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 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 122 177
Rank change year-on-year -158 +55 -44
Permanent jobs citing Bash 199 431 418
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.80% 2.61% 1.96%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.19% 8.80% 4.84%
Number of salaries quoted 121 131 188
10th Percentile £43,750 £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 £75,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £88,148 £95,000 £92,725
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +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 6,240 4,898 8,629
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.97% 29.69% 40.53%
Number of salaries quoted 4,555 3,240 5,527
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £38,750
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 £86,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £116,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £64,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.10% -0.77%

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 13 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 14 (7.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.52%) Apache
2 7 (3.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 6 (3.02%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (3.02%) Jupyter
4 5 (2.51%) Apache Spark
5 4 (2.01%) Confluence
6 3 (1.51%) nginx
7 2 (1.01%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.50%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 1 (0.50%) Tomcat
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
1 118 (59.30%) Azure
2 113 (56.78%) AWS
3 51 (25.63%) GitHub
4 43 (21.61%) Azure DevOps
5 36 (18.09%) GCP
6 31 (15.58%) GitHub Actions
7 25 (12.56%) SaaS
8 24 (12.06%) Azure Monitor
8 24 (12.06%) Serverless
9 23 (11.56%) Azure AKS
10 21 (10.55%) Amazon EKS
10 21 (10.55%) PaaS
11 20 (10.05%) IaaS
12 18 (9.05%) Azure Key Vault
13 17 (8.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 16 (8.04%) Azure Sentinel
15 15 (7.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 15 (7.54%) Amazon EC2
15 15 (7.54%) AWS CloudFormation
15 15 (7.54%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 34 (17.09%) VPN
2 19 (9.55%) TCP/IP
3 17 (8.54%) Firewall
4 13 (6.53%) DNS
5 10 (5.03%) BGP
5 10 (5.03%) VLAN
6 8 (4.02%) Network Security
7 4 (2.01%) DHCP
7 4 (2.01%) Kerberos
7 4 (2.01%) SSH
8 3 (1.51%) Broadband
9 2 (1.01%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (1.01%) LAN
9 2 (1.01%) NGFW
9 2 (1.01%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.01%) SSL
9 2 (1.01%) Unified Communications
9 2 (1.01%) WAN
10 1 (0.50%) OSPF
10 1 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (13.57%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (8.54%) Amazon RDS
3 14 (7.04%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (4.52%) MongoDB
5 8 (4.02%) DynamoDB
6 6 (3.02%) Amazon Athena
7 5 (2.51%) Big Data
8 4 (2.01%) DocumentDB
8 4 (2.01%) MySQL
8 4 (2.01%) SQL Server
9 3 (1.51%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.51%) Redis
10 2 (1.01%) InfluxDB
10 2 (1.01%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.50%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.50%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.50%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.50%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 32 (16.08%) GitLab
2 31 (15.58%) Jenkins
3 30 (15.08%) Git
4 13 (6.53%) TeamCity
5 12 (6.03%) Maven
6 10 (5.03%) JUnit
6 10 (5.03%) Mockito
7 6 (3.02%) JIRA
8 5 (2.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (2.51%) Bitbucket
9 3 (1.51%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.51%) JMeter
9 3 (1.51%) Postman
10 2 (1.01%) Artifactory
10 2 (1.01%) MSI
10 2 (1.01%) Robot Framework
10 2 (1.01%) SonarQube
10 2 (1.01%) TestRail
11 1 (0.50%) GDB
11 1 (0.50%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 58 (29.15%) Social Skills
2 36 (18.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 34 (17.09%) Finance
4 31 (15.58%) Law
5 30 (15.08%) Public Sector
6 22 (11.06%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (10.05%) Retail
8 19 (9.55%) Banking
9 9 (4.52%) Back Office
9 9 (4.52%) Financial Institution
10 6 (3.02%) Legal
11 3 (1.51%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.51%) Aviation
12 1 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.50%) Electronics
12 1 (0.50%) French Language
12 1 (0.50%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.50%) Marketing
12 1 (0.50%) Police
12 1 (0.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 47 (23.62%) DevOps Engineer
2 42 (21.11%) Senior
3 24 (12.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 22 (11.06%) Analyst
4 22 (11.06%) Platform Engineer
5 17 (8.54%) Lead
6 15 (7.54%) Cloud Engineer
7 14 (7.04%) Developer
8 13 (6.53%) GCP Engineer
9 12 (6.03%) Azure Engineer
9 12 (6.03%) Full-Stack Developer
9 12 (6.03%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 12 (6.03%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 12 (6.03%) Java Developer
10 11 (5.53%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 10 (5.03%) Administrator
11 10 (5.03%) Information Analyst
11 10 (5.03%) Information Security Analyst
11 10 (5.03%) Security Analyst
11 10 (5.03%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (51.26%) Terraform
2 17 (8.54%) React
3 15 (7.54%) RESTful
4 14 (7.04%) OpenTelemetry
4 14 (7.04%) YAML
5 11 (5.53%) REST
6 10 (5.03%) Spring
7 9 (4.52%) Loki
8 7 (3.52%) SAML
9 6 (3.02%) .NET
9 6 (3.02%) Kafka
9 6 (3.02%) OpenID
10 5 (2.51%) Pulumi
11 4 (2.01%) ARM Templates
11 4 (2.01%) Node.js
11 4 (2.01%) OAuth
11 4 (2.01%) OAuth2
11 4 (2.01%) PySpark
12 3 (1.51%) Jest
12 3 (1.51%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 46 (23.12%) Cloud Native
2 16 (8.04%) Linux Command Line
2 16 (8.04%) Security Posture
3 13 (6.53%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (6.53%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (6.03%) Blog
4 12 (6.03%) PKI
4 12 (6.03%) Podcast
4 12 (6.03%) Public Cloud
5 7 (3.52%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.02%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.51%) CSOC
8 3 (1.51%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.51%) FPGA
8 3 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.51%) Robotics
8 3 (1.51%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.01%) Educational Technology
9 2 (1.01%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 82 (41.21%) Linux
2 43 (21.61%) Windows
3 13 (6.53%) VMS
4 10 (5.03%) macOS
5 8 (4.02%) Ubuntu
6 7 (3.52%) Apple iOS
7 6 (3.02%) Debian
7 6 (3.02%) Unix
8 3 (1.51%) CentOS
8 3 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.51%) Robot Operating System
8 3 (1.51%) Windows Server
9 2 (1.01%) Rocky
9 2 (1.01%) Solaris
10 1 (0.50%) Android
10 1 (0.50%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (71.36%) CI/CD
2 107 (53.77%) DevOps
3 102 (51.26%) Infrastructure as Code
4 73 (36.68%) Observability
5 69 (34.67%) Mentoring
6 68 (34.17%) Agile
7 62 (31.16%) Problem-Solving
8 60 (30.15%) Containerisation
9 53 (26.63%) AI
10 49 (24.62%) Cloud Security
11 48 (24.12%) Platform Engineering
12 40 (20.10%) Continuous Improvement
13 35 (17.59%) Technical Leadership
14 33 (16.58%) DevSecOps
14 33 (16.58%) Root Cause Analysis
15 31 (15.58%) Analytics
15 31 (15.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 30 (15.08%) Runbook
17 29 (14.57%) Scrum
18 28 (14.07%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 153 (76.88%) Python
2 89 (44.72%) PowerShell
3 53 (26.63%) SQL
4 38 (19.10%) Java
5 36 (18.09%) Go
6 28 (14.07%) Bicep
7 20 (10.05%) JavaScript
8 17 (8.54%) Kusto Query Language
9 11 (5.53%) PL/SQL
10 6 (3.02%) C#
11 4 (2.01%) C++
11 4 (2.01%) PHP
11 4 (2.01%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.51%) Ruby
12 3 (1.51%) TypeScript
13 2 (1.01%) Groovy
13 2 (1.01%) Rust
13 2 (1.01%) Search Processing Language
14 1 (0.50%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.50%) R
Qualifications
1 54 (27.14%) Security Cleared
2 46 (23.12%) SC Cleared
3 21 (10.55%) Azure Certification
4 16 (8.04%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (7.04%) Degree
6 9 (4.52%) AWS Certification
6 9 (4.52%) GIAC
7 8 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (3.52%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (3.02%) CISSP
9 6 (3.02%) DV Cleared
9 6 (3.02%) GCFA
10 5 (2.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (2.51%) CompTIA CySA+
11 3 (1.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.51%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (1.51%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (1.51%) CCNA CyberOps
11 3 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.51%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (6.53%) PCI DSS
3 12 (6.03%) QA
3 12 (6.03%) SOC 2
4 9 (4.52%) NIST
5 7 (3.52%) NCSC
6 4 (2.01%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.01%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.50%) GDPR
System Software
1 75 (37.69%) Docker
2 25 (12.56%) Active Directory
2 25 (12.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (7.04%) vSphere
4 12 (6.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (4.02%) Hyper-V
5 8 (4.02%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (2.51%) KVM
7 3 (1.51%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.50%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 101 (50.75%) Kubernetes
2 50 (25.13%) Grafana
3 45 (22.61%) Prometheus
4 27 (13.57%) Ansible
5 20 (10.05%) Argo
6 15 (7.54%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (6.53%) Istio
8 7 (3.52%) Kustomize
9 6 (3.02%) Proxmox
10 5 (2.51%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (2.01%) Graylog
11 4 (2.01%) linkerd
11 4 (2.01%) Puppet
11 4 (2.01%) ZABBIX
12 3 (1.51%) Cilium
12 3 (1.51%) Progress Chef
13 2 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (1.01%) HP Fortify
13 2 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.50%) CASB
Vendors
1 56 (28.14%) Microsoft
2 26 (13.07%) VMware
3 24 (12.06%) Google
4 19 (9.55%) Oracle
5 13 (6.53%) Splunk
6 12 (6.03%) ScienceLogic
7 10 (5.03%) Red Hat
8 8 (4.02%) CyberArk
9 7 (3.52%) Cisco
10 6 (3.02%) ServiceNow
11 5 (2.51%) CrowdStrike
11 5 (2.51%) Fortinet
11 5 (2.51%) New Relic
11 5 (2.51%) Veeam
12 4 (2.01%) YouTube
13 3 (1.51%) NVIDIA
13 3 (1.51%) Okta
13 3 (1.51%) OpenAI
14 2 (1.01%) Apple
14 2 (1.01%) Palo Alto