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

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 178 155
Rank change year-on-year -35 -23 -16
Permanent jobs citing Bash 242 241 480
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.08% 1.94% 2.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.51% 4.66% 5.34%
Number of salaries quoted 141 185 279
10th Percentile £50,000 £43,881 £47,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £60,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £92,063
90th Percentile £103,750 £110,750 £102,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% -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 5,362 5,174 8,983
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 23.85% 41.65% 40.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3,791 3,587 6,838
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £61,375 £60,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £103,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £135,000 £130,375
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 19 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 19 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 -30 24 £87,500 +16.67% 12
West London - 8 - - 3
South London +11 2 - - 3
East London -5 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 7 (2.89%) Confluence
2 6 (2.48%) Apache
3 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.07%) SAS
4 4 (1.65%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.24%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.83%) nginx
6 2 (0.83%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.24%) SPSS
3 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.83%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (4.96%) FLEXCUBE
2 3 (1.24%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 145 (59.92%) AWS
2 112 (46.28%) Azure
3 49 (20.25%) GCP
4 41 (16.94%) Serverless
5 40 (16.53%) AWS CloudFormation
6 32 (13.22%) GitHub
7 31 (12.81%) Amazon ECS
7 31 (12.81%) AWS Lambda
8 26 (10.74%) Amazon EKS
9 25 (10.33%) Datadog
10 22 (9.09%) Amazon S3
11 21 (8.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 21 (8.68%) Entra ID
11 21 (8.68%) GitHub Actions
12 19 (7.85%) Amazon EventBridge
13 18 (7.44%) Cloud Computing
14 17 (7.02%) Microsoft 365
15 16 (6.61%) SaaS
16 15 (6.20%) AWS Control Tower
16 15 (6.20%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 29 (11.98%) Firewall
1 29 (11.98%) Network Security
2 27 (11.16%) DNS
3 21 (8.68%) TCP/IP
4 16 (6.61%) Broadband
5 11 (4.55%) VPN
6 9 (3.72%) LAN
7 8 (3.31%) HTTP
7 8 (3.31%) HTTPS
8 6 (2.48%) VLAN
8 6 (2.48%) Wireless
9 5 (2.07%) BGP
9 5 (2.07%) DHCP
9 5 (2.07%) IPv4
9 5 (2.07%) NAS
10 4 (1.65%) Kerberos
10 4 (1.65%) OSPF
10 4 (1.65%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (1.65%) SSH
11 3 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.61%) NoSQL
1 16 (6.61%) Oracle Database
2 12 (4.96%) MySQL
3 9 (3.72%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (3.31%) Relational Database
5 6 (2.48%) RDBMS
6 5 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.65%) Oracle Database 11g
7 4 (1.65%) Oracle Database 12c
7 4 (1.65%) Oracle Exadata
8 3 (1.24%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.24%) BigQuery
8 3 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.83%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (0.83%) Apache Iceberg
9 2 (0.83%) Metadata
9 2 (0.83%) Tableau
10 1 (0.41%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 50 (20.66%) GitLab
2 43 (17.77%) Jenkins
3 34 (14.05%) Git
4 18 (7.44%) Bitbucket
5 16 (6.61%) JIRA
6 11 (4.55%) CircleCI
7 8 (3.31%) Metasploit
8 7 (2.89%) Jaeger
9 6 (2.48%) TeamCity
10 5 (2.07%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 5 (2.07%) Postman
11 4 (1.65%) Burp Suite
12 3 (1.24%) Bitbucket Server
12 3 (1.24%) JMeter
12 3 (1.24%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (1.24%) SonarQube
12 3 (1.24%) Subversion
13 2 (0.83%) Cucumber
14 1 (0.41%) Browser DevTools
14 1 (0.41%) webpack
General
1 101 (41.74%) Finance
2 67 (27.69%) Social Skills
3 40 (16.53%) Banking
4 28 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (9.50%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.79%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (4.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.72%) Aerospace
9 7 (2.89%) Automotive
10 5 (2.07%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.65%) Electronics
11 4 (1.65%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.65%) Marketing
12 3 (1.24%) Advertising
12 3 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.24%) Public Speaking
12 3 (1.24%) Retail
13 2 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.83%) German Language
13 2 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 66 (27.27%) Senior
2 39 (16.12%) DevOps Engineer
3 34 (14.05%) Platform Engineer
4 30 (12.40%) AWS Engineer
4 30 (12.40%) Cloud Engineer
5 23 (9.50%) Security Engineer
6 21 (8.68%) Administrator
7 19 (7.85%) Linux Administrator
7 19 (7.85%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 19 (7.85%) Systems Administrator
8 18 (7.44%) Lead
9 14 (5.79%) Analyst
9 14 (5.79%) Consultant
9 14 (5.79%) Security Consultant
9 14 (5.79%) Senior Consultant
9 14 (5.79%) Senior Security Consultant
10 13 (5.37%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 13 (5.37%) DBA
11 12 (4.96%) Oracle DBA
11 12 (4.96%) Senior DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (10.74%) Elastic Stack
2 17 (7.02%) AWS CDK
2 17 (7.02%) SAML
3 13 (5.37%) Kafka
4 12 (4.96%) OAuth
4 12 (4.96%) REST
5 11 (4.55%) GraphQL
5 11 (4.55%) LDAP
5 11 (4.55%) OpenID
5 11 (4.55%) SOAP
6 9 (3.72%) Node.js
6 9 (3.72%) OpenTelemetry
7 8 (3.31%) WebSockets
8 6 (2.48%) YAML
9 5 (2.07%) Middleware
10 4 (1.65%) .NET
11 3 (1.24%) JSON
11 3 (1.24%) OpenMP
11 3 (1.24%) Pandas
11 3 (1.24%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 37 (15.29%) Cloud Native
2 26 (10.74%) Onboarding
3 20 (8.26%) Cyber Threat
4 18 (7.44%) Security Posture
5 16 (6.61%) Data Centre
6 14 (5.79%) Enterprise Cloud
7 12 (4.96%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (4.13%) Management Information System
9 9 (3.72%) Cyberattack
9 9 (3.72%) Linux Command Line
10 8 (3.31%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (3.31%) Cyber Defence
11 6 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.65%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (1.65%) Hedge funds
12 4 (1.65%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.65%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.65%) Renewable Energy
13 3 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (1.24%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 109 (45.04%) Linux
2 40 (16.53%) Windows
3 39 (16.12%) Unix
4 25 (10.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (5.79%) CentOS
6 13 (5.37%) Windows Server
7 12 (4.96%) AIX
7 12 (4.96%) Oracle Linux
8 8 (3.31%) Mac OS
8 8 (3.31%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.65%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.65%) Kali Linux
9 4 (1.65%) Rocky
10 3 (1.24%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.83%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.83%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.41%) Android
12 1 (0.41%) CoreOS
12 1 (0.41%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (54.13%) Infrastructure as Code
2 118 (48.76%) CI/CD
3 116 (47.93%) DevOps
4 66 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 59 (24.38%) Containerisation
6 56 (23.14%) Mentoring
7 49 (20.25%) Cloud Security
8 47 (19.42%) Platform Engineering
9 46 (19.01%) Incident Response
10 40 (16.53%) Agile
10 40 (16.53%) Identity Access Management
11 36 (14.88%) High Availability
12 35 (14.46%) Configuration Management
12 35 (14.46%) Roadmaps
13 33 (13.64%) AI
13 33 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 31 (12.81%) Continuous Improvement
15 30 (12.40%) Capacity Planning
16 29 (11.98%) ITIL
17 28 (11.57%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 205 (84.71%) Python
2 103 (42.56%) PowerShell
3 58 (23.97%) SQL
4 56 (23.14%) Java
5 25 (10.33%) Go
6 21 (8.68%) Shell Script
7 19 (7.85%) Perl
7 19 (7.85%) Ruby
8 18 (7.44%) JavaScript
9 17 (7.02%) PHP
10 16 (6.61%) Korn
10 16 (6.61%) PL/SQL
11 13 (5.37%) C#
12 12 (4.96%) Rust
13 11 (4.55%) T-SQL
14 8 (3.31%) Bicep
15 7 (2.89%) VBA
16 6 (2.48%) C++
17 3 (1.24%) C
17 3 (1.24%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 49 (20.25%) Security Cleared
2 38 (15.70%) Degree
3 31 (12.81%) AWS Certification
4 19 (7.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (7.44%) OSCP
6 16 (6.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 15 (6.20%) SC Cleared
8 13 (5.37%) DV Cleared
8 13 (5.37%) RHCSA
9 11 (4.55%) CISSP
10 10 (4.13%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (4.13%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (2.89%) Azure Certification
11 7 (2.89%) CCSAM
11 7 (2.89%) CREST Certified
11 7 (2.89%) ISTQB
12 6 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (2.48%) RHCE
13 5 (2.07%) GCIA
13 5 (2.07%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.44%) QA
2 17 (7.02%) NIST
3 16 (6.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (5.37%) SOC 2
5 11 (4.55%) GDPR
5 11 (4.55%) PCI DSS
6 9 (3.72%) NCSC
7 6 (2.48%) PMO
8 4 (1.65%) SLA
9 3 (1.24%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (1.24%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
System Software
1 74 (30.58%) Docker
2 30 (12.40%) Active Directory
3 18 (7.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (5.79%) Oracle RAC
5 6 (2.48%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (1.65%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.65%) Squid
6 4 (1.65%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.65%) vSphere
7 3 (1.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.41%) KVM
Systems Management
1 128 (52.89%) Terraform
2 87 (35.95%) Ansible
3 79 (32.64%) Kubernetes
4 53 (21.90%) Grafana
5 50 (20.66%) Prometheus
6 35 (14.46%) Nagios
7 18 (7.44%) Argo
8 15 (6.20%) Data Guard
8 15 (6.20%) Oracle RMAN
9 11 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (3.72%) Packer
11 8 (3.31%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (2.48%) Kustomize
12 6 (2.48%) Rundeck
12 6 (2.48%) ZABBIX
13 5 (2.07%) Kibana
14 4 (1.65%) Nessus
14 4 (1.65%) Puppet
14 4 (1.65%) Rancher
15 3 (1.24%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 39 (16.12%) Microsoft
2 36 (14.88%) Splunk
3 28 (11.57%) Oracle
4 26 (10.74%) Red Hat
5 21 (8.68%) VMware
6 20 (8.26%) Google
7 12 (4.96%) IBM
8 11 (4.55%) ServiceNow
8 11 (4.55%) SolarWinds
9 8 (3.31%) Rapid7
10 7 (2.89%) Apple
10 7 (2.89%) Dynatrace
11 6 (2.48%) Cognizant
11 6 (2.48%) New Relic
12 4 (1.65%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (1.65%) Tenable
12 4 (1.65%) TOWER Software
13 3 (1.24%) Commvault
13 3 (1.24%) Intel
13 3 (1.24%) Varonis