Shell Script Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Shell Scripting (Shell Programming)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Shell Script skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 74 91
Rank change year-on-year +19 +17 +36
Permanent jobs citing Shell Script 4 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.48% 0.13% 0.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.92% 0.43% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 5
10th Percentile - - £42,393
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £54,911
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -20.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £48,750 £79,000
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £57,500 £63,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.80% +6.25% +26.32%

All Programming Languages
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 137 235 409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 16.45% 30.72% 32.72%
Number of salaries quoted 93 148 381
10th Percentile £47,500 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,462 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £58,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.89% +6.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £66,250 £64,750
90th Percentile £83,000 £87,875 £78,750
South East median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%

Shell Script
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Shell Script job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Shell Script
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Shell Script.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Shell Script

Shell Script
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) SpaceWire
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Software Validation Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Software Verification Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Validation Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) SDLC
1 4 (100.00%) UML
2 2 (50.00%) Dependency Management
2 2 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ECSS