Shell Script Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Shell Scripting (Shell Programming)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Shell Script skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 67 87
Rank change year-on-year -13 +20 +25
Contract jobs citing Shell Script 6 16 5
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.47% 1.62% 0.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.37% 6.99% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 2
10th Percentile - - £469
25th Percentile £400 £360 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £513
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -21.95% +2.50%
75th Percentile £538 £428 £553
90th Percentile £547 £469 £566
South East median daily rate £395 £400 £463
% change year-on-year -1.25% -13.51% -22.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - -
Median hourly rate £47.50 - -
75th Percentile £48.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £47.50 - -

All Programming Languages
Hampshire

Shell Script 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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 253 229 319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 19.89% 23.25% 24.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 145 185
10th Percentile £362 £361 £425
25th Percentile £425 £450 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £636
90th Percentile £650 £675 £660
South East median daily rate £481 £505 £525
% change year-on-year -4.83% -3.81% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 20 24
10th Percentile £40.00 £27.00 £47.31
25th Percentile £45.56 £58.28 £52.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £52.58 £71.63 -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £57.32
% change year-on-year -12.00% +9.04% -5.39%

Shell Script
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Shell Script relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Shell Script job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Shell Script
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Shell Script.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Shell Script

Shell Script
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Shell Script.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Shell Script

Shell Script
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Shell Script within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 3 December 2025. 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
Fleet - 3 £525 -
Farnborough - 2 £400 -
Portsmouth +1 1 - - 1
Shell Script
South East

Shell Script
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 2 (33.33%) JBoss
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle Database
2 1 (16.67%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Jenkins
2 1 (16.67%) Postman
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Technical Specialist
2 2 (33.33%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Linux Specialist
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Database Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (16.67%) JSON
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 1 (16.67%) XML
2 1 (16.67%) YAML
2 1 (16.67%) ZeroMQ
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Unix
3 1 (16.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Change Management
1 3 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Database Optimisation
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 3 (50.00%) Python
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Ansible
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (16.67%) Podman
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) CyberArk
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 2 (33.33%) Teradata
3 1 (16.67%) Red Hat