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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 182 154
Rank change year-on-year -60 -28 -17
Permanent jobs citing Bash 227 222 422
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.88% 1.90% 2.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.11% 4.98% 5.45%
Number of salaries quoted 133 178 227
10th Percentile £48,000 £45,625 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £59,063 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% -3.03%
75th Percentile £92,500 £93,438 £92,500
90th Percentile £112,250 £112,375 £114,100
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £67,250
% change year-on-year -3.70% +0.37% -3.93%

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 5,518 4,461 7,749
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 21.27% 38.22% 42.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3,608 2,981 5,085
10th Percentile £48,750 £48,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -3.03% +3.13%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £108,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £135,000 £130,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +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 12 October 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 12 October 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 -4 17 £87,500 +52.17% 40
West London -19 1 - - 8
North London - 1 £60,000 -
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 (5.29%) Confluence
2 9 (3.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.20%) SAS
4 1 (0.44%) nginx
4 1 (0.44%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (3.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.88%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (4.41%) FLEXCUBE
2 8 (3.52%) Fidessa
3 3 (1.32%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 122 (53.74%) AWS
2 88 (38.77%) Azure
3 40 (17.62%) GCP
4 37 (16.30%) Amazon EKS
5 35 (15.42%) Serverless
6 32 (14.10%) AWS Lambda
7 31 (13.66%) GitHub
8 29 (12.78%) Amazon ECS
9 25 (11.01%) GitHub Actions
10 24 (10.57%) AWS CloudFormation
11 23 (10.13%) SaaS
12 21 (9.25%) Azure DevOps
13 20 (8.81%) Amazon EventBridge
13 20 (8.81%) Entra ID
14 19 (8.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 19 (8.37%) Azure AKS
15 17 (7.49%) Cloud Computing
16 16 (7.05%) Datadog
16 16 (7.05%) OpenShift
17 15 (6.61%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 32 (14.10%) TCP/IP
2 31 (13.66%) Firewall
2 31 (13.66%) Network Security
3 24 (10.57%) DNS
4 19 (8.37%) VPN
5 15 (6.61%) DHCP
6 9 (3.96%) BGP
7 8 (3.52%) FIX Connectivity
7 8 (3.52%) VLAN
8 6 (2.64%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (2.20%) HTTP
9 5 (2.20%) SSH
10 4 (1.76%) Kerberos
10 4 (1.76%) LAN
10 4 (1.76%) NAS
10 4 (1.76%) OSPF
11 3 (1.32%) IPv4
11 3 (1.32%) MPLS
11 3 (1.32%) Software-Defined Networking
12 2 (0.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.69%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (7.93%) Amazon RDS
3 14 (6.17%) MySQL
4 13 (5.73%) Redis
4 13 (5.73%) SQL Server
5 12 (5.29%) Oracle Database
6 11 (4.85%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (3.96%) Amazon Aurora
8 7 (3.08%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.76%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.32%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.88%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.88%) Oracle Database 11g
11 2 (0.88%) Oracle Database 12c
11 2 (0.88%) Oracle Exadata
12 1 (0.44%) Big Data
12 1 (0.44%) BigQuery
12 1 (0.44%) DynamoDB
12 1 (0.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 44 (19.38%) Jenkins
2 35 (15.42%) GitLab
3 34 (14.98%) Git
4 16 (7.05%) JIRA
5 13 (5.73%) TeamCity
6 8 (3.52%) Bitbucket
7 6 (2.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (1.32%) JMeter
8 3 (1.32%) Postman
8 3 (1.32%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.88%) Bitbucket Server
9 2 (0.88%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.88%) NUnit
9 2 (0.88%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.88%) Subversion
10 1 (0.44%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.44%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.44%) Jaeger
10 1 (0.44%) Selenium
10 1 (0.44%) Snyk
General
1 90 (39.65%) Finance
2 67 (29.52%) Social Skills
3 51 (22.47%) Banking
4 33 (14.54%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (11.01%) Public Sector
6 24 (10.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (7.49%) Law
8 15 (6.61%) Retail
9 6 (2.64%) Aerospace
9 6 (2.64%) Automotive
10 4 (1.76%) Back Office
10 4 (1.76%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.76%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.32%) Electronics
11 3 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.32%) Public Speaking
12 2 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.88%) Legal
12 2 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 53 (23.35%) Senior
2 46 (20.26%) DevOps Engineer
3 36 (15.86%) Platform Engineer
4 24 (10.57%) AWS Engineer
5 22 (9.69%) Analyst
6 17 (7.49%) Cloud Engineer
6 17 (7.49%) Security Engineer
7 16 (7.05%) Administrator
7 16 (7.05%) Azure Engineer
8 15 (6.61%) Consultant
8 15 (6.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (6.61%) Senior Consultant
9 14 (6.17%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 14 (6.17%) Linux Administrator
9 14 (6.17%) Linux Systems Administrator
9 14 (6.17%) Security Consultant
9 14 (6.17%) Senior Security Consultant
9 14 (6.17%) Systems Administrator
10 13 (5.73%) AWS DevOps
10 13 (5.73%) AWS DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (55.95%) Terraform
2 20 (8.81%) Elastic Stack
3 18 (7.93%) AWS CDK
4 14 (6.17%) Kafka
5 12 (5.29%) SAML
6 10 (4.41%) Keycloak
6 10 (4.41%) OpenTelemetry
7 9 (3.96%) RESTful
8 8 (3.52%) FIX Protocol
9 7 (3.08%) REST
10 6 (2.64%) Node.js
11 5 (2.20%) .NET
11 5 (2.20%) Middleware
11 5 (2.20%) OpenMP
11 5 (2.20%) Pulumi
11 5 (2.20%) YAML
12 4 (1.76%) Pandas
12 4 (1.76%) React
12 4 (1.76%) WebSockets
13 3 (1.32%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 49 (21.59%) Cloud Native
2 35 (15.42%) Onboarding
3 16 (7.05%) Enterprise Cloud
3 16 (7.05%) Linux Command Line
4 12 (5.29%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (4.41%) Replication
6 9 (3.96%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (3.96%) Security Posture
7 8 (3.52%) Data Centre
7 8 (3.52%) Eurex
7 8 (3.52%) Hedge funds
8 7 (3.08%) Blog
9 6 (2.64%) Management Information System
9 6 (2.64%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (2.20%) CUDA
11 4 (1.76%) Equity Derivative
11 4 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (1.32%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 114 (50.22%) Linux
2 42 (18.50%) Windows
3 34 (14.98%) Unix
4 20 (8.81%) CentOS
4 20 (8.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (6.17%) Rocky
6 13 (5.73%) Windows Server
7 11 (4.85%) macOS
8 10 (4.41%) AIX
8 10 (4.41%) Oracle Linux
8 10 (4.41%) Ubuntu
9 8 (3.52%) Apple iOS
10 7 (3.08%) Windows 10
11 5 (2.20%) Solaris
11 5 (2.20%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.88%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.88%) Android
13 1 (0.44%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.44%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (55.51%) Infrastructure as Code
2 112 (49.34%) CI/CD
3 103 (45.37%) DevOps
4 60 (26.43%) Problem-Solving
5 58 (25.55%) Platform Engineering
6 55 (24.23%) Cloud Security
7 51 (22.47%) Containerisation
8 46 (20.26%) Observability
9 43 (18.94%) AI
9 43 (18.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 40 (17.62%) Incident Response
10 40 (17.62%) ITIL
11 38 (16.74%) Infrastructure Automation
12 35 (15.42%) Mentoring
13 34 (14.98%) Agile
14 32 (14.10%) Identity Access Management
15 31 (13.66%) Runbook
16 28 (12.33%) Configuration Management
16 28 (12.33%) Continuous Improvement
16 28 (12.33%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 199 (87.67%) Python
2 96 (42.29%) PowerShell
3 49 (21.59%) Java
4 44 (19.38%) SQL
5 23 (10.13%) Perl
6 22 (9.69%) Go
6 22 (9.69%) Ruby
7 18 (7.93%) Shell Script
8 15 (6.61%) JavaScript
9 14 (6.17%) PHP
10 12 (5.29%) Bicep
10 12 (5.29%) Korn
11 11 (4.85%) PL/SQL
12 10 (4.41%) C#
12 10 (4.41%) Groovy
13 9 (3.96%) Rust
14 7 (3.08%) VBA
15 6 (2.64%) C
16 2 (0.88%) C++
16 2 (0.88%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (28.63%) Security Cleared
2 31 (13.66%) Degree
3 22 (9.69%) SC Cleared
4 20 (8.81%) AWS Certification
4 20 (8.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (7.05%) DV Cleared
6 15 (6.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 9 (3.96%) Azure Certification
8 8 (3.52%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (3.52%) GIAC
8 8 (3.52%) OSCP
9 7 (3.08%) CISSP
9 7 (3.08%) Network+ Certification
9 7 (3.08%) RHCSA
10 6 (2.64%) A+ Certification
10 6 (2.64%) GCFA
10 6 (2.64%) ISTQB
11 5 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.76%) CCNA
12 4 (1.76%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.61%) QA
2 11 (4.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.52%) NIST
3 8 (3.52%) PCI DSS
4 6 (2.64%) PMO
4 6 (2.64%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.88%) NCSC
6 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.44%) GDPR
6 1 (0.44%) IASME
6 1 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 77 (33.92%) Docker
2 27 (11.89%) Active Directory
3 16 (7.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (4.85%) Oracle RAC
5 7 (3.08%) VMware NSX
6 6 (2.64%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.64%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (2.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 5 (2.20%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.76%) vSphere
9 3 (1.32%) Squid
10 2 (0.88%) Hyper-V
11 1 (0.44%) Oracle Clusterware
Systems Management
1 100 (44.05%) Kubernetes
2 62 (27.31%) Ansible
3 61 (26.87%) Grafana
4 55 (24.23%) Prometheus
5 24 (10.57%) Nagios
6 19 (8.37%) Argo
7 13 (5.73%) Data Guard
8 12 (5.29%) Oracle RMAN
8 12 (5.29%) Rancher
9 10 (4.41%) Packer
10 8 (3.52%) Puppet
11 7 (3.08%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (2.64%) Rundeck
13 5 (2.20%) Istio
14 4 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
14 4 (1.76%) vCenter Server
14 4 (1.76%) ZABBIX
15 3 (1.32%) Cilium
15 3 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
15 3 (1.32%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 53 (23.35%) Microsoft
2 38 (16.74%) Splunk
3 33 (14.54%) Oracle
4 29 (12.78%) Red Hat
5 19 (8.37%) Google
5 19 (8.37%) ServiceNow
6 17 (7.49%) VMware
7 16 (7.05%) Dynatrace
8 10 (4.41%) IBM
9 8 (3.52%) Atlassian
9 8 (3.52%) Bloomberg
9 8 (3.52%) CQG
9 8 (3.52%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (3.52%) ION Trading
9 8 (3.52%) Patsystems
9 8 (3.52%) Reuters
9 8 (3.52%) Trayport
10 7 (3.08%) Rapid7
11 6 (2.64%) Cognizant
11 6 (2.64%) New Relic