Bash Contract Job Trends in London

Bash Shell
England > London

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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 133 203
Rank change year-on-year -51 +70 -111
Contract jobs citing Bash 285 282 211
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.44% 2.08% 1.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.64% 5.36% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 186 146
10th Percentile £393 £400 £400
25th Percentile £463 £440 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -14.73%
75th Percentile £626 £648 £642
90th Percentile £725 £731 £725
England median daily rate £514 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.10% -4.55% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 7
10th Percentile - - £21.40
25th Percentile £56.75 £45.75 £22.00
Median hourly rate £58.50 £54.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.34% +91.23% +42.50%
75th Percentile £60.25 £63.25 £52.81
90th Percentile - - £71.88
England median hourly rate £63.14 £54.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +15.84% -5.22% -17.86%

All Programming Languages
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,143 5,266 6,743
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 31.09% 38.83% 38.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,097 3,686 5,115
10th Percentile £379 £374 £375
25th Percentile £450 £431 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -3.51% -5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £850
England median daily rate £520 £520 £540
% change year-on-year - -3.70% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 49 50
10th Percentile £33.21 £27.18 £23.80
25th Percentile £36.25 £33.25 £34.82
Median hourly rate £55.00 £43.50 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.44% -9.38% -20.28%
75th Percentile £75.00 £62.50 £60.45
90th Percentile £89.00 £86.25 £71.94
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +4.00%

Bash
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Bash job vacancy trend in London

Bash
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Bash

Bash
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Bash in London over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Bash in London

Bash
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Bash

Bash
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bash within the London region over the 6 months to 16 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
Central London -36 19 £525 -4.55% 12
South London -11 5 £535 -13.71% 2
West London -16 2 £500 +5.26% 2
East London - 2 £416 - 4
Bash
England

Bash
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 16 (5.61%) Confluence
2 9 (3.16%) Apache
3 8 (2.81%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (2.81%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.40%) WordPress
5 3 (1.05%) nginx
5 3 (1.05%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.70%) CMS
6 2 (0.70%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.35%) IIS
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.35%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.35%) PowerExchange
7 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.35%) Traefik
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 139 (48.77%) AWS
2 121 (42.46%) Azure
3 80 (28.07%) GitHub
4 63 (22.11%) GitHub Actions
5 62 (21.75%) Azure DevOps
6 42 (14.74%) GCP
7 41 (14.39%) Amazon S3
8 39 (13.68%) Amazon EKS
9 37 (12.98%) Serverless
10 36 (12.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 31 (10.88%) AWS Lambda
12 30 (10.53%) Amazon EC2
13 27 (9.47%) AWS CloudFormation
13 27 (9.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 26 (9.12%) Datadog
15 17 (5.96%) Azure Monitor
16 16 (5.61%) Azure AKS
17 15 (5.26%) Amazon ECS
18 14 (4.91%) Entra ID
19 12 (4.21%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (13.68%) Firewall
2 34 (11.93%) DNS
3 28 (9.82%) VPN
4 27 (9.47%) Network Security
5 25 (8.77%) TCP/IP
6 11 (3.86%) WAN
7 9 (3.16%) VLAN
8 8 (2.81%) SD-WAN
8 8 (2.81%) SSL
9 6 (2.11%) DHCP
9 6 (2.11%) HTTP
10 5 (1.75%) NAS
10 5 (1.75%) SAN
11 4 (1.40%) Reverse Proxy
12 3 (1.05%) BGP
12 3 (1.05%) Internet
13 2 (0.70%) IPsec
13 2 (0.70%) Multicast
13 2 (0.70%) SSH
13 2 (0.70%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.86%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (3.16%) MongoDB
2 9 (3.16%) Redis
2 9 (3.16%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.81%) Amazon Athena
3 8 (2.81%) Amazon Redshift
4 7 (2.46%) Data Lake
4 7 (2.46%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.75%) Amazon QuickSight
5 5 (1.75%) Big Data
5 5 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.75%) Delta Lake
5 5 (1.75%) Metadata
6 4 (1.40%) MySQL
7 3 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.05%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.05%) Power BI
8 2 (0.70%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.70%) TigerGraph
Development Applications
1 80 (28.07%) Jenkins
2 71 (24.91%) Git
3 65 (22.81%) GitLab
4 15 (5.26%) JIRA
5 11 (3.86%) Artifactory
6 7 (2.46%) JMeter
7 6 (2.11%) Postman
8 5 (1.75%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (1.05%) Ant
9 3 (1.05%) Bitbucket
9 3 (1.05%) Liquibase
10 2 (0.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.70%) Maven
10 2 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.70%) Subversion
11 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.35%) Gatling
11 1 (0.35%) Selenium
11 1 (0.35%) Snyk
11 1 (0.35%) TeamCity
General
1 59 (20.70%) Social Skills
2 53 (18.60%) Finance
3 34 (11.93%) Public Sector
4 29 (10.18%) Banking
5 27 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (2.46%) Law
7 6 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.40%) Military
8 4 (1.40%) Publishing
8 4 (1.40%) Retail
9 3 (1.05%) Front Office
9 3 (1.05%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.70%) Automotive
10 2 (0.70%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.70%) Police
10 2 (0.70%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.35%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.35%) Games
11 1 (0.35%) Legal
Job Titles
1 77 (27.02%) DevOps Engineer
2 31 (10.88%) Cloud Engineer
3 27 (9.47%) Azure Engineer
3 27 (9.47%) Senior
4 26 (9.12%) Security Engineer
5 24 (8.42%) AWS Engineer
6 21 (7.37%) Lead
6 21 (7.37%) Platform Engineer
7 18 (6.32%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 17 (5.96%) Architect
9 15 (5.26%) Linux Engineer
10 14 (4.91%) DevSecOps Engineer
10 14 (4.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (4.56%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 12 (4.21%) Site Engineer
13 11 (3.86%) AWS DevOps
14 10 (3.51%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 10 (3.51%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 10 (3.51%) Lead DevOps
14 10 (3.51%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (7.72%) Kafka
2 15 (5.26%) ARM Templates
3 14 (4.91%) Elastic Stack
4 13 (4.56%) YAML
5 11 (3.86%) REST
6 10 (3.51%) JSON
7 9 (3.16%) Middleware
8 8 (2.81%) Loki
8 8 (2.81%) SAML
9 7 (2.46%) OAuth
10 6 (2.11%) cloud-init
10 6 (2.11%) Swagger
11 5 (1.75%) ADO
12 4 (1.40%) .NET
12 4 (1.40%) LDAP
12 4 (1.40%) ModSecurity
13 3 (1.05%) Apache NiFi
13 3 (1.05%) RESTful
13 3 (1.05%) WebSphere MQ
14 2 (0.70%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 45 (15.79%) Cloud Native
2 13 (4.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (4.21%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (3.86%) Public Cloud
5 9 (3.16%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.16%) Security Posture
6 8 (2.81%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.46%) Legacy Applications
7 7 (2.46%) Linux Command Line
8 6 (2.11%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.11%) PKI
9 5 (1.75%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.75%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.40%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.05%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.05%) Enterprise Storage
11 3 (1.05%) Fixed Income
11 3 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 103 (36.14%) Linux
2 35 (12.28%) Windows
3 20 (7.02%) Unix
4 18 (6.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (5.61%) Ubuntu
6 13 (4.56%) Windows Server
7 5 (1.75%) VMS
8 3 (1.05%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.70%) Debian
9 2 (0.70%) Solaris
9 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.35%) CentOS
10 1 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.35%) Rocky
10 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (64.21%) CI/CD
2 178 (62.46%) DevOps
3 162 (56.84%) Infrastructure as Code
4 92 (32.28%) Containerisation
5 62 (21.75%) Observability
6 53 (18.60%) Platform Engineering
7 50 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 39 (13.68%) Configuration Management
10 37 (12.98%) Cloud Security
11 36 (12.63%) Agile
12 32 (11.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 31 (10.88%) AI
13 31 (10.88%) Runbook
14 30 (10.53%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 29 (10.18%) Migration
16 26 (9.12%) Infrastructure Automation
17 25 (8.77%) DevSecOps
17 25 (8.77%) Test Automation
17 25 (8.77%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 244 (85.61%) Python
2 110 (38.60%) PowerShell
3 25 (8.77%) SQL
4 19 (6.67%) Go
4 19 (6.67%) Java
5 17 (5.96%) Bicep
6 10 (3.51%) Shell Script
7 8 (2.81%) Perl
8 6 (2.11%) Ruby
9 5 (1.75%) C
9 5 (1.75%) Groovy
9 5 (1.75%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.05%) C#
10 3 (1.05%) Korn
10 3 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.70%) Cypher
11 2 (0.70%) Gremlin
11 2 (0.70%) SPARQL
12 1 (0.35%) Ladder Logic
12 1 (0.35%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 99 (34.74%) Security Cleared
2 89 (31.23%) SC Cleared
3 20 (7.02%) Azure Certification
4 13 (4.56%) AWS Certification
5 12 (4.21%) Degree
6 11 (3.86%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.46%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 7 (2.46%) CCNA
8 7 (2.46%) CCNP
9 5 (1.75%) CISSP
10 4 (1.40%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.70%) CCSP
12 2 (0.70%) JNCIP
12 2 (0.70%) JNCIS
12 2 (0.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.56%) QA
2 8 (2.81%) NIST
3 7 (2.46%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.75%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.05%) SLA
5 3 (1.05%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.70%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.35%) GDPR
7 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 101 (35.44%) Docker
2 21 (7.37%) Active Directory
3 14 (4.91%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (4.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (2.81%) Squid
6 5 (1.75%) vSphere
7 4 (1.40%) NFS
7 4 (1.40%) Postfix
7 4 (1.40%) Varnish
7 4 (1.40%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.05%) Hyper-V
8 3 (1.05%) OpenSSH
8 3 (1.05%) Sendmail
9 2 (0.70%) HDFS
9 2 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.70%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.35%) KVM
10 1 (0.35%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.35%) QEMU
10 1 (0.35%) zsh
Systems Management
1 179 (62.81%) Terraform
2 116 (40.70%) Kubernetes
3 105 (36.84%) Ansible
4 75 (26.32%) Grafana
5 67 (23.51%) Prometheus
6 24 (8.42%) Puppet
7 13 (4.56%) Argo
8 11 (3.86%) Progress Chef
9 9 (3.16%) systemd
10 5 (1.75%) HAProxy
10 5 (1.75%) Kibana
10 5 (1.75%) Salt
10 5 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.40%) Suricata
11 4 (1.40%) vCenter Server
12 3 (1.05%) Consul
12 3 (1.05%) Istio
12 3 (1.05%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (1.05%) Packer
12 3 (1.05%) yum
Vendors
1 38 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.61%) Databricks
2 16 (5.61%) Oracle
2 16 (5.61%) Splunk
3 15 (5.26%) Dynatrace
3 15 (5.26%) VMware
4 14 (4.91%) Google
5 11 (3.86%) Palo Alto
5 11 (3.86%) Red Hat
5 11 (3.86%) Zscaler
6 8 (2.81%) CyberArk
6 8 (2.81%) Fortinet
7 7 (2.46%) Cisco
8 6 (2.11%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.40%) Dell
9 4 (1.40%) IBM
9 4 (1.40%) NetApp
10 3 (1.05%) Imperva
10 3 (1.05%) OpenText
10 3 (1.05%) Sybase