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 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 174 148
Rank change year-on-year -60 -26 -7
Permanent jobs citing Bash 222 245 463
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.93% 2.02% 2.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.99% 4.99% 5.82%
Number of salaries quoted 144 189 241
10th Percentile £50,000 £44,815 £43,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.23% -6.06%
75th Percentile £90,313 £93,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £109,375 £110,250 £105,000
England median annual salary £64,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.19% +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 5,562 4,912 7,951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 23.24% 40.59% 40.75%
Number of salaries quoted 3,818 3,351 5,696
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £49,625
25th Percentile £64,250 £61,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -3.03% +3.13%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £135,000 £136,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £61,305
% change year-on-year +4.00% +1.95% -5.68%

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 21 August 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 21 August 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 -22 19 £88,750 +26.79% 10
West London -20 1 - - 8
North London - 1 £60,000 - 1
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 (4.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (4.50%) Confluence
3 5 (2.25%) SAS
4 3 (1.35%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.90%) Apache
5 2 (0.90%) nginx
5 2 (0.90%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 9 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.35%) SPSS
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.90%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.45%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (4.50%) FLEXCUBE
2 6 (2.70%) Fidessa
3 3 (1.35%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 126 (56.76%) AWS
2 96 (43.24%) Azure
3 38 (17.12%) GCP
4 36 (16.22%) Serverless
5 33 (14.86%) AWS CloudFormation
6 32 (14.41%) Amazon ECS
6 32 (14.41%) GitHub
7 30 (13.51%) AWS Lambda
8 26 (11.71%) Amazon EKS
9 23 (10.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 22 (9.91%) GitHub Actions
11 21 (9.46%) Datadog
12 20 (9.01%) Amazon EventBridge
13 19 (8.56%) Amazon S3
13 19 (8.56%) Microsoft 365
14 18 (8.11%) Azure DevOps
15 17 (7.66%) Cloud Computing
16 15 (6.76%) AWS Control Tower
16 15 (6.76%) Entra ID
17 14 (6.31%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 34 (15.32%) Firewall
2 30 (13.51%) Network Security
3 29 (13.06%) DNS
4 27 (12.16%) TCP/IP
5 13 (5.86%) VPN
6 12 (5.41%) DHCP
7 6 (2.70%) FIX Connectivity
7 6 (2.70%) HTTP
7 6 (2.70%) Intrusion Detection
7 6 (2.70%) LAN
7 6 (2.70%) VLAN
8 5 (2.25%) BGP
8 5 (2.25%) HTTPS
8 5 (2.25%) IPv4
8 5 (2.25%) NAS
9 4 (1.80%) Kerberos
9 4 (1.80%) OSPF
9 4 (1.80%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (1.80%) SSH
10 3 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.31%) MySQL
2 12 (5.41%) Oracle Database
3 10 (4.50%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (4.50%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.80%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.35%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.35%) Redis
7 2 (0.90%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.90%) Oracle Database 11g
7 2 (0.90%) Oracle Database 12c
7 2 (0.90%) Oracle Exadata
7 2 (0.90%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.45%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.45%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.45%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 45 (20.27%) GitLab
2 36 (16.22%) Jenkins
3 29 (13.06%) Git
4 17 (7.66%) JIRA
5 15 (6.76%) Bitbucket
6 6 (2.70%) TeamCity
7 5 (2.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (2.25%) CircleCI
7 5 (2.25%) Postman
8 3 (1.35%) JMeter
8 3 (1.35%) Subversion
9 2 (0.90%) Bitbucket Server
9 2 (0.90%) Metasploit
9 2 (0.90%) NUnit
9 2 (0.90%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.90%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.45%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.45%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.45%) Jaeger
10 1 (0.45%) Maven
General
1 94 (42.34%) Finance
2 69 (31.08%) Social Skills
3 45 (20.27%) Banking
4 32 (14.41%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (11.26%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.60%) Aerospace
7 7 (3.15%) Automotive
8 5 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.25%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.80%) Electronics
9 4 (1.80%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.80%) Marketing
9 4 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.80%) Retail
10 3 (1.35%) Advertising
10 3 (1.35%) Law
10 3 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.35%) Public Speaking
11 2 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.90%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 55 (24.77%) Senior
2 36 (16.22%) Platform Engineer
3 35 (15.77%) DevOps Engineer
4 23 (10.36%) AWS Engineer
5 22 (9.91%) Cloud Engineer
6 21 (9.46%) Security Engineer
7 20 (9.01%) Administrator
8 18 (8.11%) Linux Administrator
8 18 (8.11%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 18 (8.11%) Systems Administrator
9 14 (6.31%) Consultant
9 14 (6.31%) Linux Engineer
9 14 (6.31%) Security Consultant
9 14 (6.31%) Senior Consultant
9 14 (6.31%) Senior Security Consultant
10 13 (5.86%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 13 (5.86%) Linux Systems Engineer
11 12 (5.41%) Analyst
11 12 (5.41%) DBA
11 12 (5.41%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (52.70%) Terraform
2 17 (7.66%) AWS CDK
3 14 (6.31%) Elastic Stack
4 9 (4.05%) SAML
5 8 (3.60%) Kafka
5 8 (3.60%) Node.js
6 7 (3.15%) FIX Protocol
7 6 (2.70%) .NET
7 6 (2.70%) WebSockets
7 6 (2.70%) YAML
8 5 (2.25%) Middleware
8 5 (2.25%) OpenMP
8 5 (2.25%) OpenTelemetry
8 5 (2.25%) REST
9 4 (1.80%) Pulumi
10 3 (1.35%) ARM Templates
10 3 (1.35%) OAuth
10 3 (1.35%) OpenACC
10 3 (1.35%) OpenID
10 3 (1.35%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 41 (18.47%) Cloud Native
2 31 (13.96%) Onboarding
3 14 (6.31%) Data Centre
3 14 (6.31%) Enterprise Cloud
4 11 (4.95%) Hybrid Cloud
4 11 (4.95%) Linux Command Line
5 10 (4.50%) Management Information System
5 10 (4.50%) Security Posture
6 8 (3.60%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.70%) Eurex
7 6 (2.70%) Public Cloud
8 5 (2.25%) CUDA
8 5 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.80%) Equity Derivative
9 4 (1.80%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.35%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.35%) Blog
10 3 (1.35%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 109 (49.10%) Linux
2 39 (17.57%) Windows
3 34 (15.32%) Unix
4 21 (9.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 20 (9.01%) CentOS
6 13 (5.86%) Windows Server
7 10 (4.50%) AIX
7 10 (4.50%) Mac OS
7 10 (4.50%) Oracle Linux
7 10 (4.50%) Rocky
8 6 (2.70%) Ubuntu
8 6 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (2.25%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.80%) Windows 10
11 3 (1.35%) Solaris
12 2 (0.90%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.90%) Android
12 2 (0.90%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.45%) SUSE
13 1 (0.45%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (54.50%) Infrastructure as Code
2 112 (50.45%) CI/CD
3 103 (46.40%) DevOps
4 62 (27.93%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (24.32%) Containerisation
6 49 (22.07%) Platform Engineering
7 47 (21.17%) Cloud Security
8 43 (19.37%) Incident Response
9 36 (16.22%) Mentoring
10 35 (15.77%) AI
11 33 (14.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 32 (14.41%) Configuration Management
12 32 (14.41%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (13.51%) ITIL
14 29 (13.06%) Capacity Planning
14 29 (13.06%) Computer Science
14 29 (13.06%) Observability
15 28 (12.61%) Identity Access Management
15 28 (12.61%) Infrastructure Automation
16 27 (12.16%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 194 (87.39%) Python
2 96 (43.24%) PowerShell
3 46 (20.72%) Java
4 42 (18.92%) SQL
5 25 (11.26%) Perl
6 23 (10.36%) Ruby
7 19 (8.56%) Shell Script
8 17 (7.66%) Go
9 16 (7.21%) JavaScript
9 16 (7.21%) PHP
10 14 (6.31%) C#
11 13 (5.86%) Rust
12 12 (5.41%) Korn
12 12 (5.41%) PL/SQL
13 9 (4.05%) Bicep
13 9 (4.05%) C
14 7 (3.15%) C++
14 7 (3.15%) VBA
15 3 (1.35%) Objective-C
16 2 (0.90%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (25.23%) Security Cleared
2 42 (18.92%) Degree
3 25 (11.26%) AWS Certification
4 22 (9.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (7.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 16 (7.21%) SC Cleared
6 14 (6.31%) OSCP
7 13 (5.86%) DV Cleared
8 11 (4.95%) RHCSA
9 9 (4.05%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (3.60%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (3.15%) CISSP
11 7 (3.15%) ISTQB
12 6 (2.70%) Azure Certification
12 6 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (2.70%) RHCE
13 4 (1.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (1.80%) CISM
13 4 (1.80%) CompTIA CySA+
13 4 (1.80%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.11%) QA
2 8 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.15%) NIST
3 7 (3.15%) SOC 2
4 6 (2.70%) PCI DSS
4 6 (2.70%) PMO
5 5 (2.25%) GDPR
6 4 (1.80%) SLA
7 3 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 69 (31.08%) Docker
2 26 (11.71%) Active Directory
3 18 (8.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (4.95%) Oracle RAC
5 6 (2.70%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (2.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 5 (2.25%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.80%) Squid
7 4 (1.80%) vSphere
8 3 (1.35%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.45%) KVM
10 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 77 (34.68%) Kubernetes
2 70 (31.53%) Ansible
3 52 (23.42%) Grafana
4 42 (18.92%) Prometheus
5 32 (14.41%) Nagios
6 15 (6.76%) Argo
7 13 (5.86%) Data Guard
8 12 (5.41%) Oracle RMAN
9 10 (4.50%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (4.05%) Packer
11 8 (3.60%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (2.70%) Puppet
12 6 (2.70%) Rundeck
12 6 (2.70%) ZABBIX
13 4 (1.80%) Istio
13 4 (1.80%) Proxmox
13 4 (1.80%) Rancher
14 3 (1.35%) Cilium
14 3 (1.35%) Red Hat Satellite
14 3 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 51 (22.97%) Microsoft
2 38 (17.12%) Splunk
3 32 (14.41%) Oracle
4 30 (13.51%) Red Hat
5 20 (9.01%) VMware
6 11 (4.95%) Google
6 11 (4.95%) ServiceNow
7 10 (4.50%) IBM
8 9 (4.05%) Rapid7
8 9 (4.05%) SolarWinds
9 7 (3.15%) Dynatrace
10 6 (2.70%) Apple
10 6 (2.70%) Bloomberg
10 6 (2.70%) Cognizant
10 6 (2.70%) CQG
10 6 (2.70%) ION Trading
10 6 (2.70%) Patsystems
10 6 (2.70%) Reuters
10 6 (2.70%) Trayport
11 5 (2.25%) New Relic