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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 210 157
Rank change year-on-year +15 -53 -11
Permanent jobs citing Bash 246 202 499
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.16% 1.65% 2.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.60% 3.98% 5.11%
Number of salaries quoted 137 149 301
10th Percentile £50,750 £43,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -9.38%
75th Percentile £91,250 £91,000 £92,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% -14.29%

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 5,348 5,075 9,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 25.11% 41.54% 39.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,771 3,503 7,631
10th Percentile £50,000 £49,400 £47,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.13% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £132,500 £130,000
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 12 June 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 June 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 32 £82,500 +10.00% 12
West London - 14 - - 8
South London +21 3 - - 1
East London -7 2 - - 2
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 (4.47%) Apache
2 9 (3.66%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (2.44%) Confluence
4 5 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.22%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.81%) nginx
6 2 (0.81%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.41%) SAS
7 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.22%) SPSS
3 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (3.25%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 135 (54.88%) AWS
2 114 (46.34%) Azure
3 56 (22.76%) GCP
4 31 (12.60%) GitHub
5 27 (10.98%) Amazon S3
5 27 (10.98%) Entra ID
5 27 (10.98%) Serverless
6 24 (9.76%) AWS CloudFormation
7 23 (9.35%) Google Workspace
8 22 (8.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 22 (8.94%) Datadog
9 21 (8.54%) SaaS
10 20 (8.13%) GitHub Actions
11 18 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (7.32%) Pulumi
12 17 (6.91%) AWS Lambda
12 17 (6.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 15 (6.10%) Amazon ECS
14 14 (5.69%) Amazon EC2
14 14 (5.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 33 (13.41%) Broadband
2 32 (13.01%) DNS
3 29 (11.79%) Firewall
4 21 (8.54%) TCP/IP
5 13 (5.28%) Network Security
6 11 (4.47%) LAN
7 10 (4.07%) HTTP
7 10 (4.07%) Wireless
8 9 (3.66%) VPN
9 8 (3.25%) HTTPS
10 6 (2.44%) DHCP
11 5 (2.03%) IPv4
11 5 (2.03%) VLAN
12 4 (1.63%) BGP
12 4 (1.63%) OSPF
12 4 (1.63%) Software-Defined Networking
12 4 (1.63%) WAN
13 3 (1.22%) MPLS
13 3 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
14 2 (0.81%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (10.16%) NoSQL
2 17 (6.91%) Relational Database
3 15 (6.10%) RDBMS
4 11 (4.47%) MySQL
4 11 (4.47%) Oracle Database
5 8 (3.25%) Amazon Athena
5 8 (3.25%) Amazon Redshift
6 7 (2.85%) Amazon QuickSight
6 7 (2.85%) Apache Iceberg
6 7 (2.85%) BigQuery
6 7 (2.85%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (2.85%) Metadata
6 7 (2.85%) Tableau
7 5 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.22%) Oracle Database 11g
8 3 (1.22%) Oracle Database 12c
8 3 (1.22%) Oracle Exadata
8 3 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.81%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.81%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 49 (19.92%) GitLab
2 44 (17.89%) Jenkins
3 37 (15.04%) Git
4 19 (7.72%) Bitbucket
5 15 (6.10%) Jaeger
6 13 (5.28%) Metasploit
7 11 (4.47%) CircleCI
7 11 (4.47%) JIRA
8 9 (3.66%) Burp Suite
9 6 (2.44%) TeamCity
10 4 (1.63%) Postman
10 4 (1.63%) SonarQube
11 3 (1.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.81%) Bitbucket Server
12 2 (0.81%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.81%) JMeter
12 2 (0.81%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.81%) Subversion
13 1 (0.41%) Browser DevTools
13 1 (0.41%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 91 (36.99%) Finance
2 58 (23.58%) Social Skills
3 34 (13.82%) Banking
4 27 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (8.94%) Organisational Skills
6 19 (7.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (4.07%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.44%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.03%) Electronics
9 5 (2.03%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.03%) Marketing
10 4 (1.63%) Automotive
11 3 (1.22%) Advertising
11 3 (1.22%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.22%) Legal
11 3 (1.22%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.81%) German Language
12 2 (0.81%) Law
12 2 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 56 (22.76%) Senior
2 39 (15.85%) Cloud Engineer
3 34 (13.82%) AWS Engineer
3 34 (13.82%) DevOps Engineer
3 34 (13.82%) Lead
4 31 (12.60%) Platform Engineer
5 26 (10.57%) Security Engineer
6 23 (9.35%) Analyst
7 18 (7.32%) Administrator
8 17 (6.91%) Linux Administrator
8 17 (6.91%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 17 (6.91%) Systems Administrator
9 16 (6.50%) Azure Engineer
10 14 (5.69%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 13 (5.28%) Data Engineer
11 13 (5.28%) GCP Engineer
11 13 (5.28%) Security Analyst
12 12 (4.88%) Senior Analyst
12 12 (4.88%) Senior Security Analyst
13 11 (4.47%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (13.01%) Elastic Stack
2 26 (10.57%) SAML
3 22 (8.94%) REST
4 20 (8.13%) OAuth
4 20 (8.13%) OpenID
5 19 (7.72%) GraphQL
5 19 (7.72%) LDAP
5 19 (7.72%) SOAP
6 18 (7.32%) Kafka
7 17 (6.91%) OpenTelemetry
8 10 (4.07%) Node.js
9 9 (3.66%) WebSockets
10 3 (1.22%) .NET
10 3 (1.22%) 802.1X
10 3 (1.22%) JSON
10 3 (1.22%) Pandas
10 3 (1.22%) RESTful
11 2 (0.81%) Loki
11 2 (0.81%) Middleware
11 2 (0.81%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 35 (14.23%) Cloud Native
2 29 (11.79%) Cyber Threat
3 26 (10.57%) Security Posture
4 17 (6.91%) Cyberattack
5 16 (6.50%) Data Centre
6 14 (5.69%) Cyber Defence
6 14 (5.69%) Management Information System
7 9 (3.66%) Mobile App
8 8 (3.25%) Hedge funds
8 8 (3.25%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.44%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.63%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.63%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.63%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (1.22%) PKI
12 2 (0.81%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 110 (44.72%) Linux
2 43 (17.48%) Unix
3 37 (15.04%) Windows
4 23 (9.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (4.88%) CentOS
6 10 (4.07%) Windows Server
7 8 (3.25%) AIX
7 8 (3.25%) Mac OS
7 8 (3.25%) Oracle Linux
8 5 (2.03%) Rocky
9 4 (1.63%) Kali Linux
9 4 (1.63%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (1.22%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.22%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.81%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.81%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.41%) Android
12 1 (0.41%) CoreOS
12 1 (0.41%) SUSE
12 1 (0.41%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (51.22%) CI/CD
2 125 (50.81%) DevOps
2 125 (50.81%) Infrastructure as Code
3 77 (31.30%) Mentoring
4 69 (28.05%) Problem-Solving
5 63 (25.61%) Containerisation
6 53 (21.54%) Agile
7 48 (19.51%) High Availability
7 48 (19.51%) Roadmaps
8 44 (17.89%) Incident Response
9 42 (17.07%) Cloud Security
9 42 (17.07%) Platform Engineering
10 33 (13.41%) Configuration Management
10 33 (13.41%) Cybersecurity
11 32 (13.01%) Identity Access Management
12 28 (11.38%) AI
12 28 (11.38%) Continuous Integration
12 28 (11.38%) Observability
13 27 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
14 26 (10.57%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 208 (84.55%) Python
2 113 (45.93%) PowerShell
3 66 (26.83%) SQL
4 44 (17.89%) Java
5 34 (13.82%) Go
6 24 (9.76%) JavaScript
7 19 (7.72%) T-SQL
8 17 (6.91%) Shell Script
9 12 (4.88%) C#
9 12 (4.88%) Korn
10 11 (4.47%) Bicep
10 11 (4.47%) PL/SQL
11 9 (3.66%) Rust
12 7 (2.85%) C++
13 6 (2.44%) Perl
14 5 (2.03%) Ruby
15 4 (1.63%) C
15 4 (1.63%) VBA
16 3 (1.22%) Objective-C
16 3 (1.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 37 (15.04%) Degree
2 31 (12.60%) Security Cleared
3 26 (10.57%) AWS Certification
4 24 (9.76%) OSCP
5 17 (6.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (6.50%) CISSP
7 15 (6.10%) DV Cleared
8 14 (5.69%) RHCSA
9 12 (4.88%) CCSAM
9 12 (4.88%) CREST Certified
10 10 (4.07%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (4.07%) SC Cleared
11 9 (3.66%) CHECK Team Leader
11 9 (3.66%) CHECK Team Member
11 9 (3.66%) CompTIA Security+
12 8 (3.25%) CCSK
12 8 (3.25%) ISTQB
13 6 (2.44%) GCIH
13 6 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (2.44%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (10.16%) NIST
2 24 (9.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (6.91%) NCSC
4 15 (6.10%) QA
5 14 (5.69%) SOC 2
6 12 (4.88%) GDPR
7 11 (4.47%) PCI DSS
8 8 (3.25%) Data Quality
9 6 (2.44%) PMO
10 4 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.63%) SLA
11 3 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 82 (33.33%) Docker
2 31 (12.60%) Active Directory
3 17 (6.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (4.07%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (1.63%) Squid
5 4 (1.63%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.63%) vSphere
6 3 (1.22%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.22%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.41%) Firmware
7 1 (0.41%) KVM
Systems Management
1 132 (53.66%) Terraform
2 92 (37.40%) Kubernetes
3 89 (36.18%) Ansible
4 58 (23.58%) Prometheus
5 43 (17.48%) Grafana
6 30 (12.20%) Nagios
7 25 (10.16%) Argo
8 15 (6.10%) Kustomize
9 11 (4.47%) Microsoft Intune
10 10 (4.07%) Data Guard
10 10 (4.07%) Oracle RMAN
11 9 (3.66%) Nessus
11 9 (3.66%) Packer
12 8 (3.25%) Jamf Pro
13 6 (2.44%) Rundeck
13 6 (2.44%) ZABBIX
14 5 (2.03%) Kibana
15 3 (1.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 3 (1.22%) Puppet
15 3 (1.22%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 40 (16.26%) Microsoft
2 39 (15.85%) Google
3 32 (13.01%) Splunk
4 26 (10.57%) Red Hat
5 21 (8.54%) Oracle
6 20 (8.13%) VMware
7 12 (4.88%) SolarWinds
8 9 (3.66%) ServiceNow
9 8 (3.25%) IBM
10 7 (2.85%) Apple
10 7 (2.85%) Dynatrace
11 6 (2.44%) Cognizant
11 6 (2.44%) Rapid7
12 4 (1.63%) Intel
12 4 (1.63%) TOWER Software
13 3 (1.22%) Commvault
13 3 (1.22%) CrowdStrike
13 3 (1.22%) SAP
13 3 (1.22%) Tenable
13 3 (1.22%) Varonis