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 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 197 162
Rank change year-on-year -1 -35 -12
Permanent jobs citing Bash 241 210 503
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.11% 1.72% 2.08%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.50% 4.16% 5.15%
Number of salaries quoted 134 155 303
10th Percentile £51,625 £43,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £92,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -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 5,352 5,054 9,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 24.57% 41.45% 40.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,784 3,509 7,596
10th Percentile £50,000 £49,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £64,250 £62,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +3.13% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £135,000 £131,250
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 27 June 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 27 June 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 -21 28 £86,250 +15.00% 8
West London - 13 - - 3
South London +15 2 - - 1
East London -2 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 9 (3.73%) Apache
2 7 (2.90%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (2.49%) Confluence
4 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.24%) SAS
5 3 (1.24%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.83%) nginx
6 2 (0.83%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.24%) SPSS
3 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 10 (4.15%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.41%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 132 (54.77%) AWS
2 107 (44.40%) Azure
3 49 (20.33%) GCP
4 31 (12.86%) Serverless
5 30 (12.45%) AWS CloudFormation
5 30 (12.45%) GitHub
6 25 (10.37%) Amazon S3
7 24 (9.96%) Entra ID
8 23 (9.54%) Datadog
9 21 (8.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 21 (8.71%) AWS Lambda
10 20 (8.30%) Google Workspace
11 19 (7.88%) Amazon ECS
11 19 (7.88%) GitHub Actions
12 18 (7.47%) SaaS
13 17 (7.05%) Amazon EKS
14 15 (6.22%) Azure DevOps
14 15 (6.22%) Pulumi
14 15 (6.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 14 (5.81%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 29 (12.03%) DNS
1 29 (12.03%) Firewall
2 26 (10.79%) Broadband
3 20 (8.30%) TCP/IP
4 17 (7.05%) Network Security
5 10 (4.15%) LAN
5 10 (4.15%) VPN
5 10 (4.15%) Wireless
6 9 (3.73%) HTTP
7 8 (3.32%) HTTPS
8 6 (2.49%) DHCP
9 5 (2.07%) BGP
9 5 (2.07%) IPv4
9 5 (2.07%) VLAN
10 4 (1.66%) OSPF
10 4 (1.66%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (1.66%) WAN
11 3 (1.24%) MPLS
11 3 (1.24%) NAS
11 3 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.71%) NoSQL
2 14 (5.81%) Oracle Database
3 13 (5.39%) Relational Database
4 11 (4.56%) MySQL
4 11 (4.56%) RDBMS
5 7 (2.90%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (2.49%) Amazon Athena
6 6 (2.49%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (2.07%) Amazon QuickSight
7 5 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (2.07%) Apache Iceberg
7 5 (2.07%) BigQuery
7 5 (2.07%) Metadata
7 5 (2.07%) Tableau
8 4 (1.66%) Oracle Database 11g
8 4 (1.66%) Oracle Database 12c
8 4 (1.66%) Oracle Exadata
9 3 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.83%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 48 (19.92%) GitLab
2 42 (17.43%) Jenkins
3 36 (14.94%) Git
4 19 (7.88%) Bitbucket
5 13 (5.39%) JIRA
5 13 (5.39%) Metasploit
6 11 (4.56%) CircleCI
6 11 (4.56%) Jaeger
7 9 (3.73%) Burp Suite
8 6 (2.49%) TeamCity
9 4 (1.66%) Postman
9 4 (1.66%) SonarQube
10 3 (1.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (1.24%) Bitbucket Server
10 3 (1.24%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (1.24%) Subversion
11 2 (0.83%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.83%) JMeter
12 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.41%) Robot Framework
General
1 93 (38.59%) Finance
2 59 (24.48%) Social Skills
3 35 (14.52%) Banking
4 25 (10.37%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (7.88%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (6.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.39%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.90%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.07%) Automotive
10 4 (1.66%) Electronics
10 4 (1.66%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.66%) Marketing
11 3 (1.24%) Advertising
11 3 (1.24%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.83%) German Language
12 2 (0.83%) Law
12 2 (0.83%) Legal
12 2 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.83%) Retail
12 2 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 62 (25.73%) Senior
2 35 (14.52%) Cloud Engineer
2 35 (14.52%) DevOps Engineer
3 33 (13.69%) AWS Engineer
4 32 (13.28%) Platform Engineer
5 27 (11.20%) Lead
6 25 (10.37%) Security Engineer
7 21 (8.71%) Analyst
8 18 (7.47%) Administrator
9 17 (7.05%) Linux Administrator
9 17 (7.05%) Linux Systems Administrator
9 17 (7.05%) Systems Administrator
10 14 (5.81%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 13 (5.39%) Azure Engineer
11 13 (5.39%) Security Analyst
12 12 (4.98%) Senior Analyst
12 12 (4.98%) Senior Security Analyst
13 11 (4.56%) AWS DevOps Engineer
13 11 (4.56%) DBA
13 11 (4.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (12.45%) Elastic Stack
2 23 (9.54%) SAML
3 19 (7.88%) REST
4 17 (7.05%) OAuth
4 17 (7.05%) OpenID
5 16 (6.64%) GraphQL
5 16 (6.64%) Kafka
5 16 (6.64%) LDAP
5 16 (6.64%) SOAP
6 13 (5.39%) OpenTelemetry
7 9 (3.73%) Node.js
8 8 (3.32%) WebSockets
9 5 (2.07%) AWS CDK
10 3 (1.24%) .NET
10 3 (1.24%) 802.1X
10 3 (1.24%) JSON
10 3 (1.24%) Middleware
10 3 (1.24%) Pandas
10 3 (1.24%) RESTful
10 3 (1.24%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (14.94%) Cloud Native
2 25 (10.37%) Cyber Threat
3 24 (9.96%) Security Posture
4 16 (6.64%) Data Centre
5 14 (5.81%) Cyberattack
6 13 (5.39%) Cyber Defence
7 12 (4.98%) Management Information System
7 12 (4.98%) Onboarding
8 10 (4.15%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (3.73%) Mobile App
10 8 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (2.49%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (2.49%) Hedge funds
11 6 (2.49%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (1.66%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.66%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (1.66%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.66%) Renewable Energy
13 3 (1.24%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 109 (45.23%) Linux
2 40 (16.60%) Unix
3 37 (15.35%) Windows
4 24 (9.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (4.98%) CentOS
5 12 (4.98%) Windows Server
6 10 (4.15%) AIX
6 10 (4.15%) Oracle Linux
7 8 (3.32%) Mac OS
8 6 (2.49%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (2.07%) Rocky
10 4 (1.66%) Kali Linux
11 3 (1.24%) Apple iOS
11 3 (1.24%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.83%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.83%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.41%) Android
13 1 (0.41%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.41%) SUSE
13 1 (0.41%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (51.04%) Infrastructure as Code
2 120 (49.79%) CI/CD
3 117 (48.55%) DevOps
4 70 (29.05%) Mentoring
5 69 (28.63%) Problem-Solving
6 60 (24.90%) Containerisation
7 51 (21.16%) Agile
8 44 (18.26%) Platform Engineering
9 43 (17.84%) Cloud Security
9 43 (17.84%) High Availability
9 43 (17.84%) Incident Response
9 43 (17.84%) Roadmaps
10 33 (13.69%) Configuration Management
10 33 (13.69%) Identity Access Management
11 29 (12.03%) Cybersecurity
12 28 (11.62%) Continuous Improvement
13 27 (11.20%) AI
14 26 (10.79%) Capacity Planning
15 25 (10.37%) ITIL
15 25 (10.37%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 202 (83.82%) Python
2 108 (44.81%) PowerShell
3 63 (26.14%) SQL
4 47 (19.50%) Java
5 30 (12.45%) Go
6 21 (8.71%) JavaScript
7 20 (8.30%) Shell Script
8 16 (6.64%) T-SQL
9 15 (6.22%) Korn
10 14 (5.81%) PL/SQL
11 13 (5.39%) C#
12 10 (4.15%) Rust
13 9 (3.73%) Perl
13 9 (3.73%) Ruby
14 8 (3.32%) Bicep
15 7 (2.90%) C++
15 7 (2.90%) PHP
16 5 (2.07%) VBA
17 4 (1.66%) C
18 3 (1.24%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 39 (16.18%) Security Cleared
2 37 (15.35%) Degree
3 26 (10.79%) AWS Certification
4 23 (9.54%) OSCP
5 17 (7.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (6.22%) DV Cleared
7 13 (5.39%) CISSP
7 13 (5.39%) RHCSA
7 13 (5.39%) SC Cleared
8 12 (4.98%) CCSAM
8 12 (4.98%) CREST Certified
9 10 (4.15%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (3.73%) CHECK Team Leader
10 9 (3.73%) CHECK Team Member
10 9 (3.73%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (2.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (2.49%) CCSK
11 6 (2.49%) ISTQB
11 6 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (2.49%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.13%) NIST
2 21 (8.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (6.22%) QA
4 14 (5.81%) NCSC
4 14 (5.81%) SOC 2
5 12 (4.98%) GDPR
6 11 (4.56%) PCI DSS
7 6 (2.49%) Data Quality
7 6 (2.49%) PMO
8 4 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.66%) SLA
9 3 (1.24%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 76 (31.54%) Docker
2 30 (12.45%) Active Directory
3 16 (6.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (4.98%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (1.66%) Squid
5 4 (1.66%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (1.66%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.66%) vSphere
6 3 (1.24%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.41%) Firmware
7 1 (0.41%) KVM
7 1 (0.41%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 125 (51.87%) Terraform
2 87 (36.10%) Ansible
3 85 (35.27%) Kubernetes
4 53 (21.99%) Prometheus
5 46 (19.09%) Grafana
6 31 (12.86%) Nagios
7 23 (9.54%) Argo
8 13 (5.39%) Data Guard
8 13 (5.39%) Oracle RMAN
9 11 (4.56%) Kustomize
9 11 (4.56%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (3.73%) Nessus
10 9 (3.73%) Packer
11 8 (3.32%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (2.49%) Rundeck
12 6 (2.49%) ZABBIX
13 5 (2.07%) Kibana
14 4 (1.66%) Puppet
14 4 (1.66%) Rancher
15 3 (1.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 37 (15.35%) Microsoft
2 31 (12.86%) Google
2 31 (12.86%) Splunk
3 26 (10.79%) Red Hat
4 24 (9.96%) Oracle
5 19 (7.88%) VMware
6 11 (4.56%) SolarWinds
7 10 (4.15%) IBM
8 9 (3.73%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.90%) Apple
9 7 (2.90%) Dynatrace
10 6 (2.49%) Cognizant
10 6 (2.49%) Rapid7
11 4 (1.66%) Intel
11 4 (1.66%) TOWER Software
12 3 (1.24%) Commvault
12 3 (1.24%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (1.24%) Tenable
12 3 (1.24%) Varonis
13 2 (0.83%) OpenAI