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 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 204 159
Rank change year-on-year +19 -45 -23
Permanent jobs citing Bash 238 218 432
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.36% 1.67% 1.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.96% 4.01% 4.78%
Number of salaries quoted 131 163 351
10th Percentile £42,750 £48,350 £50,000
25th Percentile £56,875 £65,000 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £118,500 £105,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -10.00%

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 4,803 5,430 9,029
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 27.51% 41.72% 40.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3,366 3,924 7,638
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,500 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +3.13% +3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £108,418 £101,250
90th Percentile £126,250 £125,000 £125,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 24 March 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 24 March 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 +10 36 £56,250 -31.82% 22
West London - 14 - - 2
South London +34 4 - -
East London -18 2 - - 1
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 (5.04%) 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 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.84%) SPSS
2 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.26%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.42%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 121 (50.84%) AWS
2 100 (42.02%) Azure
3 73 (30.67%) GCP
4 43 (18.07%) GitHub
5 36 (15.13%) GitHub Actions
6 32 (13.45%) AWS CloudFormation
7 26 (10.92%) Entra ID
8 25 (10.50%) SaaS
9 23 (9.66%) Datadog
9 23 (9.66%) Google Workspace
9 23 (9.66%) Serverless
10 21 (8.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 19 (7.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 17 (7.14%) Amazon S3
13 16 (6.72%) Pulumi
14 13 (5.46%) Google Compute Engine
14 13 (5.46%) IaaS
14 13 (5.46%) PaaS
15 11 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
15 11 (4.62%) Cloud Functions
Communications & Networking
1 36 (15.13%) Broadband
1 36 (15.13%) DNS
2 33 (13.87%) Firewall
3 21 (8.82%) TCP/IP
4 11 (4.62%) 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%) SSL
11 2 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.42%) FIX Connectivity
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 4 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.68%) 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 48 (20.17%) Jenkins
2 39 (16.39%) GitLab
3 35 (14.71%) Git
4 21 (8.82%) JIRA
5 18 (7.56%) Bitbucket
6 16 (6.72%) Jaeger
7 13 (5.46%) Metasploit
8 11 (4.62%) CircleCI
9 9 (3.78%) Burp Suite
10 5 (2.10%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (2.10%) TeamCity
11 4 (1.68%) SonarQube
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%) Oracle APEX
14 1 (0.42%) IDA Disassembler
14 1 (0.42%) webpack
General
1 83 (34.87%) Finance
2 68 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 31 (13.03%) Banking
4 27 (11.34%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (8.82%) Organisational Skills
6 19 (7.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.46%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.52%) Electronics
9 6 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.52%) Marketing
9 6 (2.52%) Retail
10 5 (2.10%) Advertising
10 5 (2.10%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.10%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.68%) Back Office
11 4 (1.68%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.68%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.84%) German Language
12 2 (0.84%) Legal
Job Titles
1 44 (18.49%) DevOps Engineer
2 40 (16.81%) Cloud Engineer
2 40 (16.81%) Senior
3 33 (13.87%) Lead
4 26 (10.92%) Analyst
5 24 (10.08%) 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%) Administrator
9 17 (7.14%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 17 (7.14%) Linux Administrator
10 16 (6.72%) Automation Engineer
11 15 (6.30%) Cloud Automation Engineer
12 13 (5.46%) Security Analyst
13 12 (5.04%) Support Engineer
14 11 (4.62%) Linux Systems Administrator
14 11 (4.62%) Senior Analyst
14 11 (4.62%) Systems Administrator
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%) Middleware
10 3 (1.26%) FIX Protocol
10 3 (1.26%) YAML
11 2 (0.84%) .NET
11 2 (0.84%) AWS SAM
11 2 (0.84%) JSON
11 2 (0.84%) Loki
11 2 (0.84%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.76%) Cyber Threat
2 26 (10.92%) Security Posture
3 19 (7.98%) Management Information System
4 18 (7.56%) Cloud Native
4 18 (7.56%) Cyberattack
5 14 (5.88%) Cyber Defence
5 14 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (4.62%) Hedge funds
7 10 (4.20%) Data Centre
8 9 (3.78%) Mobile App
9 8 (3.36%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (2.52%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (2.52%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (2.10%) Onboarding
12 4 (1.68%) Blog
12 4 (1.68%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (1.68%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (1.68%) PKI
13 3 (1.26%) Insider Threat
14 2 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 108 (45.38%) Linux
2 50 (21.01%) Unix
3 45 (18.91%) Windows
4 21 (8.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (5.04%) CentOS
6 9 (3.78%) Windows Server
7 8 (3.36%) Mac OS
8 7 (2.94%) Ubuntu
8 7 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (2.52%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (2.10%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (1.68%) Kali Linux
12 3 (1.26%) AIX
12 3 (1.26%) Apple iOS
12 3 (1.26%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (1.26%) Rocky
13 2 (0.84%) Android
13 2 (0.84%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.42%) CoreOS
14 1 (0.42%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (52.52%) DevOps
2 120 (50.42%) Infrastructure as Code
3 119 (50.00%) CI/CD
4 81 (34.03%) Problem-Solving
5 65 (27.31%) Containerisation
5 65 (27.31%) Mentoring
6 55 (23.11%) Agile
7 51 (21.43%) High Availability
8 46 (19.33%) Incident Response
9 45 (18.91%) Configuration Management
10 40 (16.81%) Roadmaps
11 36 (15.13%) Identity Access Management
12 34 (14.29%) Cloud Security
13 33 (13.87%) Continuous Integration
14 32 (13.45%) AI
15 28 (11.76%) Performance Optimisation
15 28 (11.76%) Red Team
16 27 (11.34%) Computer Science
16 27 (11.34%) Cybersecurity
16 27 (11.34%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 204 (85.71%) Python
2 102 (42.86%) PowerShell
3 62 (26.05%) SQL
4 44 (18.49%) Go
5 30 (12.61%) Java
6 25 (10.50%) JavaScript
7 18 (7.56%) T-SQL
8 13 (5.46%) Shell Script
9 8 (3.36%) C#
10 7 (2.94%) Bicep
10 7 (2.94%) Korn
11 6 (2.52%) PL/SQL
12 5 (2.10%) Perl
12 5 (2.10%) Ruby
13 4 (1.68%) C++
14 3 (1.26%) C
14 3 (1.26%) PHP
15 2 (0.84%) Rust
15 2 (0.84%) SystemVerilog
15 2 (0.84%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 51 (21.43%) Degree
2 26 (10.92%) AWS Certification
3 22 (9.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (9.24%) Security Cleared
4 17 (7.14%) CISSP
4 17 (7.14%) OSCP
5 12 (5.04%) DV Cleared
6 11 (4.62%) CCSK
7 10 (4.20%) CCSAM
7 10 (4.20%) CREST Certified
8 9 (3.78%) CHECK Team Leader
8 9 (3.78%) CHECK Team Member
9 6 (2.52%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.52%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (2.52%) GCIH
9 6 (2.52%) RHCSA
10 5 (2.10%) GCIA
10 5 (2.10%) SC Cleared
11 4 (1.68%) GIAC
11 4 (1.68%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (13.03%) NIST
3 18 (7.56%) NCSC
3 18 (7.56%) SOC 2
4 16 (6.72%) GDPR
4 16 (6.72%) PCI DSS
4 16 (6.72%) QA
5 10 (4.20%) Data Quality
6 7 (2.94%) Accessibility
7 5 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.68%) GRC
9 3 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.26%) SLA
10 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.42%) Basel III
10 1 (0.42%) MiFID
System Software
1 81 (34.03%) Docker
2 33 (13.87%) Active Directory
3 17 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (2.10%) Oracle RAC
6 3 (1.26%) KVM
7 2 (0.84%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.42%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.42%) Firmware
8 1 (0.42%) iptables
8 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 118 (49.58%) Terraform
2 106 (44.54%) Kubernetes
3 91 (38.24%) Ansible
4 57 (23.95%) Prometheus
5 39 (16.39%) Grafana
6 19 (7.98%) Argo
7 17 (7.14%) Nagios
8 16 (6.72%) Kustomize
9 9 (3.78%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (3.78%) Nessus
10 6 (2.52%) Puppet
11 5 (2.10%) Data Guard
11 5 (2.10%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (2.10%) Oracle RMAN
12 4 (1.68%) Cilium
12 4 (1.68%) logstash
12 4 (1.68%) Progress Chef
12 4 (1.68%) Red Hat Satellite
13 3 (1.26%) SCCM
14 2 (0.84%) Kibana
Vendors
1 46 (19.33%) Google
2 27 (11.34%) Microsoft
3 26 (10.92%) Red Hat
4 20 (8.40%) Splunk
4 20 (8.40%) VMware
5 16 (6.72%) Oracle
6 10 (4.20%) Atlassian
7 8 (3.36%) Tenable
8 7 (2.94%) SolarWinds
9 6 (2.52%) SAP
9 6 (2.52%) ServiceNow
10 5 (2.10%) Apple
11 4 (1.68%) Rapid7
11 4 (1.68%) TOWER Software
12 3 (1.26%) IBM
12 3 (1.26%) Intel
13 2 (0.84%) Bloomberg
13 2 (0.84%) BT
13 2 (0.84%) Cisco
13 2 (0.84%) Veeam