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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 190 144
Rank change year-on-year +6 -46 -18
Permanent jobs citing Bash 226 285 450
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.53% 1.84% 2.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.08% 4.52% 5.10%
Number of salaries quoted 138 177 406
10th Percentile £41,250 £47,950 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £65,625 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £91,875 £92,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £119,125 £115,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -6.40%

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 4,450 6,302 8,828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 30.04% 40.62% 43.46%
Number of salaries quoted 3,125 4,032 7,651
10th Percentile £45,000 £50,458 £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 £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £127,500 £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 29 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 29 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 +25 38 £47,500 -47.95% 36
West London - 12 £107,500 - 10
South London +42 3 - - 12
East London - 2 - - 12
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 10 (4.42%) Apache
1 10 (4.42%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.65%) Confluence
3 5 (2.21%) IIS
3 5 (2.21%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.44%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.44%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 100 (44.25%) AWS
2 76 (33.63%) Azure
3 59 (26.11%) GCP
4 40 (17.70%) GitHub
5 39 (17.26%) GitHub Actions
6 24 (10.62%) AWS CloudFormation
7 22 (9.73%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (8.85%) Entra ID
9 18 (7.96%) Google Compute Engine
9 18 (7.96%) SaaS
10 17 (7.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 17 (7.52%) Google Workspace
11 16 (7.08%) Cloud Functions
11 16 (7.08%) Datadog
11 16 (7.08%) Pulumi
11 16 (7.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 15 (6.64%) Amazon S3
12 15 (6.64%) Cloud Run
12 15 (6.64%) OpenShift
13 14 (6.19%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 31 (13.72%) Broadband
2 23 (10.18%) Firewall
3 20 (8.85%) DNS
4 10 (4.42%) Network Security
5 9 (3.98%) TCP/IP
6 7 (3.10%) Wireless
7 5 (2.21%) DHCP
8 4 (1.77%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (1.77%) VPN
9 3 (1.33%) HTTP
9 3 (1.33%) LAN
9 3 (1.33%) WAN
10 2 (0.88%) SSL
11 1 (0.44%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.44%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.44%) FTP
11 1 (0.44%) SNMP
11 1 (0.44%) SSH
11 1 (0.44%) TACACS
11 1 (0.44%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (11.06%) NoSQL
2 19 (8.41%) BigQuery
2 19 (8.41%) Relational Database
3 16 (7.08%) RDBMS
4 9 (3.98%) Amazon Athena
5 8 (3.54%) Amazon QuickSight
5 8 (3.54%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (3.54%) Apache Iceberg
5 8 (3.54%) Metadata
5 8 (3.54%) SQL Server
5 8 (3.54%) Tableau
6 7 (3.10%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (2.65%) MySQL
8 5 (2.21%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.33%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.88%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (0.88%) Big Data
10 2 (0.88%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.44%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 47 (20.80%) Jenkins
2 29 (12.83%) Git
3 26 (11.50%) GitLab
4 22 (9.73%) JIRA
5 16 (7.08%) Jaeger
6 10 (4.42%) Bitbucket
6 10 (4.42%) Burp Suite
6 10 (4.42%) Metasploit
7 5 (2.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (1.77%) SonarQube
8 4 (1.77%) TeamCity
9 3 (1.33%) Eclipse
9 3 (1.33%) JMeter
9 3 (1.33%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.88%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.88%) Gradle
10 2 (0.88%) Maven
11 1 (0.44%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.44%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.44%) Subversion
General
1 69 (30.53%) Social Skills
2 67 (29.65%) Finance
3 24 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (8.41%) Telecoms
5 17 (7.52%) Banking
6 16 (7.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (6.64%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (5.31%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (5.31%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (3.10%) Electronics
10 5 (2.21%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.21%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.21%) Marketing
10 5 (2.21%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.21%) Retail
11 4 (1.77%) Back Office
11 4 (1.77%) Games
12 3 (1.33%) Advertising
13 2 (0.88%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.88%) Legal
Job Titles
1 43 (19.03%) DevOps Engineer
2 38 (16.81%) Cloud Engineer
3 32 (14.16%) Lead
4 27 (11.95%) Platform Engineer
4 27 (11.95%) Senior
5 23 (10.18%) GCP Engineer
6 21 (9.29%) Automation Engineer
6 21 (9.29%) Security Engineer
7 18 (7.96%) Azure Engineer
7 18 (7.96%) Support Engineer
8 17 (7.52%) Analyst
9 15 (6.64%) GCP DevOps
9 15 (6.64%) GCP DevOps Engineer
10 14 (6.19%) AWS Engineer
10 14 (6.19%) Graduate
10 14 (6.19%) Technical Engineer
10 14 (6.19%) Technical Support
10 14 (6.19%) Technical Support Engineer
11 12 (5.31%) Cloud Automation Engineer
11 12 (5.31%) Graduate Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (15.49%) Elastic Stack
2 17 (7.52%) OpenTelemetry
3 16 (7.08%) Kafka
3 16 (7.08%) OpenID
3 16 (7.08%) REST
4 14 (6.19%) SAML
5 13 (5.75%) GraphQL
5 13 (5.75%) LDAP
5 13 (5.75%) OAuth
5 13 (5.75%) SOAP
6 6 (2.65%) YAML
7 5 (2.21%) Node.js
8 4 (1.77%) Middleware
8 4 (1.77%) RESTful
9 3 (1.33%) .NET
9 3 (1.33%) FIX Protocol
10 2 (0.88%) AWS SAM
10 2 (0.88%) Loki
10 2 (0.88%) Pandas
11 1 (0.44%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.06%) Security Posture
2 24 (10.62%) Management Information System
3 20 (8.85%) Cloud Native
4 14 (6.19%) Cyber Threat
5 13 (5.75%) Cyberattack
5 13 (5.75%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (3.54%) Cyber Defence
6 8 (3.54%) Hedge funds
7 7 (3.10%) Mobile App
8 6 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.21%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (2.21%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.77%) Blog
10 4 (1.77%) PKI
10 4 (1.77%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.77%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 104 (46.02%) Linux
2 39 (17.26%) Unix
3 36 (15.93%) Windows
4 18 (7.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (4.87%) CentOS
6 10 (4.42%) Windows Server
7 8 (3.54%) Ubuntu
8 6 (2.65%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (2.65%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (2.21%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.77%) Mac OS
11 3 (1.33%) Debian
11 3 (1.33%) VMS
12 2 (0.88%) AIX
12 2 (0.88%) Android
12 2 (0.88%) Solaris
13 1 (0.44%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.44%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.44%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (55.75%) DevOps
2 110 (48.67%) CI/CD
2 110 (48.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 77 (34.07%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (25.22%) Containerisation
5 53 (23.45%) Agile
6 49 (21.68%) Mentoring
7 42 (18.58%) Cloud Security
8 41 (18.14%) High Availability
9 34 (15.04%) Roadmaps
10 31 (13.72%) Configuration Management
11 30 (13.27%) Task Automation
12 29 (12.83%) Machine Learning
12 29 (12.83%) Performance Optimisation
13 27 (11.95%) AI
13 27 (11.95%) Identity Access Management
13 27 (11.95%) Incident Response
13 27 (11.95%) Platform Engineering
14 26 (11.50%) Continuous Integration
15 25 (11.06%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 198 (87.61%) Python
2 99 (43.81%) PowerShell
3 46 (20.35%) Go
4 40 (17.70%) SQL
5 24 (10.62%) Java
6 20 (8.85%) JavaScript
7 13 (5.75%) T-SQL
8 10 (4.42%) Bicep
9 9 (3.98%) Perl
10 8 (3.54%) C#
11 7 (3.10%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.77%) Ruby
13 3 (1.33%) C++
14 2 (0.88%) C
14 2 (0.88%) Korn
14 2 (0.88%) SystemVerilog
14 2 (0.88%) Tcl
15 1 (0.44%) Groovy
15 1 (0.44%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 56 (24.78%) Degree
2 28 (12.39%) AWS Certification
3 25 (11.06%) Security Cleared
4 20 (8.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (7.52%) DV Cleared
6 14 (6.19%) CISSP
7 8 (3.54%) CCSK
7 8 (3.54%) OSCP
8 7 (3.10%) CCSAM
8 7 (3.10%) CHECK Team Leader
8 7 (3.10%) CHECK Team Member
8 7 (3.10%) CREST Certified
9 6 (2.65%) GCIH
10 5 (2.21%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.21%) Master's Degree
10 5 (2.21%) SC Cleared
11 4 (1.77%) PhD
12 3 (1.33%) CCSP
12 3 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.33%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (16.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (12.83%) NIST
3 21 (9.29%) GDPR
4 13 (5.75%) Accessibility
4 13 (5.75%) NCSC
5 10 (4.42%) Data Quality
6 9 (3.98%) QA
7 8 (3.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (3.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 8 (3.54%) PCI DSS
7 8 (3.54%) SOC 2
8 6 (2.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.77%) GRC
10 1 (0.44%) Basel III
10 1 (0.44%) MiFID
System Software
1 76 (33.63%) Docker
2 28 (12.39%) Active Directory
3 14 (6.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (5.31%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.88%) KVM
6 1 (0.44%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.44%) Firmware
6 1 (0.44%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.44%) iptables
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.44%) Postfix
6 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 115 (50.88%) Terraform
2 100 (44.25%) Kubernetes
3 77 (34.07%) Ansible
4 54 (23.89%) Prometheus
5 26 (11.50%) Grafana
6 21 (9.29%) Argo
7 16 (7.08%) Kustomize
8 8 (3.54%) Red Hat Satellite
9 7 (3.10%) Nessus
10 6 (2.65%) Puppet
11 5 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (2.21%) Nagios
11 5 (2.21%) Progress Chef
11 5 (2.21%) Rancher
12 4 (1.77%) Cilium
12 4 (1.77%) logstash
12 4 (1.77%) vRealize
13 3 (1.33%) Nmap
14 2 (0.88%) CSIRT
14 2 (0.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 49 (21.68%) Google
2 27 (11.95%) Red Hat
3 21 (9.29%) Microsoft
4 18 (7.96%) VMware
5 17 (7.52%) Splunk
6 13 (5.75%) Oracle
7 12 (5.31%) ServiceNow
7 12 (5.31%) Tenable
8 10 (4.42%) Atlassian
9 6 (2.65%) SAP
10 4 (1.77%) Rapid7
11 3 (1.33%) Dynatrace
12 2 (0.88%) Bloomberg
12 2 (0.88%) Cisco
12 2 (0.88%) CyberArk
12 2 (0.88%) SolarWinds
13 1 (0.44%) CQG
13 1 (0.44%) IBM
13 1 (0.44%) McAfee
13 1 (0.44%) Reuters