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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 498 544 471
Rank change year-on-year +46 -73 +56
Permanent jobs citing Shell Script 107 179 217
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.23% 0.30% 0.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.01% 0.92% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 54 82 162
10th Percentile £38,500 £43,911 £42,750
25th Percentile £43,375 £52,500 £51,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £68,750 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.36% +1.85% +12.50%
75th Percentile £69,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £110,250 £94,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.81% -3.57% +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 10,622 19,422 18,985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 23.02% 32.26% 41.02%
Number of salaries quoted 7,875 11,556 15,630
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,789 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,250 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £111,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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 November 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 November 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 +26 70 £60,000 -20.00% 30
South East +36 27 £53,750 -9.09% 19
East of England +18 10 £39,000 -42.22% 6
Midlands +57 8 £57,750 +5.00% 14
North of England +24 6 £38,750 -0.64% 8
South West +17 5 £95,000 +20.63% 6
West Midlands +41 4 - - 10
North West +29 4 £55,000 - 3
East Midlands +22 4 £57,750 +12.14% 4
Yorkshire -4 2 £27,500 -29.49% 5
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 (4.67%) Anypoint
1 5 (4.67%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (3.74%) Confluence
2 4 (3.74%) Jupyter
3 2 (1.87%) JBoss
3 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.87%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.87%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 6 (5.61%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.93%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 5 (4.67%) Shopify
2 4 (3.74%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 56 (52.34%) AWS
2 30 (28.04%) Azure
3 26 (24.30%) Amazon EC2
4 25 (23.36%) Serverless
5 24 (22.43%) Amazon ECS
6 22 (20.56%) Amazon EKS
7 8 (7.48%) GCP
7 8 (7.48%) OpenShift
8 7 (6.54%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (5.61%) SaaS
10 5 (4.67%) Amazon S3
10 5 (4.67%) Boomi
10 5 (4.67%) GitHub
10 5 (4.67%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (4.67%) iPaaS
10 5 (4.67%) Power Automate
10 5 (4.67%) Workato
11 4 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (2.80%) AWS Lambda
13 2 (1.87%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.48%) Firewall
2 6 (5.61%) DNS
3 5 (4.67%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.74%) VPN
5 3 (2.80%) AMQP
5 3 (2.80%) DHCP
5 3 (2.80%) SSL
6 2 (1.87%) Network Security
6 2 (1.87%) SAN
6 2 (1.87%) SpaceWire
6 2 (1.87%) SSH
7 1 (0.93%) HTTP
7 1 (0.93%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (36.45%) Relational Database
2 27 (25.23%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (19.63%) RDBMS
4 16 (14.95%) MySQL
5 8 (7.48%) SQL Server
6 5 (4.67%) BusinessObjects
6 5 (4.67%) Oracle Database
7 4 (3.74%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (3.74%) KDB
7 4 (3.74%) Kdb+
7 4 (3.74%) MS Access
7 4 (3.74%) SAP Data Services
8 3 (2.80%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (2.80%) InfluxDB
8 3 (2.80%) MongoDB
8 3 (2.80%) Redis
9 2 (1.87%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.93%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.93%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.93%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 37 (34.58%) Jenkins
2 25 (23.36%) JUnit
3 23 (21.50%) Mockito
4 22 (20.56%) JMeter
5 17 (15.89%) Git
6 10 (9.35%) JIRA
7 7 (6.54%) GitLab
7 7 (6.54%) Maven
8 4 (3.74%) Gradle
8 4 (3.74%) Toad
9 3 (2.80%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (2.80%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (2.80%) Subversion
10 2 (1.87%) Artifactory
10 2 (1.87%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.93%) CMake
11 1 (0.93%) MSBuild
11 1 (0.93%) Postman
11 1 (0.93%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.93%) SoapUI
General
1 26 (24.30%) Finance
2 25 (23.36%) Public Sector
2 25 (23.36%) Social Skills
3 22 (20.56%) Law
4 16 (14.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (9.35%) Marketing
6 9 (8.41%) Legal
7 6 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (4.67%) Banking
9 4 (3.74%) Local Government
10 3 (2.80%) Advertising
10 3 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.87%) Aviation
11 2 (1.87%) Front Office
11 2 (1.87%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.93%) Cantonese Language
12 1 (0.93%) Electronics
12 1 (0.93%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.93%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (25.23%) Developer
2 25 (23.36%) Java Developer
2 25 (23.36%) Support Engineer
3 19 (17.76%) Full-Stack Developer
4 18 (16.82%) Full-Stack Java Developer
5 16 (14.95%) Software Engineer
6 15 (14.02%) Mid-Level Java Developer
6 15 (14.02%) Senior
7 13 (12.15%) Linux Engineer
7 13 (12.15%) Linux Support
7 13 (12.15%) Linux Support Engineer
8 12 (11.21%) Lead
9 8 (7.48%) Applications Support
9 8 (7.48%) Database Engineer
9 8 (7.48%) Lead Software Engineer
10 7 (6.54%) Administrator
11 6 (5.61%) Platform Engineer
12 5 (4.67%) DBA
12 5 (4.67%) Site Engineer
12 5 (4.67%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (39.25%) REST
2 27 (25.23%) JSON
2 27 (25.23%) Spring
2 27 (25.23%) Spring Boot
2 27 (25.23%) XML
3 26 (24.30%) Web Services
4 25 (23.36%) HTML
5 23 (21.50%) Hibernate
6 22 (20.56%) ActiveMQ
6 22 (20.56%) Apache Camel
6 22 (20.56%) jQuery
6 22 (20.56%) WireMock
7 9 (8.41%) SOAP
8 8 (7.48%) OAuth
8 8 (7.48%) OpenID
8 8 (7.48%) React
9 7 (6.54%) RESTful
10 5 (4.67%) Middleware
11 4 (3.74%) FIX Protocol
11 4 (3.74%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (20.56%) Distributed Systems
2 12 (11.21%) Linux Command Line
3 8 (7.48%) Algorithms
3 8 (7.48%) Data Structures
3 8 (7.48%) Private Cloud
3 8 (7.48%) Product Ownership
3 8 (7.48%) Public Cloud
4 6 (5.61%) Replication
5 5 (4.67%) Low-Code
6 4 (3.74%) Derivative
6 4 (3.74%) Equities
6 4 (3.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (3.74%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (3.74%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.74%) Video on Demand
6 4 (3.74%) Video\Live Streaming
7 3 (2.80%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.87%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.87%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 55 (51.40%) Linux
2 33 (30.84%) Unix
3 13 (12.15%) Windows
4 9 (8.41%) CentOS
5 8 (7.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (7.48%) Windows Server
6 6 (5.61%) Mac OS
6 6 (5.61%) Ubuntu
7 4 (3.74%) Solaris
8 3 (2.80%) AIX
8 3 (2.80%) Rocky
9 2 (1.87%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 2 (1.87%) VxWorks
9 2 (1.87%) Windows 10
9 2 (1.87%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.93%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (52.34%) Agile
2 42 (39.25%) CI/CD
3 35 (32.71%) TDD
4 34 (31.78%) SDLC
5 28 (26.17%) Microservices
5 28 (26.17%) Workflow
6 26 (24.30%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (20.56%) BDD
8 21 (19.63%) Full-Stack Development
9 20 (18.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (18.69%) DevOps
9 20 (18.69%) Infrastructure as Code
9 20 (18.69%) Process Management
9 20 (18.69%) Software Engineering
9 20 (18.69%) Test Automation
10 14 (13.08%) Configuration Management
10 14 (13.08%) Continuous Integration
10 14 (13.08%) Problem Management
11 12 (11.21%) Containerisation
11 12 (11.21%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 65 (60.75%) Python
2 42 (39.25%) Java
3 29 (27.10%) JavaScript
3 29 (27.10%) SQL
4 22 (20.56%) Bash
5 12 (11.21%) PowerShell
6 9 (8.41%) Go
6 9 (8.41%) TypeScript
7 7 (6.54%) C#
8 5 (4.67%) Perl
8 5 (4.67%) PL/SQL
9 4 (3.74%) VB
10 3 (2.80%) C
10 3 (2.80%) C++
11 2 (1.87%) Korn
12 1 (0.93%) Bourne shell
12 1 (0.93%) C-shell
12 1 (0.93%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 24 (22.43%) Security Cleared
2 11 (10.28%) Degree
3 7 (6.54%) SC Cleared
4 6 (5.61%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.93%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.93%) OCA
6 1 (0.93%) OCP
6 1 (0.93%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.67%) GDPR
1 5 (4.67%) QA
2 2 (1.87%) ECSS
2 2 (1.87%) SLA
3 1 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 55 (51.40%) Docker
2 7 (6.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.67%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.87%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.87%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.87%) KVM
4 2 (1.87%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.87%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.87%) vSphere
5 1 (0.93%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 47 (43.93%) Kubernetes
2 31 (28.97%) Ansible
3 24 (22.43%) Kibana
4 16 (14.95%) Terraform
5 13 (12.15%) Grafana
6 9 (8.41%) Prometheus
7 8 (7.48%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (5.61%) Progress Chef
9 4 (3.74%) Nagios
10 3 (2.80%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (1.87%) Argo
11 2 (1.87%) FortiGate
11 2 (1.87%) logstash
11 2 (1.87%) Plesk
11 2 (1.87%) Puppet
11 2 (1.87%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (1.87%) SCCM
11 2 (1.87%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.93%) Podman
12 1 (0.93%) VxRail
Vendors
1 29 (27.10%) Dynatrace
1 29 (27.10%) Splunk
2 22 (20.56%) Oracle
3 12 (11.21%) Google
3 12 (11.21%) SAP
4 10 (9.35%) Microsoft
4 10 (9.35%) VMware
5 8 (7.48%) Red Hat
6 7 (6.54%) IBM
7 6 (5.61%) Apple
7 6 (5.61%) Dell
7 6 (5.61%) Software AG
8 5 (4.67%) Epicor
8 5 (4.67%) Infor
8 5 (4.67%) Informatica
8 5 (4.67%) Jitterbit
8 5 (4.67%) MuleSoft
8 5 (4.67%) SnapLogic
8 5 (4.67%) Talend
8 5 (4.67%) TIBCO