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 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 206 151
Rank change year-on-year +15 -55 -3
Permanent jobs citing Bash 236 216 490
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.17% 1.70% 2.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.58% 4.13% 5.22%
Number of salaries quoted 130 162 301
10th Percentile £49,400 £45,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £59,063 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £81,250 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +12.07% -8.96%
75th Percentile £93,750 £92,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £112,375 £103,750
England median annual salary £64,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.57% +16.67% -14.29%

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 5,157 5,226 9,382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 25.61% 41.20% 40.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3,641 3,859 7,616
10th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.13% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £132,500 £127,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 3 May 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 3 May 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 -8 32 £52,500 -36.36% 40
West London - 14 - - 5
South London +20 4 - - 1
East London -10 2 - - 4
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 13 (5.51%) Apache
2 11 (4.66%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (3.39%) Confluence
4 6 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.54%) Tomcat
5 4 (1.69%) IIS
6 2 (0.85%) nginx
6 2 (0.85%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.42%) SAS
7 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.27%) SPSS
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.27%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 133 (56.36%) AWS
2 103 (43.64%) Azure
3 68 (28.81%) GCP
4 38 (16.10%) GitHub
5 31 (13.14%) GitHub Actions
6 27 (11.44%) AWS CloudFormation
6 27 (11.44%) Entra ID
7 24 (10.17%) Google Workspace
8 22 (9.32%) SaaS
8 22 (9.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 20 (8.47%) Amazon S3
9 20 (8.47%) Serverless
10 18 (7.63%) Datadog
11 17 (7.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 16 (6.78%) Pulumi
13 15 (6.36%) Microsoft 365
14 14 (5.93%) Azure DevOps
15 12 (5.08%) IaaS
15 12 (5.08%) OpenShift
15 12 (5.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (15.25%) Broadband
1 36 (15.25%) DNS
2 25 (10.59%) Firewall
3 22 (9.32%) TCP/IP
4 11 (4.66%) Network Security
5 9 (3.81%) LAN
5 9 (3.81%) Wireless
6 8 (3.39%) DHCP
6 8 (3.39%) HTTP
6 8 (3.39%) HTTPS
6 8 (3.39%) VPN
7 5 (2.12%) IPv4
8 4 (1.69%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (1.27%) WAN
10 2 (0.85%) Multicast
10 2 (0.85%) VLAN
10 2 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.42%) NAS
11 1 (0.42%) Spanning Tree
11 1 (0.42%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (11.86%) NoSQL
2 19 (8.05%) Relational Database
3 16 (6.78%) RDBMS
4 12 (5.08%) 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
9 6 (2.54%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (2.12%) SQL Server
11 3 (1.27%) MongoDB
11 3 (1.27%) Oracle Database 11g
11 3 (1.27%) Oracle Database 12c
11 3 (1.27%) Oracle Exadata
12 2 (0.85%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 49 (20.76%) GitLab
2 48 (20.34%) Jenkins
3 39 (16.53%) Git
4 23 (9.75%) Bitbucket
5 16 (6.78%) Jaeger
6 15 (6.36%) JIRA
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%) SonarQube
11 3 (1.27%) Postman
12 2 (0.85%) Bitbucket Server
12 2 (0.85%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.85%) Eclipse
12 2 (0.85%) JMeter
12 2 (0.85%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.85%) Robot Framework
12 2 (0.85%) Subversion
12 2 (0.85%) TeamCity
General
1 83 (35.17%) Finance
2 53 (22.46%) Social Skills
3 31 (13.14%) Banking
4 23 (9.75%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (8.90%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (8.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.39%) Electronics
7 8 (3.39%) Manufacturing
7 8 (3.39%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.97%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.54%) Aerospace
9 6 (2.54%) Marketing
10 5 (2.12%) Advertising
11 4 (1.69%) Automotive
11 4 (1.69%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.27%) Retail
13 2 (0.85%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.85%) German Language
13 2 (0.85%) Legal
13 2 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (18.22%) Senior
2 42 (17.80%) DevOps Engineer
3 40 (16.95%) Cloud Engineer
4 37 (15.68%) Lead
5 30 (12.71%) AWS Engineer
6 26 (11.02%) Analyst
7 24 (10.17%) Security Engineer
8 20 (8.47%) GCP Engineer
9 18 (7.63%) Platform Engineer
10 17 (7.20%) Administrator
10 17 (7.20%) Linux Administrator
11 16 (6.78%) Azure Engineer
12 15 (6.36%) Cloud Security Engineer
12 15 (6.36%) Data Engineer
13 14 (5.93%) Linux Systems Administrator
13 14 (5.93%) Security Analyst
13 14 (5.93%) Systems Administrator
14 12 (5.08%) Cloud Automation Engineer
14 12 (5.08%) Senior Analyst
14 12 (5.08%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (13.98%) Elastic Stack
2 23 (9.75%) Kafka
3 21 (8.90%) OpenID
4 20 (8.47%) REST
4 20 (8.47%) SAML
5 19 (8.05%) OAuth
6 18 (7.63%) GraphQL
6 18 (7.63%) LDAP
6 18 (7.63%) SOAP
7 17 (7.20%) OpenTelemetry
8 7 (2.97%) WebSockets
9 5 (2.12%) Middleware
9 5 (2.12%) Node.js
10 3 (1.27%) 802.1X
10 3 (1.27%) FIX Protocol
10 3 (1.27%) Loki
11 2 (0.85%) .NET
11 2 (0.85%) JSON
11 2 (0.85%) Vue
11 2 (0.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.71%) Cyber Threat
1 30 (12.71%) Security Posture
2 22 (9.32%) Cloud Native
3 18 (7.63%) Cyberattack
4 15 (6.36%) Management Information System
5 14 (5.93%) Cyber Defence
6 13 (5.51%) Data Centre
7 12 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (4.66%) Hedge funds
9 10 (4.24%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (3.81%) Mobile App
11 8 (3.39%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (2.54%) Onboarding
13 5 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (2.12%) PKI
14 4 (1.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
14 4 (1.69%) Public Cloud
14 4 (1.69%) Renewable Energy
15 3 (1.27%) Insider Threat
15 3 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 109 (46.19%) Linux
2 45 (19.07%) Windows
3 43 (18.22%) Unix
4 22 (9.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (5.08%) CentOS
5 12 (5.08%) Windows Server
6 8 (3.39%) Mac OS
7 7 (2.97%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (2.12%) Ubuntu
8 5 (2.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.69%) Kali Linux
9 4 (1.69%) Rocky
9 4 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (1.27%) AIX
10 3 (1.27%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.27%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.85%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.42%) CoreOS
12 1 (0.42%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (53.81%) DevOps
2 125 (52.97%) Infrastructure as Code
3 121 (51.27%) CI/CD
4 71 (30.08%) Mentoring
5 69 (29.24%) Problem-Solving
6 65 (27.54%) Containerisation
7 56 (23.73%) Agile
8 51 (21.61%) High Availability
9 44 (18.64%) Roadmaps
10 42 (17.80%) Cloud Security
11 41 (17.37%) Configuration Management
12 40 (16.95%) Incident Response
13 34 (14.41%) Cybersecurity
14 33 (13.98%) Identity Access Management
15 32 (13.56%) Continuous Integration
16 30 (12.71%) AI
16 30 (12.71%) Red Team
17 27 (11.44%) Performance Optimisation
17 27 (11.44%) Platform Engineering
18 25 (10.59%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 204 (86.44%) Python
2 103 (43.64%) PowerShell
3 62 (26.27%) SQL
4 41 (17.37%) Java
5 37 (15.68%) Go
6 26 (11.02%) JavaScript
7 18 (7.63%) T-SQL
8 12 (5.08%) Shell Script
9 10 (4.24%) C#
10 8 (3.39%) C++
11 7 (2.97%) Bicep
11 7 (2.97%) Korn
11 7 (2.97%) Perl
12 6 (2.54%) PL/SQL
12 6 (2.54%) Ruby
12 6 (2.54%) Rust
13 5 (2.12%) C
14 3 (1.27%) Objective-C
14 3 (1.27%) PHP
15 2 (0.85%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 43 (18.22%) Degree
2 28 (11.86%) AWS Certification
2 28 (11.86%) Security Cleared
3 24 (10.17%) OSCP
4 20 (8.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (7.63%) CISSP
6 12 (5.08%) CCSAM
6 12 (5.08%) CREST Certified
6 12 (5.08%) DV Cleared
6 12 (5.08%) RHCSA
7 11 (4.66%) CCSK
8 9 (3.81%) CHECK Team Leader
8 9 (3.81%) CHECK Team Member
9 7 (2.97%) Azure Certification
9 7 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (2.97%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (2.97%) GCIH
9 7 (2.97%) ISTQB
9 7 (2.97%) SC Cleared
10 6 (2.54%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 25 (10.59%) NIST
2 18 (7.63%) NCSC
3 16 (6.78%) QA
3 16 (6.78%) SOC 2
4 15 (6.36%) GDPR
5 13 (5.51%) PCI DSS
6 10 (4.24%) Data Quality
7 5 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.27%) SLA
9 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.42%) Basel III
10 1 (0.42%) GRC
10 1 (0.42%) MiFID
System Software
1 82 (34.75%) Docker
2 35 (14.83%) Active Directory
3 21 (8.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.12%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (1.69%) Squid
5 4 (1.69%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.69%) vSphere
6 2 (0.85%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.85%) KVM
7 1 (0.42%) Firmware
7 1 (0.42%) iptables
Systems Management
1 124 (52.54%) Terraform
2 105 (44.49%) Kubernetes
3 88 (37.29%) Ansible
4 52 (22.03%) Prometheus
5 35 (14.83%) Grafana
6 21 (8.90%) Nagios
7 19 (8.05%) Argo
8 16 (6.78%) Kustomize
9 10 (4.24%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (3.81%) Nessus
11 6 (2.54%) Jamf Pro
11 6 (2.54%) Puppet
12 5 (2.12%) Data Guard
12 5 (2.12%) logstash
12 5 (2.12%) Oracle RMAN
12 5 (2.12%) ZABBIX
13 4 (1.69%) Kibana
13 4 (1.69%) Packer
13 4 (1.69%) Red Hat Satellite
14 3 (1.27%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 46 (19.49%) Google
2 32 (13.56%) Microsoft
3 30 (12.71%) Red Hat
4 24 (10.17%) VMware
5 21 (8.90%) Splunk
6 18 (7.63%) Oracle
7 9 (3.81%) SolarWinds
8 7 (2.97%) Atlassian
9 6 (2.54%) Apple
9 6 (2.54%) SAP
10 5 (2.12%) Rapid7
11 4 (1.69%) Intel
11 4 (1.69%) TOWER Software
12 3 (1.27%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (1.27%) IBM
12 3 (1.27%) Tenable
12 3 (1.27%) Varonis
13 2 (0.85%) Arista
13 2 (0.85%) Okta
13 2 (0.85%) Veeam