Shell Script Job Trends in the East of England

Shell Scripting (Shell Programming)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Shell Script skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 171 130
Rank change year-on-year +17 -41 +66
Permanent jobs citing Shell Script 5 13 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.12% 0.37% 0.66%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.94% 1.17% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 6
10th Percentile - - £36,607
25th Percentile £42,780 - £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,085 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.67%
75th Percentile £43,389 - £73,438
90th Percentile £60,856 - £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +3.45%

All Programming Languages
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 533 1,112 790
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 12.75% 31.53% 32.42%
Number of salaries quoted 422 501 610
10th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £39,438 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £76,000 £74,938
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

Shell Script
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Shell Script job vacancy trend in the East of England

Shell Script
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Shell Script.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Shell Script

Shell Script
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Shell Script in the East of England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Shell Script in the East of England

Shell Script
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Shell Script within the East of England region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire - 4 £43,085 - 6
Cambridgeshire +10 1 £70,000 - 4
Shell Script
England

Shell Script
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 4 (80.00%) NEC Housing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) BusinessObjects
1 4 (80.00%) MS Access
1 4 (80.00%) SAP Data Services
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Toad
2 1 (20.00%) Git
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Local Government
2 4 (80.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Senior
2 4 (80.00%) Applications Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Applications Support
2 4 (80.00%) Applications Support Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Senior Applications Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Senior Applications Support
2 4 (80.00%) Senior Support Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Unix
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (80.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 4 (80.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (80.00%) Digital Strategy
1 4 (80.00%) Migration
1 4 (80.00%) Workflow
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) SDLC
2 1 (20.00%) Signal Processing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
1 4 (80.00%) VB
2 1 (20.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) NEC
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle
1 4 (80.00%) SAP