Bitbucket Contract Job Trends

Bitbucket
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Bitbucket skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 477 329 392
Rank change year-on-year -148 +63 -27
Contract jobs citing Bitbucket 123 203 211
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.66% 0.48%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.19% 4.86% 3.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 137 130
10th Percentile £358 £390 £425
25th Percentile £400 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £560
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +2.68% -6.67%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £675
90th Percentile £727 £810 £810
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £556
% change year-on-year +2.50% -10.11% -2.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 28
10th Percentile - £55.38 £45.50
25th Percentile - £60.38 £53.69
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% -3.23%
75th Percentile - £64.38 £70.47
90th Percentile - £71.25 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year - - -1.26%

All Development Application Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,611 4,180 5,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.83% 13.63% 12.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,836 2,661 3,710
10th Percentile £340 £331 £362
25th Percentile £405 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £630
90th Percentile £688 £725 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 65 218
10th Percentile £29.50 £25.65 £39.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £48.00 £48.31
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.60 £79.39 £85.68
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%

Bitbucket
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Bitbucket job vacancy trend in the UK

Bitbucket
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Bitbucket

Bitbucket
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Bitbucket over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Bitbucket in the UK

Bitbucket
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Bitbucket

Bitbucket
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 18 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
England -127 105 £550 -8.33% 71
UK excluding London -110 59 £513 +2.50% 52
London -67 57 £583 -13.70% 19
Work from Home -51 33 £538 -2.27% 32
South West -21 15 £588 +2.17% 20
South East -48 14 £500 - 12
Scotland -7 13 £358 -20.44% 2
North of England -52 9 £620 +55.00% 10
North West -24 7 £620 +55.00% 5
Midlands -61 7 £575 +22.73% 7
West Midlands -55 5 £575 +20.55% 5
Wales -2 2 £375 -
East Midlands -22 2 £525 +68.81% 2
Yorkshire -52 2 - - 4

Bitbucket
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 43 (34.96%) Confluence
2 13 (10.57%) nginx
3 5 (4.07%) Apache
4 4 (3.25%) OpenStack
5 3 (2.44%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.81%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.81%) IIS
6 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.81%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.81%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.81%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.44%) Temenos T24
2 2 (1.63%) Maximo
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 61 (49.59%) AWS
2 42 (34.15%) GitHub
3 28 (22.76%) Serverless
4 27 (21.95%) Amazon EC2
4 27 (21.95%) Amazon EKS
4 27 (21.95%) AWS Lambda
4 27 (21.95%) Azure
5 25 (20.33%) AWS CloudFormation
6 19 (15.45%) Amazon ECS
6 19 (15.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 17 (13.82%) Amazon S3
8 12 (9.76%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (8.94%) Amazon MSK
9 11 (8.94%) OpenShift
10 10 (8.13%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (7.32%) GCP
12 6 (4.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 6 (4.88%) Azure AKS
12 6 (4.88%) Datadog
12 6 (4.88%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 20 (16.26%) Firewall
2 7 (5.69%) DNS
2 7 (5.69%) VPN
3 6 (4.88%) OpenVPN
3 6 (4.88%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.63%) DSL
5 1 (0.81%) BGP
5 1 (0.81%) HTTP
5 1 (0.81%) Internet
5 1 (0.81%) LAN
5 1 (0.81%) NAS
5 1 (0.81%) OSPF
5 1 (0.81%) SAN
5 1 (0.81%) Skype
5 1 (0.81%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.81%) SSL
5 1 (0.81%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.81%) VLAN
5 1 (0.81%) VoIP
5 1 (0.81%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.57%) Amazon RDS
1 13 (10.57%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (5.69%) NoSQL
3 6 (4.88%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (4.88%) MySQL
4 5 (4.07%) SQL Server
5 4 (3.25%) MongoDB
6 3 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.63%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.63%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (1.63%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.63%) DB2
7 2 (1.63%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.63%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.63%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.63%) Redis
8 1 (0.81%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.81%) CouchDB
8 1 (0.81%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 68 (55.28%) Jenkins
2 65 (52.85%) JIRA
3 62 (50.41%) Git
4 31 (25.20%) GitLab
5 22 (17.89%) SonarQube
6 18 (14.63%) Sonatype Nexus
7 13 (10.57%) Maven
7 13 (10.57%) Selenium
8 12 (9.76%) Postman
9 10 (8.13%) Snyk
10 9 (7.32%) Cucumber
10 9 (7.32%) Gradle
11 8 (6.50%) Artifactory
11 8 (6.50%) ScriptRunner
12 6 (4.88%) Android Studio
12 6 (4.88%) JUnit
12 6 (4.88%) webpack
13 5 (4.07%) CircleCI
14 4 (3.25%) Cypress.io
14 4 (3.25%) REST Assured
General
1 44 (35.77%) Social Skills
2 38 (30.89%) Finance
3 28 (22.76%) Banking
4 15 (12.20%) Public Sector
5 11 (8.94%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (6.50%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.07%) Financial Institution
8 4 (3.25%) Front Office
8 4 (3.25%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.44%) Back Office
10 2 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.81%) Advertising
11 1 (0.81%) Automotive
11 1 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.81%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 35 (28.46%) Developer
2 22 (17.89%) DevOps Engineer
3 12 (9.76%) Java Developer
4 10 (8.13%) Architect
4 10 (8.13%) Senior
5 7 (5.69%) Android Developer
6 6 (4.88%) DevSecOps Engineer
6 6 (4.88%) JIRA Specialist
6 6 (4.88%) Software Engineer
7 5 (4.07%) Angular Developer
7 5 (4.07%) Automation Engineer
7 5 (4.07%) AWS Engineer
7 5 (4.07%) Senior DevOps
7 5 (4.07%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 5 (4.07%) Technical Architect
7 5 (4.07%) Test Automation Engineer
7 5 (4.07%) Test Engineer
8 4 (3.25%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 4 (3.25%) Full-Stack Developer
8 4 (3.25%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (16.26%) REST
2 18 (14.63%) Node.js
3 13 (10.57%) JSON
3 13 (10.57%) React
4 11 (8.94%) RESTful
5 10 (8.13%) AngularJS
5 10 (8.13%) Spring Boot
6 9 (7.32%) .NET
7 8 (6.50%) Elastic Stack
7 8 (6.50%) LDAP
8 7 (5.69%) OpenID
9 6 (4.88%) CSS
9 6 (4.88%) Spring
10 5 (4.07%) HTML
10 5 (4.07%) XML
11 4 (3.25%) PySpark
11 4 (3.25%) Vue
11 4 (3.25%) YAML
12 3 (2.44%) Apache NiFi
12 3 (2.44%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.69%) Mobile App
2 5 (4.07%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.25%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (3.25%) Private Cloud
3 4 (3.25%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.44%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.44%) Derivative
5 2 (1.63%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.63%) Fixed Income
5 2 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.63%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.81%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.81%) Animation
6 1 (0.81%) Blog
6 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.81%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.81%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 42 (34.15%) Linux
2 10 (8.13%) Unix
3 9 (7.32%) Android
4 8 (6.50%) Windows
5 4 (3.25%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.63%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.81%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.81%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (56.10%) CI/CD
2 68 (55.28%) DevOps
3 66 (53.66%) Agile
4 35 (28.46%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (28.46%) Scrum
5 30 (24.39%) Microservices
6 29 (23.58%) Test Automation
7 21 (17.07%) Containerisation
8 18 (14.63%) Software Engineering
9 16 (13.01%) SDLC
10 14 (11.38%) Infrastructure as Code
11 13 (10.57%) Migration
12 12 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (9.76%) DevSecOps
12 12 (9.76%) Kanban
13 11 (8.94%) BDD
13 11 (8.94%) OOP
14 10 (8.13%) Infrastructure Automation
14 10 (8.13%) Secure Coding
14 10 (8.13%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 44 (35.77%) Java
1 44 (35.77%) Python
2 28 (22.76%) SQL
3 18 (14.63%) PowerShell
4 13 (10.57%) JavaScript
5 12 (9.76%) Ruby
6 11 (8.94%) Bash
6 11 (8.94%) Perl
6 11 (8.94%) TypeScript
7 10 (8.13%) C#
8 4 (3.25%) C++
9 3 (2.44%) Kotlin
9 3 (2.44%) PHP
9 3 (2.44%) Shell Script
9 3 (2.44%) VB.NET
10 2 (1.63%) Groovy
10 2 (1.63%) Jython
10 2 (1.63%) Objective-C
10 2 (1.63%) PromQL
11 1 (0.81%) R
Qualifications
1 43 (34.96%) Security Cleared
2 32 (26.02%) SC Cleared
3 14 (11.38%) AWS Certification
4 12 (9.76%) Degree
5 8 (6.50%) DV Cleared
6 6 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (3.25%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 3 (2.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.44%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.44%) MCSA
8 3 (2.44%) MCSE
8 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.44%) OCA
8 3 (2.44%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (2.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.81%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (0.81%) CCNP
9 1 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.81%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.32%) QA
2 4 (3.25%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.81%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.81%) GDPR
3 1 (0.81%) MiFID
3 1 (0.81%) WCAG
System Software
1 50 (40.65%) Docker
2 8 (6.50%) Virtual Servers
3 6 (4.88%) Squid
4 4 (3.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.63%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.81%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 47 (38.21%) Kubernetes
2 31 (25.20%) Terraform
3 23 (18.70%) Ansible
4 15 (12.20%) Grafana
5 14 (11.38%) Prometheus
6 9 (7.32%) Puppet
7 6 (4.88%) Consul
7 6 (4.88%) FortiGate
7 6 (4.88%) Progress Chef
7 6 (4.88%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (3.25%) Podman
9 3 (2.44%) PowerCLI
9 3 (2.44%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (1.63%) Istio
10 2 (1.63%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.81%) Ambari
11 1 (0.81%) Dell DRAC
11 1 (0.81%) Kibana
11 1 (0.81%) logstash
11 1 (0.81%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 32 (26.02%) Atlassian
2 18 (14.63%) Oracle
3 10 (8.13%) Microsoft
4 8 (6.50%) Dynatrace
5 7 (5.69%) Splunk
6 6 (4.88%) Checkmarx
6 6 (4.88%) Red Hat
6 6 (4.88%) Veracode
7 5 (4.07%) VMware
8 4 (3.25%) Salesforce
8 4 (3.25%) Thales
9 3 (2.44%) Coverity
9 3 (2.44%) IBM
9 3 (2.44%) jBASE
9 3 (2.44%) SolarWinds
9 3 (2.44%) Temenos
9 3 (2.44%) UiPath
9 3 (2.44%) Veeam
10 2 (1.63%) Google
10 2 (1.63%) PagerDuty