Bash Shell
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Bash skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Bash over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 82 | 99 | 126 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +17 | +27 | +21 |
| Contract jobs citing Bash | 15 | 12 | 13 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 1.12% | 0.62% | 0.55% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 4.37% | 2.82% | 2.07% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 7 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £253 | £430 | £370 |
| 25th Percentile | £507 | £475 | £381 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £651 | £500 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +30.25% | -16.67% | +21.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £690 | £536 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £696 | - | £715 |
| England median daily rate | £550 | £550 | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -12.00% | +8.70% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £51.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £52.50 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median hourly rate | £53.50 | £52.50 | £65.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.90% | -19.85% | +3.52% |
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
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 the West Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 343 | 425 | 628 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 25.50% | 21.83% | 26.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 211 | 308 | 439 |
| 10th Percentile | £235 | £260 | £362 |
| 25th Percentile | £401 | £350 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £456 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.11% | -13.10% | +14.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £575 | £595 |
| 90th Percentile | £689 | £638 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £540 | £565 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.78% | -4.42% | +2.73% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 15 | 13 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.85 | £40.10 | £21.73 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.87 | £55.00 | £23.81 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.50 | £57.50 | £29.32 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -52.17% | +96.13% | +68.59% |
| 75th Percentile | £31.33 | £58.75 | £64.69 |
| 90th Percentile | £33.91 | £69.75 | £98.25 |
| England median hourly rate | £62.75 | £62.50 | £61.84 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.40% | +1.07% | +23.68% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing Bash as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Bash in the West Midlands.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Bash in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Bash in the West Midlands.
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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bash within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | - | 12 | £688 | - | 11 |
| Shropshire | -10 | 1 | - | - | |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: