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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 611 528 470
Rank change year-on-year -83 -58 +23
Permanent jobs citing Bitbucket 87 112 438
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.27% 0.49%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.10% 2.59% 4.83%
Number of salaries quoted 60 72 319
10th Percentile £42,250 £43,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £54,375 £44,655 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.09% +6.48% -20.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £70,625 £68,750
90th Percentile £110,125 £96,250 £87,500
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 4,134 4,320 9,077
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.18% 10.56% 10.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,748 3,013 6,755
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.60% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £102,500 £95,000
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 2 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 2 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 -95 77 £75,000 +30.43% 54
London +7 41 £100,000 +14.29% 11
UK excluding London -113 35 £52,500 +5.00% 41
Work from Home -12 21 £72,500 +52.63% 26
North of England -62 16 £51,500 -10.43% 16
South West -30 11 £52,500 -23.91% 10
North West -27 9 £66,250 +20.45% 11
North East -19 7 £51,500 -20.77% 3
South East -54 4 £55,000 +4.76% 8
West Midlands -21 2 £43,000 -28.33% 3
Midlands -41 2 £43,000 -28.33% 4
East of England -48 1 £55,000 +15.79% 3
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 (35.63%) Confluence
2 7 (8.05%) IIS
3 5 (5.75%) Tomcat
4 4 (4.60%) Apache
5 2 (2.30%) JBoss
5 2 (2.30%) nginx
6 1 (1.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (1.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (8.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 7 (8.05%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (1.15%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (1.15%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.15%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.15%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 42 (48.28%) Azure
2 41 (47.13%) AWS
3 20 (22.99%) GitHub
4 15 (17.24%) GCP
5 12 (13.79%) AWS CloudFormation
5 12 (13.79%) OpenShift
6 11 (12.64%) Entra ID
7 9 (10.34%) GitHub Actions
7 9 (10.34%) Serverless
8 8 (9.20%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (8.05%) Amazon EKS
9 7 (8.05%) Amazon S3
10 6 (6.90%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (5.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (5.75%) SaaS
12 4 (4.60%) Amazon ECR
12 4 (4.60%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (4.60%) Azure AKS
12 4 (4.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (16.09%) DNS
2 10 (11.49%) TCP/IP
3 9 (10.34%) Firewall
4 8 (9.20%) HTTPS
5 4 (4.60%) Network Security
6 2 (2.30%) DHCP
6 2 (2.30%) SSL
7 1 (1.15%) Bluetooth
7 1 (1.15%) LTE
7 1 (1.15%) SAN
7 1 (1.15%) SNMP
7 1 (1.15%) VPN
7 1 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (28.74%) SQL Server
2 21 (24.14%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (16.09%) MongoDB
4 11 (12.64%) MySQL
5 10 (11.49%) DB2
6 6 (6.90%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (5.75%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (5.75%) DynamoDB
8 4 (4.60%) NoSQL
8 4 (4.60%) Relational Database
9 3 (3.45%) Oracle Database
9 3 (3.45%) RDBMS
9 3 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (1.15%) Amazon Aurora
11 1 (1.15%) Data Mining
11 1 (1.15%) Hadoop
11 1 (1.15%) Oracle Database 12c
11 1 (1.15%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (1.15%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 38 (43.68%) JIRA
2 30 (34.48%) Git
3 29 (33.33%) Jenkins
4 24 (27.59%) GitLab
5 11 (12.64%) Selenium
6 10 (11.49%) Cucumber
6 10 (11.49%) Subversion
6 10 (11.49%) TeamCity
7 6 (6.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 6 (6.90%) SonarQube
8 4 (4.60%) JMeter
8 4 (4.60%) Metasploit
9 3 (3.45%) Eclipse
9 3 (3.45%) NUnit
9 3 (3.45%) Robot Framework
10 2 (2.30%) JUnit
10 2 (2.30%) webpack
11 1 (1.15%) Maven
11 1 (1.15%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (1.15%) Toad
General
1 44 (50.57%) Finance
2 32 (36.78%) Social Skills
3 15 (17.24%) Public Sector
4 13 (14.94%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (11.49%) Banking
6 9 (10.34%) Manufacturing
6 9 (10.34%) Pharmaceutical
6 9 (10.34%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.45%) Advertising
8 2 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.30%) Electronics
8 2 (2.30%) Marketing
8 2 (2.30%) Retail
9 1 (1.15%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.15%) German Language
9 1 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.15%) Spanish Language
9 1 (1.15%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 21 (24.14%) Senior
2 19 (21.84%) DevOps Engineer
3 17 (19.54%) Senior DevOps
4 16 (18.39%) Developer
5 9 (10.34%) Cloud Engineer
5 9 (10.34%) Senior DevOps Engineer
6 8 (9.20%) Analyst
6 8 (9.20%) Consultant
6 8 (9.20%) DevOps Consultant
6 8 (9.20%) Java Developer
6 8 (9.20%) Lead
6 8 (9.20%) Senior Consultant
6 8 (9.20%) Senior DevOps Consultant
7 7 (8.05%) Software Engineer
8 6 (6.90%) Full-Stack Developer
8 6 (6.90%) Platform Engineer
9 5 (5.75%) Agile Developer
9 5 (5.75%) Agile Java Developer
9 5 (5.75%) AWS Engineer
9 5 (5.75%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (21.84%) RESTful
2 17 (19.54%) React
3 15 (17.24%) Elastic Stack
4 14 (16.09%) CSS
4 14 (16.09%) HTML
5 10 (11.49%) Gherkin
6 9 (10.34%) Node.js
7 6 (6.90%) AngularJS
7 6 (6.90%) Middleware
7 6 (6.90%) REST
8 5 (5.75%) .NET
8 5 (5.75%) CSS3
8 5 (5.75%) HTML5
8 5 (5.75%) Kafka
9 4 (4.60%) .NET Framework
9 4 (4.60%) ASP.NET
9 4 (4.60%) Entity Framework
9 4 (4.60%) JSON
10 3 (3.45%) ASP.NET Core
10 3 (3.45%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.34%) Greenfield Project
2 8 (9.20%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.60%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (4.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 3 (3.45%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.45%) Data Structures
5 3 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.45%) PKI
5 3 (3.45%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.30%) Clustering
6 2 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.30%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.30%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.15%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.15%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (1.15%) NB-IoT
7 1 (1.15%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 42 (48.28%) Linux
2 26 (29.89%) Windows
3 10 (11.49%) Unix
4 6 (6.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (5.75%) Windows Server
5 5 (5.75%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (5.75%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (5.75%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (4.60%) Kali Linux
7 2 (2.30%) Android
7 2 (2.30%) VMS
8 1 (1.15%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.15%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (1.15%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (1.15%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (74.71%) CI/CD
2 49 (56.32%) DevOps
3 38 (43.68%) Agile
4 32 (36.78%) Infrastructure as Code
5 23 (26.44%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (22.99%) Containerisation
7 19 (21.84%) Microservices
7 19 (21.84%) Test Automation
8 17 (19.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (19.54%) Software Engineering
9 16 (18.39%) Collaborative Culture
9 16 (18.39%) Continuous Integration
10 15 (17.24%) User Experience
11 14 (16.09%) BDD
11 14 (16.09%) Change Management
11 14 (16.09%) Scrum
12 13 (14.94%) Configuration Management
12 13 (14.94%) Unit Testing
13 12 (13.79%) Computer Science
13 12 (13.79%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 37 (42.53%) Python
2 27 (31.03%) Bash
3 26 (29.89%) SQL
4 25 (28.74%) PowerShell
5 23 (26.44%) Java
6 19 (21.84%) JavaScript
7 11 (12.64%) TypeScript
8 5 (5.75%) C#
9 4 (4.60%) Bicep
10 3 (3.45%) Go
10 3 (3.45%) RPG
10 3 (3.45%) T-SQL
11 1 (1.15%) Apex Code
11 1 (1.15%) C
11 1 (1.15%) C++
11 1 (1.15%) Embedded C
11 1 (1.15%) Perl
11 1 (1.15%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (13.79%) Degree
2 11 (12.64%) Security Cleared
3 7 (8.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (5.75%) AWS Certification
4 5 (5.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 5 (5.75%) DV Cleared
5 4 (4.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 4 (4.60%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (4.60%) OSCP
6 3 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.30%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.15%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (1.15%) LPIC
8 1 (1.15%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.15%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.75%) QA
2 1 (1.15%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.15%) GDPR
System Software
1 31 (35.63%) Docker
2 13 (14.94%) Active Directory
3 7 (8.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (4.60%) iptables
5 2 (2.30%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.30%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.15%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (1.15%) Firmware
6 1 (1.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 45 (51.72%) Kubernetes
2 35 (40.23%) Ansible
3 22 (25.29%) Terraform
4 14 (16.09%) Grafana
5 11 (12.64%) Prometheus
6 10 (11.49%) Puppet
6 10 (11.49%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (10.34%) Progress Chef
8 5 (5.75%) Control-M
9 3 (3.45%) Argo
9 3 (3.45%) Kibana
9 3 (3.45%) Rancher
10 2 (2.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (2.30%) Nagios
10 2 (2.30%) NetBackup
11 1 (1.15%) Ambari
11 1 (1.15%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (1.15%) Rundeck
11 1 (1.15%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 29 (33.33%) Atlassian
2 18 (20.69%) Microsoft
3 13 (14.94%) Oracle
4 8 (9.20%) Red Hat
4 8 (9.20%) VMware
5 6 (6.90%) Splunk
6 4 (4.60%) IBM
6 4 (4.60%) TOWER Software
7 3 (3.45%) DevExpress
8 2 (2.30%) Cisco
8 2 (2.30%) Dell
8 2 (2.30%) HP
8 2 (2.30%) Informatica
8 2 (2.30%) Juniper
8 2 (2.30%) New Relic
8 2 (2.30%) RedGate
8 2 (2.30%) Talend
8 2 (2.30%) Veeam
9 1 (1.15%) CyberArk
9 1 (1.15%) Dynatrace