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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 177 150
Rank change year-on-year -53 -27 -17
Permanent jobs citing Bash 224 243 447
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.96% 1.97% 2.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.07% 4.72% 5.64%
Number of salaries quoted 142 184 237
10th Percentile £50,000 £44,353 £46,250
25th Percentile £60,313 £58,250 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +3.23% -3.13%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £112,125 £102,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -10.71%

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 5,497 5,153 7,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 23.53% 41.75% 40.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,832 3,551 5,875
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £48,750
25th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% - +3.13%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £135,000 £136,250
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 August 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 August 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 -30 19 £87,500 +16.67% 22
West London - 3 - - 5
South London -2 1 - - 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 8 (3.57%) Confluence
2 7 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.23%) SAS
4 3 (1.34%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.89%) Apache
5 2 (0.89%) nginx
5 2 (0.89%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (4.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.34%) SPSS
3 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.89%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.45%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (4.91%) FLEXCUBE
2 3 (1.34%) Summit
3 2 (0.89%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 134 (59.82%) AWS
2 105 (46.88%) Azure
3 44 (19.64%) GCP
4 40 (17.86%) Serverless
5 37 (16.52%) AWS CloudFormation
6 33 (14.73%) GitHub
7 32 (14.29%) Amazon ECS
7 32 (14.29%) AWS Lambda
8 26 (11.61%) Amazon EKS
9 24 (10.71%) Datadog
10 23 (10.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 22 (9.82%) GitHub Actions
12 20 (8.93%) Amazon S3
13 19 (8.48%) Amazon EventBridge
14 17 (7.59%) Cloud Computing
14 17 (7.59%) Microsoft 365
15 16 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
15 16 (7.14%) Entra ID
16 15 (6.70%) AWS Control Tower
16 15 (6.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (14.29%) Firewall
2 30 (13.39%) Network Security
3 28 (12.50%) DNS
4 23 (10.27%) TCP/IP
5 11 (4.91%) VPN
6 8 (3.57%) HTTP
6 8 (3.57%) HTTPS
6 8 (3.57%) LAN
7 6 (2.68%) DHCP
7 6 (2.68%) VLAN
8 5 (2.23%) BGP
8 5 (2.23%) IPv4
8 5 (2.23%) NAS
9 4 (1.79%) Broadband
9 4 (1.79%) Kerberos
9 4 (1.79%) OSPF
9 4 (1.79%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (1.79%) SSH
10 3 (1.34%) MPLS
10 3 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.70%) Oracle Database
2 14 (6.25%) MySQL
3 10 (4.46%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (3.13%) NoSQL
5 5 (2.23%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (2.23%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.79%) Oracle Database 11g
6 4 (1.79%) Oracle Database 12c
6 4 (1.79%) Oracle Exadata
6 4 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.89%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.89%) Redis
7 2 (0.89%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.45%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.45%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.45%) Pentaho
8 1 (0.45%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 48 (21.43%) GitLab
2 40 (17.86%) Jenkins
3 32 (14.29%) Git
4 18 (8.04%) Bitbucket
5 17 (7.59%) JIRA
6 9 (4.02%) CircleCI
7 7 (3.13%) TeamCity
8 5 (2.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (2.23%) Postman
9 4 (1.79%) Metasploit
10 3 (1.34%) Bitbucket Server
10 3 (1.34%) JMeter
10 3 (1.34%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (1.34%) Subversion
11 2 (0.89%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.45%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.45%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.45%) Maven
12 1 (0.45%) NUnit
12 1 (0.45%) webpack
General
1 96 (42.86%) Finance
2 66 (29.46%) Social Skills
3 43 (19.20%) Banking
4 33 (14.73%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (10.27%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.57%) Aerospace
6 8 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.13%) Automotive
8 5 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.23%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.79%) Electronics
9 4 (1.79%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.79%) Marketing
9 4 (1.79%) Retail
10 3 (1.34%) Advertising
10 3 (1.34%) Law
10 3 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.34%) Public Speaking
11 2 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (25.45%) Senior
2 38 (16.96%) DevOps Engineer
3 34 (15.18%) Platform Engineer
4 28 (12.50%) AWS Engineer
5 23 (10.27%) Cloud Engineer
6 22 (9.82%) Administrator
7 21 (9.38%) Security Engineer
8 20 (8.93%) Linux Administrator
8 20 (8.93%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 20 (8.93%) Systems Administrator
9 14 (6.25%) Consultant
9 14 (6.25%) Security Consultant
9 14 (6.25%) Senior Consultant
9 14 (6.25%) Senior Security Consultant
10 13 (5.80%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 13 (5.80%) DBA
11 11 (4.91%) Analyst
11 11 (4.91%) AWS DevOps
11 11 (4.91%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 11 (4.91%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.59%) AWS CDK
1 17 (7.59%) Elastic Stack
2 12 (5.36%) SAML
3 9 (4.02%) Kafka
4 8 (3.57%) Node.js
4 8 (3.57%) REST
4 8 (3.57%) WebSockets
5 7 (3.13%) OAuth
6 6 (2.68%) GraphQL
6 6 (2.68%) LDAP
6 6 (2.68%) OpenID
6 6 (2.68%) SOAP
6 6 (2.68%) YAML
7 5 (2.23%) .NET
7 5 (2.23%) Middleware
7 5 (2.23%) OpenMP
8 4 (1.79%) OpenTelemetry
9 3 (1.34%) FIX Protocol
9 3 (1.34%) JSON
9 3 (1.34%) OpenACC
Miscellaneous
1 36 (16.07%) Cloud Native
2 27 (12.05%) Onboarding
3 16 (7.14%) Data Centre
4 15 (6.70%) Cyber Threat
5 14 (6.25%) Enterprise Cloud
6 12 (5.36%) Security Posture
7 11 (4.91%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (4.02%) Linux Command Line
8 9 (4.02%) Management Information System
9 7 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (2.23%) CUDA
11 4 (1.79%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (1.79%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (1.79%) Cyberattack
11 4 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.79%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.34%) Algorithms
12 3 (1.34%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 106 (47.32%) Linux
2 39 (17.41%) Windows
3 34 (15.18%) Unix
4 24 (10.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (7.14%) CentOS
6 13 (5.80%) Windows Server
7 11 (4.91%) AIX
7 11 (4.91%) Oracle Linux
8 9 (4.02%) Mac OS
9 7 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (2.68%) Rocky
11 5 (2.23%) Apple iOS
12 4 (1.79%) Kali Linux
12 4 (1.79%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.89%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.89%) Android
13 2 (0.89%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.45%) Solaris
14 1 (0.45%) SUSE
14 1 (0.45%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (53.13%) Infrastructure as Code
2 115 (51.34%) CI/CD
3 106 (47.32%) DevOps
4 60 (26.79%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (22.77%) Containerisation
6 47 (20.98%) Cloud Security
7 46 (20.54%) Platform Engineering
8 45 (20.09%) Incident Response
9 40 (17.86%) Mentoring
10 33 (14.73%) AI
10 33 (14.73%) Configuration Management
10 33 (14.73%) Identity Access Management
11 31 (13.84%) Continuous Improvement
11 31 (13.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 30 (13.39%) Capacity Planning
13 28 (12.50%) Agile
14 27 (12.05%) Software Engineering
15 26 (11.61%) High Availability
15 26 (11.61%) ITIL
16 25 (11.16%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 191 (85.27%) Python
2 94 (41.96%) PowerShell
3 49 (21.88%) SQL
4 48 (21.43%) Java
5 22 (9.82%) Shell Script
6 21 (9.38%) Perl
7 19 (8.48%) Ruby
8 18 (8.04%) Go
9 17 (7.59%) PHP
10 15 (6.70%) Korn
10 15 (6.70%) PL/SQL
11 13 (5.80%) C#
11 13 (5.80%) JavaScript
11 13 (5.80%) Rust
12 8 (3.57%) Bicep
13 7 (3.13%) C++
13 7 (3.13%) VBA
14 6 (2.68%) C
14 6 (2.68%) T-SQL
15 3 (1.34%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 49 (21.88%) Security Cleared
2 37 (16.52%) Degree
3 24 (10.71%) AWS Certification
4 19 (8.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (7.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 15 (6.70%) SC Cleared
7 14 (6.25%) OSCP
8 13 (5.80%) RHCSA
9 11 (4.91%) DV Cleared
10 10 (4.46%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (4.46%) CompTIA Security+
11 8 (3.57%) CISSP
12 7 (3.13%) ISTQB
13 6 (2.68%) Azure Certification
13 6 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (2.68%) RHCE
14 5 (2.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (2.23%) CCSP
14 5 (2.23%) CompTIA CySA+
15 4 (1.79%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.48%) QA
2 12 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (5.36%) NIST
3 11 (4.91%) SOC 2
4 9 (4.02%) PCI DSS
5 8 (3.57%) GDPR
6 6 (2.68%) PMO
7 4 (1.79%) NCSC
7 4 (1.79%) SLA
8 3 (1.34%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 67 (29.91%) Docker
2 26 (11.61%) Active Directory
3 19 (8.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (5.80%) Oracle RAC
5 6 (2.68%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (2.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 4 (1.79%) Squid
7 4 (1.79%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.79%) vSphere
8 3 (1.34%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.45%) KVM
9 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 116 (51.79%) Terraform
2 78 (34.82%) Ansible
3 73 (32.59%) Kubernetes
4 52 (23.21%) Grafana
5 42 (18.75%) Prometheus
6 36 (16.07%) Nagios
7 15 (6.70%) Data Guard
8 14 (6.25%) Oracle RMAN
9 12 (5.36%) Argo
10 9 (4.02%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (4.02%) Packer
11 8 (3.57%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (2.68%) Rundeck
12 6 (2.68%) ZABBIX
13 5 (2.23%) Kibana
14 4 (1.79%) Proxmox
14 4 (1.79%) Puppet
14 4 (1.79%) Rancher
15 3 (1.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 3 (1.34%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 43 (19.20%) Microsoft
2 38 (16.96%) Splunk
3 30 (13.39%) Oracle
4 28 (12.50%) Red Hat
5 22 (9.82%) VMware
6 11 (4.91%) IBM
6 11 (4.91%) ServiceNow
6 11 (4.91%) SolarWinds
7 9 (4.02%) Google
7 9 (4.02%) Rapid7
8 7 (3.13%) Apple
8 7 (3.13%) Dynatrace
9 6 (2.68%) Cognizant
9 6 (2.68%) New Relic
10 5 (2.23%) CrowdStrike
10 5 (2.23%) Tenable
11 4 (1.79%) TOWER Software
12 3 (1.34%) Cisco
12 3 (1.34%) Commvault
12 3 (1.34%) Intel