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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 182 131
Rank change year-on-year +7 -51 -15
Permanent jobs citing Bash 215 285 430
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.52% 1.84% 2.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.99% 4.45% 5.37%
Number of salaries quoted 150 170 378
10th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £58,125 £65,625 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £78,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +2.56% +4.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £118,875 £115,250 £102,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%

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 4,307 6,405 8,005
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 30.54% 41.29% 43.97%
Number of salaries quoted 3,046 4,107 6,940
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 £101,250
90th Percentile £130,000 £125,000 £125,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

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 14 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 14 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 +36 36 £43,500 -54.69% 39
West London - 7 £107,500 - 20
South London +41 2 - - 20
East London - 1 - - 23
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 7 (3.26%) Apache
1 7 (3.26%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.79%) Confluence
3 5 (2.33%) IIS
3 5 (2.33%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.47%) JBoss
5 1 (0.47%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.47%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.47%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 92 (42.79%) AWS
2 68 (31.63%) Azure
3 51 (23.72%) GCP
4 41 (19.07%) GitHub
5 40 (18.60%) GitHub Actions
6 24 (11.16%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (10.70%) AWS CloudFormation
8 20 (9.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 17 (7.91%) SaaS
10 16 (7.44%) Google Compute Engine
10 16 (7.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 15 (6.98%) Amazon S3
11 15 (6.98%) Cloud Functions
11 15 (6.98%) Datadog
11 15 (6.98%) Slack
12 14 (6.51%) Amazon EKS
12 14 (6.51%) Cloud Run
12 14 (6.51%) Entra ID
12 14 (6.51%) OpenShift
12 14 (6.51%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 26 (12.09%) Firewall
2 19 (8.84%) Broadband
3 18 (8.37%) DNS
4 10 (4.65%) Network Security
5 9 (4.19%) TCP/IP
6 5 (2.33%) Wireless
7 4 (1.86%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.86%) VPN
8 3 (1.40%) DHCP
8 3 (1.40%) HTTP
8 3 (1.40%) WAN
9 2 (0.93%) LAN
9 2 (0.93%) SSL
10 1 (0.47%) BGP
10 1 (0.47%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.47%) FTP
10 1 (0.47%) OSPF
10 1 (0.47%) SNMP
10 1 (0.47%) SSH
10 1 (0.47%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.37%) NoSQL
2 16 (7.44%) BigQuery
3 15 (6.98%) Relational Database
4 10 (4.65%) RDBMS
5 8 (3.72%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (3.72%) SQL Server
6 7 (3.26%) Amazon Athena
7 6 (2.79%) Amazon QuickSight
7 6 (2.79%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (2.79%) Apache Iceberg
7 6 (2.79%) Metadata
7 6 (2.79%) MySQL
7 6 (2.79%) Tableau
8 5 (2.33%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.93%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.93%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.93%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.47%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.47%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 47 (21.86%) Jenkins
2 26 (12.09%) Git
2 26 (12.09%) GitLab
3 24 (11.16%) JIRA
4 10 (4.65%) Jaeger
5 8 (3.72%) Bitbucket
5 8 (3.72%) Burp Suite
5 8 (3.72%) Metasploit
6 5 (2.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (1.86%) TeamCity
8 3 (1.40%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.40%) Maven
9 2 (0.93%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.93%) Gradle
9 2 (0.93%) JMeter
9 2 (0.93%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.93%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.47%) Ant
10 1 (0.47%) MSI
General
1 70 (32.56%) Social Skills
2 66 (30.70%) Finance
3 23 (10.70%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.37%) Telecoms
5 17 (7.91%) Banking
6 13 (6.05%) Influencing Skills
6 13 (6.05%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.26%) Electronics
10 5 (2.33%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.33%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.33%) Marketing
10 5 (2.33%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.33%) Retail
11 4 (1.86%) Back Office
11 4 (1.86%) Games
12 3 (1.40%) Advertising
12 3 (1.40%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.93%) Legal
Job Titles
1 44 (20.47%) DevOps Engineer
2 33 (15.35%) Cloud Engineer
3 29 (13.49%) Platform Engineer
4 24 (11.16%) Lead
5 22 (10.23%) Automation Engineer
6 21 (9.77%) GCP Engineer
6 21 (9.77%) Security Engineer
7 20 (9.30%) Support Engineer
8 19 (8.84%) Azure Engineer
9 18 (8.37%) AWS Engineer
10 17 (7.91%) Analyst
10 17 (7.91%) Senior
11 16 (7.44%) Graduate
11 16 (7.44%) Technical Engineer
11 16 (7.44%) Technical Support
11 16 (7.44%) Technical Support Engineer
12 14 (6.51%) Graduate Support Engineer
12 14 (6.51%) Graduate Technical Engineer
12 14 (6.51%) Graduate Technical Support
12 14 (6.51%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (13.02%) Elastic Stack
2 14 (6.51%) Kafka
3 12 (5.58%) REST
4 11 (5.12%) OpenTelemetry
5 10 (4.65%) OpenID
6 8 (3.72%) GraphQL
6 8 (3.72%) LDAP
6 8 (3.72%) OAuth
6 8 (3.72%) SAML
6 8 (3.72%) SOAP
7 6 (2.79%) YAML
8 5 (2.33%) .NET
8 5 (2.33%) Middleware
8 5 (2.33%) Node.js
9 4 (1.86%) FIX Protocol
9 4 (1.86%) RESTful
10 3 (1.40%) ARM Templates
11 2 (0.93%) AWS CDK
11 2 (0.93%) AWS SAM
11 2 (0.93%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.63%) Management Information System
2 22 (10.23%) Security Posture
3 17 (7.91%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (4.19%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (3.72%) Cyberattack
7 7 (3.26%) Hedge funds
8 6 (2.79%) Cyber Defence
8 6 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (2.33%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (2.33%) Mobile App
9 5 (2.33%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.86%) Blog
10 4 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.86%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.40%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 99 (46.05%) Linux
2 36 (16.74%) Windows
3 33 (15.35%) Unix
4 19 (8.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (4.65%) CentOS
5 10 (4.65%) Windows Server
6 8 (3.72%) Ubuntu
7 5 (2.33%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (2.33%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.86%) Solaris
9 3 (1.40%) Debian
9 3 (1.40%) Mac OS
9 3 (1.40%) VMS
10 2 (0.93%) Android
11 1 (0.47%) AIX
11 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.47%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (56.74%) DevOps
2 112 (52.09%) CI/CD
3 98 (45.58%) Infrastructure as Code
4 69 (32.09%) Problem-Solving
5 47 (21.86%) Containerisation
6 42 (19.53%) Cloud Security
7 41 (19.07%) Agile
8 35 (16.28%) Mentoring
9 32 (14.88%) High Availability
10 30 (13.95%) Machine Learning
11 28 (13.02%) Configuration Management
11 28 (13.02%) Platform Engineering
11 28 (13.02%) Task Automation
12 24 (11.16%) AI
12 24 (11.16%) Incident Response
12 24 (11.16%) Observability
13 23 (10.70%) Vulnerability Management
14 22 (10.23%) Computer Science
14 22 (10.23%) Performance Optimisation
15 21 (9.77%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 191 (88.84%) Python
2 94 (43.72%) PowerShell
3 40 (18.60%) Go
4 31 (14.42%) SQL
5 15 (6.98%) Java
6 14 (6.51%) JavaScript
7 12 (5.58%) Perl
8 11 (5.12%) Bicep
9 8 (3.72%) T-SQL
10 7 (3.26%) C#
11 6 (2.79%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.40%) C++
12 3 (1.40%) Groovy
12 3 (1.40%) Ruby
13 2 (0.93%) C
13 2 (0.93%) SystemVerilog
13 2 (0.93%) Tcl
14 1 (0.47%) Korn
14 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 57 (26.51%) Degree
2 21 (9.77%) AWS Certification
2 21 (9.77%) Security Cleared
3 18 (8.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (6.98%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.58%) CISSP
6 7 (3.26%) CCSK
7 6 (2.79%) OSCP
7 6 (2.79%) SC Cleared
8 5 (2.33%) CCSAM
8 5 (2.33%) CHECK Team Leader
8 5 (2.33%) CHECK Team Member
8 5 (2.33%) CREST Certified
8 5 (2.33%) GCIH
9 4 (1.86%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.86%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.40%) CCSP
10 3 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.40%) ISTQB
10 3 (1.40%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (14.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (12.09%) NIST
3 22 (10.23%) GDPR
4 15 (6.98%) Accessibility
5 9 (4.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (3.72%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (3.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (3.72%) NCSC
6 8 (3.72%) QA
7 7 (3.26%) Data Quality
8 6 (2.79%) PCI DSS
8 6 (2.79%) SOC 2
9 4 (1.86%) GRC
10 1 (0.47%) Basel III
10 1 (0.47%) MiFID
System Software
1 69 (32.09%) Docker
2 23 (10.70%) Active Directory
3 14 (6.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (6.05%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.93%) KVM
6 1 (0.47%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.47%) Firmware
6 1 (0.47%) iptables
6 1 (0.47%) Postfix
6 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 104 (48.37%) Terraform
2 90 (41.86%) Kubernetes
3 68 (31.63%) Ansible
4 48 (22.33%) Prometheus
5 28 (13.02%) Grafana
6 14 (6.51%) Argo
7 10 (4.65%) Kustomize
7 10 (4.65%) Red Hat Satellite
8 7 (3.26%) Nessus
9 6 (2.79%) Puppet
10 5 (2.33%) Nagios
10 5 (2.33%) Progress Chef
11 4 (1.86%) Cilium
11 4 (1.86%) logstash
11 4 (1.86%) Rancher
11 4 (1.86%) vRealize
12 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (1.40%) Nmap
13 2 (0.93%) CSIRT
13 2 (0.93%) SCCM
Vendors
1 37 (17.21%) Google
2 28 (13.02%) Red Hat
3 24 (11.16%) Microsoft
4 18 (8.37%) Splunk
4 18 (8.37%) VMware
5 13 (6.05%) ServiceNow
5 13 (6.05%) Tenable
6 11 (5.12%) Oracle
7 10 (4.65%) Atlassian
8 6 (2.79%) Rapid7
8 6 (2.79%) SAP
9 2 (0.93%) ArcSight
9 2 (0.93%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.93%) Carbon Black
9 2 (0.93%) Cisco
9 2 (0.93%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.93%) CyberArk
9 2 (0.93%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.93%) Qualys
9 2 (0.93%) SolarWinds