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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 130 186
Rank change year-on-year -23 +56 -72
Contract jobs citing Bash 384 295 229
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.89% 2.19% 1.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.01% 5.64% 3.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 200 146
10th Percentile £375 £385 £400
25th Percentile £450 £454 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% -8.00%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £700
90th Percentile £725 £689 £810
England median daily rate £531 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +1.19% -4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - £47.15 £45.00
25th Percentile £56.75 £49.25 £65.63
Median hourly rate £58.50 £56.00 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year +4.46% -18.55% +243.75%
75th Percentile £60.25 £62.75 £112.00
90th Percentile - £63.05 -
England median hourly rate £71.00 £42.50 £58.75
% change year-on-year +67.06% -27.66% -21.67%

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 6,392 5,232 6,447
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 31.42% 38.85% 40.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,338 3,563 4,537
10th Percentile £375 £375 £370
25th Percentile £445 £435 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £813 £850
England median daily rate £525 £515 £545
% change year-on-year +1.94% -5.50% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 66 46
10th Percentile £26.52 £26.00 £25.99
25th Percentile £36.25 £33.25 £37.58
Median hourly rate £55.00 £44.20 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.44% -8.87% -17.45%
75th Percentile £73.00 £63.06 £71.66
90th Percentile £88.75 £86.88 £97.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £56.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.56% -13.46% +1.56%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -38 21 £550 -10.20% 33
South London -3 6 £535 -13.71% 2
West London -21 6 £519 +9.21% 11
East London - 3 £400 - 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 22 (5.73%) Confluence
2 15 (3.91%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (2.86%) Apache Spark
4 10 (2.60%) Apache
5 4 (1.04%) WordPress
6 3 (0.78%) nginx
6 3 (0.78%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.78%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.52%) CMS
7 2 (0.52%) IIS
7 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.52%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.26%) JBoss
8 1 (0.26%) PowerExchange
8 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (1.30%) Front Arena
1 5 (1.30%) Summit
2 1 (0.26%) Actimize
2 1 (0.26%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 184 (47.92%) AWS
2 166 (43.23%) Azure
3 112 (29.17%) GitHub
4 86 (22.40%) GitHub Actions
5 71 (18.49%) Azure DevOps
6 65 (16.93%) GCP
7 57 (14.84%) Amazon EKS
8 49 (12.76%) Amazon S3
9 43 (11.20%) Serverless
10 42 (10.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 36 (9.38%) AWS Lambda
11 36 (9.38%) Datadog
12 35 (9.11%) Amazon EC2
13 33 (8.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 31 (8.07%) Entra ID
15 30 (7.81%) AWS CloudFormation
16 26 (6.77%) Azure Monitor
17 18 (4.69%) Amazon ECS
18 16 (4.17%) Azure AKS
19 15 (3.91%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (11.20%) Firewall
2 38 (9.90%) VPN
3 33 (8.59%) Network Security
4 32 (8.33%) DNS
5 25 (6.51%) TCP/IP
6 16 (4.17%) WAN
7 10 (2.60%) SD-WAN
8 9 (2.34%) Kerberos
8 9 (2.34%) SAN
9 8 (2.08%) SSL
9 8 (2.08%) VLAN
10 7 (1.82%) BGP
10 7 (1.82%) DHCP
10 7 (1.82%) SSH
11 5 (1.30%) MPLS
12 4 (1.04%) 4G
12 4 (1.04%) 5G
12 4 (1.04%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (1.04%) Cisco Firepower
13 3 (0.78%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.55%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (5.73%) SQL Server
3 21 (5.47%) Redis
4 18 (4.69%) Amazon RDS
5 16 (4.17%) MongoDB
6 13 (3.39%) MySQL
7 12 (3.13%) Data Lake
7 12 (3.13%) NoSQL
8 8 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (2.08%) Delta Lake
8 8 (2.08%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (2.08%) Metadata
9 7 (1.82%) Power BI
9 7 (1.82%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.56%) Amazon Athena
10 6 (1.56%) BigQuery
10 6 (1.56%) SQLite
11 5 (1.30%) Big Data
12 4 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (1.04%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 114 (29.69%) Jenkins
2 102 (26.56%) Git
3 84 (21.88%) GitLab
4 25 (6.51%) JIRA
5 16 (4.17%) Artifactory
6 12 (3.13%) Bitbucket
7 10 (2.60%) SonarQube
8 7 (1.82%) JMeter
9 6 (1.56%) Maven
9 6 (1.56%) Postman
9 6 (1.56%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (1.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (1.30%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (1.04%) Subversion
11 4 (1.04%) Visual Studio Code
11 4 (1.04%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.78%) Selenium
12 3 (0.78%) Terragrunt
13 2 (0.52%) Snyk
13 2 (0.52%) TeamCity
General
1 102 (26.56%) Finance
2 89 (23.18%) Social Skills
3 56 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (12.50%) Banking
5 32 (8.33%) Public Sector
6 14 (3.65%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.08%) Law
8 7 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.82%) Investment Banking
9 6 (1.56%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.56%) Retail
10 5 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.30%) Front Office
10 5 (1.30%) Publishing
11 4 (1.04%) Automotive
11 4 (1.04%) Marketing
11 4 (1.04%) Military
12 2 (0.52%) Billing
12 2 (0.52%) Police
13 1 (0.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 87 (22.66%) DevOps Engineer
2 50 (13.02%) Senior
3 32 (8.33%) Cloud Engineer
4 30 (7.81%) AWS Engineer
4 30 (7.81%) Azure Engineer
5 29 (7.55%) Platform Engineer
6 27 (7.03%) Lead
6 27 (7.03%) Security Engineer
7 26 (6.77%) Developer
8 25 (6.51%) Linux Engineer
9 20 (5.21%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 20 (5.21%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 19 (4.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 19 (4.95%) Senior DevOps
11 18 (4.69%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 18 (4.69%) Site Engineer
12 17 (4.43%) Architect
12 17 (4.43%) Automation Engineer
12 17 (4.43%) AWS DevOps
12 17 (4.43%) DevSecOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 218 (56.77%) Terraform
2 50 (13.02%) Kafka
3 30 (7.81%) REST
4 23 (5.99%) Elastic Stack
5 21 (5.47%) Middleware
6 17 (4.43%) RESTful
6 17 (4.43%) YAML
7 16 (4.17%) ARM Templates
8 15 (3.91%) Loki
9 14 (3.65%) JSON
10 12 (3.13%) Flask
11 11 (2.86%) .NET
11 11 (2.86%) Spring
12 10 (2.60%) CSS
12 10 (2.60%) HTML
12 10 (2.60%) React
13 8 (2.08%) ADO
13 8 (2.08%) AngularJS
13 8 (2.08%) Keycloak
13 8 (2.08%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 61 (15.89%) Cloud Native
2 25 (6.51%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (5.21%) Hybrid Cloud
3 20 (5.21%) Onboarding
4 17 (4.43%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (3.65%) Linux Command Line
6 13 (3.39%) Legacy Applications
6 13 (3.39%) Management Information System
6 13 (3.39%) PKI
7 12 (3.13%) Public Cloud
7 12 (3.13%) Security Posture
8 9 (2.34%) Replication
9 8 (2.08%) Enterprise Storage
9 8 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.56%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.56%) Equities
10 6 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.30%) Cloud Security Posture
11 5 (1.30%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 178 (46.35%) Linux
2 62 (16.15%) Windows
3 37 (9.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 33 (8.59%) Unix
5 32 (8.33%) Windows Server
6 23 (5.99%) Ubuntu
7 10 (2.60%) VMS
8 6 (1.56%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.52%) Debian
9 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.26%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.26%) CentOS
10 1 (0.26%) Solaris
10 1 (0.26%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (63.28%) CI/CD
2 221 (57.55%) DevOps
3 207 (53.91%) Infrastructure as Code
4 108 (28.13%) Containerisation
5 107 (27.86%) Observability
6 79 (20.57%) Agile
7 71 (18.49%) Problem-Solving
8 70 (18.23%) Platform Engineering
9 67 (17.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 66 (17.19%) AI
11 65 (16.93%) Root Cause Analysis
12 52 (13.54%) Infrastructure Automation
13 51 (13.28%) Cloud Security
14 49 (12.76%) Runbook
15 48 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 48 (12.50%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 45 (11.72%) Migration
17 44 (11.46%) Configuration Management
17 44 (11.46%) DevSecOps
18 43 (11.20%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 326 (84.90%) Python
2 158 (41.15%) PowerShell
3 53 (13.80%) SQL
4 51 (13.28%) Java
5 39 (10.16%) Go
6 32 (8.33%) Bicep
7 29 (7.55%) Shell Script
8 19 (4.95%) Korn
9 15 (3.91%) Perl
10 13 (3.39%) JavaScript
11 12 (3.13%) Groovy
12 8 (2.08%) Ruby
13 7 (1.82%) C#
13 7 (1.82%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.78%) Cypher
14 3 (0.78%) Gremlin
14 3 (0.78%) SPARQL
15 2 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.52%) R
15 2 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 121 (31.51%) Security Cleared
2 104 (27.08%) SC Cleared
3 27 (7.03%) Degree
4 24 (6.25%) Azure Certification
5 20 (5.21%) AWS Certification
6 19 (4.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (3.13%) DV Cleared
8 9 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (2.34%) CISSP
9 6 (1.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 6 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.04%) CCNP
10 4 (1.04%) JNCIP
10 4 (1.04%) JNCIS
11 3 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (0.78%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.52%) CCNA
12 2 (0.52%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.52%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.55%) QA
2 17 (4.43%) NIST
3 15 (3.91%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.82%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.04%) SLA
7 3 (0.78%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.78%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.52%) GDPR
9 1 (0.26%) FedRAMP
9 1 (0.26%) NCSC
System Software
1 144 (37.50%) Docker
2 32 (8.33%) Active Directory
3 16 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (3.65%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (2.08%) Squid
6 5 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.04%) vSphere
8 3 (0.78%) HDFS
8 3 (0.78%) NFS
8 3 (0.78%) OpenSSH
8 3 (0.78%) Postfix
8 3 (0.78%) Varnish
8 3 (0.78%) zsh
9 2 (0.52%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.52%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.52%) Sendmail
9 2 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.26%) KVM
10 1 (0.26%) QEMU
10 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 175 (45.57%) Kubernetes
2 128 (33.33%) Ansible
3 111 (28.91%) Grafana
4 92 (23.96%) Prometheus
5 23 (5.99%) Puppet
6 19 (4.95%) Argo
7 12 (3.13%) Kibana
7 12 (3.13%) systemd
8 10 (2.60%) Istio
9 7 (1.82%) Cilium
10 6 (1.56%) ITRS Geneos
10 6 (1.56%) Progress Chef
11 5 (1.30%) Jamf Pro
12 4 (1.04%) Consul
12 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (1.04%) Salt
12 4 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (1.04%) Suricata
13 3 (0.78%) Control-M
13 3 (0.78%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 70 (18.23%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.81%) Dynatrace
2 30 (7.81%) Google
3 28 (7.29%) Splunk
4 27 (7.03%) VMware
5 25 (6.51%) Oracle
6 20 (5.21%) ServiceNow
7 17 (4.43%) CyberArk
7 17 (4.43%) Databricks
8 15 (3.91%) Red Hat
9 14 (3.65%) Cisco
10 13 (3.39%) Palo Alto
11 11 (2.86%) NetApp
12 10 (2.60%) Fortinet
13 9 (2.34%) BeyondTrust
13 9 (2.34%) WALLIX
14 8 (2.08%) Murex
15 7 (1.82%) Zscaler
16 6 (1.56%) Apple
16 6 (1.56%) FIS