Bitbucket Contracts in the UK excluding London

Bitbucket
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Bitbucket skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Bitbucket over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 234 300 292
Rank change year-on-year +66 -8 -4
Contract jobs citing Bitbucket 102 99 172
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.80% 0.48% 0.71%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.96% 4.37% 5.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 56 121
10th Percentile £339 £389 £450
25th Percentile £425 £472 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £700 £638
90th Percentile £625 - £700
UK median daily rate £539 £553 £570
% change year-on-year -2.49% -3.07% +3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 18 16
10th Percentile £49.85 £43.14 £50.63
25th Percentile £52.50 £48.16 £51.81
Median hourly rate £60.50 £57.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.22% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £73.94
90th Percentile £66.25 £75.75 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £57.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +5.22% - +4.55%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,711 2,265 3,407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.40% 10.90% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,133 1,466 2,398
10th Percentile £325 £350 £350
25th Percentile £402 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% - -
75th Percentile £556 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £676
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 169 184
10th Percentile £46.25 £40.00 £45.38
25th Percentile £52.42 £52.50 £52.47
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +12.84%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.36 £85.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +21.78%

Bitbucket
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Bitbucket as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Bitbucket in the UK excluding London

Bitbucket
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Bitbucket in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Bitbucket in the UK excluding London

Bitbucket
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Bitbucket in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Bitbucket in the UK excluding London

Bitbucket
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Bitbucket in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Bitbucket in the UK excluding London

Bitbucket
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Bitbucket in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Bitbucket in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bitbucket within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
South East +41 30 £500 +11.11% 42
South West +38 25 £575 -17.86% 14
Scotland +30 25 £550 - 7
Midlands +23 12 £460 -16.36% 8
North of England +15 7 £384 -25.07% 23
West Midlands +10 7 £460 -16.36% 5
North West +13 5 £384 -26.86% 13
East Midlands - 5 £311 - 3
East of England +31 2 £500 -16.67% 2
Yorkshire +8 2 - - 5
Wales - 1 - - 11
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UK

Bitbucket
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 54 (52.94%) Confluence
2 6 (5.88%) JBoss
3 5 (4.90%) Tomcat
3 5 (4.90%) WebLogic
3 5 (4.90%) WebSphere
4 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.94%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.94%) Skype for Business
5 2 (1.96%) Camunda
Applications
1 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 46 (45.10%) AWS
2 15 (14.71%) Serverless
3 12 (11.76%) Azure
4 8 (7.84%) OpenShift
5 7 (6.86%) GitHub
6 5 (4.90%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (4.90%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (3.92%) Amazon S3
8 3 (2.94%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (2.94%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (1.96%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.96%) AWS CodeBuild
9 2 (1.96%) AWS CodePipeline
9 2 (1.96%) GCP
9 2 (1.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.98%) AWS Fargate
10 1 (0.98%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.98%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.80%) Software-Defined Radio
2 7 (6.86%) SNMP
3 4 (3.92%) Skype
3 4 (3.92%) Unified Communications
4 3 (2.94%) DHCP
4 3 (2.94%) DNS
4 3 (2.94%) LTE
4 3 (2.94%) NAS
5 1 (0.98%) BGP
5 1 (0.98%) HTTP
5 1 (0.98%) OSPF
5 1 (0.98%) VLAN
5 1 (0.98%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.88%) DB2
2 4 (3.92%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (3.92%) MySQL
2 4 (3.92%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.94%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.94%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.96%) IDMS
4 2 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.98%) Adabas
5 1 (0.98%) Aerospike
5 1 (0.98%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.98%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.98%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.98%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.98%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.98%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 69 (67.65%) JIRA
2 48 (47.06%) Git
3 44 (43.14%) Jenkins
4 21 (20.59%) GitLab
5 20 (19.61%) GoogleTest
6 13 (12.75%) Robot Framework
7 12 (11.76%) Eclipse
8 7 (6.86%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 7 (6.86%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (6.86%) TestRail
9 4 (3.92%) Cucumber
9 4 (3.92%) Maven
10 3 (2.94%) Bitbucket Server
10 3 (2.94%) SonarQube
10 3 (2.94%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (2.94%) TeamCity
11 2 (1.96%) Artifactory
11 2 (1.96%) CA Gen
11 2 (1.96%) Mockito
11 2 (1.96%) Selenium
General
1 14 (13.73%) Finance
2 11 (10.78%) Social Skills
3 10 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (8.82%) Banking
5 6 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.92%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.96%) Legal
7 2 (1.96%) Retail
8 1 (0.98%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.98%) Aviation
8 1 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (19.61%) Software Engineer
2 17 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 14 (13.73%) Senior
4 13 (12.75%) Embedded Engineer
4 13 (12.75%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 12 (11.76%) Developer
6 9 (8.82%) Linux Engineer
7 8 (7.84%) C++ Software Engineer
8 7 (6.86%) Embedded C++ Engineer
8 7 (6.86%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
8 7 (6.86%) Embedded Linux Engineer
8 7 (6.86%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
8 7 (6.86%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 7 (6.86%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 7 (6.86%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 7 (6.86%) Senior Linux Engineer
8 7 (6.86%) Senior Software Engineer
9 6 (5.88%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
10 5 (4.90%) Automation Engineer
10 5 (4.90%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (20.59%) REST
2 17 (16.67%) SOAP
3 12 (11.76%) Spring Boot
4 10 (9.80%) CSS
4 10 (9.80%) HTML
5 8 (7.84%) Spring
6 5 (4.90%) J2EE
6 5 (4.90%) Loki
6 5 (4.90%) RAML
6 5 (4.90%) Web Services
6 5 (4.90%) WSDL
7 4 (3.92%) EJB
7 4 (3.92%) JSP
7 4 (3.92%) Node.js
7 4 (3.92%) React
7 4 (3.92%) Servlets
8 3 (2.94%) JPA
8 3 (2.94%) Kafka
8 3 (2.94%) RESTful
8 3 (2.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.90%) Private Cloud
1 5 (4.90%) Product Ownership
2 3 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (2.94%) PKI
2 3 (2.94%) Verilog
2 3 (2.94%) VHDL
3 2 (1.96%) Data Centre
3 2 (1.96%) Distributed Architecture
3 2 (1.96%) Public Cloud
3 2 (1.96%) Virtual Team
4 1 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.98%) Culture of Ownership
4 1 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (0.98%) GNSS
4 1 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 55 (53.92%) Linux
2 18 (17.65%) Windows
3 13 (12.75%) Windows Server
4 11 (10.78%) Unix
5 7 (6.86%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (2.94%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.98%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (62.75%) Agile
2 31 (30.39%) Scrum
3 29 (28.43%) Software Engineering
4 25 (24.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 24 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (21.57%) Deployment Automation
6 22 (21.57%) DevOps
7 21 (20.59%) CI/CD
7 21 (20.59%) Containerisation
8 20 (19.61%) Configuration Management
9 19 (18.63%) Computer Science
9 19 (18.63%) Test Automation
9 19 (18.63%) Validation
10 17 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
11 15 (14.71%) Service Management
12 14 (13.73%) Continuous Delivery
12 14 (13.73%) Infrastructure Automation
12 14 (13.73%) System Testing
13 13 (12.75%) Continuous Integration
14 12 (11.76%) NsoIT
Programming Languages
1 51 (50.00%) Python
2 22 (21.57%) Java
3 21 (20.59%) C++
4 18 (17.65%) SQL
5 16 (15.69%) PowerShell
6 15 (14.71%) JavaScript
7 12 (11.76%) Bash
8 10 (9.80%) C#
9 7 (6.86%) Shell Script
10 5 (4.90%) TypeScript
11 4 (3.92%) PL/SQL
12 3 (2.94%) SystemVerilog
12 3 (2.94%) Tcl
13 2 (1.96%) COBOL
13 2 (1.96%) Perl
13 2 (1.96%) PHP
14 1 (0.98%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.98%) Natural
14 1 (0.98%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 32 (31.37%) Security Cleared
2 30 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 14 (13.73%) Degree
4 13 (12.75%) AWS Certification
5 11 (10.78%) AWS Certified Developer
5 11 (10.78%) CCNP
5 11 (10.78%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (10.78%) OCA
5 11 (10.78%) Oracle Certification
5 11 (10.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (9.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 10 (9.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (9.80%) RHCA
6 10 (9.80%) RHCE
7 5 (4.90%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.96%) ISEB
8 2 (1.96%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.96%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (1.96%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.98%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.94%) QA
2 1 (0.98%) Accessibility
System Software
1 15 (14.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (11.76%) Docker
3 6 (5.88%) Firmware
4 5 (4.90%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 4 (3.92%) Active Directory
5 4 (3.92%) Hyper-V
6 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (2.94%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (1.96%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 27 (26.47%) Terraform
2 25 (24.51%) Ansible
3 16 (15.69%) Puppet
4 13 (12.75%) Kubernetes
5 12 (11.76%) Progress Chef
6 11 (10.78%) vCenter Server
7 5 (4.90%) Grafana
7 5 (4.90%) Prometheus
8 3 (2.94%) WSUS
9 2 (1.96%) PowerCLI
9 2 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.98%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.98%) Kibana
10 1 (0.98%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 35 (34.31%) Atlassian
2 23 (22.55%) Oracle
3 21 (20.59%) Google
4 17 (16.67%) VMware
5 11 (10.78%) Cisco
6 8 (7.84%) Microsoft
7 6 (5.88%) Intel
7 6 (5.88%) Splunk
8 5 (4.90%) IBM
8 5 (4.90%) Veritas
9 4 (3.92%) Veeam
10 3 (2.94%) Veracode
10 3 (2.94%) Xilinx
11 1 (0.98%) AppDynamics
11 1 (0.98%) Confluent
11 1 (0.98%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.98%) PagerDuty
11 1 (0.98%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.98%) StreamSets
11 1 (0.98%) Twitter