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 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 160 180
Rank change year-on-year +8 +20 -33
Contract jobs citing Bash 608 441 507
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.85% 1.67% 1.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.09% 5.02% 4.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 270 361
10th Percentile £400 £398 £406
25th Percentile £425 £456 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £600 £738 £688
90th Percentile £689 £810 £776
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £562
% change year-on-year -6.82% -2.06% -6.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 14
10th Percentile - £25.25 £58.60
25th Percentile £41.25 £26.94 £61.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £61.25 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -18.33% +2.74%
75th Percentile £74.26 £86.13 £77.50
90th Percentile £79.43 £112.00 -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £61.25 £75.00
% change year-on-year +2.04% -18.33% +2.74%

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 9,987 8,781 11,098
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.44% 33.19% 29.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,647 5,612 7,996
10th Percentile £350 £358 £356
25th Percentile £413 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £660
90th Percentile £732 £774 £763
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.42% -4.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 412 211 468
10th Percentile £41.25 £25.26 £35.60
25th Percentile £52.50 £42.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £69.62
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 28 January 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 28 January 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 28 January 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 +1 257 £530 -10.89% 116
North of England -13 140 £500 -11.50% 73
South East +33 93 £480 +1.05% 111
Yorkshire -26 72 £500 -9.09% 26
Midlands -15 57 £486 -1.82% 32
North West -5 53 £550 -5.58% 37
West Midlands -6 48 £519 -13.58% 10
South West -28 27 £575 -6.50% 54
North East +1 19 £535 -5.31% 10
East of England -14 14 £444 -15.48% 34
East Midlands -27 9 £470 +15.34% 22
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 31 (5.10%) Confluence
2 18 (2.96%) OpenStack
3 10 (1.64%) nginx
4 8 (1.32%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.99%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.82%) Apache
7 4 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.49%) Ethereum
8 3 (0.49%) Hyperledger
8 3 (0.49%) IIS
8 3 (0.49%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.33%) CMS
9 2 (0.33%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.33%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.16%) Documentum
10 1 (0.16%) FileNet
10 1 (0.16%) Luigi
10 1 (0.16%) Mattermost
10 1 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (1.32%) Weka
2 1 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.16%) DaVinci Resolve
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.16%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Finacle
1 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.16%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 276 (45.39%) AWS
2 228 (37.50%) Azure
3 128 (21.05%) GitHub
4 123 (20.23%) GCP
5 77 (12.66%) GitHub Actions
6 68 (11.18%) Amazon S3
7 64 (10.53%) Amazon EC2
7 64 (10.53%) OpenShift
8 61 (10.03%) Azure DevOps
9 59 (9.70%) AWS CloudFormation
10 53 (8.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 47 (7.73%) Serverless
11 47 (7.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 43 (7.07%) Amazon EKS
12 43 (7.07%) Entra ID
13 35 (5.76%) Amazon ECS
14 34 (5.59%) AWS Lambda
15 27 (4.44%) Datadog
16 22 (3.62%) Amazon ELB
16 22 (3.62%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 102 (16.78%) Firewall
2 66 (10.86%) DNS
3 64 (10.53%) TCP/IP
4 43 (7.07%) VPN
5 36 (5.92%) Network Security
6 29 (4.77%) SSL
7 23 (3.78%) Wireshark
8 21 (3.45%) VLAN
9 19 (3.13%) BGP
10 14 (2.30%) DHCP
11 10 (1.64%) Multicast
11 10 (1.64%) OSPF
12 9 (1.48%) Software-Defined Networking
13 8 (1.32%) HTTP
14 7 (1.15%) SNMP
15 6 (0.99%) SMTP
15 6 (0.99%) SSH
15 6 (0.99%) WebEx
16 5 (0.82%) IPsec
16 5 (0.82%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (11.35%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (6.41%) Amazon RDS
3 33 (5.43%) SQL Server
4 27 (4.44%) Elasticsearch
5 26 (4.28%) MongoDB
6 22 (3.62%) Redis
7 18 (2.96%) MySQL
8 14 (2.30%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.64%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.48%) Big Data
11 8 (1.32%) Delta Lake
11 8 (1.32%) Hadoop
12 7 (1.15%) Apache Cassandra
12 7 (1.15%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.99%) Amazon Aurora
13 6 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.99%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.82%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.66%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 157 (25.82%) Jenkins
2 146 (24.01%) GitLab
3 111 (18.26%) Git
4 41 (6.74%) JIRA
5 18 (2.96%) CircleCI
6 14 (2.30%) Metasploit
7 13 (2.14%) Burp Suite
8 11 (1.81%) Bitbucket
8 11 (1.81%) Maven
9 10 (1.64%) Sonatype Nexus
10 8 (1.32%) Artifactory
11 6 (0.99%) Gradle
11 6 (0.99%) Subversion
11 6 (0.99%) TeamCity
12 5 (0.82%) MLflow
12 5 (0.82%) Selenium
12 5 (0.82%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.82%) Spinnaker
13 4 (0.66%) sqlmap
13 4 (0.66%) Terragrunt
General
1 168 (27.63%) Social Skills
2 89 (14.64%) Analytical Skills
3 62 (10.20%) Public Sector
4 49 (8.06%) Finance
5 24 (3.95%) Banking
6 20 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (2.80%) Legal
8 10 (1.64%) Retail
9 7 (1.15%) Front Office
9 7 (1.15%) Military
9 7 (1.15%) Telecoms
10 6 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (0.82%) Games
12 4 (0.66%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.49%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.49%) Law
13 3 (0.49%) Private Banking
14 2 (0.33%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.33%) Billing
Job Titles
1 104 (17.11%) DevOps Engineer
2 68 (11.18%) Senior
3 65 (10.69%) Platform Engineer
4 37 (6.09%) AWS Engineer
5 34 (5.59%) Developer
5 34 (5.59%) Site Engineer
5 34 (5.59%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 30 (4.93%) Lead
7 28 (4.61%) Architect
7 28 (4.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 27 (4.44%) AWS DevOps
8 27 (4.44%) Network Engineer
9 24 (3.95%) Automation Engineer
9 24 (3.95%) Security Engineer
10 22 (3.62%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 21 (3.45%) Administrator
11 21 (3.45%) Azure Engineer
12 20 (3.29%) Data Engineer
12 20 (3.29%) Tester
13 18 (2.96%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (9.54%) Elastic Stack
2 42 (6.91%) Kafka
3 26 (4.28%) REST
4 21 (3.45%) Keycloak
5 20 (3.29%) Middleware
5 20 (3.29%) Node.js
6 18 (2.96%) Loki
7 16 (2.63%) ARM Templates
8 13 (2.14%) YAML
9 12 (1.97%) .NET
10 9 (1.48%) SAML
11 8 (1.32%) AngularJS
11 8 (1.32%) LDAP
11 8 (1.32%) OAuth
11 8 (1.32%) RESTful
12 7 (1.15%) .NET Core
12 7 (1.15%) FIX Protocol
13 6 (0.99%) OpenTelemetry
13 6 (0.99%) Swagger
13 6 (0.99%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 51 (8.39%) Cloud Native
2 32 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 28 (4.61%) Hybrid Cloud
4 22 (3.62%) Linux Command Line
5 20 (3.29%) Management Information System
6 19 (3.13%) Data Centre
7 17 (2.80%) PKI
8 16 (2.63%) Replication
9 14 (2.30%) Private Cloud
9 14 (2.30%) Security Posture
10 13 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (2.14%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.48%) NHS
12 8 (1.32%) Public Cloud
12 8 (1.32%) Virtual Team
13 7 (1.15%) Algorithms
13 7 (1.15%) Clustering
14 6 (0.99%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 295 (48.52%) Linux
2 102 (16.78%) Windows
3 67 (11.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 64 (10.53%) Unix
5 33 (5.43%) Mac OS
6 27 (4.44%) Windows Server
7 17 (2.80%) CentOS
8 14 (2.30%) Solaris
9 11 (1.81%) Ubuntu
9 11 (1.81%) VMS
10 9 (1.48%) Kali Linux
11 8 (1.32%) Windows 10
12 3 (0.49%) AIX
13 1 (0.16%) Android
13 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.16%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (53.95%) CI/CD
2 301 (49.51%) DevOps
3 277 (45.56%) Infrastructure as Code
4 186 (30.59%) Containerisation
5 132 (21.71%) Observability
6 130 (21.38%) Problem-Solving
7 103 (16.94%) Agile
8 95 (15.63%) Platform Engineering
9 89 (14.64%) Incident Response
10 78 (12.83%) High Availability
11 77 (12.66%) Test Automation
12 74 (12.17%) Infrastructure Automation
13 73 (12.01%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 71 (11.68%) DevSecOps
15 68 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
16 64 (10.53%) Migration
17 62 (10.20%) Task Automation
18 57 (9.38%) Configuration Management
18 57 (9.38%) Root Cause Analysis
19 51 (8.39%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 521 (85.69%) Python
2 227 (37.34%) PowerShell
3 54 (8.88%) SQL
4 50 (8.22%) Java
5 45 (7.40%) Perl
6 37 (6.09%) Go
7 34 (5.59%) JavaScript
8 27 (4.44%) Shell Script
9 18 (2.96%) Bicep
9 18 (2.96%) Kusto Query Language
10 17 (2.80%) C#
11 13 (2.14%) Groovy
12 11 (1.81%) C++
13 10 (1.64%) PHP
14 9 (1.48%) C
15 7 (1.15%) TypeScript
16 6 (0.99%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.99%) Search Processing Language
17 5 (0.82%) Rust
18 4 (0.66%) VBA
Qualifications
1 203 (33.39%) Security Cleared
2 167 (27.47%) SC Cleared
3 42 (6.91%) Degree
4 29 (4.77%) DV Cleared
5 27 (4.44%) AWS Certification
6 26 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (3.78%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (3.13%) CCNP
9 18 (2.96%) OSCP
10 16 (2.63%) GPEN
11 15 (2.47%) CCNA
12 14 (2.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 14 (2.30%) CEH
13 11 (1.81%) Azure Certification
14 10 (1.64%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 10 (1.64%) CCDP
15 7 (1.15%) CISSP
15 7 (1.15%) RHCE
16 6 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
16 6 (0.99%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.44%) GDPR
1 27 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (2.30%) QA
3 13 (2.14%) NCSC
4 12 (1.97%) NIST
5 11 (1.81%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.81%) SOC 2
6 9 (1.48%) HIPAA
7 5 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.66%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.66%) SLA
9 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.16%) GRC
9 1 (0.16%) GxP
9 1 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 237 (38.98%) Docker
2 76 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (7.57%) Active Directory
4 28 (4.61%) vSphere
5 15 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (1.81%) KVM
7 10 (1.64%) Hyper-V
7 10 (1.64%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 9 (1.48%) Lustre
8 9 (1.48%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (1.48%) VMware NSX
9 8 (1.32%) GPFS
10 7 (1.15%) Firmware
11 6 (0.99%) zsh
12 5 (0.82%) NFS
12 5 (0.82%) Squid
13 4 (0.66%) Postfix
13 4 (0.66%) Snort
13 4 (0.66%) Veritas File System
13 4 (0.66%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 292 (48.03%) Terraform
2 268 (44.08%) Kubernetes
3 239 (39.31%) Ansible
4 122 (20.07%) Grafana
5 113 (18.59%) Prometheus
6 47 (7.73%) Puppet
7 45 (7.40%) Argo
8 22 (3.62%) Kibana
9 18 (2.96%) NetBackup
10 17 (2.80%) Istio
10 17 (2.80%) Nmap
10 17 (2.80%) SCCM
11 16 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
11 16 (2.63%) Red Hat Satellite
12 15 (2.47%) Progress Chef
13 13 (2.14%) Jamf Pro
13 13 (2.14%) Kustomize
14 12 (1.97%) vCenter Server
15 10 (1.64%) Oracle RMAN
15 10 (1.64%) Packer
Vendors
1 103 (16.94%) VMware
2 94 (15.46%) Microsoft
3 91 (14.97%) Splunk
4 87 (14.31%) Red Hat
5 41 (6.74%) Palo Alto
6 38 (6.25%) Google
7 34 (5.59%) Cisco
8 32 (5.26%) F5
9 29 (4.77%) CheckPoint
10 24 (3.95%) Oracle
11 22 (3.62%) Citrix
12 19 (3.13%) Databricks
12 19 (3.13%) Dynatrace
13 17 (2.80%) CyberArk
14 16 (2.63%) Veritas
15 15 (2.47%) ServiceNow
16 14 (2.30%) Zscaler
17 12 (1.97%) Commvault
17 12 (1.97%) Juniper
17 12 (1.97%) Qualys