Bash Shell
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Bash skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Bash over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 221 143 171
Rank change year-on-year -78 +28 -5
Permanent jobs citing Bash 1,326 2,438 3,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.31% 2.48% 2.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.98% 5.72% 4.48%
Number of salaries quoted 823 1,372 1,884
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,874 £40,972
25th Percentile £47,500 £54,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £78,750 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £117,236 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £59,250
% change year-on-year -12.00% +5.49% +7.73%

All Programming Languages
UK

Bash is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,326 42,611 88,712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.02% 43.26% 54.15%
Number of salaries quoted 24,946 27,225 43,437
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

Bash
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Bash in the UK

Bash
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Bash.

Salary trend for Bash in the UK

Bash
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Bash over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Bash in the UK

Bash
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Bash within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -55 1,221 £60,000 -14.29% 311
UK excluding London -100 815 £55,000 -12.00% 223
Work from Home -57 637 £62,500 -10.71% 171
London -16 484 £72,500 -9.38% 151
South West +5 304 £55,000 -18.52% 35
South East -25 214 £52,500 - 92
North of England -185 89 £60,000 -4.00% 35
Scotland -112 63 £60,000 -13.60% 8
Midlands -36 62 £52,500 -16.00% 21
East of England +15 60 £65,000 +23.81% 30
North West -104 50 £63,891 +11.12% 19
West Midlands -8 35 £60,000 -11.11% 14
East Midlands -17 27 £50,000 -4.76% 6
Yorkshire -105 27 £47,000 -26.10% 11
Northern Ireland +4 17 £70,000 -3.45% 2
North East -16 12 £45,000 -40.00% 5
Wales -44 6 £45,000 -34.30% 4

Bash
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 53 (4.00%) nginx
2 42 (3.17%) Apache
3 38 (2.87%) Apache Spark
4 30 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 27 (2.04%) Confluence
6 24 (1.81%) SharePoint
7 21 (1.58%) Jupyter
8 13 (0.98%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.45%) JBoss
9 6 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.30%) CMS
11 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.15%) Drupal
11 2 (0.15%) IIS
11 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.15%) WordPress
12 1 (0.075%) Moodle
12 1 (0.075%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (0.83%) MS Visio
2 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.15%) Abaqus
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.075%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.075%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.075%) Simulink
5 1 (0.075%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 17 (1.28%) Fidessa
2 7 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.45%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.38%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.075%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 584 (44.04%) Azure
2 382 (28.81%) AWS
3 253 (19.08%) Entra ID
4 110 (8.30%) GCP
5 94 (7.09%) Azure DevOps
6 93 (7.01%) OpenShift
7 90 (6.79%) Microsoft 365
8 89 (6.71%) SaaS
9 82 (6.18%) GitHub
10 80 (6.03%) Amazon S3
11 77 (5.81%) Serverless
12 52 (3.92%) AWS CloudFormation
13 47 (3.54%) IaaS
14 45 (3.39%) PaaS
15 42 (3.17%) Cloud Computing
16 36 (2.71%) Amazon EC2
17 34 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
18 31 (2.34%) Azure AKS
19 27 (2.04%) Azure Monitor
19 27 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 221 (16.67%) Broadband
2 212 (15.99%) 5G
3 184 (13.88%) Firewall
4 130 (9.80%) TCP/IP
5 125 (9.43%) DNS
6 73 (5.51%) DHCP
7 50 (3.77%) HTTP
8 44 (3.32%) LAN
9 42 (3.17%) WAN
10 37 (2.79%) Network Security
11 35 (2.64%) VPN
12 25 (1.89%) Internet
12 25 (1.89%) Wireless
13 22 (1.66%) SAN
14 21 (1.58%) NAS
15 17 (1.28%) FIX Connectivity
15 17 (1.28%) VSAN
16 16 (1.21%) Cisco ASA
17 14 (1.06%) Wireshark
18 13 (0.98%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (6.49%) MySQL
2 74 (5.58%) SQL Server
3 73 (5.51%) PostgreSQL
4 64 (4.83%) MongoDB
5 48 (3.62%) Relational Database
6 47 (3.54%) Elasticsearch
7 42 (3.17%) Redis
8 39 (2.94%) Hadoop
9 37 (2.79%) Big Data
10 31 (2.34%) Amazon RDS
11 28 (2.11%) RDBMS
12 26 (1.96%) Oracle Database
13 24 (1.81%) MariaDB
14 23 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
15 20 (1.51%) Scylla
16 18 (1.36%) Presto
17 13 (0.98%) InfluxDB
18 11 (0.83%) Amazon Aurora
19 10 (0.75%) Ingres
20 9 (0.68%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 214 (16.14%) Jenkins
2 204 (15.38%) Git
3 70 (5.28%) JIRA
4 66 (4.98%) GitLab
5 28 (2.11%) TeamCity
6 25 (1.89%) Bitbucket
7 24 (1.81%) JDeveloper
7 24 (1.81%) Subversion
8 21 (1.58%) Octopus Deploy
9 20 (1.51%) Visual Studio
10 18 (1.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 17 (1.28%) Robot Framework
12 16 (1.21%) Team Foundation Server
13 10 (0.75%) Eclipse
13 10 (0.75%) GNU Toolchain
14 9 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
15 8 (0.60%) CMake
15 8 (0.60%) Gradle
16 7 (0.53%) SonarQube
16 7 (0.53%) TestRail
General
1 325 (24.51%) Analytical Skills
2 262 (19.76%) Social Skills
3 257 (19.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 190 (14.33%) Finance
5 62 (4.68%) Aerospace
5 62 (4.68%) Banking
6 43 (3.24%) Public Sector
7 35 (2.64%) Manufacturing
8 30 (2.26%) Marketing
9 28 (2.11%) Electronics
10 25 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
11 24 (1.81%) Retail
12 23 (1.73%) Telecoms
13 21 (1.58%) Investment Banking
14 18 (1.36%) Law
15 17 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (1.13%) Games
17 9 (0.68%) Tech for Good
18 8 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
19 6 (0.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 361 (27.22%) Senior
2 213 (16.06%) Linux Specialist
3 210 (15.84%) Technical Specialist
4 208 (15.69%) Software Engineer
5 182 (13.73%) DevOps Engineer
6 130 (9.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 129 (9.73%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 129 (9.73%) Senior Linux Specialist
8 127 (9.58%) Senior Technical Specialist
8 127 (9.58%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
9 106 (7.99%) Linux Engineer
10 82 (6.18%) Administrator
10 82 (6.18%) Cloud Engineer
11 75 (5.66%) Platform Engineer
12 70 (5.28%) AWS Engineer
13 66 (4.98%) Embedded Engineer
14 64 (4.83%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 64 (4.83%) Systems Engineer
15 62 (4.68%) Senior Software Engineer
16 61 (4.60%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (4.60%) Elastic Stack
2 52 (3.92%) React
3 51 (3.85%) Node.js
4 43 (3.24%) HTML
5 36 (2.71%) ARM Templates
6 31 (2.34%) YAML
7 24 (1.81%) Kafka
8 23 (1.73%) RabbitMQ
9 20 (1.51%) GraphQL
10 19 (1.43%) REST
11 18 (1.36%) FIX Protocol
12 17 (1.28%) .NET
12 17 (1.28%) ActiveMQ
12 17 (1.28%) Apache NiFi
12 17 (1.28%) AWS CDK
12 17 (1.28%) XML
13 15 (1.13%) Middleware
14 14 (1.06%) CSS
14 14 (1.06%) HTML5
15 12 (0.90%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 210 (15.84%) Social Media
2 78 (5.88%) Linux Command Line
3 41 (3.09%) Public Cloud
4 38 (2.87%) Algorithms
5 34 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
6 33 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
7 31 (2.34%) PKI
8 30 (2.26%) IoT
9 27 (2.04%) Clustering
10 26 (1.96%) Data Centre
11 25 (1.89%) Management Information System
12 24 (1.81%) Onboarding
13 21 (1.58%) Cloud Native
14 20 (1.51%) Data Structures
15 17 (1.28%) Eurex
16 15 (1.13%) Embedded Systems
16 15 (1.13%) Replication
17 14 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
17 14 (1.06%) Video\Live Streaming
18 13 (0.98%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 914 (68.93%) Linux
2 396 (29.86%) Windows
3 281 (21.19%) Ubuntu
4 133 (10.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 110 (8.30%) CentOS
6 103 (7.77%) Unix
7 93 (7.01%) Windows Server
8 70 (5.28%) Embedded Linux
9 49 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
10 48 (3.62%) Debian
11 45 (3.39%) Windows Server 2019
12 43 (3.24%) Windows Server 2012
13 38 (2.87%) Mac OS
14 28 (2.11%) Solaris
15 19 (1.43%) CoreOS
16 17 (1.28%) Windows 10
17 13 (0.98%) SUSE
18 12 (0.90%) Oracle Linux
19 8 (0.60%) VMS
20 5 (0.38%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 482 (36.35%) DevOps
2 415 (31.30%) Cybersecurity
3 300 (22.62%) Problem-Solving
4 292 (22.02%) CI/CD
5 273 (20.59%) Artificial Intelligence
6 254 (19.16%) Software Engineering
7 232 (17.50%) Infrastructure as Code
8 221 (16.67%) IT Strategy
9 218 (16.44%) Technology Strategy
10 216 (16.29%) CRM
11 202 (15.23%) Containerisation
12 180 (13.57%) Agile
13 149 (11.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 134 (10.11%) Configuration Management
15 117 (8.82%) Continuous Integration
16 100 (7.54%) Open Source
17 98 (7.39%) Computer Science
17 98 (7.39%) Mentoring
18 94 (7.09%) Actionable Insight
19 91 (6.86%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 883 (66.59%) Python
2 491 (37.03%) PowerShell
3 158 (11.92%) Java
4 157 (11.84%) SQL
5 150 (11.31%) C
6 148 (11.16%) Perl
7 98 (7.39%) JavaScript
8 96 (7.24%) Ruby
9 90 (6.79%) Go
10 84 (6.33%) C++
11 60 (4.52%) C#
12 58 (4.37%) Embedded C
12 58 (4.37%) Shell Script
13 56 (4.22%) Rust
14 36 (2.71%) Bicep
15 24 (1.81%) PHP
16 23 (1.73%) Scala
17 21 (1.58%) Fortran
18 17 (1.28%) TypeScript
19 14 (1.06%) Korn
Qualifications
1 294 (22.17%) Security Cleared
2 178 (13.42%) Degree
3 121 (9.13%) DV Cleared
4 94 (7.09%) SC Cleared
5 50 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (2.34%) AWS Certification
7 28 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
8 27 (2.04%) PhD
9 26 (1.96%) Master's Degree
10 22 (1.66%) Azure Certification
11 20 (1.51%) CCNA
11 20 (1.51%) CISSP
12 17 (1.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 17 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (0.90%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 10 (0.75%) CEH
14 10 (0.75%) GIAC
14 10 (0.75%) OSCP
15 8 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
16 7 (0.53%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 40 (3.02%) QA
3 22 (1.66%) SLA
4 21 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
5 20 (1.51%) Data Quality
5 20 (1.51%) PMO
6 12 (0.90%) SOC 2
7 8 (0.60%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.53%) NIST
9 6 (0.45%) JTAG
9 6 (0.45%) NCSC
10 5 (0.38%) GDPR
10 5 (0.38%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.23%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.15%) ISO 9000
14 1 (0.075%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.075%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 1 (0.075%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 338 (25.49%) Active Directory
2 297 (22.40%) Docker
3 150 (11.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 59 (4.45%) Hyper-V
4 59 (4.45%) Virtual Machines
5 26 (1.96%) VMware ESXi
6 25 (1.89%) vSphere
7 21 (1.58%) Firmware
8 10 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (0.68%) NFS
10 6 (0.45%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 6 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (0.38%) VMware Server
12 4 (0.30%) VMware NSX
12 4 (0.30%) XenApp
12 4 (0.30%) XenDesktop
13 3 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
13 3 (0.23%) KVM
13 3 (0.23%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 338 (25.49%) Kubernetes
2 301 (22.70%) Ansible
3 273 (20.59%) Terraform
4 231 (17.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 217 (16.37%) Jamf Pro
6 179 (13.50%) Puppet
7 93 (7.01%) Grafana
8 70 (5.28%) Prometheus
9 63 (4.75%) Progress Chef
10 30 (2.26%) vCenter Server
11 28 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
12 27 (2.04%) HAProxy
13 24 (1.81%) Nagios
14 14 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 14 (1.06%) Red Hat Satellite
15 13 (0.98%) logstash
16 12 (0.90%) Fluentd
16 12 (0.90%) Graphite
17 9 (0.68%) Istio
17 9 (0.68%) SCCM
Vendors
1 452 (34.09%) Microsoft
2 216 (16.29%) CyberArk
3 210 (15.84%) Tanium
4 197 (14.86%) Red Hat
5 196 (14.78%) VMware
6 127 (9.58%) Oracle
7 60 (4.52%) Cisco
8 54 (4.07%) Google
9 36 (2.71%) Splunk
10 34 (2.56%) Atlassian
11 29 (2.19%) Palo Alto
12 24 (1.81%) Dell
13 19 (1.43%) New Relic
14 18 (1.36%) Bloomberg
15 17 (1.28%) CQG
15 17 (1.28%) ION Trading
15 17 (1.28%) Patsystems
15 17 (1.28%) Reuters
15 17 (1.28%) Trayport
16 16 (1.21%) ServiceNow