Bash Job Trends in the South West

Bash Shell
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Bash skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 119 91
Rank change year-on-year -3 -28 +10
Permanent jobs citing Bash 86 40 255
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.13% 1.50% 2.85%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.58% 4.78% 8.76%
Number of salaries quoted 48 22 191
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,235 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,250 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +9.09% -18.52%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,500 £79,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £63,250 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.64% +16.67% -14.29%

All Programming Languages
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,134 836 2,911
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.87% 31.33% 32.58%
Number of salaries quoted 704 598 2,393
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £66,250 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

Bash
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Bash relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Bash job vacancy trend in the South West

Bash
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Bash.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Bash

Bash
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Bash in the South West over the 6 months to 13 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Bash in the South West

Bash
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Bash within the South West region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Gloucestershire +5 41 £52,500 -8.70% 12
Bristol -9 25 £75,000 +11.11% 12
Dorset -10 7 £47,500 -32.14%
Devon -20 7 £52,500 +10.53% 1
Wiltshire -6 5 £75,000 -6.25% 4
Cornwall - 1 - -
Bash
England

Bash
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 6 (6.98%) Apache
2 3 (3.49%) Confluence
3 2 (2.33%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 41 (47.67%) AWS
2 26 (30.23%) Azure
3 18 (20.93%) GitHub
4 16 (18.60%) GitHub Actions
5 15 (17.44%) GCP
6 9 (10.47%) Amazon S3
6 9 (10.47%) AWS Lambda
6 9 (10.47%) Serverless
7 8 (9.30%) Amazon EC2
7 8 (9.30%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (9.30%) OpenShift
8 7 (8.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 7 (8.14%) Datadog
8 7 (8.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (4.65%) Amazon ECR
9 4 (4.65%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (4.65%) CloudFront
9 4 (4.65%) Entra ID
9 4 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (3.49%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.30%) DNS
1 8 (9.30%) TCP/IP
2 7 (8.14%) DHCP
2 7 (8.14%) Firewall
3 6 (6.98%) Network Security
4 4 (4.65%) Broadband
5 3 (3.49%) LAN
5 3 (3.49%) VPN
5 3 (3.49%) WAN
6 2 (2.33%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (2.33%) NGFW
6 2 (2.33%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.16%) BGP
7 1 (1.16%) IPv4
7 1 (1.16%) MPLS
7 1 (1.16%) OSPF
7 1 (1.16%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (1.16%) VLAN
7 1 (1.16%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.14%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (6.98%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (5.81%) InfluxDB
4 4 (4.65%) Big Data
5 3 (3.49%) SQL Server
6 2 (2.33%) CockroachDB
6 2 (2.33%) MySQL
6 2 (2.33%) NoSQL
7 1 (1.16%) Airbyte
7 1 (1.16%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (1.16%) BigQuery
7 1 (1.16%) Couchbase
7 1 (1.16%) MongoDB
7 1 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.16%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.16%) Redis
7 1 (1.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 37 (43.02%) Jenkins
2 19 (22.09%) GitLab
3 15 (17.44%) Git
4 8 (9.30%) Bitbucket
4 8 (9.30%) SonarQube
5 7 (8.14%) Subversion
6 6 (6.98%) CircleCI
6 6 (6.98%) Cucumber
6 6 (6.98%) Cypress.io
6 6 (6.98%) Selenium
7 5 (5.81%) Robot Framework
7 5 (5.81%) TestRail
8 4 (4.65%) JIRA
9 2 (2.33%) Checkstyle
9 2 (2.33%) Gradle
9 2 (2.33%) JUnit
9 2 (2.33%) Maven
9 2 (2.33%) Metasploit
9 2 (2.33%) Mockito
9 2 (2.33%) TestNG
General
1 17 (19.77%) Finance
2 16 (18.60%) Social Skills
3 12 (13.95%) Aerospace
4 9 (10.47%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (8.14%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (4.65%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.49%) Billing
7 3 (3.49%) Law
7 3 (3.49%) Marketing
8 2 (2.33%) Avionics
8 2 (2.33%) Electronics
8 2 (2.33%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.16%) Automotive
9 1 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 15 (17.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 14 (16.28%) Senior
3 12 (13.95%) DevOps Engineer
4 10 (11.63%) DevSecOps Engineer
4 10 (11.63%) Software Engineer
5 8 (9.30%) Security Engineer
6 6 (6.98%) Tester
7 5 (5.81%) Applications Engineer
7 5 (5.81%) Platform Engineer
7 5 (5.81%) Test Engineer
8 4 (4.65%) C++ Software Engineer
8 4 (4.65%) Senior DevOps
8 4 (4.65%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 4 (4.65%) Test Automation Engineer
9 3 (3.49%) Automation Tester
9 3 (3.49%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 3 (3.49%) Consultant
9 3 (3.49%) IT Consultant
9 3 (3.49%) Penetration Tester
9 3 (3.49%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (19.77%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (8.14%) Vue
3 6 (6.98%) Apache NiFi
3 6 (6.98%) REST
4 5 (5.81%) OAuth
5 4 (4.65%) Middleware
5 4 (4.65%) Playwright
5 4 (4.65%) pytest
5 4 (4.65%) SOAP
5 4 (4.65%) ZeroMQ
6 3 (3.49%) GraphQL
6 3 (3.49%) LDAP
6 3 (3.49%) OpenID
6 3 (3.49%) SAML
7 2 (2.33%) OAuth2
7 2 (2.33%) Spring
7 2 (2.33%) Spring Boot
7 2 (2.33%) Spring MVC
7 2 (2.33%) Spring Security
7 2 (2.33%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.81%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (4.65%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.49%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.49%) Cyberattack
3 3 (3.49%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.33%) Blockchain
4 2 (2.33%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.33%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.16%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.16%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 51 (59.30%) Linux
2 17 (19.77%) Windows
3 9 (10.47%) CentOS
4 6 (6.98%) Unix
5 4 (4.65%) Windows Server
6 3 (3.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (2.33%) Solaris
7 2 (2.33%) VMS
7 2 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.16%) CoreOS
8 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (51.16%) DevOps
2 42 (48.84%) CI/CD
3 40 (46.51%) Infrastructure as Code
4 30 (34.88%) Agile
5 26 (30.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 25 (29.07%) Containerisation
7 22 (25.58%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (23.26%) Collaborative Culture
9 19 (22.09%) Test Automation
10 18 (20.93%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (18.60%) Mentoring
12 13 (15.12%) DevSecOps
12 13 (15.12%) Scrum
12 13 (15.12%) Security Testing
12 13 (15.12%) Software Engineering
13 11 (12.79%) Cloud Security
13 11 (12.79%) SDLC
14 10 (11.63%) Incident Response
14 10 (11.63%) Roadmaps
15 9 (10.47%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 76 (88.37%) Python
2 44 (51.16%) PowerShell
3 20 (23.26%) Java
4 13 (15.12%) Go
5 12 (13.95%) C++
5 12 (13.95%) JavaScript
6 6 (6.98%) SQL
6 6 (6.98%) TypeScript
7 5 (5.81%) Rust
8 3 (3.49%) C
8 3 (3.49%) C#
8 3 (3.49%) Elixir
8 3 (3.49%) Erlang
8 3 (3.49%) T-SQL
9 2 (2.33%) Kotlin
9 2 (2.33%) Shell Script
10 1 (1.16%) Bicep
10 1 (1.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 39 (45.35%) Security Cleared
2 18 (20.93%) DV Cleared
3 14 (16.28%) SC Cleared
4 7 (8.14%) CREST Certified
5 6 (6.98%) AWS Certification
6 5 (5.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 5 (5.81%) CISSP
6 5 (5.81%) SANS
7 4 (4.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (3.49%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (3.49%) Degree
9 2 (2.33%) Azure Certification
9 2 (2.33%) CCNA
9 2 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (1.16%) CCNP
10 1 (1.16%) ISTQB
10 1 (1.16%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.16%) RHCE
10 1 (1.16%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.30%) QA
2 6 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (5.81%) Accessibility
3 5 (5.81%) NIST
4 3 (3.49%) NCSC
5 1 (1.16%) Def Stans
5 1 (1.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 27 (31.40%) Docker
2 10 (11.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (10.47%) Active Directory
4 6 (6.98%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (4.65%) Hyper-V
5 4 (4.65%) iptables
6 2 (2.33%) Firmware
7 1 (1.16%) Squid
7 1 (1.16%) VMware NSX
7 1 (1.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 42 (48.84%) Ansible
2 38 (44.19%) Terraform
3 33 (38.37%) Kubernetes
4 31 (36.05%) Grafana
5 15 (17.44%) Prometheus
6 11 (12.79%) Puppet
7 10 (11.63%) Kibana
7 10 (11.63%) logstash
8 8 (9.30%) Argo
9 7 (8.14%) Rancher
9 7 (8.14%) yum
10 5 (5.81%) Progress Chef
11 4 (4.65%) vCenter Server
12 3 (3.49%) NetBackup
13 2 (2.33%) Nmap
13 2 (2.33%) Packer
13 2 (2.33%) Podman
14 1 (1.16%) Kustomize
14 1 (1.16%) McAfee ePO
14 1 (1.16%) Nessus
Vendors
1 14 (16.28%) Red Hat
2 11 (12.79%) VMware
3 9 (10.47%) Microsoft
3 9 (10.47%) Splunk
4 6 (6.98%) Cisco
5 5 (5.81%) Google
6 4 (4.65%) Atlassian
7 3 (3.49%) Dell
7 3 (3.49%) HP
7 3 (3.49%) Juniper
7 3 (3.49%) Oracle
7 3 (3.49%) Veeam
8 2 (2.33%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.33%) Palo Alto
8 2 (2.33%) SAP
9 1 (1.16%) Cribl.io
9 1 (1.16%) Dynatrace
9 1 (1.16%) McAfee
9 1 (1.16%) Mirantis
9 1 (1.16%) New Relic