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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 132 188
Rank change year-on-year -47 +56 -93
Contract jobs citing Bash 301 278 215
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.51% 2.05% 1.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.86% 5.29% 3.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 188 148
10th Percentile £391 £396 £400
25th Percentile £450 £440 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.62% -4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £626 £643 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £733
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -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% -19.30%

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 6,197 5,259 6,526
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 31.10% 38.77% 39.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,138 3,697 4,923
10th Percentile £383 £368 £375
25th Percentile £450 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £713
90th Percentile £775 £825 £850
England median daily rate £521 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +1.07% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 49 45
10th Percentile £34.35 £26.31 £23.80
25th Percentile £36.25 £33.25 £33.07
Median hourly rate £54.50 £43.50 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.29% -12.12% -17.50%
75th Percentile £73.00 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.75 £86.25 £74.00
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 28 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 28 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 -19 20 £525 -7.08% 17
South London -15 5 £535 -13.71% 3
West London -18 3 £500 +5.26% 6
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 17 (5.65%) Confluence
2 10 (3.32%) Apache
3 9 (2.99%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (2.99%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.33%) WordPress
5 3 (1.00%) nginx
5 3 (1.00%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.66%) CMS
6 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.66%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.66%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.33%) IIS
7 1 (0.33%) JBoss
7 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.33%) PowerExchange
7 1 (0.33%) Traefik
Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 143 (47.51%) AWS
2 134 (44.52%) Azure
3 88 (29.24%) GitHub
4 69 (22.92%) GitHub Actions
5 64 (21.26%) Azure DevOps
6 50 (16.61%) GCP
7 44 (14.62%) Amazon EKS
8 43 (14.29%) Amazon S3
9 40 (13.29%) Serverless
10 37 (12.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 34 (11.30%) AWS Lambda
12 32 (10.63%) Amazon EC2
13 30 (9.97%) Datadog
13 30 (9.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 29 (9.63%) AWS CloudFormation
15 21 (6.98%) Entra ID
16 20 (6.64%) Azure Monitor
17 17 (5.65%) Azure AKS
18 16 (5.32%) Amazon ECS
19 13 (4.32%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (13.95%) Firewall
2 38 (12.62%) DNS
3 32 (10.63%) VPN
4 27 (8.97%) Network Security
4 27 (8.97%) TCP/IP
5 11 (3.65%) VLAN
5 11 (3.65%) WAN
6 8 (2.66%) DHCP
6 8 (2.66%) SD-WAN
7 7 (2.33%) SSL
8 6 (1.99%) HTTP
9 4 (1.33%) Reverse Proxy
10 3 (1.00%) BGP
10 3 (1.00%) Internet
10 3 (1.00%) NAS
10 3 (1.00%) SAN
11 2 (0.66%) IPsec
11 2 (0.66%) SSH
11 2 (0.66%) X.509
12 1 (0.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.65%) Amazon RDS
2 13 (4.32%) SQL Server
3 9 (2.99%) Redis
4 8 (2.66%) Amazon Athena
4 8 (2.66%) Amazon Redshift
4 8 (2.66%) MongoDB
5 7 (2.33%) Data Lake
5 7 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.99%) Metadata
7 5 (1.66%) Amazon QuickSight
7 5 (1.66%) BigQuery
7 5 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.66%) Delta Lake
7 5 (1.66%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.33%) Big Data
8 4 (1.33%) MySQL
8 4 (1.33%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.00%) Neo4j
9 3 (1.00%) Power BI
9 3 (1.00%) Stardog
Development Applications
1 87 (28.90%) Jenkins
2 72 (23.92%) Git
3 69 (22.92%) GitLab
4 14 (4.65%) JIRA
5 12 (3.99%) Artifactory
6 7 (2.33%) JMeter
7 6 (1.99%) Postman
8 5 (1.66%) Browser DevTools
9 4 (1.33%) Bitbucket
10 3 (1.00%) Ant
10 3 (1.00%) Liquibase
10 3 (1.00%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.66%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.66%) Subversion
12 1 (0.33%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.33%) Maven
12 1 (0.33%) Selenium
12 1 (0.33%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.33%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.33%) VersionOne
General
1 68 (22.59%) Social Skills
2 59 (19.60%) Finance
3 35 (11.63%) Public Sector
4 32 (10.63%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (10.30%) Banking
6 7 (2.33%) Law
7 6 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.33%) Front Office
8 4 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.33%) Military
8 4 (1.33%) Publishing
8 4 (1.33%) Retail
9 3 (1.00%) Automotive
9 3 (1.00%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.66%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.66%) Police
10 2 (0.66%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.33%) Billing
11 1 (0.33%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 77 (25.58%) DevOps Engineer
2 32 (10.63%) Cloud Engineer
2 32 (10.63%) Senior
3 28 (9.30%) Azure Engineer
4 26 (8.64%) Security Engineer
5 25 (8.31%) AWS Engineer
5 25 (8.31%) Platform Engineer
6 22 (7.31%) Lead
7 21 (6.98%) Architect
8 19 (6.31%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 16 (5.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 15 (4.98%) DevSecOps Engineer
10 15 (4.98%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 13 (4.32%) Linux Engineer
11 13 (4.32%) Site Engineer
12 11 (3.65%) Applications Support
12 11 (3.65%) AWS DevOps
12 11 (3.65%) Network Engineer
13 10 (3.32%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 10 (3.32%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (7.31%) Kafka
2 16 (5.32%) ARM Templates
3 14 (4.65%) Elastic Stack
3 14 (4.65%) YAML
4 13 (4.32%) REST
5 11 (3.65%) JSON
6 9 (2.99%) Loki
6 9 (2.99%) Middleware
7 8 (2.66%) SAML
8 7 (2.33%) OAuth
9 6 (1.99%) .NET
9 6 (1.99%) cloud-init
9 6 (1.99%) Swagger
10 5 (1.66%) ADO
11 4 (1.33%) LDAP
11 4 (1.33%) ModSecurity
11 4 (1.33%) RESTful
12 3 (1.00%) Apache NiFi
12 3 (1.00%) GraphQL
12 3 (1.00%) NetworkX
Miscellaneous
1 50 (16.61%) Cloud Native
2 15 (4.98%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (3.99%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (3.65%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.32%) Public Cloud
5 10 (3.32%) Security Posture
6 9 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.99%) Legacy Applications
6 9 (2.99%) Linux Command Line
6 9 (2.99%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.33%) PKI
8 5 (1.66%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (1.66%) Equities
8 5 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.66%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.33%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.33%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.33%) Robotics
10 3 (1.00%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 108 (35.88%) Linux
2 42 (13.95%) Windows
3 21 (6.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (6.64%) Ubuntu
5 18 (5.98%) Unix
5 18 (5.98%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.99%) VMS
7 4 (1.33%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.66%) Debian
8 2 (0.66%) Solaris
8 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.33%) CentOS
9 1 (0.33%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.33%) Rocky
9 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (64.78%) CI/CD
2 187 (62.13%) DevOps
3 172 (57.14%) Infrastructure as Code
4 93 (30.90%) Containerisation
5 67 (22.26%) Observability
6 55 (18.27%) Platform Engineering
7 53 (17.61%) Problem-Solving
8 45 (14.95%) Continuous Improvement
9 40 (13.29%) Configuration Management
10 39 (12.96%) Agile
11 38 (12.62%) Cloud Security
11 38 (12.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 36 (11.96%) Runbook
13 35 (11.63%) AI
14 33 (10.96%) Migration
14 33 (10.96%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 31 (10.30%) Identity Access Management
16 29 (9.63%) DevSecOps
17 28 (9.30%) Infrastructure Automation
18 27 (8.97%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 256 (85.05%) Python
2 121 (40.20%) PowerShell
3 30 (9.97%) SQL
4 25 (8.31%) Java
5 23 (7.64%) Go
6 21 (6.98%) Bicep
7 11 (3.65%) Shell Script
8 9 (2.99%) Perl
9 7 (2.33%) JavaScript
10 6 (1.99%) Groovy
10 6 (1.99%) Ruby
11 5 (1.66%) C
12 4 (1.33%) C#
13 3 (1.00%) Cypher
13 3 (1.00%) Gremlin
13 3 (1.00%) Korn
13 3 (1.00%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (1.00%) SPARQL
14 1 (0.33%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.33%) R
Qualifications
1 101 (33.55%) Security Cleared
2 90 (29.90%) SC Cleared
3 22 (7.31%) Azure Certification
4 16 (5.32%) AWS Certification
4 16 (5.32%) Degree
5 12 (3.99%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.66%) CCNP
8 7 (2.33%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 7 (2.33%) CCNA
9 5 (1.66%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.66%) CISSP
9 5 (1.66%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.00%) JNCIP
11 3 (1.00%) JNCIS
12 2 (0.66%) CCSP
12 2 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.66%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.65%) QA
2 8 (2.66%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.66%) NIST
3 7 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.66%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.00%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.00%) SLA
5 3 (1.00%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.33%) GDPR
6 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 106 (35.22%) Docker
2 26 (8.64%) Active Directory
3 15 (4.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (4.65%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (2.66%) Squid
6 5 (1.66%) vSphere
7 4 (1.33%) NFS
7 4 (1.33%) Postfix
7 4 (1.33%) Varnish
7 4 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.00%) Hyper-V
8 3 (1.00%) OpenSSH
8 3 (1.00%) Sendmail
9 2 (0.66%) HDFS
9 2 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.66%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.66%) zsh
10 1 (0.33%) KVM
10 1 (0.33%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.33%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 191 (63.46%) Terraform
2 130 (43.19%) Kubernetes
3 106 (35.22%) Ansible
4 80 (26.58%) Grafana
5 69 (22.92%) Prometheus
6 25 (8.31%) Puppet
7 16 (5.32%) Argo
8 11 (3.65%) Progress Chef
9 10 (3.32%) systemd
10 5 (1.66%) HAProxy
10 5 (1.66%) Istio
10 5 (1.66%) ITRS Geneos
10 5 (1.66%) Kibana
10 5 (1.66%) Salt
10 5 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.33%) Suricata
11 4 (1.33%) vCenter Server
12 3 (1.00%) Consul
12 3 (1.00%) Packer
12 3 (1.00%) yum
Vendors
1 46 (15.28%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.98%) VMware
3 18 (5.98%) Dynatrace
3 18 (5.98%) Oracle
4 17 (5.65%) Google
5 16 (5.32%) Databricks
5 16 (5.32%) Splunk
6 11 (3.65%) CyberArk
6 11 (3.65%) Red Hat
6 11 (3.65%) Zscaler
7 10 (3.32%) Cisco
7 10 (3.32%) Palo Alto
8 8 (2.66%) Fortinet
8 8 (2.66%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.99%) BeyondTrust
9 6 (1.99%) WALLIX
10 5 (1.66%) NetApp
11 4 (1.33%) IBM
11 4 (1.33%) Meraki
12 3 (1.00%) Sybase