Shell Script Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Shell Scripting (Shell Programming)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 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 85 - 68
Rank change year-on-year - - +54
Permanent jobs citing Shell Script 4 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 0.25% - 0.14%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.03% - 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,780 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,085 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.73%
75th Percentile £43,389 - £43,750
90th Percentile - - -
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
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 197 333 181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 12.11% 26.04% 25.31%
Number of salaries quoted 161 173 147
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £76,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £82,500
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 Hertfordshire

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

Shell Script job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Shell Script
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Shell Script.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Shell Script

Shell Script
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Shell Script within the Hertfordshire 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
Stevenage - 4 £43,085 - 5
Shell Script
East of England

Shell Script
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (100.00%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 4 (100.00%) NEC Housing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) BusinessObjects
1 4 (100.00%) MS Access
1 4 (100.00%) SAP Data Services
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Toad
General
1 4 (100.00%) Local Government
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Applications Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Applications Support
1 4 (100.00%) Applications Support Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Senior
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Applications Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Applications Support
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Support Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Unix
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (100.00%) Digital Strategy
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
1 4 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) NEC
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
1 4 (100.00%) SAP