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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 123 104
Rank change year-on-year +4 -19 +6
Permanent jobs citing Bash 104 37 234
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.29% 1.22% 2.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.96% 4.35% 7.93%
Number of salaries quoted 49 21 172
10th Percentile £44,250 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,231 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £57,443 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.32% +4.44% -15.38%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £83,000 £80,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -10.71%

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 1,307 850 2,949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.22% 28.11% 29.04%
Number of salaries quoted 890 571 2,330
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,319 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,751 £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 1 July 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 1 July 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 +4 49 £56,250 -2.17% 31
Bristol -8 34 £73,750 +28.39% 8
Wiltshire -10 8 £75,000 -6.25% 2
Devon -26 7 £52,500 +10.53%
Dorset +4 5 £47,500 -32.14% 1
Somerset -38 1 £42,500 -32.00% 7
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 12 (11.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (8.65%) Apache
3 4 (3.85%) Confluence
4 3 (2.88%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 51 (49.04%) AWS
2 38 (36.54%) Azure
3 29 (27.88%) Serverless
4 25 (24.04%) GitHub
5 22 (21.15%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (14.42%) AWS Lambda
6 15 (14.42%) IaaS
7 14 (13.46%) Amazon S3
7 14 (13.46%) PaaS
8 13 (12.50%) Azure Functions
8 13 (12.50%) GCP
9 12 (11.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 12 (11.54%) Azure Key Vault
9 12 (11.54%) Azure Monitor
10 11 (10.58%) Amazon EC2
10 11 (10.58%) GitHub Actions
10 11 (10.58%) OpenShift
11 6 (5.77%) Datadog
11 6 (5.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 5 (4.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 14 (13.46%) VPN
2 12 (11.54%) Firewall
3 9 (8.65%) TCP/IP
4 8 (7.69%) DNS
5 7 (6.73%) DHCP
6 6 (5.77%) Network Security
7 4 (3.85%) IPv4
7 4 (3.85%) LAN
7 4 (3.85%) Software-Defined Networking
7 4 (3.85%) WAN
8 3 (2.88%) Broadband
9 2 (1.92%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (1.92%) NGFW
9 2 (1.92%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.92%) VSAN
10 1 (0.96%) VLAN
10 1 (0.96%) VoIP
10 1 (0.96%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.54%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (8.65%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (6.73%) InfluxDB
4 6 (5.77%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (3.85%) Big Data
6 3 (2.88%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.92%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.92%) MySQL
8 1 (0.96%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.96%) DocumentDB
8 1 (0.96%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.96%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.96%) Redis
Development Applications
1 40 (38.46%) Jenkins
2 36 (34.62%) Git
3 27 (25.96%) GitLab
4 10 (9.62%) Bitbucket
5 9 (8.65%) Cucumber
5 9 (8.65%) SonarQube
6 7 (6.73%) Cypress.io
6 7 (6.73%) Robot Framework
6 7 (6.73%) Subversion
6 7 (6.73%) TestRail
7 6 (5.77%) Selenium
8 5 (4.81%) JIRA
9 4 (3.85%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.96%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.96%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.96%) git-flow
10 1 (0.96%) Metasploit
10 1 (0.96%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.96%) Postman
General
1 26 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 17 (16.35%) Finance
3 14 (13.46%) Law
4 12 (11.54%) Aerospace
4 12 (11.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (8.65%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (7.69%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.81%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.92%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.96%) Billing
9 1 (0.96%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 20 (19.23%) Senior
2 19 (18.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 14 (13.46%) DevOps Engineer
4 13 (12.50%) Analyst
5 12 (11.54%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 11 (10.58%) Software Engineer
7 10 (9.62%) DevSecOps Engineer
8 8 (7.69%) Security Engineer
8 8 (7.69%) Test Engineer
9 7 (6.73%) Platform Engineer
10 6 (5.77%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (5.77%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
10 6 (5.77%) Test Automation Engineer
11 5 (4.81%) Tester
12 4 (3.85%) Applications Engineer
12 4 (3.85%) Automation Tester
12 4 (3.85%) Developer
12 4 (3.85%) Senior DevOps
12 4 (3.85%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 4 (3.85%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (20.19%) Elastic Stack
2 10 (9.62%) Apache NiFi
3 9 (8.65%) Vue
4 7 (6.73%) pytest
5 6 (5.77%) Node.js
5 6 (5.77%) Playwright
6 4 (3.85%) boto
6 4 (3.85%) REST
6 4 (3.85%) SOAP
7 3 (2.88%) GraphQL
7 3 (2.88%) LDAP
7 3 (2.88%) Middleware
7 3 (2.88%) OAuth
7 3 (2.88%) OpenID
7 3 (2.88%) SAML
7 3 (2.88%) ZeroMQ
8 2 (1.92%) React
9 1 (0.96%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.96%) Pandas
9 1 (0.96%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.50%) Public Cloud
1 13 (12.50%) Security Posture
2 12 (11.54%) Podcast
3 9 (8.65%) Cloud Native
4 7 (6.73%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (5.77%) Product Ownership
6 5 (4.81%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.88%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.88%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.92%) Blockchain
8 2 (1.92%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.96%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.96%) IoT
9 1 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.96%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.96%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 55 (52.88%) Linux
2 33 (31.73%) Windows
3 15 (14.42%) VMS
4 12 (11.54%) CentOS
5 8 (7.69%) Windows Server
6 5 (4.81%) Unix
7 3 (2.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.92%) CoreOS
8 2 (1.92%) Debian
8 2 (1.92%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.96%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (63.46%) CI/CD
2 63 (60.58%) DevOps
3 60 (57.69%) Infrastructure as Code
4 47 (45.19%) Agile
5 32 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 28 (26.92%) Containerisation
7 27 (25.96%) Collaborative Culture
7 27 (25.96%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (25.96%) Scrum
8 26 (25.00%) DevSecOps
9 24 (23.08%) Mentoring
10 22 (21.15%) Cloud Security
10 22 (21.15%) Test Automation
11 18 (17.31%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (17.31%) Root Cause Analysis
12 17 (16.35%) Observability
12 17 (16.35%) Software Engineering
13 16 (15.38%) Task Automation
14 15 (14.42%) Infrastructure Automation
14 15 (14.42%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 82 (78.85%) Python
2 59 (56.73%) PowerShell
3 22 (21.15%) Java
4 17 (16.35%) JavaScript
5 16 (15.38%) Go
5 16 (15.38%) SQL
6 13 (12.50%) Bicep
7 12 (11.54%) C++
7 12 (11.54%) Kusto Query Language
8 8 (7.69%) TypeScript
9 7 (6.73%) Rust
10 3 (2.88%) PHP
10 3 (2.88%) Shell Script
10 3 (2.88%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.92%) C#
11 2 (1.92%) Elixir
11 2 (1.92%) Erlang
11 2 (1.92%) Kotlin
11 2 (1.92%) Ruby
12 1 (0.96%) VB
Qualifications
1 48 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 18 (17.31%) DV Cleared
3 16 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (13.46%) Azure Certification
5 13 (12.50%) SC Cleared
6 8 (7.69%) AWS Certification
7 7 (6.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 5 (4.81%) CCNA
8 5 (4.81%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (4.81%) CREST Certified
9 4 (3.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (3.85%) CISSP
9 4 (3.85%) ISTQB
9 4 (3.85%) OSCP
9 4 (3.85%) RHCE
9 4 (3.85%) RHCSA
9 4 (3.85%) SANS
10 1 (0.96%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.65%) QA
2 5 (4.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.85%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.88%) NCSC
4 3 (2.88%) NIST
System Software
1 30 (28.85%) Docker
2 27 (25.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (23.08%) Active Directory
4 16 (15.38%) vSphere
5 12 (11.54%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (6.73%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (3.85%) Hyper-V
7 4 (3.85%) iptables
7 4 (3.85%) Squid
7 4 (3.85%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 57 (54.81%) Terraform
2 53 (50.96%) Ansible
3 36 (34.62%) Grafana
4 34 (32.69%) Kubernetes
5 16 (15.38%) Prometheus
6 15 (14.42%) Kibana
6 15 (14.42%) logstash
6 15 (14.42%) Puppet
7 7 (6.73%) Argo
7 7 (6.73%) Rancher
7 7 (6.73%) yum
8 6 (5.77%) vCenter Server
9 5 (4.81%) Packer
9 5 (4.81%) Progress Chef
10 4 (3.85%) ZABBIX
11 2 (1.92%) McAfee ePO
11 2 (1.92%) NetBackup
11 2 (1.92%) SCVMM
12 1 (0.96%) Nmap
12 1 (0.96%) Podman
Vendors
1 27 (25.96%) VMware
2 24 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 19 (18.27%) Red Hat
4 12 (11.54%) ScienceLogic
4 12 (11.54%) Splunk
5 6 (5.77%) Atlassian
5 6 (5.77%) Cisco
6 4 (3.85%) Oracle
7 2 (1.92%) Dell
7 2 (1.92%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.92%) HP
7 2 (1.92%) Juniper
7 2 (1.92%) McAfee
7 2 (1.92%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.92%) Veeam
8 1 (0.96%) Cribl.io
8 1 (0.96%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.96%) Google