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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 180 150
Rank change year-on-year -43 -30 -19
Permanent jobs citing Bash 228 242 453
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.98% 1.97% 2.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.17% 4.72% 5.56%
Number of salaries quoted 142 183 244
10th Percentile £50,000 £44,261 £46,625
25th Percentile £60,313 £58,000 £60,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +4.92% -6.15%
75th Percentile £90,000 £94,375 £92,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £111,000 £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 5,468 5,131 8,144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 23.58% 41.83% 40.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,816 3,532 6,066
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £48,750
25th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £61,250
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 £105,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £135,000 £135,000
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 31 July 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 31 July 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 -27 21 £87,500 +16.67% 19
West London - 4 - - 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 (3.51%) Confluence
2 7 (3.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.19%) SAS
4 3 (1.32%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.88%) Apache
5 2 (0.88%) nginx
5 2 (0.88%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.44%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.32%) SPSS
3 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.88%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.44%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (5.26%) FLEXCUBE
2 3 (1.32%) Summit
3 2 (0.88%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 135 (59.21%) AWS
2 106 (46.49%) Azure
3 45 (19.74%) GCP
4 40 (17.54%) Serverless
5 37 (16.23%) AWS CloudFormation
6 33 (14.47%) GitHub
7 32 (14.04%) Amazon ECS
7 32 (14.04%) AWS Lambda
8 26 (11.40%) Amazon EKS
9 24 (10.53%) Datadog
10 23 (10.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 22 (9.65%) GitHub Actions
12 20 (8.77%) Amazon S3
13 19 (8.33%) Amazon EventBridge
14 17 (7.46%) Cloud Computing
14 17 (7.46%) Entra ID
15 16 (7.02%) Azure DevOps
15 16 (7.02%) Microsoft 365
15 16 (7.02%) SaaS
16 15 (6.58%) AWS Control Tower
Communications & Networking
1 32 (14.04%) Firewall
2 29 (12.72%) Network Security
3 28 (12.28%) DNS
4 23 (10.09%) TCP/IP
5 11 (4.82%) VPN
6 8 (3.51%) HTTP
6 8 (3.51%) HTTPS
6 8 (3.51%) LAN
7 6 (2.63%) DHCP
7 6 (2.63%) VLAN
8 5 (2.19%) BGP
8 5 (2.19%) Broadband
8 5 (2.19%) IPv4
8 5 (2.19%) NAS
9 4 (1.75%) Kerberos
9 4 (1.75%) OSPF
9 4 (1.75%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (1.75%) SSH
9 4 (1.75%) Wireless
10 3 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.02%) Oracle Database
2 14 (6.14%) MySQL
3 10 (4.39%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (3.07%) NoSQL
5 5 (2.19%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (2.19%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.75%) Oracle Database 11g
6 4 (1.75%) Oracle Database 12c
6 4 (1.75%) Oracle Exadata
6 4 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.88%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.88%) Redis
7 2 (0.88%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.44%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.44%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.44%) Pentaho
8 1 (0.44%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 48 (21.05%) GitLab
2 40 (17.54%) Jenkins
3 32 (14.04%) Git
4 18 (7.89%) Bitbucket
5 17 (7.46%) JIRA
6 9 (3.95%) CircleCI
7 7 (3.07%) TeamCity
8 6 (2.63%) Metasploit
9 5 (2.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 5 (2.19%) Postman
10 3 (1.32%) Bitbucket Server
10 3 (1.32%) JMeter
10 3 (1.32%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (1.32%) Subversion
11 2 (0.88%) Burp Suite
11 2 (0.88%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.44%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.44%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.44%) Maven
12 1 (0.44%) webpack
General
1 99 (43.42%) Finance
2 67 (29.39%) Social Skills
3 44 (19.30%) Banking
4 33 (14.47%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (10.09%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (3.51%) Aerospace
8 7 (3.07%) Automotive
9 5 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.19%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.75%) Electronics
10 4 (1.75%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.75%) Marketing
10 4 (1.75%) Retail
11 3 (1.32%) Advertising
11 3 (1.32%) Law
11 3 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.32%) Public Speaking
12 2 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 61 (26.75%) Senior
2 38 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
3 34 (14.91%) Platform Engineer
4 29 (12.72%) AWS Engineer
5 24 (10.53%) Cloud Engineer
6 22 (9.65%) Administrator
6 22 (9.65%) Security Engineer
7 20 (8.77%) Linux Administrator
7 20 (8.77%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 20 (8.77%) Systems Administrator
8 14 (6.14%) Consultant
8 14 (6.14%) DBA
8 14 (6.14%) Security Consultant
8 14 (6.14%) Senior Consultant
8 14 (6.14%) Senior Security Consultant
9 13 (5.70%) Analyst
9 13 (5.70%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 12 (5.26%) Oracle DBA
10 12 (5.26%) Senior DBA
10 12 (5.26%) Senior Oracle DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.46%) AWS CDK
1 17 (7.46%) Elastic Stack
2 13 (5.70%) SAML
3 9 (3.95%) Kafka
3 9 (3.95%) REST
4 8 (3.51%) Node.js
4 8 (3.51%) OAuth
4 8 (3.51%) WebSockets
5 7 (3.07%) GraphQL
5 7 (3.07%) LDAP
5 7 (3.07%) OpenID
5 7 (3.07%) SOAP
6 6 (2.63%) YAML
7 5 (2.19%) .NET
7 5 (2.19%) Middleware
7 5 (2.19%) OpenMP
8 4 (1.75%) OpenTelemetry
9 3 (1.32%) FIX Protocol
9 3 (1.32%) JSON
9 3 (1.32%) OpenACC
Miscellaneous
1 36 (15.79%) Cloud Native
2 27 (11.84%) Onboarding
3 16 (7.02%) Cyber Threat
3 16 (7.02%) Data Centre
4 14 (6.14%) Enterprise Cloud
4 14 (6.14%) Security Posture
5 11 (4.82%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (4.39%) Management Information System
7 9 (3.95%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (3.07%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.63%) Cyber Defence
10 5 (2.19%) CUDA
10 5 (2.19%) Cyberattack
11 4 (1.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.75%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.75%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.32%) Algorithms
12 3 (1.32%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 107 (46.93%) Linux
2 39 (17.11%) Windows
3 36 (15.79%) Unix
4 25 (10.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (7.02%) CentOS
6 13 (5.70%) Windows Server
7 12 (5.26%) AIX
7 12 (5.26%) Oracle Linux
8 9 (3.95%) Mac OS
9 7 (3.07%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (2.63%) Rocky
11 5 (2.19%) Apple iOS
12 4 (1.75%) Kali Linux
12 4 (1.75%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.88%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.88%) Android
13 2 (0.88%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.44%) Solaris
14 1 (0.44%) SUSE
14 1 (0.44%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (52.63%) Infrastructure as Code
2 115 (50.44%) CI/CD
3 106 (46.49%) DevOps
4 62 (27.19%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (22.37%) Containerisation
6 48 (21.05%) Cloud Security
7 46 (20.18%) Platform Engineering
8 45 (19.74%) Incident Response
9 43 (18.86%) Mentoring
10 35 (15.35%) Configuration Management
10 35 (15.35%) Identity Access Management
11 34 (14.91%) AI
12 31 (13.60%) Capacity Planning
12 31 (13.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 30 (13.16%) Agile
13 30 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
14 27 (11.84%) High Availability
14 27 (11.84%) ITIL
14 27 (11.84%) Software Engineering
15 25 (10.96%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 193 (84.65%) Python
2 96 (42.11%) PowerShell
3 51 (22.37%) SQL
4 48 (21.05%) Java
5 23 (10.09%) Shell Script
6 21 (9.21%) Perl
7 19 (8.33%) Ruby
8 18 (7.89%) Go
9 17 (7.46%) PHP
10 16 (7.02%) Korn
10 16 (7.02%) PL/SQL
11 13 (5.70%) C#
11 13 (5.70%) JavaScript
11 13 (5.70%) Rust
12 8 (3.51%) Bicep
13 7 (3.07%) C++
13 7 (3.07%) T-SQL
13 7 (3.07%) VBA
14 6 (2.63%) C
15 3 (1.32%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 49 (21.49%) Security Cleared
2 38 (16.67%) Degree
3 24 (10.53%) AWS Certification
4 20 (8.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (7.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 16 (7.02%) OSCP
6 15 (6.58%) SC Cleared
7 13 (5.70%) RHCSA
8 11 (4.82%) DV Cleared
9 10 (4.39%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (4.39%) CompTIA Security+
10 9 (3.95%) CISSP
11 7 (3.07%) ISTQB
12 6 (2.63%) Azure Certification
12 6 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (2.63%) RHCE
13 5 (2.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (2.19%) CCSAM
13 5 (2.19%) CompTIA CySA+
13 5 (2.19%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.33%) QA
2 13 (5.70%) NIST
3 12 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (4.82%) SOC 2
5 9 (3.95%) PCI DSS
6 8 (3.51%) GDPR
7 6 (2.63%) PMO
8 5 (2.19%) NCSC
9 4 (1.75%) SLA
10 3 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 67 (29.39%) Docker
2 26 (11.40%) Active Directory
3 19 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (6.14%) Oracle RAC
5 6 (2.63%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (2.19%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 4 (1.75%) Squid
7 4 (1.75%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.75%) vSphere
8 3 (1.32%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.44%) KVM
9 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 117 (51.32%) Terraform
2 78 (34.21%) Ansible
3 73 (32.02%) Kubernetes
4 52 (22.81%) Grafana
5 42 (18.42%) Prometheus
6 37 (16.23%) Nagios
7 16 (7.02%) Data Guard
8 15 (6.58%) Oracle RMAN
9 12 (5.26%) Argo
10 9 (3.95%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (3.95%) Packer
11 8 (3.51%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (2.63%) Rundeck
12 6 (2.63%) ZABBIX
13 5 (2.19%) Kibana
14 4 (1.75%) Proxmox
14 4 (1.75%) Puppet
14 4 (1.75%) Rancher
15 3 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 3 (1.32%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 42 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 37 (16.23%) Splunk
3 31 (13.60%) Oracle
4 28 (12.28%) Red Hat
5 22 (9.65%) VMware
6 12 (5.26%) IBM
7 11 (4.82%) ServiceNow
7 11 (4.82%) SolarWinds
8 10 (4.39%) Google
9 9 (3.95%) Rapid7
10 7 (3.07%) Apple
10 7 (3.07%) Dynatrace
11 6 (2.63%) Cognizant
11 6 (2.63%) New Relic
12 4 (1.75%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (1.75%) Tenable
12 4 (1.75%) TOWER Software
13 3 (1.32%) Cisco
13 3 (1.32%) Commvault
13 3 (1.32%) Intel