Bash Contracts with Work from Home Options

Bash Shell
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Bash skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Bash over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 173 116 160
Rank change year-on-year -57 +44 +4
Contract jobs citing Bash 185 563 787
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.19% 2.14% 1.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.61% 5.72% 4.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 436 581
10th Percentile £400 £457 £413
25th Percentile £463 £524 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.92% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £700 £638
90th Percentile £691 £835 £700
UK median daily rate £536 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -10.67% +9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 3
10th Percentile - £20.55 £22.48
25th Percentile - £54.56 £23.19
Median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +143.48% -23.33%
75th Percentile - £77.63 £55.94
90th Percentile - £92.25 £69.63
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £71.50 £69.05
% change year-on-year -26.57% +3.55% +45.37%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

Bash is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,127 9,841 17,211
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 32.97% 37.35% 38.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,692 7,201 12,788
10th Percentile £350 £399 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.47%
75th Percentile £650 £660 £630
90th Percentile £775 £775 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 218 203
10th Percentile £26.25 £35.00 £20.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +32.65% +12.64%
75th Percentile £72.50 £69.31 £57.50
90th Percentile £89.13 £79.13 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £61.18 £50.00
% change year-on-year -1.92% +22.35% +14.94%

Bash
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Bash as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Bash trend for jobs with a WFH option

Bash
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Bash.

Bash daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Bash
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Bash over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Bash daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Bash
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Bash.

Bash hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Bash
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 24 (12.97%) Confluence
2 5 (2.70%) Cloud Foundry
2 5 (2.70%) nginx
2 5 (2.70%) OpenStack
3 4 (2.16%) Apache
4 3 (1.62%) IIS
5 1 (0.54%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.54%) ColdFusion
5 1 (0.54%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.54%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 103 (55.68%) AWS
2 64 (34.59%) Azure
3 30 (16.22%) GCP
4 24 (12.97%) Serverless
5 20 (10.81%) AWS Lambda
6 18 (9.73%) GitHub
6 18 (9.73%) OpenShift
7 16 (8.65%) Amazon EKS
7 16 (8.65%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (8.65%) IaaS
8 15 (8.11%) Amazon ECS
8 15 (8.11%) Amazon S3
8 15 (8.11%) AWS CloudFormation
9 13 (7.03%) Amazon EC2
9 13 (7.03%) PaaS
10 11 (5.95%) SaaS
11 8 (4.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 8 (4.32%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (3.78%) Nutanix
12 7 (3.78%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 19 (10.27%) Firewall
1 19 (10.27%) TCP/IP
2 17 (9.19%) DNS
3 12 (6.49%) DHCP
4 11 (5.95%) SAN
5 8 (4.32%) LAN
6 7 (3.78%) Kerberos
6 7 (3.78%) NAS
6 7 (3.78%) Network Security
6 7 (3.78%) VLAN
7 6 (3.24%) SSL
8 4 (2.16%) BGP
9 3 (1.62%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (1.62%) HTTP
9 3 (1.62%) IOS XR
9 3 (1.62%) WAN
9 3 (1.62%) WLAN
10 2 (1.08%) Cisco Firepower
10 2 (1.08%) Internet
10 2 (1.08%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (11.35%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (7.57%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (5.41%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (5.41%) MongoDB
3 10 (5.41%) SQL Server
4 8 (4.32%) Relational Database
5 7 (3.78%) MySQL
6 6 (3.24%) NoSQL
7 5 (2.70%) Amazon Aurora
7 5 (2.70%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.62%) InfluxDB
8 3 (1.62%) MariaDB
8 3 (1.62%) Oracle Database
9 2 (1.08%) Couchbase
9 2 (1.08%) RDBMS
9 2 (1.08%) Redis
10 1 (0.54%) Big Data
10 1 (0.54%) Data Mart
10 1 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 54 (29.19%) Git
2 50 (27.03%) Jenkins
3 28 (15.14%) GitLab
4 27 (14.59%) JIRA
5 8 (4.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 8 (4.32%) Bitbucket
5 8 (4.32%) TeamCity
6 6 (3.24%) Artifactory
7 2 (1.08%) Ant
7 2 (1.08%) CircleCI
7 2 (1.08%) Gradle
7 2 (1.08%) Maven
7 2 (1.08%) Selenium
8 1 (0.54%) AppScan
8 1 (0.54%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.54%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.54%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.54%) Postman
8 1 (0.54%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.54%) Subversion
General
1 43 (23.24%) Social Skills
2 28 (15.14%) Public Sector
3 23 (12.43%) Finance
4 5 (2.70%) Banking
4 5 (2.70%) Telecoms
5 4 (2.16%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (2.16%) Law
5 4 (2.16%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.62%) Investment Banking
6 3 (1.62%) Marketing
6 3 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.54%) Aviation
8 1 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.54%) Electronics
8 1 (0.54%) French Language
8 1 (0.54%) Legal
8 1 (0.54%) Retail
8 1 (0.54%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 57 (30.81%) DevOps Engineer
2 29 (15.68%) Developer
3 26 (14.05%) Senior
4 24 (12.97%) AWS Engineer
5 22 (11.89%) AWS DevOps
6 19 (10.27%) AWS DevOps Engineer
7 13 (7.03%) Platform Engineer
8 12 (6.49%) Lead
9 11 (5.95%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 11 (5.95%) Senior DevOps
10 10 (5.41%) Linux Engineer
11 9 (4.86%) Consultant
11 9 (4.86%) DBA
12 8 (4.32%) Administrator
12 8 (4.32%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 7 (3.78%) Azure Engineer
13 7 (3.78%) Linux Administrator
13 7 (3.78%) Linux Systems Administrator
13 7 (3.78%) Systems Administrator
14 6 (3.24%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (9.73%) Elastic Stack
2 14 (7.57%) React
3 12 (6.49%) AWS CDK
4 10 (5.41%) LDAP
4 10 (5.41%) Node.js
5 7 (3.78%) ARM Templates
5 7 (3.78%) Kafka
6 6 (3.24%) CSS
6 6 (3.24%) HTML
7 5 (2.70%) .NET
7 5 (2.70%) AWS SAM
7 5 (2.70%) Django
7 5 (2.70%) REST
8 4 (2.16%) JSON
8 4 (2.16%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (2.16%) RESTful
9 3 (1.62%) AngularJS
9 3 (1.62%) HTML5
9 3 (1.62%) XML
9 3 (1.62%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.95%) Replication
2 10 (5.41%) Public Cloud
3 9 (4.86%) Clustering
4 7 (3.78%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.24%) Data Centre
5 6 (3.24%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (2.16%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.62%) Distributed Applications
7 3 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.62%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.62%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.08%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.08%) PKI
8 2 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.54%) Blockchain
9 1 (0.54%) CBDC
9 1 (0.54%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 102 (55.14%) Linux
2 36 (19.46%) Windows
3 27 (14.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 22 (11.89%) Unix
5 20 (10.81%) Windows Server
6 12 (6.49%) Ubuntu
7 11 (5.95%) Solaris
8 8 (4.32%) Oracle Linux
9 4 (2.16%) CentOS
10 2 (1.08%) Mac OS
10 2 (1.08%) VMS
11 1 (0.54%) AIX
11 1 (0.54%) Android
11 1 (0.54%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.54%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (52.43%) DevOps
2 74 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 52 (28.11%) Agile
3 52 (28.11%) Infrastructure as Code
4 29 (15.68%) Containerisation
5 27 (14.59%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (13.51%) Test Automation
7 24 (12.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (10.81%) Continuous Integration
8 20 (10.81%) Roadmaps
9 19 (10.27%) High Availability
9 19 (10.27%) Performance Tuning
10 18 (9.73%) Disaster Recovery
11 16 (8.65%) Configuration Management
12 15 (8.11%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 14 (7.57%) Mentoring
14 13 (7.03%) Computer Science
15 12 (6.49%) Task Automation
16 11 (5.95%) Deployment Automation
16 11 (5.95%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 146 (78.92%) Python
2 48 (25.95%) PowerShell
3 32 (17.30%) JavaScript
4 29 (15.68%) Perl
5 28 (15.14%) SQL
6 25 (13.51%) Java
7 20 (10.81%) Go
8 14 (7.57%) C++
8 14 (7.57%) TypeScript
9 13 (7.03%) C
9 13 (7.03%) Ruby
10 7 (3.78%) Korn
11 6 (3.24%) C#
11 6 (3.24%) Groovy
11 6 (3.24%) Shell Script
12 5 (2.70%) PL/SQL
13 4 (2.16%) Bourne shell
13 4 (2.16%) PHP
13 4 (2.16%) T-SQL
14 2 (1.08%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 54 (29.19%) Security Cleared
2 41 (22.16%) SC Cleared
3 16 (8.65%) Degree
3 16 (8.65%) DV Cleared
4 11 (5.95%) AWS Certification
4 11 (5.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (4.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 4 (2.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.62%) CCNA
7 3 (1.62%) CCNP
7 3 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.08%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.08%) CEH
8 2 (1.08%) CISM
8 2 (1.08%) CISSP
8 2 (1.08%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.08%) RHCE
8 2 (1.08%) SANS
9 1 (0.54%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.32%) GDPR
2 7 (3.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (3.24%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.08%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.08%) WCAG
5 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.54%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.54%) NIST
5 1 (0.54%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.54%) QA
5 1 (0.54%) SLA
System Software
1 56 (30.27%) Docker
2 15 (8.11%) Active Directory
3 13 (7.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (4.32%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (2.70%) vSphere
6 4 (2.16%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.62%) zsh
8 2 (1.08%) KVM
9 1 (0.54%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.54%) iptables
9 1 (0.54%) Lustre
9 1 (0.54%) Postfix
9 1 (0.54%) PowerDNS
Systems Management
1 75 (40.54%) Terraform
2 65 (35.14%) Kubernetes
3 64 (34.59%) Ansible
4 21 (11.35%) Puppet
5 20 (10.81%) Grafana
6 19 (10.27%) Prometheus
7 13 (7.03%) Progress Chef
7 13 (7.03%) Red Hat Satellite
8 10 (5.41%) Kibana
9 8 (4.32%) EMC NetWorker
10 7 (3.78%) Nagios
10 7 (3.78%) Netcool
10 7 (3.78%) Tivoli
10 7 (3.78%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 4 (2.16%) ZABBIX
12 3 (1.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (1.62%) Packer
12 3 (1.62%) Salt
12 3 (1.62%) SCCM
13 2 (1.08%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 24 (12.97%) Microsoft
2 23 (12.43%) VMware
3 21 (11.35%) Red Hat
3 21 (11.35%) Splunk
4 18 (9.73%) Oracle
5 14 (7.57%) Atlassian
6 13 (7.03%) Cisco
7 9 (4.86%) EMC
7 9 (4.86%) ServiceNow
8 8 (4.32%) IBM
9 7 (3.78%) CyberArk
9 7 (3.78%) Dell
9 7 (3.78%) HP
9 7 (3.78%) Isilon
9 7 (3.78%) Qualys
9 7 (3.78%) Serena
10 6 (3.24%) Google
10 6 (3.24%) TOWER Software
11 4 (2.16%) F5
11 4 (2.16%) SolarWinds