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 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 153 156
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 +2
Contract jobs citing Bash 256 234 284
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.77% 1.67% 1.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.74% 4.34% 4.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 143 202
10th Percentile £406 £375 £414
25th Percentile £463 £475 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £605 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.67% +0.75% -4.00%
75th Percentile £650 £750 £700
90th Percentile £739 £810 £810
England median daily rate £520 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -9.57% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile £39.55 £67.40 £58.40
25th Percentile £44.50 £84.13 £59.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £112.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.66% +86.67% -17.24%
75th Percentile £63.00 - -
90th Percentile £63.45 - -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £61.25 £75.00
% change year-on-year -2.04% -18.33% +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 5,397 5,388 6,428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.38% 38.43% 35.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,635 3,581 4,846
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £458 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% -2.17% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £699 £700
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 35 64
10th Percentile £25.17 £35.00 £26.44
25th Percentile £35.25 £39.54 £36.70
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +3.96% -12.17%
75th Percentile £66.50 £68.00 £63.94
90th Percentile £78.75 £97.50 £72.35
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.36
% change year-on-year +4.00% +0.23% -4.07%

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 17 January 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 17 January 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 17 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
Central London -17 20 £540 -0.69% 34
South London +2 8 £530 +143.68% 13
West London - 3 - - 13
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 (4.30%) Confluence
2 7 (2.73%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.34%) nginx
4 5 (1.95%) Apache
5 4 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (1.17%) Ethereum
6 3 (1.17%) Hyperledger
6 3 (1.17%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.78%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.78%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.78%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.39%) FileNet
8 1 (0.39%) Luigi
8 1 (0.39%) Mattermost
8 1 (0.39%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.39%) Traefik
Applications
1 1 (0.39%) DaVinci Resolve
1 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.39%) Pro Tools
1 1 (0.39%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 114 (44.53%) AWS
2 97 (37.89%) Azure
3 53 (20.70%) GCP
4 45 (17.58%) GitHub
5 36 (14.06%) Amazon S3
6 34 (13.28%) Amazon EC2
7 31 (12.11%) Amazon EKS
8 28 (10.94%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (10.55%) Serverless
10 26 (10.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 24 (9.38%) GitHub Actions
12 23 (8.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 22 (8.59%) AWS CloudFormation
14 21 (8.20%) AWS Lambda
15 20 (7.81%) Amazon ECS
16 15 (5.86%) Entra ID
17 14 (5.47%) Azure AKS
18 12 (4.69%) OpenShift
19 10 (3.91%) Datadog
19 10 (3.91%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (12.11%) Firewall
2 30 (11.72%) DNS
3 26 (10.16%) TCP/IP
4 17 (6.64%) VPN
5 15 (5.86%) Network Security
6 14 (5.47%) SSL
7 8 (3.13%) BGP
8 7 (2.73%) OSPF
8 7 (2.73%) VLAN
8 7 (2.73%) Wireshark
9 6 (2.34%) EIGRP
9 6 (2.34%) HTTP
10 5 (1.95%) DHCP
10 5 (1.95%) HTTPS
10 5 (1.95%) IPsec
10 5 (1.95%) Multicast
11 4 (1.56%) tcpdump
12 3 (1.17%) NAS
12 3 (1.17%) WAN
13 2 (0.78%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (17.58%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (9.38%) Amazon RDS
3 19 (7.42%) SQL Server
4 12 (4.69%) NoSQL
4 12 (4.69%) Redis
5 10 (3.91%) Data Lake
5 10 (3.91%) MySQL
6 7 (2.73%) Delta Lake
6 7 (2.73%) MongoDB
7 6 (2.34%) Amazon Aurora
7 6 (2.34%) Big Data
7 6 (2.34%) Hadoop
7 6 (2.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (1.95%) BigQuery
8 5 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.95%) Oracle Database
9 4 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.17%) Oracle Exadata
10 3 (1.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 62 (24.22%) GitLab
1 62 (24.22%) Jenkins
2 56 (21.88%) Git
3 17 (6.64%) JIRA
4 8 (3.13%) Bitbucket
5 7 (2.73%) Maven
6 6 (2.34%) Metasploit
6 6 (2.34%) Sonatype Nexus
6 6 (2.34%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.95%) Burp Suite
7 5 (1.95%) CircleCI
7 5 (1.95%) MLflow
7 5 (1.95%) Subversion
8 4 (1.56%) Artifactory
8 4 (1.56%) Gradle
8 4 (1.56%) sqlmap
9 3 (1.17%) ScriptRunner
9 3 (1.17%) Snyk
9 3 (1.17%) Spinnaker
10 2 (0.78%) Chocolatey
General
1 66 (25.78%) Social Skills
2 35 (13.67%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (12.89%) Finance
4 22 (8.59%) Public Sector
5 10 (3.91%) Banking
6 9 (3.52%) Retail
7 8 (3.13%) Front Office
8 4 (1.56%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.17%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.78%) Legal
10 2 (0.78%) Military
10 2 (0.78%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.39%) Games
11 1 (0.39%) Local Government
11 1 (0.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (14.84%) DevOps Engineer
2 29 (11.33%) Senior
3 26 (10.16%) Platform Engineer
4 18 (7.03%) Developer
5 14 (5.47%) AWS Engineer
6 13 (5.08%) Data Engineer
6 13 (5.08%) Lead
6 13 (5.08%) Security Engineer
7 12 (4.69%) Architect
7 12 (4.69%) Network Engineer
8 11 (4.30%) AWS DevOps
8 11 (4.30%) Azure Engineer
9 10 (3.91%) Administrator
9 10 (3.91%) Site Engineer
9 10 (3.91%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 9 (3.52%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 8 (3.13%) Cloud Engineer
11 8 (3.13%) GCP Engineer
12 7 (2.73%) Analyst
12 7 (2.73%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (9.77%) Kafka
2 12 (4.69%) Middleware
3 10 (3.91%) Elastic Stack
4 9 (3.52%) REST
5 8 (3.13%) FIX Protocol
6 6 (2.34%) Keycloak
6 6 (2.34%) Node.js
7 5 (1.95%) Loki
7 5 (1.95%) PyTorch
7 5 (1.95%) YAML
8 4 (1.56%) .NET
8 4 (1.56%) ARM Templates
8 4 (1.56%) FastAPI
8 4 (1.56%) SAML
8 4 (1.56%) Ultra Messaging
9 3 (1.17%) ADO
9 3 (1.17%) OpenID
9 3 (1.17%) OpenTelemetry
9 3 (1.17%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 3 (1.17%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.77%) Cloud Native
2 17 (6.64%) Linux Command Line
3 15 (5.86%) Hybrid Cloud
4 13 (5.08%) Replication
5 11 (4.30%) Security Posture
6 7 (2.73%) Algorithms
6 7 (2.73%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.34%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.34%) PKI
8 5 (1.95%) Clustering
8 5 (1.95%) Hedge funds
8 5 (1.95%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.56%) Blockchain
9 4 (1.56%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.56%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.17%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.17%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.78%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 114 (44.53%) Linux
2 30 (11.72%) Windows
3 21 (8.20%) Mac OS
3 21 (8.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (7.42%) Unix
5 10 (3.91%) Solaris
6 6 (2.34%) CentOS
6 6 (2.34%) VMS
6 6 (2.34%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.56%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.39%) Android
8 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.39%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (54.69%) CI/CD
2 129 (50.39%) Infrastructure as Code
3 112 (43.75%) DevOps
4 65 (25.39%) Containerisation
5 54 (21.09%) Problem-Solving
6 46 (17.97%) Agile
7 45 (17.58%) Observability
8 41 (16.02%) Incident Response
9 37 (14.45%) Platform Engineering
10 35 (13.67%) High Availability
11 33 (12.89%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (9.77%) Analytics
12 25 (9.77%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 24 (9.38%) DevSecOps
13 24 (9.38%) Infrastructure Automation
14 23 (8.98%) Configuration Management
15 22 (8.59%) AI
15 22 (8.59%) Test Automation
16 21 (8.20%) Root Cause Analysis
17 20 (7.81%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 220 (85.94%) Python
2 93 (36.33%) PowerShell
3 35 (13.67%) SQL
4 23 (8.98%) Java
5 20 (7.81%) Perl
6 18 (7.03%) Go
6 18 (7.03%) Kusto Query Language
7 9 (3.52%) JavaScript
7 9 (3.52%) Shell Script
8 8 (3.13%) Groovy
9 7 (2.73%) C++
10 4 (1.56%) Bicep
10 4 (1.56%) C
10 4 (1.56%) C#
10 4 (1.56%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.17%) PHP
11 3 (1.17%) Rust
11 3 (1.17%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.78%) Ruby
13 1 (0.39%) Korn
Qualifications
1 62 (24.22%) Security Cleared
2 55 (21.48%) SC Cleared
3 15 (5.86%) Degree
4 13 (5.08%) AWS Certification
5 10 (3.91%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (3.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 9 (3.52%) OSCP
7 7 (2.73%) CCNP
7 7 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.73%) DV Cleared
7 7 (2.73%) GPEN
7 7 (2.73%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.34%) PhD
9 5 (1.95%) CCNA
9 5 (1.95%) CEH
9 5 (1.95%) JNCIA
9 5 (1.95%) JNCIS
9 5 (1.95%) RHCE
10 4 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.56%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.91%) GDPR
2 9 (3.52%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.73%) NIST
4 5 (1.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.56%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.17%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.78%) NCSC
7 2 (0.78%) SLA
8 1 (0.39%) GxP
8 1 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 94 (36.72%) Docker
2 12 (4.69%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.73%) zsh
4 6 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.95%) Firmware
5 5 (1.95%) KVM
5 5 (1.95%) NFS
5 5 (1.95%) Squid
6 4 (1.56%) Snort
6 4 (1.56%) Veritas File System
6 4 (1.56%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 4 (1.56%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.17%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.78%) Ceph
8 2 (0.78%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.78%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.78%) vSphere
8 2 (0.78%) Xen
Systems Management
1 119 (46.48%) Terraform
2 97 (37.89%) Kubernetes
3 81 (31.64%) Ansible
4 45 (17.58%) Grafana
5 40 (15.63%) Prometheus
6 13 (5.08%) Puppet
7 12 (4.69%) Argo
8 9 (3.52%) Jamf Pro
9 8 (3.13%) Nessus
10 7 (2.73%) ITRS Geneos
10 7 (2.73%) Progress Chef
10 7 (2.73%) Rancher
10 7 (2.73%) Red Hat Satellite
11 6 (2.34%) Istio
12 5 (1.95%) Nagios
12 5 (1.95%) Nmap
13 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
13 4 (1.56%) Nexpose
13 4 (1.56%) QRadar
13 4 (1.56%) Suricata
Vendors
1 38 (14.84%) Microsoft
2 29 (11.33%) Splunk
3 23 (8.98%) Google
4 22 (8.59%) Red Hat
5 18 (7.03%) Palo Alto
6 15 (5.86%) VMware
7 14 (5.47%) Cisco
7 14 (5.47%) Databricks
8 12 (4.69%) F5
8 12 (4.69%) Qualys
9 11 (4.30%) CheckPoint
9 11 (4.30%) ServiceNow
10 10 (3.91%) Oracle
11 9 (3.52%) Zscaler
12 8 (3.13%) Atlassian
12 8 (3.13%) CrowdStrike
12 8 (3.13%) Dynatrace
13 7 (2.73%) Apple
13 7 (2.73%) Solace
14 6 (2.34%) PagerDuty