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 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 624 538 504
Rank change year-on-year -86 -34 +12
Permanent jobs citing Bitbucket 91 109 424
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.26% 0.44%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.20% 2.59% 4.55%
Number of salaries quoted 61 68 304
10th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £49,717 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% +20.00% -25.93%
75th Percentile £100,000 £76,875 £67,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £104,500 £78,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -20.00%

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 4,144 4,215 9,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.68% 10.01% 9.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,728 2,999 6,760
10th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,201 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +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 25 April 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 25 April 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 -76 82 £75,000 +25.00% 50
London -6 46 £100,000 +29.03% 11
UK excluding London -102 35 £55,000 - 41
Work from Home -17 23 £72,500 +34.88% 48
North of England -43 16 £55,000 -4.35% 12
North West -35 12 £65,000 +18.18% 5
South West -50 12 £55,000 -14.73% 10
North East -40 4 £51,000 -21.54% 2
South East -53 4 £55,000 +4.76% 11
West Midlands -30 1 £43,000 -28.33% 2
East of England -41 1 £55,000 +15.79% 1
Midlands -51 1 £43,000 -18.10% 3
Scotland - 1 - - 3

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 33 (36.26%) Confluence
2 6 (6.59%) IIS
3 5 (5.49%) Tomcat
4 3 (3.30%) Apache
5 2 (2.20%) JBoss
5 2 (2.20%) nginx
6 1 (1.10%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 7 (7.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.10%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 47 (51.65%) AWS
2 37 (40.66%) Azure
3 24 (26.37%) GitHub
4 15 (16.48%) GCP
5 13 (14.29%) OpenShift
6 12 (13.19%) AWS CloudFormation
7 10 (10.99%) Entra ID
8 8 (8.79%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (8.79%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (8.79%) Serverless
9 7 (7.69%) Amazon S3
9 7 (7.69%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (6.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 6 (6.59%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (5.49%) CloudFront
11 5 (5.49%) SaaS
11 5 (5.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (4.40%) Amazon ECR
12 4 (4.40%) Azure AKS
12 4 (4.40%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (15.38%) DNS
2 10 (10.99%) TCP/IP
3 9 (9.89%) Firewall
4 8 (8.79%) HTTPS
5 4 (4.40%) Network Security
6 3 (3.30%) IPv4
6 3 (3.30%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (2.20%) DHCP
7 2 (2.20%) SSL
8 1 (1.10%) Bluetooth
8 1 (1.10%) LTE
8 1 (1.10%) SAN
8 1 (1.10%) SNMP
8 1 (1.10%) VPN
8 1 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (1.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (23.08%) PostgreSQL
1 21 (23.08%) SQL Server
2 13 (14.29%) MongoDB
3 11 (12.09%) MySQL
4 10 (10.99%) DB2
5 7 (7.69%) DynamoDB
6 6 (6.59%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (6.59%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (5.49%) NoSQL
8 4 (4.40%) Relational Database
9 3 (3.30%) RDBMS
9 3 (3.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (2.20%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (2.20%) Oracle Database
11 1 (1.10%) Amazon Aurora
11 1 (1.10%) Data Mining
11 1 (1.10%) Metadata
11 1 (1.10%) Oracle Database 12c
11 1 (1.10%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (1.10%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 37 (40.66%) JIRA
2 33 (36.26%) Git
2 33 (36.26%) Jenkins
3 27 (29.67%) GitLab
4 13 (14.29%) Selenium
5 11 (12.09%) Cucumber
6 10 (10.99%) TeamCity
7 9 (9.89%) Subversion
8 8 (8.79%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (7.69%) SonarQube
10 4 (4.40%) Metasploit
11 3 (3.30%) Eclipse
11 3 (3.30%) JMeter
11 3 (3.30%) NUnit
12 2 (2.20%) JUnit
12 2 (2.20%) Maven
12 2 (2.20%) REST Assured
12 2 (2.20%) Robot Framework
12 2 (2.20%) webpack
13 1 (1.10%) utPLSQL
General
1 42 (46.15%) Finance
2 32 (35.16%) Social Skills
3 14 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 11 (12.09%) Manufacturing
6 10 (10.99%) Banking
7 8 (8.79%) Pharmaceutical
7 8 (8.79%) Telecoms
8 6 (6.59%) Electronics
9 4 (4.40%) Aerospace
10 3 (3.30%) Automotive
11 2 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (2.20%) Marketing
11 2 (2.20%) Retail
12 1 (1.10%) German Language
12 1 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (1.10%) Spanish Language
12 1 (1.10%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 24 (26.37%) Senior
2 19 (20.88%) Developer
3 17 (18.68%) DevOps Engineer
4 16 (17.58%) Senior DevOps
5 12 (13.19%) Lead
6 10 (10.99%) Cloud Engineer
7 9 (9.89%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 8 (8.79%) Consultant
8 8 (8.79%) Java Developer
8 8 (8.79%) Senior Consultant
9 7 (7.69%) DevOps Consultant
9 7 (7.69%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (7.69%) Senior DevOps Consultant
9 7 (7.69%) Software Engineer
10 6 (6.59%) Full-Stack Developer
11 5 (5.49%) Agile Developer
11 5 (5.49%) Agile Java Developer
11 5 (5.49%) Analyst
11 5 (5.49%) AWS Engineer
11 5 (5.49%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (21.98%) React
1 20 (21.98%) RESTful
2 14 (15.38%) CSS
2 14 (15.38%) Elastic Stack
2 14 (15.38%) HTML
3 12 (13.19%) Node.js
4 10 (10.99%) Gherkin
5 7 (7.69%) AngularJS
5 7 (7.69%) Middleware
5 7 (7.69%) REST
6 6 (6.59%) Kafka
7 5 (5.49%) .NET
7 5 (5.49%) CSS3
7 5 (5.49%) HTML5
8 4 (4.40%) .NET Framework
8 4 (4.40%) ASP.NET
8 4 (4.40%) Entity Framework
8 4 (4.40%) JSON
9 3 (3.30%) Swagger
9 3 (3.30%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.89%) Greenfield Project
2 8 (8.79%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (5.49%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.40%) Cloud Native
4 4 (4.40%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (4.40%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 4 (4.40%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.30%) Data Structures
5 3 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.30%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (3.30%) PKI
5 3 (3.30%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.20%) Clustering
6 2 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.20%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.20%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.20%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.10%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 42 (46.15%) Linux
2 25 (27.47%) Windows
3 9 (9.89%) Unix
4 8 (8.79%) Windows Server
5 7 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (5.49%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (5.49%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (5.49%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (4.40%) Kali Linux
8 2 (2.20%) Android
8 2 (2.20%) FreeRTOS
8 2 (2.20%) ThreadX
8 2 (2.20%) VMS
9 1 (1.10%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (1.10%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.10%) CentOS
9 1 (1.10%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (1.10%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (79.12%) CI/CD
2 48 (52.75%) DevOps
3 41 (45.05%) Agile
4 36 (39.56%) Infrastructure as Code
5 25 (27.47%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (25.27%) Containerisation
7 22 (24.18%) Test Automation
8 20 (21.98%) Microservices
9 18 (19.78%) Software Engineering
10 17 (18.68%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (17.58%) Collaborative Culture
11 16 (17.58%) Scrum
12 15 (16.48%) User Experience
13 14 (15.38%) BDD
13 14 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
13 14 (15.38%) Integration Testing
14 13 (14.29%) Configuration Management
14 13 (14.29%) DevSecOps
15 12 (13.19%) Full-Stack Development
15 12 (13.19%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 44 (48.35%) Python
2 31 (34.07%) Bash
3 30 (32.97%) SQL
4 29 (31.87%) Java
5 28 (30.77%) PowerShell
6 19 (20.88%) JavaScript
7 13 (14.29%) TypeScript
8 5 (5.49%) C#
9 4 (4.40%) Go
10 3 (3.30%) Bicep
10 3 (3.30%) C++
10 3 (3.30%) RPG
10 3 (3.30%) T-SQL
11 2 (2.20%) C
11 2 (2.20%) Embedded C
12 1 (1.10%) Apex Code
12 1 (1.10%) Perl
12 1 (1.10%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 10 (10.99%) Degree
3 8 (8.79%) AWS Certification
4 7 (7.69%) OSCP
5 5 (5.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (4.40%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 4 (4.40%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (4.40%) DV Cleared
6 4 (4.40%) ISTQB
7 3 (3.30%) CCNA
7 3 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (3.30%) RHCE
7 3 (3.30%) RHCSA
8 1 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.10%) LPIC
8 1 (1.10%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.10%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.49%) QA
2 1 (1.10%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.10%) GDPR
System Software
1 35 (38.46%) Docker
2 15 (16.48%) Active Directory
3 10 (10.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (4.40%) iptables
4 4 (4.40%) vSphere
5 3 (3.30%) Squid
5 3 (3.30%) VMware NSX
6 2 (2.20%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (2.20%) Firmware
6 2 (2.20%) Hyper-V
6 2 (2.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 47 (51.65%) Kubernetes
2 38 (41.76%) Ansible
3 26 (28.57%) Terraform
4 11 (12.09%) Grafana
5 9 (9.89%) Progress Chef
5 9 (9.89%) Puppet
5 9 (9.89%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (8.79%) Prometheus
7 4 (4.40%) Rancher
8 3 (3.30%) Argo
8 3 (3.30%) Kibana
8 3 (3.30%) Packer
8 3 (3.30%) ZABBIX
9 2 (2.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (2.20%) Control-M
9 2 (2.20%) Nagios
9 2 (2.20%) NetBackup
10 1 (1.10%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (1.10%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 25 (27.47%) Atlassian
2 21 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 13 (14.29%) Oracle
4 11 (12.09%) Red Hat
4 11 (12.09%) VMware
5 9 (9.89%) Splunk
6 4 (4.40%) IBM
6 4 (4.40%) TOWER Software
7 3 (3.30%) DevExpress
8 2 (2.20%) Cisco
8 2 (2.20%) Dell
8 2 (2.20%) Dynatrace
8 2 (2.20%) Google
8 2 (2.20%) HP
8 2 (2.20%) Informatica
8 2 (2.20%) Juniper
8 2 (2.20%) New Relic
8 2 (2.20%) RedGate
8 2 (2.20%) Talend
8 2 (2.20%) Veeam