Bash Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Bash Shell
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Bash skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 14 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing Bash 5 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 5.26% 3.64% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.52% 13.79% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £535 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £550 £630 £575
% change year-on-year -12.70% +9.57% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
South West median hourly rate - £60.00 £84.00
% change year-on-year - -28.57% +56.20%

All Programming Languages
Dorset

Bash 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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 27 29 73
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 28.42% 26.36% 26.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 14 43
10th Percentile £263 £339 £363
25th Percentile £339 £415 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £581 £538
Median % change year-on-year -13.55% +8.14% +2.38%
75th Percentile £550 £700 £675
90th Percentile £563 £721 -
South West median daily rate £513 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.65% +2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £57.50 -
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £69.62
Median % change year-on-year - -13.82% +28.92%
75th Percentile - £62.50 £69.88
90th Percentile - - £70.34
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -

Bash
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Bash relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Bash job vacancy trend in Dorset

Bash
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Bash.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Bash

Bash
Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Bash.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Bash

Bash
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bash within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 19 October 2025. 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
Poole - 3 £550 -
Blandford Forum - 1 £550 - 1
Bash
South West

Bash
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) GitLab
1 2 (40.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (20.00%) Git
General
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Backend Developer
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Developer
1 1 (20.00%) DevOps Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Integration Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Linux DevOps Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Linux Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Linux/Unix DevOps
1 1 (20.00%) Platform Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Python Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Technical Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) Node.js
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) AI
2 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Deployment Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Open Source
4 1 (20.00%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Docker
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Terraform
2 3 (60.00%) Kubernetes
3 2 (40.00%) Ansible
4 1 (20.00%) Grafana
4 1 (20.00%) Packer
4 1 (20.00%) Podman
4 1 (20.00%) Prometheus
4 1 (20.00%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) VMware