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 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 169 150
Rank change year-on-year +35 -19 +3
Contract jobs citing Bash 289 224 312
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.02% 1.50% 1.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.36% 3.91% 4.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 137 228
10th Percentile £400 £370 £413
25th Percentile £463 £494 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £608 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% +1.25% -4.00%
75th Percentile £650 £750 £700
90th Percentile £725 £810 £810
England median daily rate £525 £575 £576
% change year-on-year -8.70% -0.17% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 3
10th Percentile £40.05 £67.40 £58.40
25th Percentile £45.75 £84.13 £59.00
Median hourly rate £56.00 £112.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +86.67% -17.24%
75th Percentile £63.25 - -
90th Percentile £63.55 - -
England median hourly rate £56.00 £70.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -6.67% +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 5,388 5,732 6,742
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.63% 38.39% 36.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,614 3,857 5,085
10th Percentile £369 £374 £400
25th Percentile £430 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £671 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £800
England median daily rate £513 £542 £550
% change year-on-year -5.44% -1.46% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 39 65
10th Percentile £25.75 £35.60 £26.24
25th Percentile £35.25 £40.06 £36.28
Median hourly rate £54.00 £52.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +3.96% -12.17%
75th Percentile £65.25 £66.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £97.50 £72.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +3.17% +0.80% -3.29%

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 22 December 2025.

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 22 December 2025.

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 22 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
Central London -8 24 £540 +0.47% 41
South London +2 11 £530 +143.68% 4
West London - 6 £525 - 8
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 (3.81%) Confluence
2 7 (2.42%) Apache Spark
2 7 (2.42%) nginx
3 5 (1.73%) Apache
4 4 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.04%) Ethereum
5 3 (1.04%) Hyperledger
5 3 (1.04%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.69%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.69%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.69%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.35%) CICS
7 1 (0.35%) FileNet
7 1 (0.35%) Luigi
7 1 (0.35%) Mattermost
7 1 (0.35%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.35%) Traefik
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) DaVinci Resolve
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.35%) Pro Tools
1 1 (0.35%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 134 (46.37%) AWS
2 111 (38.41%) Azure
3 68 (23.53%) GCP
4 56 (19.38%) GitHub
5 35 (12.11%) Amazon EC2
5 35 (12.11%) Amazon S3
6 32 (11.07%) Amazon EKS
7 31 (10.73%) GitHub Actions
8 28 (9.69%) Azure DevOps
8 28 (9.69%) Serverless
9 25 (8.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 24 (8.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 22 (7.61%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (6.92%) AWS CloudFormation
13 16 (5.54%) Amazon ECS
13 16 (5.54%) Entra ID
14 15 (5.19%) Azure AKS
15 13 (4.50%) OpenShift
16 11 (3.81%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 11 (3.81%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (14.53%) Firewall
2 39 (13.49%) DNS
3 31 (10.73%) TCP/IP
4 18 (6.23%) VPN
5 15 (5.19%) Network Security
6 13 (4.50%) SSL
7 9 (3.11%) Wireshark
8 8 (2.77%) BGP
9 7 (2.42%) HTTP
9 7 (2.42%) OSPF
9 7 (2.42%) VLAN
10 6 (2.08%) EIGRP
10 6 (2.08%) tcpdump
11 5 (1.73%) DHCP
11 5 (1.73%) HTTPS
11 5 (1.73%) IPsec
11 5 (1.73%) Multicast
12 3 (1.04%) SMTP
12 3 (1.04%) SSH
13 2 (0.69%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (17.65%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (7.96%) Amazon RDS
3 21 (7.27%) SQL Server
4 14 (4.84%) Redis
5 12 (4.15%) NoSQL
6 10 (3.46%) Data Lake
6 10 (3.46%) MySQL
7 7 (2.42%) Delta Lake
7 7 (2.42%) Oracle Database
8 6 (2.08%) Amazon Aurora
8 6 (2.08%) Big Data
8 6 (2.08%) Hadoop
8 6 (2.08%) MongoDB
8 6 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (1.73%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.38%) Oracle Exadata
11 3 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (1.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 68 (23.53%) Jenkins
2 58 (20.07%) Git
3 57 (19.72%) GitLab
4 19 (6.57%) JIRA
5 8 (2.77%) Bitbucket
5 8 (2.77%) Maven
5 8 (2.77%) Metasploit
6 7 (2.42%) Burp Suite
7 6 (2.08%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (2.08%) Subversion
7 6 (2.08%) TeamCity
8 5 (1.73%) Artifactory
8 5 (1.73%) Liquibase
8 5 (1.73%) MLflow
8 5 (1.73%) SonarQube
9 4 (1.38%) Gradle
9 4 (1.38%) sqlmap
10 3 (1.04%) CircleCI
10 3 (1.04%) JUnit
10 3 (1.04%) ScriptRunner
General
1 80 (27.68%) Social Skills
2 43 (14.88%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (13.49%) Finance
4 24 (8.30%) Public Sector
5 14 (4.84%) Banking
6 10 (3.46%) Front Office
7 9 (3.11%) Retail
8 4 (1.38%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.38%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.04%) Legal
9 3 (1.04%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.69%) Electronics
10 2 (0.69%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.69%) Marketing
10 2 (0.69%) Military
10 2 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.69%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.35%) German Language
Job Titles
1 47 (16.26%) DevOps Engineer
2 36 (12.46%) Senior
3 22 (7.61%) Platform Engineer
4 20 (6.92%) Developer
5 17 (5.88%) Site Engineer
6 16 (5.54%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 15 (5.19%) Architect
8 14 (4.84%) Security Engineer
9 13 (4.50%) Data Engineer
9 13 (4.50%) Lead
10 12 (4.15%) AWS DevOps
10 12 (4.15%) AWS Engineer
10 12 (4.15%) Cloud Engineer
10 12 (4.15%) Network Engineer
11 11 (3.81%) Administrator
12 9 (3.11%) Analyst
12 9 (3.11%) Azure Engineer
12 9 (3.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (3.11%) Mac Engineer
12 9 (3.11%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (9.69%) Kafka
2 15 (5.19%) Middleware
3 14 (4.84%) Elastic Stack
4 11 (3.81%) FIX Protocol
5 10 (3.46%) REST
6 7 (2.42%) Keycloak
6 7 (2.42%) YAML
7 6 (2.08%) .NET
7 6 (2.08%) ARM Templates
7 6 (2.08%) Node.js
8 5 (1.73%) Loki
8 5 (1.73%) PyTorch
8 5 (1.73%) Ultra Messaging
9 4 (1.38%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.38%) FastAPI
9 4 (1.38%) SAML
9 4 (1.38%) Spring
9 4 (1.38%) Spring Boot
10 3 (1.04%) HTML
10 3 (1.04%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.65%) Cloud Native
2 18 (6.23%) Linux Command Line
3 15 (5.19%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (4.84%) Replication
5 12 (4.15%) Data Protection Act
5 12 (4.15%) Security Posture
6 10 (3.46%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (2.42%) Algorithms
8 6 (2.08%) Clustering
8 6 (2.08%) Data Centre
8 6 (2.08%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.08%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.08%) PKI
9 5 (1.73%) Hedge funds
10 4 (1.38%) Blockchain
10 4 (1.38%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (1.04%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 122 (42.21%) Linux
2 35 (12.11%) Windows
3 26 (9.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 24 (8.30%) Mac OS
5 17 (5.88%) Unix
6 10 (3.46%) CentOS
6 10 (3.46%) Solaris
7 9 (3.11%) Ubuntu
7 9 (3.11%) Windows Server
8 4 (1.38%) VMS
9 1 (0.35%) Android
9 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.35%) Debian
9 1 (0.35%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (53.98%) CI/CD
2 139 (48.10%) Infrastructure as Code
3 133 (46.02%) DevOps
4 73 (25.26%) Containerisation
5 63 (21.80%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (18.34%) Observability
7 50 (17.30%) Agile
8 44 (15.22%) Incident Response
9 41 (14.19%) High Availability
10 36 (12.46%) Continuous Improvement
11 35 (12.11%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 32 (11.07%) Platform Engineering
13 29 (10.03%) Infrastructure Automation
14 26 (9.00%) DevSecOps
14 26 (9.00%) Test Automation
15 25 (8.65%) Analytics
16 24 (8.30%) Cybersecurity
16 24 (8.30%) Mentoring
17 22 (7.61%) Cloud Security
17 22 (7.61%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 247 (85.47%) Python
2 107 (37.02%) PowerShell
3 44 (15.22%) SQL
4 33 (11.42%) Go
5 26 (9.00%) Java
6 23 (7.96%) Perl
7 19 (6.57%) Kusto Query Language
8 10 (3.46%) Groovy
8 10 (3.46%) Shell Script
9 9 (3.11%) C++
9 9 (3.11%) JavaScript
10 7 (2.42%) PromQL
11 6 (2.08%) Bicep
11 6 (2.08%) C
12 4 (1.38%) PHP
12 4 (1.38%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.38%) TypeScript
13 3 (1.04%) C#
13 3 (1.04%) Ruby
13 3 (1.04%) Rust
Qualifications
1 70 (24.22%) Security Cleared
2 61 (21.11%) SC Cleared
3 17 (5.88%) Degree
4 15 (5.19%) AWS Certification
5 12 (4.15%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (4.15%) OSCP
6 9 (3.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 8 (2.77%) CEH
8 7 (2.42%) CCNP
8 7 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.42%) GPEN
8 7 (2.42%) Master's Degree
9 6 (2.08%) CCNA
9 6 (2.08%) CISSP
9 6 (2.08%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (2.08%) DV Cleared
9 6 (2.08%) PhD
9 6 (2.08%) RHCE
10 5 (1.73%) JNCIA
10 5 (1.73%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.15%) GDPR
2 10 (3.46%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.77%) NIST
4 5 (1.73%) HIPAA
4 5 (1.73%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.38%) NCSC
6 2 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.69%) SLA
7 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.35%) GxP
7 1 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 103 (35.64%) Docker
2 18 (6.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (5.19%) Active Directory
4 8 (2.77%) zsh
5 7 (2.42%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.08%) NFS
6 6 (2.08%) Squid
7 5 (1.73%) Firmware
7 5 (1.73%) KVM
7 5 (1.73%) Snort
8 4 (1.38%) Veritas File System
8 4 (1.38%) Veritas Volume Manager
8 4 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (1.04%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.69%) GPFS
10 2 (0.69%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.69%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.69%) vSphere
10 2 (0.69%) Xen
Systems Management
1 127 (43.94%) Terraform
2 114 (39.45%) Kubernetes
3 82 (28.37%) Ansible
4 62 (21.45%) Grafana
5 55 (19.03%) Prometheus
6 13 (4.50%) Argo
6 13 (4.50%) Puppet
7 11 (3.81%) Jamf Pro
8 10 (3.46%) ITRS Geneos
8 10 (3.46%) Nessus
9 7 (2.42%) Nmap
9 7 (2.42%) Rancher
10 6 (2.08%) Istio
10 6 (2.08%) Red Hat Satellite
11 5 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (1.73%) Nagios
11 5 (1.73%) Oracle RMAN
11 5 (1.73%) Progress Chef
11 5 (1.73%) SCCM
11 5 (1.73%) Suricata
Vendors
1 43 (14.88%) Microsoft
2 37 (12.80%) Splunk
3 30 (10.38%) Google
4 24 (8.30%) Red Hat
5 21 (7.27%) VMware
6 18 (6.23%) Palo Alto
7 15 (5.19%) Cisco
7 15 (5.19%) Oracle
8 14 (4.84%) ServiceNow
9 13 (4.50%) Qualys
10 12 (4.15%) Databricks
11 11 (3.81%) CheckPoint
11 11 (3.81%) F5
12 10 (3.46%) Apple
12 10 (3.46%) CrowdStrike
12 10 (3.46%) Dynatrace
12 10 (3.46%) Solace
12 10 (3.46%) Zscaler
13 8 (2.77%) Atlassian
14 7 (2.42%) CyberArk