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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 184 142
Rank change year-on-year -2 -42 -23
Permanent jobs citing Bash 222 287 454
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.52% 1.86% 2.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.06% 4.58% 5.12%
Number of salaries quoted 138 175 407
10th Percentile £41,250 £48,450 £53,900
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 £67,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.29% +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 4,388 6,266 8,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 30.03% 40.53% 43.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,075 4,002 7,680
10th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £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 £127,000 £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 26 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 26 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 +31 38 £45,500 -51.47% 33
West London - 12 £107,500 - 11
South London +45 2 - - 12
East London - 2 - - 14
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 (4.50%) Apache
1 10 (4.50%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.70%) Confluence
3 5 (2.25%) IIS
3 5 (2.25%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.45%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 98 (44.14%) AWS
2 72 (32.43%) Azure
3 57 (25.68%) GCP
4 40 (18.02%) GitHub
5 39 (17.57%) GitHub Actions
6 24 (10.81%) AWS CloudFormation
7 22 (9.91%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (8.56%) Entra ID
9 18 (8.11%) Google Compute Engine
10 17 (7.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 17 (7.66%) SaaS
11 16 (7.21%) Cloud Functions
11 16 (7.21%) Datadog
11 16 (7.21%) Google Workspace
11 16 (7.21%) Pulumi
12 15 (6.76%) Amazon S3
12 15 (6.76%) Cloud Run
12 15 (6.76%) OpenShift
12 15 (6.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 14 (6.31%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 30 (13.51%) Broadband
2 23 (10.36%) Firewall
3 20 (9.01%) DNS
4 10 (4.50%) Network Security
5 9 (4.05%) TCP/IP
6 7 (3.15%) Wireless
7 5 (2.25%) DHCP
8 4 (1.80%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (1.80%) VPN
9 3 (1.35%) HTTP
9 3 (1.35%) LAN
9 3 (1.35%) WAN
10 2 (0.90%) SSL
11 1 (0.45%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.45%) FTP
11 1 (0.45%) SNMP
11 1 (0.45%) SSH
11 1 (0.45%) TACACS
11 1 (0.45%) VLAN
11 1 (0.45%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (11.26%) NoSQL
2 19 (8.56%) BigQuery
2 19 (8.56%) Relational Database
3 16 (7.21%) RDBMS
4 9 (4.05%) Amazon Athena
5 8 (3.60%) Amazon QuickSight
5 8 (3.60%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (3.60%) Apache Iceberg
5 8 (3.60%) Metadata
5 8 (3.60%) SQL Server
5 8 (3.60%) Tableau
6 7 (3.15%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (2.70%) MySQL
8 5 (2.25%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.90%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.90%) Big Data
9 2 (0.90%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.90%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.45%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 47 (21.17%) Jenkins
2 29 (13.06%) Git
3 26 (11.71%) GitLab
4 22 (9.91%) JIRA
5 16 (7.21%) Jaeger
6 10 (4.50%) Bitbucket
6 10 (4.50%) Burp Suite
6 10 (4.50%) Metasploit
7 5 (2.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (1.80%) SonarQube
8 4 (1.80%) TeamCity
9 3 (1.35%) Eclipse
9 3 (1.35%) JMeter
9 3 (1.35%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.90%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.90%) Gradle
10 2 (0.90%) Maven
11 1 (0.45%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.45%) MSI
11 1 (0.45%) Subversion
General
1 67 (30.18%) Social Skills
2 64 (28.83%) Finance
3 23 (10.36%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (8.56%) Telecoms
5 16 (7.21%) Banking
5 16 (7.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (6.31%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (5.41%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (3.15%) Electronics
9 5 (2.25%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.25%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.25%) Marketing
9 5 (2.25%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.25%) Retail
10 4 (1.80%) Back Office
10 4 (1.80%) Games
11 3 (1.35%) Advertising
12 2 (0.90%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.90%) Legal
Job Titles
1 43 (19.37%) DevOps Engineer
2 37 (16.67%) Cloud Engineer
3 32 (14.41%) Lead
4 27 (12.16%) Platform Engineer
5 24 (10.81%) Senior
6 22 (9.91%) GCP Engineer
7 20 (9.01%) Automation Engineer
7 20 (9.01%) Security Engineer
8 18 (8.11%) Support Engineer
9 17 (7.66%) Azure Engineer
10 16 (7.21%) Analyst
11 15 (6.76%) GCP DevOps
11 15 (6.76%) GCP DevOps Engineer
11 15 (6.76%) Graduate
11 15 (6.76%) Technical Engineer
11 15 (6.76%) Technical Support
11 15 (6.76%) Technical Support Engineer
12 13 (5.86%) AWS Engineer
12 13 (5.86%) Graduate Support Engineer
12 13 (5.86%) Graduate Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (15.77%) Elastic Stack
2 17 (7.66%) OpenTelemetry
3 16 (7.21%) Kafka
4 15 (6.76%) OpenID
4 15 (6.76%) REST
5 13 (5.86%) SAML
6 12 (5.41%) GraphQL
6 12 (5.41%) LDAP
6 12 (5.41%) OAuth
6 12 (5.41%) SOAP
7 6 (2.70%) YAML
8 5 (2.25%) Node.js
9 4 (1.80%) Middleware
9 4 (1.80%) RESTful
10 3 (1.35%) .NET
10 3 (1.35%) FIX Protocol
11 2 (0.90%) AWS SAM
11 2 (0.90%) Loki
11 2 (0.90%) Pandas
12 1 (0.45%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.36%) Management Information System
1 23 (10.36%) Security Posture
2 20 (9.01%) Cloud Native
3 13 (5.86%) Cyber Threat
3 13 (5.86%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (5.41%) Cyberattack
5 8 (3.60%) Cyber Defence
6 7 (3.15%) Hedge funds
6 7 (3.15%) Mobile App
7 6 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (2.25%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.25%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.80%) Blog
9 4 (1.80%) PKI
9 4 (1.80%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.80%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 102 (45.95%) Linux
2 37 (16.67%) Unix
3 35 (15.77%) Windows
4 17 (7.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (4.95%) CentOS
6 10 (4.50%) Windows Server
7 8 (3.60%) Ubuntu
8 6 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (2.25%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.80%) Mac OS
11 3 (1.35%) Debian
11 3 (1.35%) VMS
12 2 (0.90%) Android
12 2 (0.90%) Solaris
13 1 (0.45%) AIX
13 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.45%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.45%) Rocky
13 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (56.76%) DevOps
2 110 (49.55%) CI/CD
3 108 (48.65%) Infrastructure as Code
4 76 (34.23%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (25.68%) Containerisation
6 53 (23.87%) Agile
7 48 (21.62%) Mentoring
8 40 (18.02%) Cloud Security
8 40 (18.02%) High Availability
9 33 (14.86%) Roadmaps
10 30 (13.51%) Machine Learning
10 30 (13.51%) Task Automation
11 29 (13.06%) Performance Optimisation
12 28 (12.61%) Configuration Management
13 27 (12.16%) Platform Engineering
14 26 (11.71%) AI
14 26 (11.71%) Continuous Integration
15 25 (11.26%) Identity Access Management
15 25 (11.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 24 (10.81%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 196 (88.29%) Python
2 96 (43.24%) PowerShell
3 46 (20.72%) Go
4 38 (17.12%) SQL
5 24 (10.81%) Java
6 20 (9.01%) JavaScript
7 12 (5.41%) T-SQL
8 10 (4.50%) Bicep
9 9 (4.05%) Perl
10 8 (3.60%) C#
11 6 (2.70%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.80%) Ruby
13 3 (1.35%) C++
14 2 (0.90%) C
14 2 (0.90%) SystemVerilog
14 2 (0.90%) Tcl
15 1 (0.45%) Groovy
15 1 (0.45%) Korn
15 1 (0.45%) Rust
15 1 (0.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 55 (24.77%) Degree
2 28 (12.61%) AWS Certification
3 25 (11.26%) Security Cleared
4 19 (8.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (7.66%) DV Cleared
6 12 (5.41%) CISSP
7 8 (3.60%) OSCP
8 7 (3.15%) CCSAM
8 7 (3.15%) CCSK
8 7 (3.15%) CHECK Team Leader
8 7 (3.15%) CHECK Team Member
8 7 (3.15%) CREST Certified
9 5 (2.25%) Azure Certification
9 5 (2.25%) GCIH
9 5 (2.25%) Master's Degree
9 5 (2.25%) SC Cleared
10 4 (1.80%) PhD
11 3 (1.35%) CCSP
11 3 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.35%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (16.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (12.16%) NIST
3 20 (9.01%) GDPR
4 13 (5.86%) Accessibility
5 12 (5.41%) NCSC
6 10 (4.50%) Data Quality
7 9 (4.05%) QA
8 8 (3.60%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (3.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (3.60%) SOC 2
9 7 (3.15%) PCI DSS
10 6 (2.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (1.80%) GRC
12 1 (0.45%) Basel III
12 1 (0.45%) MiFID
System Software
1 76 (34.23%) Docker
2 27 (12.16%) Active Directory
3 14 (6.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (5.41%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.90%) KVM
6 1 (0.45%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.45%) Firmware
6 1 (0.45%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.45%) iptables
6 1 (0.45%) Postfix
6 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 113 (50.90%) Terraform
2 100 (45.05%) Kubernetes
3 76 (34.23%) Ansible
4 54 (24.32%) Prometheus
5 26 (11.71%) Grafana
6 21 (9.46%) Argo
7 16 (7.21%) Kustomize
8 8 (3.60%) Red Hat Satellite
9 7 (3.15%) Nessus
10 6 (2.70%) Puppet
11 5 (2.25%) Progress Chef
11 5 (2.25%) Rancher
12 4 (1.80%) Cilium
12 4 (1.80%) logstash
12 4 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (1.80%) Nagios
12 4 (1.80%) vRealize
13 3 (1.35%) Nmap
14 2 (0.90%) CSIRT
14 2 (0.90%) SCCM
Vendors
1 48 (21.62%) Google
2 27 (12.16%) Red Hat
3 20 (9.01%) Microsoft
4 18 (8.11%) VMware
5 17 (7.66%) Splunk
6 12 (5.41%) Oracle
6 12 (5.41%) ServiceNow
6 12 (5.41%) Tenable
7 10 (4.50%) Atlassian
8 6 (2.70%) SAP
9 4 (1.80%) Rapid7
10 3 (1.35%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.90%) Bloomberg
11 2 (0.90%) Cisco
11 2 (0.90%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.90%) SolarWinds
12 1 (0.45%) CQG
12 1 (0.45%) ION Trading
12 1 (0.45%) McAfee
12 1 (0.45%) Patsystems