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 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 188 143
Rank change year-on-year +10 -45 -15
Permanent jobs citing Bash 230 278 452
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.53% 1.83% 2.14%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.16% 4.52% 4.98%
Number of salaries quoted 138 177 410
10th Percentile £41,250 £48,550 £52,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £66,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £104,875 £115,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £67,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.29% +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 4,461 6,154 9,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 29.71% 40.43% 42.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,137 3,961 7,870
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £78,500
Median % change year-on-year - +1.91% +1.29%
75th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £126,750 £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 4 February 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 4 February 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 +27 39 £50,000 -45.95% 31
West London - 13 £107,500 - 1
South London +39 3 - - 1
East London - 2 - - 3
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 11 (4.78%) Apache
1 11 (4.78%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (2.17%) Confluence
2 5 (2.17%) IIS
2 5 (2.17%) Tomcat
3 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.43%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.87%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.43%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 102 (44.35%) AWS
2 77 (33.48%) Azure
3 61 (26.52%) GCP
4 39 (16.96%) GitHub
5 38 (16.52%) GitHub Actions
6 26 (11.30%) AWS CloudFormation
7 21 (9.13%) Entra ID
8 20 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (8.26%) SaaS
10 18 (7.83%) Datadog
10 18 (7.83%) Google Compute Engine
10 18 (7.83%) Google Workspace
11 17 (7.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 16 (6.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 16 (6.96%) Amazon S3
12 16 (6.96%) Cloud Functions
12 16 (6.96%) Pulumi
12 16 (6.96%) Serverless
13 15 (6.52%) Cloud Run
14 14 (6.09%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 32 (13.91%) Broadband
2 23 (10.00%) Firewall
3 20 (8.70%) DNS
4 10 (4.35%) Network Security
5 9 (3.91%) TCP/IP
5 9 (3.91%) Wireless
6 5 (2.17%) DHCP
7 4 (1.74%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.74%) VPN
8 3 (1.30%) HTTP
8 3 (1.30%) LAN
8 3 (1.30%) WAN
9 2 (0.87%) SSL
10 1 (0.43%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.43%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.43%) FTP
10 1 (0.43%) SNMP
10 1 (0.43%) SSH
10 1 (0.43%) TACACS
10 1 (0.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (11.74%) NoSQL
2 19 (8.26%) BigQuery
2 19 (8.26%) Relational Database
3 16 (6.96%) RDBMS
4 10 (4.35%) Amazon Athena
5 9 (3.91%) Amazon QuickSight
5 9 (3.91%) Amazon Redshift
5 9 (3.91%) Apache Iceberg
5 9 (3.91%) Metadata
5 9 (3.91%) Tableau
6 7 (3.04%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (3.04%) SQL Server
7 6 (2.61%) MySQL
8 5 (2.17%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.74%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.87%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (0.87%) Big Data
10 2 (0.87%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.43%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 48 (20.87%) Jenkins
2 28 (12.17%) Git
3 27 (11.74%) GitLab
4 21 (9.13%) JIRA
5 16 (6.96%) Jaeger
6 12 (5.22%) Burp Suite
6 12 (5.22%) Metasploit
7 10 (4.35%) Bitbucket
8 5 (2.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (1.74%) SonarQube
9 4 (1.74%) TeamCity
10 3 (1.30%) CircleCI
10 3 (1.30%) Eclipse
10 3 (1.30%) JMeter
10 3 (1.30%) Robot Framework
11 2 (0.87%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.87%) Gradle
11 2 (0.87%) Maven
12 1 (0.43%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.43%) Subversion
General
1 70 (30.43%) Finance
1 70 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 23 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (8.26%) Telecoms
4 18 (7.83%) Banking
5 16 (6.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (6.96%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (5.22%) Influencing Skills
6 12 (5.22%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (3.04%) Electronics
8 5 (2.17%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.17%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.17%) Marketing
8 5 (2.17%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.17%) Retail
9 4 (1.74%) Back Office
10 3 (1.30%) Advertising
10 3 (1.30%) Games
11 2 (0.87%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.87%) Legal
Job Titles
1 44 (19.13%) DevOps Engineer
2 41 (17.83%) Cloud Engineer
3 33 (14.35%) Lead
4 31 (13.48%) Senior
5 26 (11.30%) Platform Engineer
6 24 (10.43%) GCP Engineer
7 22 (9.57%) Automation Engineer
7 22 (9.57%) Security Engineer
8 19 (8.26%) Analyst
8 19 (8.26%) Azure Engineer
9 17 (7.39%) Support Engineer
10 16 (6.96%) AWS Engineer
11 15 (6.52%) GCP DevOps
11 15 (6.52%) GCP DevOps Engineer
12 13 (5.65%) Cloud Automation Engineer
12 13 (5.65%) Cloud Security Engineer
12 13 (5.65%) Graduate
12 13 (5.65%) Technical Engineer
12 13 (5.65%) Technical Support
12 13 (5.65%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (15.65%) Elastic Stack
2 19 (8.26%) Kafka
3 17 (7.39%) OpenID
3 17 (7.39%) OpenTelemetry
3 17 (7.39%) REST
4 15 (6.52%) SAML
5 14 (6.09%) GraphQL
5 14 (6.09%) LDAP
5 14 (6.09%) OAuth
5 14 (6.09%) SOAP
6 6 (2.61%) YAML
7 5 (2.17%) Node.js
8 4 (1.74%) Middleware
8 4 (1.74%) RESTful
9 3 (1.30%) FIX Protocol
10 2 (0.87%) .NET
10 2 (0.87%) AWS SAM
10 2 (0.87%) Loki
10 2 (0.87%) Pandas
11 1 (0.43%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.17%) Security Posture
2 24 (10.43%) Management Information System
3 19 (8.26%) Cloud Native
4 15 (6.52%) Cyber Threat
5 14 (6.09%) Cyberattack
5 14 (6.09%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (4.35%) Cyber Defence
7 9 (3.91%) Hedge funds
7 9 (3.91%) Mobile App
8 6 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.61%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.17%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.74%) Blog
10 4 (1.74%) PKI
11 3 (1.30%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.30%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 104 (45.22%) Linux
2 41 (17.83%) Unix
3 35 (15.22%) Windows
4 19 (8.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (4.78%) CentOS
6 10 (4.35%) Windows Server
7 8 (3.48%) Ubuntu
8 6 (2.61%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (2.61%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.74%) Mac OS
11 3 (1.30%) AIX
11 3 (1.30%) Debian
11 3 (1.30%) VMS
12 2 (0.87%) Android
12 2 (0.87%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.87%) Solaris
13 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.43%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (55.22%) DevOps
2 112 (48.70%) CI/CD
3 110 (47.83%) Infrastructure as Code
4 79 (34.35%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (24.78%) Containerisation
6 54 (23.48%) Agile
6 54 (23.48%) Mentoring
7 44 (19.13%) High Availability
8 43 (18.70%) Cloud Security
9 35 (15.22%) Roadmaps
10 33 (14.35%) Configuration Management
11 30 (13.04%) Task Automation
12 29 (12.61%) Identity Access Management
12 29 (12.61%) Performance Optimisation
13 28 (12.17%) AI
13 28 (12.17%) Incident Response
13 28 (12.17%) Machine Learning
14 27 (11.74%) Continuous Integration
15 26 (11.30%) Platform Engineering
16 25 (10.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 200 (86.96%) Python
2 99 (43.04%) PowerShell
3 47 (20.43%) Go
4 44 (19.13%) SQL
5 26 (11.30%) Java
6 20 (8.70%) JavaScript
7 14 (6.09%) T-SQL
8 10 (4.35%) Bicep
9 9 (3.91%) Perl
10 8 (3.48%) Shell Script
11 7 (3.04%) C#
12 4 (1.74%) Ruby
13 3 (1.30%) C++
13 3 (1.30%) Korn
14 2 (0.87%) C
14 2 (0.87%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.87%) SystemVerilog
14 2 (0.87%) Tcl
15 1 (0.43%) Groovy
15 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 54 (23.48%) Degree
2 28 (12.17%) AWS Certification
3 25 (10.87%) Security Cleared
4 19 (8.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (7.39%) DV Cleared
6 15 (6.52%) CISSP
7 10 (4.35%) OSCP
8 9 (3.91%) CCSAM
8 9 (3.91%) CCSK
8 9 (3.91%) CHECK Team Leader
8 9 (3.91%) CHECK Team Member
8 9 (3.91%) CREST Certified
9 6 (2.61%) GCIH
10 5 (2.17%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.17%) SC Cleared
11 4 (1.74%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.74%) PhD
12 3 (1.30%) CCSP
12 3 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.30%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (16.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (13.04%) NIST
3 23 (10.00%) GDPR
4 14 (6.09%) NCSC
5 13 (5.65%) Accessibility
6 11 (4.78%) Data Quality
7 10 (4.35%) PCI DSS
7 10 (4.35%) SOC 2
8 9 (3.91%) QA
9 8 (3.48%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (3.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (2.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (1.74%) GRC
12 1 (0.43%) Basel III
12 1 (0.43%) MiFID
System Software
1 77 (33.48%) Docker
2 29 (12.61%) Active Directory
3 13 (5.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (5.22%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.87%) KVM
5 2 (0.87%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.43%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.43%) Firmware
6 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.43%) iptables
6 1 (0.43%) Postfix
6 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 116 (50.43%) Terraform
2 99 (43.04%) Kubernetes
3 78 (33.91%) Ansible
4 54 (23.48%) Prometheus
5 26 (11.30%) Grafana
6 21 (9.13%) Argo
7 16 (6.96%) Kustomize
8 9 (3.91%) Nessus
9 8 (3.48%) Red Hat Satellite
10 6 (2.61%) Nagios
10 6 (2.61%) Puppet
11 5 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (2.17%) Progress Chef
12 4 (1.74%) Cilium
12 4 (1.74%) logstash
12 4 (1.74%) Rancher
13 3 (1.30%) Nmap
13 3 (1.30%) vRealize
14 2 (0.87%) Oracle RMAN
14 2 (0.87%) SCCM
Vendors
1 49 (21.30%) Google
2 27 (11.74%) Red Hat
3 20 (8.70%) Microsoft
4 16 (6.96%) Splunk
4 16 (6.96%) VMware
5 13 (5.65%) Oracle
6 12 (5.22%) ServiceNow
6 12 (5.22%) Tenable
7 10 (4.35%) Atlassian
8 6 (2.61%) SAP
9 4 (1.74%) Rapid7
10 3 (1.30%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.87%) Bloomberg
11 2 (0.87%) Cisco
11 2 (0.87%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.87%) IBM
12 1 (0.43%) CQG
12 1 (0.43%) Intel
12 1 (0.43%) McAfee
12 1 (0.43%) Reuters