zsh Contract Job Trends in England

zsh (Z shell)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring zsh skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 555 - 547
Rank change year-on-year - - +133
Contract jobs citing zsh 6 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.018% - 0.021%
As % of the System Software category 0.14% - 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 6
10th Percentile - - £485
25th Percentile - - £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile - - £600
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £650 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

All System Software Skills
England

zsh falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,162 3,215 4,361
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.25% 12.33% 11.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,837 2,108 3,014
10th Percentile £200 £200 £188
25th Percentile £400 £375 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +9.38% -8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £600
90th Percentile £700 £735 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £480
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 77 224
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.44 £14.06
25th Percentile £20.00 £21.00 £17.64
Median hourly rate £34.00 £28.41 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.68% -28.98% +1.91%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £83.00 £75.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £29.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year +20.69% -33.71% +11.46%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

zsh job vacancy trend in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing zsh

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing zsh

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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 zsh within the England region over the 6 months to 12 February 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 - 6 £650 - 1
zsh
UK

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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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) AWS
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (83.33%) Data Lake
2 5 (83.33%) Delta Lake
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Git
General
1 6 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (83.33%) Data Engineer
2 5 (83.33%) Senior
2 5 (83.33%) Senior Data Engineer
2 5 (83.33%) Senior Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Python Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Python Data Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Python Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Python Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 6 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 6 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 6 (100.00%) Use Case
2 5 (83.33%) Analytics
2 5 (83.33%) Data Architecture
2 5 (83.33%) Data Pipeline
2 5 (83.33%) Data Science
2 5 (83.33%) Decision-Making
2 5 (83.33%) ETL
3 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (16.67%) Data Ingestion
3 1 (16.67%) DataOps
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Pair Programming
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Bash
1 6 (100.00%) Python
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Databricks