Bitbucket Contract Job Trends in the South East

Bitbucket
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East citing Bitbucket skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 159 147
Rank change year-on-year -63 -12 -7
Contract jobs citing Bitbucket 12 13 32
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.18% 0.34% 0.77%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.19% 2.99% 6.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 17
10th Percentile £294 £326 £425
25th Percentile £300 £375 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.19% +5.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £650
90th Percentile - £636 £724
England median daily rate £494 £525 £650
% change year-on-year -5.95% -19.23% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 15
10th Percentile £61.50 - £62.50
25th Percentile £66.25 - £66.25
Median hourly rate £67.47 £55.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.67% -21.43% +12.00%
75th Percentile £68.11 - -
90th Percentile £68.75 - £73.00
England median hourly rate £67.47 £62.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +7.95% -10.71% +12.00%

All Development Application Skills
South East

Bitbucket falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing development application skills in the South East.

6 months to
1 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing development application skills 548 435 525
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 8.22% 11.52% 12.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 316 319
10th Percentile £275 £260 £338
25th Percentile £393 £366 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -10.38%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £585
90th Percentile £673 £628 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 19 32
10th Percentile £47.50 £50.00 £51.53
25th Percentile £51.25 £50.50 £55.87
Median hourly rate £62.00 £58.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.98% -10.69% +13.91%
75th Percentile £70.00 £78.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.51 £89.63 £74.88
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

Bitbucket Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Bitbucket relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Bitbucket job vacancy trend in the South East

Bitbucket Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Bitbucket.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Bitbucket

Bitbucket Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Bitbucket in the South East over the 6 months to 1 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Bitbucket in the South East

Bitbucket Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Bitbucket.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Bitbucket

Bitbucket Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bitbucket within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Surrey -15 5 - -
Berkshire -24 4 £305 -46.96% 4
Thames Valley -41 4 £305 -45.78% 4
Hampshire -29 2 £575 +50.33% 7
West Sussex - 1 £291 - 2
Bitbucket
England

Bitbucket Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Development Applications

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Atlassian Bamboo50.0%6
1JIRA50.0%6
3Git41.7%5
4GitLab16.7%2
5Subversion8.3%1