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 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 152 205
Rank change year-on-year -25 +53 -84
Contract jobs citing Bash 658 521 432
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.47% 1.93% 1.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.48% 5.78% 3.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 342 310
10th Percentile £387 £363 £375
25th Percentile £431 £440 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £638
90th Percentile £692 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 11 14
10th Percentile £56.25 £27.50 £22.00
25th Percentile £57.59 £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 £87.13 £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 12,004 9,012 11,491
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 26.78% 33.34% 31.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,827 6,215 8,231
10th Percentile £360 £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 £737 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 506 229 471
10th Percentile £34.57 £28.36 £35.58
25th Percentile £55.00 £36.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +3.17%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.60 £78.96 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% -

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -56 283 £511 -4.44% 76
North of England -9 155 £500 - 40
South East -15 92 £525 +18.64% 56
Yorkshire -9 84 £504 -4.10% 5
South West -18 62 £553 -3.91% 31
North West -8 55 £525 +8.25% 29
Midlands -48 32 £525 -8.70% 21
West Midlands -54 32 £525 -9.87% 12
East of England -33 18 £505 +6.32% 9
North East -27 16 £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 37 (5.62%) Confluence
2 18 (2.74%) Apache Airflow
3 17 (2.58%) Apache
4 12 (1.82%) nginx
5 11 (1.67%) SAS
6 10 (1.52%) Apache Spark
7 7 (1.06%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.91%) Tomcat
9 5 (0.76%) IIS
10 4 (0.61%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.61%) WebSphere Application Server
10 4 (0.61%) WordPress
11 3 (0.46%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.46%) SharePoint
12 2 (0.30%) CMS
12 2 (0.30%) IBM HTTP Server
12 2 (0.30%) JBoss
12 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.30%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 2 (0.30%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.15%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (0.46%) 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%) Shopify
3 1 (0.15%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 308 (46.81%) AWS
2 262 (39.82%) Azure
3 180 (27.36%) GitHub
4 128 (19.45%) GCP
5 114 (17.33%) GitHub Actions
6 101 (15.35%) Azure DevOps
7 61 (9.27%) Amazon EKS
8 59 (8.97%) OpenShift
8 59 (8.97%) Serverless
9 57 (8.66%) Amazon S3
10 56 (8.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 50 (7.60%) AWS CloudFormation
12 49 (7.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 43 (6.53%) AWS Lambda
14 40 (6.08%) Amazon EC2
15 36 (5.47%) Datadog
16 35 (5.32%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 33 (5.02%) Azure AKS
18 30 (4.56%) Azure Monitor
19 22 (3.34%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 94 (14.29%) DNS
2 89 (13.53%) Firewall
3 51 (7.75%) TCP/IP
4 41 (6.23%) Network Security
4 41 (6.23%) VPN
5 28 (4.26%) DHCP
6 18 (2.74%) SAN
7 15 (2.28%) NAS
7 15 (2.28%) SSL
8 13 (1.98%) VLAN
8 13 (1.98%) WAN
9 12 (1.82%) HTTP
10 9 (1.37%) SD-WAN
10 9 (1.37%) SNMP
11 8 (1.22%) BGP
11 8 (1.22%) Reverse Proxy
11 8 (1.22%) VSAN
12 7 (1.06%) DNSSEC
13 5 (0.76%) Wireshark
14 4 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (5.17%) SQL Server
2 31 (4.71%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (3.34%) Amazon RDS
4 20 (3.04%) MongoDB
5 17 (2.58%) MySQL
6 16 (2.43%) Amazon Redshift
7 15 (2.28%) Amazon Athena
8 14 (2.13%) Redis
9 13 (1.98%) NoSQL
10 12 (1.82%) Pentaho
11 9 (1.37%) Big Data
11 9 (1.37%) Oracle Database
12 8 (1.22%) Data Lake
12 8 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (1.22%) Relational Database
13 7 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (1.06%) DynamoDB
13 7 (1.06%) Metadata
14 6 (0.91%) Amazon QuickSight
14 6 (0.91%) Db2
Development Applications
1 185 (28.12%) Jenkins
2 126 (19.15%) GitLab
3 110 (16.72%) Git
4 41 (6.23%) JIRA
5 13 (1.98%) Artifactory
6 10 (1.52%) Bitbucket
7 9 (1.37%) Postman
8 8 (1.22%) JMeter
9 7 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
10 6 (0.91%) Liquibase
10 6 (0.91%) MLflow
10 6 (0.91%) Selenium
10 6 (0.91%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.76%) Browser DevTools
12 4 (0.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.61%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.61%) Jaeger
12 4 (0.61%) REST Assured
13 3 (0.46%) Gatling
13 3 (0.46%) Spinnaker
General
1 146 (22.19%) Social Skills
2 83 (12.61%) Finance
3 62 (9.42%) Public Sector
4 59 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (6.69%) Banking
6 19 (2.89%) Legal
7 18 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.06%) Law
9 7 (1.06%) Military
10 6 (0.91%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.76%) Retail
12 4 (0.61%) Publishing
13 3 (0.46%) Front Office
13 3 (0.46%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.30%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.30%) Aviation
14 2 (0.30%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.30%) Police
15 1 (0.15%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 138 (20.97%) DevOps Engineer
2 68 (10.33%) Senior
3 59 (8.97%) Cloud Engineer
4 52 (7.90%) AWS Engineer
5 51 (7.75%) Platform Engineer
6 44 (6.69%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 43 (6.53%) Security Engineer
8 41 (6.23%) Architect
9 38 (5.78%) Lead
10 37 (5.62%) Azure Engineer
11 36 (5.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 35 (5.32%) Site Engineer
13 30 (4.56%) Linux Engineer
14 29 (4.41%) GCP Engineer
15 27 (4.10%) AWS DevOps
15 27 (4.10%) Data Engineer
16 25 (3.80%) AWS DevOps Engineer
16 25 (3.80%) Azure DevOps Engineer
17 24 (3.65%) Senior DevOps
17 24 (3.65%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (6.38%) Kafka
2 39 (5.93%) Elastic Stack
3 32 (4.86%) REST
3 32 (4.86%) YAML
4 29 (4.41%) OpenTelemetry
5 20 (3.04%) Loki
6 19 (2.89%) ARM Templates
7 16 (2.43%) Middleware
8 12 (1.82%) JSON
9 11 (1.67%) LDAP
9 11 (1.67%) Node.js
10 10 (1.52%) SAML
11 9 (1.37%) .NET
11 9 (1.37%) OAuth
11 9 (1.37%) React
11 9 (1.37%) SOAP
11 9 (1.37%) Swagger
12 7 (1.06%) cloud-init
12 7 (1.06%) RabbitMQ
13 6 (0.91%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 106 (16.11%) Cloud Native
2 37 (5.62%) Hybrid Cloud
3 35 (5.32%) Distributed Systems
4 33 (5.02%) Security Posture
5 25 (3.80%) Data Centre
6 24 (3.65%) Linux Command Line
6 24 (3.65%) Onboarding
7 18 (2.74%) Management Information System
8 17 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (2.58%) Replication
9 15 (2.28%) Public Cloud
10 14 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
11 13 (1.98%) PKI
12 12 (1.82%) Product Ownership
13 10 (1.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 9 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
14 9 (1.37%) Legacy Applications
15 7 (1.06%) Cloud Security Posture
15 7 (1.06%) Enterprise Cloud
15 7 (1.06%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 271 (41.19%) Linux
2 119 (18.09%) Windows
3 65 (9.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 41 (6.23%) Unix
5 34 (5.17%) Windows Server
6 24 (3.65%) Ubuntu
7 10 (1.52%) AIX
7 10 (1.52%) VMS
8 8 (1.22%) CentOS
9 7 (1.06%) Solaris
10 4 (0.61%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.46%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (0.46%) 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
1 388 (58.97%) CI/CD
2 362 (55.02%) DevOps
3 307 (46.66%) Infrastructure as Code
4 195 (29.64%) Containerisation
5 159 (24.16%) Observability
6 124 (18.84%) Problem-Solving
7 117 (17.78%) Platform Engineering
8 107 (16.26%) Agile
9 92 (13.98%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 86 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
10 86 (13.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 84 (12.77%) Cloud Security
12 82 (12.46%) Migration
13 77 (11.70%) High Availability
14 74 (11.25%) Configuration Management
15 68 (10.33%) Root Cause Analysis
16 67 (10.18%) Infrastructure Automation
17 66 (10.03%) DevSecOps
17 66 (10.03%) Runbook
18 63 (9.57%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 577 (87.69%) Python
2 288 (43.77%) PowerShell
3 84 (12.77%) SQL
4 53 (8.05%) Go
5 51 (7.75%) Java
6 28 (4.26%) Bicep
7 23 (3.50%) Shell Script
8 22 (3.34%) Perl
9 19 (2.89%) Groovy
10 18 (2.74%) JavaScript
11 11 (1.67%) Ruby
12 9 (1.37%) PL/SQL
13 7 (1.06%) C
13 7 (1.06%) C#
13 7 (1.06%) TypeScript
14 6 (0.91%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.76%) Korn
15 5 (0.76%) Scala
16 4 (0.61%) C++
16 4 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 230 (34.95%) Security Cleared
2 183 (27.81%) SC Cleared
3 42 (6.38%) DV Cleared
4 40 (6.08%) Degree
5 39 (5.93%) Azure Certification
6 38 (5.78%) AWS Certification
7 22 (3.34%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (3.19%) CISSP
9 17 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (1.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 12 (1.82%) CCNA
13 11 (1.67%) CCNP
13 11 (1.67%) RHCE
14 10 (1.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 10 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (1.22%) RHCA
16 7 (1.06%) Oracle Certification
17 6 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 6 (0.91%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (3.50%) QA
3 18 (2.74%) NIST
4 14 (2.13%) GDPR
4 14 (2.13%) PCI DSS
5 11 (1.67%) SLA
6 10 (1.52%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.22%) HIPAA
8 6 (0.91%) GRC
8 6 (0.91%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.30%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.30%) JSP 440
12 2 (0.30%) NCSC
13 1 (0.15%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.15%) HL7
13 1 (0.15%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 199 (30.24%) Docker
2 57 (8.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (7.14%) Active Directory
4 44 (6.69%) Virtual Machines
5 30 (4.56%) Hyper-V
5 30 (4.56%) vSphere
6 22 (3.34%) VMware NSX
7 13 (1.98%) KVM
8 12 (1.82%) VMware ESXi
9 10 (1.52%) Firmware
9 10 (1.52%) NFS
9 10 (1.52%) Squid
10 7 (1.06%) Postfix
11 4 (0.61%) Oracle RAC
11 4 (0.61%) Varnish
12 3 (0.46%) Dovecot
12 3 (0.46%) OpenSSH
12 3 (0.46%) Sendmail
12 3 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
13 2 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 364 (55.32%) Terraform
2 285 (43.31%) Kubernetes
3 242 (36.78%) Ansible
4 139 (21.12%) Grafana
5 119 (18.09%) Prometheus
6 53 (8.05%) Puppet
7 51 (7.75%) Argo
8 37 (5.62%) Progress Chef
9 29 (4.41%) vCenter Server
10 21 (3.19%) Istio
11 13 (1.98%) Packer
12 10 (1.52%) NetBackup
13 9 (1.37%) Podman
14 8 (1.22%) HAProxy
15 7 (1.06%) Rancher
15 7 (1.06%) Salt
15 7 (1.06%) systemd
16 6 (0.91%) Consul
16 6 (0.91%) IBM BigFix
16 6 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 82 (12.46%) Microsoft
2 72 (10.94%) VMware
3 71 (10.79%) Red Hat
4 66 (10.03%) Google
5 63 (9.57%) Splunk
6 48 (7.29%) Oracle
7 44 (6.69%) Dynatrace
8 23 (3.50%) IBM
9 21 (3.19%) Databricks
10 20 (3.04%) Cisco
10 20 (3.04%) CyberArk
11 17 (2.58%) Pure Storage
12 16 (2.43%) ServiceNow
13 14 (2.13%) Palo Alto
14 13 (1.98%) SolarWinds
15 12 (1.82%) Cloudera
15 12 (1.82%) Informatica
16 11 (1.67%) Fortinet
16 11 (1.67%) Talend
16 11 (1.67%) Zscaler