Bitbucket Job Trends

Bitbucket
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Bitbucket skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 599 527 461
Rank change year-on-year -72 -66 +30
Permanent jobs citing Bitbucket 82 134 430
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.30% 0.51%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.08% 2.80% 4.99%
Number of salaries quoted 57 78 328
10th Percentile £42,250 - £30,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £43,750 £41,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +45.00% -9.09% -21.43%
75th Percentile £93,750 £66,875 £72,813
90th Percentile £108,500 £87,500 £95,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -16.67%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 3,939 4,780 8,610
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.46% 10.85% 10.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,539 3,095 6,711
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,687 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.20% +2.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,200 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -1.79%

Bitbucket
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Bitbucket job vacancy trend in the UK

Bitbucket
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Bitbucket.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Bitbucket

Bitbucket
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Bitbucket over the 6 months to 9 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Bitbucket in the UK

Bitbucket
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Bitbucket within the UK over the 6 months to 9 March 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -61 74 £75,000 +50.00% 59
London +30 39 £100,000 +53.85% 9
UK excluding London -80 33 £52,500 +5.00% 55
North of England -26 17 £51,500 -10.43% 13
Work from Home -15 16 £72,500 +52.63% 34
South West -20 12 £52,500 -23.91% 14
North East -7 11 £51,500 -20.77% 2
North West -21 6 £65,000 +18.18% 8
South East -40 3 £55,000 +4.76% 13
West Midlands 0 1 - - 5
Midlands -21 1 - - 6

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 29 (35.37%) Confluence
2 7 (8.54%) IIS
3 5 (6.10%) Apache
3 5 (6.10%) Tomcat
4 2 (2.44%) JBoss
4 2 (2.44%) nginx
5 1 (1.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (1.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (9.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 8 (9.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (1.22%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (1.22%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.22%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.22%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 41 (50.00%) AWS
2 39 (47.56%) Azure
3 17 (20.73%) GitHub
4 15 (18.29%) GCP
5 12 (14.63%) OpenShift
6 11 (13.41%) AWS CloudFormation
7 10 (12.20%) Serverless
8 9 (10.98%) Amazon S3
8 9 (10.98%) AWS Lambda
8 9 (10.98%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (9.76%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (9.76%) Entra ID
10 7 (8.54%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (6.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (6.10%) CloudFront
12 4 (4.88%) Amazon ECR
12 4 (4.88%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (4.88%) Azure AKS
12 4 (4.88%) SaaS
12 4 (4.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (15.85%) DNS
2 9 (10.98%) TCP/IP
3 8 (9.76%) Firewall
4 7 (8.54%) HTTPS
5 4 (4.88%) Network Security
6 2 (2.44%) DHCP
6 2 (2.44%) SAN
6 2 (2.44%) SSL
7 1 (1.22%) SNMP
7 1 (1.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (35.37%) SQL Server
2 18 (21.95%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (15.85%) MongoDB
4 10 (12.20%) DB2
4 10 (12.20%) MySQL
5 7 (8.54%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (4.88%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (4.88%) DynamoDB
6 4 (4.88%) NoSQL
6 4 (4.88%) Relational Database
7 3 (3.66%) Oracle Database
7 3 (3.66%) RDBMS
7 3 (3.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (1.22%) Hadoop
8 1 (1.22%) Metadata
8 1 (1.22%) Oracle Database 12c
8 1 (1.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 40 (48.78%) JIRA
2 29 (35.37%) Jenkins
3 27 (32.93%) Git
4 22 (26.83%) GitLab
5 12 (14.63%) TeamCity
6 11 (13.41%) Selenium
7 10 (12.20%) Cucumber
7 10 (12.20%) Subversion
8 6 (7.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (7.32%) SonarQube
9 4 (4.88%) JMeter
9 4 (4.88%) Metasploit
10 3 (3.66%) Eclipse
10 3 (3.66%) JUnit
10 3 (3.66%) Robot Framework
11 2 (2.44%) Artifactory
11 2 (2.44%) Octopus Deploy
11 2 (2.44%) webpack
12 1 (1.22%) Cypress.io
12 1 (1.22%) Maven
General
1 46 (56.10%) Finance
2 37 (45.12%) Social Skills
3 14 (17.07%) Public Sector
4 10 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (12.20%) Banking
5 9 (10.98%) Manufacturing
5 9 (10.98%) Telecoms
6 8 (9.76%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (7.32%) Advertising
8 2 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.44%) Retail
9 1 (1.22%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.22%) Electronics
9 1 (1.22%) German Language
9 1 (1.22%) Marketing
9 1 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.22%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 19 (23.17%) DevOps Engineer
1 19 (23.17%) Senior
2 16 (19.51%) Senior DevOps
3 15 (18.29%) Developer
4 10 (12.20%) Analyst
5 9 (10.98%) Cloud Engineer
5 9 (10.98%) Java Developer
6 8 (9.76%) Consultant
6 8 (9.76%) DevOps Consultant
6 8 (9.76%) Senior Consultant
6 8 (9.76%) Senior DevOps Consultant
6 8 (9.76%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 7 (8.54%) Applications Support
7 7 (8.54%) Applications Support Analyst
7 7 (8.54%) Support Analyst
8 6 (7.32%) Agile Developer
8 6 (7.32%) Agile Java Developer
8 6 (7.32%) Full-Stack Developer
8 6 (7.32%) Lead
8 6 (7.32%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (20.73%) React
2 16 (19.51%) Elastic Stack
3 15 (18.29%) RESTful
4 12 (14.63%) CSS
4 12 (14.63%) HTML
5 10 (12.20%) Gherkin
6 9 (10.98%) Node.js
7 6 (7.32%) Middleware
8 5 (6.10%) Kafka
9 4 (4.88%) CSS3
9 4 (4.88%) HTML5
9 4 (4.88%) REST
10 3 (3.66%) .NET
10 3 (3.66%) AngularJS
10 3 (3.66%) Apache NiFi
10 3 (3.66%) Hibernate
10 3 (3.66%) JSF
10 3 (3.66%) PrimeFaces
11 2 (2.44%) OAuth
11 2 (2.44%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.20%) Greenfield Project
2 7 (8.54%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.88%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (4.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 3 (3.66%) PKI
5 3 (3.66%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.44%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.44%) Clustering
7 1 (1.22%) Hedge funds
7 1 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.22%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.22%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.22%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.22%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.22%) Replication
7 1 (1.22%) Video on Demand
7 1 (1.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 45 (54.88%) Linux
2 29 (35.37%) Windows
3 8 (9.76%) Unix
4 6 (7.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (6.10%) Windows Server
5 5 (6.10%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (6.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (6.10%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (4.88%) Kali Linux
7 2 (2.44%) VMS
8 1 (1.22%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (76.83%) CI/CD
2 44 (53.66%) DevOps
3 38 (46.34%) Agile
4 28 (34.15%) Infrastructure as Code
5 24 (29.27%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (26.83%) Containerisation
7 20 (24.39%) Microservices
8 18 (21.95%) Continuous Integration
9 16 (19.51%) Change Management
9 16 (19.51%) Collaborative Culture
9 16 (19.51%) Test Automation
10 14 (17.07%) BDD
10 14 (17.07%) Computer Science
10 14 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (17.07%) Unit Testing
11 13 (15.85%) Configuration Management
11 13 (15.85%) Scrum
12 12 (14.63%) Design Patterns
12 12 (14.63%) Software Engineering
12 12 (14.63%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 35 (42.68%) Python
2 26 (31.71%) Bash
3 25 (30.49%) PowerShell
4 24 (29.27%) Java
5 20 (24.39%) JavaScript
5 20 (24.39%) SQL
6 9 (10.98%) TypeScript
7 7 (8.54%) C#
8 3 (3.66%) Go
8 3 (3.66%) RPG
8 3 (3.66%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.22%) Apex Code
9 1 (1.22%) Bicep
9 1 (1.22%) C++
9 1 (1.22%) Perl
Qualifications
1 14 (17.07%) Degree
2 11 (13.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (12.20%) Security Cleared
4 6 (7.32%) AWS Certification
4 6 (7.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 6 (7.32%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (6.10%) DV Cleared
6 3 (3.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 3 (3.66%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (3.66%) OSCP
7 2 (2.44%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.44%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.22%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.66%) QA
2 2 (2.44%) Accessibility
System Software
1 32 (39.02%) Docker
2 13 (15.85%) Active Directory
3 8 (9.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (4.88%) iptables
5 2 (2.44%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (2.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 46 (56.10%) Kubernetes
2 35 (42.68%) Ansible
3 23 (28.05%) Terraform
4 18 (21.95%) Grafana
5 14 (17.07%) Prometheus
6 10 (12.20%) Puppet
6 10 (12.20%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (10.98%) Control-M
7 9 (10.98%) Progress Chef
8 4 (4.88%) Kibana
9 3 (3.66%) Argo
9 3 (3.66%) Rancher
10 2 (2.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (2.44%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (2.44%) Nagios
10 2 (2.44%) NetBackup
11 1 (1.22%) Ambari
11 1 (1.22%) Rundeck
11 1 (1.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 32 (39.02%) Atlassian
2 14 (17.07%) Microsoft
3 13 (15.85%) Oracle
4 9 (10.98%) VMware
5 8 (9.76%) Red Hat
6 6 (7.32%) Splunk
7 4 (4.88%) IBM
8 3 (3.66%) TOWER Software
9 2 (2.44%) Cisco
9 2 (2.44%) Dell
9 2 (2.44%) HP
9 2 (2.44%) Informatica
9 2 (2.44%) Juniper
9 2 (2.44%) New Relic
9 2 (2.44%) RedGate
9 2 (2.44%) Talend
9 2 (2.44%) Veeam
10 1 (1.22%) Google
10 1 (1.22%) SAP
10 1 (1.22%) Siemens