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 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 149 172
Rank change year-on-year -13 +23 -34
Contract jobs citing Bash 248 247 251
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.63% 1.82% 1.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.48% 4.65% 3.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 148 176
10th Percentile £400 £360 £419
25th Percentile £458 £450 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £575 £578
Median % change year-on-year -8.35% -0.52% -7.52%
75th Percentile £650 £750 £696
90th Percentile £750 £810 £810
England median daily rate £513 £575 £561
% change year-on-year -10.87% +2.57% -6.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 3
10th Percentile £38.75 £48.90 £58.40
25th Percentile £42.50 £53.63 £59.00
Median hourly rate £51.00 £84.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.82% +41.25% -17.24%
75th Percentile £58.50 £112.00 -
90th Percentile £61.65 - -
England median hourly rate £68.38 £57.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year +18.92% -23.33% +2.74%

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 5,533 5,309 6,407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.29% 39.04% 34.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,715 3,507 4,859
10th Percentile £363 £374 £385
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 37 67
10th Percentile £23.38 £35.00 £26.62
25th Percentile £37.00 £38.50 £38.46
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +3.96% -12.17%
75th Percentile £66.50 £65.00 £62.13
90th Percentile £81.38 £97.50 £72.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -7.69%

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 13 February 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Bash in London over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Bash in London

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 13 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
Central London -28 17 £538 -1.15% 16
South London -8 8 £530 +143.68% 1
West London - 3 - - 2
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 11 (4.44%) Confluence
2 6 (2.42%) nginx
3 5 (2.02%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.61%) Apache
5 3 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.21%) Ethereum
5 3 (1.21%) Hyperledger
6 2 (0.81%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.81%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.81%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.81%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.40%) FileNet
7 1 (0.40%) Traefik
Applications
1 1 (0.40%) DaVinci Resolve
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.40%) Pro Tools
1 1 (0.40%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 103 (41.53%) AWS
2 90 (36.29%) Azure
3 48 (19.35%) GitHub
4 45 (18.15%) GCP
5 34 (13.71%) Amazon EKS
5 34 (13.71%) Amazon S3
6 31 (12.50%) Amazon EC2
6 31 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (11.29%) Serverless
8 26 (10.48%) GitHub Actions
9 23 (9.27%) AWS Lambda
10 22 (8.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 21 (8.47%) Amazon ECS
11 21 (8.47%) AWS CloudFormation
12 18 (7.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 15 (6.05%) Entra ID
14 13 (5.24%) OpenShift
15 11 (4.44%) Azure AKS
16 9 (3.63%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 9 (3.63%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (9.68%) DNS
1 24 (9.68%) Firewall
2 23 (9.27%) TCP/IP
3 13 (5.24%) VPN
4 12 (4.84%) Network Security
5 10 (4.03%) SSL
6 7 (2.82%) VLAN
6 7 (2.82%) Wireshark
7 6 (2.42%) BGP
7 6 (2.42%) Multicast
8 5 (2.02%) DHCP
8 5 (2.02%) HTTP
8 5 (2.02%) OSPF
9 4 (1.61%) EIGRP
9 4 (1.61%) HTTPS
9 4 (1.61%) IPsec
9 4 (1.61%) tcpdump
10 3 (1.21%) NAS
10 3 (1.21%) WAN
11 2 (0.81%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (15.73%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (9.68%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (6.45%) SQL Server
4 11 (4.44%) Redis
5 10 (4.03%) Data Lake
6 9 (3.63%) MySQL
6 9 (3.63%) NoSQL
7 7 (2.82%) Delta Lake
8 6 (2.42%) Amazon Aurora
8 6 (2.42%) MongoDB
9 5 (2.02%) Big Data
9 5 (2.02%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (2.02%) Oracle Database
9 5 (2.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.61%) BigQuery
10 4 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.61%) Hadoop
11 3 (1.21%) DynamoDB
11 3 (1.21%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 60 (24.19%) GitLab
2 54 (21.77%) Jenkins
3 51 (20.56%) Git
4 18 (7.26%) JIRA
5 9 (3.63%) Bitbucket
6 6 (2.42%) Metasploit
7 5 (2.02%) Burp Suite
7 5 (2.02%) CircleCI
7 5 (2.02%) Gradle
7 5 (2.02%) Maven
7 5 (2.02%) MLflow
8 4 (1.61%) Artifactory
8 4 (1.61%) sqlmap
8 4 (1.61%) TeamCity
9 3 (1.21%) ScriptRunner
9 3 (1.21%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (1.21%) Spinnaker
9 3 (1.21%) Subversion
10 2 (0.81%) Chocolatey
10 2 (0.81%) Snyk
General
1 60 (24.19%) Social Skills
2 36 (14.52%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (12.50%) Finance
4 23 (9.27%) Public Sector
5 10 (4.03%) Banking
5 10 (4.03%) Retail
6 4 (1.61%) Financial Institution
6 4 (1.61%) Front Office
6 4 (1.61%) Investment Banking
7 3 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.81%) Private Banking
8 2 (0.81%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.40%) Games
9 1 (0.40%) Legal
9 1 (0.40%) Local Government
9 1 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 38 (15.32%) DevOps Engineer
2 28 (11.29%) Platform Engineer
3 26 (10.48%) Senior
4 16 (6.45%) Developer
5 15 (6.05%) Architect
6 13 (5.24%) AWS Engineer
6 13 (5.24%) Azure Engineer
6 13 (5.24%) Lead
6 13 (5.24%) Security Engineer
7 11 (4.44%) AWS DevOps
7 11 (4.44%) Data Engineer
7 11 (4.44%) Network Engineer
7 11 (4.44%) Site Engineer
7 11 (4.44%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 10 (4.03%) Analyst
8 10 (4.03%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 8 (3.23%) Administrator
9 8 (3.23%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 8 (3.23%) GCP Engineer
10 7 (2.82%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.47%) Kafka
2 10 (4.03%) Elastic Stack
3 8 (3.23%) Middleware
4 6 (2.42%) Keycloak
4 6 (2.42%) REST
4 6 (2.42%) YAML
5 5 (2.02%) ARM Templates
5 5 (2.02%) Node.js
5 5 (2.02%) PyTorch
6 4 (1.61%) ADO
6 4 (1.61%) FastAPI
6 4 (1.61%) FIX Protocol
6 4 (1.61%) Loki
6 4 (1.61%) OpenTelemetry
6 4 (1.61%) SAML
6 4 (1.61%) Ultra Messaging
7 3 (1.21%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.21%) LDAP
7 3 (1.21%) OAuth2
7 3 (1.21%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.68%) Cloud Native
2 17 (6.85%) Hybrid Cloud
3 14 (5.65%) Linux Command Line
4 11 (4.44%) Replication
4 11 (4.44%) Security Posture
5 7 (2.82%) Algorithms
5 7 (2.82%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.02%) PKI
7 4 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.61%) Hedge funds
7 4 (1.61%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.61%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.21%) Blockchain
8 3 (1.21%) Clustering
8 3 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.21%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (0.81%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (0.81%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 109 (43.95%) Linux
2 28 (11.29%) Windows
3 23 (9.27%) Unix
4 20 (8.06%) Mac OS
5 19 (7.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (3.23%) Solaris
7 6 (2.42%) VMS
8 5 (2.02%) CentOS
8 5 (2.02%) Ubuntu
9 3 (1.21%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.40%) Android
10 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.40%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (52.02%) CI/CD
2 126 (50.81%) Infrastructure as Code
3 105 (42.34%) DevOps
4 67 (27.02%) Containerisation
5 52 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (17.74%) Observability
7 41 (16.53%) Agile
7 41 (16.53%) Platform Engineering
8 39 (15.73%) Incident Response
9 30 (12.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (12.10%) High Availability
10 27 (10.89%) Configuration Management
11 26 (10.48%) Analytics
12 25 (10.08%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 23 (9.27%) AI
13 23 (9.27%) DevSecOps
14 22 (8.87%) Infrastructure Automation
15 21 (8.47%) Test Automation
16 20 (8.06%) Root Cause Analysis
17 19 (7.66%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 210 (84.68%) Python
2 93 (37.50%) PowerShell
3 34 (13.71%) SQL
4 16 (6.45%) Java
4 16 (6.45%) Kusto Query Language
5 15 (6.05%) Go
6 13 (5.24%) Perl
7 9 (3.63%) JavaScript
8 8 (3.23%) Groovy
8 8 (3.23%) Shell Script
9 6 (2.42%) Bicep
10 5 (2.02%) C
10 5 (2.02%) C++
10 5 (2.02%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.21%) C#
11 3 (1.21%) PHP
11 3 (1.21%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.81%) Rust
12 2 (0.81%) Search Processing Language
13 1 (0.40%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 65 (26.21%) Security Cleared
2 58 (23.39%) SC Cleared
3 13 (5.24%) AWS Certification
4 12 (4.84%) Degree
5 9 (3.63%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (3.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 8 (3.23%) OSCP
7 7 (2.82%) CCNP
7 7 (2.82%) GPEN
8 6 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.42%) DV Cleared
8 6 (2.42%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.42%) PhD
9 5 (2.02%) CCNA
9 5 (2.02%) RHCE
10 4 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.61%) CEH
10 4 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.61%) JNCIA
10 4 (1.61%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.23%) GDPR
2 7 (2.82%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.42%) NIST
4 5 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.61%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.81%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.40%) GxP
8 1 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.40%) NCSC
8 1 (0.40%) QA
8 1 (0.40%) SLA
8 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 88 (35.48%) Docker
2 12 (4.84%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (2.42%) zsh
6 5 (2.02%) Squid
7 4 (1.61%) Firmware
7 4 (1.61%) KVM
7 4 (1.61%) Snort
8 3 (1.21%) NFS
8 3 (1.21%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (1.21%) VMware NSX
8 3 (1.21%) vSphere
9 2 (0.81%) Ceph
9 2 (0.81%) Lustre
9 2 (0.81%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.81%) Veritas File System
9 2 (0.81%) Veritas Volume Manager
9 2 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.81%) Xen
Systems Management
1 120 (48.39%) Terraform
2 92 (37.10%) Kubernetes
3 79 (31.85%) Ansible
4 43 (17.34%) Grafana
5 39 (15.73%) Prometheus
6 13 (5.24%) Argo
7 11 (4.44%) Puppet
8 9 (3.63%) Jamf Pro
9 8 (3.23%) ITRS Geneos
9 8 (3.23%) Nessus
10 6 (2.42%) Progress Chef
10 6 (2.42%) Rancher
10 6 (2.42%) Red Hat Satellite
11 5 (2.02%) Nagios
11 5 (2.02%) Nmap
12 4 (1.61%) Istio
12 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (1.61%) Nexpose
12 4 (1.61%) Suricata
13 3 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 33 (13.31%) Splunk
3 20 (8.06%) Google
3 20 (8.06%) Red Hat
4 13 (5.24%) Databricks
5 12 (4.84%) Palo Alto
5 12 (4.84%) VMware
6 11 (4.44%) Cisco
6 11 (4.44%) ServiceNow
7 10 (4.03%) Oracle
7 10 (4.03%) Qualys
8 9 (3.63%) Atlassian
8 9 (3.63%) Dynatrace
9 8 (3.23%) F5
9 8 (3.23%) Zscaler
10 7 (2.82%) Apple
10 7 (2.82%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (2.42%) CheckPoint
11 6 (2.42%) PagerDuty
12 5 (2.02%) Carbon Black