Shell Script Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Shell Scripting (Shell Programming)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Shell Script skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 33 53
Rank change year-on-year - +20 +4
Permanent jobs citing Shell Script 0 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland - 0.65% 0.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 4.55% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £52,500
75th Percentile - - £53,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -20.00% +7.14%

All Programming Languages
Northern Ireland

Shell Script 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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 199 44 162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 14.40% 14.33% 29.83%
Number of salaries quoted 40 21 105
10th Percentile £39,500 £41,257 £34,700
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% +12.00%
75th Percentile £76,743 £65,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £90,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

Shell Script
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Shell Script relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Shell Script job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Shell Script
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Shell Script.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Shell Script