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 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 146 214
Rank change year-on-year -46 +68 -84
Contract jobs citing Bash 556 463 396
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.41% 1.89% 1.06%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.07% 5.59% 3.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 301 271
10th Percentile £393 £380 £400
25th Percentile £416 £456 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.33% -14.00%
75th Percentile £575 £670 £603
90th Percentile £691 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £536
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.61% -10.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 11 9
10th Percentile £52.35 £25.25 £21.70
25th Percentile £58.43 £31.99 £22.00
Median hourly rate £63.14 £54.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.84% +3.81% -28.08%
75th Percentile £74.26 £64.13 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.85 £77.50 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £68.70 £54.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +26.05% +3.81% -26.57%

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 10,956 8,280 10,807
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 27.75% 33.81% 29.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,300 5,726 7,853
10th Percentile £353 £363 £350
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -2.78% -5.10%
75th Percentile £606 £650 £656
90th Percentile £725 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 518 210 431
10th Percentile £42.33 £25.25 £35.52
25th Percentile £55.84 £38.40 £47.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +0.81% +1.35%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.38 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -1.03%

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 19 April 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 19 April 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 19 April 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 -43 218 £520 -5.45% 99
North of England -29 141 £500 -9.09% 49
South East -5 84 £450 -4.00% 59
Yorkshire -34 77 £460 -16.36% 11
North West -17 54 £550 +10.00% 25
Midlands -44 44 £463 -21.28% 23
South West -36 42 £525 -12.50% 24
West Midlands -35 41 £465 -28.60% 14
North East -6 14 £538 -3.59% 13
East of England -33 11 £413 -13.16% 23
East Midlands -34 3 £436 +6.99% 9
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 32 (5.76%) Confluence
2 13 (2.34%) nginx
3 10 (1.80%) OpenStack
4 8 (1.44%) SAS
5 7 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.26%) WebSphere
6 6 (1.08%) Apache
6 6 (1.08%) Apache Spark
6 6 (1.08%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.72%) WebSphere Application Server
8 3 (0.54%) IIS
9 2 (0.36%) CMS
9 2 (0.36%) IBM HTTP Server
9 2 (0.36%) JBoss
9 2 (0.36%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 2 (0.36%) WebSphere Portal
10 1 (0.18%) FileNet
10 1 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (0.90%) Weka
2 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Cloudability
1 1 (0.18%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 246 (44.24%) AWS
2 219 (39.39%) Azure
3 153 (27.52%) GitHub
4 108 (19.42%) GCP
5 87 (15.65%) Azure DevOps
6 81 (14.57%) GitHub Actions
7 74 (13.31%) OpenShift
8 54 (9.71%) Serverless
9 48 (8.63%) AWS CloudFormation
10 46 (8.27%) Amazon S3
11 43 (7.73%) Amazon EKS
12 38 (6.83%) Amazon EC2
13 35 (6.29%) AWS Lambda
14 31 (5.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 29 (5.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 29 (5.22%) Azure AKS
16 27 (4.86%) Amazon ECS
17 25 (4.50%) Entra ID
18 23 (4.14%) Google Kubernetes Engine
19 19 (3.42%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 71 (12.77%) Firewall
2 64 (11.51%) DNS
3 39 (7.01%) TCP/IP
4 28 (5.04%) VPN
5 23 (4.14%) Network Security
6 21 (3.78%) VLAN
7 14 (2.52%) DHCP
8 12 (2.16%) BGP
8 12 (2.16%) HTTP
9 9 (1.62%) SAN
10 8 (1.44%) NAS
10 8 (1.44%) Reverse Proxy
10 8 (1.44%) Software-Defined Networking
10 8 (1.44%) SSL
11 6 (1.08%) SNMP
11 6 (1.08%) SSH
11 6 (1.08%) WebEx
11 6 (1.08%) Wireshark
12 5 (0.90%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.90%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (11.33%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (6.12%) SQL Server
3 28 (5.04%) Amazon RDS
4 22 (3.96%) MongoDB
5 21 (3.78%) NoSQL
6 17 (3.06%) Redis
7 16 (2.88%) MySQL
8 15 (2.70%) Amazon Redshift
9 13 (2.34%) Elasticsearch
10 11 (1.98%) Relational Database
11 10 (1.80%) Amazon Athena
12 9 (1.62%) Big Data
12 9 (1.62%) Pentaho
13 8 (1.44%) Amazon Aurora
14 7 (1.26%) Data Lake
15 6 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
15 6 (1.08%) DB2
16 5 (0.90%) Amazon QuickSight
16 5 (0.90%) Data Vault
16 5 (0.90%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 155 (27.88%) Jenkins
2 116 (20.86%) GitLab
3 95 (17.09%) Git
4 41 (7.37%) JIRA
5 15 (2.70%) Bitbucket
6 10 (1.80%) CircleCI
7 8 (1.44%) Artifactory
8 6 (1.08%) Liquibase
9 5 (0.90%) Browser DevTools
9 5 (0.90%) Selenium
10 4 (0.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 4 (0.72%) ScriptRunner
10 4 (0.72%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (0.72%) Spinnaker
11 3 (0.54%) Ant
11 3 (0.54%) Appium
11 3 (0.54%) Jaeger
11 3 (0.54%) Snyk
12 2 (0.36%) Introscope
General
1 153 (27.52%) Social Skills
2 78 (14.03%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (10.43%) Finance
4 47 (8.45%) Public Sector
5 24 (4.32%) Banking
6 20 (3.60%) Legal
7 13 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (1.62%) Retail
10 8 (1.44%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.08%) Military
12 5 (0.90%) Law
13 4 (0.72%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.54%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.36%) Aviation
15 2 (0.36%) Billing
15 2 (0.36%) Police
16 1 (0.18%) Financial Institution
16 1 (0.18%) Games
16 1 (0.18%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 98 (17.63%) DevOps Engineer
2 74 (13.31%) Platform Engineer
3 49 (8.81%) Senior
4 38 (6.83%) AWS Engineer
5 35 (6.29%) Architect
6 34 (6.12%) Security Engineer
7 33 (5.94%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 30 (5.40%) Azure Engineer
8 30 (5.40%) Site Engineer
9 29 (5.22%) Lead
10 28 (5.04%) Cloud Engineer
11 25 (4.50%) Data Engineer
12 24 (4.32%) GCP Engineer
13 23 (4.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 21 (3.78%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 21 (3.78%) Linux Engineer
15 20 (3.60%) Azure DevOps Engineer
16 19 (3.42%) Automation Engineer
16 19 (3.42%) AWS DevOps
17 17 (3.06%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (7.55%) Elastic Stack
2 40 (7.19%) Kafka
3 33 (5.94%) REST
4 24 (4.32%) OpenTelemetry
5 21 (3.78%) YAML
6 19 (3.42%) ARM Templates
7 15 (2.70%) Node.js
8 13 (2.34%) Keycloak
8 13 (2.34%) Middleware
9 12 (2.16%) Loki
10 11 (1.98%) LDAP
11 10 (1.80%) OAuth
12 9 (1.62%) .NET
12 9 (1.62%) ADO
12 9 (1.62%) SAML
13 8 (1.44%) AngularJS
14 7 (1.26%) SOAP
14 7 (1.26%) Vue
15 6 (1.08%) JSON
15 6 (1.08%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 73 (13.13%) Cloud Native
2 38 (6.83%) Hybrid Cloud
3 25 (4.50%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.78%) Data Centre
5 20 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (3.42%) Linux Command Line
7 17 (3.06%) Distributed Systems
7 17 (3.06%) Security Posture
8 16 (2.88%) Management Information System
9 15 (2.70%) Replication
10 12 (2.16%) Onboarding
10 12 (2.16%) PKI
11 11 (1.98%) Public Cloud
12 10 (1.80%) Private Cloud
13 8 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.44%) Virtual Team
14 6 (1.08%) Clustering
15 5 (0.90%) Grid Computing
16 4 (0.72%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 231 (41.55%) Linux
2 99 (17.81%) Windows
3 57 (10.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 47 (8.45%) Unix
5 37 (6.65%) Windows Server
6 18 (3.24%) Ubuntu
7 16 (2.88%) Mac OS
8 15 (2.70%) VMS
9 8 (1.44%) AIX
9 8 (1.44%) CentOS
10 5 (0.90%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.54%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (0.54%) Solaris
11 3 (0.54%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.36%) Debian
12 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.18%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.18%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.18%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (54.50%) CI/CD
2 286 (51.44%) DevOps
3 245 (44.06%) Infrastructure as Code
4 175 (31.47%) Containerisation
5 135 (24.28%) Problem-Solving
6 124 (22.30%) Observability
7 118 (21.22%) Platform Engineering
8 102 (18.35%) Agile
9 75 (13.49%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 74 (13.31%) High Availability
11 69 (12.41%) Configuration Management
12 63 (11.33%) Migration
13 57 (10.25%) Continuous Improvement
13 57 (10.25%) Infrastructure Automation
13 57 (10.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 56 (10.07%) DevSecOps
15 54 (9.71%) Root Cause Analysis
16 53 (9.53%) Test Automation
17 50 (8.99%) Cybersecurity
18 47 (8.45%) AI
Programming Languages
1 474 (85.25%) Python
2 241 (43.35%) PowerShell
3 72 (12.95%) SQL
4 36 (6.47%) Java
5 32 (5.76%) Go
6 26 (4.68%) Bicep
7 25 (4.50%) JavaScript
8 24 (4.32%) Perl
9 19 (3.42%) Shell Script
10 17 (3.06%) Groovy
11 13 (2.34%) C#
12 10 (1.80%) Kusto Query Language
13 9 (1.62%) PHP
14 8 (1.44%) C
14 8 (1.44%) Ruby
15 7 (1.26%) T-SQL
16 6 (1.08%) PL/SQL
16 6 (1.08%) TypeScript
17 5 (0.90%) C++
18 3 (0.54%) Korn
Qualifications
1 185 (33.27%) Security Cleared
2 155 (27.88%) SC Cleared
3 41 (7.37%) Degree
4 27 (4.86%) AWS Certification
4 27 (4.86%) DV Cleared
5 26 (4.68%) Azure Certification
6 24 (4.32%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (3.42%) CCNP
8 18 (3.24%) CCNA
9 13 (2.34%) CISSP
10 11 (1.98%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 11 (1.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 9 (1.62%) CCDP
12 8 (1.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (1.26%) Oracle Certification
14 6 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (1.08%) RHCA
14 6 (1.08%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.96%) GDPR
2 20 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (2.88%) QA
4 12 (2.16%) NIST
5 10 (1.80%) PCI DSS
6 9 (1.62%) Data Quality
6 9 (1.62%) HIPAA
6 9 (1.62%) SLA
7 8 (1.44%) NCSC
8 6 (1.08%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.90%) GRC
10 4 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.36%) JSP 440
13 1 (0.18%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 184 (33.09%) Docker
2 57 (10.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (7.55%) Active Directory
4 37 (6.65%) Virtual Machines
5 29 (5.22%) vSphere
6 24 (4.32%) Hyper-V
7 20 (3.60%) VMware NSX
8 16 (2.88%) KVM
9 9 (1.62%) Firmware
10 8 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
11 6 (1.08%) Lustre
11 6 (1.08%) Postfix
11 6 (1.08%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 5 (0.90%) GPFS
12 5 (0.90%) Squid
13 4 (0.72%) Ceph
13 4 (0.72%) NFS
14 2 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (0.36%) Sendmail
14 2 (0.36%) Xen
Systems Management
1 284 (51.08%) Terraform
2 261 (46.94%) Kubernetes
3 207 (37.23%) Ansible
4 117 (21.04%) Grafana
5 102 (18.35%) Prometheus
6 53 (9.53%) Argo
7 47 (8.45%) Puppet
8 29 (5.22%) vCenter Server
9 24 (4.32%) Istio
10 19 (3.42%) Progress Chef
11 12 (2.16%) Kibana
12 11 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
12 11 (1.98%) Rancher
13 10 (1.80%) Red Hat Satellite
14 8 (1.44%) linkerd
14 8 (1.44%) NetBackup
14 8 (1.44%) SCCM
15 7 (1.26%) Dell DRAC
15 7 (1.26%) Kustomize
15 7 (1.26%) Podman
Vendors
1 86 (15.47%) Microsoft
2 81 (14.57%) VMware
3 80 (14.39%) Red Hat
4 76 (13.67%) Splunk
5 39 (7.01%) Google
6 29 (5.22%) Dynatrace
7 25 (4.50%) Oracle
8 22 (3.96%) Cisco
9 21 (3.78%) Databricks
10 19 (3.42%) Pure Storage
11 15 (2.70%) Citrix
11 15 (2.70%) IBM
12 12 (2.16%) Atlassian
12 12 (2.16%) Dell
12 12 (2.16%) ServiceNow
13 11 (1.98%) AppDynamics
13 11 (1.98%) CyberArk
14 9 (1.62%) Fortinet
14 9 (1.62%) PagerDuty
14 9 (1.62%) Palo Alto