Shell Script Job Trends in England

Shell Scripting (Shell Programming)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Shell Script skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 519 512 440
Rank change year-on-year -7 -72 +80
Permanent jobs citing Shell Script 104 204 272
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.24% 0.33% 0.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.97% 1.03% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 52 89 203
10th Percentile £38,500 £43,911 £43,000
25th Percentile £41,710 £50,000 £51,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £70,000 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +2.19% +14.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £85,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £58,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -17.14% - +16.67%

All Programming Languages
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,690 19,713 20,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.16% 31.83% 41.06%
Number of salaries quoted 7,338 11,866 16,890
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,063 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +4.00%

Shell Script
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Shell Script job vacancy trend in England

Shell Script
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Shell Script.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Shell Script

Shell Script
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Shell Script in England over the 6 months to 20 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Shell Script in England

Shell Script
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
London +58 72 £70,000 -11.11% 19
South East +32 21 £68,000 +47.06% 24
East of England +5 12 £39,000 -29.09% 10
Midlands +11 8 £57,750 +15.50% 11
South West +29 5 £95,000 +18.75% 8
North of England -15 5 £27,500 -43.31% 18
West Midlands +36 4 - - 7
East Midlands +14 4 £57,750 +15.50% 4
North West +2 4 £43,500 - 6
Yorkshire +4 1 £27,500 -43.31% 11
Shell Script
UK

Shell Script
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 5 (4.81%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (3.85%) Confluence
2 4 (3.85%) Jupyter
3 2 (1.92%) Anypoint
3 2 (1.92%) JBoss
3 2 (1.92%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (9.62%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.96%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (3.85%) NEC Housing
2 2 (1.92%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 54 (51.92%) AWS
2 27 (25.96%) Amazon EC2
3 26 (25.00%) Azure
3 26 (25.00%) Serverless
4 25 (24.04%) Amazon ECS
5 23 (22.12%) Amazon EKS
6 9 (8.65%) OpenShift
7 6 (5.77%) GCP
8 5 (4.81%) Amazon S3
8 5 (4.81%) BlazeMeter
8 5 (4.81%) GitHub
8 5 (4.81%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (4.81%) SaaS
9 4 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (2.88%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.92%) Boomi
11 2 (1.92%) Datadog
11 2 (1.92%) iPaaS
11 2 (1.92%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.81%) Firewall
2 3 (2.88%) AMQP
2 3 (2.88%) DNS
2 3 (2.88%) SSL
2 3 (2.88%) VPN
3 2 (1.92%) DHCP
3 2 (1.92%) Network Security
3 2 (1.92%) SAN
3 2 (1.92%) SSH
3 2 (1.92%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.96%) Asterisk PBX
4 1 (0.96%) HTTP
4 1 (0.96%) RTP
4 1 (0.96%) VLAN
4 1 (0.96%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (35.58%) Relational Database
2 29 (27.88%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (21.15%) RDBMS
4 13 (12.50%) MySQL
5 7 (6.73%) SQL Server
6 5 (4.81%) Oracle Database
7 4 (3.85%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (3.85%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (3.85%) KDB
7 4 (3.85%) Kdb+
7 4 (3.85%) MongoDB
7 4 (3.85%) MS Access
7 4 (3.85%) SAP Data Services
8 3 (2.88%) InfluxDB
8 3 (2.88%) Redis
9 2 (1.92%) Big Data
9 2 (1.92%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (1.92%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.96%) Oracle Database 12c
10 1 (0.96%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 42 (40.38%) Jenkins
2 26 (25.00%) JUnit
3 24 (23.08%) Mockito
4 23 (22.12%) JMeter
5 18 (17.31%) Git
6 10 (9.62%) JIRA
7 8 (7.69%) GitLab
7 8 (7.69%) Maven
8 4 (3.85%) Gradle
8 4 (3.85%) Toad
9 3 (2.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (2.88%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (2.88%) Subversion
10 2 (1.92%) Artifactory
10 2 (1.92%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.96%) CMake
11 1 (0.96%) MSBuild
11 1 (0.96%) Postman
11 1 (0.96%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.96%) SonarQube
General
1 30 (28.85%) Finance
2 28 (26.92%) Social Skills
3 27 (25.96%) Public Sector
4 19 (18.27%) Law
5 16 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (10.58%) Marketing
7 9 (8.65%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (5.77%) Legal
9 5 (4.81%) Banking
10 4 (3.85%) Advertising
10 4 (3.85%) Front Office
10 4 (3.85%) Local Government
10 4 (3.85%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.92%) Aviation
12 2 (1.92%) Cantonese Language
12 2 (1.92%) Mandarin Language
12 2 (1.92%) Retail
13 1 (0.96%) Electronics
13 1 (0.96%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 28 (26.92%) Developer
2 25 (24.04%) Java Developer
3 19 (18.27%) Support Engineer
4 17 (16.35%) Full-Stack Developer
5 16 (15.38%) Full-Stack Java Developer
5 16 (15.38%) Senior
6 15 (14.42%) Software Engineer
7 13 (12.50%) Lead
7 13 (12.50%) Mid-Level Java Developer
8 11 (10.58%) Applications Support
9 10 (9.62%) Linux Engineer
9 10 (9.62%) Linux Support
9 10 (9.62%) Linux Support Engineer
10 8 (7.69%) Database Engineer
10 8 (7.69%) Lead Software Engineer
11 6 (5.77%) Administrator
12 5 (4.81%) DBA
12 5 (4.81%) DevOps Engineer
12 5 (4.81%) Site Engineer
12 5 (4.81%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (38.46%) REST
2 28 (26.92%) Spring
2 28 (26.92%) Spring Boot
3 27 (25.96%) HTML
4 24 (23.08%) Hibernate
4 24 (23.08%) JSON
4 24 (23.08%) Web Services
4 24 (23.08%) XML
5 23 (22.12%) ActiveMQ
5 23 (22.12%) Apache Camel
5 23 (22.12%) jQuery
5 23 (22.12%) WireMock
6 9 (8.65%) React
7 8 (7.69%) OAuth
7 8 (7.69%) OpenID
8 6 (5.77%) SOAP
9 5 (4.81%) Middleware
10 4 (3.85%) FIX Protocol
10 4 (3.85%) RESTful
10 4 (3.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (22.12%) Distributed Systems
2 13 (12.50%) Linux Command Line
3 8 (7.69%) Algorithms
3 8 (7.69%) Data Structures
3 8 (7.69%) Private Cloud
3 8 (7.69%) Product Ownership
3 8 (7.69%) Public Cloud
4 7 (6.73%) Replication
5 5 (4.81%) Derivative
6 4 (3.85%) Equities
6 4 (3.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.92%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.92%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.92%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.92%) Tandem
9 1 (0.96%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.96%) Clustering
9 1 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.96%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 47 (45.19%) Linux
2 34 (32.69%) Unix
3 12 (11.54%) Windows
4 10 (9.62%) Mac OS
5 7 (6.73%) Windows Server
6 4 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (3.85%) Solaris
7 3 (2.88%) AIX
8 2 (1.92%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.96%) Debian
9 1 (0.96%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.96%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (53.85%) Agile
2 48 (46.15%) CI/CD
3 37 (35.58%) TDD
4 31 (29.81%) Microservices
4 31 (29.81%) SDLC
5 29 (27.88%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (27.88%) Workflow
6 23 (22.12%) BDD
7 22 (21.15%) DevOps
8 21 (20.19%) Process Management
9 19 (18.27%) Full-Stack Development
9 19 (18.27%) Infrastructure as Code
9 19 (18.27%) Software Engineering
9 19 (18.27%) Test Automation
10 17 (16.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (16.35%) Continuous Integration
11 14 (13.46%) Problem Management
12 12 (11.54%) AI
12 12 (11.54%) Asset Management
12 12 (11.54%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (58.65%) Python
2 44 (42.31%) Java
3 31 (29.81%) SQL
4 27 (25.96%) JavaScript
5 20 (19.23%) Bash
6 13 (12.50%) PowerShell
7 9 (8.65%) Go
7 9 (8.65%) TypeScript
8 8 (7.69%) PL/SQL
9 4 (3.85%) C#
9 4 (3.85%) VB
10 2 (1.92%) C++
10 2 (1.92%) Korn
10 2 (1.92%) Perl
11 1 (0.96%) Bourne shell
11 1 (0.96%) C
11 1 (0.96%) C-shell
11 1 (0.96%) Groovy
11 1 (0.96%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 23 (22.12%) Security Cleared
2 12 (11.54%) Degree
3 10 (9.62%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.85%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.96%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.96%) OCA
7 1 (0.96%) OCP
7 1 (0.96%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.77%) QA
2 2 (1.92%) GDPR
2 2 (1.92%) SLA
3 1 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 54 (51.92%) Docker
2 5 (4.81%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (4.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.92%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.92%) vSphere
4 1 (0.96%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.96%) Corosync
4 1 (0.96%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.96%) Kamailio
4 1 (0.96%) KVM
4 1 (0.96%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 48 (46.15%) Kubernetes
2 27 (25.96%) Ansible
3 25 (24.04%) Kibana
4 17 (16.35%) Grafana
5 14 (13.46%) Terraform
6 12 (11.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (9.62%) Prometheus
8 9 (8.65%) Progress Chef
9 3 (2.88%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (1.92%) Argo
10 2 (1.92%) FortiGate
10 2 (1.92%) logstash
10 2 (1.92%) Puppet
10 2 (1.92%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (1.92%) SCCM
10 2 (1.92%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.96%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.96%) Nessus
11 1 (0.96%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.96%) Plesk
Vendors
1 33 (31.73%) Dynatrace
2 32 (30.77%) Splunk
3 24 (23.08%) Oracle
4 13 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 12 (11.54%) Google
6 10 (9.62%) Apple
6 10 (9.62%) SAP
7 7 (6.73%) VMware
8 6 (5.77%) Red Hat
9 4 (3.85%) IBM
9 4 (3.85%) NEC
10 3 (2.88%) Dell
10 3 (2.88%) Software AG
10 3 (2.88%) Talend
11 2 (1.92%) AppDynamics
11 2 (1.92%) IFS
11 2 (1.92%) Jitterbit
11 2 (1.92%) MuleSoft
11 2 (1.92%) SnapLogic
11 2 (1.92%) Workday