Bash Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Bash Shell
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Bash skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 23 35
Rank change year-on-year +1 +12 -11
Contract jobs citing Bash 13 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 5.91% 2.08% 0.90%
As % of the Programming Languages category 28.89% 8.33% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 2
10th Percentile - £425 £501
25th Percentile - £448 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +2.44% -26.79%
75th Percentile - £563 £528
90th Percentile - - £534
North West median daily rate £550 £583 £550
% change year-on-year -5.58% +5.91% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
North West median hourly rate £74.26 £75.00 -
% change year-on-year -0.99% - -

All Programming Languages
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 45 36 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 20.45% 25.00% 24.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 15 19
10th Percentile £204 £407 £510
25th Percentile £363 £488 £611
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -16.00% +21.95%
75th Percentile £550 £569 £645
90th Percentile - £583 £685
North West median daily rate £446 £461 £475
% change year-on-year -3.31% -2.89% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 26
10th Percentile - £44.78 £45.88
25th Percentile £41.94 - -
Median hourly rate £69.45 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +50.38% - +56.95%
75th Percentile £74.26 £54.69 £47.87
90th Percentile - £65.75 £50.00
North West median hourly rate £61.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -6.15% +40.75% +13.33%

Bash
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Bash job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Bash
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Bash.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Bash

Bash
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Bash.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Bash

Bash
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bash within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 16 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
Preston - 7 £550 - 1
Bash
North West

Bash
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (38.46%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.69%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (61.54%) BGP
1 8 (61.54%) Firewall
1 8 (61.54%) Software-Defined Networking
1 8 (61.54%) VLAN
2 5 (38.46%) WebEx
3 3 (23.08%) Network Security
General
1 10 (76.92%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (53.85%) Legal
3 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Platform Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Network Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 5 (38.46%) Data Centre
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (7.69%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (84.62%) Linux
1 11 (84.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 11 (84.62%) Windows
1 11 (84.62%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) ITSM
2 10 (76.92%) Change Control
2 10 (76.92%) Platform Engineering
2 10 (76.92%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (76.92%) Service Management
3 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (69.23%) Knowledge Management
4 8 (61.54%) Containerisation
5 7 (53.85%) Acceptance Criteria
5 7 (53.85%) Product Requirements
5 7 (53.85%) User Stories
6 6 (46.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (38.46%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 5 (38.46%) High Availability
7 5 (38.46%) Identity Access Management
7 5 (38.46%) Virtual Infrastructure
8 4 (30.77%) Mobile Device Management
8 4 (30.77%) Performance Monitoring
9 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
9 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 10 (76.92%) Perl
2 10 (76.92%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (92.31%) SC Cleared
1 12 (92.31%) Security Cleared
2 7 (53.85%) CCDP
2 7 (53.85%) CCNA
2 7 (53.85%) CCNP
2 7 (53.85%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (23.08%) Degree
System Software
1 8 (61.54%) Active Directory
2 4 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (23.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (23.08%) Kubernetes
3 2 (15.38%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) Red Hat
2 8 (61.54%) Citrix
2 8 (61.54%) VMware
3 7 (53.85%) Cisco
3 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
4 2 (15.38%) Palo Alto