Shell Script Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Shell Scripting (Shell Programming)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Shell Script skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 76 64
Rank change year-on-year +6 -12 +53
Permanent jobs citing Shell Script 1 10 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.11% 1.11% 0.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.54% 2.58% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £39,321
25th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £50,357
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +10.34% -14.71%
75th Percentile £72,500 £90,000 £78,750
90th Percentile - - £80,250
East of England median annual salary £43,085 £80,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -46.14% +39.13% -20.14%

All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire

Shell Script falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 184 387 260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 20.42% 42.81% 43.55%
Number of salaries quoted 133 212 162
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £65,000 £78,750 £85,563
90th Percentile £78,300 £85,000 £92,500
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Shell Script
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Shell Script job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Shell Script
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Shell Script.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Shell Script

Shell Script
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Shell Script within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 26 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge -3 1 £70,000 -12.50% 3
Shell Script
East of England

Shell Script
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker