Hybrid/Remote Shell Script Job Trends

Shell Scripting (Shell Programming)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Shell Script skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 356 336 452
Rank change year-on-year -20 +116 +34
Permanent jobs citing Shell Script 36 69 98
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.21% 0.52% 0.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.80% 1.13% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 12 30 82
10th Percentile £43,375 £40,750 £43,325
25th Percentile £51,156 £44,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £61,250 £72,188 £81,625
90th Percentile - £93,778 £111,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,514 6,108 13,057
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.48% 45.66% 43.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3,279 4,510 11,359
10th Percentile £38,750 £39,250 £38,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

Shell Script
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Shell Script and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Shell Script job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Shell Script
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Shell Script.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Shell Script

Shell Script
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Shell Script over the 6 months to 21 March 2026.

Shell Script salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Shell Script
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 10 (27.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 5 (13.89%) Anypoint
Business Applications
1 22 (61.11%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (13.89%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 28 (77.78%) Azure
2 25 (69.44%) GitHub
3 22 (61.11%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (61.11%) OCI
4 17 (47.22%) AWS
5 12 (33.33%) Entra ID
6 10 (27.78%) GitHub Copilot
6 10 (27.78%) Power Platform
7 5 (13.89%) Boomi
7 5 (13.89%) iPaaS
7 5 (13.89%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (13.89%) Power Automate
7 5 (13.89%) Workato
8 2 (5.56%) Algolia
8 2 (5.56%) Cloud Functions
8 2 (5.56%) Firebase
8 2 (5.56%) GCP
8 2 (5.56%) Sentry
8 2 (5.56%) Serverless
8 2 (5.56%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.56%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (27.78%) Power BI
1 10 (27.78%) Tableau
2 5 (13.89%) Relational Database
3 3 (8.33%) MySQL
4 2 (5.56%) BigQuery
4 2 (5.56%) NoSQL
5 1 (2.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 23 (63.89%) Jenkins
2 22 (61.11%) Oracle Forms
3 13 (36.11%) Git
4 10 (27.78%) JIRA
5 2 (5.56%) Storybook
6 1 (2.78%) LabVIEW
6 1 (2.78%) Subversion
General
1 24 (66.67%) Finance
2 9 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (13.89%) Law
3 5 (13.89%) Legal
4 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (61.11%) Applications Engineer
1 22 (61.11%) Cloud Engineer
2 12 (33.33%) Senior
2 12 (33.33%) Senior Cloud Engineer
3 8 (22.22%) Support Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) Integration Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Developer
5 4 (11.11%) Development Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Development Support Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Linux Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Linux Support
6 3 (8.33%) Linux Support Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) Full-Stack Developer
7 2 (5.56%) Java Developer
8 1 (2.78%) DBA
8 1 (2.78%) Java Software Developer
8 1 (2.78%) Oracle DBA
8 1 (2.78%) Platform Integration Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared DBA
8 1 (2.78%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (80.56%) RESTful
2 17 (47.22%) JSON
2 17 (47.22%) SOAP
2 17 (47.22%) XML
3 12 (33.33%) OAuth
4 10 (27.78%) OAuth2
4 10 (27.78%) SAML
5 5 (13.89%) REST
5 5 (13.89%) Web Services
6 4 (11.11%) Node.js
7 3 (8.33%) LAMP
8 2 (5.56%) AngularJS
8 2 (5.56%) CSS
8 2 (5.56%) CSS3
8 2 (5.56%) Express.js
8 2 (5.56%) HTML
8 2 (5.56%) HTML5
8 2 (5.56%) Jest
8 2 (5.56%) JWT
8 2 (5.56%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 22 (61.11%) Cloud Native
1 22 (61.11%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (13.89%) Low-Code
3 3 (8.33%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.56%) Data Structures
4 2 (5.56%) Product Ownership
4 2 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (30.56%) Linux
2 6 (16.67%) Unix
3 3 (8.33%) CentOS
3 3 (8.33%) Rocky
3 3 (8.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (88.89%) Agile
2 27 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 27 (75.00%) ERP
3 24 (66.67%) API Integration
3 24 (66.67%) DevOps
4 23 (63.89%) Test Automation
5 22 (61.11%) Asset Management
5 22 (61.11%) Coaching
6 12 (33.33%) Analytics
6 12 (33.33%) Business Strategy
6 12 (33.33%) Data Governance
6 12 (33.33%) Event-Driven
6 12 (33.33%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 12 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
6 12 (33.33%) Mentoring
6 12 (33.33%) Microservices
6 12 (33.33%) Migration
6 12 (33.33%) Observability
6 12 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
6 12 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 29 (80.56%) Java
2 28 (77.78%) Python
3 27 (75.00%) SQL
4 22 (61.11%) PL/SQL
5 9 (25.00%) JavaScript
6 5 (13.89%) C#
7 4 (11.11%) TypeScript
8 1 (2.78%) Korn
8 1 (2.78%) Perl
8 1 (2.78%) Rust
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) Degree
2 2 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (5.56%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.56%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.78%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.89%) GDPR
2 2 (5.56%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.56%) QA
2 2 (5.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (13.89%) Docker
3 1 (2.78%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.78%) Xen
Systems Management
1 22 (61.11%) Single Sign-On
1 22 (61.11%) Terraform
2 5 (13.89%) Kubernetes
3 3 (8.33%) Ansible
3 3 (8.33%) Nagios
4 1 (2.78%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (2.78%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 28 (77.78%) Oracle
2 12 (33.33%) Okta
3 10 (27.78%) Microsoft
4 5 (13.89%) Dell
4 5 (13.89%) Epicor
4 5 (13.89%) IBM
4 5 (13.89%) IFS
4 5 (13.89%) Infor
4 5 (13.89%) Informatica
4 5 (13.89%) Jitterbit
4 5 (13.89%) MuleSoft
4 5 (13.89%) SAP
4 5 (13.89%) SnapLogic
4 5 (13.89%) Software AG
4 5 (13.89%) Talend
4 5 (13.89%) TIBCO
4 5 (13.89%) Workday
5 2 (5.56%) Google
5 2 (5.56%) SendGrid
6 1 (2.78%) VMware