Bash Contract Job Trends in England

Bash Shell
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Bash skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 147 208
Rank change year-on-year -32 +61 -87
Contract jobs citing Bash 671 521 423
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.50% 1.92% 1.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.63% 5.78% 3.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 443 343 304
10th Percentile £386 £361 £400
25th Percentile £435 £440 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £613 £615 £638
90th Percentile £693 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 11 14
10th Percentile £56.35 £27.50 £22.00
25th Percentile £58.43 £41.12 £26.75
Median hourly rate £63.14 £54.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.84% -5.22% -17.86%
75th Percentile £98.82 £61.13 £69.84
90th Percentile £100.00 £63.25 £74.06
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £54.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +15.84% -5.22% -17.86%

All Programming Languages
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 11,913 9,012 11,277
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.62% 33.15% 30.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,754 6,201 8,125
10th Percentile £361 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £520 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -3.70% -1.82%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 500 233 456
10th Percentile £34.01 £28.23 £35.61
25th Percentile £54.28 £37.50 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70.25 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £82.37 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £56.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year +14.54% -9.20% -

Bash
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Bash job vacancy trend in England

Bash
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Bash

Bash
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Bash in England over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Bash in England

Bash
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Bash

Bash
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Bash in England over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Bash in England

Bash
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bash within the England region over the 6 months to 16 July 2026. 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
London -51 285 £513 -2.38% 64
North of England -7 159 £500 - 40
South East -17 93 £525 +20.69% 61
Yorkshire -12 84 £507 -3.43% 5
South West -13 65 £553 -3.91% 28
North West -14 58 £538 +10.82% 29
West Midlands -47 32 £525 -4.55% 12
Midlands -57 32 £525 -4.55% 21
East of England -19 21 £483 +1.58% 12
North East -29 17 £400 -27.27% 6
Bash
UK

Bash
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 38 (5.66%) Confluence
2 19 (2.83%) Apache Airflow
3 17 (2.53%) Apache
4 11 (1.64%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.64%) nginx
4 11 (1.64%) SAS
5 7 (1.04%) WebSphere
6 6 (0.89%) Tomcat
7 5 (0.75%) IIS
8 4 (0.60%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.60%) WebSphere Application Server
8 4 (0.60%) WordPress
9 3 (0.45%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.45%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.30%) CMS
10 2 (0.30%) IBM HTTP Server
10 2 (0.30%) JBoss
10 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.30%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 2 (0.30%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.15%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.30%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.30%) Remedy AR System
3 1 (0.15%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.15%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 1 (0.15%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 315 (46.94%) AWS
2 277 (41.28%) Azure
3 180 (26.83%) GitHub
4 134 (19.97%) GCP
5 117 (17.44%) GitHub Actions
6 106 (15.80%) Azure DevOps
7 62 (9.24%) Amazon EKS
8 60 (8.94%) OpenShift
9 59 (8.79%) Serverless
10 57 (8.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 56 (8.35%) Amazon S3
12 53 (7.90%) AWS CloudFormation
13 46 (6.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 43 (6.41%) AWS Lambda
15 39 (5.81%) Datadog
16 38 (5.66%) Amazon EC2
17 36 (5.37%) Google Kubernetes Engine
18 33 (4.92%) Azure AKS
19 30 (4.47%) Azure Monitor
20 22 (3.28%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 99 (14.75%) DNS
2 95 (14.16%) Firewall
3 55 (8.20%) TCP/IP
4 44 (6.56%) Network Security
5 43 (6.41%) VPN
6 32 (4.77%) DHCP
7 18 (2.68%) SAN
8 15 (2.24%) NAS
8 15 (2.24%) SSL
8 15 (2.24%) VLAN
9 13 (1.94%) WAN
10 11 (1.64%) HTTP
11 9 (1.34%) SD-WAN
11 9 (1.34%) SNMP
11 9 (1.34%) VSAN
12 8 (1.19%) BGP
13 7 (1.04%) DNSSEC
13 7 (1.04%) Reverse Proxy
14 4 (0.60%) Fibre Channel
14 4 (0.60%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (4.92%) SQL Server
2 30 (4.47%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (3.13%) Amazon RDS
4 19 (2.83%) MongoDB
5 15 (2.24%) MySQL
6 14 (2.09%) Amazon Redshift
7 13 (1.94%) Amazon Athena
7 13 (1.94%) NoSQL
7 13 (1.94%) Redis
8 11 (1.64%) Pentaho
9 10 (1.49%) Big Data
9 10 (1.49%) Oracle Database
10 9 (1.34%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (1.19%) DynamoDB
11 8 (1.19%) Metadata
11 8 (1.19%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.89%) Amazon Aurora
12 6 (0.89%) Db2
Development Applications
1 191 (28.46%) Jenkins
2 127 (18.93%) GitLab
3 113 (16.84%) Git
4 43 (6.41%) JIRA
5 12 (1.79%) Artifactory
6 10 (1.49%) Bitbucket
7 9 (1.34%) Postman
7 9 (1.34%) Selenium
8 8 (1.19%) JMeter
9 7 (1.04%) SonarQube
9 7 (1.04%) Sonatype Nexus
10 6 (0.89%) Liquibase
10 6 (0.89%) MLflow
11 5 (0.75%) Browser DevTools
11 5 (0.75%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.75%) REST Assured
12 4 (0.60%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.60%) Jaeger
13 3 (0.45%) Ant
13 3 (0.45%) Gradle
General
1 145 (21.61%) Social Skills
2 86 (12.82%) Finance
3 65 (9.69%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (9.54%) Public Sector
5 46 (6.86%) Banking
6 19 (2.83%) Legal
7 18 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.04%) Law
9 7 (1.04%) Telecoms
10 6 (0.89%) Military
11 4 (0.60%) Publishing
11 4 (0.60%) Retail
12 3 (0.45%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.45%) Front Office
12 3 (0.45%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.30%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.30%) Automotive
13 2 (0.30%) Aviation
13 2 (0.30%) Police
Job Titles
1 140 (20.86%) DevOps Engineer
2 73 (10.88%) Senior
3 62 (9.24%) Cloud Engineer
4 52 (7.75%) Platform Engineer
5 48 (7.15%) AWS Engineer
6 44 (6.56%) Security Engineer
7 42 (6.26%) Architect
8 41 (6.11%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 39 (5.81%) Azure Engineer
9 39 (5.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 39 (5.81%) Lead
10 33 (4.92%) Site Engineer
11 32 (4.77%) Linux Engineer
12 29 (4.32%) GCP Engineer
13 27 (4.02%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 26 (3.87%) AWS DevOps
14 26 (3.87%) Data Engineer
15 24 (3.58%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 24 (3.58%) Senior DevOps
15 24 (3.58%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (6.56%) Kafka
2 38 (5.66%) Elastic Stack
3 33 (4.92%) REST
4 32 (4.77%) YAML
5 29 (4.32%) OpenTelemetry
6 21 (3.13%) ARM Templates
7 20 (2.98%) Loki
8 16 (2.38%) Middleware
9 13 (1.94%) JSON
10 12 (1.79%) LDAP
10 12 (1.79%) Node.js
11 10 (1.49%) SAML
12 9 (1.34%) .NET
12 9 (1.34%) OAuth
12 9 (1.34%) React
12 9 (1.34%) SOAP
12 9 (1.34%) Swagger
13 7 (1.04%) AngularJS
13 7 (1.04%) cloud-init
13 7 (1.04%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 109 (16.24%) Cloud Native
2 39 (5.81%) Hybrid Cloud
3 35 (5.22%) Distributed Systems
4 34 (5.07%) Security Posture
5 26 (3.87%) Linux Command Line
6 25 (3.73%) Data Centre
7 24 (3.58%) Onboarding
8 20 (2.98%) Replication
9 19 (2.83%) Management Information System
10 17 (2.53%) PKI
10 17 (2.53%) Public Cloud
11 16 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (1.79%) Product Ownership
14 10 (1.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 9 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
15 9 (1.34%) Legacy Applications
16 8 (1.19%) Clustering
16 8 (1.19%) Enterprise Cloud
17 7 (1.04%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 281 (41.88%) Linux
2 128 (19.08%) Windows
3 71 (10.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 41 (6.11%) Unix
5 36 (5.37%) Windows Server
6 27 (4.02%) Ubuntu
7 10 (1.49%) AIX
7 10 (1.49%) VMS
8 8 (1.19%) CentOS
9 7 (1.04%) Solaris
10 4 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.45%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.45%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (0.45%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.30%) CoreOS
12 2 (0.30%) Data ONTAP
12 2 (0.30%) Debian
12 2 (0.30%) Rocky
12 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (58.42%) CI/CD
2 367 (54.69%) DevOps
3 316 (47.09%) Infrastructure as Code
4 197 (29.36%) Containerisation
5 157 (23.40%) Observability
6 126 (18.78%) Problem-Solving
7 120 (17.88%) Platform Engineering
8 118 (17.59%) Agile
9 94 (14.01%) Continuous Improvement
10 90 (13.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 89 (13.26%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 86 (12.82%) Cloud Security
12 86 (12.82%) Migration
13 80 (11.92%) High Availability
14 76 (11.33%) Configuration Management
15 71 (10.58%) Infrastructure Automation
16 69 (10.28%) DevSecOps
17 67 (9.99%) Runbook
17 67 (9.99%) SIEM
18 66 (9.84%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 588 (87.63%) Python
2 298 (44.41%) PowerShell
3 85 (12.67%) SQL
4 54 (8.05%) Java
5 52 (7.75%) Go
6 29 (4.32%) Bicep
7 24 (3.58%) Shell Script
8 23 (3.43%) Perl
9 20 (2.98%) Groovy
10 16 (2.38%) JavaScript
11 11 (1.64%) Ruby
12 10 (1.49%) PL/SQL
13 9 (1.34%) TypeScript
14 7 (1.04%) C
15 6 (0.89%) C#
15 6 (0.89%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.75%) Korn
16 5 (0.75%) Scala
17 4 (0.60%) C++
18 3 (0.45%) Cypher
Qualifications
1 234 (34.87%) Security Cleared
2 184 (27.42%) SC Cleared
3 45 (6.71%) AWS Certification
4 44 (6.56%) Azure Certification
4 44 (6.56%) DV Cleared
5 40 (5.96%) Degree
6 24 (3.58%) Cisco Certification
7 21 (3.13%) CISSP
8 17 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (2.09%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 14 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (1.94%) CCNP
10 13 (1.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 12 (1.79%) CCNA
12 11 (1.64%) RHCE
13 10 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (1.19%) RHCA
15 7 (1.04%) Oracle Certification
16 6 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 6 (0.89%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 25 (3.73%) QA
2 17 (2.53%) NIST
3 14 (2.09%) GDPR
3 14 (2.09%) PCI DSS
4 11 (1.64%) SLA
5 10 (1.49%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.19%) HIPAA
7 6 (0.89%) GRC
8 5 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.75%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.30%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.30%) JSP 440
11 2 (0.30%) NCSC
12 1 (0.15%) HL7
12 1 (0.15%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 207 (30.85%) Docker
2 60 (8.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 50 (7.45%) Active Directory
4 44 (6.56%) Virtual Machines
5 32 (4.77%) Hyper-V
6 31 (4.62%) vSphere
7 23 (3.43%) VMware NSX
8 13 (1.94%) KVM
9 12 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (1.49%) Firmware
10 10 (1.49%) NFS
10 10 (1.49%) Squid
11 7 (1.04%) Postfix
12 5 (0.75%) Oracle RAC
13 4 (0.60%) Varnish
14 3 (0.45%) Dovecot
14 3 (0.45%) OpenSSH
14 3 (0.45%) Sendmail
14 3 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
15 2 (0.30%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 371 (55.29%) Terraform
2 291 (43.37%) Kubernetes
3 250 (37.26%) Ansible
4 142 (21.16%) Grafana
5 121 (18.03%) Prometheus
6 59 (8.79%) Puppet
7 51 (7.60%) Argo
8 42 (6.26%) Progress Chef
9 29 (4.32%) vCenter Server
10 21 (3.13%) Istio
11 12 (1.79%) Packer
12 11 (1.64%) Podman
13 10 (1.49%) NetBackup
14 9 (1.34%) systemd
15 8 (1.19%) HAProxy
16 7 (1.04%) Rancher
17 6 (0.89%) Consul
17 6 (0.89%) IBM BigFix
17 6 (0.89%) Salt
17 6 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 88 (13.11%) Microsoft
2 77 (11.48%) VMware
3 73 (10.88%) Red Hat
4 71 (10.58%) Google
5 58 (8.64%) Splunk
6 50 (7.45%) Oracle
7 44 (6.56%) Dynatrace
8 24 (3.58%) Cisco
8 24 (3.58%) IBM
9 21 (3.13%) CyberArk
10 20 (2.98%) Databricks
11 17 (2.53%) Pure Storage
12 16 (2.38%) ServiceNow
13 14 (2.09%) Palo Alto
14 13 (1.94%) Cloudera
14 13 (1.94%) SolarWinds
15 12 (1.79%) Informatica
16 11 (1.64%) Talend
16 11 (1.64%) Zscaler
17 10 (1.49%) F5