C-shell Contract Job Trends

C shell (csh)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring C-shell 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 578 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing C-shell 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.003% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.009% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Programming Languages
UK

C-shell 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 11,432 11,583 13,918
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.56% 32.34% 30.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,537 7,407 9,893
10th Percentile £345 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -4.55% -3.08%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £764 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -3.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 344 286 428
10th Percentile £31.05 £22.00 £31.43
25th Percentile £48.75 £40.19 £47.50
Median hourly rate £64.25 £63.00 £60.36
Median % change year-on-year +1.98% +4.38% -3.43%
75th Percentile £68.00 £69.45 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.25 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

C-shell
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing C-shell relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

C-shell job vacancy trend in the UK

C-shell
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing C-shell.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing C-shell

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Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing C-shell.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing C-shell

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Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C-shell within the UK over the 6 months to 3 December 2025. 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
England - 1 £400 -
Work from Home - 1 £400 -

C-shell
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Go
1 1 (100.00%) Korn
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) GPEN
1 1 (100.00%) GWAPT
1 1 (100.00%) GXPN
1 1 (100.00%) OSCE
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared