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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 195 151
Rank change year-on-year +9 -44 -16
Permanent jobs citing Bash 227 246 418
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.41% 1.71% 1.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.96% 4.17% 4.63%
Number of salaries quoted 125 169 378
10th Percentile £43,250 £46,815 £52,125
25th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £102,250 £113,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -10.00%

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 4,581 5,905 9,026
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.53% 41.02% 41.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,214 3,954 7,785
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £48,750
25th Percentile £60,750 £62,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £108,418 £101,250
90th Percentile £126,250 £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 1 March 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 1 March 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 +18 35 £56,250 -32.84% 24
West London - 14 - - 1
South London +36 4 - - 5
East London -9 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 12 (5.29%) Apache
1 12 (5.29%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (2.64%) Confluence
3 5 (2.20%) IIS
3 5 (2.20%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.44%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.44%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.32%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.44%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 105 (46.26%) AWS
2 87 (38.33%) Azure
3 66 (29.07%) GCP
4 37 (16.30%) GitHub
5 35 (15.42%) GitHub Actions
6 26 (11.45%) AWS CloudFormation
7 24 (10.57%) Entra ID
8 23 (10.13%) SaaS
9 22 (9.69%) Google Workspace
10 18 (7.93%) Datadog
10 18 (7.93%) Serverless
10 18 (7.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 16 (7.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 16 (7.05%) Amazon S3
11 16 (7.05%) Pulumi
12 15 (6.61%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (6.61%) Google Compute Engine
13 13 (5.73%) Cloud Functions
13 13 (5.73%) IaaS
13 13 (5.73%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (15.86%) Broadband
2 29 (12.78%) Firewall
3 25 (11.01%) DNS
4 17 (7.49%) TCP/IP
5 9 (3.96%) Wireless
6 8 (3.52%) Network Security
7 6 (2.64%) DHCP
7 6 (2.64%) LAN
8 5 (2.20%) HTTP
8 5 (2.20%) HTTPS
9 4 (1.76%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (1.76%) VPN
10 3 (1.32%) WAN
11 2 (0.88%) SSL
12 1 (0.44%) Ethernet
12 1 (0.44%) FTP
12 1 (0.44%) SAN
12 1 (0.44%) SNMP
12 1 (0.44%) SSH
12 1 (0.44%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (12.33%) NoSQL
2 18 (7.93%) Relational Database
3 16 (7.05%) BigQuery
3 16 (7.05%) RDBMS
4 11 (4.85%) Amazon Athena
5 10 (4.41%) Amazon Redshift
6 9 (3.96%) Amazon QuickSight
6 9 (3.96%) Apache Iceberg
6 9 (3.96%) Metadata
6 9 (3.96%) Tableau
7 7 (3.08%) MySQL
7 7 (3.08%) SQL Server
8 6 (2.64%) Oracle Database
9 4 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.76%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.88%) Big Data
10 2 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.88%) Oracle Database 11g
10 2 (0.88%) Oracle Database 12c
10 2 (0.88%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 46 (20.26%) Jenkins
2 32 (14.10%) Git
3 31 (13.66%) GitLab
4 23 (10.13%) JIRA
5 16 (7.05%) Jaeger
6 15 (6.61%) Bitbucket
7 12 (5.29%) Metasploit
8 9 (3.96%) Burp Suite
9 7 (3.08%) CircleCI
10 5 (2.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (2.20%) TeamCity
11 4 (1.76%) SonarQube
12 3 (1.32%) Eclipse
12 3 (1.32%) JMeter
12 3 (1.32%) Robot Framework
13 2 (0.88%) Artifactory
13 2 (0.88%) Gradle
13 2 (0.88%) Maven
13 2 (0.88%) Postman
14 1 (0.44%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 76 (33.48%) Finance
2 65 (28.63%) Social Skills
3 27 (11.89%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.25%) Banking
5 20 (8.81%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (7.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.73%) Telecoms
8 11 (4.85%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (4.41%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.64%) Electronics
11 5 (2.20%) Financial Institution
11 5 (2.20%) Marketing
11 5 (2.20%) Retail
12 4 (1.76%) Back Office
12 4 (1.76%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.76%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.32%) Advertising
14 2 (0.88%) Games
14 2 (0.88%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.88%) Legal
Job Titles
1 41 (18.06%) DevOps Engineer
2 39 (17.18%) Cloud Engineer
3 34 (14.98%) Senior
4 32 (14.10%) Lead
5 24 (10.57%) Analyst
6 23 (10.13%) GCP Engineer
7 21 (9.25%) Platform Engineer
7 21 (9.25%) Security Engineer
8 19 (8.37%) AWS Engineer
8 19 (8.37%) Azure Engineer
9 18 (7.93%) Automation Engineer
10 15 (6.61%) Administrator
10 15 (6.61%) Cloud Automation Engineer
10 15 (6.61%) Cloud Security Engineer
10 15 (6.61%) Linux Administrator
11 12 (5.29%) GCP DevOps
11 12 (5.29%) GCP DevOps Engineer
11 12 (5.29%) Security Analyst
11 12 (5.29%) Support Engineer
12 11 (4.85%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (15.86%) Elastic Stack
2 21 (9.25%) Kafka
2 21 (9.25%) OpenID
2 21 (9.25%) REST
3 19 (8.37%) SAML
4 18 (7.93%) GraphQL
4 18 (7.93%) LDAP
4 18 (7.93%) OAuth
4 18 (7.93%) SOAP
5 17 (7.49%) OpenTelemetry
6 5 (2.20%) YAML
7 4 (1.76%) Middleware
7 4 (1.76%) Node.js
7 4 (1.76%) WebSockets
8 3 (1.32%) FIX Protocol
9 2 (0.88%) .NET
9 2 (0.88%) JSON
9 2 (0.88%) Loki
9 2 (0.88%) Pandas
9 2 (0.88%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 26 (11.45%) Security Posture
2 24 (10.57%) Cyber Threat
3 23 (10.13%) Management Information System
4 18 (7.93%) Cyberattack
5 17 (7.49%) Cloud Native
6 14 (6.17%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (5.73%) Cyber Defence
8 11 (4.85%) Hedge funds
9 9 (3.96%) Mobile App
10 8 (3.52%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (2.64%) Data Centre
11 6 (2.64%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (2.64%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (1.76%) Blog
12 4 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (1.76%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (1.76%) Onboarding
12 4 (1.76%) PKI
13 3 (1.32%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 3 (1.32%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 105 (46.26%) Linux
2 48 (21.15%) Unix
3 38 (16.74%) Windows
4 22 (9.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (5.29%) CentOS
6 9 (3.96%) Ubuntu
6 9 (3.96%) Windows Server
7 7 (3.08%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (2.64%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (2.20%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.76%) Mac OS
11 3 (1.32%) AIX
11 3 (1.32%) Kali Linux
11 3 (1.32%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.88%) Android
13 1 (0.44%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.44%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.44%) Solaris
13 1 (0.44%) VMS
13 1 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (52.86%) DevOps
2 111 (48.90%) Infrastructure as Code
3 109 (48.02%) CI/CD
4 74 (32.60%) Problem-Solving
5 60 (26.43%) Containerisation
6 58 (25.55%) Mentoring
7 52 (22.91%) Agile
8 46 (20.26%) High Availability
9 40 (17.62%) Configuration Management
10 39 (17.18%) Roadmaps
11 38 (16.74%) Incident Response
12 36 (15.86%) Cloud Security
13 35 (15.42%) Identity Access Management
14 30 (13.22%) AI
14 30 (13.22%) Performance Optimisation
15 29 (12.78%) Continuous Integration
16 27 (11.89%) Computer Science
16 27 (11.89%) Cybersecurity
16 27 (11.89%) Task Automation
17 25 (11.01%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 195 (85.90%) Python
2 100 (44.05%) PowerShell
3 55 (24.23%) SQL
4 44 (19.38%) Go
5 28 (12.33%) Java
6 22 (9.69%) JavaScript
7 18 (7.93%) T-SQL
8 11 (4.85%) Shell Script
9 8 (3.52%) Bicep
10 7 (3.08%) C#
11 6 (2.64%) Korn
12 5 (2.20%) Perl
12 5 (2.20%) PL/SQL
13 4 (1.76%) Ruby
14 3 (1.32%) C++
15 2 (0.88%) C
15 2 (0.88%) PHP
15 2 (0.88%) SystemVerilog
15 2 (0.88%) Tcl
16 1 (0.44%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 52 (22.91%) Degree
2 25 (11.01%) AWS Certification
3 22 (9.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (9.25%) Security Cleared
5 16 (7.05%) CISSP
6 13 (5.73%) DV Cleared
6 13 (5.73%) OSCP
7 11 (4.85%) CCSK
8 9 (3.96%) CCSAM
8 9 (3.96%) CHECK Team Leader
8 9 (3.96%) CHECK Team Member
8 9 (3.96%) CREST Certified
9 5 (2.20%) Azure Certification
9 5 (2.20%) GCIH
9 5 (2.20%) RHCSA
10 4 (1.76%) GCIA
10 4 (1.76%) GIAC
10 4 (1.76%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.76%) PhD
11 3 (1.32%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (16.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (14.98%) NIST
3 18 (7.93%) NCSC
4 16 (7.05%) GDPR
5 13 (5.73%) SOC 2
6 12 (5.29%) PCI DSS
6 12 (5.29%) QA
7 11 (4.85%) Accessibility
7 11 (4.85%) Data Quality
8 6 (2.64%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (1.76%) GRC
11 2 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.44%) Basel III
12 1 (0.44%) MiFID
12 1 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 75 (33.04%) Docker
2 32 (14.10%) Active Directory
3 16 (7.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (4.41%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.76%) Oracle RAC
6 3 (1.32%) KVM
7 2 (0.88%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.44%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.44%) Firmware
8 1 (0.44%) iptables
8 1 (0.44%) Postfix
8 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 110 (48.46%) Terraform
2 100 (44.05%) Kubernetes
3 82 (36.12%) Ansible
4 55 (24.23%) Prometheus
5 30 (13.22%) Grafana
6 20 (8.81%) Argo
7 16 (7.05%) Kustomize
8 12 (5.29%) Nagios
9 9 (3.96%) Nessus
10 6 (2.64%) Puppet
11 5 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (1.76%) Cilium
12 4 (1.76%) Data Guard
12 4 (1.76%) logstash
12 4 (1.76%) Oracle RMAN
12 4 (1.76%) Progress Chef
12 4 (1.76%) Red Hat Satellite
13 3 (1.32%) Rancher
14 2 (0.88%) CSIRT
14 2 (0.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 48 (21.15%) Google
2 24 (10.57%) Red Hat
3 21 (9.25%) Microsoft
4 20 (8.81%) VMware
5 18 (7.93%) Splunk
6 15 (6.61%) Oracle
7 11 (4.85%) Tenable
8 10 (4.41%) Atlassian
8 10 (4.41%) ServiceNow
9 5 (2.20%) SAP
10 4 (1.76%) SolarWinds
11 3 (1.32%) Dynatrace
11 3 (1.32%) IBM
12 2 (0.88%) Bloomberg
12 2 (0.88%) Cisco
12 2 (0.88%) CyberArk
12 2 (0.88%) Intel
12 2 (0.88%) Rapid7
12 2 (0.88%) TOWER Software
13 1 (0.44%) Varonis