Bash Shell
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Bash skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Bash over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 25 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 211 | 127 | 176 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -84 | +49 | +5 |
| Contract jobs citing Bash | 497 | 1,244 | 1,468 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.14% | 2.07% | 1.66% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.87% | 5.89% | 4.55% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 336 | 908 | 947 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £428 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £453 | £513 | £486 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £537 | £600 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.54% | +9.09% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £700 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £798 | £734 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £538 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.27% | - | +21.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 19 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £21.85 | £20.00 | £23.19 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.81 | £51.25 | £46.85 |
| Median hourly rate | £56.25 | £65.50 | £63.28 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.12% | +3.52% | +33.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.91 | £74.50 | £71.48 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.50 | £78.90 | £85.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £70.00 | £65.50 | £57.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.87% | +13.91% | +4.55% |
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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,830 | 21,120 | 32,260 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.40% | 35.18% | 36.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,114 | 15,252 | 23,495 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £397 | £381 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £487 | £500 | £485 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.55% | +3.09% | +14.12% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 487 | 483 | 513 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.25 | £19.93 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | £60.00 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +20.00% | +14.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.25 | £77.00 | £67.80 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £49.75 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.63% | +18.45% |
Bash
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Bash as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Bash
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Bash.
Bash
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Bash over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.
Bash
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Bash.
Bash
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Bash over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.
Bash
Top 15 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bash within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 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 |
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| England | -83 | 404 | £550 | -12.00% | 245 |
| UK excluding London | -42 | 226 | £538 | -2.27% | 165 |
| London | -91 | 212 | £550 | -15.38% | 101 |
| Work from Home | -69 | 185 | £533 | -11.17% | 151 |
| North of England | -13 | 60 | £525 | -12.50% | 34 |
| South East | -30 | 54 | £550 | -6.26% | 32 |
| Scotland | -7 | 50 | £516 | -0.63% | 21 |
| Yorkshire | +30 | 35 | £495 | -15.74% | 16 |
| North West | -35 | 25 | £550 | -8.33% | 15 |
| South West | -4 | 23 | £600 | -4.00% | 31 |
| Midlands | +24 | 20 | £537 | +40.79% | 16 |
| East of England | -12 | 18 | £525 | +3.96% | 25 |
| West Midlands | +27 | 12 | £500 | -16.67% | 8 |
| East Midlands | +17 | 8 | £600 | +84.62% | 8 |
| Wales | +14 | 1 | £690 | +25.45% | 5 |
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:
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