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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 175 144
Rank change year-on-year -62 -31 -9
Permanent jobs citing Bash 215 229 448
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.83% 1.94% 2.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.90% 5.01% 5.68%
Number of salaries quoted 132 183 226
10th Percentile £47,750 £47,750 £42,125
25th Percentile £60,000 £58,625 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% -3.03%
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £110,000 £114,250
England median annual salary £64,635 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.24% +3.85% -8.77%

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 5,516 4,574 7,889
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 21.29% 38.69% 41.99%
Number of salaries quoted 3,666 3,059 5,166
10th Percentile £49,611 £48,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -3.03% +3.13%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £108,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £135,000 £135,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -25 17 £87,500 +52.17% 35
West London -12 1 - - 9
North London - 1 £60,000 -
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 (6.05%) Confluence
2 9 (4.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.33%) SAS
4 1 (0.47%) nginx
4 1 (0.47%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (4.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.93%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (4.65%) FLEXCUBE
2 8 (3.72%) Fidessa
3 3 (1.40%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 116 (53.95%) AWS
2 84 (39.07%) Azure
3 35 (16.28%) Amazon EKS
3 35 (16.28%) GCP
3 35 (16.28%) Serverless
4 32 (14.88%) AWS Lambda
5 31 (14.42%) GitHub
6 29 (13.49%) Amazon ECS
7 25 (11.63%) GitHub Actions
8 24 (11.16%) AWS CloudFormation
9 21 (9.77%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (9.30%) Amazon EventBridge
10 20 (9.30%) Entra ID
10 20 (9.30%) SaaS
11 19 (8.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 17 (7.91%) Azure AKS
12 17 (7.91%) Cloud Computing
13 16 (7.44%) Datadog
14 15 (6.98%) Amazon S3
15 14 (6.51%) AWS Control Tower
Communications & Networking
1 29 (13.49%) TCP/IP
2 28 (13.02%) Firewall
2 28 (13.02%) Network Security
3 22 (10.23%) DNS
4 17 (7.91%) VPN
5 15 (6.98%) DHCP
6 8 (3.72%) FIX Connectivity
7 7 (3.26%) BGP
8 6 (2.79%) Intrusion Detection
8 6 (2.79%) VLAN
9 5 (2.33%) HTTP
9 5 (2.33%) SSH
10 4 (1.86%) IPv4
10 4 (1.86%) Kerberos
10 4 (1.86%) LAN
10 4 (1.86%) NAS
10 4 (1.86%) OSPF
10 4 (1.86%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (1.40%) MPLS
12 2 (0.93%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.37%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (7.44%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (6.05%) Redis
3 13 (6.05%) SQL Server
4 11 (5.12%) MySQL
4 11 (5.12%) Oracle Database
5 10 (4.65%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (4.19%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.86%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.40%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.47%) Big Data
9 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.47%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database 11g
9 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database 12c
9 1 (0.47%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.47%) Pentaho
9 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 44 (20.47%) Jenkins
2 33 (15.35%) Git
2 33 (15.35%) GitLab
3 17 (7.91%) JIRA
4 11 (5.12%) TeamCity
5 10 (4.65%) Bitbucket
6 6 (2.79%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (1.40%) JMeter
7 3 (1.40%) Postman
7 3 (1.40%) Subversion
8 2 (0.93%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.93%) NUnit
8 2 (0.93%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.47%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.47%) Jaeger
9 1 (0.47%) Maven
9 1 (0.47%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.47%) Selenium
9 1 (0.47%) Snyk
General
1 86 (40.00%) Finance
2 65 (30.23%) Social Skills
3 48 (22.33%) Banking
4 32 (14.88%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (12.09%) Public Sector
6 21 (9.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (6.51%) Law
8 12 (5.58%) Retail
9 7 (3.26%) Aerospace
9 7 (3.26%) Automotive
10 5 (2.33%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.86%) Electronics
12 3 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.40%) Public Speaking
13 2 (0.93%) Danish Language
13 2 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.93%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.93%) Legal
13 2 (0.93%) Marketing
13 2 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (24.65%) Senior
2 39 (18.14%) DevOps Engineer
3 37 (17.21%) Platform Engineer
4 24 (11.16%) AWS Engineer
5 21 (9.77%) Analyst
6 17 (7.91%) Cloud Engineer
7 16 (7.44%) Azure Engineer
7 16 (7.44%) Security Engineer
8 15 (6.98%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 15 (6.98%) Consultant
8 15 (6.98%) Senior Consultant
9 14 (6.51%) Administrator
9 14 (6.51%) Security Consultant
9 14 (6.51%) Senior Security Consultant
10 13 (6.05%) AWS DevOps
10 13 (6.05%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 12 (5.58%) DBA
11 12 (5.58%) Linux Administrator
11 12 (5.58%) Linux Systems Administrator
11 12 (5.58%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (55.35%) Terraform
2 18 (8.37%) Elastic Stack
3 17 (7.91%) AWS CDK
4 14 (6.51%) Kafka
5 12 (5.58%) SAML
6 10 (4.65%) Keycloak
7 8 (3.72%) FIX Protocol
7 8 (3.72%) OpenTelemetry
8 7 (3.26%) REST
8 7 (3.26%) RESTful
9 6 (2.79%) .NET
9 6 (2.79%) Node.js
10 5 (2.33%) Middleware
10 5 (2.33%) OpenMP
10 5 (2.33%) Pulumi
10 5 (2.33%) YAML
11 4 (1.86%) Pandas
11 4 (1.86%) React
11 4 (1.86%) WebSockets
12 3 (1.40%) OpenACC
Miscellaneous
1 45 (20.93%) Cloud Native
2 35 (16.28%) Onboarding
3 15 (6.98%) Enterprise Cloud
4 14 (6.51%) Linux Command Line
5 13 (6.05%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (4.65%) Replication
7 8 (3.72%) Data Centre
7 8 (3.72%) Eurex
7 8 (3.72%) Security Posture
8 7 (3.26%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (3.26%) Hedge funds
9 6 (2.79%) Management Information System
9 6 (2.79%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (2.33%) Blog
10 5 (2.33%) CUDA
11 4 (1.86%) Equity Derivative
11 4 (1.86%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.40%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 104 (48.37%) Linux
2 39 (18.14%) Windows
3 34 (15.81%) Unix
4 18 (8.37%) CentOS
4 18 (8.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (6.51%) Windows Server
6 12 (5.58%) Rocky
7 10 (4.65%) AIX
7 10 (4.65%) Mac OS
7 10 (4.65%) Oracle Linux
8 8 (3.72%) Ubuntu
9 7 (3.26%) Apple iOS
9 7 (3.26%) Windows 10
10 5 (2.33%) Solaris
10 5 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.93%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.93%) Android
12 1 (0.47%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (56.28%) Infrastructure as Code
2 107 (49.77%) CI/CD
3 97 (45.12%) DevOps
4 56 (26.05%) Platform Engineering
5 55 (25.58%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (24.65%) Cloud Security
7 48 (22.33%) Containerisation
8 41 (19.07%) Observability
9 40 (18.60%) AI
9 40 (18.60%) ITIL
10 38 (17.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 37 (17.21%) Incident Response
12 35 (16.28%) Agile
12 35 (16.28%) Mentoring
13 34 (15.81%) Infrastructure Automation
14 30 (13.95%) Identity Access Management
15 29 (13.49%) Runbook
16 28 (13.02%) Continuous Improvement
17 27 (12.56%) Roadmaps
18 26 (12.09%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 190 (88.37%) Python
2 94 (43.72%) PowerShell
3 46 (21.40%) Java
4 42 (19.53%) SQL
5 23 (10.70%) Perl
6 22 (10.23%) Ruby
7 18 (8.37%) Go
8 16 (7.44%) Shell Script
9 15 (6.98%) JavaScript
10 14 (6.51%) PHP
11 11 (5.12%) Bicep
11 11 (5.12%) Korn
11 11 (5.12%) PL/SQL
12 10 (4.65%) C#
12 10 (4.65%) Groovy
13 9 (4.19%) Rust
14 7 (3.26%) VBA
15 6 (2.79%) C
16 2 (0.93%) C++
16 2 (0.93%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (29.30%) Security Cleared
2 31 (14.42%) Degree
3 22 (10.23%) SC Cleared
4 20 (9.30%) AWS Certification
4 20 (9.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (6.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 13 (6.05%) DV Cleared
7 8 (3.72%) Azure Certification
7 8 (3.72%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (3.72%) OSCP
7 8 (3.72%) RHCSA
8 7 (3.26%) ISTQB
8 7 (3.26%) Network+ Certification
9 6 (2.79%) A+ Certification
9 6 (2.79%) CISSP
9 6 (2.79%) GIAC
9 6 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (2.33%) GCFA
11 4 (1.86%) CCNA
11 4 (1.86%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.98%) QA
2 9 (4.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.72%) NIST
4 6 (2.79%) PCI DSS
4 6 (2.79%) PMO
5 4 (1.86%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.93%) NCSC
7 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.47%) GDPR
7 1 (0.47%) IASME
7 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 75 (34.88%) Docker
2 28 (13.02%) Active Directory
3 15 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (4.65%) Oracle RAC
5 6 (2.79%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (2.79%) Virtual Servers
5 6 (2.79%) VMware NSX
6 5 (2.33%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 5 (2.33%) vSphere
7 4 (1.86%) Squid
8 3 (1.40%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.93%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 89 (41.40%) Kubernetes
2 57 (26.51%) Grafana
3 55 (25.58%) Ansible
4 51 (23.72%) Prometheus
5 24 (11.16%) Nagios
6 18 (8.37%) Argo
7 13 (6.05%) Rancher
8 12 (5.58%) Data Guard
9 11 (5.12%) Oracle RMAN
10 9 (4.19%) Packer
11 7 (3.26%) Puppet
12 6 (2.79%) Rundeck
13 5 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (2.33%) ZABBIX
14 4 (1.86%) Istio
14 4 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
15 3 (1.40%) Cilium
15 3 (1.40%) Jamf Pro
16 2 (0.93%) Proxmox
16 2 (0.93%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 49 (22.79%) Microsoft
2 39 (18.14%) Splunk
3 33 (15.35%) Oracle
4 26 (12.09%) Red Hat
5 20 (9.30%) ServiceNow
6 16 (7.44%) Dynatrace
6 16 (7.44%) VMware
7 15 (6.98%) Google
8 10 (4.65%) IBM
9 8 (3.72%) Atlassian
9 8 (3.72%) Bloomberg
9 8 (3.72%) CQG
9 8 (3.72%) ION Trading
9 8 (3.72%) Patsystems
9 8 (3.72%) Reuters
9 8 (3.72%) Trayport
10 7 (3.26%) CrowdStrike
10 7 (3.26%) Rapid7
11 6 (2.79%) Cognizant
11 6 (2.79%) New Relic