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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 689 372 590
Rank change year-on-year -317 +218 -69
Permanent jobs citing Bitbucket 89 344 249
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.088% 0.70% 0.28%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.01% 8.30% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 53 72 151
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,625 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £42,625
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 £65,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £115,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +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 4,437 4,145 7,573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.37% 8.41% 8.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,959 2,618 5,050
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,975
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +10.73% -9.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
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 28 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Bitbucket in the UK

Bitbucket
Top 14 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 28 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 -239 87 £62,500 -3.85% 42
UK excluding London -285 55 £57,500 +4.55% 33
London -55 32 £90,000 +5.88% 14
Work from Home -228 25 £65,000 +23.81% 21
North of England -132 24 £56,250 -6.25% 8
North West -84 21 £55,000 -15.38% 3
South West -48 16 £60,500 +5.22% 5
South East -22 10 £52,500 +23.53% 10
North East -53 3 £70,000 +33.33% 2
East of England -30 2 £55,000 -6.38% 1
Midlands -98 2 £50,750 +12.78% 7
Scotland -34 1 - - 3
West Midlands -39 1 £43,000 - 5
East Midlands -62 1 £58,500 +30.00% 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 23 (25.84%) Confluence
2 10 (11.24%) Apache
3 6 (6.74%) JBoss
3 6 (6.74%) nginx
4 2 (2.25%) CMS
5 1 (1.12%) Headless CMS
5 1 (1.12%) IIS
5 1 (1.12%) Tomcat
5 1 (1.12%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 49 (55.06%) AWS
2 29 (32.58%) Azure
3 23 (25.84%) GitHub
4 15 (16.85%) Serverless
5 14 (15.73%) Amazon S3
5 14 (15.73%) AWS Lambda
6 9 (10.11%) Amazon EC2
6 9 (10.11%) AWS CloudFormation
6 9 (10.11%) AWS Fargate
7 8 (8.99%) Amazon ECS
7 8 (8.99%) Amazon EKS
7 8 (8.99%) GCP
8 7 (7.87%) OpenShift
9 6 (6.74%) Datadog
10 5 (5.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 5 (5.62%) CloudFront
10 5 (5.62%) SaaS
10 5 (5.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 4 (4.49%) Amazon SQS
11 4 (4.49%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 12 (13.48%) TCP/IP
2 9 (10.11%) Firewall
3 8 (8.99%) DNS
3 8 (8.99%) HTTPS
3 8 (8.99%) IPv4
3 8 (8.99%) Software-Defined Networking
4 6 (6.74%) SSL
4 6 (6.74%) VoIP
5 4 (4.49%) LAN
5 4 (4.49%) WAN
6 3 (3.37%) Network Security
7 2 (2.25%) Asterisk PBX
8 1 (1.12%) Bluetooth
8 1 (1.12%) LTE
8 1 (1.12%) SNMP
8 1 (1.12%) VPN
8 1 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (1.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (15.73%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (13.48%) MongoDB
2 12 (13.48%) MySQL
3 11 (12.36%) DynamoDB
4 8 (8.99%) SQL Server
5 7 (7.87%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (5.62%) NoSQL
7 3 (3.37%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (2.25%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (2.25%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (2.25%) BigQuery
8 2 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (1.12%) Data Mining
9 1 (1.12%) Db2
9 1 (1.12%) Oracle Database
9 1 (1.12%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 40 (44.94%) Git
2 35 (39.33%) JIRA
3 22 (24.72%) Jenkins
4 16 (17.98%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 15 (16.85%) GitLab
6 8 (8.99%) SonarQube
7 6 (6.74%) Cypress.io
8 5 (5.62%) Selenium
8 5 (5.62%) Subversion
8 5 (5.62%) TeamCity
9 4 (4.49%) Metasploit
10 3 (3.37%) Artifactory
10 3 (3.37%) NUnit
10 3 (3.37%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (3.37%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (2.25%) Cucumber
11 2 (2.25%) Maven
12 1 (1.12%) Eclipse
12 1 (1.12%) IntelliJ
12 1 (1.12%) JUnit
General
1 29 (32.58%) Finance
2 19 (21.35%) Social Skills
3 12 (13.48%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (8.99%) Aerospace
5 6 (6.74%) Electronics
5 6 (6.74%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (5.62%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.49%) Automotive
7 4 (4.49%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.37%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.25%) Marketing
9 2 (2.25%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.12%) Banking
10 1 (1.12%) German Language
10 1 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.12%) Spanish Language
10 1 (1.12%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 20 (22.47%) Developer
2 17 (19.10%) Senior
3 13 (14.61%) DevOps Engineer
3 13 (14.61%) Lead
4 10 (11.24%) Software Engineer
5 9 (10.11%) Applications Engineer
6 8 (8.99%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 7 (7.87%) Platform Engineer
7 7 (7.87%) Senior Developer
8 6 (6.74%) Cloud Developer
9 5 (5.62%) Applications Developer
9 5 (5.62%) Lead Developer
10 4 (4.49%) Analyst
10 4 (4.49%) Cyber Threat Analyst
10 4 (4.49%) Cyber Threat Specialist
10 4 (4.49%) Senior DevOps
10 4 (4.49%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 4 (4.49%) Senior Software Engineer
11 3 (3.37%) Cloud Engineer
11 3 (3.37%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (26.97%) React
2 15 (16.85%) Node.js
3 13 (14.61%) AngularJS
4 10 (11.24%) CSS
4 10 (11.24%) HTML
5 9 (10.11%) .NET
6 8 (8.99%) CSS3
6 8 (8.99%) HTML5
6 8 (8.99%) RESTful
7 7 (7.87%) REST
7 7 (7.87%) Spring
8 6 (6.74%) Keycloak
8 6 (6.74%) OAuth
8 6 (6.74%) OAuth2
8 6 (6.74%) OpenID
8 6 (6.74%) Spring Boot
9 5 (5.62%) JSON
9 5 (5.62%) Kafka
10 4 (4.49%) boto
10 4 (4.49%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.24%) Cloud Native
2 8 (8.99%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (8.99%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (5.62%) Cyber Defence
3 5 (5.62%) Data Centre
3 5 (5.62%) Private Cloud
3 5 (5.62%) Social Media
4 4 (4.49%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (4.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 4 (4.49%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (4.49%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (3.37%) Data Structures
5 3 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.37%) Replication
5 3 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.25%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (2.25%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (2.25%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.25%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.25%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 42 (47.19%) Linux
2 25 (28.09%) Windows
3 9 (10.11%) Unix
3 9 (10.11%) Windows Server
4 7 (7.87%) Ubuntu
5 6 (6.74%) Debian
6 4 (4.49%) Kali Linux
7 3 (3.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (2.25%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (2.25%) Android
8 2 (2.25%) CentOS
8 2 (2.25%) FreeRTOS
8 2 (2.25%) ThreadX
9 1 (1.12%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.12%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (80.90%) CI/CD
2 43 (48.31%) Agile
3 32 (35.96%) DevOps
4 31 (34.83%) Infrastructure as Code
5 27 (30.34%) Containerisation
6 19 (21.35%) Test Automation
7 18 (20.22%) Scrum
7 18 (20.22%) Software Engineering
8 16 (17.98%) Computer Science
8 16 (17.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (16.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 15 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (15.73%) Deployment Automation
11 13 (14.61%) BDD
11 13 (14.61%) Platform Engineering
12 12 (13.48%) Collaborative Culture
12 12 (13.48%) Full-Stack Development
12 12 (13.48%) Observability
13 11 (12.36%) DevSecOps
13 11 (12.36%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 61 (68.54%) Python
2 35 (39.33%) Bash
3 32 (35.96%) Java
4 31 (34.83%) SQL
5 30 (33.71%) PowerShell
6 16 (17.98%) JavaScript
7 11 (12.36%) TypeScript
8 7 (7.87%) C#
8 7 (7.87%) PHP
9 4 (4.49%) C++
10 3 (3.37%) Bicep
11 2 (2.25%) C
11 2 (2.25%) Embedded C
11 2 (2.25%) Go
12 1 (1.12%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (17.98%) AWS Certification
1 16 (17.98%) Degree
2 14 (15.73%) Security Cleared
3 12 (13.48%) OSCP
4 9 (10.11%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 9 (10.11%) ISTQB
5 8 (8.99%) CCNA
5 8 (8.99%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (8.99%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (8.99%) RHCE
5 8 (8.99%) RHCSA
6 6 (6.74%) Master's Degree
7 4 (4.49%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (3.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (3.37%) DV Cleared
8 3 (3.37%) SC Cleared
9 2 (2.25%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.12%) HNC
10 1 (1.12%) HND
10 1 (1.12%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.37%) Accessibility
1 3 (3.37%) QA
2 1 (1.12%) GDPR
System Software
1 28 (31.46%) Docker
2 11 (12.36%) vSphere
3 8 (8.99%) Active Directory
3 8 (8.99%) Squid
3 8 (8.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (8.99%) VMware NSX
4 6 (6.74%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (3.37%) iptables
6 2 (2.25%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (2.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 42 (47.19%) Kubernetes
2 35 (39.33%) Ansible
3 23 (25.84%) Terraform
4 12 (13.48%) Grafana
5 8 (8.99%) Packer
5 8 (8.99%) Prometheus
5 8 (8.99%) ZABBIX
6 6 (6.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (6.74%) Argo
6 6 (6.74%) Nagios
6 6 (6.74%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (5.62%) Progress Chef
7 5 (5.62%) Puppet
8 3 (3.37%) Control-M
8 3 (3.37%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (2.25%) Kibana
9 2 (2.25%) Rancher
10 1 (1.12%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 23 (25.84%) Splunk
2 21 (23.60%) Microsoft
3 14 (15.73%) Red Hat
4 12 (13.48%) Oracle
5 11 (12.36%) VMware
6 9 (10.11%) Atlassian
7 6 (6.74%) New Relic
8 4 (4.49%) ServiceNow
8 4 (4.49%) TOWER Software
9 3 (3.37%) DevExpress
9 3 (3.37%) Google
10 1 (1.12%) Adobe
10 1 (1.12%) Dynatrace
10 1 (1.12%) Perforce
10 1 (1.12%) Salesforce