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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 181 150
Rank change year-on-year -59 -31 -17
Permanent jobs citing Bash 217 246 452
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.91% 2.02% 2.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.89% 4.91% 5.68%
Number of salaries quoted 138 189 238
10th Percentile £50,000 £44,076 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.23% -6.06%
75th Percentile £90,938 £93,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £104,125 £111,250 £103,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +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 5,584 5,015 7,964
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 23.46% 41.12% 40.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3,853 3,429 5,798
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £49,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.59% -2.42% +3.13%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £135,000 £136,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,939
% change year-on-year +4.00% +2.56% -6.25%

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 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 12 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 -32 19 £88,750 +24.56% 12
West London - 1 - - 7
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 9 (4.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.69%) Confluence
3 5 (2.30%) SAS
4 3 (1.38%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.92%) Apache
5 2 (0.92%) nginx
5 2 (0.92%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (4.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.38%) SPSS
3 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.92%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.46%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (5.07%) FLEXCUBE
2 4 (1.84%) Fidessa
3 3 (1.38%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 127 (58.53%) AWS
2 96 (44.24%) Azure
3 39 (17.97%) GCP
4 37 (17.05%) Serverless
5 34 (15.67%) AWS CloudFormation
6 33 (15.21%) GitHub
7 31 (14.29%) Amazon ECS
7 31 (14.29%) AWS Lambda
8 26 (11.98%) Amazon EKS
9 22 (10.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 22 (10.14%) Datadog
9 22 (10.14%) GitHub Actions
10 19 (8.76%) Amazon EventBridge
10 19 (8.76%) Amazon S3
11 17 (7.83%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (7.83%) Cloud Computing
11 17 (7.83%) Microsoft 365
12 15 (6.91%) AWS Control Tower
12 15 (6.91%) SaaS
13 13 (5.99%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 34 (15.67%) Firewall
2 29 (13.36%) Network Security
3 28 (12.90%) DNS
4 25 (11.52%) TCP/IP
5 10 (4.61%) VPN
6 8 (3.69%) DHCP
6 8 (3.69%) HTTPS
7 6 (2.76%) HTTP
7 6 (2.76%) LAN
7 6 (2.76%) VLAN
8 5 (2.30%) BGP
8 5 (2.30%) IPv4
8 5 (2.30%) NAS
9 4 (1.84%) FIX Connectivity
9 4 (1.84%) Kerberos
9 4 (1.84%) OSPF
9 4 (1.84%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (1.84%) SSH
10 3 (1.38%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (1.38%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.99%) MySQL
1 13 (5.99%) Oracle Database
2 9 (4.15%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (3.69%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.30%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.38%) Redis
7 2 (0.92%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.92%) Oracle Database 11g
7 2 (0.92%) Oracle Database 12c
7 2 (0.92%) Oracle Exadata
7 2 (0.92%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.46%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.46%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.46%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.46%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 44 (20.28%) GitLab
2 37 (17.05%) Jenkins
3 29 (13.36%) Git
4 18 (8.29%) Bitbucket
5 16 (7.37%) JIRA
6 7 (3.23%) CircleCI
6 7 (3.23%) TeamCity
7 5 (2.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (2.30%) Postman
8 4 (1.84%) Metasploit
9 3 (1.38%) JMeter
9 3 (1.38%) Subversion
10 2 (0.92%) Bitbucket Server
10 2 (0.92%) NUnit
10 2 (0.92%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.92%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.46%) Browser DevTools
11 1 (0.46%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.46%) Jaeger
11 1 (0.46%) webpack
General
1 94 (43.32%) Finance
2 64 (29.49%) Social Skills
3 42 (19.35%) Banking
4 31 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (10.60%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.69%) Aerospace
7 7 (3.23%) Automotive
8 5 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.30%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.84%) Electronics
9 4 (1.84%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.84%) Marketing
9 4 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.84%) Retail
10 3 (1.38%) Advertising
10 3 (1.38%) Law
10 3 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.38%) Public Speaking
11 2 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.92%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 55 (25.35%) Senior
2 34 (15.67%) DevOps Engineer
3 33 (15.21%) Platform Engineer
4 25 (11.52%) AWS Engineer
5 22 (10.14%) Cloud Engineer
6 20 (9.22%) Security Engineer
7 19 (8.76%) Administrator
8 17 (7.83%) Linux Administrator
8 17 (7.83%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 17 (7.83%) Systems Administrator
9 14 (6.45%) Consultant
9 14 (6.45%) Security Consultant
9 14 (6.45%) Senior Consultant
9 14 (6.45%) Senior Security Consultant
10 13 (5.99%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 13 (5.99%) DBA
11 12 (5.53%) Analyst
11 12 (5.53%) Linux Engineer
12 11 (5.07%) Linux Systems Engineer
12 11 (5.07%) Senior DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.83%) AWS CDK
2 15 (6.91%) Elastic Stack
3 9 (4.15%) SAML
4 8 (3.69%) Kafka
4 8 (3.69%) Node.js
5 6 (2.76%) .NET
5 6 (2.76%) WebSockets
5 6 (2.76%) YAML
6 5 (2.30%) FIX Protocol
6 5 (2.30%) Middleware
6 5 (2.30%) OpenMP
6 5 (2.30%) REST
7 4 (1.84%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (1.38%) JSON
8 3 (1.38%) OAuth
8 3 (1.38%) OpenACC
8 3 (1.38%) OpenID
8 3 (1.38%) Pandas
8 3 (1.38%) React
8 3 (1.38%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 37 (17.05%) Cloud Native
2 29 (13.36%) Onboarding
3 14 (6.45%) Enterprise Cloud
4 13 (5.99%) Data Centre
5 11 (5.07%) Cyber Threat
5 11 (5.07%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (4.61%) Security Posture
7 9 (4.15%) Linux Command Line
7 9 (4.15%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.76%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (2.30%) CUDA
9 5 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.84%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.84%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (1.84%) Eurex
10 4 (1.84%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.84%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.38%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.38%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 107 (49.31%) Linux
2 39 (17.97%) Windows
3 35 (16.13%) Unix
4 22 (10.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (7.83%) CentOS
6 12 (5.53%) Windows Server
7 11 (5.07%) AIX
7 11 (5.07%) Oracle Linux
8 10 (4.61%) Mac OS
9 8 (3.69%) Rocky
10 6 (2.76%) Ubuntu
10 6 (2.76%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (2.30%) Apple iOS
12 4 (1.84%) Kali Linux
13 3 (1.38%) Solaris
14 2 (0.92%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.92%) Android
14 2 (0.92%) Windows 10
15 1 (0.46%) SUSE
15 1 (0.46%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (54.38%) Infrastructure as Code
2 112 (51.61%) CI/CD
3 101 (46.54%) DevOps
4 60 (27.65%) Problem-Solving
5 50 (23.04%) Containerisation
6 46 (21.20%) Platform Engineering
7 45 (20.74%) Cloud Security
8 44 (20.28%) Incident Response
9 34 (15.67%) Mentoring
10 33 (15.21%) AI
11 32 (14.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 30 (13.82%) Configuration Management
13 29 (13.36%) Capacity Planning
13 29 (13.36%) Continuous Improvement
13 29 (13.36%) Identity Access Management
14 27 (12.44%) Agile
14 27 (12.44%) ITIL
15 26 (11.98%) Computer Science
15 26 (11.98%) Observability
16 25 (11.52%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 188 (86.64%) Python
2 94 (43.32%) PowerShell
3 46 (21.20%) Java
4 41 (18.89%) SQL
5 23 (10.60%) Perl
6 21 (9.68%) Ruby
7 20 (9.22%) Shell Script
8 17 (7.83%) PHP
9 16 (7.37%) Go
10 15 (6.91%) JavaScript
11 14 (6.45%) C#
12 13 (5.99%) Korn
12 13 (5.99%) PL/SQL
12 13 (5.99%) Rust
13 8 (3.69%) Bicep
13 8 (3.69%) C
14 7 (3.23%) C++
14 7 (3.23%) VBA
15 3 (1.38%) Objective-C
16 2 (0.92%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 52 (23.96%) Security Cleared
2 39 (17.97%) Degree
3 24 (11.06%) AWS Certification
4 19 (8.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (7.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 15 (6.91%) SC Cleared
7 13 (5.99%) OSCP
8 11 (5.07%) DV Cleared
8 11 (5.07%) RHCSA
9 9 (4.15%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (4.15%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (3.23%) ISTQB
11 6 (2.76%) Azure Certification
11 6 (2.76%) CISSP
11 6 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (2.76%) RHCE
12 4 (1.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (1.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 4 (1.84%) CompTIA CySA+
12 4 (1.84%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.83%) QA
2 8 (3.69%) SOC 2
3 7 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.23%) NIST
3 7 (3.23%) PCI DSS
4 6 (2.76%) GDPR
4 6 (2.76%) PMO
5 4 (1.84%) SLA
6 3 (1.38%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 66 (30.41%) Docker
2 21 (9.68%) Active Directory
3 18 (8.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (5.53%) Oracle RAC
5 6 (2.76%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (2.30%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 5 (2.30%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.84%) Squid
7 4 (1.84%) vSphere
8 3 (1.38%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.46%) KVM
9 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 113 (52.07%) Terraform
2 74 (34.10%) Kubernetes
3 72 (33.18%) Ansible
4 49 (22.58%) Grafana
5 40 (18.43%) Prometheus
6 32 (14.75%) Nagios
7 14 (6.45%) Data Guard
8 13 (5.99%) Oracle RMAN
9 12 (5.53%) Argo
10 9 (4.15%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (4.15%) Packer
11 8 (3.69%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (2.76%) Rundeck
12 6 (2.76%) ZABBIX
13 5 (2.30%) Puppet
14 4 (1.84%) Kibana
14 4 (1.84%) Proxmox
14 4 (1.84%) Rancher
15 3 (1.38%) Red Hat Satellite
15 3 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 44 (20.28%) Microsoft
2 36 (16.59%) Splunk
3 30 (13.82%) Oracle
4 27 (12.44%) Red Hat
5 20 (9.22%) VMware
6 11 (5.07%) IBM
6 11 (5.07%) ServiceNow
7 10 (4.61%) Google
8 9 (4.15%) SolarWinds
9 8 (3.69%) Rapid7
10 7 (3.23%) Apple
10 7 (3.23%) Dynatrace
11 6 (2.76%) Cognizant
11 6 (2.76%) New Relic
12 4 (1.84%) Bloomberg
12 4 (1.84%) CQG
12 4 (1.84%) ION Trading
12 4 (1.84%) Reuters
12 4 (1.84%) TOWER Software
12 4 (1.84%) Trayport