Shell Script Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Shell Scripting (Shell Programming)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Shell Script skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 86 86
Rank change year-on-year -57 0 +13
Contract jobs citing Shell Script 20 40 12
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.70% 2.39% 0.84%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.48% 6.76% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 27 6
10th Percentile - £390 £460
25th Percentile £350 £459 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £519 £580 £539
90th Percentile £538 £610 £628
England median daily rate £525 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -7.41%

All Programming Languages
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

6 months to
20 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 806 592 424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 28.05% 35.41% 29.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 513 375 299
10th Percentile £363 £342 £354
25th Percentile £424 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £569 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £513 £540
% change year-on-year +2.44% -5.09% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 8
10th Percentile £18.79 - £26.25
25th Percentile £21.24 £49.25 £30.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £49.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.52% +23.75% +87.71%
75th Percentile £26.63 £49.75 £58.13
90th Percentile £34.80 - £63.75
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%

Shell Script Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Shell Script job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Shell Script Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Shell Script Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Shell Script in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 20 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Shell Script in Yorkshire

Shell Script Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Shell Script Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Shell Script within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 20 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
South Yorkshire -40 17 £350 -28.57% 6
West Yorkshire -20 3 £531 +6.20% 5
Shell Script
England

Shell Script Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Groovy45.0%9
2Python35.0%7
3Bash30.0%6
3SQL30.0%6
5PowerShell20.0%4
6Java10.0%2
7COBOL5.0%1
7Perl5.0%1
7PL/SQL5.0%1
7VB5.0%1