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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 131 199
Rank change year-on-year -40 +68 -92
Contract jobs citing Bash 357 297 214
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.76% 2.20% 1.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.57% 5.70% 3.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 202 141
10th Percentile £388 £387 £400
25th Percentile £450 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £526 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -8.48% -11.54%
75th Percentile £626 £638 £675
90th Percentile £713 £688 £788
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - £47.15 £23.30
25th Percentile £56.75 £49.25 £25.25
Median hourly rate £58.50 £56.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.46% +72.31% +62.50%
75th Percentile £60.25 £62.75 £71.88
90th Percentile - £63.05 -
England median hourly rate £69.61 £54.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +27.72% -5.22% -20.69%

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 6,407 5,214 6,508
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 31.50% 38.61% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,293 3,587 4,719
10th Percentile £381 £368 £370
25th Percentile £450 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £660 £688 £704
90th Percentile £775 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 65 40
10th Percentile £26.52 £26.71 £25.11
25th Percentile £36.25 £33.25 £32.62
Median hourly rate £52.50 £44.90 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.94% -5.48% -20.83%
75th Percentile £73.00 £63.75 £63.26
90th Percentile £88.75 £87.00 £78.88
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +3.17%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -31 21 £550 -12.00% 17
South London -2 6 £535 -13.71% 5
West London -20 5 £500 +5.26% 8
East London - 4 £416 - 7
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 18 (5.04%) Confluence
2 14 (3.92%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (2.80%) Apache
3 10 (2.80%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.12%) WordPress
5 3 (0.84%) nginx
5 3 (0.84%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.56%) CMS
6 2 (0.56%) IIS
6 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.56%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.56%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.28%) JBoss
7 1 (0.28%) PowerExchange
7 1 (0.28%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.12%) Front Arena
1 4 (1.12%) Summit
2 1 (0.28%) Actimize
2 1 (0.28%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 166 (46.50%) AWS
2 154 (43.14%) Azure
3 109 (30.53%) GitHub
4 87 (24.37%) GitHub Actions
5 73 (20.45%) Azure DevOps
6 58 (16.25%) GCP
7 49 (13.73%) Amazon EKS
8 45 (12.61%) Amazon S3
9 42 (11.76%) Serverless
10 40 (11.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 34 (9.52%) AWS Lambda
12 33 (9.24%) Datadog
13 32 (8.96%) Amazon EC2
14 30 (8.40%) AWS CloudFormation
14 30 (8.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 29 (8.12%) Entra ID
16 28 (7.84%) Azure Monitor
17 21 (5.88%) Azure AKS
18 17 (4.76%) Amazon ECS
19 15 (4.20%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (12.61%) Firewall
2 41 (11.48%) VPN
3 36 (10.08%) DNS
4 33 (9.24%) Network Security
5 28 (7.84%) TCP/IP
6 16 (4.48%) WAN
7 11 (3.08%) VLAN
8 10 (2.80%) SD-WAN
9 9 (2.52%) SAN
10 8 (2.24%) SSL
11 7 (1.96%) BGP
11 7 (1.96%) DHCP
11 7 (1.96%) Kerberos
12 5 (1.40%) MPLS
13 4 (1.12%) SSH
14 3 (0.84%) Cisco ASA
14 3 (0.84%) HTTP
14 3 (0.84%) Internet
14 3 (0.84%) Reverse Proxy
14 3 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.16%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (5.32%) SQL Server
3 17 (4.76%) Redis
4 15 (4.20%) Amazon RDS
5 11 (3.08%) Data Lake
5 11 (3.08%) MongoDB
6 9 (2.52%) NoSQL
7 8 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (2.24%) Delta Lake
7 8 (2.24%) MySQL
8 7 (1.96%) Power BI
9 6 (1.68%) Amazon Athena
9 6 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.68%) Metadata
9 6 (1.68%) SQLite
10 5 (1.40%) BigQuery
10 5 (1.40%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.12%) Amazon QuickSight
11 4 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (1.12%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 106 (29.69%) Jenkins
2 91 (25.49%) Git
3 82 (22.97%) GitLab
4 21 (5.88%) JIRA
5 15 (4.20%) Artifactory
6 8 (2.24%) Bitbucket
7 7 (1.96%) JMeter
7 7 (1.96%) SonarQube
8 6 (1.68%) Postman
9 4 (1.12%) Maven
9 4 (1.12%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.84%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.84%) Terragrunt
10 3 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.56%) Selenium
11 2 (0.56%) Snyk
11 2 (0.56%) Subversion
11 2 (0.56%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.56%) Zephyr
12 1 (0.28%) PeopleTools
General
1 86 (24.09%) Social Skills
2 84 (23.53%) Finance
3 47 (13.17%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.36%) Banking
5 30 (8.40%) Public Sector
6 12 (3.36%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.24%) Law
8 6 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (1.68%) Retail
9 5 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.40%) Front Office
9 5 (1.40%) Publishing
10 4 (1.12%) Automotive
10 4 (1.12%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.12%) Military
11 3 (0.84%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.84%) Marketing
12 2 (0.56%) Billing
12 2 (0.56%) Police
13 1 (0.28%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 81 (22.69%) DevOps Engineer
2 45 (12.61%) Senior
3 31 (8.68%) Azure Engineer
4 30 (8.40%) Cloud Engineer
5 28 (7.84%) AWS Engineer
6 27 (7.56%) Platform Engineer
7 26 (7.28%) Security Engineer
8 25 (7.00%) Lead
9 22 (6.16%) Linux Engineer
10 20 (5.60%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 19 (5.32%) Developer
12 18 (5.04%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 17 (4.76%) Architect
13 17 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 16 (4.48%) DevSecOps Engineer
14 16 (4.48%) Site Engineer
15 15 (4.20%) AWS DevOps
16 14 (3.92%) AWS DevOps Engineer
16 14 (3.92%) Network Engineer
17 13 (3.64%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 208 (58.26%) Terraform
2 40 (11.20%) Kafka
3 22 (6.16%) REST
4 18 (5.04%) ARM Templates
4 18 (5.04%) Elastic Stack
4 18 (5.04%) YAML
5 15 (4.20%) Loki
6 13 (3.64%) Middleware
7 11 (3.08%) RESTful
8 10 (2.80%) JSON
9 9 (2.52%) .NET
9 9 (2.52%) Spring
10 7 (1.96%) Flask
10 7 (1.96%) SAML
11 6 (1.68%) cloud-init
11 6 (1.68%) pytest
11 6 (1.68%) React
11 6 (1.68%) SPNEGO
11 6 (1.68%) Swagger
12 5 (1.40%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 56 (15.69%) Cloud Native
2 20 (5.60%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (4.48%) Onboarding
4 15 (4.20%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (4.20%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (3.92%) Linux Command Line
6 13 (3.64%) Legacy Applications
7 12 (3.36%) Management Information System
7 12 (3.36%) Security Posture
8 11 (3.08%) PKI
9 10 (2.80%) Public Cloud
10 8 (2.24%) Replication
11 7 (1.96%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.96%) Enterprise Storage
11 7 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.68%) Equities
12 6 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (1.40%) Cloud Security Posture
13 5 (1.40%) Robotics
13 5 (1.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 145 (40.62%) Linux
2 53 (14.85%) Windows
3 30 (8.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 29 (8.12%) Windows Server
5 23 (6.44%) Unix
6 21 (5.88%) Ubuntu
7 9 (2.52%) VMS
8 5 (1.40%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.56%) Debian
9 2 (0.56%) Solaris
9 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.28%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.28%) CentOS
10 1 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.28%) Rocky
10 1 (0.28%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (62.75%) CI/CD
2 208 (58.26%) DevOps
3 190 (53.22%) Infrastructure as Code
4 104 (29.13%) Containerisation
5 98 (27.45%) Observability
6 68 (19.05%) Platform Engineering
7 67 (18.77%) Problem-Solving
8 65 (18.21%) Agile
9 61 (17.09%) AI
10 59 (16.53%) Continuous Improvement
11 53 (14.85%) Root Cause Analysis
12 46 (12.89%) Infrastructure Automation
13 45 (12.61%) Cloud Security
13 45 (12.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 44 (12.32%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 42 (11.76%) Configuration Management
16 39 (10.92%) Identity Access Management
17 38 (10.64%) Runbook
17 38 (10.64%) Test Automation
18 36 (10.08%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 309 (86.55%) Python
2 148 (41.46%) PowerShell
3 44 (12.32%) Java
4 43 (12.04%) SQL
5 34 (9.52%) Go
6 32 (8.96%) Bicep
7 20 (5.60%) Shell Script
8 15 (4.20%) Korn
9 14 (3.92%) Perl
10 9 (2.52%) Ruby
11 8 (2.24%) Groovy
11 8 (2.24%) JavaScript
12 6 (1.68%) C#
13 4 (1.12%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.84%) Cypher
14 3 (0.84%) Gremlin
14 3 (0.84%) SPARQL
15 2 (0.56%) C
15 2 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 119 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 103 (28.85%) SC Cleared
3 30 (8.40%) Azure Certification
4 22 (6.16%) Degree
5 20 (5.60%) AWS Certification
6 14 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (3.36%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (3.36%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.24%) CISSP
9 7 (1.96%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 7 (1.96%) CCNP
10 6 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (1.40%) CCNA
12 4 (1.12%) JNCIP
12 4 (1.12%) JNCIS
13 3 (0.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 2 (0.56%) CCSP
14 2 (0.56%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.72%) QA
2 14 (3.92%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.64%) NIST
4 8 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.68%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.12%) SLA
7 3 (0.84%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.84%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.56%) GDPR
9 1 (0.28%) FedRAMP
9 1 (0.28%) NCSC
System Software
1 133 (37.25%) Docker
2 30 (8.40%) Active Directory
3 16 (4.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (3.64%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (2.24%) Squid
6 5 (1.40%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.12%) vSphere
8 3 (0.84%) NFS
8 3 (0.84%) OpenSSH
8 3 (0.84%) Postfix
8 3 (0.84%) Varnish
9 2 (0.56%) HDFS
9 2 (0.56%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.56%) Sendmail
9 2 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.56%) zsh
10 1 (0.28%) KVM
10 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.28%) QEMU
10 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 159 (44.54%) Kubernetes
2 118 (33.05%) Ansible
3 101 (28.29%) Grafana
4 85 (23.81%) Prometheus
5 24 (6.72%) Puppet
6 19 (5.32%) Argo
7 12 (3.36%) systemd
8 11 (3.08%) Progress Chef
9 10 (2.80%) Kibana
10 9 (2.52%) Istio
11 7 (1.96%) Cilium
12 6 (1.68%) ITRS Geneos
13 5 (1.40%) Jamf Pro
14 4 (1.12%) Consul
14 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
14 4 (1.12%) Salt
14 4 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
14 4 (1.12%) Suricata
15 3 (0.84%) HAProxy
15 3 (0.84%) yum
Vendors
1 67 (18.77%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.56%) VMware
3 26 (7.28%) Dynatrace
4 25 (7.00%) Splunk
5 24 (6.72%) Google
6 23 (6.44%) Oracle
7 20 (5.60%) Databricks
8 15 (4.20%) CyberArk
9 14 (3.92%) Red Hat
9 14 (3.92%) ServiceNow
10 13 (3.64%) Cisco
11 12 (3.36%) Palo Alto
12 11 (3.08%) NetApp
13 9 (2.52%) BeyondTrust
13 9 (2.52%) Fortinet
13 9 (2.52%) WALLIX
14 7 (1.96%) Zscaler
15 6 (1.68%) Apple
16 5 (1.40%) Murex
16 5 (1.40%) New Relic