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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 199 159
Rank change year-on-year 0 -40 -12
Permanent jobs citing Bash 244 210 501
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.11% 1.72% 2.08%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.54% 4.15% 5.15%
Number of salaries quoted 135 155 302
10th Percentile £51,250 £43,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £59,063
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 5,379 5,065 9,722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 24.54% 41.40% 40.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3,809 3,517 7,539
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,900 £47,500
25th Percentile £64,250 £61,250 £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 30 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 30 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 -28 27 £86,250 +15.00% 9
West London - 13 - - 6
South London +13 2 - - 1
East London -1 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 (3.69%) Apache
2 7 (2.87%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (2.46%) Confluence
4 5 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.64%) SAS
6 3 (1.23%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.82%) nginx
7 2 (0.82%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.23%) SPSS
3 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 10 (4.10%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.41%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 136 (55.74%) AWS
2 109 (44.67%) Azure
3 50 (20.49%) GCP
4 33 (13.52%) Serverless
5 32 (13.11%) AWS CloudFormation
6 31 (12.70%) GitHub
7 25 (10.25%) Amazon S3
8 24 (9.84%) Datadog
8 24 (9.84%) Entra ID
9 23 (9.43%) AWS Lambda
10 21 (8.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 21 (8.61%) Amazon ECS
11 20 (8.20%) GitHub Actions
11 20 (8.20%) Google Workspace
12 19 (7.79%) Amazon EKS
13 18 (7.38%) SaaS
14 15 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
14 15 (6.15%) Pulumi
14 15 (6.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 14 (5.74%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 29 (11.89%) DNS
1 29 (11.89%) Firewall
2 26 (10.66%) Broadband
3 20 (8.20%) TCP/IP
4 19 (7.79%) Network Security
5 10 (4.10%) LAN
5 10 (4.10%) VPN
6 9 (3.69%) HTTP
6 9 (3.69%) Wireless
7 8 (3.28%) HTTPS
8 6 (2.46%) DHCP
9 5 (2.05%) BGP
9 5 (2.05%) IPv4
9 5 (2.05%) VLAN
10 4 (1.64%) NAS
10 4 (1.64%) OSPF
10 4 (1.64%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (1.64%) WAN
11 3 (1.23%) Kerberos
11 3 (1.23%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.61%) NoSQL
2 14 (5.74%) Oracle Database
3 13 (5.33%) Relational Database
4 11 (4.51%) MySQL
4 11 (4.51%) RDBMS
5 7 (2.87%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (2.46%) Amazon Athena
6 6 (2.46%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (2.05%) Amazon QuickSight
7 5 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (2.05%) Apache Iceberg
7 5 (2.05%) BigQuery
7 5 (2.05%) Metadata
7 5 (2.05%) Tableau
8 4 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.64%) Oracle Database 11g
8 4 (1.64%) Oracle Database 12c
8 4 (1.64%) Oracle Exadata
9 3 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 48 (19.67%) GitLab
2 43 (17.62%) Jenkins
3 36 (14.75%) Git
4 19 (7.79%) Bitbucket
5 14 (5.74%) JIRA
6 12 (4.92%) Metasploit
7 11 (4.51%) CircleCI
7 11 (4.51%) Jaeger
8 8 (3.28%) Burp Suite
9 6 (2.46%) TeamCity
10 4 (1.64%) Postman
10 4 (1.64%) SonarQube
11 3 (1.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (1.23%) Bitbucket Server
11 3 (1.23%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (1.23%) Subversion
12 2 (0.82%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.82%) JMeter
13 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
13 1 (0.41%) Robot Framework
General
1 94 (38.52%) Finance
2 59 (24.18%) Social Skills
3 35 (14.34%) Banking
4 26 (10.66%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (7.79%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (6.15%) Public Sector
7 7 (2.87%) Aerospace
8 5 (2.05%) Automotive
9 4 (1.64%) Electronics
9 4 (1.64%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.64%) Marketing
10 3 (1.23%) Advertising
10 3 (1.23%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.82%) German Language
11 2 (0.82%) Law
11 2 (0.82%) Legal
11 2 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.82%) Retail
11 2 (0.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 63 (25.82%) Senior
2 37 (15.16%) DevOps Engineer
3 35 (14.34%) Cloud Engineer
4 33 (13.52%) AWS Engineer
5 32 (13.11%) Platform Engineer
6 27 (11.07%) Lead
7 25 (10.25%) Security Engineer
8 20 (8.20%) Analyst
9 18 (7.38%) Administrator
10 17 (6.97%) Linux Administrator
10 17 (6.97%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 17 (6.97%) Systems Administrator
11 14 (5.74%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 13 (5.33%) Azure Engineer
13 12 (4.92%) Security Analyst
14 11 (4.51%) AWS DevOps Engineer
14 11 (4.51%) DBA
14 11 (4.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (4.51%) Senior Analyst
14 11 (4.51%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (12.30%) Elastic Stack
2 23 (9.43%) SAML
3 19 (7.79%) REST
4 17 (6.97%) OAuth
4 17 (6.97%) OpenID
5 16 (6.56%) GraphQL
5 16 (6.56%) Kafka
5 16 (6.56%) LDAP
5 16 (6.56%) SOAP
6 13 (5.33%) OpenTelemetry
7 9 (3.69%) Node.js
8 8 (3.28%) WebSockets
9 7 (2.87%) AWS CDK
10 4 (1.64%) YAML
11 3 (1.23%) .NET
11 3 (1.23%) 802.1X
11 3 (1.23%) JSON
11 3 (1.23%) Middleware
11 3 (1.23%) Pandas
11 3 (1.23%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 37 (15.16%) Cloud Native
2 25 (10.25%) Cyber Threat
3 23 (9.43%) Security Posture
4 16 (6.56%) Data Centre
5 14 (5.74%) Cyberattack
5 14 (5.74%) Onboarding
6 12 (4.92%) Cyber Defence
6 12 (4.92%) Management Information System
7 11 (4.51%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (3.69%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (3.28%) Mobile App
10 7 (2.87%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (2.87%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (2.46%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (2.46%) Hedge funds
12 4 (1.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.64%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.64%) Renewable Energy
13 3 (1.23%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 111 (45.49%) Linux
2 41 (16.80%) Unix
3 38 (15.57%) Windows
4 24 (9.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (5.33%) Windows Server
6 12 (4.92%) CentOS
7 10 (4.10%) AIX
7 10 (4.10%) Oracle Linux
8 8 (3.28%) Mac OS
9 7 (2.87%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (2.05%) Rocky
11 4 (1.64%) Kali Linux
12 3 (1.23%) Apple iOS
12 3 (1.23%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.82%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.82%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.41%) Android
14 1 (0.41%) CoreOS
14 1 (0.41%) SUSE
14 1 (0.41%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (51.23%) Infrastructure as Code
2 121 (49.59%) CI/CD
3 119 (48.77%) DevOps
4 70 (28.69%) Problem-Solving
5 69 (28.28%) Mentoring
6 61 (25.00%) Containerisation
7 51 (20.90%) Agile
8 45 (18.44%) Cloud Security
9 44 (18.03%) Platform Engineering
9 44 (18.03%) Roadmaps
10 43 (17.62%) High Availability
10 43 (17.62%) Incident Response
11 36 (14.75%) Identity Access Management
12 33 (13.52%) Configuration Management
13 29 (11.89%) AI
13 29 (11.89%) Continuous Improvement
13 29 (11.89%) Cybersecurity
14 26 (10.66%) Capacity Planning
14 26 (10.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 25 (10.25%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 204 (83.61%) Python
2 108 (44.26%) PowerShell
3 63 (25.82%) SQL
4 49 (20.08%) Java
5 30 (12.30%) Go
6 22 (9.02%) JavaScript
7 20 (8.20%) Shell Script
8 16 (6.56%) T-SQL
9 15 (6.15%) Korn
10 14 (5.74%) PL/SQL
11 13 (5.33%) C#
12 11 (4.51%) Perl
12 11 (4.51%) Ruby
13 10 (4.10%) Rust
14 9 (3.69%) PHP
15 8 (3.28%) Bicep
16 7 (2.87%) C++
17 5 (2.05%) VBA
18 4 (1.64%) C
19 3 (1.23%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 42 (17.21%) Security Cleared
2 37 (15.16%) Degree
3 28 (11.48%) AWS Certification
4 22 (9.02%) OSCP
5 17 (6.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (6.15%) DV Cleared
7 14 (5.74%) SC Cleared
8 13 (5.33%) CISSP
8 13 (5.33%) RHCSA
9 11 (4.51%) CCSAM
9 11 (4.51%) CREST Certified
10 10 (4.10%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (3.69%) CompTIA Security+
12 8 (3.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 8 (3.28%) CHECK Team Leader
12 8 (3.28%) CHECK Team Member
13 6 (2.46%) CCSK
13 6 (2.46%) ISTQB
13 6 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (2.46%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.02%) NIST
2 21 (8.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (6.15%) QA
4 14 (5.74%) NCSC
4 14 (5.74%) SOC 2
5 12 (4.92%) GDPR
6 11 (4.51%) PCI DSS
7 6 (2.46%) Data Quality
7 6 (2.46%) PMO
8 4 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.64%) SLA
9 3 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 77 (31.56%) Docker
2 31 (12.70%) Active Directory
3 16 (6.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (4.92%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (1.64%) Squid
5 4 (1.64%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (1.64%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.64%) vSphere
6 3 (1.23%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.41%) Firmware
7 1 (0.41%) KVM
7 1 (0.41%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 127 (52.05%) Terraform
2 88 (36.07%) Ansible
3 85 (34.84%) Kubernetes
4 54 (22.13%) Prometheus
5 47 (19.26%) Grafana
6 31 (12.70%) Nagios
7 23 (9.43%) Argo
8 13 (5.33%) Data Guard
8 13 (5.33%) Oracle RMAN
9 11 (4.51%) Kustomize
9 11 (4.51%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (3.69%) Packer
11 8 (3.28%) Jamf Pro
11 8 (3.28%) Nessus
12 6 (2.46%) Rundeck
12 6 (2.46%) ZABBIX
13 5 (2.05%) Kibana
14 4 (1.64%) Puppet
14 4 (1.64%) Rancher
15 3 (1.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 37 (15.16%) Microsoft
2 31 (12.70%) Google
2 31 (12.70%) Splunk
3 26 (10.66%) Red Hat
4 24 (9.84%) Oracle
5 19 (7.79%) VMware
6 11 (4.51%) SolarWinds
7 10 (4.10%) IBM
8 9 (3.69%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.87%) Apple
9 7 (2.87%) Dynatrace
10 6 (2.46%) Cognizant
10 6 (2.46%) Rapid7
11 4 (1.64%) Intel
11 4 (1.64%) TOWER Software
12 3 (1.23%) Commvault
12 3 (1.23%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (1.23%) New Relic
12 3 (1.23%) Tenable
12 3 (1.23%) Varonis