The first table below looks at the demand for Shell Script skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Shell Script over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Shell Script
Rank 19 49 41
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -8
Permanent jobs citing Shell Script 114 53 47
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 13.06% 4.355% 4.292%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.87% 6.650% 7.807%
Number of salaries quoted 96 34 31
Average salary £42,000 £50,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.00% +49.25%
UK excluding London average salary £42,250 £40,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+4.96% +0.62%
All Programming Languages
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
638 797 602
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 73.08% 65.49% 54.98%
Number of salaries quoted 567 686 541
Average salary £35,000 £38,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +11.59%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Shell Script
South West

Shell Script
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Shell Script across the Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Gloucestershire Shell Script Jobs Demand Trend

Shell Script
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Shell Script across the Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Shell Script Salary Trend

Shell Script
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Shell Script across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Gloucestershire Shell Script Salary Histogram

Shell Script
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Shell Script within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Gloucester +22 65 £46,000 +8.23%
Cheltenham -6 9 £42,500 -15.00%
Tewkesbury -7 1 - -
Shell Script
South West

Shell Script
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing Shell Script also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Shell Script.

1 203 (98.54%) Linux
2 190 (92.23%) UNIX
3 181 (87.86%) Security Cleared
4 172 (83.50%) DV Cleared
5 103 (50.00%) Perl
6 94 (45.63%) DNS
7 77 (37.38%) Java
8 76 (36.89%) C++
9 72 (34.95%) C#
9 72 (34.95%) DHCP
10 63 (30.58%) Red Hat
11 62 (30.10%) CGI
11 62 (30.10%) Degree
11 62 (30.10%) Mathematics
12 59 (28.64%) JavaScript
13 58 (28.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 58 (28.16%) Software Engineering
14 54 (26.21%) Identity Management
15 52 (25.24%) Cisco
16 49 (23.79%) HTML
17 47 (22.82%) SC Cleared
17 47 (22.82%) Clustering
18 45 (21.84%) ITIL
18 45 (21.84%) HPUX
18 45 (21.84%) Solaris
19 41 (19.90%) VB
19 41 (19.90%) Firewall
20 39 (18.93%) ISEB
20 39 (18.93%) User Acceptance Testing
20 39 (18.93%) Bash shell

Shell Script
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing Shell Script also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Shell Script. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 62 (30.10%) CGI
2 49 (23.79%) HTML
3 17 (8.252%) J2EE
4 4 (1.942%) SOAP
4 4 (1.942%) Web Services
4 4 (1.942%) RESTful
5 1 (0.485%) HTML5
5 1 (0.485%) XML
5 1 (0.485%) Flash
5 1 (0.485%) ASP
5 1 (0.485%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 37 (17.96%) MS Exchange
2 21 (10.19%) Apache
3 15 (7.282%) WebLogic
Applications
1 20 (9.709%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.485%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 94 (45.63%) DNS
2 72 (34.95%) DHCP
3 41 (19.90%) Firewall
4 38 (18.45%) Internet
5 37 (17.96%) SMTP
5 37 (17.96%) HTTP
5 37 (17.96%) LDAP
6 29 (14.08%) LAN
6 29 (14.08%) WAN
7 16 (7.767%) SAN
8 5 (2.427%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.282%) MySQL
2 2 (0.971%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.971%) DB2
2 2 (0.971%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (0.971%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 29 (14.08%) LoadRunner
2 2 (0.971%) Maven
2 2 (0.971%) Git (software)
2 2 (0.971%) Hudson
2 2 (0.971%) Ant
3 1 (0.485%) Oracle APEX
General
1 10 (4.854%) Military
2 1 (0.485%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (24.76%) Developer
2 48 (23.30%) Java Developer
2 48 (23.30%) C++ Developer
2 48 (23.30%) C++/Java Developer
3 40 (19.42%) Consultant
4 35 (16.99%) Administrator
5 34 (16.50%) Linux Administrator
6 31 (15.05%) UNIX Engineer
6 31 (15.05%) Linux Engineer
7 28 (13.59%) UNIX Administrator
8 19 (9.223%) Technical Consultant
9 17 (8.252%) Systems Administrator
9 17 (8.252%) C# Developer
9 17 (8.252%) UNIX Systems Administrator
9 17 (8.252%) Linux Systems Administrator
9 17 (8.252%) C++/C# Developer
10 16 (7.767%) UNIX Consultant
10 16 (7.767%) Linux Consultant
11 15 (7.282%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (7.282%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 62 (30.10%) Mathematics
2 47 (22.82%) Clustering
3 27 (13.11%) SaaS
4 1 (0.485%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 203 (98.54%) Linux
2 190 (92.23%) UNIX
3 58 (28.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 45 (21.84%) HPUX
4 45 (21.84%) Solaris
5 34 (16.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (28.16%) Software Engineering
2 54 (26.21%) Identity Management
3 45 (21.84%) ITIL
4 39 (18.93%) User Acceptance Testing
5 37 (17.96%) Load Balancing
6 29 (14.08%) Performance Testing
6 29 (14.08%) Penetration Testing
7 26 (12.62%) Root Cause Analysis
8 15 (7.282%) Web Development
8 15 (7.282%) Software Architecture
9 5 (2.427%) Service Management
10 2 (0.971%) Agile Software Development
10 2 (0.971%) Content Management
10 2 (0.971%) Continuous Improvement
11 1 (0.485%) Cyber Security
11 1 (0.485%) Systems Analysis
11 1 (0.485%) Regression Testing
11 1 (0.485%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 103 (50.00%) Perl
2 77 (37.38%) Java
3 76 (36.89%) C++
4 72 (34.95%) C#
5 59 (28.64%) JavaScript
6 41 (19.90%) VB
7 39 (18.93%) Bash shell
8 37 (17.96%) Python
9 26 (12.62%) C
10 18 (8.738%) SQL
11 2 (0.971%) Korn
12 1 (0.485%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 181 (87.86%) Security Cleared
2 172 (83.50%) DV Cleared
3 62 (30.10%) Degree
4 47 (22.82%) SC Cleared
5 39 (18.93%) ISEB
6 1 (0.485%) RHCE
System Software
1 37 (17.96%) ISA Server
1 37 (17.96%) Squid
1 37 (17.96%) qmail
1 37 (17.96%) Postfix
1 37 (17.96%) Sendmail
2 15 (7.282%) VMware ESX
2 15 (7.282%) vSphere
3 10 (4.854%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 4 (1.942%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.942%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.485%) NFS
Systems Management
1 15 (7.282%) NetBackup
2 10 (4.854%) Veritas Storage Foundation
Vendors
1 63 (30.58%) Red Hat
2 52 (25.24%) Cisco
3 37 (17.96%) Microsoft
3 37 (17.96%) Juniper
4 25 (12.14%) Citrix
4 25 (12.14%) Symantec
4 25 (12.14%) Veritas
5 23 (11.17%) HP
6 19 (9.223%) VMware
7 17 (8.252%) JBoss
8 15 (7.282%) NetApp
8 15 (7.282%) Brocade
9 3 (1.456%) Oracle
10 2 (0.971%) Sybase
Gloucestershire
Strong shell scripting experience coupled with experience/exposure to one of the following: Bash, Perl, Python or Expect * Understanding of routing and switching protocols and associated Cisco/Juniper...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
For these positions exposure in at least one of the following Java, C#, C++, in Linux or Windows based environments is essential although for more junior positions other...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: upto 46k + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
You will also have exposure in at least one of the following areas - - Testing Lifecycle (unit, integration, system and user acceptance testing) - Linux/UNIX administration, Shell Scripting, Exposure...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: up to 46k + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Demonstrated shell scripting is essential within Bash, Perl, Python or Expect - Advanced understanding of Unix based email servers operating Qmail, Ecelerity, Postfix, Send mail or Exim. Microsoft Exchange...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Excellent Salary + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013