Bash Jobs in the UK excluding London

Bash Shell
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Bash skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Bash over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 195 252 151
Rank change year-on-year +57 -101 +42
Permanent jobs citing Bash 632 810 1,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.60% 1.09% 2.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.06% 3.54% 5.91%
Number of salaries quoted 197 502 596
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,874
25th Percentile £49,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% -12.00% +7.89%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -14.29% -

All Programming Languages
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 10,434 22,861 22,951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.50% 30.66% 39.56%
Number of salaries quoted 6,760 16,543 13,080
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,635 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,307 £67,500 £71,194
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

Bash
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Bash as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Bash in the UK excluding London

Bash
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Bash in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Bash in the UK excluding London

Bash
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Bash in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Bash in the UK excluding London

Bash
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Bash within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
North of England +187 310 £67,500 +12.50% 481
North West +155 290 £67,500 +5.65% 233
South East +16 138 £59,033 +12.44% 665
East of England +66 83 £62,000 -0.80% 364
Midlands +74 49 £55,000 +4.76% 393
South West -59 42 £57,443 +4.44% 255
East Midlands +45 25 £55,000 +10.00% 154
West Midlands +46 23 £55,000 -8.33% 213
Yorkshire +53 17 £68,750 +48.65% 194
Scotland +75 14 £80,000 +33.33% 111
North East +38 3 £61,500 +36.67% 54
Wales +44 2 £57,500 +27.78% 56
Northern Ireland +28 1 £55,000 -21.43% 33
Bash
UK

Bash
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (1.58%) Apache Spark
2 5 (0.79%) Confluence
2 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.63%) Apache
3 4 (0.63%) IIS
4 3 (0.47%) nginx
4 3 (0.47%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.16%) CMS
6 1 (0.16%) SAS
6 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.63%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.16%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 135 (21.36%) AWS
2 85 (13.45%) Azure
3 65 (10.28%) Pulumi
4 30 (4.75%) GitHub
5 29 (4.59%) GCP
6 17 (2.69%) SaaS
7 15 (2.37%) Serverless
8 14 (2.22%) Amazon EC2
8 14 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (2.06%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (1.90%) IaaS
11 11 (1.74%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (1.74%) PaaS
12 10 (1.58%) Power Platform
13 9 (1.42%) Amazon EKS
13 9 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (1.11%) Amazon S3
16 6 (0.95%) GitHub Actions
16 6 (0.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 343 (54.27%) VPN
2 262 (41.46%) Cisco IOS
3 77 (12.18%) TCP/IP
4 69 (10.92%) Broadband
5 51 (8.07%) Firewall
6 15 (2.37%) 5G
7 14 (2.22%) DNS
8 13 (2.06%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (1.90%) Bluetooth
9 12 (1.90%) LTE
10 11 (1.74%) HTTP
11 10 (1.58%) Intrusion Detection
12 9 (1.42%) Network Security
12 9 (1.42%) VLAN
13 8 (1.27%) Internet
13 8 (1.27%) WAN
14 7 (1.11%) DHCP
14 7 (1.11%) FTP
14 7 (1.11%) LAN
14 7 (1.11%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (11.87%) Relational Database
2 72 (11.39%) NoSQL
3 68 (10.76%) RDBMS
4 16 (2.53%) MySQL
5 15 (2.37%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (2.06%) SQL Server
7 11 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (1.58%) Big Data
9 9 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (1.42%) Power BI
10 7 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.47%) Metadata
13 2 (0.32%) Apache Hive
13 2 (0.32%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.32%) MariaDB
13 2 (0.32%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.32%) SQLite
13 2 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 66 (10.44%) Jaeger
2 62 (9.81%) Cucumber
2 62 (9.81%) Robot Framework
3 40 (6.33%) Jenkins
4 32 (5.06%) GitLab
5 11 (1.74%) Git
6 9 (1.42%) TeamCity
7 8 (1.27%) JIRA
8 5 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.63%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.32%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.32%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.32%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.32%) JUnit
10 2 (0.32%) Metasploit
10 2 (0.32%) Mockito
11 1 (0.16%) CMake
11 1 (0.16%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.16%) Subversion
11 1 (0.16%) WiX
General
1 405 (64.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 278 (43.99%) Analytical Skills
3 116 (18.35%) Social Skills
4 74 (11.71%) Telecoms
5 38 (6.01%) Finance
6 14 (2.22%) Electronics
7 13 (2.06%) Banking
8 6 (0.95%) Retail
9 5 (0.79%) Public Sector
10 4 (0.63%) Back Office
10 4 (0.63%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.47%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.47%) Games
11 3 (0.47%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.47%) Marketing
12 2 (0.32%) Law
12 2 (0.32%) Legal
12 2 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 282 (44.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 116 (18.35%) Lead
3 65 (10.28%) Team Leader
4 64 (10.13%) Test Engineer
5 62 (9.81%) Test Automation Engineer
6 42 (6.65%) Senior
7 33 (5.22%) Administrator
8 32 (5.06%) Systems Administrator
9 31 (4.91%) DevOps Engineer
10 25 (3.96%) Linux Systems Administrator
11 24 (3.80%) Linux Administrator
12 21 (3.32%) Platform Engineer
13 19 (3.01%) Software Engineer
14 17 (2.69%) Analyst
15 13 (2.06%) Cloud Engineer
15 13 (2.06%) Linux Engineer
16 12 (1.90%) Support Engineer
17 11 (1.74%) Azure Engineer
17 11 (1.74%) Developer
17 11 (1.74%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 337 (53.32%) Elastic Stack
2 66 (10.44%) OpenTelemetry
3 12 (1.90%) LDAP
4 8 (1.27%) ADO
5 6 (0.95%) Pandas
6 5 (0.79%) HTML
6 5 (0.79%) Kafka
7 4 (0.63%) CSS
8 3 (0.47%) .NET
8 3 (0.47%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.47%) Loki
8 3 (0.47%) RESTful
8 3 (0.47%) Spring
9 2 (0.32%) Middleware
9 2 (0.32%) REST
9 2 (0.32%) Ruby on Rails
9 2 (0.32%) SOAP
9 2 (0.32%) YAML
10 1 (0.16%) Regular Expression
10 1 (0.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 260 (41.14%) Cyberattack
2 72 (11.39%) Linux Command Line
3 16 (2.53%) Management Information System
4 15 (2.37%) Data Centre
4 15 (2.37%) IoT
5 14 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (1.74%) NB-IoT
7 10 (1.58%) Algorithms
7 10 (1.58%) Private Cloud
7 10 (1.58%) Security Operations Centre
8 9 (1.42%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.11%) Client/Server
9 7 (1.11%) Enterprise Cloud
9 7 (1.11%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.11%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (0.95%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.47%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 523 (82.75%) Linux
2 393 (62.18%) Windows
3 260 (41.14%) Android
4 86 (13.61%) Unix
5 29 (4.59%) Windows Server
6 23 (3.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 13 (2.06%) Mac OS
8 10 (1.58%) Ubuntu
9 7 (1.11%) CentOS
9 7 (1.11%) Debian
10 5 (0.79%) SUSE
10 5 (0.79%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 2 (0.32%) Solaris
11 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 463 (73.26%) DevOps
2 378 (59.81%) Problem-Solving
3 335 (53.01%) Task Automation
4 287 (45.41%) Platform Engineering
5 285 (45.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 271 (42.88%) Line Management
7 269 (42.56%) Mathematics
8 261 (41.30%) Risk Management
8 261 (41.30%) Storage Management
9 164 (25.95%) Mentoring
10 129 (20.41%) Infrastructure as Code
11 115 (18.20%) Containerisation
12 90 (14.24%) Agile
13 81 (12.82%) High Availability
14 73 (11.55%) Continuous Integration
14 73 (11.55%) Roadmaps
15 72 (11.39%) Coaching
16 71 (11.23%) Test Automation
17 70 (11.08%) CI/CD
18 69 (10.92%) GitOps
Programming Languages
1 594 (93.99%) Python
2 443 (70.09%) PowerShell
3 133 (21.04%) JavaScript
4 85 (13.45%) Java
5 70 (11.08%) Go
6 47 (7.44%) SQL
7 24 (3.80%) C++
8 18 (2.85%) C#
9 17 (2.69%) C
10 16 (2.53%) Perl
11 14 (2.22%) Bicep
12 11 (1.74%) Ruby
13 10 (1.58%) Fortran
14 8 (1.27%) Shell Script
15 7 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.79%) R
17 4 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
18 3 (0.47%) PL/SQL
18 3 (0.47%) TypeScript
19 2 (0.32%) PHP
Qualifications
1 122 (19.30%) Degree
2 77 (12.18%) AWS Certification
3 42 (6.65%) Security Cleared
4 28 (4.43%) DV Cleared
5 26 (4.11%) SC Cleared
6 18 (2.85%) CompTIA Security+
7 14 (2.22%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.74%) Network+ Certification
9 11 (1.74%) PhD
10 10 (1.58%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.11%) CEH
11 7 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.79%) CISSP
12 5 (0.79%) RHCE
13 4 (0.63%) CISM
13 4 (0.63%) GCIH
13 4 (0.63%) OSCP
14 3 (0.47%) CompTIA CySA+
14 3 (0.47%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (11.23%) QA
2 27 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (3.01%) GDPR
4 10 (1.58%) COBIT
4 10 (1.58%) NIST
5 7 (1.11%) HIPAA
5 7 (1.11%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.32%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.32%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.16%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.16%) JTAG
7 1 (0.16%) NCSC
7 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 378 (59.81%) Docker
2 273 (43.20%) vSphere
3 267 (42.25%) Hyper-V
4 260 (41.14%) VMware NSX
5 33 (5.22%) VMware Infrastructure
6 24 (3.80%) Active Directory
7 10 (1.58%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (1.11%) NFS
9 5 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.47%) Dovecot
10 3 (0.47%) Postfix
10 3 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.32%) Firmware
11 2 (0.32%) GPFS
11 2 (0.32%) Lustre
11 2 (0.32%) Squid
12 1 (0.16%) Apache Flume
12 1 (0.16%) HDFS
12 1 (0.16%) LXC
Systems Management
1 406 (64.24%) Terraform
2 400 (63.29%) Ansible
3 112 (17.72%) Kubernetes
4 80 (12.66%) Prometheus
5 70 (11.08%) Argo
6 65 (10.28%) Kustomize
7 31 (4.91%) Puppet
8 16 (2.53%) Grafana
9 12 (1.90%) Progress Chef
10 11 (1.74%) QRadar
11 10 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
12 9 (1.42%) SCCM
13 6 (0.95%) SCOM
14 5 (0.79%) Kibana
15 4 (0.63%) Nagios
15 4 (0.63%) SCOrch
16 3 (0.47%) Graylog
16 3 (0.47%) Proxmox
16 3 (0.47%) Rundeck
17 2 (0.32%) Kubespray
Vendors
1 280 (44.30%) Splunk
2 271 (42.88%) Cisco
3 264 (41.77%) Juniper
4 260 (41.14%) 3PAR
5 70 (11.08%) Google
6 69 (10.92%) Microsoft
7 43 (6.80%) VMware
8 17 (2.69%) Red Hat
9 9 (1.42%) SAP
10 7 (1.11%) Oracle
11 5 (0.79%) Citrix
11 5 (0.79%) NetApp
12 4 (0.63%) Apple
12 4 (0.63%) F5
12 4 (0.63%) Palo Alto
13 3 (0.47%) Dynatrace
13 3 (0.47%) Okta
13 3 (0.47%) Ping Identity
13 3 (0.47%) Pure Storage
13 3 (0.47%) SolarWinds