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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 203 155
Rank change year-on-year +11 -48 -16
Permanent jobs citing Bash 239 216 432
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.33% 1.68% 1.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.86% 4.02% 4.78%
Number of salaries quoted 130 166 348
10th Percentile £42,600 £48,500 £48,525
25th Percentile £55,313 £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 £93,438 £92,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £120,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £62,750 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.36% +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 4,915 5,372 9,045
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 27.28% 41.90% 40.53%
Number of salaries quoted 3,452 3,939 7,607
10th Percentile £46,250 £49,356 £47,500
25th Percentile £62,000 £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 1 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 1 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 +3 36 £52,500 -36.36% 21
West London - 14 - - 2
South London +36 4 - - 1
East London -14 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 12 (5.02%) Apache
2 11 (4.60%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (2.93%) Tomcat
4 6 (2.51%) Confluence
4 6 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (2.09%) 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
1 125 (52.30%) AWS
2 102 (42.68%) Azure
3 75 (31.38%) GCP
4 43 (17.99%) GitHub
5 36 (15.06%) GitHub Actions
6 33 (13.81%) AWS CloudFormation
7 25 (10.46%) Entra ID
7 25 (10.46%) SaaS
8 23 (9.62%) Datadog
8 23 (9.62%) Google Workspace
8 23 (9.62%) Serverless
9 21 (8.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 19 (7.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 18 (7.53%) Amazon S3
12 16 (6.69%) Pulumi
13 13 (5.44%) Google Compute Engine
13 13 (5.44%) IaaS
13 13 (5.44%) PaaS
14 12 (5.02%) Azure DevOps
15 11 (4.60%) Cloud Functions
Communications & Networking
1 36 (15.06%) Broadband
1 36 (15.06%) DNS
2 32 (13.39%) Firewall
3 21 (8.79%) TCP/IP
4 13 (5.44%) Network Security
5 9 (3.77%) Wireless
6 8 (3.35%) DHCP
6 8 (3.35%) HTTPS
6 8 (3.35%) VPN
7 7 (2.93%) LAN
8 6 (2.51%) HTTP
9 4 (1.67%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (1.26%) VLAN
10 3 (1.26%) WAN
11 2 (0.84%) Multicast
11 2 (0.84%) SSL
11 2 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.42%) NAS
12 1 (0.42%) SAN
12 1 (0.42%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (13.39%) NoSQL
2 19 (7.95%) Relational Database
3 16 (6.69%) RDBMS
4 14 (5.86%) BigQuery
5 11 (4.60%) Amazon Athena
6 10 (4.18%) Amazon Redshift
6 10 (4.18%) MySQL
7 9 (3.77%) Amazon QuickSight
7 9 (3.77%) Apache Iceberg
7 9 (3.77%) Metadata
7 9 (3.77%) Tableau
8 7 (2.93%) Oracle Database
8 7 (2.93%) SQL Server
9 4 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.67%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.67%) MongoDB
10 3 (1.26%) Oracle Database 11g
10 3 (1.26%) Oracle Database 12c
10 3 (1.26%) Oracle Exadata
11 2 (0.84%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 49 (20.50%) Jenkins
2 41 (17.15%) GitLab
3 35 (14.64%) Git
4 19 (7.95%) JIRA
5 18 (7.53%) Bitbucket
6 16 (6.69%) Jaeger
7 13 (5.44%) Metasploit
8 11 (4.60%) CircleCI
9 9 (3.77%) Burp Suite
10 5 (2.09%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (2.09%) SonarQube
10 5 (2.09%) TeamCity
11 3 (1.26%) Eclipse
11 3 (1.26%) JMeter
11 3 (1.26%) Postman
11 3 (1.26%) Robot Framework
12 2 (0.84%) Bitbucket Server
12 2 (0.84%) Maven
12 2 (0.84%) Oracle APEX
13 1 (0.42%) Subversion
General
1 85 (35.56%) Finance
2 66 (27.62%) Social Skills
3 33 (13.81%) Banking
4 26 (10.88%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (8.79%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (8.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.44%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.51%) Electronics
8 6 (2.51%) Marketing
8 6 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.51%) Retail
9 5 (2.09%) Advertising
9 5 (2.09%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.09%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.67%) Back Office
10 4 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.67%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.67%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.84%) German Language
11 2 (0.84%) Legal
Job Titles
1 45 (18.83%) DevOps Engineer
2 42 (17.57%) Senior
3 40 (16.74%) Cloud Engineer
4 33 (13.81%) Lead
5 26 (10.88%) Analyst
6 25 (10.46%) AWS Engineer
7 23 (9.62%) Security Engineer
8 21 (8.79%) GCP Engineer
9 18 (7.53%) Azure Engineer
9 18 (7.53%) Platform Engineer
10 17 (7.11%) Cloud Security Engineer
11 16 (6.69%) Administrator
11 16 (6.69%) Automation Engineer
11 16 (6.69%) Linux Administrator
12 15 (6.28%) Cloud Automation Engineer
13 13 (5.44%) Security Analyst
14 11 (4.60%) Linux Systems Administrator
14 11 (4.60%) Senior Analyst
14 11 (4.60%) Senior Security Analyst
14 11 (4.60%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (15.90%) Elastic Stack
2 24 (10.04%) Kafka
3 21 (8.79%) OpenID
3 21 (8.79%) REST
4 19 (7.95%) SAML
5 18 (7.53%) GraphQL
5 18 (7.53%) LDAP
5 18 (7.53%) OAuth
5 18 (7.53%) SOAP
6 17 (7.11%) OpenTelemetry
7 6 (2.51%) Node.js
8 5 (2.09%) WebSockets
9 4 (1.67%) FIX Protocol
9 4 (1.67%) Middleware
10 3 (1.26%) 802.1X
10 3 (1.26%) YAML
11 2 (0.84%) .NET
11 2 (0.84%) JSON
11 2 (0.84%) Loki
11 2 (0.84%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.55%) Cyber Threat
2 28 (11.72%) Security Posture
3 19 (7.95%) Cloud Native
3 19 (7.95%) Management Information System
4 18 (7.53%) Cyberattack
5 14 (5.86%) Cyber Defence
5 14 (5.86%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (4.60%) Data Centre
6 11 (4.60%) Hedge funds
7 9 (3.77%) Mobile App
8 8 (3.35%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.51%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (2.51%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (2.09%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.67%) Blog
11 4 (1.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (1.67%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.67%) PKI
12 3 (1.26%) Insider Threat
12 3 (1.26%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 110 (46.03%) Linux
2 51 (21.34%) Unix
3 47 (19.67%) Windows
4 20 (8.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (4.60%) CentOS
6 10 (4.18%) Windows Server
7 9 (3.77%) Mac OS
8 8 (3.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (2.51%) Ubuntu
9 6 (2.51%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (2.09%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (1.67%) Apple iOS
11 4 (1.67%) Kali Linux
12 3 (1.26%) AIX
12 3 (1.26%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (1.26%) Rocky
13 2 (0.84%) Android
14 1 (0.42%) CoreOS
14 1 (0.42%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (52.72%) DevOps
2 121 (50.63%) CI/CD
3 120 (50.21%) Infrastructure as Code
4 79 (33.05%) Problem-Solving
5 67 (28.03%) Mentoring
6 64 (26.78%) Containerisation
7 56 (23.43%) Agile
8 51 (21.34%) High Availability
9 45 (18.83%) Incident Response
10 44 (18.41%) Configuration Management
11 42 (17.57%) Roadmaps
12 36 (15.06%) Identity Access Management
13 35 (14.64%) Cloud Security
14 33 (13.81%) Continuous Integration
15 32 (13.39%) AI
16 30 (12.55%) Red Team
17 28 (11.72%) Computer Science
17 28 (11.72%) Cybersecurity
17 28 (11.72%) Performance Optimisation
18 27 (11.30%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 204 (85.36%) Python
2 101 (42.26%) PowerShell
3 62 (25.94%) SQL
4 45 (18.83%) Go
5 33 (13.81%) Java
6 25 (10.46%) JavaScript
7 18 (7.53%) T-SQL
8 14 (5.86%) Shell Script
9 10 (4.18%) C#
10 7 (2.93%) Bicep
10 7 (2.93%) Korn
10 7 (2.93%) Perl
10 7 (2.93%) Ruby
11 6 (2.51%) C++
11 6 (2.51%) PL/SQL
12 5 (2.09%) C
13 4 (1.67%) Rust
14 3 (1.26%) Objective-C
14 3 (1.26%) PHP
15 2 (0.84%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 52 (21.76%) Degree
2 27 (11.30%) AWS Certification
3 24 (10.04%) Security Cleared
4 23 (9.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (7.95%) OSCP
6 17 (7.11%) CISSP
7 13 (5.44%) DV Cleared
8 12 (5.02%) CCSAM
8 12 (5.02%) CREST Certified
9 11 (4.60%) CCSK
10 9 (3.77%) CHECK Team Leader
10 9 (3.77%) CHECK Team Member
11 7 (2.93%) SC Cleared
12 6 (2.51%) Azure Certification
12 6 (2.51%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (2.51%) GCIH
12 6 (2.51%) RHCSA
13 5 (2.09%) GCIA
13 5 (2.09%) Master's Degree
14 4 (1.67%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (13.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (12.13%) NIST
3 18 (7.53%) NCSC
3 18 (7.53%) SOC 2
4 16 (6.69%) GDPR
4 16 (6.69%) PCI DSS
5 15 (6.28%) QA
6 10 (4.18%) Data Quality
7 5 (2.09%) Accessibility
7 5 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.67%) 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 (34.73%) Docker
2 32 (13.39%) Active Directory
3 17 (7.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.09%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.26%) KVM
7 2 (0.84%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.42%) Firmware
8 1 (0.42%) iptables
Systems Management
1 118 (49.37%) Terraform
2 106 (44.35%) Kubernetes
3 89 (37.24%) Ansible
4 57 (23.85%) Prometheus
5 38 (15.90%) Grafana
6 19 (7.95%) Argo
7 18 (7.53%) Nagios
8 16 (6.69%) Kustomize
9 9 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (3.77%) Nessus
10 6 (2.51%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (2.51%) Puppet
11 5 (2.09%) Data Guard
11 5 (2.09%) Oracle RMAN
12 4 (1.67%) Cilium
12 4 (1.67%) logstash
12 4 (1.67%) Progress Chef
12 4 (1.67%) Red Hat Satellite
13 3 (1.26%) Kibana
14 2 (0.84%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 46 (19.25%) Google
2 28 (11.72%) Microsoft
3 26 (10.88%) Red Hat
4 21 (8.79%) VMware
5 20 (8.37%) Splunk
6 16 (6.69%) Oracle
7 10 (4.18%) Atlassian
8 7 (2.93%) SolarWinds
9 6 (2.51%) Apple
9 6 (2.51%) SAP
9 6 (2.51%) Tenable
10 4 (1.67%) Rapid7
10 4 (1.67%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.67%) TOWER Software
11 3 (1.26%) IBM
11 3 (1.26%) Intel
12 2 (0.84%) Bloomberg
12 2 (0.84%) BT
12 2 (0.84%) Cisco
12 2 (0.84%) Commvault