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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 632 350 516
Rank change year-on-year -282 +166 +29
Permanent jobs citing Bitbucket 83 342 406
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.091% 0.79% 0.42%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.99% 8.06% 4.38%
Number of salaries quoted 54 60 286
10th Percentile £49,125 £44,875 £27,500
25th Percentile £51,563 £50,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% +20.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £93,438 £84,688 £67,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £77,500
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 4,163 4,243 9,275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.58% 9.75% 9.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,727 2,854 6,666
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £77,500 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,050 £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 15 May 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 15 May 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 -226 77 £70,000 +7.69% 64
London -27 40 £102,500 +46.43% 14
UK excluding London -276 36 £55,000 - 49
Work from Home -174 21 £70,000 +24.44% 22
North of England -132 15 £65,000 - 10
South West -43 13 £57,500 -4.17% 10
North West -89 13 £60,000 +2.13% 2
South East -40 5 £48,500 -7.62% 24
North East -38 2 £70,000 +7.69% 1
East of England -33 1 £55,000 +15.79% 2
Scotland -49 1 - - 1
West Midlands -56 1 £43,000 - 1
Midlands -102 1 £43,000 -4.44% 2

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 27 (32.53%) Confluence
2 4 (4.82%) Apache
3 3 (3.61%) IIS
3 3 (3.61%) Tomcat
4 2 (2.41%) JBoss
4 2 (2.41%) nginx
5 1 (1.20%) CMS
5 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (4.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (1.20%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.20%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 46 (55.42%) AWS
2 31 (37.35%) Azure
3 22 (26.51%) GitHub
4 12 (14.46%) GCP
5 11 (13.25%) AWS CloudFormation
6 10 (12.05%) Serverless
7 9 (10.84%) Amazon EKS
7 9 (10.84%) Amazon S3
7 9 (10.84%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (9.64%) Amazon EC2
8 8 (9.64%) OpenShift
9 7 (8.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 7 (8.43%) Entra ID
10 6 (7.23%) CloudFront
10 6 (7.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 5 (6.02%) Amazon SQS
11 5 (6.02%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (6.02%) SaaS
12 4 (4.82%) Azure AKS
12 4 (4.82%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 11 (13.25%) DNS
2 10 (12.05%) TCP/IP
3 9 (10.84%) Firewall
4 8 (9.64%) HTTPS
5 5 (6.02%) IPv4
5 5 (6.02%) Software-Defined Networking
6 4 (4.82%) Network Security
7 2 (2.41%) DHCP
7 2 (2.41%) SSL
8 1 (1.20%) Bluetooth
8 1 (1.20%) LTE
8 1 (1.20%) SNMP
8 1 (1.20%) VPN
8 1 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (1.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (21.69%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (14.46%) SQL Server
3 10 (12.05%) MongoDB
4 9 (10.84%) DynamoDB
4 9 (10.84%) MySQL
5 8 (9.64%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (8.43%) DB2
7 6 (7.23%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (6.02%) NoSQL
9 2 (2.41%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (2.41%) Oracle Database
9 2 (2.41%) RDBMS
9 2 (2.41%) Relational Database
10 1 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (1.20%) Data Mining
10 1 (1.20%) Metadata
10 1 (1.20%) Oracle Database 12c
10 1 (1.20%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (1.20%) Power BI
10 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 38 (45.78%) Git
2 30 (36.14%) JIRA
3 29 (34.94%) Jenkins
4 24 (28.92%) GitLab
5 11 (13.25%) Selenium
6 8 (9.64%) Cucumber
6 8 (9.64%) TeamCity
7 7 (8.43%) SonarQube
8 6 (7.23%) Subversion
9 5 (6.02%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (4.82%) Metasploit
11 3 (3.61%) NUnit
12 2 (2.41%) Cypress.io
12 2 (2.41%) Eclipse
12 2 (2.41%) JMeter
12 2 (2.41%) JUnit
12 2 (2.41%) Maven
12 2 (2.41%) Octopus Deploy
12 2 (2.41%) REST Assured
12 2 (2.41%) webpack
General
1 31 (37.35%) Finance
2 25 (30.12%) Social Skills
3 13 (15.66%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (12.05%) Public Sector
5 9 (10.84%) Manufacturing
6 7 (8.43%) Banking
6 7 (8.43%) Electronics
7 6 (7.23%) Aerospace
8 5 (6.02%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (6.02%) Telecoms
9 4 (4.82%) Automotive
10 2 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.41%) Financial Institution
10 2 (2.41%) Marketing
10 2 (2.41%) Retail
11 1 (1.20%) German Language
11 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.20%) Spanish Language
11 1 (1.20%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 20 (24.10%) Senior
2 18 (21.69%) Developer
3 14 (16.87%) DevOps Engineer
3 14 (16.87%) Lead
4 10 (12.05%) Senior DevOps
5 7 (8.43%) Cloud Engineer
5 7 (8.43%) Full-Stack Developer
5 7 (8.43%) Software Engineer
6 6 (7.23%) Consultant
6 6 (7.23%) Senior Consultant
6 6 (7.23%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) Java Developer
7 5 (6.02%) Lead Developer
8 4 (4.82%) Analyst
8 4 (4.82%) Cyber Threat Analyst
8 4 (4.82%) DevOps Consultant
8 4 (4.82%) Platform Engineer
8 4 (4.82%) Senior Developer
8 4 (4.82%) Senior DevOps Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (22.89%) React
2 16 (19.28%) RESTful
3 12 (14.46%) CSS
3 12 (14.46%) HTML
4 11 (13.25%) Elastic Stack
5 10 (12.05%) Node.js
6 8 (9.64%) AngularJS
6 8 (9.64%) REST
7 7 (8.43%) Gherkin
8 6 (7.23%) CSS3
8 6 (7.23%) HTML5
9 5 (6.02%) JSON
9 5 (6.02%) Middleware
10 4 (4.82%) .NET
10 4 (4.82%) Playwright
11 3 (3.61%) ASP.NET Core
11 3 (3.61%) GraphQL
11 3 (3.61%) Kafka
11 3 (3.61%) Swagger
11 3 (3.61%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.64%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (7.23%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (6.02%) Cloud Native
3 5 (6.02%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (4.82%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (4.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 4 (4.82%) Public Cloud
4 4 (4.82%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (3.61%) Data Structures
5 3 (3.61%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.61%) PKI
5 3 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.41%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (2.41%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.41%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.41%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.20%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 40 (48.19%) Linux
2 24 (28.92%) Windows
3 9 (10.84%) Unix
4 8 (9.64%) Windows Server
5 5 (6.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (4.82%) Kali Linux
7 2 (2.41%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (2.41%) Android
7 2 (2.41%) CentOS
7 2 (2.41%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (2.41%) ThreadX
7 2 (2.41%) Ubuntu
7 2 (2.41%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (2.41%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (2.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.20%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.20%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (80.72%) CI/CD
2 40 (48.19%) DevOps
3 37 (44.58%) Agile
4 35 (42.17%) Infrastructure as Code
5 24 (28.92%) Containerisation
6 19 (22.89%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (22.89%) Test Automation
7 16 (19.28%) Microservices
7 16 (19.28%) Scrum
8 15 (18.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (18.07%) Software Engineering
9 14 (16.87%) Deployment Automation
9 14 (16.87%) Full-Stack Development
10 13 (15.66%) Collaborative Culture
10 13 (15.66%) DevSecOps
11 12 (14.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 12 (14.46%) Integration Testing
11 12 (14.46%) Mentoring
11 12 (14.46%) SDLC
11 12 (14.46%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 47 (56.63%) Python
2 30 (36.14%) Bash
2 30 (36.14%) Java
3 28 (33.73%) SQL
4 27 (32.53%) PowerShell
5 18 (21.69%) JavaScript
6 14 (16.87%) TypeScript
7 7 (8.43%) C#
8 4 (4.82%) C++
8 4 (4.82%) Go
9 3 (3.61%) Bicep
10 2 (2.41%) C
10 2 (2.41%) Embedded C
10 2 (2.41%) RPG
11 1 (1.20%) Apex Code
11 1 (1.20%) Perl
11 1 (1.20%) PHP
11 1 (1.20%) PL/SQL
11 1 (1.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (15.66%) Security Cleared
2 10 (12.05%) AWS Certification
2 10 (12.05%) Degree
3 9 (10.84%) OSCP
4 6 (7.23%) ISTQB
5 5 (6.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 5 (6.02%) CCNA
5 5 (6.02%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (6.02%) RHCE
5 5 (6.02%) RHCSA
6 4 (4.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 4 (4.82%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (3.61%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.20%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.02%) QA
2 1 (1.20%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.20%) GDPR
System Software
1 32 (38.55%) Docker
2 11 (13.25%) Active Directory
3 9 (10.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (8.43%) vSphere
5 5 (6.02%) Squid
5 5 (6.02%) VMware NSX
6 4 (4.82%) iptables
7 2 (2.41%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (2.41%) Firmware
7 2 (2.41%) Hyper-V
7 2 (2.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 42 (50.60%) Kubernetes
2 36 (43.37%) Ansible
3 26 (31.33%) Terraform
4 11 (13.25%) Grafana
5 7 (8.43%) Prometheus
6 6 (7.23%) Progress Chef
6 6 (7.23%) Puppet
6 6 (7.23%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (6.02%) Packer
7 5 (6.02%) ZABBIX
8 4 (4.82%) Rancher
9 3 (3.61%) Argo
9 3 (3.61%) Kibana
10 2 (2.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (2.41%) Control-M
10 2 (2.41%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (2.41%) Nagios
10 2 (2.41%) NetBackup
11 1 (1.20%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 22 (26.51%) Microsoft
2 16 (19.28%) Atlassian
3 11 (13.25%) Oracle
3 11 (13.25%) VMware
4 10 (12.05%) Red Hat
4 10 (12.05%) Splunk
5 4 (4.82%) TOWER Software
6 3 (3.61%) DevExpress
7 2 (2.41%) Cisco
7 2 (2.41%) Dell
7 2 (2.41%) Dynatrace
7 2 (2.41%) Google
7 2 (2.41%) HP
7 2 (2.41%) IBM
7 2 (2.41%) Juniper
7 2 (2.41%) New Relic
7 2 (2.41%) Veeam
8 1 (1.20%) Adobe
8 1 (1.20%) SAP
8 1 (1.20%) Siemens