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 6 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 188 204 156
Rank change year-on-year +16 -48 -10
Permanent jobs citing Bash 239 210 490
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.13% 1.75% 2.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.51% 4.22% 5.09%
Number of salaries quoted 133 153 296
10th Percentile £50,250 £43,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £58,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -9.38%
75th Percentile £91,250 £91,000 £92,031
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% -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 5,301 4,974 9,634
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 25.09% 41.34% 40.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3,725 3,494 7,578
10th Percentile £50,000 £49,250 £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 £118,750 £132,500 £130,000
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 6 June 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 6 June 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 -16 31 £75,000 - 23
West London - 13 - - 5
South London +11 3 - - 1
East London -7 2 - - 3
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 (4.60%) Apache
2 9 (3.77%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (2.51%) Confluence
4 5 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.26%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.84%) nginx
6 2 (0.84%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.42%) SAS
7 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.26%) SPSS
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (2.93%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 130 (54.39%) AWS
2 109 (45.61%) Azure
3 55 (23.01%) GCP
4 31 (12.97%) GitHub
5 26 (10.88%) Entra ID
5 26 (10.88%) Serverless
6 25 (10.46%) Amazon S3
6 25 (10.46%) AWS CloudFormation
7 22 (9.21%) Google Workspace
8 21 (8.79%) Datadog
8 21 (8.79%) SaaS
9 20 (8.37%) GitHub Actions
10 19 (7.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 18 (7.53%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (7.53%) Pulumi
12 17 (7.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 15 (6.28%) AWS Lambda
13 15 (6.28%) Microsoft 365
14 12 (5.02%) Amazon EC2
14 12 (5.02%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (13.81%) Broadband
1 33 (13.81%) DNS
2 29 (12.13%) Firewall
3 22 (9.21%) TCP/IP
4 13 (5.44%) Network Security
5 11 (4.60%) LAN
6 10 (4.18%) HTTP
6 10 (4.18%) VPN
6 10 (4.18%) Wireless
7 8 (3.35%) HTTPS
8 7 (2.93%) DHCP
9 5 (2.09%) IPv4
9 5 (2.09%) VLAN
10 4 (1.67%) BGP
10 4 (1.67%) OSPF
10 4 (1.67%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (1.67%) WAN
11 3 (1.26%) MPLS
11 3 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.84%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (10.46%) NoSQL
2 17 (7.11%) Relational Database
3 15 (6.28%) RDBMS
4 10 (4.18%) MySQL
4 10 (4.18%) Oracle Database
5 8 (3.35%) Amazon Athena
5 8 (3.35%) Amazon Redshift
6 7 (2.93%) Amazon QuickSight
6 7 (2.93%) Apache Iceberg
6 7 (2.93%) BigQuery
6 7 (2.93%) Metadata
6 7 (2.93%) Tableau
7 6 (2.51%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (2.09%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.26%) Oracle Database 11g
9 3 (1.26%) Oracle Database 12c
9 3 (1.26%) Oracle Exadata
9 3 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.84%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 49 (20.50%) GitLab
2 43 (17.99%) Jenkins
3 37 (15.48%) Git
4 20 (8.37%) Bitbucket
5 15 (6.28%) Jaeger
6 13 (5.44%) Metasploit
7 12 (5.02%) JIRA
8 11 (4.60%) CircleCI
9 9 (3.77%) Burp Suite
10 4 (1.67%) SonarQube
10 4 (1.67%) TeamCity
11 3 (1.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (1.26%) Postman
12 2 (0.84%) Bitbucket Server
12 2 (0.84%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.84%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.84%) Subversion
13 1 (0.42%) Cypress.io
13 1 (0.42%) Robot Framework
13 1 (0.42%) webpack
General
1 86 (35.98%) Finance
2 57 (23.85%) Social Skills
3 33 (13.81%) Banking
4 26 (10.88%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (8.37%) Organisational Skills
6 19 (7.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (4.18%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.51%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.09%) Electronics
9 5 (2.09%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.09%) Marketing
10 4 (1.67%) Automotive
10 4 (1.67%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.26%) Advertising
11 3 (1.26%) Legal
11 3 (1.26%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.84%) German Language
12 2 (0.84%) Law
12 2 (0.84%) Retail
Job Titles
1 53 (22.18%) Senior
2 38 (15.90%) Cloud Engineer
3 35 (14.64%) Lead
4 34 (14.23%) DevOps Engineer
5 32 (13.39%) AWS Engineer
6 27 (11.30%) Platform Engineer
7 26 (10.88%) Security Engineer
8 23 (9.62%) Analyst
9 17 (7.11%) Administrator
10 16 (6.69%) Azure Engineer
10 16 (6.69%) Linux Administrator
10 16 (6.69%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 16 (6.69%) Systems Administrator
11 13 (5.44%) Data Engineer
11 13 (5.44%) GCP Engineer
11 13 (5.44%) Security Analyst
12 12 (5.02%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 12 (5.02%) Senior Analyst
12 12 (5.02%) Senior Security Analyst
13 11 (4.60%) Cloud Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (12.55%) Elastic Stack
2 22 (9.21%) SAML
3 20 (8.37%) REST
4 18 (7.53%) OAuth
4 18 (7.53%) OpenID
5 17 (7.11%) GraphQL
5 17 (7.11%) Kafka
5 17 (7.11%) LDAP
5 17 (7.11%) SOAP
6 16 (6.69%) OpenTelemetry
7 10 (4.18%) Node.js
8 9 (3.77%) WebSockets
9 3 (1.26%) .NET
9 3 (1.26%) 802.1X
9 3 (1.26%) JSON
9 3 (1.26%) Pandas
9 3 (1.26%) RESTful
10 2 (0.84%) Loki
10 2 (0.84%) Middleware
10 2 (0.84%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 33 (13.81%) Cloud Native
2 29 (12.13%) Cyber Threat
3 26 (10.88%) Security Posture
4 17 (7.11%) Cyberattack
5 16 (6.69%) Data Centre
6 14 (5.86%) Cyber Defence
6 14 (5.86%) Management Information System
7 9 (3.77%) Mobile App
8 8 (3.35%) Hedge funds
8 8 (3.35%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.51%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (2.09%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.67%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.67%) PKI
11 4 (1.67%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.67%) Renewable Energy
12 2 (0.84%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 106 (44.35%) Linux
2 42 (17.57%) Unix
3 38 (15.90%) Windows
4 22 (9.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (4.60%) CentOS
6 10 (4.18%) Windows Server
7 9 (3.77%) Mac OS
8 7 (2.93%) AIX
8 7 (2.93%) Oracle Linux
9 5 (2.09%) Rocky
10 4 (1.67%) Kali Linux
10 4 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (1.26%) Apple iOS
11 3 (1.26%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.84%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.84%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.42%) Android
13 1 (0.42%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.42%) SUSE
13 1 (0.42%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (51.05%) CI/CD
1 122 (51.05%) DevOps
2 120 (50.21%) Infrastructure as Code
3 77 (32.22%) Mentoring
4 69 (28.87%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (25.94%) Containerisation
6 54 (22.59%) Agile
7 47 (19.67%) High Availability
7 47 (19.67%) Roadmaps
8 43 (17.99%) Incident Response
9 42 (17.57%) Cloud Security
10 37 (15.48%) Platform Engineering
11 33 (13.81%) Configuration Management
12 31 (12.97%) Cybersecurity
13 30 (12.55%) Identity Access Management
14 29 (12.13%) Continuous Improvement
15 28 (11.72%) AI
15 28 (11.72%) Continuous Integration
15 28 (11.72%) Observability
16 27 (11.30%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 204 (85.36%) Python
2 110 (46.03%) PowerShell
3 63 (26.36%) SQL
4 42 (17.57%) Java
5 34 (14.23%) Go
6 24 (10.04%) JavaScript
7 17 (7.11%) T-SQL
8 16 (6.69%) Shell Script
9 11 (4.60%) Bicep
9 11 (4.60%) C#
9 11 (4.60%) Korn
10 10 (4.18%) PL/SQL
11 8 (3.35%) C++
12 7 (2.93%) Rust
13 6 (2.51%) Perl
14 5 (2.09%) C
14 5 (2.09%) Ruby
15 3 (1.26%) Objective-C
15 3 (1.26%) PHP
16 2 (0.84%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (15.06%) Degree
2 32 (13.39%) Security Cleared
3 26 (10.88%) AWS Certification
4 24 (10.04%) OSCP
5 16 (6.69%) CISSP
5 16 (6.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (6.28%) DV Cleared
7 14 (5.86%) RHCSA
8 12 (5.02%) CCSAM
8 12 (5.02%) CREST Certified
9 10 (4.18%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (4.18%) SC Cleared
10 9 (3.77%) CHECK Team Leader
10 9 (3.77%) CHECK Team Member
10 9 (3.77%) CompTIA Security+
11 8 (3.35%) CCSK
12 7 (2.93%) ISTQB
13 6 (2.51%) GCIH
13 6 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (2.51%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.04%) NIST
2 23 (9.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (7.11%) NCSC
4 15 (6.28%) SOC 2
5 14 (5.86%) QA
6 12 (5.02%) GDPR
7 11 (4.60%) PCI DSS
8 8 (3.35%) Data Quality
9 5 (2.09%) PMO
10 4 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.67%) SLA
11 3 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 78 (32.64%) Docker
2 31 (12.97%) Active Directory
3 17 (7.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.77%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (1.67%) Squid
5 4 (1.67%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.67%) vSphere
6 3 (1.26%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.42%) Firmware
7 1 (0.42%) KVM
7 1 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 126 (52.72%) Terraform
2 90 (37.66%) Kubernetes
3 86 (35.98%) Ansible
4 56 (23.43%) Prometheus
5 40 (16.74%) Grafana
6 28 (11.72%) Nagios
7 22 (9.21%) Argo
8 15 (6.28%) Kustomize
9 12 (5.02%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (3.77%) Data Guard
10 9 (3.77%) Nessus
10 9 (3.77%) Oracle RMAN
11 8 (3.35%) Jamf Pro
12 7 (2.93%) Packer
13 6 (2.51%) ZABBIX
14 5 (2.09%) Kibana
14 5 (2.09%) Rundeck
15 3 (1.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 3 (1.26%) Puppet
15 3 (1.26%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 40 (16.74%) Microsoft
2 38 (15.90%) Google
3 29 (12.13%) Splunk
4 25 (10.46%) Red Hat
5 20 (8.37%) VMware
6 19 (7.95%) Oracle
7 12 (5.02%) SolarWinds
8 8 (3.35%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.93%) Apple
9 7 (2.93%) IBM
10 6 (2.51%) Dynatrace
11 5 (2.09%) Cognizant
11 5 (2.09%) Rapid7
12 4 (1.67%) Intel
12 4 (1.67%) TOWER Software
13 3 (1.26%) Commvault
13 3 (1.26%) CrowdStrike
13 3 (1.26%) SAP
13 3 (1.26%) Tenable
13 3 (1.26%) Varonis