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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 190 149
Rank change year-on-year +4 -41 -16
Permanent jobs citing Bash 231 262 437
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.49% 1.75% 2.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.11% 4.29% 4.82%
Number of salaries quoted 131 169 397
10th Percentile £41,250 £47,350 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,625 £67,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £91,250 £92,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £115,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -6.40%

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 4,521 6,101 9,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 29.22% 40.66% 42.51%
Number of salaries quoted 3,180 3,946 7,850
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £48,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £130,000 £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 15 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 15 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 +16 38 £52,500 -41.67% 16
West London - 15 £107,500 - 2
South London +39 4 - - 1
East London - 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 (4.76%) 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 82 (35.50%) Azure
3 63 (27.27%) GCP
4 37 (16.02%) GitHub
5 36 (15.58%) GitHub Actions
6 26 (11.26%) AWS CloudFormation
7 25 (10.82%) Entra ID
8 22 (9.52%) Google Workspace
9 21 (9.09%) SaaS
10 18 (7.79%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (7.79%) Datadog
11 17 (7.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 16 (6.93%) Google Compute Engine
12 16 (6.93%) Pulumi
13 15 (6.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 15 (6.49%) Amazon S3
13 15 (6.49%) Serverless
14 14 (6.06%) IaaS
14 14 (6.06%) OpenShift
14 14 (6.06%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (15.58%) Broadband
2 27 (11.69%) Firewall
3 21 (9.09%) DNS
4 11 (4.76%) Network Security
4 11 (4.76%) TCP/IP
5 9 (3.90%) Wireless
6 5 (2.16%) DHCP
6 5 (2.16%) HTTP
6 5 (2.16%) LAN
7 4 (1.73%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.73%) VPN
8 3 (1.30%) WAN
9 2 (0.87%) SSL
10 1 (0.43%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.43%) FTP
10 1 (0.43%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.43%) SNMP
10 1 (0.43%) SSH
10 1 (0.43%) TACACS
10 1 (0.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (11.69%) NoSQL
2 18 (7.79%) Relational Database
3 17 (7.36%) 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%) MySQL
7 7 (3.03%) SQL Server
8 6 (2.60%) Oracle Database
9 5 (2.16%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (2.16%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.87%) Big Data
10 2 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.87%) Oracle Database 11g
10 2 (0.87%) Oracle Database 12c
10 2 (0.87%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 47 (20.35%) Jenkins
2 31 (13.42%) Git
2 31 (13.42%) GitLab
3 22 (9.52%) JIRA
4 16 (6.93%) Jaeger
5 11 (4.76%) Bitbucket
5 11 (4.76%) Metasploit
6 10 (4.33%) Burp Suite
7 5 (2.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (1.73%) CircleCI
8 4 (1.73%) SonarQube
8 4 (1.73%) TeamCity
9 3 (1.30%) Eclipse
9 3 (1.30%) JMeter
9 3 (1.30%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.87%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.87%) Gradle
10 2 (0.87%) Maven
11 1 (0.43%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.43%) Subversion
General
1 71 (30.74%) Finance
2 66 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 25 (10.82%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.09%) Banking
5 20 (8.66%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (6.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (6.93%) Telecoms
7 13 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (5.19%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.60%) Electronics
10 5 (2.16%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.16%) Retail
11 4 (1.73%) Back Office
11 4 (1.73%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.73%) Marketing
11 4 (1.73%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.30%) Advertising
12 3 (1.30%) Games
13 2 (0.87%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.87%) Legal
Job Titles
1 42 (18.18%) DevOps Engineer
2 40 (17.32%) Cloud Engineer
3 33 (14.29%) Lead
3 33 (14.29%) Senior
4 24 (10.39%) Platform Engineer
5 23 (9.96%) GCP Engineer
6 21 (9.09%) Automation Engineer
6 21 (9.09%) Security Engineer
7 20 (8.66%) Analyst
8 19 (8.23%) Azure Engineer
9 17 (7.36%) AWS Engineer
10 15 (6.49%) Administrator
11 14 (6.06%) Cloud Automation Engineer
11 14 (6.06%) Cloud Security Engineer
11 14 (6.06%) Support Engineer
12 13 (5.63%) GCP DevOps
12 13 (5.63%) GCP DevOps Engineer
12 13 (5.63%) Linux Administrator
13 12 (5.19%) Security Analyst
14 11 (4.76%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (14.72%) Elastic Stack
2 21 (9.09%) OpenID
2 21 (9.09%) REST
3 20 (8.66%) Kafka
4 19 (8.23%) SAML
5 18 (7.79%) GraphQL
5 18 (7.79%) LDAP
5 18 (7.79%) OAuth
5 18 (7.79%) SOAP
6 17 (7.36%) OpenTelemetry
7 5 (2.16%) YAML
8 4 (1.73%) Middleware
8 4 (1.73%) Node.js
8 4 (1.73%) RESTful
9 3 (1.30%) FIX Protocol
9 3 (1.30%) WebSockets
10 2 (0.87%) .NET
10 2 (0.87%) AWS SAM
10 2 (0.87%) Loki
10 2 (0.87%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 26 (11.26%) Security Posture
2 25 (10.82%) Management Information System
3 20 (8.66%) Cyber Threat
4 18 (7.79%) Cyberattack
5 17 (7.36%) Cloud Native
6 14 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (4.76%) Cyber Defence
8 10 (4.33%) Hedge funds
9 9 (3.90%) Mobile App
10 7 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (2.16%) Data Centre
12 5 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (1.73%) Blog
13 4 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (1.73%) PKI
14 3 (1.30%) Onboarding
14 3 (1.30%) Private Cloud
14 3 (1.30%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 105 (45.45%) Linux
2 43 (18.61%) Unix
3 35 (15.15%) Windows
4 21 (9.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (5.19%) CentOS
6 10 (4.33%) Windows Server
7 8 (3.46%) Ubuntu
8 7 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (2.60%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (2.16%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (1.73%) Mac OS
12 3 (1.30%) AIX
12 3 (1.30%) Debian
13 2 (0.87%) Android
13 2 (0.87%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.87%) Solaris
13 2 (0.87%) VMS
14 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.43%) CoreOS
14 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (54.11%) DevOps
2 110 (47.62%) CI/CD
3 108 (46.75%) Infrastructure as Code
4 74 (32.03%) Problem-Solving
5 58 (25.11%) Containerisation
6 57 (24.68%) Mentoring
7 54 (23.38%) Agile
8 44 (19.05%) High Availability
9 39 (16.88%) Roadmaps
10 38 (16.45%) Cloud Security
11 36 (15.58%) Configuration Management
12 34 (14.72%) Identity Access Management
13 30 (12.99%) Incident Response
14 29 (12.55%) AI
14 29 (12.55%) Performance Optimisation
15 28 (12.12%) Continuous Integration
15 28 (12.12%) Task Automation
16 26 (11.26%) Cybersecurity
16 26 (11.26%) Machine Learning
17 24 (10.39%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 197 (85.28%) Python
2 100 (43.29%) PowerShell
3 51 (22.08%) SQL
4 48 (20.78%) Go
5 28 (12.12%) Java
6 20 (8.66%) JavaScript
7 18 (7.79%) T-SQL
8 10 (4.33%) Shell Script
9 8 (3.46%) Bicep
10 7 (3.03%) C#
10 7 (3.03%) Perl
11 5 (2.16%) Korn
12 4 (1.73%) PL/SQL
12 4 (1.73%) Ruby
13 3 (1.30%) C++
14 2 (0.87%) C
14 2 (0.87%) SystemVerilog
14 2 (0.87%) Tcl
15 1 (0.43%) Groovy
15 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 53 (22.94%) Degree
2 27 (11.69%) AWS Certification
3 23 (9.96%) Security Cleared
4 20 (8.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (6.49%) CISSP
5 15 (6.49%) DV Cleared
6 11 (4.76%) OSCP
7 10 (4.33%) CCSK
8 9 (3.90%) CCSAM
8 9 (3.90%) CHECK Team Leader
8 9 (3.90%) CHECK Team Member
8 9 (3.90%) CREST Certified
9 5 (2.16%) Azure Certification
9 5 (2.16%) GCIH
10 4 (1.73%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.73%) PhD
10 4 (1.73%) SC Cleared
11 3 (1.30%) GIAC
11 3 (1.30%) ISTQB
11 3 (1.30%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (17.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (15.15%) NIST
3 18 (7.79%) GDPR
3 18 (7.79%) NCSC
4 13 (5.63%) Accessibility
5 12 (5.19%) SOC 2
6 11 (4.76%) Data Quality
6 11 (4.76%) PCI DSS
6 11 (4.76%) QA
7 7 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (1.73%) GRC
9 4 (1.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.43%) Basel III
10 1 (0.43%) MiFID
System Software
1 75 (32.47%) Docker
2 33 (14.29%) Active Directory
3 15 (6.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (5.19%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.30%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.87%) KVM
7 1 (0.43%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.43%) Firmware
7 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.43%) iptables
7 1 (0.43%) Postfix
7 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 114 (49.35%) Terraform
2 98 (42.42%) Kubernetes
3 81 (35.06%) Ansible
4 53 (22.94%) Prometheus
5 28 (12.12%) Grafana
6 21 (9.09%) Argo
7 16 (6.93%) Kustomize
8 10 (4.33%) Nagios
9 9 (3.90%) Nessus
10 6 (2.60%) Puppet
10 6 (2.60%) Red Hat Satellite
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%) Data Guard
13 3 (1.30%) Oracle RMAN
13 3 (1.30%) vRealize
14 2 (0.87%) SCCM
Vendors
1 48 (20.78%) Google
2 27 (11.69%) Red Hat
3 20 (8.66%) Microsoft
4 19 (8.23%) VMware
5 18 (7.79%) Splunk
6 15 (6.49%) Oracle
7 13 (5.63%) Tenable
8 12 (5.19%) ServiceNow
9 10 (4.33%) Atlassian
10 5 (2.16%) SAP
11 3 (1.30%) Dynatrace
11 3 (1.30%) Rapid7
11 3 (1.30%) SolarWinds
12 2 (0.87%) Bloomberg
12 2 (0.87%) Cisco
12 2 (0.87%) CyberArk
12 2 (0.87%) IBM
12 2 (0.87%) Intel
13 1 (0.43%) McAfee
13 1 (0.43%) Salesforce