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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 184 143
Rank change year-on-year +15 -41 -11
Permanent jobs citing Bash 233 268 438
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.52% 1.78% 2.08%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.15% 4.38% 4.89%
Number of salaries quoted 134 170 398
10th Percentile £41,700 £43,750 £52,500
25th Percentile £61,563 £66,563 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £91,875 £92,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £106,375 £115,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +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 4,521 6,115 8,956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 29.43% 40.57% 42.54%
Number of salaries quoted 3,183 3,974 7,753
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £48,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £78,000
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +0.65%
75th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £130,000 £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 12 February 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 12 February 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 +19 38 £52,500 -41.67% 28
West London - 15 £107,500 - 2
South London +43 4 - - 1
East London - 2 - - 1
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 11 (4.72%) Apache
1 11 (4.72%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (2.15%) Confluence
2 5 (2.15%) IIS
2 5 (2.15%) Tomcat
3 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.43%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.86%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.43%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 105 (45.06%) AWS
2 82 (35.19%) Azure
3 64 (27.47%) GCP
4 38 (16.31%) GitHub
5 37 (15.88%) GitHub Actions
6 26 (11.16%) AWS CloudFormation
7 25 (10.73%) Entra ID
8 22 (9.44%) Google Workspace
9 20 (8.58%) SaaS
10 19 (8.15%) Datadog
11 18 (7.73%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (7.30%) Google Compute Engine
12 17 (7.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 16 (6.87%) Pulumi
14 15 (6.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 15 (6.44%) Amazon S3
14 15 (6.44%) Cloud Functions
14 15 (6.44%) Serverless
15 14 (6.01%) IaaS
15 14 (6.01%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (15.45%) Broadband
2 26 (11.16%) Firewall
3 21 (9.01%) DNS
4 11 (4.72%) Network Security
5 10 (4.29%) TCP/IP
6 9 (3.86%) Wireless
7 5 (2.15%) DHCP
7 5 (2.15%) HTTP
7 5 (2.15%) LAN
8 4 (1.72%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (1.72%) VPN
9 3 (1.29%) WAN
10 2 (0.86%) SSL
11 1 (0.43%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.43%) FTP
11 1 (0.43%) SNMP
11 1 (0.43%) SSH
11 1 (0.43%) TACACS
11 1 (0.43%) VLAN
11 1 (0.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (11.59%) NoSQL
2 18 (7.73%) BigQuery
2 18 (7.73%) Relational Database
3 16 (6.87%) RDBMS
4 10 (4.29%) Amazon Athena
5 9 (3.86%) Amazon QuickSight
5 9 (3.86%) Amazon Redshift
5 9 (3.86%) Apache Iceberg
5 9 (3.86%) Metadata
5 9 (3.86%) Tableau
6 7 (3.00%) MySQL
6 7 (3.00%) SQL Server
7 6 (2.58%) Oracle Database
8 5 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (2.15%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.86%) Big Data
9 2 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.86%) Oracle Database 11g
9 2 (0.86%) Oracle Database 12c
9 2 (0.86%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 48 (20.60%) Jenkins
2 31 (13.30%) Git
2 31 (13.30%) GitLab
3 22 (9.44%) JIRA
4 16 (6.87%) Jaeger
5 11 (4.72%) Burp Suite
5 11 (4.72%) Metasploit
6 10 (4.29%) Bitbucket
7 5 (2.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (1.72%) CircleCI
8 4 (1.72%) SonarQube
8 4 (1.72%) TeamCity
9 3 (1.29%) Eclipse
9 3 (1.29%) JMeter
9 3 (1.29%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.86%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.86%) Gradle
10 2 (0.86%) Maven
11 1 (0.43%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.43%) Subversion
General
1 71 (30.47%) Finance
2 66 (28.33%) Social Skills
3 25 (10.73%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.01%) Banking
5 20 (8.58%) Organisational Skills
6 17 (7.30%) Telecoms
7 16 (6.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (5.58%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (5.15%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.58%) Electronics
11 5 (2.15%) Financial Institution
11 5 (2.15%) Retail
12 4 (1.72%) Back Office
12 4 (1.72%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.72%) Marketing
12 4 (1.72%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.29%) Advertising
13 3 (1.29%) Games
14 2 (0.86%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.86%) Legal
Job Titles
1 43 (18.45%) DevOps Engineer
2 41 (17.60%) Cloud Engineer
3 33 (14.16%) Lead
3 33 (14.16%) Senior
4 25 (10.73%) Platform Engineer
5 24 (10.30%) GCP Engineer
6 22 (9.44%) Automation Engineer
6 22 (9.44%) Security Engineer
7 20 (8.58%) Analyst
8 19 (8.15%) Azure Engineer
9 17 (7.30%) AWS Engineer
10 15 (6.44%) Administrator
11 14 (6.01%) Cloud Automation Engineer
11 14 (6.01%) Cloud Security Engineer
11 14 (6.01%) GCP DevOps
11 14 (6.01%) GCP DevOps Engineer
11 14 (6.01%) Support Engineer
12 13 (5.58%) Linux Administrator
13 12 (5.15%) Security Analyst
14 11 (4.72%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (14.59%) Elastic Stack
2 21 (9.01%) OpenID
2 21 (9.01%) REST
3 20 (8.58%) Kafka
4 19 (8.15%) SAML
5 18 (7.73%) GraphQL
5 18 (7.73%) LDAP
5 18 (7.73%) OAuth
5 18 (7.73%) SOAP
6 17 (7.30%) OpenTelemetry
7 5 (2.15%) YAML
8 4 (1.72%) Middleware
8 4 (1.72%) Node.js
8 4 (1.72%) RESTful
9 3 (1.29%) FIX Protocol
9 3 (1.29%) WebSockets
10 2 (0.86%) .NET
10 2 (0.86%) AWS SAM
10 2 (0.86%) Loki
10 2 (0.86%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.59%) Security Posture
2 25 (10.73%) Management Information System
3 19 (8.15%) Cyber Threat
4 18 (7.73%) Cyberattack
5 17 (7.30%) Cloud Native
6 14 (6.01%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (4.29%) Cyber Defence
7 10 (4.29%) Hedge funds
8 9 (3.86%) Mobile App
9 7 (3.00%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (2.15%) Data Centre
11 5 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (2.15%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (1.72%) Blog
12 4 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.72%) PKI
13 3 (1.29%) Onboarding
13 3 (1.29%) Private Cloud
13 3 (1.29%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 106 (45.49%) Linux
2 42 (18.03%) Unix
3 35 (15.02%) Windows
4 21 (9.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (5.15%) CentOS
6 10 (4.29%) Windows Server
7 8 (3.43%) Ubuntu
8 7 (3.00%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (2.58%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (2.15%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (1.72%) Mac OS
12 3 (1.29%) AIX
12 3 (1.29%) Debian
13 2 (0.86%) Android
13 2 (0.86%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.86%) Solaris
13 2 (0.86%) VMS
14 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.43%) CoreOS
14 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (54.51%) DevOps
2 111 (47.64%) CI/CD
3 109 (46.78%) Infrastructure as Code
4 74 (31.76%) Problem-Solving
5 58 (24.89%) Containerisation
6 57 (24.46%) Mentoring
7 54 (23.18%) Agile
8 44 (18.88%) High Availability
9 40 (17.17%) Cloud Security
10 39 (16.74%) Roadmaps
11 36 (15.45%) Configuration Management
12 34 (14.59%) Identity Access Management
13 29 (12.45%) AI
13 29 (12.45%) Incident Response
13 29 (12.45%) Performance Optimisation
14 28 (12.02%) Continuous Integration
14 28 (12.02%) Task Automation
15 26 (11.16%) Cybersecurity
15 26 (11.16%) Machine Learning
16 25 (10.73%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 199 (85.41%) Python
2 100 (42.92%) PowerShell
3 51 (21.89%) SQL
4 48 (20.60%) Go
5 28 (12.02%) Java
6 20 (8.58%) JavaScript
7 18 (7.73%) T-SQL
8 10 (4.29%) Shell Script
9 8 (3.43%) Bicep
9 8 (3.43%) Perl
10 7 (3.00%) C#
11 5 (2.15%) Korn
12 4 (1.72%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.72%) Ruby
13 3 (1.29%) C++
14 2 (0.86%) C
14 2 (0.86%) SystemVerilog
14 2 (0.86%) Tcl
15 1 (0.43%) Groovy
15 1 (0.43%) Rust
Qualifications
1 53 (22.75%) Degree
2 27 (11.59%) AWS Certification
3 23 (9.87%) Security Cleared
4 20 (8.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (6.87%) CISSP
6 15 (6.44%) DV Cleared
7 11 (4.72%) OSCP
8 10 (4.29%) CCSK
9 9 (3.86%) CCSAM
9 9 (3.86%) CHECK Team Leader
9 9 (3.86%) CHECK Team Member
9 9 (3.86%) CREST Certified
10 6 (2.58%) GCIH
11 5 (2.15%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.72%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.72%) PhD
12 4 (1.72%) SC Cleared
13 3 (1.29%) CCSP
13 3 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (1.29%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (18.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (15.02%) NIST
3 21 (9.01%) GDPR
4 18 (7.73%) NCSC
5 13 (5.58%) Accessibility
6 12 (5.15%) SOC 2
7 11 (4.72%) Data Quality
7 11 (4.72%) PCI DSS
7 11 (4.72%) QA
8 8 (3.43%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (2.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (1.72%) GRC
12 1 (0.43%) Basel III
12 1 (0.43%) MiFID
System Software
1 76 (32.62%) Docker
2 33 (14.16%) Active Directory
3 15 (6.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (5.15%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.29%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.86%) KVM
7 1 (0.43%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.43%) Firmware
7 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.43%) iptables
7 1 (0.43%) Postfix
7 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 115 (49.36%) Terraform
2 98 (42.06%) Kubernetes
3 81 (34.76%) Ansible
4 54 (23.18%) Prometheus
5 28 (12.02%) Grafana
6 21 (9.01%) Argo
7 16 (6.87%) Kustomize
8 10 (4.29%) Nagios
9 9 (3.86%) Nessus
10 7 (3.00%) Red Hat Satellite
11 6 (2.58%) Puppet
12 5 (2.15%) Microsoft Intune
12 5 (2.15%) Progress Chef
13 4 (1.72%) Cilium
13 4 (1.72%) logstash
13 4 (1.72%) Rancher
14 3 (1.29%) Data Guard
14 3 (1.29%) Oracle RMAN
14 3 (1.29%) vRealize
15 2 (0.86%) Nmap
Vendors
1 49 (21.03%) Google
2 28 (12.02%) Red Hat
3 20 (8.58%) Microsoft
4 19 (8.15%) VMware
5 18 (7.73%) Splunk
6 15 (6.44%) Oracle
7 13 (5.58%) Tenable
8 12 (5.15%) ServiceNow
9 10 (4.29%) Atlassian
10 5 (2.15%) SAP
11 4 (1.72%) Rapid7
12 3 (1.29%) Dynatrace
12 3 (1.29%) SolarWinds
13 2 (0.86%) Bloomberg
13 2 (0.86%) Cisco
13 2 (0.86%) CyberArk
13 2 (0.86%) IBM
13 2 (0.86%) Intel
14 1 (0.43%) Citrix
14 1 (0.43%) Commvault