Bitbucket Job Trends

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 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 604 528 450
Rank change year-on-year -76 -78 +51
Permanent jobs citing Bitbucket 86 126 437
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.30% 0.51%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.10% 2.77% 4.99%
Number of salaries quoted 59 78 325
10th Percentile £42,250 - £30,000
25th Percentile £51,875 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.10% -4.55% -18.52%
75th Percentile £100,000 £69,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £110,250 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 4,102 4,543 8,764
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.44% 10.74% 10.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2,667 3,052 6,686
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £45,656
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,400 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +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 20 March 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 20 March 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 -74 76 £75,000 +42.86% 57
London +12 41 £100,000 +29.03% 12
UK excluding London -92 34 £52,500 +5.00% 43
Work from Home -16 18 £72,500 +52.63% 31
North of England -44 15 £51,500 -15.92% 13
South West -26 12 £52,500 -23.91% 11
North East -18 8 £51,500 -20.77% 3
North West -27 7 £65,000 +13.04% 8
South East -43 3 £55,000 - 9
West Midlands +1 2 £43,000 -28.33% 4
Midlands -34 2 £43,000 -18.10% 6
East of England -43 1 £55,000 +15.79% 4
Scotland - 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 (36.05%) Confluence
2 7 (8.14%) IIS
3 5 (5.81%) Apache
3 5 (5.81%) Tomcat
4 2 (2.33%) JBoss
4 2 (2.33%) nginx
5 1 (1.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (1.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (9.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 8 (9.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.16%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (1.16%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (1.16%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.16%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 42 (48.84%) AWS
2 41 (47.67%) Azure
3 20 (23.26%) GitHub
4 15 (17.44%) GCP
5 12 (13.95%) AWS CloudFormation
5 12 (13.95%) OpenShift
6 10 (11.63%) Serverless
7 9 (10.47%) AWS Lambda
7 9 (10.47%) Entra ID
7 9 (10.47%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (9.30%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (9.30%) Amazon S3
9 7 (8.14%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (5.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 5 (5.81%) SaaS
11 4 (4.65%) Amazon ECR
11 4 (4.65%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (4.65%) Azure AKS
11 4 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (4.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (16.28%) DNS
2 10 (11.63%) TCP/IP
3 9 (10.47%) Firewall
4 8 (9.30%) HTTPS
5 4 (4.65%) Network Security
6 2 (2.33%) DHCP
6 2 (2.33%) SSL
7 1 (1.16%) Bluetooth
7 1 (1.16%) LTE
7 1 (1.16%) SAN
7 1 (1.16%) SNMP
7 1 (1.16%) VPN
7 1 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (30.23%) SQL Server
2 21 (24.42%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (17.44%) MongoDB
4 11 (12.79%) MySQL
5 10 (11.63%) DB2
6 7 (8.14%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (5.81%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (5.81%) DynamoDB
8 4 (4.65%) NoSQL
8 4 (4.65%) Relational Database
9 3 (3.49%) Oracle Database
9 3 (3.49%) RDBMS
9 3 (3.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (1.16%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (1.16%) Data Mining
10 1 (1.16%) Hadoop
10 1 (1.16%) Metadata
10 1 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (1.16%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 39 (45.35%) JIRA
2 30 (34.88%) Git
2 30 (34.88%) Jenkins
3 25 (29.07%) GitLab
4 11 (12.79%) Selenium
4 11 (12.79%) TeamCity
5 10 (11.63%) Cucumber
5 10 (11.63%) Subversion
6 6 (6.98%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (6.98%) SonarQube
7 4 (4.65%) JMeter
7 4 (4.65%) Metasploit
8 3 (3.49%) Eclipse
8 3 (3.49%) JUnit
8 3 (3.49%) Robot Framework
9 2 (2.33%) webpack
10 1 (1.16%) CA Release Automation
10 1 (1.16%) CircleCI
10 1 (1.16%) REST Assured
10 1 (1.16%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 45 (52.33%) Finance
2 32 (37.21%) Social Skills
3 14 (16.28%) Public Sector
4 12 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (11.63%) Banking
6 9 (10.47%) Manufacturing
6 9 (10.47%) Telecoms
7 8 (9.30%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (4.65%) Advertising
9 2 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.33%) Electronics
9 2 (2.33%) Retail
10 1 (1.16%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.16%) German Language
10 1 (1.16%) Marketing
10 1 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.16%) Spanish Language
10 1 (1.16%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 20 (23.26%) Senior
2 19 (22.09%) DevOps Engineer
3 17 (19.77%) Senior DevOps
4 15 (17.44%) Developer
5 9 (10.47%) Analyst
5 9 (10.47%) Cloud Engineer
5 9 (10.47%) Java Developer
5 9 (10.47%) Senior DevOps Engineer
6 8 (9.30%) Consultant
6 8 (9.30%) DevOps Consultant
6 8 (9.30%) Senior Consultant
6 8 (9.30%) Senior DevOps Consultant
7 6 (6.98%) Agile Developer
7 6 (6.98%) Agile Java Developer
7 6 (6.98%) Full-Stack Developer
7 6 (6.98%) Lead
7 6 (6.98%) Platform Engineer
7 6 (6.98%) Software Engineer
8 5 (5.81%) Applications Support Analyst
8 5 (5.81%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (20.93%) React
2 17 (19.77%) RESTful
3 15 (17.44%) Elastic Stack
4 13 (15.12%) CSS
4 13 (15.12%) HTML
5 10 (11.63%) Gherkin
6 9 (10.47%) Node.js
7 6 (6.98%) Middleware
7 6 (6.98%) REST
8 5 (5.81%) CSS3
8 5 (5.81%) HTML5
8 5 (5.81%) Kafka
9 4 (4.65%) AngularJS
10 3 (3.49%) .NET
10 3 (3.49%) Apache NiFi
10 3 (3.49%) Hibernate
10 3 (3.49%) JSF
10 3 (3.49%) JSON
10 3 (3.49%) PrimeFaces
11 2 (2.33%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.63%) Greenfield Project
2 8 (9.30%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.65%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (4.65%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 3 (3.49%) Data Structures
5 3 (3.49%) PKI
5 3 (3.49%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.33%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.33%) Clustering
6 2 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.16%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.16%) IoT
7 1 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.16%) NB-IoT
7 1 (1.16%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.16%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.16%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 44 (51.16%) Linux
2 27 (31.40%) Windows
3 10 (11.63%) Unix
4 6 (6.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (5.81%) Windows Server
5 5 (5.81%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (5.81%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (5.81%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (4.65%) Kali Linux
7 2 (2.33%) VMS
8 1 (1.16%) Android
8 1 (1.16%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (1.16%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (1.16%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (75.58%) CI/CD
2 47 (54.65%) DevOps
3 39 (45.35%) Agile
4 30 (34.88%) Infrastructure as Code
5 23 (26.74%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (24.42%) Containerisation
7 20 (23.26%) Microservices
8 18 (20.93%) Test Automation
9 17 (19.77%) Continuous Integration
10 16 (18.60%) Collaborative Culture
10 16 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (18.60%) Software Engineering
11 15 (17.44%) Scrum
11 15 (17.44%) Unit Testing
12 14 (16.28%) BDD
12 14 (16.28%) Change Management
13 13 (15.12%) Computer Science
13 13 (15.12%) Configuration Management
14 12 (13.95%) User Experience
15 11 (12.79%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 38 (44.19%) Python
2 27 (31.40%) Bash
3 25 (29.07%) PowerShell
4 24 (27.91%) Java
4 24 (27.91%) SQL
5 20 (23.26%) JavaScript
6 10 (11.63%) TypeScript
7 5 (5.81%) C#
8 3 (3.49%) Go
8 3 (3.49%) RPG
8 3 (3.49%) T-SQL
9 2 (2.33%) Bicep
10 1 (1.16%) Apex Code
10 1 (1.16%) C
10 1 (1.16%) C++
10 1 (1.16%) Embedded C
10 1 (1.16%) Perl
10 1 (1.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (15.12%) Degree
2 11 (12.79%) Security Cleared
3 8 (9.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (5.81%) AWS Certification
4 5 (5.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 5 (5.81%) DV Cleared
5 4 (4.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 4 (4.65%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (4.65%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (4.65%) OSCP
6 2 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.33%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.16%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (1.16%) LPIC
7 1 (1.16%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.16%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.49%) QA
2 1 (1.16%) Accessibility
System Software
1 31 (36.05%) Docker
2 13 (15.12%) Active Directory
3 7 (8.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (4.65%) iptables
5 2 (2.33%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.16%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (1.16%) Firmware
6 1 (1.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 46 (53.49%) Kubernetes
2 35 (40.70%) Ansible
3 22 (25.58%) Terraform
4 15 (17.44%) Grafana
5 12 (13.95%) Prometheus
6 10 (11.63%) Puppet
6 10 (11.63%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (10.47%) Progress Chef
8 6 (6.98%) Control-M
9 4 (4.65%) Kibana
10 3 (3.49%) Argo
10 3 (3.49%) Rancher
11 2 (2.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (2.33%) Nagios
11 2 (2.33%) NetBackup
12 1 (1.16%) Ambari
12 1 (1.16%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (1.16%) Rundeck
12 1 (1.16%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 31 (36.05%) Atlassian
2 16 (18.60%) Microsoft
3 14 (16.28%) Oracle
4 8 (9.30%) Red Hat
4 8 (9.30%) VMware
5 6 (6.98%) Splunk
6 4 (4.65%) IBM
6 4 (4.65%) TOWER Software
7 2 (2.33%) Cisco
7 2 (2.33%) Dell
7 2 (2.33%) HP
7 2 (2.33%) Informatica
7 2 (2.33%) Juniper
7 2 (2.33%) New Relic
7 2 (2.33%) RedGate
7 2 (2.33%) Talend
7 2 (2.33%) Veeam
8 1 (1.16%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.16%) Dynatrace
8 1 (1.16%) Siemens