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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 204 171
Rank change year-on-year +23 -33 -39
Permanent jobs citing Bash 235 226 390
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.38% 1.69% 1.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.93% 4.05% 4.35%
Number of salaries quoted 130 167 349
10th Percentile £42,750 £47,950 £51,000
25th Percentile £58,438 £65,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +13.79% -3.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,375 £113,500 £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 4,763 5,575 8,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 27.89% 41.73% 41.04%
Number of salaries quoted 3,348 3,959 7,653
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +3.13% +3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £101,250
90th Percentile £126,250 £125,000 £125,000
England median annual salary £63,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.08% +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 17 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 17 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 +8 35 £56,250 -31.82% 33
West London - 14 - - 1
South London +32 4 - - 2
East London -12 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 (5.11%) Apache
1 12 (5.11%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.55%) Confluence
2 6 (2.55%) Tomcat
3 5 (2.13%) IIS
3 5 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.85%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.43%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.43%) nginx
5 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.43%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 3 (1.28%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.43%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 115 (48.94%) AWS
2 98 (41.70%) Azure
3 70 (29.79%) GCP
4 43 (18.30%) GitHub
5 37 (15.74%) GitHub Actions
6 32 (13.62%) AWS CloudFormation
7 26 (11.06%) Entra ID
8 25 (10.64%) SaaS
9 23 (9.79%) Google Workspace
10 22 (9.36%) Datadog
10 22 (9.36%) Serverless
11 20 (8.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 17 (7.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 17 (7.23%) Amazon S3
13 16 (6.81%) Pulumi
14 14 (5.96%) Google Compute Engine
15 13 (5.53%) IaaS
15 13 (5.53%) PaaS
16 12 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
16 12 (5.11%) Cloud Functions
Communications & Networking
1 36 (15.32%) Broadband
2 34 (14.47%) DNS
3 33 (14.04%) Firewall
4 21 (8.94%) TCP/IP
5 10 (4.26%) Network Security
6 9 (3.83%) Wireless
7 8 (3.40%) DHCP
7 8 (3.40%) HTTPS
7 8 (3.40%) VPN
8 7 (2.98%) LAN
9 6 (2.55%) HTTP
10 4 (1.70%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (1.28%) WAN
12 2 (0.85%) VLAN
12 2 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (0.43%) Cisco IOS
13 1 (0.43%) Multicast
13 1 (0.43%) NAS
13 1 (0.43%) Spanning Tree
13 1 (0.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (13.19%) NoSQL
2 18 (7.66%) Relational Database
3 16 (6.81%) RDBMS
4 15 (6.38%) BigQuery
5 11 (4.68%) Amazon Athena
6 10 (4.26%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (3.83%) Amazon QuickSight
7 9 (3.83%) Apache Iceberg
7 9 (3.83%) Metadata
7 9 (3.83%) Tableau
8 8 (3.40%) MySQL
9 7 (2.98%) SQL Server
10 6 (2.55%) Oracle Database
11 4 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.70%) MongoDB
12 3 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.85%) Amazon Aurora
13 2 (0.85%) Oracle Database 11g
13 2 (0.85%) Oracle Database 12c
13 2 (0.85%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 47 (20.00%) Jenkins
2 36 (15.32%) GitLab
3 32 (13.62%) Git
4 21 (8.94%) JIRA
5 18 (7.66%) Bitbucket
6 16 (6.81%) Jaeger
7 13 (5.53%) Metasploit
8 10 (4.26%) CircleCI
9 9 (3.83%) Burp Suite
10 5 (2.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (2.13%) TeamCity
11 4 (1.70%) SonarQube
12 3 (1.28%) Eclipse
12 3 (1.28%) JMeter
12 3 (1.28%) Postman
12 3 (1.28%) Robot Framework
13 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket Server
13 1 (0.43%) Browser DevTools
13 1 (0.43%) IDA Disassembler
13 1 (0.43%) Subversion
General
1 83 (35.32%) Finance
2 66 (28.09%) Social Skills
3 27 (11.49%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (11.49%) Banking
4 21 (8.94%) Organisational Skills
5 18 (7.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (5.53%) Telecoms
7 8 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.55%) Electronics
9 6 (2.55%) Marketing
9 6 (2.55%) Retail
10 5 (2.13%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.70%) Advertising
11 4 (1.70%) Back Office
11 4 (1.70%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.70%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.28%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.85%) Legal
14 1 (0.43%) German Language
Job Titles
1 42 (17.87%) DevOps Engineer
2 41 (17.45%) Cloud Engineer
3 37 (15.74%) Senior
4 32 (13.62%) Lead
5 27 (11.49%) Analyst
6 23 (9.79%) Security Engineer
7 22 (9.36%) AWS Engineer
7 22 (9.36%) GCP Engineer
8 20 (8.51%) Platform Engineer
9 18 (7.66%) Azure Engineer
10 17 (7.23%) Automation Engineer
10 17 (7.23%) Cloud Security Engineer
11 16 (6.81%) Administrator
11 16 (6.81%) Linux Administrator
12 15 (6.38%) Cloud Automation Engineer
13 13 (5.53%) Security Analyst
14 12 (5.11%) Support Engineer
15 11 (4.68%) Data Engineer
15 11 (4.68%) Senior Analyst
15 11 (4.68%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (16.17%) Elastic Stack
2 23 (9.79%) Kafka
3 21 (8.94%) OpenID
3 21 (8.94%) REST
4 19 (8.09%) SAML
5 18 (7.66%) GraphQL
5 18 (7.66%) LDAP
5 18 (7.66%) OAuth
5 18 (7.66%) SOAP
6 17 (7.23%) OpenTelemetry
7 5 (2.13%) Node.js
7 5 (2.13%) WebSockets
8 4 (1.70%) Middleware
8 4 (1.70%) YAML
9 3 (1.28%) FIX Protocol
10 2 (0.85%) .NET
10 2 (0.85%) AWS SAM
10 2 (0.85%) JSON
10 2 (0.85%) Loki
10 2 (0.85%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.49%) Cyber Threat
2 26 (11.06%) Security Posture
3 19 (8.09%) Cloud Native
3 19 (8.09%) Management Information System
4 18 (7.66%) Cyberattack
5 14 (5.96%) Cyber Defence
5 14 (5.96%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (4.68%) Hedge funds
7 9 (3.83%) Mobile App
8 8 (3.40%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (3.40%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.55%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (2.55%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (2.13%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (2.13%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.70%) Blog
11 4 (1.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (1.70%) PKI
12 3 (1.28%) Insider Threat
13 2 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 106 (45.11%) Linux
2 50 (21.28%) Unix
3 44 (18.72%) Windows
4 21 (8.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (4.68%) CentOS
6 9 (3.83%) Windows Server
7 8 (3.40%) Ubuntu
8 7 (2.98%) Mac OS
8 7 (2.98%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (2.55%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (2.13%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (1.70%) Kali Linux
12 3 (1.28%) AIX
12 3 (1.28%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.85%) Android
13 2 (0.85%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.85%) Rocky
13 2 (0.85%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.43%) CoreOS
14 1 (0.43%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (52.77%) DevOps
2 118 (50.21%) Infrastructure as Code
3 117 (49.79%) CI/CD
4 79 (33.62%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (26.38%) Containerisation
5 62 (26.38%) Mentoring
6 54 (22.98%) Agile
7 50 (21.28%) High Availability
8 47 (20.00%) Incident Response
9 43 (18.30%) Configuration Management
10 39 (16.60%) Roadmaps
11 36 (15.32%) Cloud Security
11 36 (15.32%) Identity Access Management
12 32 (13.62%) Continuous Integration
13 31 (13.19%) AI
14 28 (11.91%) Performance Optimisation
15 27 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
15 27 (11.49%) Cybersecurity
15 27 (11.49%) Red Team
15 27 (11.49%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 201 (85.53%) Python
2 102 (43.40%) PowerShell
3 60 (25.53%) SQL
4 42 (17.87%) Go
5 28 (11.91%) Java
6 24 (10.21%) JavaScript
7 18 (7.66%) T-SQL
8 11 (4.68%) Shell Script
9 8 (3.40%) Bicep
10 7 (2.98%) C#
11 6 (2.55%) Korn
12 5 (2.13%) Perl
12 5 (2.13%) PL/SQL
13 4 (1.70%) Ruby
14 3 (1.28%) C++
14 3 (1.28%) PHP
15 2 (0.85%) C
15 2 (0.85%) SystemVerilog
15 2 (0.85%) Tcl
16 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 51 (21.70%) Degree
2 24 (10.21%) AWS Certification
3 22 (9.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (8.94%) Security Cleared
5 17 (7.23%) CISSP
6 16 (6.81%) OSCP
7 13 (5.53%) DV Cleared
8 11 (4.68%) CCSK
9 9 (3.83%) CCSAM
9 9 (3.83%) CHECK Team Leader
9 9 (3.83%) CHECK Team Member
9 9 (3.83%) CREST Certified
10 6 (2.55%) Azure Certification
10 6 (2.55%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (2.55%) GCIH
10 6 (2.55%) RHCSA
11 5 (2.13%) GCIA
12 4 (1.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 4 (1.70%) GIAC
12 4 (1.70%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (14.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (13.62%) NIST
3 18 (7.66%) NCSC
4 17 (7.23%) GDPR
4 17 (7.23%) SOC 2
5 15 (6.38%) PCI DSS
6 14 (5.96%) QA
7 11 (4.68%) Data Quality
8 8 (3.40%) Accessibility
9 6 (2.55%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (1.70%) GRC
11 3 (1.28%) SLA
12 1 (0.43%) Basel III
12 1 (0.43%) MiFID
12 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 77 (32.77%) Docker
2 33 (14.04%) Active Directory
3 16 (6.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.98%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.70%) Oracle RAC
6 3 (1.28%) KVM
7 2 (0.85%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.43%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.43%) Firmware
8 1 (0.43%) iptables
8 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 115 (48.94%) Terraform
2 104 (44.26%) Kubernetes
3 88 (37.45%) Ansible
4 56 (23.83%) Prometheus
5 35 (14.89%) Grafana
6 19 (8.09%) Argo
7 16 (6.81%) Kustomize
8 15 (6.38%) Nagios
9 9 (3.83%) Nessus
10 8 (3.40%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (2.55%) Puppet
12 4 (1.70%) Cilium
12 4 (1.70%) Data Guard
12 4 (1.70%) Jamf Pro
12 4 (1.70%) logstash
12 4 (1.70%) Oracle RMAN
12 4 (1.70%) Progress Chef
13 3 (1.28%) Red Hat Satellite
13 3 (1.28%) SCCM
14 2 (0.85%) Kibana
Vendors
1 47 (20.00%) Google
2 27 (11.49%) Microsoft
3 24 (10.21%) Red Hat
4 19 (8.09%) Splunk
4 19 (8.09%) VMware
5 15 (6.38%) Oracle
6 10 (4.26%) Atlassian
7 9 (3.83%) Tenable
8 7 (2.98%) ServiceNow
9 6 (2.55%) SAP
9 6 (2.55%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.70%) Apple
10 4 (1.70%) TOWER Software
11 3 (1.28%) IBM
11 3 (1.28%) Intel
11 3 (1.28%) Rapid7
12 2 (0.85%) Bloomberg
12 2 (0.85%) BT
12 2 (0.85%) Cisco
12 2 (0.85%) CyberArk