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 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 500 344 345
Rank change year-on-year -156 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Bitbucket 122 163 183
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.27% 0.59% 0.55%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.30% 4.07% 4.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 130 119
10th Percentile £297 £305 £418
25th Percentile £406 £402 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £519 £650
Median % change year-on-year -10.84% -20.19% +10.64%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £700
90th Percentile £763 £801 £775
UK median daily rate £455 £510 £650
% change year-on-year -10.78% -21.54% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 17
10th Percentile £58.30 £51.49 £52.10
25th Percentile £64.19 £52.14 -
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 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £67.47 £56.25 £70.00
% change year-on-year +19.95% -19.64% +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 5,305 4,005 4,252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.70% 14.42% 12.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,377 2,773 2,847
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 £589 £600 £629
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 242 95 199
10th Percentile £31.12 £40.90 £31.71
25th Percentile £56.25 £51.03 £51.88
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - -
75th Percentile £75.00 £74.38 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £83.45 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £65.75 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.15% - +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 3 August 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 3 August 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 -87 54 £604 -3.40% 32
Midlands -40 28 £456 +1.22% 7
West Midlands -44 26 £456 -0.98% 5
North of England -70 16 £441 +27.68% 10
South East -71 14 £305 -50.24% 15
Yorkshire - 12 £441 - 3
South West -55 6 £500 -13.04% 6
North West -63 4 £464 +34.35% 5
East Midlands -24 2 - - 2
East of England -15 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 56 (45.90%) Confluence
2 6 (4.92%) nginx
3 5 (4.10%) Apache
4 4 (3.28%) IIS
5 3 (2.46%) SAS
6 2 (1.64%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (1.64%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.82%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.82%) Camunda
7 1 (0.82%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.28%) Trello
2 1 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.82%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 47 (38.52%) GitHub
2 45 (36.89%) AWS
3 28 (22.95%) Azure
4 27 (22.13%) GitHub Actions
5 26 (21.31%) Amazon S3
6 24 (19.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 24 (19.67%) Amazon EKS
6 24 (19.67%) AWS Lambda
6 24 (19.67%) Serverless
7 21 (17.21%) Amazon EC2
8 18 (14.75%) Amazon ECS
8 18 (14.75%) AWS CloudFormation
9 16 (13.11%) AWS CodePipeline
9 16 (13.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 15 (12.30%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (11.48%) GCP
12 7 (5.74%) OpenShift
13 6 (4.92%) Azure AKS
13 6 (4.92%) Power Platform
14 5 (4.10%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.74%) DNS
2 6 (4.92%) Firewall
3 4 (3.28%) DHCP
4 3 (2.46%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.46%) VPN
5 2 (1.64%) Internet
5 2 (1.64%) Intranet
5 2 (1.64%) OpenVPN
6 1 (0.82%) BGP
6 1 (0.82%) DMVPN
6 1 (0.82%) IPsec
6 1 (0.82%) MPLS
6 1 (0.82%) OSPF
6 1 (0.82%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.82%) VLAN
6 1 (0.82%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.20%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (6.56%) MongoDB
3 7 (5.74%) Amazon Redshift
3 7 (5.74%) SQL Server
4 6 (4.92%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (4.92%) Redis
5 5 (4.10%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (4.10%) Relational Database
6 4 (3.28%) Power BI
7 3 (2.46%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (2.46%) Apache Hive
7 3 (2.46%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (2.46%) DynamoDB
7 3 (2.46%) Hadoop
7 3 (2.46%) Impala
7 3 (2.46%) MySQL
7 3 (2.46%) Oracle Database
7 3 (2.46%) Pentaho
8 2 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.64%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 71 (58.20%) JIRA
2 53 (43.44%) Jenkins
3 45 (36.89%) Git
4 40 (32.79%) GitLab
5 25 (20.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 13 (10.66%) TeamCity
7 10 (8.20%) Selenium
8 7 (5.74%) Artifactory
9 6 (4.92%) REST Assured
9 6 (4.92%) SonarQube
9 6 (4.92%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (4.10%) Cucumber
10 5 (4.10%) WebDriver
11 4 (3.28%) Gradle
11 4 (3.28%) Maven
11 4 (3.28%) webpack
12 3 (2.46%) Cypress.io
12 3 (2.46%) MSBuild
12 3 (2.46%) Postman
12 3 (2.46%) SpecFlow
General
1 60 (49.18%) Social Skills
2 25 (20.49%) Finance
3 20 (16.39%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (15.57%) Banking
5 9 (7.38%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.92%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (4.92%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.10%) Investment Banking
8 3 (2.46%) Back Office
9 2 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.64%) Front Office
10 1 (0.82%) Local Government
10 1 (0.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (22.95%) Developer
2 17 (13.93%) Senior
3 13 (10.66%) JIRA Engineer
4 12 (9.84%) Java Developer
5 11 (9.02%) Scrum Master
6 10 (8.20%) DevOps Engineer
7 9 (7.38%) Software Engineer
8 8 (6.56%) AWS Engineer
8 8 (6.56%) Technical Engineer
9 7 (5.74%) AWS DevOps
9 7 (5.74%) Lead
10 6 (4.92%) Data Engineer
10 6 (4.92%) Junior
10 6 (4.92%) Senior Developer
11 5 (4.10%) Java Engineer
11 5 (4.10%) Platform Engineer
11 5 (4.10%) Release Manager
11 5 (4.10%) Senior DevOps
11 5 (4.10%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 4 (3.28%) Automation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.30%) REST
2 13 (10.66%) AWS CDK
2 13 (10.66%) HTML
3 12 (9.84%) Spring
4 9 (7.38%) .NET
4 9 (7.38%) React
5 7 (5.74%) ASP.NET
5 7 (5.74%) RESTful
6 6 (4.92%) JWT
7 5 (4.10%) Kafka
8 4 (3.28%) ActiveMQ
8 4 (3.28%) CSS
8 4 (3.28%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (3.28%) Ktor
8 4 (3.28%) Node.js
8 4 (3.28%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (3.28%) YAML
9 3 (2.46%) Jakarta EE
9 3 (2.46%) JDBC
9 3 (2.46%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.03%) Product Ownership
2 11 (9.02%) Cloud Native
3 7 (5.74%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (4.10%) Data Structures
5 4 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.46%) Spread Betting
7 2 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.82%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.82%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.82%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.82%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.82%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.82%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.82%) Replication
8 1 (0.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 24 (19.67%) Linux
2 14 (11.48%) Windows
3 10 (8.20%) Unix
4 4 (3.28%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.64%) AIX
6 2 (1.64%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.82%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (73.77%) CI/CD
2 84 (68.85%) Agile
3 74 (60.66%) DevOps
4 42 (34.43%) Scrum
4 42 (34.43%) Test Automation
5 30 (24.59%) Infrastructure as Code
5 30 (24.59%) Platform Engineering
6 24 (19.67%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (18.85%) Containerisation
7 23 (18.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (18.85%) ITIL
8 21 (17.21%) Service Management
9 20 (16.39%) Software Engineering
10 19 (15.57%) Microservices
10 19 (15.57%) Migration
11 18 (14.75%) SDLC
12 17 (13.93%) AI
12 17 (13.93%) DevSecOps
13 16 (13.11%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 15 (12.30%) Backlog Refinement
Programming Languages
1 41 (33.61%) Java
1 41 (33.61%) Python
2 36 (29.51%) SQL
3 18 (14.75%) JavaScript
4 15 (12.30%) C#
5 14 (11.48%) Kotlin
6 12 (9.84%) Bash
6 12 (9.84%) PowerShell
7 8 (6.56%) PL/SQL
7 8 (6.56%) TypeScript
8 4 (3.28%) Shell Script
9 3 (2.46%) Bicep
9 3 (2.46%) HiveQL
10 2 (1.64%) Apex Code
10 2 (1.64%) C++
10 2 (1.64%) Go
10 2 (1.64%) Groovy
10 2 (1.64%) Perl
10 2 (1.64%) SOQL
11 1 (0.82%) Korn
Qualifications
1 38 (31.15%) Security Cleared
2 35 (28.69%) SC Cleared
3 11 (9.02%) SAFe Agilist
4 9 (7.38%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 7 (5.74%) Degree
6 6 (4.92%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.46%) CCNP
7 3 (2.46%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.64%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.64%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 2 (1.64%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.64%) OCA
8 2 (1.64%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (1.64%) RHCA
8 2 (1.64%) RHCE
9 1 (0.82%) CCDP
9 1 (0.82%) PMP
9 1 (0.82%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.48%) QA
2 4 (3.28%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.46%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.46%) WCAG
4 1 (0.82%) GDPR
4 1 (0.82%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.82%) PMO
4 1 (0.82%) SEPA
4 1 (0.82%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (30.33%) Docker
2 4 (3.28%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.28%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (2.46%) HDFS
3 3 (2.46%) Squid
4 1 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.82%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.82%) zsh
Systems Management
1 30 (24.59%) Terraform
2 28 (22.95%) Kubernetes
3 21 (17.21%) Ansible
4 10 (8.20%) Grafana
4 10 (8.20%) Prometheus
5 6 (4.92%) Puppet
6 5 (4.10%) Progress Chef
7 4 (3.28%) Packer
7 4 (3.28%) vCenter Server
8 3 (2.46%) Istio
9 2 (1.64%) Consul
9 2 (1.64%) FortiGate
9 2 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.82%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.82%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.82%) OPNET
10 1 (0.82%) Podman
Vendors
1 20 (16.39%) Atlassian
2 12 (9.84%) Microsoft
3 10 (8.20%) Oracle
4 7 (5.74%) VMware
5 6 (4.92%) Dynatrace
5 6 (4.92%) Salesforce
5 6 (4.92%) ServiceNow
5 6 (4.92%) Splunk
6 4 (3.28%) Google
6 4 (3.28%) Tanium
7 3 (2.46%) Denodo
7 3 (2.46%) Informatica
7 3 (2.46%) Talend
8 2 (1.64%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.64%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.82%) Cisco
9 1 (0.82%) ION Trading
9 1 (0.82%) New Relic
9 1 (0.82%) Sybase
9 1 (0.82%) Zscaler