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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 623 373 513
Rank change year-on-year -250 +140 +22
Permanent jobs citing Bitbucket 90 312 413
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.099% 0.71% 0.43%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.16% 7.23% 4.44%
Number of salaries quoted 59 64 293
10th Percentile £49,750 £44,112 £27,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £49,717 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% +20.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £99,375 £82,813 £67,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £110,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +15.79% -24.00%

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 4,172 4,315 9,297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.59% 9.86% 9.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,746 2,941 6,699
10th Percentile £31,250 £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 £82,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,500 £102,500 £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 10 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 10 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 -189 83 £72,500 +20.83% 65
London +3 44 £102,500 +46.43% 15
UK excluding London -264 38 £55,000 - 49
Work from Home -173 22 £72,500 +31.82% 29
North of England -125 17 £65,000 +13.04% 15
South West -44 13 £57,500 -4.17% 11
North West -71 13 £60,000 +9.09% 6
South East -47 5 £48,500 -7.62% 18
North East -41 4 £70,000 +7.69% 1
East of England -27 1 £55,000 +15.79% 3
West Midlands -51 1 £43,000 - 1
Scotland -56 1 - - 1
Midlands -80 1 £43,000 -4.44% 1

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 31 (34.44%) Confluence
2 5 (5.56%) IIS
3 4 (4.44%) Apache
3 4 (4.44%) Tomcat
4 2 (2.22%) JBoss
4 2 (2.22%) nginx
5 1 (1.11%) CMS
5 1 (1.11%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 6 (6.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.11%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (1.11%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.11%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 49 (54.44%) AWS
2 35 (38.89%) Azure
3 23 (25.56%) GitHub
4 15 (16.67%) GCP
5 11 (12.22%) AWS CloudFormation
6 10 (11.11%) OpenShift
6 10 (11.11%) Serverless
7 9 (10.00%) Amazon EKS
7 9 (10.00%) Amazon S3
7 9 (10.00%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (8.89%) Amazon EC2
8 8 (8.89%) Entra ID
9 7 (7.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 6 (6.67%) CloudFront
10 6 (6.67%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (6.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 5 (5.56%) Amazon SQS
11 5 (5.56%) SaaS
12 4 (4.44%) Amazon ECR
12 4 (4.44%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (13.33%) DNS
2 10 (11.11%) TCP/IP
3 9 (10.00%) Firewall
4 8 (8.89%) HTTPS
5 5 (5.56%) IPv4
5 5 (5.56%) Software-Defined Networking
6 4 (4.44%) Network Security
7 2 (2.22%) DHCP
7 2 (2.22%) SSL
8 1 (1.11%) Bluetooth
8 1 (1.11%) LTE
8 1 (1.11%) SAN
8 1 (1.11%) SNMP
8 1 (1.11%) VPN
8 1 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (1.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (22.22%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 10 (11.11%) MongoDB
4 9 (10.00%) DB2
4 9 (10.00%) DynamoDB
4 9 (10.00%) MySQL
5 8 (8.89%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (6.67%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (5.56%) NoSQL
8 4 (4.44%) Relational Database
9 3 (3.33%) RDBMS
10 2 (2.22%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (2.22%) Oracle Database
11 1 (1.11%) Data Mining
11 1 (1.11%) Metadata
11 1 (1.11%) Oracle Database 12c
11 1 (1.11%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (1.11%) Power BI
11 1 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 39 (43.33%) Git
2 37 (41.11%) JIRA
3 32 (35.56%) Jenkins
4 26 (28.89%) GitLab
5 13 (14.44%) Selenium
6 11 (12.22%) TeamCity
7 10 (11.11%) Cucumber
8 8 (8.89%) SonarQube
9 7 (7.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (7.78%) Subversion
10 4 (4.44%) Metasploit
11 3 (3.33%) Artifactory
11 3 (3.33%) NUnit
11 3 (3.33%) Octopus Deploy
12 2 (2.22%) Cypress.io
12 2 (2.22%) JMeter
12 2 (2.22%) JUnit
12 2 (2.22%) Maven
12 2 (2.22%) REST Assured
12 2 (2.22%) webpack
General
1 37 (41.11%) Finance
2 30 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 14 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (12.22%) Public Sector
5 10 (11.11%) Manufacturing
6 9 (10.00%) Banking
7 7 (7.78%) Electronics
8 6 (6.67%) Aerospace
8 6 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (6.67%) Telecoms
9 4 (4.44%) Automotive
10 2 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (2.22%) Financial Institution
10 2 (2.22%) Marketing
10 2 (2.22%) Retail
11 1 (1.11%) German Language
11 1 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.11%) Spanish Language
11 1 (1.11%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 21 (23.33%) Senior
2 20 (22.22%) Developer
3 15 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
4 14 (15.56%) Lead
5 11 (12.22%) Senior DevOps
6 7 (7.78%) Cloud Engineer
6 7 (7.78%) Consultant
6 7 (7.78%) Full-Stack Developer
6 7 (7.78%) Java Developer
6 7 (7.78%) Senior Consultant
6 7 (7.78%) Software Engineer
7 6 (6.67%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 5 (5.56%) Analyst
8 5 (5.56%) DevOps Consultant
8 5 (5.56%) DevSecOps Engineer
8 5 (5.56%) Lead Developer
8 5 (5.56%) Platform Engineer
8 5 (5.56%) Senior DevOps Consultant
9 4 (4.44%) Agile Developer
9 4 (4.44%) Cyber Threat Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (23.33%) React
2 19 (21.11%) RESTful
3 14 (15.56%) CSS
3 14 (15.56%) Elastic Stack
3 14 (15.56%) HTML
4 12 (13.33%) Node.js
5 9 (10.00%) Gherkin
5 9 (10.00%) REST
6 8 (8.89%) AngularJS
7 6 (6.67%) CSS3
7 6 (6.67%) HTML5
7 6 (6.67%) Middleware
8 5 (5.56%) .NET
8 5 (5.56%) JSON
9 4 (4.44%) .NET Framework
9 4 (4.44%) ASP.NET
9 4 (4.44%) Entity Framework
9 4 (4.44%) Kafka
9 4 (4.44%) Playwright
10 3 (3.33%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.89%) Cyber Threat
1 8 (8.89%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (5.56%) Cloud Native
2 5 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (4.44%) Cyber Defence
3 4 (4.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 4 (4.44%) Public Cloud
3 4 (4.44%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (3.33%) Data Structures
4 3 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.33%) PKI
4 3 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.22%) Distributed Architecture
5 2 (2.22%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.22%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.22%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.11%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 43 (47.78%) Linux
2 27 (30.00%) Windows
3 9 (10.00%) Unix
3 9 (10.00%) Windows Server
4 6 (6.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (4.44%) Kali Linux
6 3 (3.33%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (3.33%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (2.22%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (2.22%) Android
7 2 (2.22%) CentOS
7 2 (2.22%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (2.22%) ThreadX
7 2 (2.22%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.11%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.11%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (81.11%) CI/CD
2 44 (48.89%) DevOps
3 41 (45.56%) Agile
4 36 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 26 (28.89%) Containerisation
6 22 (24.44%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (23.33%) Test Automation
8 19 (21.11%) Microservices
9 18 (20.00%) Scrum
10 17 (18.89%) Software Engineering
11 16 (17.78%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (15.56%) Collaborative Culture
12 14 (15.56%) Deployment Automation
12 14 (15.56%) DevSecOps
12 14 (15.56%) Full-Stack Development
12 14 (15.56%) Integration Testing
12 14 (15.56%) User Experience
13 13 (14.44%) BDD
14 12 (13.33%) Computer Science
14 12 (13.33%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 49 (54.44%) Python
2 33 (36.67%) Java
3 31 (34.44%) Bash
3 31 (34.44%) SQL
4 29 (32.22%) PowerShell
5 20 (22.22%) JavaScript
6 14 (15.56%) TypeScript
7 8 (8.89%) C#
8 4 (4.44%) C++
8 4 (4.44%) Go
9 3 (3.33%) Bicep
10 2 (2.22%) C
10 2 (2.22%) Embedded C
10 2 (2.22%) RPG
11 1 (1.11%) Apex Code
11 1 (1.11%) Perl
11 1 (1.11%) PHP
11 1 (1.11%) PL/SQL
11 1 (1.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (14.44%) Security Cleared
2 12 (13.33%) Degree
3 10 (11.11%) AWS Certification
4 9 (10.00%) OSCP
5 6 (6.67%) ISTQB
6 5 (5.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 5 (5.56%) CCNA
6 5 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (5.56%) RHCE
6 5 (5.56%) RHCSA
7 4 (4.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 4 (4.44%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (3.33%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.11%) LPIC
9 1 (1.11%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.56%) QA
2 1 (1.11%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.11%) GDPR
System Software
1 36 (40.00%) Docker
2 13 (14.44%) Active Directory
3 10 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (8.89%) vSphere
5 5 (5.56%) Squid
5 5 (5.56%) VMware NSX
6 4 (4.44%) iptables
7 2 (2.22%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (2.22%) Firmware
7 2 (2.22%) Hyper-V
7 2 (2.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 48 (53.33%) Kubernetes
2 38 (42.22%) Ansible
3 27 (30.00%) Terraform
4 13 (14.44%) Grafana
5 8 (8.89%) Prometheus
6 7 (7.78%) Progress Chef
6 7 (7.78%) Puppet
6 7 (7.78%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (5.56%) Packer
7 5 (5.56%) ZABBIX
8 4 (4.44%) Control-M
8 4 (4.44%) Rancher
9 3 (3.33%) Argo
9 3 (3.33%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (3.33%) Kibana
10 2 (2.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (2.22%) Nagios
10 2 (2.22%) NetBackup
11 1 (1.11%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 24 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 21 (23.33%) Atlassian
3 13 (14.44%) VMware
4 12 (13.33%) Oracle
5 11 (12.22%) Red Hat
6 10 (11.11%) Splunk
7 4 (4.44%) TOWER Software
8 3 (3.33%) DevExpress
8 3 (3.33%) IBM
9 2 (2.22%) Cisco
9 2 (2.22%) Dell
9 2 (2.22%) Dynatrace
9 2 (2.22%) Google
9 2 (2.22%) HP
9 2 (2.22%) Juniper
9 2 (2.22%) New Relic
9 2 (2.22%) Veeam
10 1 (1.11%) CyberArk
10 1 (1.11%) ServiceNow
10 1 (1.11%) Siemens