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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 207 | 125 | 182 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -82 | +57 | +10 |
| Contract jobs citing Bash | 491 | 1,161 | 1,410 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.15% | 2.04% | 1.61% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.87% | 5.87% | 4.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 342 | 830 | 918 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £428 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £457 | £513 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £600 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.42% | +4.35% | +15.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £618 | £723 | £674 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £810 | £736 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £537 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.41% | - | +20.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 15 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £21.85 | £21.00 | £22.48 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.81 | £51.25 | £39.55 |
| Median hourly rate | £45.00 | £58.75 | £69.05 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.40% | -14.92% | +38.10% |
| 75th Percentile | £71.88 | £72.25 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £75.50 | £80.70 | £83.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £70.00 | £62.13 | £63.28 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.68% | -1.82% | +17.72% |
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 | 12,689 | 19,768 | 31,684 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.82% | 34.70% | 36.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,018 | 14,250 | 23,099 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £390 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £533 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.09% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £653 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +2.04% | +15.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 493 | 448 | 510 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.21 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.35 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +24.13% | +18.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £78.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +25.00% |
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 16 May 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 16 May 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 16 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 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 | -73 | 419 | £550 | -12.00% | 246 |
| UK excluding London | -39 | 226 | £537 | -2.41% | 155 |
| London | -85 | 210 | £550 | -15.38% | 101 |
| Work from Home | -74 | 173 | £529 | -11.83% | 152 |
| North of England | +6 | 70 | £525 | -12.50% | 23 |
| South East | -13 | 57 | £550 | -3.47% | 35 |
| Yorkshire | +28 | 44 | £495 | -17.50% | 9 |
| Scotland | -13 | 35 | £482 | -8.19% | 9 |
| North West | -14 | 26 | £550 | -8.33% | 11 |
| South West | -13 | 24 | £600 | -4.00% | 42 |
| Midlands | +23 | 22 | £536 | +38.32% | 18 |
| East of England | -5 | 19 | £550 | +8.91% | 23 |
| West Midlands | +24 | 14 | £450 | -25.00% | 11 |
| East Midlands | +11 | 8 | £600 | +84.62% | 7 |
| Wales | +14 | 1 | £690 | +25.45% | 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:
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