Bitbucket Contracts

Bitbucket
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Bitbucket skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Bitbucket over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 397 360 335
Rank change year-on-year -37 -25 -47
Contract jobs citing Bitbucket 182 367 703
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 0.65% 0.80%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.53% 4.55% 4.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 257 454
10th Percentile £390 £450 £410
25th Percentile £463 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £560 £545
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +2.75% +4.41%
75th Percentile £700 £688 £675
90th Percentile £750 £825 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £550 £495
% change year-on-year +9.09% +11.11% +4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 12 2
10th Percentile £40.00 £50.13 £46.30
25th Percentile £45.88 £51.25 £48.24
Median hourly rate £57.50 £57.50 £51.48
Median % change year-on-year - +11.70% +8.37%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.44 £54.71
90th Percentile £74.00 £73.75 £56.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £51.48
% change year-on-year +8.70% +11.70% -1.95%

All Development Application Skills
UK

Bitbucket is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,155 8,073 15,692
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.97% 14.40% 17.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,455 5,696 11,047
10th Percentile £351 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £457 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +12.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 226 201
10th Percentile £26.77 £44.82 £38.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £53.75 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +17.14% +8.81%
75th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £82.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +5.69% +11.82% +15.79%

Bitbucket
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Bitbucket as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Bitbucket in the UK

Bitbucket
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Bitbucket.

Daily rate trend for Bitbucket in the UK

Bitbucket
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Bitbucket over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Bitbucket in the UK

Bitbucket
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Bitbucket.

Hourly rate trend for Bitbucket in the UK

Bitbucket
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Bitbucket over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Bitbucket in the UK

Bitbucket
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bitbucket within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -29 162 £625 +8.70% 65
UK excluding London -9 102 £600 +9.09% 42
London +13 64 £650 - 22
Work from Home -11 55 £550 -1.79% 30
South West +17 37 £700 +16.67% 4
South East +13 34 £438 -15.87% 11
North of England +7 12 £500 -10.71% 15
Midlands -2 10 £550 +1.85% 7
West Midlands -11 10 £550 +1.85% 5
North West +19 9 £525 +2.44% 12
Scotland +38 7 - - 1
Yorkshire +12 3 £438 -23.25%
East of England -12 2 £650 - 2

Bitbucket
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 89 (48.90%) Confluence
2 5 (2.75%) CMS
3 3 (1.65%) Apache
3 3 (1.65%) SAS
4 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.10%) nginx
5 1 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.55%) IIS
5 1 (0.55%) JBoss
5 1 (0.55%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.55%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.55%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.55%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (3.30%) Simulink
2 5 (2.75%) Stateflow
2 5 (2.75%) TargetLink
3 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 41 (22.53%) AWS
2 34 (18.68%) Azure
3 22 (12.09%) GitHub
4 20 (10.99%) OpenShift
5 15 (8.24%) GCP
6 14 (7.69%) PaaS
7 12 (6.59%) Serverless
8 10 (5.49%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (3.85%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (3.30%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (3.30%) AWS Step Functions
11 5 (2.75%) Amazon S3
11 5 (2.75%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (2.75%) BrowserStack
11 5 (2.75%) Sauce Labs
12 4 (2.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (2.20%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (2.20%) Power Platform
12 4 (2.20%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.79%) SNMP
1 16 (8.79%) Software-Defined Radio
2 14 (7.69%) Firewall
3 8 (4.40%) TCP/IP
4 7 (3.85%) VPN
5 6 (3.30%) Kerberos
6 5 (2.75%) SSL
7 4 (2.20%) DNS
7 4 (2.20%) HTTP
8 1 (0.55%) 2G
8 1 (0.55%) 5G
8 1 (0.55%) DHCP
8 1 (0.55%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.55%) WinSCP
8 1 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.79%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.95%) MySQL
3 8 (4.40%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (4.40%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.30%) MongoDB
4 6 (3.30%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.75%) Big Data
6 4 (2.20%) Apache Cassandra
6 4 (2.20%) DataStax
6 4 (2.20%) KDB
6 4 (2.20%) Power BI
7 3 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.10%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (1.10%) CouchDB
8 2 (1.10%) Metadata
8 2 (1.10%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.55%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.55%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.55%) Scylla
Development Applications
1 109 (59.89%) JIRA
2 80 (43.96%) Git
3 72 (39.56%) Jenkins
4 33 (18.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 21 (11.54%) Artifactory
6 16 (8.79%) Eclipse
6 16 (8.79%) GoogleTest
6 16 (8.79%) Robot Framework
7 15 (8.24%) Selenium
7 15 (8.24%) TeamCity
8 12 (6.59%) GitLab
9 9 (4.95%) Cucumber
10 8 (4.40%) Bitbucket Server
11 7 (3.85%) Maven
12 6 (3.30%) Sonatype Nexus
12 6 (3.30%) Subversion
13 5 (2.75%) Appium
13 5 (2.75%) Gradle
13 5 (2.75%) JMeter
14 4 (2.20%) Cypress.io
General
1 48 (26.37%) Social Skills
2 30 (16.48%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (14.84%) Aerospace
4 26 (14.29%) Finance
5 15 (8.24%) Banking
6 8 (4.40%) Automotive
7 7 (3.85%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.20%) Front Office
8 4 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.10%) Advertising
9 2 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.55%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.55%) Law
10 1 (0.55%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.55%) Prime Brokerage
10 1 (0.55%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.55%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 61 (33.52%) Developer
2 27 (14.84%) Senior
3 21 (11.54%) DevOps Engineer
4 18 (9.89%) Software Engineer
5 15 (8.24%) C++ Software Engineer
6 14 (7.69%) Java Developer
7 12 (6.59%) Architect
8 10 (5.49%) Lead
8 10 (5.49%) Senior Developer
9 9 (4.95%) Java Engineer
9 9 (4.95%) Lead DevOps
9 9 (4.95%) Senior DevOps
10 7 (3.85%) Data Engineer
10 7 (3.85%) Java Software Engineer
11 6 (3.30%) AWS Developer
11 6 (3.30%) C++ Developer
11 6 (3.30%) Embedded Engineer
11 6 (3.30%) Test Engineer
12 5 (2.75%) Product Owner
12 5 (2.75%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (20.33%) .NET
2 29 (15.93%) CSS
2 29 (15.93%) HTML
3 28 (15.38%) .NET Core
4 18 (9.89%) React
5 14 (7.69%) REST
5 14 (7.69%) XML
6 12 (6.59%) Node.js
6 12 (6.59%) RESTful
7 10 (5.49%) JSON
8 9 (4.95%) Elastic Stack
9 8 (4.40%) Kafka
9 8 (4.40%) Web Services
10 7 (3.85%) SOAP
10 7 (3.85%) Spring
11 6 (3.30%) .NET Framework
11 6 (3.30%) AngularJS
11 6 (3.30%) LDAP
11 6 (3.30%) ModSecurity
11 6 (3.30%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.79%) Product Ownership
2 11 (6.04%) Public Cloud
3 7 (3.85%) Algorithms
3 7 (3.85%) Enterprise Cloud
3 7 (3.85%) PKI
4 6 (3.30%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (3.30%) Security Posture
5 5 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.75%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.20%) Credit Risk
6 4 (2.20%) Derivative
6 4 (2.20%) Fixed Income
6 4 (2.20%) Market Risk
7 2 (1.10%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.10%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.10%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.10%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.10%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.55%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 87 (47.80%) Linux
2 38 (20.88%) Windows
3 13 (7.14%) Unix
4 10 (5.49%) Android
5 7 (3.85%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.20%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (1.65%) Windows Server
8 2 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.10%) VMS
9 1 (0.55%) CentOS
9 1 (0.55%) Debian
9 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.55%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.55%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.55%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (45.05%) Agile
2 71 (39.01%) CI/CD
3 54 (29.67%) DevOps
4 52 (28.57%) Continuous Integration
5 49 (26.92%) Test Automation
6 41 (22.53%) OO
7 39 (21.43%) Software Engineering
8 35 (19.23%) Scrum
9 32 (17.58%) Problem-Solving
10 30 (16.48%) Configuration Management
11 29 (15.93%) Deployment Automation
11 29 (15.93%) Infrastructure Automation
12 24 (13.19%) OOP
12 24 (13.19%) Task Automation
13 23 (12.64%) Computer Science
14 22 (12.09%) UML
15 18 (9.89%) Validation
16 17 (9.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 16 (8.79%) SysML
17 16 (8.79%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 86 (47.25%) Python
2 40 (21.98%) Java
3 39 (21.43%) JavaScript
4 38 (20.88%) PowerShell
5 29 (15.93%) C++
6 23 (12.64%) C
7 20 (10.99%) Bash
7 20 (10.99%) SQL
8 12 (6.59%) C#
8 12 (6.59%) Go
9 9 (4.95%) Groovy
9 9 (4.95%) TypeScript
10 6 (3.30%) MATLAB
11 4 (2.20%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.65%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.65%) Objective-C
12 3 (1.65%) Ruby
12 3 (1.65%) Swift
13 1 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.55%) HiveQL
Qualifications
1 62 (34.07%) Security Cleared
2 51 (28.02%) SC Cleared
3 30 (16.48%) Degree
4 13 (7.14%) Master's Degree
5 12 (6.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (5.49%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.10%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.10%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (1.10%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 2 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.55%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.55%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.49%) QA
2 6 (3.30%) MISRA
2 6 (3.30%) MISRA C
3 5 (2.75%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.75%) AUTOSAR
3 5 (2.75%) ISO 26262
4 2 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.10%) NIST
4 2 (1.10%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.10%) WCAG
5 1 (0.55%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.55%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 28 (15.38%) Docker
2 16 (8.79%) Firmware
3 11 (6.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (6.04%) VMware NSX
4 9 (4.95%) Active Directory
5 6 (3.30%) VirtualBox
6 5 (2.75%) Hyper-V
7 4 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (2.20%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (2.20%) vSphere
8 2 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.55%) Cronacle
9 1 (0.55%) HDFS
9 1 (0.55%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 60 (32.97%) Ansible
2 39 (21.43%) Kubernetes
3 38 (20.88%) Terraform
4 27 (14.84%) PowerCLI
5 8 (4.40%) Puppet
6 7 (3.85%) Grafana
7 6 (3.30%) OPNET
8 4 (2.20%) Istio
8 4 (2.20%) Packer
9 3 (1.65%) Kibana
9 3 (1.65%) logstash
9 3 (1.65%) Rancher
10 2 (1.10%) Opsgenie
10 2 (1.10%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.55%) Consul
11 1 (0.55%) Dell DRAC
11 1 (0.55%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.55%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.55%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 66 (36.26%) Atlassian
2 25 (13.74%) Oracle
3 24 (13.19%) Google
4 22 (12.09%) Dell
4 22 (12.09%) HP
5 15 (8.24%) VMware
6 14 (7.69%) Microsoft
7 7 (3.85%) Red Hat
8 6 (3.30%) Cadence
8 6 (3.30%) Salesforce
9 5 (2.75%) Cisco
9 5 (2.75%) Perfecto Mobile
9 5 (2.75%) SAP
10 4 (2.20%) Confluent
10 4 (2.20%) Splunk
11 3 (1.65%) Apple
12 2 (1.10%) Informatica
12 2 (1.10%) ION Trading
12 2 (1.10%) Mercator
12 2 (1.10%) Sage