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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 197 146
Rank change year-on-year -3 -51 -1
Permanent jobs citing Bash 234 220 503
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.20% 1.70% 2.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.61% 4.11% 5.42%
Number of salaries quoted 126 168 316
10th Percentile £43,375 £48,025 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £62,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,500 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +11.86% -4.84%
75th Percentile £93,438 £92,813 £92,500
90th Percentile £103,750 £114,750 £105,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% -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 5,081 5,356 9,273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 26.10% 41.45% 40.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3,567 3,934 7,573
10th Percentile £47,617 £48,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £60,281 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.13% +2.38%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £130,000 £127,500
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 21 April 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 21 April 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 -11 33 £52,500 -36.36% 25
West London - 14 - - 4
South London +19 4 - - 1
East London -12 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 13 (5.56%) Apache
2 11 (4.70%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (3.85%) Confluence
4 7 (2.99%) Tomcat
5 6 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (2.14%) IIS
7 2 (0.85%) nginx
7 2 (0.85%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.28%) SPSS
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.28%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.43%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 128 (54.70%) AWS
2 102 (43.59%) Azure
3 72 (30.77%) GCP
4 42 (17.95%) GitHub
5 35 (14.96%) GitHub Actions
6 32 (13.68%) AWS CloudFormation
7 27 (11.54%) Entra ID
8 24 (10.26%) Google Workspace
9 23 (9.83%) SaaS
10 22 (9.40%) Serverless
11 21 (8.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 20 (8.55%) Datadog
13 18 (7.69%) Amazon S3
14 17 (7.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 16 (6.84%) Pulumi
16 13 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
16 13 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
17 12 (5.13%) Google Compute Engine
17 12 (5.13%) IaaS
17 12 (5.13%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 36 (15.38%) Broadband
2 35 (14.96%) DNS
3 29 (12.39%) Firewall
4 20 (8.55%) TCP/IP
5 12 (5.13%) Network Security
6 9 (3.85%) Wireless
7 8 (3.42%) DHCP
7 8 (3.42%) HTTPS
7 8 (3.42%) VPN
8 7 (2.99%) LAN
9 6 (2.56%) HTTP
10 4 (1.71%) IPv4
11 3 (1.28%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (1.28%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (1.28%) VLAN
11 3 (1.28%) WAN
12 2 (0.85%) Multicast
12 2 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (0.43%) SAN
13 1 (0.43%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (12.82%) NoSQL
2 19 (8.12%) Relational Database
3 16 (6.84%) RDBMS
4 13 (5.56%) BigQuery
5 11 (4.70%) Amazon Athena
6 10 (4.27%) Amazon Redshift
6 10 (4.27%) MySQL
7 9 (3.85%) Amazon QuickSight
7 9 (3.85%) Apache Iceberg
7 9 (3.85%) Metadata
7 9 (3.85%) Tableau
8 7 (2.99%) Oracle Database
8 7 (2.99%) SQL Server
9 5 (2.14%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.71%) MongoDB
11 3 (1.28%) Oracle Database 11g
11 3 (1.28%) Oracle Database 12c
11 3 (1.28%) Oracle Exadata
12 2 (0.85%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 50 (21.37%) Jenkins
2 46 (19.66%) GitLab
3 37 (15.81%) Git
4 22 (9.40%) Bitbucket
5 16 (6.84%) Jaeger
5 16 (6.84%) JIRA
6 13 (5.56%) Metasploit
7 11 (4.70%) CircleCI
8 9 (3.85%) Burp Suite
9 6 (2.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 6 (2.56%) SonarQube
10 4 (1.71%) TeamCity
11 3 (1.28%) Eclipse
11 3 (1.28%) JMeter
11 3 (1.28%) Postman
11 3 (1.28%) Robot Framework
12 2 (0.85%) Bitbucket Server
12 2 (0.85%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.85%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.85%) Subversion
General
1 83 (35.47%) Finance
2 54 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 31 (13.25%) Banking
4 23 (9.83%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (8.97%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (8.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (4.27%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.99%) Electronics
8 7 (2.99%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.56%) Marketing
9 6 (2.56%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.14%) Advertising
10 5 (2.14%) Aerospace
10 5 (2.14%) Retail
11 4 (1.71%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.71%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.28%) Automotive
12 3 (1.28%) Back Office
13 2 (0.85%) German Language
13 2 (0.85%) Legal
Job Titles
1 43 (18.38%) DevOps Engineer
1 43 (18.38%) Senior
2 40 (17.09%) Cloud Engineer
3 36 (15.38%) Lead
4 28 (11.97%) AWS Engineer
5 27 (11.54%) Analyst
6 23 (9.83%) Security Engineer
7 20 (8.55%) GCP Engineer
7 20 (8.55%) Platform Engineer
8 18 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
9 16 (6.84%) Cloud Security Engineer
10 14 (5.98%) Administrator
10 14 (5.98%) Automation Engineer
10 14 (5.98%) Cloud Automation Engineer
10 14 (5.98%) Linux Administrator
10 14 (5.98%) Security Analyst
11 13 (5.56%) Data Engineer
12 12 (5.13%) Senior Analyst
12 12 (5.13%) Senior Security Analyst
13 11 (4.70%) Linux Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (15.38%) Elastic Stack
2 24 (10.26%) Kafka
3 21 (8.97%) OpenID
3 21 (8.97%) REST
4 19 (8.12%) SAML
5 18 (7.69%) GraphQL
5 18 (7.69%) LDAP
5 18 (7.69%) OAuth
5 18 (7.69%) SOAP
6 17 (7.26%) OpenTelemetry
7 6 (2.56%) Node.js
8 5 (2.14%) WebSockets
9 4 (1.71%) FIX Protocol
9 4 (1.71%) Middleware
10 3 (1.28%) 802.1X
11 2 (0.85%) Apache NiFi
11 2 (0.85%) JSON
11 2 (0.85%) LEMP Stack
11 2 (0.85%) Loki
11 2 (0.85%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.82%) Cyber Threat
2 29 (12.39%) Security Posture
3 21 (8.97%) Cloud Native
4 18 (7.69%) Cyberattack
5 15 (6.41%) Management Information System
6 14 (5.98%) Cyber Defence
7 13 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (4.70%) Data Centre
8 11 (4.70%) Hedge funds
9 9 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (3.85%) Mobile App
10 8 (3.42%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (2.14%) Onboarding
11 5 (2.14%) PKI
12 4 (1.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 3 (1.28%) Blog
13 3 (1.28%) Insider Threat
13 3 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 107 (45.73%) Linux
2 50 (21.37%) Windows
3 47 (20.09%) Unix
4 19 (8.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (5.56%) Windows Server
6 9 (3.85%) CentOS
6 9 (3.85%) Mac OS
7 8 (3.42%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (2.14%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.71%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.71%) Kali Linux
10 4 (1.71%) Ubuntu
11 3 (1.28%) AIX
11 3 (1.28%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (1.28%) Rocky
12 2 (0.85%) Android
13 1 (0.43%) Solaris
13 1 (0.43%) SUSE
13 1 (0.43%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (52.99%) DevOps
1 124 (52.99%) Infrastructure as Code
2 122 (52.14%) CI/CD
3 74 (31.62%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (29.49%) Mentoring
5 64 (27.35%) Containerisation
6 57 (24.36%) Agile
7 52 (22.22%) High Availability
8 42 (17.95%) Incident Response
8 42 (17.95%) Roadmaps
9 41 (17.52%) Configuration Management
10 40 (17.09%) Cloud Security
11 35 (14.96%) Identity Access Management
12 33 (14.10%) Continuous Integration
13 31 (13.25%) Cybersecurity
14 30 (12.82%) AI
14 30 (12.82%) Red Team
15 27 (11.54%) Performance Optimisation
16 26 (11.11%) Computer Science
16 26 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 200 (85.47%) Python
2 105 (44.87%) PowerShell
3 61 (26.07%) SQL
4 39 (16.67%) Go
4 39 (16.67%) Java
5 27 (11.54%) JavaScript
6 18 (7.69%) T-SQL
7 12 (5.13%) Shell Script
8 9 (3.85%) C#
9 8 (3.42%) C++
10 7 (2.99%) Bicep
10 7 (2.99%) Korn
10 7 (2.99%) Perl
10 7 (2.99%) Ruby
11 6 (2.56%) PL/SQL
12 5 (2.14%) C
12 5 (2.14%) Rust
13 3 (1.28%) Objective-C
13 3 (1.28%) PHP
14 2 (0.85%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 44 (18.80%) Degree
2 30 (12.82%) AWS Certification
3 29 (12.39%) Security Cleared
4 23 (9.83%) OSCP
5 21 (8.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (7.69%) CISSP
7 13 (5.56%) DV Cleared
8 12 (5.13%) CCSAM
8 12 (5.13%) CREST Certified
9 11 (4.70%) CCSK
10 9 (3.85%) CHECK Team Leader
10 9 (3.85%) CHECK Team Member
10 9 (3.85%) RHCSA
11 7 (2.99%) Azure Certification
11 7 (2.99%) CompTIA Security+
11 7 (2.99%) GCIH
11 7 (2.99%) SC Cleared
12 6 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (2.56%) GCIA
12 6 (2.56%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (11.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (11.11%) NIST
3 18 (7.69%) NCSC
3 18 (7.69%) SOC 2
4 15 (6.41%) GDPR
4 15 (6.41%) PCI DSS
4 15 (6.41%) QA
5 10 (4.27%) Data Quality
6 5 (2.14%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.28%) GRC
7 3 (1.28%) SLA
8 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.43%) Basel III
9 1 (0.43%) MiFID
System Software
1 82 (35.04%) Docker
2 36 (15.38%) Active Directory
3 19 (8.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.14%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (1.28%) Squid
5 3 (1.28%) VMware NSX
5 3 (1.28%) vSphere
6 2 (0.85%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.85%) KVM
7 1 (0.43%) Firmware
7 1 (0.43%) iptables
Systems Management
1 122 (52.14%) Terraform
2 106 (45.30%) Kubernetes
3 90 (38.46%) Ansible
4 52 (22.22%) Prometheus
5 35 (14.96%) Grafana
6 19 (8.12%) Argo
7 18 (7.69%) Nagios
8 16 (6.84%) Kustomize
9 10 (4.27%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (3.85%) Nessus
11 7 (2.99%) Puppet
12 6 (2.56%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (2.14%) Data Guard
13 5 (2.14%) logstash
13 5 (2.14%) Oracle RMAN
14 4 (1.71%) Kibana
14 4 (1.71%) Progress Chef
14 4 (1.71%) Red Hat Satellite
14 4 (1.71%) ZABBIX
15 3 (1.28%) Packer
Vendors
1 46 (19.66%) Google
2 31 (13.25%) Microsoft
3 28 (11.97%) Red Hat
4 23 (9.83%) VMware
5 21 (8.97%) Splunk
6 19 (8.12%) Oracle
7 10 (4.27%) Atlassian
8 7 (2.99%) SolarWinds
9 6 (2.56%) Apple
9 6 (2.56%) SAP
10 4 (1.71%) Intel
10 4 (1.71%) Rapid7
10 4 (1.71%) TOWER Software
11 3 (1.28%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (1.28%) IBM
11 3 (1.28%) Tenable
11 3 (1.28%) Varonis
12 2 (0.85%) Bloomberg
12 2 (0.85%) BT
12 2 (0.85%) Commvault