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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 188 148
Rank change year-on-year +10 -40 -15
Permanent jobs citing Bash 231 275 447
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.53% 1.80% 2.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.15% 4.45% 4.94%
Number of salaries quoted 137 174 405
10th Percentile £41,250 £48,400 £52,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £66,250 £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 £105,250 £115,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £66,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +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 4,482 6,176 9,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 29.69% 40.51% 42.79%
Number of salaries quoted 3,162 3,985 7,848
10th Percentile £45,000 £50,950 £49,898
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.23% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £127,500 £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 6 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 6 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 +17 39 £50,000 -45.21% 29
West London - 14 £107,500 - 1
South London +39 3 - - 1
East London - 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 11 (4.76%) Apache
1 11 (4.76%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (2.16%) Confluence
2 5 (2.16%) IIS
2 5 (2.16%) Tomcat
3 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.43%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.87%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.43%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 104 (45.02%) AWS
2 80 (34.63%) Azure
3 61 (26.41%) GCP
4 39 (16.88%) GitHub
5 38 (16.45%) GitHub Actions
6 26 (11.26%) AWS CloudFormation
7 24 (10.39%) Entra ID
8 20 (8.66%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (8.66%) Google Workspace
9 19 (8.23%) SaaS
10 17 (7.36%) Datadog
10 17 (7.36%) Google Compute Engine
10 17 (7.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 16 (6.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 16 (6.93%) Amazon S3
11 16 (6.93%) Pulumi
11 16 (6.93%) Serverless
12 15 (6.49%) Cloud Functions
13 14 (6.06%) Cloud Run
13 14 (6.06%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 34 (14.72%) Broadband
2 24 (10.39%) Firewall
3 20 (8.66%) DNS
4 11 (4.76%) Network Security
5 9 (3.90%) TCP/IP
5 9 (3.90%) Wireless
6 5 (2.16%) DHCP
7 4 (1.73%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.73%) VPN
8 3 (1.30%) HTTP
8 3 (1.30%) LAN
8 3 (1.30%) WAN
9 2 (0.87%) SSL
10 1 (0.43%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.43%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.43%) FTP
10 1 (0.43%) SNMP
10 1 (0.43%) SSH
10 1 (0.43%) TACACS
10 1 (0.43%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (11.69%) NoSQL
2 19 (8.23%) Relational Database
3 18 (7.79%) BigQuery
4 16 (6.93%) RDBMS
5 10 (4.33%) Amazon Athena
6 9 (3.90%) Amazon QuickSight
6 9 (3.90%) Amazon Redshift
6 9 (3.90%) Apache Iceberg
6 9 (3.90%) Metadata
6 9 (3.90%) Tableau
7 7 (3.03%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (3.03%) SQL Server
8 6 (2.60%) MySQL
9 5 (2.16%) MongoDB
10 4 (1.73%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.87%) Amazon Aurora
11 2 (0.87%) Big Data
11 2 (0.87%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.43%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 48 (20.78%) Jenkins
2 29 (12.55%) GitLab
3 27 (11.69%) Git
4 21 (9.09%) JIRA
5 16 (6.93%) Jaeger
6 12 (5.19%) Burp Suite
6 12 (5.19%) Metasploit
7 10 (4.33%) Bitbucket
8 5 (2.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (1.73%) SonarQube
9 4 (1.73%) TeamCity
10 3 (1.30%) CircleCI
10 3 (1.30%) Eclipse
10 3 (1.30%) JMeter
10 3 (1.30%) Robot Framework
11 2 (0.87%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.87%) Gradle
11 2 (0.87%) Maven
12 1 (0.43%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.43%) Subversion
General
1 70 (30.30%) Social Skills
2 69 (29.87%) Finance
3 23 (9.96%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (8.23%) Telecoms
5 18 (7.79%) Banking
5 18 (7.79%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (6.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (5.19%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (3.03%) Electronics
10 5 (2.16%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.16%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.16%) Marketing
10 5 (2.16%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.16%) Retail
11 4 (1.73%) Back Office
12 3 (1.30%) Advertising
12 3 (1.30%) Games
13 2 (0.87%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.87%) Legal
Job Titles
1 43 (18.61%) DevOps Engineer
2 40 (17.32%) Cloud Engineer
3 33 (14.29%) Lead
4 32 (13.85%) Senior
5 25 (10.82%) Platform Engineer
6 23 (9.96%) GCP Engineer
7 22 (9.52%) Security Engineer
8 21 (9.09%) Automation Engineer
9 20 (8.66%) Analyst
10 19 (8.23%) Azure Engineer
11 17 (7.36%) Support Engineer
12 16 (6.93%) AWS Engineer
13 14 (6.06%) GCP DevOps
13 14 (6.06%) GCP DevOps Engineer
14 13 (5.63%) Cloud Automation Engineer
14 13 (5.63%) Cloud Security Engineer
14 13 (5.63%) Graduate
14 13 (5.63%) Technical Engineer
14 13 (5.63%) Technical Support
14 13 (5.63%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (15.58%) Elastic Stack
2 19 (8.23%) Kafka
2 19 (8.23%) OpenID
2 19 (8.23%) REST
3 17 (7.36%) OpenTelemetry
3 17 (7.36%) SAML
4 16 (6.93%) GraphQL
4 16 (6.93%) LDAP
4 16 (6.93%) OAuth
4 16 (6.93%) SOAP
5 6 (2.60%) YAML
6 5 (2.16%) Node.js
7 4 (1.73%) Middleware
7 4 (1.73%) RESTful
8 3 (1.30%) FIX Protocol
9 2 (0.87%) .NET
9 2 (0.87%) AWS SAM
9 2 (0.87%) Loki
9 2 (0.87%) Pandas
10 1 (0.43%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.55%) Security Posture
2 24 (10.39%) Management Information System
3 19 (8.23%) Cloud Native
4 17 (7.36%) Cyber Threat
5 16 (6.93%) Cyberattack
6 14 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (4.33%) Cyber Defence
8 9 (3.90%) Hedge funds
8 9 (3.90%) Mobile App
9 6 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (2.16%) Cloud Security Posture
10 5 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (2.16%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.73%) Blog
11 4 (1.73%) PKI
12 3 (1.30%) Data Centre
12 3 (1.30%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 105 (45.45%) Linux
2 41 (17.75%) Unix
3 37 (16.02%) Windows
4 19 (8.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (4.76%) CentOS
5 11 (4.76%) Windows Server
6 8 (3.46%) Ubuntu
7 7 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (2.60%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (2.16%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.73%) Mac OS
11 3 (1.30%) AIX
11 3 (1.30%) Debian
11 3 (1.30%) VMS
12 2 (0.87%) Android
12 2 (0.87%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.87%) Solaris
13 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.43%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (54.11%) DevOps
2 111 (48.05%) CI/CD
3 108 (46.75%) Infrastructure as Code
4 78 (33.77%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (24.68%) Containerisation
6 55 (23.81%) Mentoring
7 54 (23.38%) Agile
8 44 (19.05%) High Availability
9 43 (18.61%) Cloud Security
10 37 (16.02%) Roadmaps
11 33 (14.29%) Configuration Management
12 31 (13.42%) Identity Access Management
13 29 (12.55%) Incident Response
13 29 (12.55%) Performance Optimisation
13 29 (12.55%) Task Automation
14 28 (12.12%) AI
14 28 (12.12%) Machine Learning
15 27 (11.69%) Continuous Integration
16 25 (10.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 25 (10.82%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 199 (86.15%) Python
2 101 (43.72%) PowerShell
3 48 (20.78%) Go
4 46 (19.91%) SQL
5 26 (11.26%) Java
6 20 (8.66%) JavaScript
7 16 (6.93%) T-SQL
8 10 (4.33%) Bicep
9 8 (3.46%) Perl
9 8 (3.46%) Shell Script
10 7 (3.03%) C#
11 4 (1.73%) Ruby
12 3 (1.30%) C++
12 3 (1.30%) Korn
13 2 (0.87%) C
13 2 (0.87%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.87%) SystemVerilog
13 2 (0.87%) Tcl
14 1 (0.43%) Groovy
14 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 54 (23.38%) Degree
2 28 (12.12%) AWS Certification
3 26 (11.26%) Security Cleared
4 19 (8.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (7.79%) DV Cleared
6 16 (6.93%) CISSP
7 11 (4.76%) OSCP
8 9 (3.90%) CCSAM
8 9 (3.90%) CCSK
8 9 (3.90%) CHECK Team Leader
8 9 (3.90%) CHECK Team Member
8 9 (3.90%) CREST Certified
9 7 (3.03%) GCIH
10 6 (2.60%) SC Cleared
11 5 (2.16%) Azure Certification
12 4 (1.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (1.73%) CCSP
12 4 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.73%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.73%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (17.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (14.29%) NIST
3 21 (9.09%) GDPR
4 16 (6.93%) NCSC
5 13 (5.63%) Accessibility
6 11 (4.76%) Data Quality
6 11 (4.76%) SOC 2
7 10 (4.33%) PCI DSS
8 9 (3.90%) QA
9 8 (3.46%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (2.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (1.73%) GRC
13 1 (0.43%) Basel III
13 1 (0.43%) MiFID
System Software
1 77 (33.33%) Docker
2 32 (13.85%) Active Directory
3 13 (5.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (5.19%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.87%) KVM
5 2 (0.87%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.43%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.43%) Firmware
6 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.43%) iptables
6 1 (0.43%) Postfix
6 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 115 (49.78%) Terraform
2 99 (42.86%) Kubernetes
3 78 (33.77%) Ansible
4 54 (23.38%) Prometheus
5 26 (11.26%) Grafana
6 21 (9.09%) Argo
7 16 (6.93%) Kustomize
8 9 (3.90%) Nessus
9 7 (3.03%) Nagios
9 7 (3.03%) Red Hat Satellite
10 6 (2.60%) Puppet
11 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
11 5 (2.16%) Progress Chef
12 4 (1.73%) Cilium
12 4 (1.73%) logstash
12 4 (1.73%) Rancher
13 3 (1.30%) Nmap
13 3 (1.30%) vRealize
14 2 (0.87%) Oracle RMAN
14 2 (0.87%) SCCM
Vendors
1 48 (20.78%) Google
2 26 (11.26%) Red Hat
3 22 (9.52%) Microsoft
4 17 (7.36%) Splunk
4 17 (7.36%) VMware
5 13 (5.63%) Oracle
5 13 (5.63%) Tenable
6 12 (5.19%) ServiceNow
7 10 (4.33%) Atlassian
8 6 (2.60%) SAP
9 4 (1.73%) Rapid7
10 3 (1.30%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.87%) Bloomberg
11 2 (0.87%) Cisco
11 2 (0.87%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.87%) IBM
11 2 (0.87%) Intel
12 1 (0.43%) CQG
12 1 (0.43%) McAfee
12 1 (0.43%) Reuters