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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 123 178
Rank change year-on-year -138 +55 -49
Permanent jobs citing Bash 199 450 521
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.91% 2.73% 1.90%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.37% 7.82% 4.90%
Number of salaries quoted 134 158 254
10th Percentile £42,500 £48,617 £44,738
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £72,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +16.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £94,125 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £68,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +14.58% -14.29%

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 5,901 5,757 10,642
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.03% 34.93% 38.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4,440 4,005 8,537
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,250 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -7.69%

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 26 July 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 17 (8.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (4.02%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (3.52%) Apache
4 5 (2.51%) Apache Spark
4 5 (2.51%) Jupyter
5 4 (2.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (1.51%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.50%) Confluence
7 1 (0.50%) nginx
7 1 (0.50%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.50%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.01%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 128 (64.32%) Azure
2 89 (44.72%) AWS
3 44 (22.11%) GitHub
4 38 (19.10%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (14.57%) Entra ID
6 26 (13.07%) GitHub Actions
7 24 (12.06%) IaaS
7 24 (12.06%) Serverless
8 21 (10.55%) PaaS
9 20 (10.05%) Azure Monitor
9 20 (10.05%) GCP
10 18 (9.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 18 (9.05%) Amazon S3
11 17 (8.54%) Amazon EC2
12 16 (8.04%) Microsoft 365
13 15 (7.54%) Azure AKS
13 15 (7.54%) Google Workspace
14 14 (7.04%) Azure Key Vault
14 14 (7.04%) SaaS
14 14 (7.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 36 (18.09%) VPN
2 29 (14.57%) Firewall
3 17 (8.54%) Broadband
4 15 (7.54%) DNS
5 8 (4.02%) Network Security
6 7 (3.52%) TCP/IP
7 6 (3.02%) VLAN
8 5 (2.51%) VoIP
9 4 (2.01%) DHCP
9 4 (2.01%) DMZ
9 4 (2.01%) Kerberos
9 4 (2.01%) Reverse Proxy
9 4 (2.01%) SSH
9 4 (2.01%) STUN
10 3 (1.51%) SSL
11 2 (1.01%) iSCSI
11 2 (1.01%) LAN
11 2 (1.01%) SAN
11 2 (1.01%) WAN
11 2 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (10.05%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (6.53%) Azure SQL Database
2 13 (6.53%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.52%) DynamoDB
4 6 (3.02%) Amazon Athena
4 6 (3.02%) MongoDB
4 6 (3.02%) MySQL
5 5 (2.51%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.51%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (1.51%) Apache Iceberg
6 3 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.51%) Redis
6 3 (1.51%) Tableau
7 2 (1.01%) Big Data
7 2 (1.01%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.01%) Delta Lake
7 2 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.01%) Pinecone
7 2 (1.01%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.01%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 27 (13.57%) Git
2 24 (12.06%) Jenkins
3 22 (11.06%) GitLab
4 9 (4.52%) Maven
5 8 (4.02%) JIRA
6 7 (3.52%) Bitbucket
6 7 (3.52%) JUnit
6 7 (3.52%) Mockito
7 6 (3.02%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (2.51%) Postman
9 4 (2.01%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (1.51%) JMeter
11 2 (1.01%) Cypress.io
11 2 (1.01%) MLflow
11 2 (1.01%) MSI
11 2 (1.01%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.50%) Browser DevTools
12 1 (0.50%) Jaeger
12 1 (0.50%) Robot Framework
12 1 (0.50%) webpack
General
1 58 (29.15%) Social Skills
2 22 (11.06%) Finance
3 20 (10.05%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (8.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (8.04%) Public Sector
6 12 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (6.03%) Law
7 9 (4.52%) Retail
8 8 (4.02%) Games
9 6 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.01%) Banking
10 4 (2.01%) Legal
11 3 (1.51%) Aviation
11 3 (1.51%) Marketing
11 3 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.01%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.50%) French Language
13 1 (0.50%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 48 (24.12%) Senior
2 35 (17.59%) DevOps Engineer
3 28 (14.07%) Platform Engineer
4 19 (9.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 15 (7.54%) Developer
5 15 (7.54%) Lead
6 14 (7.04%) Cloud Engineer
6 14 (7.04%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 12 (6.03%) Analyst
7 12 (6.03%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 12 (6.03%) Senior DevOps
8 11 (5.53%) Administrator
8 11 (5.53%) AWS Engineer
8 11 (5.53%) Azure Engineer
9 9 (4.52%) Full-Stack Developer
9 9 (4.52%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 9 (4.52%) Java Developer
9 9 (4.52%) Systems Administrator
10 8 (4.02%) Azure Platform Engineer
10 8 (4.02%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (10.55%) REST
1 21 (10.55%) SAML
2 20 (10.05%) OpenID
3 19 (9.55%) OAuth
4 17 (8.54%) GraphQL
4 17 (8.54%) SOAP
5 16 (8.04%) LDAP
6 14 (7.04%) YAML
7 10 (5.03%) React
8 7 (3.52%) .NET
8 7 (3.52%) Loki
8 7 (3.52%) Spring
9 6 (3.02%) RESTful
10 5 (2.51%) Kafka
11 4 (2.01%) Elastic Stack
11 4 (2.01%) FreeSWITCH
11 4 (2.01%) OAuth2
11 4 (2.01%) OpenTelemetry
12 3 (1.51%) AngularJS
12 3 (1.51%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 32 (16.08%) Cloud Native
2 19 (9.55%) Cyber Threat
3 16 (8.04%) Public Cloud
3 16 (8.04%) Security Posture
4 15 (7.54%) Cyberattack
5 13 (6.53%) Linux Command Line
6 12 (6.03%) Podcast
6 12 (6.03%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (5.53%) PKI
8 9 (4.52%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (3.52%) Management Information System
9 7 (3.52%) Onboarding
10 5 (2.51%) Data Centre
10 5 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (2.51%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.51%) FPGA
11 3 (1.51%) Product Ownership
12 2 (1.01%) Educational Technology
12 2 (1.01%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 76 (38.19%) Linux
2 43 (21.61%) Windows
3 13 (6.53%) VMS
4 7 (3.52%) Debian
4 7 (3.52%) Windows Server
5 6 (3.02%) Unix
6 5 (2.51%) CentOS
6 5 (2.51%) Ubuntu
7 4 (2.01%) Mac OS
7 4 (2.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.51%) Solaris
8 3 (1.51%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (1.01%) Android
10 1 (0.50%) AIX
10 1 (0.50%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.50%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.50%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (60.30%) CI/CD
2 101 (50.75%) DevOps
3 92 (46.23%) Infrastructure as Code
4 67 (33.67%) Mentoring
5 62 (31.16%) Agile
5 62 (31.16%) Observability
6 50 (25.13%) Platform Engineering
7 47 (23.62%) Problem-Solving
8 46 (23.12%) AI
9 45 (22.61%) Cloud Security
10 44 (22.11%) Containerisation
11 38 (19.10%) Continuous Improvement
12 31 (15.58%) Root Cause Analysis
13 30 (15.08%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 27 (13.57%) Cybersecurity
14 27 (13.57%) Identity Access Management
14 27 (13.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 27 (13.57%) Roadmaps
15 25 (12.56%) DevSecOps
16 24 (12.06%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 137 (68.84%) Python
2 115 (57.79%) PowerShell
3 51 (25.63%) SQL
4 26 (13.07%) Java
5 23 (11.56%) Bicep
6 19 (9.55%) Go
7 16 (8.04%) JavaScript
7 16 (8.04%) Kusto Query Language
8 15 (7.54%) T-SQL
9 9 (4.52%) C#
10 7 (3.52%) PHP
10 7 (3.52%) PL/SQL
11 6 (3.02%) Ruby
12 5 (2.51%) C++
13 4 (2.01%) Perl
13 4 (2.01%) TypeScript
14 3 (1.51%) C
14 3 (1.51%) Objective-C
14 3 (1.51%) Rust
15 2 (1.01%) Korn
Qualifications
1 37 (18.59%) Security Cleared
2 34 (17.09%) SC Cleared
3 24 (12.06%) Azure Certification
4 18 (9.05%) Degree
5 16 (8.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (4.52%) AWS Certification
7 6 (3.02%) CISSP
7 6 (3.02%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.51%) DV Cleared
9 4 (2.01%) CompTIA CySA+
9 4 (2.01%) CREST Certified
9 4 (2.01%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (2.01%) OSCP
10 3 (1.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.51%) CCSAM
10 3 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.51%) GPEN
10 3 (1.51%) GXPN
10 3 (1.51%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.55%) NIST
2 18 (9.05%) NCSC
3 15 (7.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (4.52%) QA
5 7 (3.52%) SOC 2
6 4 (2.01%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.51%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (1.51%) SLA
8 2 (1.01%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.50%) GDPR
9 1 (0.50%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 60 (30.15%) Docker
2 47 (23.62%) Active Directory
3 21 (10.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (6.03%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (6.03%) vSphere
5 8 (4.02%) Hyper-V
6 6 (3.02%) KVM
7 2 (1.01%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.50%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.50%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 82 (41.21%) Terraform
2 72 (36.18%) Kubernetes
3 41 (20.60%) Grafana
4 40 (20.10%) Prometheus
5 32 (16.08%) Ansible
6 19 (9.55%) Argo
7 10 (5.03%) Istio
7 10 (5.03%) Proxmox
8 6 (3.02%) Kustomize
8 6 (3.02%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (2.51%) Puppet
10 4 (2.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (2.01%) Graylog
10 4 (2.01%) Kibana
10 4 (2.01%) linkerd
10 4 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (2.01%) ZABBIX
11 3 (1.51%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (1.51%) Nagios
11 3 (1.51%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 67 (33.67%) Microsoft
2 29 (14.57%) VMware
3 16 (8.04%) Oracle
4 15 (7.54%) Red Hat
5 12 (6.03%) ScienceLogic
6 11 (5.53%) Splunk
7 10 (5.03%) Cisco
8 8 (4.02%) Google
8 8 (4.02%) ServiceNow
9 7 (3.52%) CyberArk
10 6 (3.02%) New Relic
11 5 (2.51%) Veeam
12 4 (2.01%) Apple
12 4 (2.01%) Fortinet
13 3 (1.51%) Commvault
13 3 (1.51%) Dell
14 2 (1.01%) BT
14 2 (1.01%) Dynatrace
14 2 (1.01%) Palantir
14 2 (1.01%) Palo Alto