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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 188 202 160
Rank change year-on-year +14 -42 -22
Permanent jobs citing Bash 236 218 430
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.33% 1.69% 1.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.83% 4.04% 4.77%
Number of salaries quoted 128 167 349
10th Percentile £42,300 £47,950 £49,750
25th Percentile £55,938 £63,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +13.79% -3.33%
75th Percentile £93,750 £92,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £120,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £63,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +12.00% -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 4,883 5,402 9,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 27.46% 42.00% 40.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,426 3,942 7,614
10th Percentile £46,250 £49,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,500 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +3.13% +3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £108,418 £101,250
90th Percentile £126,250 £126,250 £125,000
England median annual salary £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.96% +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 28 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 28 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 +1 36 £52,500 -36.36% 21
West London - 14 - - 2
South London +31 4 - - 1
East London -13 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 (5.08%) Apache
2 11 (4.66%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (2.97%) Tomcat
4 6 (2.54%) Confluence
4 6 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (2.12%) IIS
6 2 (0.85%) nginx
6 2 (0.85%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.85%) SPSS
2 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.27%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.42%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 122 (51.69%) AWS
2 101 (42.80%) Azure
3 74 (31.36%) GCP
4 43 (18.22%) GitHub
5 36 (15.25%) GitHub Actions
6 32 (13.56%) AWS CloudFormation
7 25 (10.59%) Entra ID
7 25 (10.59%) SaaS
8 23 (9.75%) Datadog
8 23 (9.75%) Google Workspace
9 22 (9.32%) Serverless
10 21 (8.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 19 (8.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 17 (7.20%) Amazon S3
13 16 (6.78%) Pulumi
14 13 (5.51%) Google Compute Engine
14 13 (5.51%) IaaS
14 13 (5.51%) PaaS
15 12 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
16 11 (4.66%) Cloud Functions
Communications & Networking
1 36 (15.25%) Broadband
1 36 (15.25%) DNS
2 32 (13.56%) Firewall
3 21 (8.90%) TCP/IP
4 12 (5.08%) Network Security
5 9 (3.81%) Wireless
6 8 (3.39%) DHCP
6 8 (3.39%) HTTPS
6 8 (3.39%) VPN
7 7 (2.97%) LAN
8 6 (2.54%) HTTP
9 4 (1.69%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (1.27%) VLAN
10 3 (1.27%) WAN
11 2 (0.85%) Multicast
11 2 (0.85%) SSL
11 2 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.42%) NAS
12 1 (0.42%) SAN
12 1 (0.42%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (13.56%) NoSQL
2 19 (8.05%) Relational Database
3 16 (6.78%) RDBMS
4 14 (5.93%) BigQuery
5 11 (4.66%) Amazon Athena
6 10 (4.24%) Amazon Redshift
6 10 (4.24%) MySQL
7 9 (3.81%) Amazon QuickSight
7 9 (3.81%) Apache Iceberg
7 9 (3.81%) Metadata
7 9 (3.81%) Tableau
8 7 (2.97%) Oracle Database
8 7 (2.97%) SQL Server
9 4 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.69%) MongoDB
10 3 (1.27%) Oracle Database 11g
10 3 (1.27%) Oracle Database 12c
10 3 (1.27%) Oracle Exadata
11 2 (0.85%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 48 (20.34%) Jenkins
2 39 (16.53%) GitLab
3 35 (14.83%) Git
4 19 (8.05%) JIRA
5 18 (7.63%) Bitbucket
6 16 (6.78%) Jaeger
7 13 (5.51%) Metasploit
8 11 (4.66%) CircleCI
9 9 (3.81%) Burp Suite
10 5 (2.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (2.12%) TeamCity
11 4 (1.69%) SonarQube
12 3 (1.27%) Eclipse
12 3 (1.27%) JMeter
12 3 (1.27%) Postman
12 3 (1.27%) Robot Framework
13 2 (0.85%) Bitbucket Server
13 2 (0.85%) Oracle APEX
14 1 (0.42%) Maven
14 1 (0.42%) Subversion
General
1 84 (35.59%) Finance
2 67 (28.39%) Social Skills
3 32 (13.56%) Banking
4 26 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (8.90%) Organisational Skills
6 19 (8.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.51%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.54%) Electronics
8 6 (2.54%) Marketing
8 6 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.54%) Retail
9 5 (2.12%) Advertising
9 5 (2.12%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.12%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.69%) Back Office
10 4 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.69%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.69%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.85%) German Language
11 2 (0.85%) Legal
Job Titles
1 45 (19.07%) DevOps Engineer
2 41 (17.37%) Senior
3 40 (16.95%) Cloud Engineer
4 33 (13.98%) Lead
5 26 (11.02%) Analyst
6 24 (10.17%) AWS Engineer
7 22 (9.32%) Security Engineer
8 21 (8.90%) GCP Engineer
9 18 (7.63%) Azure Engineer
9 18 (7.63%) Platform Engineer
10 17 (7.20%) Cloud Security Engineer
11 16 (6.78%) Administrator
11 16 (6.78%) Automation Engineer
11 16 (6.78%) Linux Administrator
12 15 (6.36%) Cloud Automation Engineer
13 13 (5.51%) Security Analyst
14 12 (5.08%) Support Engineer
15 11 (4.66%) Linux Systems Administrator
15 11 (4.66%) Senior Analyst
15 11 (4.66%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (16.10%) Elastic Stack
2 24 (10.17%) Kafka
3 21 (8.90%) OpenID
3 21 (8.90%) REST
4 19 (8.05%) SAML
5 18 (7.63%) GraphQL
5 18 (7.63%) LDAP
5 18 (7.63%) OAuth
5 18 (7.63%) SOAP
6 17 (7.20%) OpenTelemetry
7 6 (2.54%) Node.js
8 5 (2.12%) WebSockets
9 4 (1.69%) FIX Protocol
9 4 (1.69%) Middleware
10 3 (1.27%) YAML
11 2 (0.85%) .NET
11 2 (0.85%) 802.1X
11 2 (0.85%) JSON
11 2 (0.85%) Loki
11 2 (0.85%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.29%) Cyber Threat
2 27 (11.44%) Security Posture
3 18 (7.63%) Cloud Native
3 18 (7.63%) Cyberattack
3 18 (7.63%) Management Information System
4 14 (5.93%) Cyber Defence
4 14 (5.93%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (4.66%) Data Centre
5 11 (4.66%) Hedge funds
6 9 (3.81%) Mobile App
7 8 (3.39%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (2.54%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.12%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.69%) Blog
10 4 (1.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.69%) PKI
11 3 (1.27%) Insider Threat
12 2 (0.85%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 109 (46.19%) Linux
2 51 (21.61%) Unix
3 46 (19.49%) Windows
4 20 (8.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (4.66%) CentOS
6 10 (4.24%) Windows Server
7 8 (3.39%) Mac OS
7 8 (3.39%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (2.54%) Ubuntu
8 6 (2.54%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (2.12%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.69%) Kali Linux
11 3 (1.27%) AIX
11 3 (1.27%) Apple iOS
11 3 (1.27%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (1.27%) Rocky
12 2 (0.85%) Android
13 1 (0.42%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.42%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (52.54%) DevOps
2 119 (50.42%) Infrastructure as Code
3 118 (50.00%) CI/CD
4 80 (33.90%) Problem-Solving
5 65 (27.54%) Mentoring
6 64 (27.12%) Containerisation
7 55 (23.31%) Agile
8 51 (21.61%) High Availability
9 45 (19.07%) Incident Response
10 44 (18.64%) Configuration Management
11 41 (17.37%) Roadmaps
12 36 (15.25%) Identity Access Management
13 34 (14.41%) Cloud Security
14 33 (13.98%) Continuous Integration
15 32 (13.56%) AI
16 29 (12.29%) Red Team
17 28 (11.86%) Computer Science
17 28 (11.86%) Performance Optimisation
18 27 (11.44%) Cybersecurity
19 26 (11.02%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 203 (86.02%) Python
2 99 (41.95%) PowerShell
3 62 (26.27%) SQL
4 44 (18.64%) Go
5 31 (13.14%) Java
6 25 (10.59%) JavaScript
7 18 (7.63%) T-SQL
8 13 (5.51%) Shell Script
9 9 (3.81%) C#
10 7 (2.97%) Bicep
10 7 (2.97%) Korn
11 6 (2.54%) Perl
11 6 (2.54%) PL/SQL
11 6 (2.54%) Ruby
12 5 (2.12%) C++
13 4 (1.69%) C
14 3 (1.27%) PHP
14 3 (1.27%) Rust
15 2 (0.85%) Objective-C
15 2 (0.85%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 51 (21.61%) Degree
2 26 (11.02%) AWS Certification
3 23 (9.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 23 (9.75%) Security Cleared
4 18 (7.63%) OSCP
5 17 (7.20%) CISSP
6 13 (5.51%) DV Cleared
7 11 (4.66%) CCSAM
7 11 (4.66%) CCSK
7 11 (4.66%) CREST Certified
8 9 (3.81%) CHECK Team Leader
8 9 (3.81%) CHECK Team Member
9 6 (2.54%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.54%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (2.54%) GCIH
9 6 (2.54%) RHCSA
9 6 (2.54%) SC Cleared
10 5 (2.12%) GCIA
10 5 (2.12%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.69%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (13.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (12.29%) NIST
3 18 (7.63%) NCSC
3 18 (7.63%) SOC 2
4 16 (6.78%) GDPR
4 16 (6.78%) PCI DSS
5 15 (6.36%) QA
6 10 (4.24%) Data Quality
7 5 (2.12%) Accessibility
7 5 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.69%) GRC
9 3 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.27%) SLA
10 2 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.42%) Basel III
11 1 (0.42%) MiFID
System Software
1 81 (34.32%) Docker
2 32 (13.56%) Active Directory
3 17 (7.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.12%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.27%) KVM
7 2 (0.85%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.42%) Firmware
8 1 (0.42%) iptables
Systems Management
1 117 (49.58%) Terraform
2 106 (44.92%) Kubernetes
3 89 (37.71%) Ansible
4 57 (24.15%) Prometheus
5 38 (16.10%) Grafana
6 19 (8.05%) Argo
7 18 (7.63%) Nagios
8 16 (6.78%) Kustomize
9 9 (3.81%) Nessus
10 8 (3.39%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (2.54%) Puppet
12 5 (2.12%) Data Guard
12 5 (2.12%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (2.12%) Oracle RMAN
13 4 (1.69%) Cilium
13 4 (1.69%) logstash
13 4 (1.69%) Progress Chef
13 4 (1.69%) Red Hat Satellite
14 3 (1.27%) Kibana
15 2 (0.85%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 46 (19.49%) Google
2 27 (11.44%) Microsoft
3 26 (11.02%) Red Hat
4 21 (8.90%) VMware
5 20 (8.47%) Splunk
6 16 (6.78%) Oracle
7 10 (4.24%) Atlassian
8 7 (2.97%) SolarWinds
9 6 (2.54%) SAP
9 6 (2.54%) Tenable
10 5 (2.12%) Apple
11 4 (1.69%) Rapid7
11 4 (1.69%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.69%) TOWER Software
12 3 (1.27%) IBM
12 3 (1.27%) Intel
13 2 (0.85%) Bloomberg
13 2 (0.85%) BT
13 2 (0.85%) Cisco
13 2 (0.85%) Commvault