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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 444 326 372
Rank change year-on-year -118 +46 -25
Contract jobs citing Bitbucket 106 164 186
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.31% 0.63% 0.49%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.22% 4.69% 4.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 116 121
10th Percentile £368 £450 £450
25th Percentile £441 £477 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £600 £560
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £651 £716 £672
90th Percentile £750 £810 £810
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £561
% change year-on-year -8.70% +2.57% -6.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 26
10th Percentile - £55.38 £45.88
25th Percentile - £60.38 £55.00
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £62.50
75th Percentile - £64.38 £71.42
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 4,778 3,497 4,371
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.10% 13.49% 11.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,301 2,181 3,103
10th Percentile £340 £340 £363
25th Percentile £409 £413 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £535
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -5.14% -6.96%
75th Percentile £594 £638 £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 132 57 199
10th Percentile £39.00 £27.00 £40.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £54.70 £49.24
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £75.89
90th Percentile £81.10 £76.75 £88.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +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 11 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 11 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 -73 55 £600 -11.11% 19
South East -54 17 £463 -7.50% 13
South West -21 15 £588 +2.17% 14
North of England -56 9 £620 +27.18% 11
North West -25 7 £620 +27.18% 7
Midlands -62 7 £575 +20.55% 7
West Midlands -55 5 £575 +20.55% 2
Yorkshire -57 2 - - 3
East Midlands - 2 £525 - 5
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 47 (44.34%) Confluence
2 13 (12.26%) nginx
3 5 (4.72%) Apache
4 4 (3.77%) OpenStack
5 3 (2.83%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.94%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.94%) IIS
6 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.94%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.94%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.83%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.83%) Temenos T24
2 2 (1.89%) Maximo
3 1 (0.94%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 44 (41.51%) AWS
2 35 (33.02%) GitHub
3 25 (23.58%) Azure
4 17 (16.04%) Serverless
5 16 (15.09%) AWS Lambda
6 15 (14.15%) Amazon EC2
6 15 (14.15%) Amazon EKS
7 14 (13.21%) Amazon S3
8 13 (12.26%) AWS CloudFormation
9 11 (10.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 10 (9.43%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (9.43%) OpenShift
11 9 (8.49%) GCP
12 7 (6.60%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (5.66%) Azure AKS
13 6 (5.66%) Datadog
13 6 (5.66%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (5.66%) Route 53
14 5 (4.72%) npm
15 4 (3.77%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 12 (11.32%) Firewall
2 7 (6.60%) DNS
2 7 (6.60%) VPN
3 6 (5.66%) OpenVPN
3 6 (5.66%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.94%) BGP
4 1 (0.94%) DSL
4 1 (0.94%) HTTP
4 1 (0.94%) Internet
4 1 (0.94%) LAN
4 1 (0.94%) NAS
4 1 (0.94%) OSPF
4 1 (0.94%) SAN
4 1 (0.94%) Skype
4 1 (0.94%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.94%) SSL
4 1 (0.94%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.94%) VLAN
4 1 (0.94%) VoIP
4 1 (0.94%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (13.21%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (6.60%) NoSQL
2 7 (6.60%) SQL Server
3 6 (5.66%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (5.66%) MySQL
4 5 (4.72%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (3.77%) DB2
6 3 (2.83%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.89%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.89%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (1.89%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.89%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.89%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.94%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.94%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.94%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.94%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.94%) Redis
8 1 (0.94%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.94%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 59 (55.66%) JIRA
2 55 (51.89%) Jenkins
3 48 (45.28%) Git
4 21 (19.81%) SonarQube
5 19 (17.92%) GitLab
6 16 (15.09%) Selenium
7 13 (12.26%) Maven
8 12 (11.32%) Cucumber
9 10 (9.43%) Postman
9 10 (9.43%) Snyk
9 10 (9.43%) Sonatype Nexus
10 9 (8.49%) Gradle
11 8 (7.55%) Artifactory
12 7 (6.60%) ScriptRunner
13 6 (5.66%) Android Studio
13 6 (5.66%) JUnit
13 6 (5.66%) REST Assured
13 6 (5.66%) webpack
14 5 (4.72%) CircleCI
15 4 (3.77%) TeamCity
General
1 42 (39.62%) Social Skills
2 31 (29.25%) Finance
3 23 (21.70%) Banking
4 14 (13.21%) Public Sector
5 10 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (7.55%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.72%) Financial Institution
8 4 (3.77%) Front Office
8 4 (3.77%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.83%) Automotive
9 3 (2.83%) Back Office
10 1 (0.94%) Advertising
10 1 (0.94%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 36 (33.96%) Developer
2 14 (13.21%) Java Developer
3 12 (11.32%) DevOps Engineer
4 10 (9.43%) Architect
5 7 (6.60%) Android Developer
6 6 (5.66%) DevSecOps Engineer
6 6 (5.66%) JIRA Specialist
7 5 (4.72%) Angular Developer
7 5 (4.72%) Senior
7 5 (4.72%) Software Engineer
7 5 (4.72%) Technical Architect
8 4 (3.77%) Automation Engineer
8 4 (3.77%) Automation Tester
8 4 (3.77%) Full-Stack Developer
8 4 (3.77%) Lead
8 4 (3.77%) Platform Engineer
8 4 (3.77%) Security Engineer
8 4 (3.77%) Selenium Tester
8 4 (3.77%) Senior Developer
8 4 (3.77%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (21.70%) REST
2 16 (15.09%) RESTful
3 13 (12.26%) JSON
3 13 (12.26%) React
4 12 (11.32%) .NET
5 11 (10.38%) Node.js
6 10 (9.43%) AngularJS
6 10 (9.43%) Elastic Stack
6 10 (9.43%) Spring Boot
7 8 (7.55%) CSS
8 7 (6.60%) HTML
8 7 (6.60%) LDAP
8 7 (6.60%) OpenID
9 6 (5.66%) Spring
10 5 (4.72%) XML
11 4 (3.77%) Gherkin
11 4 (3.77%) SOAP
11 4 (3.77%) Vue
11 4 (3.77%) YAML
12 3 (2.83%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.60%) Mobile App
2 5 (4.72%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.77%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (3.77%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (3.77%) Private Cloud
4 3 (2.83%) Derivative
4 3 (2.83%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.89%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (1.89%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.89%) Fixed Income
5 2 (1.89%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.94%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.94%) Animation
6 1 (0.94%) Blog
6 1 (0.94%) Contactless
6 1 (0.94%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.94%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 29 (27.36%) Linux
2 9 (8.49%) Android
2 9 (8.49%) Windows
3 7 (6.60%) Unix
4 4 (3.77%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.89%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.94%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (54.72%) Agile
2 56 (52.83%) CI/CD
3 52 (49.06%) DevOps
4 35 (33.02%) Scrum
5 32 (30.19%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (28.30%) Test Automation
7 24 (22.64%) Microservices
8 19 (17.92%) Software Engineering
9 14 (13.21%) Containerisation
9 14 (13.21%) SDLC
10 13 (12.26%) Kanban
10 13 (12.26%) TDD
11 12 (11.32%) DevSecOps
11 12 (11.32%) Migration
12 11 (10.38%) BDD
13 10 (9.43%) Infrastructure as Code
13 10 (9.43%) Secure Coding
14 9 (8.49%) Continuous Improvement
14 9 (8.49%) Design Patterns
14 9 (8.49%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 36 (33.96%) Java
2 32 (30.19%) Python
3 30 (28.30%) SQL
4 13 (12.26%) C#
4 13 (12.26%) JavaScript
5 10 (9.43%) Bash
6 9 (8.49%) PowerShell
7 8 (7.55%) TypeScript
8 4 (3.77%) C++
8 4 (3.77%) Perl
8 4 (3.77%) Ruby
9 3 (2.83%) Kotlin
9 3 (2.83%) PHP
9 3 (2.83%) VB.NET
10 2 (1.89%) Groovy
10 2 (1.89%) Jython
10 2 (1.89%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.94%) Go
11 1 (0.94%) R
11 1 (0.94%) Swift
Qualifications
1 40 (37.74%) Security Cleared
2 28 (26.42%) SC Cleared
3 11 (10.38%) Degree
4 8 (7.55%) DV Cleared
5 6 (5.66%) AWS Certification
5 6 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.83%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.83%) MCSA
6 3 (2.83%) MCSE
6 3 (2.83%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.83%) OCA
6 3 (2.83%) Oracle Certification
6 3 (2.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (1.89%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.94%) CCNP
8 1 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.94%) CISSP
8 1 (0.94%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.60%) QA
2 4 (3.77%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.94%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.94%) GDPR
3 1 (0.94%) MiFID
3 1 (0.94%) WCAG
System Software
1 40 (37.74%) Docker
2 6 (5.66%) Squid
3 4 (3.77%) Virtual Servers
3 4 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.89%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.94%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 40 (37.74%) Kubernetes
2 25 (23.58%) Terraform
3 19 (17.92%) Ansible
4 12 (11.32%) Grafana
5 11 (10.38%) Prometheus
6 9 (8.49%) Puppet
7 6 (5.66%) Consul
7 6 (5.66%) FortiGate
7 6 (5.66%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (4.72%) Progress Chef
9 4 (3.77%) Podman
10 3 (2.83%) PowerCLI
10 3 (2.83%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (1.89%) Istio
11 2 (1.89%) Opsgenie
12 1 (0.94%) Ambari
12 1 (0.94%) Dell DRAC
12 1 (0.94%) Kibana
12 1 (0.94%) logstash
12 1 (0.94%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 33 (31.13%) Atlassian
2 14 (13.21%) Oracle
3 8 (7.55%) Microsoft
4 7 (6.60%) Dynatrace
5 6 (5.66%) Checkmarx
5 6 (5.66%) Red Hat
5 6 (5.66%) Veracode
6 5 (4.72%) Splunk
6 5 (4.72%) VMware
7 4 (3.77%) Salesforce
7 4 (3.77%) Thales
8 3 (2.83%) Coverity
8 3 (2.83%) IBM
8 3 (2.83%) jBASE
8 3 (2.83%) SolarWinds
8 3 (2.83%) Temenos
8 3 (2.83%) UiPath
8 3 (2.83%) Veeam
9 2 (1.89%) Cisco
9 2 (1.89%) Google