Hybrid/Remote Bash Job Trends

Bash Shell
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Bash skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 276 120 163
Rank change year-on-year -156 +43 -30
Permanent jobs citing Bash 194 442 456
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.78% 2.63% 2.03%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.10% 8.79% 5.13%
Number of salaries quoted 125 143 188
10th Percentile £43,000 £46,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,250 £44,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £73,750 £84,375 £78,750
90th Percentile £88,148 £94,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £64,635 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.24% +3.85% -7.14%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

Bash 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 6,260 5,029 8,890
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 25.09% 29.89% 39.62%
Number of salaries quoted 4,642 3,342 5,804
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £39,522
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £116,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

Bash
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Bash job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Bash
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Bash
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Bash over the 6 months to 1 October 2026.

Bash salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Bash
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 15 (7.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.61%) Apache
2 7 (3.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 6 (3.09%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (3.09%) Jupyter
4 5 (2.58%) Apache Spark
5 4 (2.06%) Confluence
6 3 (1.55%) nginx
7 2 (1.03%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.52%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 1 (0.52%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.52%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.03%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 118 (60.82%) Azure
2 107 (55.15%) AWS
3 51 (26.29%) GitHub
4 42 (21.65%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (15.98%) GitHub Actions
6 30 (15.46%) GCP
7 24 (12.37%) Azure Monitor
7 24 (12.37%) Serverless
8 22 (11.34%) PaaS
9 21 (10.82%) Azure AKS
9 21 (10.82%) IaaS
10 18 (9.28%) Azure Key Vault
10 18 (9.28%) SaaS
11 16 (8.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 15 (7.73%) Amazon EC2
12 15 (7.73%) Amazon EKS
12 15 (7.73%) AWS CloudFormation
12 15 (7.73%) Azure Functions
12 15 (7.73%) Azure Sentinel
13 14 (7.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 29 (14.95%) VPN
2 19 (9.79%) Firewall
3 13 (6.70%) DNS
3 13 (6.70%) TCP/IP
4 8 (4.12%) Network Security
5 4 (2.06%) BGP
5 4 (2.06%) DHCP
5 4 (2.06%) Kerberos
5 4 (2.06%) SSH
5 4 (2.06%) VLAN
6 3 (1.55%) Broadband
6 3 (1.55%) Unified Communications
7 2 (1.03%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (1.03%) LAN
7 2 (1.03%) NGFW
7 2 (1.03%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.03%) SSL
7 2 (1.03%) WAN
8 1 (0.52%) OSPF
8 1 (0.52%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (11.86%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (7.22%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (5.67%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (4.12%) DynamoDB
4 8 (4.12%) MongoDB
5 6 (3.09%) Amazon Athena
5 6 (3.09%) SQL Server
6 5 (2.58%) Big Data
6 5 (2.58%) MySQL
7 4 (2.06%) DocumentDB
8 3 (1.55%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.55%) Redis
9 2 (1.03%) InfluxDB
9 2 (1.03%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.52%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.52%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.52%) Oracle Exadata
10 1 (0.52%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 31 (15.98%) GitLab
1 31 (15.98%) Jenkins
2 30 (15.46%) Git
3 12 (6.19%) Maven
4 10 (5.15%) JUnit
4 10 (5.15%) Mockito
5 7 (3.61%) TeamCity
6 6 (3.09%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (3.09%) Bitbucket
6 6 (3.09%) JIRA
7 3 (1.55%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.55%) JMeter
7 3 (1.55%) Postman
8 2 (1.03%) Artifactory
8 2 (1.03%) MSI
8 2 (1.03%) Robot Framework
8 2 (1.03%) SonarQube
8 2 (1.03%) TestRail
9 1 (0.52%) GDB
9 1 (0.52%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 59 (30.41%) Social Skills
2 30 (15.46%) Finance
3 29 (14.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 29 (14.95%) Public Sector
4 24 (12.37%) Law
5 21 (10.82%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (7.73%) Retail
7 14 (7.22%) Banking
8 6 (3.09%) Legal
9 3 (1.55%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.55%) Aviation
9 3 (1.55%) Back Office
9 3 (1.55%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Electronics
10 1 (0.52%) French Language
10 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.52%) Marketing
10 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Police
Job Titles
1 45 (23.20%) DevOps Engineer
2 43 (22.16%) Senior
3 25 (12.89%) Platform Engineer
4 21 (10.82%) Analyst
5 17 (8.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 17 (8.76%) Lead
6 15 (7.73%) Cloud Engineer
7 14 (7.22%) Developer
8 13 (6.70%) Azure Engineer
9 12 (6.19%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 12 (6.19%) Full-Stack Developer
9 12 (6.19%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 12 (6.19%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 12 (6.19%) Java Developer
10 11 (5.67%) Administrator
10 11 (5.67%) Senior DevOps
11 9 (4.64%) Information Analyst
11 9 (4.64%) Information Security Analyst
11 9 (4.64%) Security Analyst
11 9 (4.64%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (48.45%) Terraform
2 17 (8.76%) React
3 14 (7.22%) YAML
4 11 (5.67%) REST
5 10 (5.15%) Spring
6 9 (4.64%) RESTful
7 8 (4.12%) Loki
7 8 (4.12%) OpenTelemetry
8 7 (3.61%) .NET
8 7 (3.61%) SAML
9 6 (3.09%) Kafka
9 6 (3.09%) OpenID
10 5 (2.58%) Pulumi
11 4 (2.06%) ARM Templates
11 4 (2.06%) Node.js
11 4 (2.06%) OAuth
11 4 (2.06%) OAuth2
11 4 (2.06%) PySpark
12 3 (1.55%) GraphQL
12 3 (1.55%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 41 (21.13%) Cloud Native
2 16 (8.25%) Linux Command Line
2 16 (8.25%) Security Posture
3 14 (7.22%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (6.70%) Public Cloud
5 12 (6.19%) PKI
5 12 (6.19%) Podcast
6 7 (3.61%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (3.61%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (3.61%) Onboarding
7 6 (3.09%) Blog
8 4 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.06%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.55%) CSOC
9 3 (1.55%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.55%) FPGA
9 3 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.55%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.55%) Robotics
9 3 (1.55%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 82 (42.27%) Linux
2 44 (22.68%) Windows
3 12 (6.19%) VMS
4 9 (4.64%) Mac OS
5 8 (4.12%) Ubuntu
6 6 (3.09%) Apple iOS
6 6 (3.09%) Debian
6 6 (3.09%) Unix
7 5 (2.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.55%) CentOS
8 3 (1.55%) Robot Operating System
8 3 (1.55%) Solaris
8 3 (1.55%) Windows Server
9 2 (1.03%) Rocky
10 1 (0.52%) AIX
10 1 (0.52%) Android
10 1 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (70.10%) CI/CD
2 106 (54.64%) DevOps
3 101 (52.06%) Infrastructure as Code
4 70 (36.08%) Mentoring
5 68 (35.05%) Agile
6 66 (34.02%) Observability
7 60 (30.93%) Containerisation
8 59 (30.41%) Problem-Solving
9 52 (26.80%) AI
10 50 (25.77%) Platform Engineering
11 47 (24.23%) Cloud Security
12 40 (20.62%) Continuous Improvement
13 33 (17.01%) Technical Leadership
14 32 (16.49%) DevSecOps
15 31 (15.98%) Analytics
15 31 (15.98%) Root Cause Analysis
16 29 (14.95%) Scrum
16 29 (14.95%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 24 (12.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 24 (12.37%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 146 (75.26%) Python
2 93 (47.94%) PowerShell
3 49 (25.26%) SQL
4 34 (17.53%) Java
5 30 (15.46%) Go
6 27 (13.92%) Bicep
7 20 (10.31%) JavaScript
8 17 (8.76%) Kusto Query Language
9 11 (5.67%) PL/SQL
10 7 (3.61%) C#
11 4 (2.06%) C++
11 4 (2.06%) PHP
11 4 (2.06%) Ruby
11 4 (2.06%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.55%) Rust
12 3 (1.55%) TypeScript
13 2 (1.03%) C
13 2 (1.03%) Groovy
13 2 (1.03%) Search Processing Language
14 1 (0.52%) Perl
Qualifications
1 52 (26.80%) Security Cleared
2 44 (22.68%) SC Cleared
3 20 (10.31%) Azure Certification
4 16 (8.25%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (7.73%) Degree
6 10 (5.15%) AWS Certification
7 8 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (4.12%) GIAC
8 7 (3.61%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (3.09%) CISSP
9 6 (3.09%) DV Cleared
10 5 (2.58%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (2.58%) CompTIA CySA+
10 5 (2.58%) GCFA
11 4 (2.06%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.55%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 3 (1.55%) CEH
12 3 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.55%) GCIA
12 3 (1.55%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.19%) QA
2 9 (4.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (4.64%) NIST
3 7 (3.61%) NCSC
3 7 (3.61%) PCI DSS
4 6 (3.09%) SOC 2
5 4 (2.06%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.03%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.52%) GDPR
System Software
1 74 (38.14%) Docker
2 26 (13.40%) Active Directory
3 25 (12.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (7.22%) vSphere
5 12 (6.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (4.12%) Hyper-V
6 8 (4.12%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (2.58%) KVM
8 3 (1.55%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (1.03%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.52%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 95 (48.97%) Kubernetes
2 44 (22.68%) Grafana
3 40 (20.62%) Prometheus
4 28 (14.43%) Ansible
5 19 (9.79%) Argo
6 13 (6.70%) Istio
7 9 (4.64%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (3.61%) Kustomize
8 7 (3.61%) Proxmox
9 5 (2.58%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (2.06%) Graylog
10 4 (2.06%) linkerd
10 4 (2.06%) Puppet
10 4 (2.06%) ZABBIX
11 3 (1.55%) Cilium
11 3 (1.55%) Progress Chef
12 2 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (1.03%) HP Fortify
12 2 (1.03%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.52%) CASB
Vendors
1 58 (29.90%) Microsoft
2 27 (13.92%) VMware
3 20 (10.31%) Oracle
4 17 (8.76%) Google
5 13 (6.70%) Splunk
6 12 (6.19%) Red Hat
6 12 (6.19%) ScienceLogic
7 8 (4.12%) CyberArk
7 8 (4.12%) ServiceNow
8 7 (3.61%) Cisco
9 5 (2.58%) Fortinet
9 5 (2.58%) New Relic
9 5 (2.58%) Veeam
10 4 (2.06%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (1.55%) NVIDIA
11 3 (1.55%) Okta
11 3 (1.55%) OpenAI
11 3 (1.55%) YouTube
12 2 (1.03%) Dynatrace
12 2 (1.03%) Palo Alto