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 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 685 380 582
Rank change year-on-year -305 +202 -56
Permanent jobs citing Bitbucket 87 344 259
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.086% 0.70% 0.29%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.97% 8.25% 3.37%
Number of salaries quoted 51 72 160
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,625 £29,760
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -25.93%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,250 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.27% +10.00% -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 4,418 4,171 7,684
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.37% 8.46% 8.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,946 2,642 5,133
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +12.07% -10.77%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

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 26 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Bitbucket in the UK

Bitbucket
Top 13 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 26 July 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 -262 85 £62,500 -3.85% 39
UK excluding London -288 53 £56,250 +2.27% 33
London -41 32 £90,000 +5.88% 12
North of England -131 24 £56,250 -6.25% 10
Work from Home -226 23 £65,000 +23.81% 19
North West -88 21 £55,000 -15.38% 3
South West -55 16 £60,500 +5.22% 5
South East -42 9 £52,500 +23.53% 8
North East -56 3 £70,000 +33.33% 1
East of England -32 2 £55,000 -6.38% 1
Scotland -29 1 - - 4
West Midlands -44 1 £43,000 - 4
Midlands -98 1 £43,000 -4.44% 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 22 (25.29%) Confluence
2 9 (10.34%) Apache
3 5 (5.75%) JBoss
3 5 (5.75%) nginx
4 2 (2.30%) CMS
5 1 (1.15%) Headless CMS
5 1 (1.15%) IIS
5 1 (1.15%) Tomcat
5 1 (1.15%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 48 (55.17%) AWS
2 27 (31.03%) Azure
3 23 (26.44%) GitHub
4 15 (17.24%) Serverless
5 14 (16.09%) Amazon S3
5 14 (16.09%) AWS Lambda
6 9 (10.34%) Amazon EC2
6 9 (10.34%) AWS CloudFormation
6 9 (10.34%) AWS Fargate
6 9 (10.34%) GCP
7 8 (9.20%) Amazon ECS
7 8 (9.20%) Amazon EKS
8 7 (8.05%) OpenShift
9 5 (5.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 5 (5.75%) CloudFront
9 5 (5.75%) Datadog
9 5 (5.75%) SaaS
9 5 (5.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (4.60%) Amazon SQS
10 4 (4.60%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 12 (13.79%) TCP/IP
2 9 (10.34%) Firewall
3 8 (9.20%) DNS
3 8 (9.20%) HTTPS
3 8 (9.20%) IPv4
3 8 (9.20%) Software-Defined Networking
4 6 (6.90%) VoIP
5 5 (5.75%) SSL
6 4 (4.60%) LAN
6 4 (4.60%) WAN
7 3 (3.45%) Network Security
8 2 (2.30%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (1.15%) Bluetooth
9 1 (1.15%) LTE
9 1 (1.15%) SNMP
9 1 (1.15%) VPN
9 1 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (1.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (14.94%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (13.79%) MongoDB
2 12 (13.79%) MySQL
3 11 (12.64%) DynamoDB
4 7 (8.05%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (8.05%) SQL Server
5 5 (5.75%) NoSQL
6 3 (3.45%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (2.30%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (2.30%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (2.30%) BigQuery
7 2 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (1.15%) Data Mining
8 1 (1.15%) Db2
8 1 (1.15%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 39 (44.83%) Git
2 33 (37.93%) JIRA
3 23 (26.44%) Jenkins
4 16 (18.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 16 (18.39%) GitLab
5 8 (9.20%) SonarQube
6 6 (6.90%) Cypress.io
7 5 (5.75%) Selenium
7 5 (5.75%) TeamCity
8 4 (4.60%) Metasploit
8 4 (4.60%) Subversion
9 3 (3.45%) Artifactory
9 3 (3.45%) NUnit
9 3 (3.45%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (3.45%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (2.30%) Cucumber
10 2 (2.30%) Maven
11 1 (1.15%) GoogleTest
11 1 (1.15%) JUnit
11 1 (1.15%) Mercurial
General
1 30 (34.48%) Finance
2 17 (19.54%) Social Skills
3 12 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (9.20%) Aerospace
5 6 (6.90%) Electronics
6 5 (5.75%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (5.75%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.60%) Automotive
7 4 (4.60%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.45%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.30%) Marketing
9 2 (2.30%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.15%) Banking
10 1 (1.15%) German Language
10 1 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.15%) Spanish Language
10 1 (1.15%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 19 (21.84%) Developer
2 17 (19.54%) Senior
3 14 (16.09%) DevOps Engineer
4 12 (13.79%) Lead
5 10 (11.49%) Software Engineer
6 9 (10.34%) Applications Engineer
7 8 (9.20%) DevSecOps Engineer
8 7 (8.05%) Platform Engineer
8 7 (8.05%) Senior Developer
9 5 (5.75%) Cloud Developer
9 5 (5.75%) Lead Developer
10 4 (4.60%) Analyst
10 4 (4.60%) Applications Developer
10 4 (4.60%) Cyber Threat Analyst
10 4 (4.60%) Cyber Threat Specialist
10 4 (4.60%) Senior DevOps
10 4 (4.60%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 4 (4.60%) Senior Software Engineer
11 3 (3.45%) Cloud Engineer
11 3 (3.45%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (26.44%) React
2 15 (17.24%) Node.js
3 13 (14.94%) AngularJS
4 9 (10.34%) CSS
4 9 (10.34%) HTML
5 8 (9.20%) .NET
5 8 (9.20%) RESTful
6 7 (8.05%) CSS3
6 7 (8.05%) HTML5
6 7 (8.05%) REST
6 7 (8.05%) Spring
7 6 (6.90%) Spring Boot
8 5 (5.75%) JSON
8 5 (5.75%) Kafka
8 5 (5.75%) Keycloak
8 5 (5.75%) OAuth
8 5 (5.75%) OAuth2
8 5 (5.75%) OpenID
9 4 (4.60%) boto
9 4 (4.60%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.49%) Cloud Native
2 8 (9.20%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (9.20%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (5.75%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (4.60%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (4.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 4 (4.60%) Data Centre
4 4 (4.60%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (4.60%) Private Cloud
4 4 (4.60%) Renewable Energy
4 4 (4.60%) Social Media
5 3 (3.45%) Data Structures
5 3 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.30%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (2.30%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (2.30%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.30%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.30%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.30%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 41 (47.13%) Linux
2 25 (28.74%) Windows
3 9 (10.34%) Unix
3 9 (10.34%) Windows Server
4 7 (8.05%) Ubuntu
5 6 (6.90%) Debian
6 4 (4.60%) Kali Linux
7 3 (3.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (2.30%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (2.30%) Android
8 2 (2.30%) CentOS
8 2 (2.30%) FreeRTOS
8 2 (2.30%) ThreadX
9 1 (1.15%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.15%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (82.76%) CI/CD
2 43 (49.43%) Agile
3 32 (36.78%) DevOps
3 32 (36.78%) Infrastructure as Code
4 27 (31.03%) Containerisation
5 19 (21.84%) Test Automation
6 18 (20.69%) Scrum
6 18 (20.69%) Software Engineering
7 16 (18.39%) Computer Science
7 16 (18.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (17.24%) Deployment Automation
9 14 (16.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 14 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (14.94%) Platform Engineering
11 12 (13.79%) BDD
11 12 (13.79%) Collaborative Culture
11 12 (13.79%) Full-Stack Development
11 12 (13.79%) Observability
12 11 (12.64%) DevSecOps
12 11 (12.64%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 59 (67.82%) Python
2 35 (40.23%) Bash
3 32 (36.78%) Java
4 30 (34.48%) PowerShell
4 30 (34.48%) SQL
5 15 (17.24%) JavaScript
6 11 (12.64%) TypeScript
7 7 (8.05%) PHP
8 6 (6.90%) C#
9 4 (4.60%) C++
10 3 (3.45%) Bicep
11 2 (2.30%) C
11 2 (2.30%) Embedded C
11 2 (2.30%) Go
12 1 (1.15%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (18.39%) AWS Certification
1 16 (18.39%) Degree
2 14 (16.09%) Security Cleared
3 12 (13.79%) OSCP
4 9 (10.34%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 9 (10.34%) ISTQB
5 8 (9.20%) CCNA
5 8 (9.20%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (9.20%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (9.20%) RHCE
5 8 (9.20%) RHCSA
6 6 (6.90%) Master's Degree
7 4 (4.60%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (3.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (3.45%) DV Cleared
8 3 (3.45%) SC Cleared
9 2 (2.30%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.15%) HNC
10 1 (1.15%) HND
10 1 (1.15%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.45%) Accessibility
1 3 (3.45%) QA
2 1 (1.15%) GDPR
System Software
1 28 (32.18%) Docker
2 11 (12.64%) vSphere
3 8 (9.20%) Active Directory
3 8 (9.20%) Squid
3 8 (9.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (9.20%) VMware NSX
4 5 (5.75%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (3.45%) iptables
6 2 (2.30%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (2.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 42 (48.28%) Kubernetes
2 34 (39.08%) Ansible
3 23 (26.44%) Terraform
4 12 (13.79%) Grafana
5 8 (9.20%) Packer
5 8 (9.20%) Prometheus
5 8 (9.20%) ZABBIX
6 6 (6.90%) Argo
7 5 (5.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (5.75%) Nagios
7 5 (5.75%) Progress Chef
7 5 (5.75%) Puppet
7 5 (5.75%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (3.45%) Control-M
8 3 (3.45%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (2.30%) Kibana
9 2 (2.30%) Rancher
10 1 (1.15%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 22 (25.29%) Splunk
2 21 (24.14%) Microsoft
3 13 (14.94%) Red Hat
4 11 (12.64%) Oracle
4 11 (12.64%) VMware
5 8 (9.20%) Atlassian
6 5 (5.75%) New Relic
7 4 (4.60%) ServiceNow
7 4 (4.60%) TOWER Software
8 3 (3.45%) DevExpress
8 3 (3.45%) Google
9 1 (1.15%) Adobe
9 1 (1.15%) Dynatrace
9 1 (1.15%) Perforce