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 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 175 131
Rank change year-on-year +2 -44 -16
Permanent jobs citing Bash 211 289 424
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.52% 1.87% 2.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.95% 4.53% 5.37%
Number of salaries quoted 155 173 373
10th Percentile £41,250 £47,650 £55,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £65,625 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £119,500 £115,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%

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 4,265 6,385 7,893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 30.63% 41.29% 43.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3,018 4,099 6,852
10th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.23%
75th Percentile £100,938 £105,000 £101,250
90th Percentile £130,000 £125,000 £125,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

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 9 January 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 9 January 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 +43 35 £43,500 -52.97% 33
West London - 3 £107,500 - 13
South London +35 2 - - 14
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 7 (3.32%) Apache
1 7 (3.32%) Apache Airflow
1 7 (3.32%) Confluence
2 5 (2.37%) IIS
2 5 (2.37%) Tomcat
3 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.47%) JBoss
4 1 (0.47%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.47%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.47%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 89 (42.18%) AWS
2 66 (31.28%) Azure
3 51 (24.17%) GCP
4 41 (19.43%) GitHub
5 40 (18.96%) GitHub Actions
6 24 (11.37%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (10.90%) AWS CloudFormation
8 20 (9.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 16 (7.58%) Google Compute Engine
9 16 (7.58%) SaaS
10 15 (7.11%) Amazon S3
10 15 (7.11%) Cloud Functions
10 15 (7.11%) Datadog
10 15 (7.11%) Slack
11 14 (6.64%) Cloud Run
11 14 (6.64%) OpenShift
11 14 (6.64%) Serverless
11 14 (6.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 13 (6.16%) Amazon EKS
13 11 (5.21%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (12.32%) Firewall
2 19 (9.00%) DNS
3 11 (5.21%) Broadband
3 11 (5.21%) TCP/IP
4 10 (4.74%) Network Security
5 4 (1.90%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (1.90%) VPN
5 4 (1.90%) WAN
5 4 (1.90%) Wireless
6 3 (1.42%) DHCP
7 2 (0.95%) BGP
7 2 (0.95%) HTTP
7 2 (0.95%) IGMP
7 2 (0.95%) LAN
7 2 (0.95%) Multicast
7 2 (0.95%) OSPF
7 2 (0.95%) SSH
7 2 (0.95%) SSL
8 1 (0.47%) Spanning Tree
8 1 (0.47%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.58%) BigQuery
2 13 (6.16%) NoSQL
3 10 (4.74%) Relational Database
4 9 (4.27%) SQL Server
5 7 (3.32%) Amazon Athena
5 7 (3.32%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (3.32%) MySQL
6 6 (2.84%) Amazon QuickSight
6 6 (2.84%) Amazon Redshift
6 6 (2.84%) Apache Iceberg
6 6 (2.84%) Metadata
6 6 (2.84%) Tableau
7 5 (2.37%) MongoDB
7 5 (2.37%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.95%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.95%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.47%) Big Data
9 1 (0.47%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 48 (22.75%) Jenkins
2 30 (14.22%) Git
3 28 (13.27%) GitLab
4 25 (11.85%) JIRA
5 8 (3.79%) Bitbucket
6 7 (3.32%) Burp Suite
6 7 (3.32%) Metasploit
7 5 (2.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (2.37%) Jaeger
8 4 (1.90%) TeamCity
9 3 (1.42%) Artifactory
9 3 (1.42%) Maven
9 3 (1.42%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.95%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.95%) Gradle
10 2 (0.95%) JMeter
10 2 (0.95%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.95%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.47%) Ant
11 1 (0.47%) MSI
General
1 71 (33.65%) Social Skills
2 67 (31.75%) Finance
3 24 (11.37%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.53%) Telecoms
5 17 (8.06%) Banking
6 13 (6.16%) Influencing Skills
6 13 (6.16%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (3.32%) Electronics
8 6 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.37%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.37%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.37%) Marketing
9 5 (2.37%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.37%) Retail
10 4 (1.90%) Back Office
10 4 (1.90%) Games
11 3 (1.42%) Advertising
11 3 (1.42%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.95%) Legal
Job Titles
1 47 (22.27%) DevOps Engineer
2 29 (13.74%) Cloud Engineer
2 29 (13.74%) Platform Engineer
3 21 (9.95%) Automation Engineer
3 21 (9.95%) Support Engineer
4 20 (9.48%) GCP Engineer
4 20 (9.48%) Security Engineer
5 19 (9.00%) Lead
6 18 (8.53%) Azure Engineer
7 17 (8.06%) AWS Engineer
7 17 (8.06%) Graduate
7 17 (8.06%) Technical Engineer
7 17 (8.06%) Technical Support
7 17 (8.06%) Technical Support Engineer
8 16 (7.58%) Senior
9 15 (7.11%) Analyst
9 15 (7.11%) Graduate Support Engineer
9 15 (7.11%) Graduate Technical Engineer
9 15 (7.11%) Graduate Technical Support
10 14 (6.64%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (10.90%) Elastic Stack
2 14 (6.64%) Kafka
3 8 (3.79%) REST
4 7 (3.32%) .NET
4 7 (3.32%) Node.js
4 7 (3.32%) OpenID
5 6 (2.84%) LDAP
5 6 (2.84%) OpenTelemetry
5 6 (2.84%) YAML
6 5 (2.37%) GraphQL
6 5 (2.37%) Middleware
6 5 (2.37%) OAuth
6 5 (2.37%) SAML
6 5 (2.37%) SOAP
7 4 (1.90%) FIX Protocol
7 4 (1.90%) RESTful
8 3 (1.42%) ARM Templates
9 2 (0.95%) AWS CDK
9 2 (0.95%) AWS SAM
9 2 (0.95%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 24 (11.37%) Management Information System
2 21 (9.95%) Security Posture
3 17 (8.06%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.84%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (2.84%) Hedge funds
5 6 (2.84%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (2.37%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.37%) Cloud Security Posture
6 5 (2.37%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (2.37%) Cyberattack
6 5 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.37%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.90%) Blog
7 4 (1.90%) Clustering
7 4 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.90%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.90%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 98 (46.45%) Linux
2 36 (17.06%) Windows
3 28 (13.27%) Unix
4 20 (9.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (5.21%) CentOS
6 10 (4.74%) Windows Server
7 8 (3.79%) Ubuntu
8 5 (2.37%) Solaris
8 5 (2.37%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (2.37%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (2.37%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.42%) Debian
9 3 (1.42%) Mac OS
9 3 (1.42%) VMS
10 2 (0.95%) Android
11 1 (0.47%) AIX
11 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.47%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (56.87%) DevOps
2 115 (54.50%) CI/CD
3 94 (44.55%) Infrastructure as Code
4 70 (33.18%) Problem-Solving
5 45 (21.33%) Containerisation
6 40 (18.96%) Cloud Security
7 36 (17.06%) Agile
8 31 (14.69%) Machine Learning
9 27 (12.80%) Configuration Management
9 27 (12.80%) High Availability
9 27 (12.80%) Mentoring
9 27 (12.80%) Platform Engineering
10 24 (11.37%) Incident Response
10 24 (11.37%) Observability
10 24 (11.37%) Task Automation
11 23 (10.90%) AI
11 23 (10.90%) Vulnerability Management
12 22 (10.43%) Computer Science
13 21 (9.95%) Customer Experience
13 21 (9.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 188 (89.10%) Python
2 92 (43.60%) PowerShell
3 35 (16.59%) Go
4 30 (14.22%) SQL
5 13 (6.16%) Perl
6 11 (5.21%) Bicep
6 11 (5.21%) Java
7 10 (4.74%) JavaScript
8 8 (3.79%) C#
9 7 (3.32%) Shell Script
10 5 (2.37%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.90%) C++
11 4 (1.90%) Groovy
11 4 (1.90%) Ruby
12 2 (0.95%) C
12 2 (0.95%) SystemVerilog
12 2 (0.95%) Tcl
13 1 (0.47%) Korn
13 1 (0.47%) PHP
13 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 57 (27.01%) Degree
2 21 (9.95%) Security Cleared
3 18 (8.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (7.58%) AWS Certification
5 15 (7.11%) DV Cleared
6 11 (5.21%) CISSP
7 6 (2.84%) CCSK
7 6 (2.84%) SC Cleared
8 5 (2.37%) GCIH
8 5 (2.37%) OSCP
9 4 (1.90%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.90%) CCSAM
9 4 (1.90%) CHECK Team Leader
9 4 (1.90%) CHECK Team Member
9 4 (1.90%) CREST Certified
9 4 (1.90%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.42%) CCSP
10 3 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.42%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (13.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (10.90%) NIST
3 22 (10.43%) GDPR
4 15 (7.11%) Accessibility
5 9 (4.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (3.79%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (3.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (3.79%) Data Quality
7 7 (3.32%) QA
8 6 (2.84%) PCI DSS
8 6 (2.84%) SOC 2
9 5 (2.37%) NCSC
10 4 (1.90%) GRC
11 1 (0.47%) Basel III
11 1 (0.47%) MiFID
11 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 65 (30.81%) Docker
2 20 (9.48%) Active Directory
3 15 (7.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (6.64%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.95%) KVM
6 1 (0.47%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.47%) Firmware
6 1 (0.47%) iptables
6 1 (0.47%) Postfix
6 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.47%) zsh
Systems Management
1 100 (47.39%) Terraform
2 86 (40.76%) Kubernetes
3 65 (30.81%) Ansible
4 43 (20.38%) Prometheus
5 28 (13.27%) Grafana
6 10 (4.74%) Red Hat Satellite
7 9 (4.27%) Argo
8 6 (2.84%) Nessus
8 6 (2.84%) Puppet
9 5 (2.37%) Kustomize
9 5 (2.37%) Nagios
9 5 (2.37%) Progress Chef
10 4 (1.90%) Cilium
10 4 (1.90%) logstash
10 4 (1.90%) Rancher
10 4 (1.90%) vRealize
11 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (1.42%) Nmap
12 2 (0.95%) QRadar
12 2 (0.95%) SCCM
Vendors
1 31 (14.69%) Google
2 30 (14.22%) Red Hat
3 24 (11.37%) Microsoft
4 19 (9.00%) Splunk
4 19 (9.00%) VMware
5 13 (6.16%) ServiceNow
5 13 (6.16%) Tenable
6 11 (5.21%) Atlassian
6 11 (5.21%) Oracle
7 6 (2.84%) Rapid7
7 6 (2.84%) SAP
8 3 (1.42%) Qualys
9 2 (0.95%) ArcSight
9 2 (0.95%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.95%) Cisco
9 2 (0.95%) Cribl.io
9 2 (0.95%) CyberArk
9 2 (0.95%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.95%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.95%) Sonatype