Shell Script Contracts in Cambridge

Shell Scripting (Shell Programming)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge requiring Shell Script skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Shell Script over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 30 22
Rank change year-on-year +13 -8 +16
Contract jobs citing Shell Script 3 2 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 2.63% 1.03% 4.08%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.69% 2.78% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile £115 - £419
25th Percentile £189 £613 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 £625 £450
Median % change year-on-year -48.80% +38.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £457 £638 £484
90th Percentile £535 - £503
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £467 £625 £450
% change year-on-year -25.36% +38.89% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £65.00 - £52.50

All Programming Languages
Cambridge

Shell Script falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 39 72 120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 34.21% 37.11% 40.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 43 79
10th Percentile £313 £405 -
25th Percentile £403 £430 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -
75th Percentile £566 £556 £544
90th Percentile £625 £630 £575
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £475 £499 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 7
10th Percentile £27.24 £55.75 £35.49
25th Percentile £41.40 £58.75 £49.38
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +19.05% -8.70%
75th Percentile - £69.00 £53.75
90th Percentile - £78.25 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £52.50 £55.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings citing Shell Script as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Shell Script in Cambridge

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Shell Script in Cambridge.

Daily rate trend for Shell Script in Cambridge

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Shell Script in Cambridge over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Shell Script in Cambridge

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Shell Script in Cambridge.

Hourly rate trend for Shell Script in Cambridge

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) FPGA
1 1 (33.33%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Task Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Data Collection
2 1 (33.33%) FPGA Design
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Tcl
2 2 (66.67%) Perl
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) SystemVerilog
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Synopsys
2 1 (33.33%) Xilinx