Bash Job Trends in London

Bash Shell
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Bash skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 202 152
Rank change year-on-year +13 -50 -4
Permanent jobs citing Bash 236 218 486
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.16% 1.72% 2.08%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.54% 4.22% 5.18%
Number of salaries quoted 130 162 298
10th Percentile £49,400 £45,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £59,063 £58,875 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.34% -9.38%
75th Percentile £93,750 £92,500 £91,594
90th Percentile £103,750 £112,375 £102,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% -14.29%

All Programming Languages
London

Bash 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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,202 5,171 9,389
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 25.53% 40.84% 40.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3,663 3,807 7,609
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £60,875 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.13% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £132,500 £129,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

Bash
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Bash relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Bash job vacancy trend in London

Bash
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Bash.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Bash

Bash
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Bash in London over the 6 months to 8 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Bash in London

Bash
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Bash within the London region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Central London -12 32 £52,500 -35.38% 29
West London - 14 - - 5
South London +21 4 - - 1
East London -11 2 - - 5
Bash
England

Bash
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 13 (5.51%) Apache
2 11 (4.66%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (3.39%) Confluence
4 6 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (2.12%) Tomcat
6 3 (1.27%) IIS
7 2 (0.85%) nginx
7 2 (0.85%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.42%) SAS
8 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.27%) SPSS
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.27%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 135 (57.20%) AWS
2 105 (44.49%) Azure
3 68 (28.81%) GCP
4 37 (15.68%) GitHub
5 29 (12.29%) GitHub Actions
6 27 (11.44%) Entra ID
7 26 (11.02%) AWS CloudFormation
8 24 (10.17%) Google Workspace
9 22 (9.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 21 (8.90%) Amazon S3
10 21 (8.90%) SaaS
10 21 (8.90%) Serverless
11 17 (7.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 17 (7.20%) Datadog
12 16 (6.78%) Pulumi
13 15 (6.36%) Azure DevOps
13 15 (6.36%) Microsoft 365
14 12 (5.08%) OpenShift
15 11 (4.66%) IaaS
15 11 (4.66%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (15.25%) Broadband
1 36 (15.25%) DNS
2 26 (11.02%) Firewall
3 23 (9.75%) TCP/IP
4 12 (5.08%) Network Security
5 10 (4.24%) LAN
6 9 (3.81%) HTTP
6 9 (3.81%) VPN
6 9 (3.81%) Wireless
7 8 (3.39%) DHCP
7 8 (3.39%) HTTPS
8 5 (2.12%) IPv4
9 4 (1.69%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (1.69%) WAN
10 2 (0.85%) Multicast
10 2 (0.85%) VLAN
10 2 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.42%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.42%) NAS
11 1 (0.42%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (11.86%) NoSQL
2 19 (8.05%) Relational Database
3 16 (6.78%) RDBMS
4 11 (4.66%) Amazon Athena
4 11 (4.66%) BigQuery
5 10 (4.24%) Amazon Redshift
5 10 (4.24%) MySQL
6 9 (3.81%) Amazon QuickSight
6 9 (3.81%) Apache Iceberg
6 9 (3.81%) Metadata
6 9 (3.81%) Tableau
7 7 (2.97%) Oracle Database
8 6 (2.54%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.69%) SQL Server
10 3 (1.27%) MongoDB
10 3 (1.27%) Oracle Database 11g
10 3 (1.27%) Oracle Database 12c
10 3 (1.27%) Oracle Exadata
11 2 (0.85%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 50 (21.19%) GitLab
2 46 (19.49%) Jenkins
3 39 (16.53%) Git
4 22 (9.32%) Bitbucket
5 16 (6.78%) Jaeger
6 15 (6.36%) JIRA
7 13 (5.51%) Metasploit
8 11 (4.66%) CircleCI
9 9 (3.81%) Burp Suite
10 5 (2.12%) SonarQube
11 4 (1.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 3 (1.27%) Postman
13 2 (0.85%) Bitbucket Server
13 2 (0.85%) Cucumber
13 2 (0.85%) Eclipse
13 2 (0.85%) JMeter
13 2 (0.85%) Oracle APEX
13 2 (0.85%) Robot Framework
13 2 (0.85%) Subversion
13 2 (0.85%) TeamCity
General
1 80 (33.90%) Finance
2 55 (23.31%) Social Skills
3 30 (12.71%) Banking
4 25 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (8.90%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (8.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.97%) Electronics
7 7 (2.97%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.97%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.54%) Aerospace
8 6 (2.54%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.12%) Advertising
9 5 (2.12%) Marketing
10 4 (1.69%) Automotive
11 3 (1.27%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.27%) Retail
12 2 (0.85%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.85%) German Language
12 2 (0.85%) Legal
12 2 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (18.64%) Senior
2 40 (16.95%) Cloud Engineer
2 40 (16.95%) DevOps Engineer
3 37 (15.68%) Lead
4 30 (12.71%) AWS Engineer
5 26 (11.02%) Analyst
6 25 (10.59%) Security Engineer
7 19 (8.05%) GCP Engineer
7 19 (8.05%) Platform Engineer
8 18 (7.63%) Administrator
8 18 (7.63%) Linux Administrator
9 17 (7.20%) Azure Engineer
10 15 (6.36%) Cloud Security Engineer
10 15 (6.36%) Data Engineer
10 15 (6.36%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 15 (6.36%) Systems Administrator
11 14 (5.93%) Security Analyst
12 12 (5.08%) Automation Engineer
12 12 (5.08%) Senior Analyst
12 12 (5.08%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (13.98%) Elastic Stack
2 22 (9.32%) Kafka
3 21 (8.90%) OpenID
4 20 (8.47%) REST
4 20 (8.47%) SAML
5 19 (8.05%) OAuth
6 18 (7.63%) GraphQL
6 18 (7.63%) LDAP
6 18 (7.63%) SOAP
7 16 (6.78%) OpenTelemetry
8 8 (3.39%) WebSockets
9 6 (2.54%) Node.js
10 4 (1.69%) Middleware
11 3 (1.27%) 802.1X
11 3 (1.27%) FIX Protocol
11 3 (1.27%) Loki
12 2 (0.85%) Apache NiFi
12 2 (0.85%) LEMP Stack
12 2 (0.85%) Vue
12 2 (0.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.71%) Cyber Threat
1 30 (12.71%) Security Posture
2 22 (9.32%) Cloud Native
3 18 (7.63%) Cyberattack
4 15 (6.36%) Data Centre
4 15 (6.36%) Management Information System
5 14 (5.93%) Cyber Defence
6 12 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (4.66%) Hedge funds
8 10 (4.24%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (3.81%) Mobile App
10 8 (3.39%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (2.54%) Onboarding
12 5 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (2.12%) PKI
13 4 (1.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 4 (1.69%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.69%) Renewable Energy
14 3 (1.27%) Insider Threat
14 3 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 110 (46.61%) Linux
2 44 (18.64%) Unix
2 44 (18.64%) Windows
3 22 (9.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 12 (5.08%) CentOS
5 11 (4.66%) Windows Server
6 8 (3.39%) Mac OS
7 6 (2.54%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (2.12%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.69%) Kali Linux
9 4 (1.69%) Rocky
9 4 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.27%) AIX
10 3 (1.27%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.27%) Oracle Linux
10 3 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.85%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.42%) CoreOS
12 1 (0.42%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (53.39%) DevOps
1 126 (53.39%) Infrastructure as Code
2 121 (51.27%) CI/CD
3 73 (30.93%) Mentoring
4 71 (30.08%) Problem-Solving
5 63 (26.69%) Containerisation
6 55 (23.31%) Agile
7 49 (20.76%) High Availability
8 43 (18.22%) Cloud Security
8 43 (18.22%) Roadmaps
9 41 (17.37%) Incident Response
10 39 (16.53%) Configuration Management
11 34 (14.41%) Cybersecurity
12 33 (13.98%) Identity Access Management
13 31 (13.14%) Continuous Integration
14 30 (12.71%) AI
14 30 (12.71%) Red Team
15 28 (11.86%) Platform Engineering
16 27 (11.44%) Performance Optimisation
17 26 (11.02%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 204 (86.44%) Python
2 104 (44.07%) PowerShell
3 63 (26.69%) SQL
4 41 (17.37%) Java
5 37 (15.68%) Go
6 26 (11.02%) JavaScript
7 18 (7.63%) T-SQL
8 12 (5.08%) Shell Script
9 10 (4.24%) C#
10 8 (3.39%) Bicep
10 8 (3.39%) C++
11 7 (2.97%) Korn
11 7 (2.97%) Perl
12 6 (2.54%) PL/SQL
12 6 (2.54%) Ruby
12 6 (2.54%) Rust
13 5 (2.12%) C
14 3 (1.27%) Objective-C
14 3 (1.27%) PHP
15 2 (0.85%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 42 (17.80%) Degree
2 29 (12.29%) Security Cleared
3 28 (11.86%) AWS Certification
4 24 (10.17%) OSCP
5 19 (8.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (7.63%) CISSP
7 13 (5.51%) DV Cleared
7 13 (5.51%) RHCSA
8 12 (5.08%) CCSAM
8 12 (5.08%) CREST Certified
9 11 (4.66%) CCSK
10 9 (3.81%) CHECK Team Leader
10 9 (3.81%) CHECK Team Member
11 8 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (2.97%) Azure Certification
12 7 (2.97%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (2.97%) GCIH
12 7 (2.97%) ISTQB
12 7 (2.97%) SC Cleared
13 6 (2.54%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 25 (10.59%) NIST
2 18 (7.63%) NCSC
3 16 (6.78%) QA
3 16 (6.78%) SOC 2
4 15 (6.36%) GDPR
5 13 (5.51%) PCI DSS
6 10 (4.24%) Data Quality
7 5 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.27%) SLA
9 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.42%) Basel III
10 1 (0.42%) GRC
10 1 (0.42%) MiFID
System Software
1 80 (33.90%) Docker
2 34 (14.41%) Active Directory
3 21 (8.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.12%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (1.69%) Squid
5 4 (1.69%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.69%) vSphere
6 2 (0.85%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.85%) KVM
7 1 (0.42%) Firmware
7 1 (0.42%) iptables
Systems Management
1 125 (52.97%) Terraform
2 103 (43.64%) Kubernetes
3 88 (37.29%) Ansible
4 51 (21.61%) Prometheus
5 35 (14.83%) Grafana
6 22 (9.32%) Nagios
7 18 (7.63%) Argo
8 16 (6.78%) Kustomize
9 10 (4.24%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (3.81%) Nessus
11 6 (2.54%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (2.12%) Data Guard
12 5 (2.12%) logstash
12 5 (2.12%) Oracle RMAN
12 5 (2.12%) Puppet
12 5 (2.12%) ZABBIX
13 4 (1.69%) Kibana
13 4 (1.69%) Packer
13 4 (1.69%) Red Hat Satellite
14 3 (1.27%) Rancher
Vendors
1 45 (19.07%) Google
2 33 (13.98%) Microsoft
3 31 (13.14%) Red Hat
4 24 (10.17%) VMware
5 21 (8.90%) Splunk
6 17 (7.20%) Oracle
7 10 (4.24%) SolarWinds
8 6 (2.54%) Apple
8 6 (2.54%) Atlassian
9 5 (2.12%) Rapid7
9 5 (2.12%) SAP
10 4 (1.69%) Intel
10 4 (1.69%) TOWER Software
11 3 (1.27%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (1.27%) IBM
11 3 (1.27%) Tenable
11 3 (1.27%) Varonis
12 2 (0.85%) Arista
12 2 (0.85%) BT
12 2 (0.85%) Okta