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 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 204 158
Rank change year-on-year +18 -46 -19
Permanent jobs citing Bash 238 213 434
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.31% 1.66% 1.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.81% 3.96% 4.79%
Number of salaries quoted 129 164 348
10th Percentile £42,450 £48,400 £47,850
25th Percentile £55,000 £63,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +13.79% -3.33%
75th Percentile £93,750 £92,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £117,750 £105,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% -10.71%

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 4,943 5,373 9,070
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 27.19% 41.86% 40.56%
Number of salaries quoted 3,475 3,938 7,624
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.13% +3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £101,250
90th Percentile £126,250 £127,500 £125,000
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 3 April 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 3 April 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 +7 36 £52,500 -36.36% 21
West London - 14 - - 2
South London +29 4 - - 1
East London -15 2 - - 2
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 (5.46%) Apache
2 11 (4.62%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (2.94%) Tomcat
4 6 (2.52%) Confluence
4 6 (2.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (2.10%) IIS
6 2 (0.84%) nginx
6 2 (0.84%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.26%) SPSS
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.26%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.42%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 127 (53.36%) AWS
2 102 (42.86%) Azure
3 76 (31.93%) GCP
4 43 (18.07%) GitHub
5 36 (15.13%) GitHub Actions
6 34 (14.29%) AWS CloudFormation
7 26 (10.92%) Entra ID
8 24 (10.08%) Google Workspace
8 24 (10.08%) SaaS
9 23 (9.66%) Datadog
9 23 (9.66%) Serverless
10 21 (8.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 19 (7.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 18 (7.56%) Amazon S3
13 16 (6.72%) Pulumi
14 13 (5.46%) Google Compute Engine
15 12 (5.04%) IaaS
15 12 (5.04%) Microsoft 365
15 12 (5.04%) PaaS
16 11 (4.62%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 36 (15.13%) Broadband
1 36 (15.13%) DNS
2 30 (12.61%) Firewall
3 21 (8.82%) TCP/IP
4 12 (5.04%) Network Security
5 9 (3.78%) Wireless
6 8 (3.36%) DHCP
6 8 (3.36%) HTTPS
6 8 (3.36%) VPN
7 7 (2.94%) LAN
8 6 (2.52%) HTTP
9 4 (1.68%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (1.26%) VLAN
10 3 (1.26%) WAN
11 2 (0.84%) Multicast
11 2 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.42%) FIX Connectivity
12 1 (0.42%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.42%) Spanning Tree
12 1 (0.42%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (13.45%) NoSQL
2 19 (7.98%) Relational Database
3 16 (6.72%) RDBMS
4 14 (5.88%) BigQuery
5 11 (4.62%) Amazon Athena
6 10 (4.20%) Amazon Redshift
6 10 (4.20%) MySQL
7 9 (3.78%) Amazon QuickSight
7 9 (3.78%) Apache Iceberg
7 9 (3.78%) Metadata
7 9 (3.78%) Tableau
8 7 (2.94%) Oracle Database
8 7 (2.94%) SQL Server
9 5 (2.10%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.68%) MongoDB
11 3 (1.26%) Oracle Database 11g
11 3 (1.26%) Oracle Database 12c
11 3 (1.26%) Oracle Exadata
12 2 (0.84%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 50 (21.01%) Jenkins
2 43 (18.07%) GitLab
3 34 (14.29%) Git
4 18 (7.56%) Bitbucket
5 17 (7.14%) JIRA
6 16 (6.72%) Jaeger
7 13 (5.46%) Metasploit
8 11 (4.62%) CircleCI
9 9 (3.78%) Burp Suite
10 6 (2.52%) SonarQube
11 5 (2.10%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 5 (2.10%) TeamCity
12 3 (1.26%) Eclipse
12 3 (1.26%) JMeter
12 3 (1.26%) Postman
12 3 (1.26%) Robot Framework
13 2 (0.84%) Bitbucket Server
13 2 (0.84%) Cucumber
13 2 (0.84%) Oracle APEX
14 1 (0.42%) Cypress.io
General
1 83 (34.87%) Finance
2 63 (26.47%) Social Skills
3 32 (13.45%) Banking
4 26 (10.92%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (8.82%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (8.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (5.04%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.52%) Electronics
8 6 (2.52%) Marketing
8 6 (2.52%) Retail
9 5 (2.10%) Advertising
9 5 (2.10%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.10%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.68%) Back Office
10 4 (1.68%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.68%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.84%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.84%) German Language
Job Titles
1 44 (18.49%) DevOps Engineer
2 42 (17.65%) Senior
3 41 (17.23%) Cloud Engineer
4 33 (13.87%) Lead
5 26 (10.92%) Analyst
5 26 (10.92%) AWS Engineer
6 23 (9.66%) Security Engineer
7 21 (8.82%) GCP Engineer
8 18 (7.56%) Azure Engineer
8 18 (7.56%) Platform Engineer
9 17 (7.14%) Cloud Security Engineer
10 15 (6.30%) Administrator
10 15 (6.30%) Automation Engineer
10 15 (6.30%) Cloud Automation Engineer
10 15 (6.30%) Linux Administrator
11 13 (5.46%) Security Analyst
12 11 (4.62%) Linux Systems Administrator
12 11 (4.62%) Senior Analyst
12 11 (4.62%) Senior Security Analyst
12 11 (4.62%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (15.97%) Elastic Stack
2 24 (10.08%) Kafka
3 21 (8.82%) OpenID
3 21 (8.82%) REST
4 19 (7.98%) SAML
5 18 (7.56%) GraphQL
5 18 (7.56%) LDAP
5 18 (7.56%) OAuth
5 18 (7.56%) SOAP
6 17 (7.14%) OpenTelemetry
7 6 (2.52%) Node.js
8 5 (2.10%) WebSockets
9 4 (1.68%) FIX Protocol
9 4 (1.68%) Middleware
10 3 (1.26%) 802.1X
11 2 (0.84%) Apache NiFi
11 2 (0.84%) JSON
11 2 (0.84%) LEMP Stack
11 2 (0.84%) Loki
11 2 (0.84%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.61%) Cyber Threat
2 28 (11.76%) Security Posture
3 20 (8.40%) Cloud Native
4 18 (7.56%) Cyberattack
4 18 (7.56%) Management Information System
5 14 (5.88%) Cyber Defence
5 14 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (4.62%) Data Centre
6 11 (4.62%) Hedge funds
7 9 (3.78%) Mobile App
8 8 (3.36%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (2.52%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (2.10%) Onboarding
11 5 (2.10%) PKI
12 4 (1.68%) Blog
12 4 (1.68%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (1.68%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (1.26%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 109 (45.80%) Linux
2 51 (21.43%) Unix
3 48 (20.17%) Windows
4 19 (7.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (4.20%) CentOS
5 10 (4.20%) Windows Server
6 9 (3.78%) Mac OS
7 8 (3.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (2.52%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (2.10%) Ubuntu
9 5 (2.10%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.68%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.68%) Kali Linux
11 3 (1.26%) AIX
11 3 (1.26%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (1.26%) Rocky
12 2 (0.84%) Android
13 1 (0.42%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.42%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (52.52%) DevOps
2 121 (50.84%) CI/CD
2 121 (50.84%) Infrastructure as Code
3 79 (33.19%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (28.15%) Mentoring
5 65 (27.31%) Containerisation
6 55 (23.11%) Agile
7 51 (21.43%) High Availability
8 45 (18.91%) Incident Response
9 43 (18.07%) Configuration Management
10 42 (17.65%) Roadmaps
11 36 (15.13%) Cloud Security
11 36 (15.13%) Identity Access Management
12 33 (13.87%) Continuous Integration
13 32 (13.45%) AI
14 30 (12.61%) Red Team
15 29 (12.18%) Cybersecurity
16 28 (11.76%) Computer Science
16 28 (11.76%) Performance Optimisation
17 26 (10.92%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 203 (85.29%) Python
2 101 (42.44%) PowerShell
3 62 (26.05%) SQL
4 43 (18.07%) Go
5 35 (14.71%) Java
6 27 (11.34%) JavaScript
7 18 (7.56%) T-SQL
8 13 (5.46%) Shell Script
9 11 (4.62%) C#
10 8 (3.36%) C++
11 7 (2.94%) Bicep
11 7 (2.94%) Korn
11 7 (2.94%) Perl
11 7 (2.94%) Ruby
12 6 (2.52%) PL/SQL
13 5 (2.10%) C
13 5 (2.10%) Rust
14 3 (1.26%) Objective-C
14 3 (1.26%) PHP
15 2 (0.84%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 51 (21.43%) Degree
2 28 (11.76%) AWS Certification
3 26 (10.92%) Security Cleared
4 23 (9.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (7.98%) OSCP
6 17 (7.14%) CISSP
7 14 (5.88%) DV Cleared
8 12 (5.04%) CCSAM
8 12 (5.04%) CREST Certified
9 11 (4.62%) CCSK
10 9 (3.78%) CHECK Team Leader
10 9 (3.78%) CHECK Team Member
11 7 (2.94%) Azure Certification
11 7 (2.94%) SC Cleared
12 6 (2.52%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (2.52%) GCIH
12 6 (2.52%) RHCSA
13 5 (2.10%) GCIA
13 5 (2.10%) Master's Degree
14 4 (1.68%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (13.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (11.76%) NIST
3 18 (7.56%) NCSC
3 18 (7.56%) SOC 2
4 16 (6.72%) GDPR
4 16 (6.72%) PCI DSS
5 15 (6.30%) QA
6 10 (4.20%) Data Quality
7 5 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.68%) Accessibility
8 4 (1.68%) GRC
9 3 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.26%) SLA
10 1 (0.42%) Basel III
10 1 (0.42%) MiFID
System Software
1 83 (34.87%) Docker
2 32 (13.45%) Active Directory
3 17 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.10%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (1.26%) KVM
5 3 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.84%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.42%) Firmware
7 1 (0.42%) iptables
Systems Management
1 120 (50.42%) Terraform
2 106 (44.54%) Kubernetes
3 89 (37.39%) Ansible
4 56 (23.53%) Prometheus
5 38 (15.97%) Grafana
6 18 (7.56%) Argo
6 18 (7.56%) Nagios
7 16 (6.72%) Kustomize
8 10 (4.20%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (3.78%) Nessus
10 6 (2.52%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (2.52%) Puppet
11 5 (2.10%) Data Guard
11 5 (2.10%) logstash
11 5 (2.10%) Oracle RMAN
12 4 (1.68%) Cilium
12 4 (1.68%) Kibana
12 4 (1.68%) Progress Chef
12 4 (1.68%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 47 (19.75%) Google
2 28 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 26 (10.92%) Red Hat
4 21 (8.82%) VMware
5 20 (8.40%) Splunk
6 16 (6.72%) Oracle
7 10 (4.20%) Atlassian
8 7 (2.94%) SolarWinds
9 6 (2.52%) Apple
9 6 (2.52%) SAP
10 5 (2.10%) Tenable
11 4 (1.68%) Rapid7
11 4 (1.68%) TOWER Software
12 3 (1.26%) IBM
12 3 (1.26%) Intel
12 3 (1.26%) ServiceNow
13 2 (0.84%) Bloomberg
13 2 (0.84%) BT
13 2 (0.84%) Cisco
13 2 (0.84%) Commvault