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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 206 181
Rank change year-on-year +21 -25 -53
Permanent jobs citing Bash 232 201 595
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.32% 1.52% 1.84%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.89% 3.54% 4.45%
Number of salaries quoted 118 173 396
10th Percentile £42,750 £47,284 £44,000
25th Percentile £51,563 £55,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £80,938 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,625 £93,778 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% -10.71%

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 4,745 5,678 13,376
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.04% 43.04% 41.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3,451 4,505 11,531
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £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 £113,788 £97,500
UK median annual salary £63,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.31% +8.33% -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 16 April 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 19 (8.19%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (4.31%) Apache
2 10 (4.31%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.72%) CMS
3 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.72%) nginx
4 3 (1.29%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.86%) SAS
5 2 (0.86%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.43%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (1.72%) Photoshop
2 2 (0.86%) Weka
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 129 (55.60%) Azure
2 123 (53.02%) AWS
3 69 (29.74%) Entra ID
4 56 (24.14%) Google Workspace
5 40 (17.24%) GitHub
6 36 (15.52%) GitHub Actions
7 27 (11.64%) GCP
8 25 (10.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 24 (10.34%) Amazon S3
10 21 (9.05%) Amazon EKS
10 21 (9.05%) AWS CloudFormation
11 20 (8.62%) Pulumi
12 19 (8.19%) Azure DevOps
13 18 (7.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 17 (7.33%) Amazon EC2
15 15 (6.47%) SaaS
15 15 (6.47%) Serverless
16 14 (6.03%) AWS Lambda
17 11 (4.74%) Microsoft 365
17 11 (4.74%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 79 (34.05%) Broadband
2 29 (12.50%) Firewall
3 22 (9.48%) VPN
4 13 (5.60%) Network Security
5 10 (4.31%) DNS
5 10 (4.31%) VLAN
6 6 (2.59%) VoIP
7 5 (2.16%) DMZ
7 5 (2.16%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (2.16%) STUN
7 5 (2.16%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.72%) DHCP
8 4 (1.72%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (1.72%) WAN
9 3 (1.29%) LAN
9 3 (1.29%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (1.29%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.86%) InfiniBand
10 2 (0.86%) NGFW
10 2 (0.86%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (10.78%) NoSQL
2 19 (8.19%) RDBMS
2 19 (8.19%) Relational Database
3 18 (7.76%) Amazon Redshift
3 18 (7.76%) Apache Iceberg
3 18 (7.76%) Tableau
4 11 (4.74%) SQL Server
5 10 (4.31%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (4.31%) BigQuery
5 10 (4.31%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (3.88%) Amazon Athena
6 9 (3.88%) Amazon QuickSight
6 9 (3.88%) Delta Lake
6 9 (3.88%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (3.88%) Looker
6 9 (3.88%) Metadata
6 9 (3.88%) MySQL
6 9 (3.88%) Pinecone
6 9 (3.88%) Weaviate
7 7 (3.02%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (9.48%) Jenkins
2 19 (8.19%) Jaeger
3 17 (7.33%) Git
4 13 (5.60%) GitLab
5 9 (3.88%) MLflow
6 6 (2.59%) Robot Framework
6 6 (2.59%) SonarQube
7 5 (2.16%) Bitbucket
7 5 (2.16%) JIRA
7 5 (2.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 5 (2.16%) TeamCity
8 4 (1.72%) Vite
9 3 (1.29%) Balsamiq
9 3 (1.29%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.29%) Eclipse
9 3 (1.29%) JMeter
9 3 (1.29%) Maven
9 3 (1.29%) TestRail
10 2 (0.86%) Postman
11 1 (0.43%) Browser DevTools
General
1 72 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 63 (27.16%) Organisational Skills
3 33 (14.22%) Games
4 21 (9.05%) Finance
5 20 (8.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (6.47%) Retail
7 12 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (4.74%) Public Sector
9 9 (3.88%) Banking
10 7 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (2.16%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.72%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.72%) Back Office
12 4 (1.72%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.29%) Billing
13 3 (1.29%) Marketing
13 3 (1.29%) Military
14 1 (0.43%) Electronics
14 1 (0.43%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 68 (29.31%) Senior
2 38 (16.38%) Lead
3 31 (13.36%) Cloud Engineer
4 26 (11.21%) Platform Engineer
5 23 (9.91%) Developer
6 21 (9.05%) IAM Developer
7 20 (8.62%) Systems Engineer
8 18 (7.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (7.33%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 17 (7.33%) DevOps Engineer
10 16 (6.90%) Consultant
11 14 (6.03%) AWS Engineer
11 14 (6.03%) Data Engineer
12 13 (5.60%) Senior Developer
13 12 (5.17%) Azure Engineer
13 12 (5.17%) Lead Cloud Engineer
13 12 (5.17%) Senior Consultant
14 11 (4.74%) AWS Platform Engineer
14 11 (4.74%) Senior DevOps
14 11 (4.74%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (25.00%) GraphQL
1 58 (25.00%) REST
1 58 (25.00%) SOAP
2 56 (24.14%) LDAP
2 56 (24.14%) OAuth
2 56 (24.14%) OpenID
2 56 (24.14%) SAML
3 33 (14.22%) Elastic Stack
4 19 (8.19%) OpenTelemetry
5 11 (4.74%) Kafka
6 9 (3.88%) Faiss
6 9 (3.88%) Loki
6 9 (3.88%) PyTorch
6 9 (3.88%) TensorFlow
6 9 (3.88%) vLLM
7 5 (2.16%) CSS
7 5 (2.16%) FreeSWITCH
7 5 (2.16%) HTML
8 4 (1.72%) Middleware
8 4 (1.72%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (26.72%) Cyber Threat
2 58 (25.00%) Cyberattack
3 17 (7.33%) Product Ownership
4 14 (6.03%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (4.74%) Cloud Native
5 11 (4.74%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (3.45%) Linux Command Line
6 8 (3.45%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.45%) Security Posture
7 7 (3.02%) Data Centre
7 7 (3.02%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (3.02%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.72%) Blog
8 4 (1.72%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.86%) Clustering
10 2 (0.86%) Marketing Technology
10 2 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 92 (39.66%) Linux
2 28 (12.07%) Windows
3 25 (10.78%) Unix
4 10 (4.31%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.59%) CentOS
6 5 (2.16%) Debian
7 4 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.86%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.86%) Solaris
9 1 (0.43%) AIX
9 1 (0.43%) Android
9 1 (0.43%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.43%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.43%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (43.53%) Mentoring
2 100 (43.10%) CI/CD
3 95 (40.95%) DevOps
4 94 (40.52%) Roadmaps
5 92 (39.66%) Infrastructure as Code
6 65 (28.02%) Cybersecurity
7 63 (27.16%) Identity Access Management
8 58 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
9 56 (24.14%) Agile
9 56 (24.14%) Regulatory Compliance
10 42 (18.10%) High Availability
11 40 (17.24%) Containerisation
12 36 (15.52%) Cloud Security
12 36 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
13 35 (15.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 34 (14.66%) Performance Optimisation
15 32 (13.79%) Platform Engineering
16 31 (13.36%) Continuous Improvement
17 30 (12.93%) Observability
18 26 (11.21%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 140 (60.34%) Python
2 125 (53.88%) PowerShell
3 59 (25.43%) SQL
4 56 (24.14%) T-SQL
5 50 (21.55%) Go
6 36 (15.52%) Java
7 28 (12.07%) JavaScript
8 9 (3.88%) Bicep
8 9 (3.88%) Scala
9 8 (3.45%) C++
10 7 (3.02%) C#
10 7 (3.02%) PHP
11 6 (2.59%) Perl
12 5 (2.16%) TypeScript
13 4 (1.72%) C
14 3 (1.29%) Groovy
14 3 (1.29%) Objective-C
14 3 (1.29%) Ruby
14 3 (1.29%) Rust
14 3 (1.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 35 (15.09%) Degree
2 30 (12.93%) AWS Certification
3 22 (9.48%) Security Cleared
4 12 (5.17%) DV Cleared
4 12 (5.17%) SC Cleared
5 10 (4.31%) Azure Certification
6 8 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (3.02%) CREST Certified
8 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.72%) OSCP
10 3 (1.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 3 (1.29%) CCNP
10 3 (1.29%) CCSAM
10 3 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.29%) CITP
10 3 (1.29%) GPEN
10 3 (1.29%) GXPN
10 3 (1.29%) LPIC
10 3 (1.29%) OSCE
11 2 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (25.86%) NIST
2 58 (25.00%) NCSC
3 33 (14.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (4.31%) Data Quality
5 8 (3.45%) SOC 2
6 7 (3.02%) QA
7 5 (2.16%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.72%) GRC
9 3 (1.29%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (1.29%) SLA
10 2 (0.86%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.43%) GDPR
11 1 (0.43%) HIPAA
System Software
1 77 (33.19%) Active Directory
2 69 (29.74%) Docker
3 6 (2.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.72%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.86%) Ceph
6 2 (0.86%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (0.86%) Lustre
6 2 (0.86%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.43%) KVM
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.43%) vCloud
7 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 91 (39.22%) Terraform
2 74 (31.90%) Kubernetes
3 54 (23.28%) Ansible
4 44 (18.97%) Prometheus
5 31 (13.36%) Grafana
6 24 (10.34%) Argo
7 21 (9.05%) Kustomize
8 8 (3.45%) Proxmox
9 7 (3.02%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.72%) Cilium
10 4 (1.72%) logstash
10 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (1.29%) HP Fortify
11 3 (1.29%) Kibana
11 3 (1.29%) Nagios
11 3 (1.29%) Puppet
12 2 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.86%) Istio
13 1 (0.43%) CASB
13 1 (0.43%) Podman
Vendors
1 28 (12.07%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.19%) Google
3 15 (6.47%) VMware
4 14 (6.03%) Red Hat
5 12 (5.17%) Splunk
6 9 (3.88%) Cisco
6 9 (3.88%) CyberArk
6 9 (3.88%) Databricks
6 9 (3.88%) Palantir
7 6 (2.59%) Oracle
8 3 (1.29%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.29%) Dell
9 2 (0.86%) Apple
9 2 (0.86%) BT
9 2 (0.86%) Commvault
9 2 (0.86%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.86%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.86%) Informatica
9 2 (0.86%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.86%) Veeam