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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 205 152
Rank change year-on-year +12 -53 -8
Permanent jobs citing Bash 235 220 485
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.15% 1.74% 2.07%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.49% 4.27% 5.15%
Number of salaries quoted 133 164 297
10th Percentile £50,250 £45,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £59,625 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £81,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% +16.07% -12.50%
75th Percentile £93,750 £92,813 £90,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £116,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +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 5,237 5,154 9,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 25.68% 40.71% 40.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3,703 3,843 7,597
10th Percentile £49,400 £49,050 £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 £128,750
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 10 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 10 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 -16 32 £52,500 -35.38% 30
West London - 14 - - 4
South London +20 3 - - 2
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 (5.53%) Apache
2 11 (4.68%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (3.40%) Confluence
4 6 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (2.13%) Tomcat
6 3 (1.28%) IIS
7 2 (0.85%) nginx
7 2 (0.85%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.43%) SAS
8 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.28%) SPSS
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.70%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 132 (56.17%) AWS
2 104 (44.26%) Azure
3 65 (27.66%) GCP
4 36 (15.32%) GitHub
5 27 (11.49%) Entra ID
5 27 (11.49%) GitHub Actions
6 25 (10.64%) AWS CloudFormation
7 24 (10.21%) Google Workspace
8 22 (9.36%) Amazon S3
8 22 (9.36%) Serverless
8 22 (9.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 20 (8.51%) SaaS
10 17 (7.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 17 (7.23%) Datadog
11 16 (6.81%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
12 15 (6.38%) Pulumi
13 12 (5.11%) AWS Lambda
14 11 (4.68%) IaaS
14 11 (4.68%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 36 (15.32%) DNS
2 34 (14.47%) Broadband
3 25 (10.64%) Firewall
4 23 (9.79%) TCP/IP
5 11 (4.68%) LAN
5 11 (4.68%) Network Security
6 10 (4.26%) HTTP
7 9 (3.83%) VPN
7 9 (3.83%) Wireless
8 8 (3.40%) DHCP
8 8 (3.40%) HTTPS
9 5 (2.13%) IPv4
10 4 (1.70%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (1.70%) WAN
11 2 (0.85%) Multicast
11 2 (0.85%) VLAN
11 2 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.43%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (0.43%) SSH
12 1 (0.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (11.06%) NoSQL
2 18 (7.66%) Relational Database
3 15 (6.38%) RDBMS
4 11 (4.68%) Amazon Athena
4 11 (4.68%) BigQuery
5 10 (4.26%) Amazon Redshift
6 9 (3.83%) Amazon QuickSight
6 9 (3.83%) Apache Iceberg
6 9 (3.83%) Metadata
6 9 (3.83%) MySQL
6 9 (3.83%) Tableau
7 8 (3.40%) Oracle Database
8 6 (2.55%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (2.55%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.70%) SQL Server
10 3 (1.28%) Oracle Database 11g
10 3 (1.28%) Oracle Database 12c
10 3 (1.28%) Oracle Exadata
11 2 (0.85%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.85%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 50 (21.28%) GitLab
2 44 (18.72%) Jenkins
3 39 (16.60%) Git
4 21 (8.94%) Bitbucket
5 15 (6.38%) Jaeger
5 15 (6.38%) JIRA
6 13 (5.53%) Metasploit
7 11 (4.68%) CircleCI
8 9 (3.83%) Burp Suite
9 4 (1.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (1.70%) SonarQube
10 3 (1.28%) Postman
11 2 (0.85%) Bitbucket Server
11 2 (0.85%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.85%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.85%) Subversion
12 1 (0.43%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.43%) Robot Framework
12 1 (0.43%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.43%) webpack
General
1 81 (34.47%) Finance
2 56 (23.83%) Social Skills
3 31 (13.19%) Banking
4 26 (11.06%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (8.94%) Organisational Skills
6 19 (8.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.40%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.98%) Electronics
8 7 (2.98%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.55%) Aerospace
9 6 (2.55%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.13%) Advertising
10 5 (2.13%) Marketing
11 4 (1.70%) Automotive
12 3 (1.28%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.85%) German Language
13 2 (0.85%) Legal
13 2 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.85%) Retail
14 1 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (19.15%) Senior
2 39 (16.60%) Cloud Engineer
2 39 (16.60%) DevOps Engineer
3 37 (15.74%) Lead
4 30 (12.77%) AWS Engineer
5 26 (11.06%) Analyst
6 25 (10.64%) Security Engineer
7 21 (8.94%) Platform Engineer
8 19 (8.09%) GCP Engineer
9 18 (7.66%) Administrator
9 18 (7.66%) Azure Engineer
9 18 (7.66%) Linux Administrator
10 16 (6.81%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 16 (6.81%) Systems Administrator
11 15 (6.38%) Data Engineer
12 14 (5.96%) Cloud Security Engineer
12 14 (5.96%) Security Analyst
13 12 (5.11%) Senior Analyst
13 12 (5.11%) Senior Security Analyst
14 11 (4.68%) Cloud Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (13.19%) Elastic Stack
2 21 (8.94%) Kafka
2 21 (8.94%) OpenID
3 20 (8.51%) REST
3 20 (8.51%) SAML
4 19 (8.09%) OAuth
5 18 (7.66%) GraphQL
5 18 (7.66%) LDAP
5 18 (7.66%) SOAP
6 15 (6.38%) OpenTelemetry
7 9 (3.83%) WebSockets
8 7 (2.98%) Node.js
9 4 (1.70%) Middleware
10 3 (1.28%) 802.1X
10 3 (1.28%) FIX Protocol
10 3 (1.28%) Loki
11 2 (0.85%) JSON
11 2 (0.85%) LEMP Stack
11 2 (0.85%) Vue
11 2 (0.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.77%) Cyber Threat
1 30 (12.77%) Security Posture
2 22 (9.36%) Cloud Native
3 18 (7.66%) Cyberattack
4 16 (6.81%) Data Centre
5 15 (6.38%) Management Information System
6 14 (5.96%) Cyber Defence
7 11 (4.68%) Hedge funds
8 10 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (3.83%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (3.83%) Mobile App
10 8 (3.40%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (2.55%) Onboarding
12 5 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (2.13%) PKI
13 4 (1.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 4 (1.70%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.70%) Renewable Energy
14 3 (1.28%) Insider Threat
15 2 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 108 (45.96%) Linux
2 44 (18.72%) Unix
3 43 (18.30%) Windows
4 24 (10.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (4.68%) CentOS
5 11 (4.68%) Windows Server
6 8 (3.40%) Mac OS
7 6 (2.55%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (2.13%) Rocky
9 4 (1.70%) AIX
9 4 (1.70%) Kali Linux
9 4 (1.70%) Oracle Linux
9 4 (1.70%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.28%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.28%) Ubuntu
10 3 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.85%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.43%) CoreOS
12 1 (0.43%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (54.04%) DevOps
2 123 (52.34%) Infrastructure as Code
3 120 (51.06%) CI/CD
4 73 (31.06%) Mentoring
5 70 (29.79%) Problem-Solving
6 61 (25.96%) Containerisation
7 54 (22.98%) Agile
8 49 (20.85%) High Availability
9 43 (18.30%) Cloud Security
10 42 (17.87%) Incident Response
10 42 (17.87%) Roadmaps
11 38 (16.17%) Configuration Management
12 34 (14.47%) Cybersecurity
13 32 (13.62%) Identity Access Management
14 31 (13.19%) AI
15 30 (12.77%) Continuous Integration
15 30 (12.77%) Platform Engineering
15 30 (12.77%) Red Team
16 26 (11.06%) Performance Optimisation
17 25 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 204 (86.81%) Python
2 104 (44.26%) PowerShell
3 64 (27.23%) SQL
4 39 (16.60%) Java
5 34 (14.47%) Go
6 25 (10.64%) JavaScript
7 18 (7.66%) T-SQL
8 12 (5.11%) Shell Script
9 10 (4.26%) C#
10 9 (3.83%) Bicep
11 8 (3.40%) C++
11 8 (3.40%) Korn
12 7 (2.98%) Perl
12 7 (2.98%) PL/SQL
13 6 (2.55%) Ruby
13 6 (2.55%) Rust
14 5 (2.13%) C
15 3 (1.28%) Objective-C
15 3 (1.28%) PHP
16 2 (0.85%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 42 (17.87%) Degree
2 28 (11.91%) Security Cleared
3 26 (11.06%) AWS Certification
4 24 (10.21%) OSCP
5 19 (8.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (7.66%) CISSP
7 14 (5.96%) RHCSA
8 12 (5.11%) CCSAM
8 12 (5.11%) CREST Certified
8 12 (5.11%) DV Cleared
9 11 (4.68%) CCSK
10 9 (3.83%) CHECK Team Leader
10 9 (3.83%) CHECK Team Member
11 8 (3.40%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (2.98%) Azure Certification
12 7 (2.98%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (2.98%) GCIH
12 7 (2.98%) ISTQB
12 7 (2.98%) SC Cleared
13 6 (2.55%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.64%) NIST
2 24 (10.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (7.66%) NCSC
4 16 (6.81%) QA
5 15 (6.38%) GDPR
5 15 (6.38%) SOC 2
6 12 (5.11%) PCI DSS
7 10 (4.26%) Data Quality
8 5 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (1.28%) SLA
10 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.43%) Basel III
11 1 (0.43%) MiFID
System Software
1 79 (33.62%) Docker
2 34 (14.47%) Active Directory
3 20 (8.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.55%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (1.70%) Squid
5 4 (1.70%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.70%) vSphere
6 2 (0.85%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.43%) Firmware
7 1 (0.43%) iptables
7 1 (0.43%) KVM
Systems Management
1 122 (51.91%) Terraform
2 100 (42.55%) Kubernetes
3 85 (36.17%) Ansible
4 50 (21.28%) Prometheus
5 36 (15.32%) Grafana
6 23 (9.79%) Nagios
7 17 (7.23%) Argo
8 15 (6.38%) Kustomize
9 10 (4.26%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (3.83%) Nessus
11 6 (2.55%) Data Guard
11 6 (2.55%) Jamf Pro
11 6 (2.55%) Oracle RMAN
12 5 (2.13%) logstash
12 5 (2.13%) Puppet
12 5 (2.13%) ZABBIX
13 4 (1.70%) Kibana
13 4 (1.70%) Packer
13 4 (1.70%) Red Hat Satellite
14 3 (1.28%) Rancher
Vendors
1 44 (18.72%) Google
2 34 (14.47%) Microsoft
3 31 (13.19%) Red Hat
4 23 (9.79%) VMware
5 20 (8.51%) Splunk
6 17 (7.23%) Oracle
7 11 (4.68%) SolarWinds
8 6 (2.55%) Apple
9 5 (2.13%) Atlassian
9 5 (2.13%) Rapid7
9 5 (2.13%) SAP
10 4 (1.70%) IBM
10 4 (1.70%) Intel
10 4 (1.70%) TOWER Software
11 3 (1.28%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (1.28%) Tenable
11 3 (1.28%) Varonis
12 2 (0.85%) Arista
12 2 (0.85%) Okta
12 2 (0.85%) Veeam