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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 226 147 170
Rank change year-on-year -79 +23 -3
Permanent jobs citing Bash 1,328 2,393 4,088
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.29% 2.46% 2.45%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.96% 5.72% 4.52%
Number of salaries quoted 815 1,334 1,905
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,874 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £79,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £117,236 £104,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £57,931
% change year-on-year -12.00% +7.89% +5.33%

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 33,562 41,867 90,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.71% 43.01% 54.20%
Number of salaries quoted 25,071 26,942 43,619
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 £53,772 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.23% +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 28 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 28 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 -56 1,227 £60,000 -14.29% 260
UK excluding London -97 819 £55,000 -12.00% 167
Work from Home -58 630 £62,500 -11.97% 136
London -16 481 £72,500 -9.38% 101
South West 0 303 £55,000 -18.52% 37
South East -20 223 £52,500 - 36
North of England -178 88 £60,000 -4.00% 38
Midlands -26 62 £52,500 -12.50% 23
East of England +4 60 £62,500 +19.05% 26
Scotland -113 60 £60,000 -13.60% 6
North West -96 51 £63,891 +17.04% 21
West Midlands -3 35 £60,000 -7.69% 16
East Midlands -25 27 £50,000 +8.11% 7
Yorkshire -110 25 £46,250 -27.27% 12
Northern Ireland -4 17 £70,000 -3.45% 2
North East -15 12 £45,000 -43.75% 5
Wales -51 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 52 (3.92%) nginx
2 43 (3.24%) Apache
3 35 (2.64%) Apache Spark
4 30 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 25 (1.88%) 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 8 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.45%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.38%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.075%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 587 (44.20%) Azure
2 379 (28.54%) AWS
3 253 (19.05%) Entra ID
4 105 (7.91%) GCP
5 94 (7.08%) Azure DevOps
6 93 (7.00%) OpenShift
7 89 (6.70%) Microsoft 365
8 88 (6.63%) SaaS
9 80 (6.02%) GitHub
10 78 (5.87%) Serverless
11 76 (5.72%) Amazon S3
12 52 (3.92%) AWS CloudFormation
13 47 (3.54%) IaaS
14 46 (3.46%) PaaS
15 41 (3.09%) Cloud Computing
16 35 (2.64%) Amazon EC2
17 32 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
18 30 (2.26%) Azure AKS
19 29 (2.18%) Azure Monitor
20 26 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 221 (16.64%) Broadband
2 211 (15.89%) 5G
3 181 (13.63%) Firewall
4 132 (9.94%) TCP/IP
5 128 (9.64%) DNS
6 76 (5.72%) DHCP
7 52 (3.92%) HTTP
8 44 (3.31%) LAN
9 40 (3.01%) WAN
10 36 (2.71%) Network Security
11 34 (2.56%) VPN
12 24 (1.81%) Internet
12 24 (1.81%) Wireless
13 22 (1.66%) NAS
13 22 (1.66%) SAN
14 17 (1.28%) FIX Connectivity
14 17 (1.28%) VSAN
15 16 (1.20%) Cisco ASA
16 15 (1.13%) Wireshark
17 13 (0.98%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (6.33%) MySQL
2 72 (5.42%) SQL Server
3 71 (5.35%) PostgreSQL
4 65 (4.89%) MongoDB
5 48 (3.61%) Relational Database
6 44 (3.31%) Elasticsearch
7 39 (2.94%) Redis
8 36 (2.71%) Hadoop
9 34 (2.56%) Big Data
10 29 (2.18%) 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 18 (1.36%) Presto
16 17 (1.28%) Scylla
17 13 (0.98%) InfluxDB
18 10 (0.75%) Amazon Aurora
18 10 (0.75%) Ingres
18 10 (0.75%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 212 (15.96%) Jenkins
2 205 (15.44%) Git
3 70 (5.27%) JIRA
4 68 (5.12%) GitLab
5 29 (2.18%) TeamCity
6 24 (1.81%) JDeveloper
6 24 (1.81%) Subversion
7 23 (1.73%) Bitbucket
8 22 (1.66%) Octopus Deploy
9 19 (1.43%) Visual Studio
10 18 (1.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 17 (1.28%) Robot Framework
11 17 (1.28%) Team Foundation Server
12 10 (0.75%) Eclipse
12 10 (0.75%) GNU Toolchain
13 9 (0.68%) CMake
13 9 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
14 8 (0.60%) Gradle
14 8 (0.60%) TestRail
15 6 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 323 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
2 259 (19.50%) Social Skills
3 254 (19.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 186 (14.01%) Finance
5 62 (4.67%) Aerospace
6 60 (4.52%) Banking
7 42 (3.16%) Public Sector
8 35 (2.64%) Manufacturing
9 29 (2.18%) Marketing
10 28 (2.11%) Electronics
11 25 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
12 23 (1.73%) Retail
12 23 (1.73%) Telecoms
13 19 (1.43%) Investment Banking
13 19 (1.43%) Law
14 17 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
15 15 (1.13%) Games
16 9 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
16 9 (0.68%) Tech for Good
17 6 (0.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 368 (27.71%) Senior
2 215 (16.19%) Software Engineer
3 213 (16.04%) Linux Specialist
4 210 (15.81%) Technical Specialist
5 182 (13.70%) DevOps Engineer
6 129 (9.71%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 129 (9.71%) Senior Linux Specialist
7 127 (9.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 127 (9.56%) Senior Technical Specialist
7 127 (9.56%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
8 106 (7.98%) Linux Engineer
9 85 (6.40%) Cloud Engineer
10 83 (6.25%) Administrator
11 75 (5.65%) Platform Engineer
12 69 (5.20%) AWS Engineer
13 66 (4.97%) Embedded Engineer
13 66 (4.97%) Senior Software Engineer
14 64 (4.82%) Embedded Software Engineer
15 62 (4.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 62 (4.67%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (4.52%) Elastic Stack
2 52 (3.92%) React
3 51 (3.84%) Node.js
4 44 (3.31%) HTML
5 36 (2.71%) ARM Templates
6 31 (2.33%) YAML
7 23 (1.73%) RabbitMQ
8 22 (1.66%) Kafka
9 19 (1.43%) REST
10 18 (1.36%) .NET
10 18 (1.36%) AWS CDK
10 18 (1.36%) FIX Protocol
11 17 (1.28%) ActiveMQ
11 17 (1.28%) Apache NiFi
11 17 (1.28%) GraphQL
11 17 (1.28%) XML
12 15 (1.13%) HTML5
12 15 (1.13%) Middleware
13 14 (1.05%) CSS
14 13 (0.98%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 210 (15.81%) Social Media
2 80 (6.02%) Linux Command Line
3 43 (3.24%) Algorithms
4 41 (3.09%) Public Cloud
5 34 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
6 33 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
7 31 (2.33%) PKI
8 30 (2.26%) IoT
9 27 (2.03%) Clustering
10 26 (1.96%) Data Centre
11 25 (1.88%) Management Information System
12 23 (1.73%) Onboarding
13 22 (1.66%) Cloud Native
14 17 (1.28%) Data Structures
14 17 (1.28%) Eurex
15 15 (1.13%) Embedded Systems
15 15 (1.13%) Replication
16 14 (1.05%) CUDA
16 14 (1.05%) Cyber Defence
16 14 (1.05%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 916 (68.98%) Linux
2 393 (29.59%) Windows
3 281 (21.16%) Ubuntu
4 130 (9.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 111 (8.36%) CentOS
5 111 (8.36%) Unix
6 89 (6.70%) Windows Server
7 70 (5.27%) Embedded Linux
8 49 (3.69%) Debian
8 49 (3.69%) Windows Server 2016
9 45 (3.39%) Windows Server 2019
10 44 (3.31%) Windows Server 2012
11 36 (2.71%) Mac OS
12 28 (2.11%) Solaris
13 19 (1.43%) CoreOS
14 17 (1.28%) Windows 10
15 13 (0.98%) SUSE
16 12 (0.90%) Oracle Linux
17 9 (0.68%) VMS
18 5 (0.38%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 484 (36.45%) DevOps
2 411 (30.95%) Cybersecurity
3 296 (22.29%) Problem-Solving
4 292 (21.99%) CI/CD
5 274 (20.63%) Artificial Intelligence
6 262 (19.73%) Software Engineering
7 229 (17.24%) Infrastructure as Code
8 221 (16.64%) IT Strategy
9 218 (16.42%) Technology Strategy
10 216 (16.27%) CRM
11 202 (15.21%) Containerisation
12 182 (13.70%) Agile
13 146 (10.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 133 (10.02%) Configuration Management
15 116 (8.73%) Continuous Integration
16 109 (8.21%) Open Source
17 105 (7.91%) Computer Science
18 96 (7.23%) Mentoring
19 94 (7.08%) Actionable Insight
20 89 (6.70%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 888 (66.87%) Python
2 491 (36.97%) PowerShell
3 160 (12.05%) C
4 158 (11.90%) Java
5 155 (11.67%) SQL
6 148 (11.14%) Perl
7 98 (7.38%) JavaScript
8 96 (7.23%) Ruby
9 90 (6.78%) C++
10 86 (6.48%) Go
11 64 (4.82%) C#
12 58 (4.37%) Embedded C
13 57 (4.29%) Shell Script
14 56 (4.22%) Rust
15 36 (2.71%) Bicep
16 30 (2.26%) Fortran
17 24 (1.81%) PHP
18 20 (1.51%) Scala
19 17 (1.28%) TypeScript
20 13 (0.98%) Korn
Qualifications
1 305 (22.97%) Security Cleared
2 183 (13.78%) Degree
3 122 (9.19%) DV Cleared
4 95 (7.15%) SC Cleared
5 50 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 35 (2.64%) PhD
7 34 (2.56%) Master's Degree
8 31 (2.33%) AWS Certification
9 25 (1.88%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (1.73%) Azure Certification
11 20 (1.51%) CISSP
12 18 (1.36%) CCNA
13 17 (1.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 17 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
14 12 (0.90%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 10 (0.75%) CEH
15 10 (0.75%) GIAC
15 10 (0.75%) OSCP
16 8 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
17 7 (0.53%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 40 (3.01%) QA
3 22 (1.66%) SLA
4 21 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
5 20 (1.51%) Data Quality
6 19 (1.43%) PMO
7 12 (0.90%) SOC 2
8 8 (0.60%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.53%) NIST
10 6 (0.45%) JTAG
11 5 (0.38%) GDPR
11 5 (0.38%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.38%) NCSC
12 4 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.23%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.15%) ISO 9000
15 1 (0.075%) Actionable Recommendations
15 1 (0.075%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 1 (0.075%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 335 (25.23%) Active Directory
2 296 (22.29%) Docker
3 150 (11.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 61 (4.59%) Virtual Machines
5 59 (4.44%) Hyper-V
6 25 (1.88%) vSphere
7 24 (1.81%) VMware ESXi
8 21 (1.58%) Firmware
9 10 (0.75%) NFS
9 10 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
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%) KVM
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%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 334 (25.15%) Kubernetes
2 295 (22.21%) Ansible
3 271 (20.41%) Terraform
4 231 (17.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 217 (16.34%) Jamf Pro
6 176 (13.25%) Puppet
7 93 (7.00%) Grafana
8 71 (5.35%) Prometheus
9 61 (4.59%) Progress Chef
10 30 (2.26%) vCenter Server
11 28 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
12 27 (2.03%) HAProxy
13 24 (1.81%) Nagios
14 14 (1.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 13 (0.98%) logstash
15 13 (0.98%) Red Hat Satellite
16 12 (0.90%) Fluentd
16 12 (0.90%) Graphite
17 9 (0.68%) Istio
17 9 (0.68%) SCCM
Vendors
1 460 (34.64%) Microsoft
2 216 (16.27%) CyberArk
3 210 (15.81%) Tanium
4 195 (14.68%) Red Hat
5 193 (14.53%) VMware
6 127 (9.56%) Oracle
7 58 (4.37%) Cisco
8 51 (3.84%) Google
9 37 (2.79%) Splunk
10 32 (2.41%) Atlassian
11 26 (1.96%) Palo Alto
12 21 (1.58%) 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 (1.20%) ServiceNow