Shell Script Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Shell Scripting (Shell Programming)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Shell Script skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 26 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing Shell Script 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 0.52% 0.74% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.70% 3.13% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £420 -
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £400 £513
% change year-on-year +31.25% -21.95% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - -
Median hourly rate £47.50 - -
75th Percentile £48.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £47.50 - -

All Programming Languages
Portsmouth

Shell Script 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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 27 32 67
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 14.06% 23.70% 25.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 10 38
10th Percentile £405 £408 £471
25th Percentile £418 £430 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.42% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £548 £569 £578
90th Percentile - £588 £638
Hampshire median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 17 13
10th Percentile £45.83 £57.55 £51.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £62.50 £55.00
Median hourly rate £48.11 £70.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.27% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £50.00 - £68.75
90th Percentile £50.77 £72.75 £70.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +8.33% -4.00%

Shell Script
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Shell Script relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Shell Script job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Shell Script
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Shell Script.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Shell Script

Shell Script
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Shell Script.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Shell Script

Shell Script
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) YAML
1 1 (100.00%) ZeroMQ
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Podman
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat