven
10 4 (3.96%) Artifactory
10 4 (3.96%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (3.96%) webpack
11 3 (2.97%) Cucumber
11 3 (2.97%) Gradle
11 3 (2.97%) MSBuild
11 3 (2.97%) Postman
11 3 (2.97%) Snyk
11 3 (2.97%) SpecFlow
11 3 (2.97%) WebDriver
12 2 (1.98%) MSTest
General
1 44 (43.56%) Social Skills
2 17 (16.83%) Banking
3 14 (13.86%) Finance
4 10 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.93%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (5.94%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (4.95%) Investment Banking
7 5 (4.95%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.97%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.97%) Front Office
9 2 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.99%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.99%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (28.71%) Developer
2 12 (11.88%) DevOps Engineer
3 11 (10.89%) Senior
4 10 (9.90%) Java Developer
4 10 (9.90%) Scrum Master
5 9 (8.91%) Architect
5 9 (8.91%) Software Engineer
6 6 (5.94%) AWS DevOps
7 5 (4.95%) React Developer
7 5 (4.95%) Senior DevOps
7 5 (4.95%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 5 (4.95%) Technical Architect
8 4 (3.96%) AWS Engineer
8 4 (3.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (3.96%) JIRA Engineer
8 4 (3.96%) Senior Developer
9 3 (2.97%) AWS Architect
9 3 (2.97%) Data Engineer
9 3 (2.97%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
9 3 (2.97%) T24 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.88%) AWS CDK
2 10 (9.90%) HTML
2 10 (9.90%) React
3 9 (8.91%) LDAP
4 7 (6.93%) OpenID
4 7 (6.93%) RESTful
5 6 (5.94%) .NET
6 5 (4.95%) ASP.NET
6 5 (4.95%) JWT
6 5 (4.95%) Node.js
7 4 (3.96%) boto
7 4 (3.96%) CSS
7 4 (3.96%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (3.96%) REST
7 4 (3.96%) Spring
7 4 (3.96%) YAML
8 3 (2.97%) Dapper ORM
8 3 (2.97%) Entity Framework
8 3 (2.97%) Playwright
8 3 (2.97%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 15 (14.85%) Product Ownership
2 10 (9.90%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.96%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (3.96%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.97%) Derivative
4 3 (2.97%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.98%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (1.98%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.98%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.98%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.99%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.99%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.99%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.99%) Replication
6 1 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (16.83%) Linux
2 8 (7.92%) Unix
3 7 (6.93%) Windows
4 3 (2.97%) Android
5 2 (1.98%) AIX
6 1 (0.99%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (0.99%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.99%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (66.34%) CI/CD
2 64 (63.37%) Agile
3 60 (59.41%) DevOps
4 31 (30.69%) Test Automation
5 29 (28.71%) Scrum
6 26 (25.74%) Infrastructure as Code
7 23 (22.77%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (20.79%) Containerisation
8 21 (20.79%) Platform Engineering
8 21 (20.79%) Software Engineering
9 19 (18.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (16.83%) DevSecOps
11 16 (15.84%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 14 (13.86%) ITIL
12 14 (13.86%) Microservices
12 14 (13.86%) Migration
13 12 (11.88%) Service Management
14 11 (10.89%) Problem Management
14 11 (10.89%) Roadmaps
15 10 (9.90%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 27 (26.73%) Python
2 25 (24.75%) Java
2 25 (24.75%) SQL
3 13 (12.87%) C#
3 13 (12.87%) JavaScript
4 9 (8.91%) Bash
5 7 (6.93%) Kotlin
5 7 (6.93%) TypeScript
6 5 (4.95%) PowerShell
7 4 (3.96%) Shell Script
8 3 (2.97%) Bicep
8 3 (2.97%) C++
8 3 (2.97%) HiveQL
8 3 (2.97%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.98%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.98%) SOQL
10 1 (0.99%) Korn
10 1 (0.99%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.99%) Scala
Qualifications
1 41 (40.59%) Security Cleared
2 36 (35.64%) SC Cleared
3 10 (9.90%) SAFe Agilist
4 8 (7.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 6 (5.94%) Degree
6 4 (3.96%) AWS Certification
6 4 (3.96%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 4 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.97%) CCNP
7 3 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (2.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.98%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.98%) OCA
8 2 (1.98%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (1.98%) RHCA
8 2 (1.98%) RHCE
9 1 (0.99%) CCDP
9 1 (0.99%) CCIE
9 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.99%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.95%) QA
2 4 (3.96%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.97%) WCAG
4 2 (1.98%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.98%) GDPR
5 1 (0.99%) MiFID
5 1 (0.99%) PMO
5 1 (0.99%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (26.73%) Docker
2 8 (7.92%) Squid
3 3 (2.97%) HDFS
4 2 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.99%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.99%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.99%) zsh
Systems Management
1 25 (24.75%) Terraform
2 23 (22.77%) Kubernetes
3 16 (15.84%) Ansible
4 13 (12.87%) Grafana
5 9 (8.91%) Prometheus
6 7 (6.93%) Consul
6 7 (6.93%) FortiGate
6 7 (6.93%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (5.94%) Puppet
8 4 (3.96%) Progress Chef
9 2 (1.98%) Istio
9 2 (1.98%) Opsgenie
9 2 (1.98%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.99%) Kibana
10 1 (0.99%) logstash
10 1 (0.99%) OPNET
10 1 (0.99%) Podman
Vendors
1 21 (20.79%) Atlassian
2 11 (10.89%) Microsoft
3 7 (6.93%) Dynatrace
3 7 (6.93%) Red Hat
4 4 (3.96%) Oracle
4 4 (3.96%) VMware
5 3 (2.97%) Denodo
5 3 (2.97%) Informatica
5 3 (2.97%) jBASE
5 3 (2.97%) Talend
5 3 (2.97%) Temenos
5 3 (2.97%) Thales
5 3 (2.97%) Veracode
6 2 (1.98%) Checkmarx
6 2 (1.98%) Cisco
6 2 (1.98%) Coverity
6 2 (1.98%) Google
6 2 (1.98%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.98%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.98%) Splunk