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 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 120 158
Rank change year-on-year -155 +38 -35
Permanent jobs citing Bash 177 449 519
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.76% 2.72% 2.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.90% 8.45% 5.45%
Number of salaries quoted 120 154 224
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,688 £55,000 £45,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £71,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +14.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,375 £94,475
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -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 6,098 5,311 9,516
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.21% 32.13% 38.35%
Number of salaries quoted 4,593 3,652 7,133
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,250 £39,325
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +2.40% -3.85%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 28 August 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 16 (9.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.95%) Apache
2 7 (3.95%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 6 (3.39%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (3.39%) Jupyter
4 4 (2.26%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.69%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.13%) nginx
7 1 (0.56%) Confluence
7 1 (0.56%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 1 (0.56%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.56%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.13%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 112 (63.28%) Azure
2 87 (49.15%) AWS
3 44 (24.86%) GitHub
4 40 (22.60%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (14.69%) GitHub Actions
6 23 (12.99%) Serverless
7 22 (12.43%) Azure Monitor
7 22 (12.43%) PaaS
8 21 (11.86%) IaaS
9 20 (11.30%) GCP
10 18 (10.17%) Azure AKS
11 17 (9.60%) Amazon EC2
12 16 (9.04%) Amazon S3
12 16 (9.04%) Azure Key Vault
13 15 (8.47%) AWS CloudFormation
13 15 (8.47%) Entra ID
14 14 (7.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 14 (7.91%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 14 (7.91%) Azure Functions
14 14 (7.91%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 28 (15.82%) VPN
2 21 (11.86%) Firewall
3 17 (9.60%) DNS
4 11 (6.21%) TCP/IP
5 7 (3.95%) Network Security
6 6 (3.39%) DHCP
7 4 (2.26%) Kerberos
7 4 (2.26%) SSH
8 3 (1.69%) Broadband
9 2 (1.13%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (1.13%) LAN
9 2 (1.13%) NGFW
9 2 (1.13%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.13%) SSL
9 2 (1.13%) WAN
9 2 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.56%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.56%) VLAN
10 1 (0.56%) Wireless
10 1 (0.56%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (10.17%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (7.91%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (4.52%) DynamoDB
4 6 (3.39%) Amazon Athena
4 6 (3.39%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (3.39%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.82%) MySQL
5 5 (2.82%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.69%) Big Data
6 3 (1.69%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.69%) Redis
7 2 (1.13%) DocumentDB
7 2 (1.13%) InfluxDB
7 2 (1.13%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.56%) GIS
8 1 (0.56%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 28 (15.82%) Git
2 27 (15.25%) Jenkins
3 25 (14.12%) GitLab
4 12 (6.78%) Maven
5 10 (5.65%) JUnit
5 10 (5.65%) Mockito
6 6 (3.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (3.39%) Bitbucket
7 5 (2.82%) JIRA
8 4 (2.26%) Postman
9 3 (1.69%) JMeter
10 2 (1.13%) Cypress.io
10 2 (1.13%) MSI
10 2 (1.13%) Robot Framework
10 2 (1.13%) SonarQube
10 2 (1.13%) TestRail
11 1 (0.56%) CMake
11 1 (0.56%) GDB
11 1 (0.56%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.56%) TeamCity
General
1 50 (28.25%) Social Skills
2 28 (15.82%) Finance
3 21 (11.86%) Public Sector
4 17 (9.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (7.34%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (7.34%) Law
6 6 (3.39%) Legal
6 6 (3.39%) Retail
7 5 (2.82%) Banking
8 3 (1.69%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.69%) Aviation
9 2 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.13%) Marketing
9 2 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.56%) Electronics
10 1 (0.56%) French Language
10 1 (0.56%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.56%) Police
10 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (20.90%) DevOps Engineer
2 34 (19.21%) Senior
3 27 (15.25%) Platform Engineer
4 15 (8.47%) Lead
5 14 (7.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 13 (7.34%) Analyst
6 13 (7.34%) Azure Engineer
6 13 (7.34%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 13 (7.34%) Developer
7 12 (6.78%) Cloud Engineer
7 12 (6.78%) Full-Stack Developer
7 12 (6.78%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 12 (6.78%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 12 (6.78%) Java Developer
8 8 (4.52%) Administrator
8 8 (4.52%) AWS Engineer
8 8 (4.52%) Azure Platform Engineer
8 8 (4.52%) Senior DevOps
9 7 (3.95%) Senior Developer
9 7 (3.95%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (46.89%) Terraform
2 14 (7.91%) React
2 14 (7.91%) YAML
3 10 (5.65%) REST
3 10 (5.65%) Spring
4 7 (3.95%) .NET
4 7 (3.95%) Loki
4 7 (3.95%) SAML
5 6 (3.39%) Kafka
5 6 (3.39%) OpenID
5 6 (3.39%) Pulumi
6 5 (2.82%) OpenTelemetry
6 5 (2.82%) RESTful
7 4 (2.26%) ARM Templates
7 4 (2.26%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (2.26%) OAuth
7 4 (2.26%) OAuth2
8 3 (1.69%) GraphQL
8 3 (1.69%) Node.js
8 3 (1.69%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 35 (19.77%) Cloud Native
2 15 (8.47%) Linux Command Line
2 15 (8.47%) Public Cloud
2 15 (8.47%) Security Posture
3 14 (7.91%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (6.78%) PKI
4 12 (6.78%) Podcast
5 7 (3.95%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (3.39%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.69%) Blog
8 3 (1.69%) CSOC
8 3 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.69%) FPGA
8 3 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.69%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.13%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.13%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 74 (41.81%) Linux
2 42 (23.73%) Windows
3 13 (7.34%) VMS
4 7 (3.95%) Ubuntu
5 6 (3.39%) Unix
6 5 (2.82%) Debian
6 5 (2.82%) Mac OS
7 4 (2.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (2.26%) Solaris
8 3 (1.69%) CentOS
9 2 (1.13%) Robot Operating System
9 2 (1.13%) Windows Server
9 2 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.56%) AIX
10 1 (0.56%) Android
10 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (68.93%) CI/CD
2 99 (55.93%) DevOps
3 94 (53.11%) Infrastructure as Code
4 67 (37.85%) Agile
5 62 (35.03%) Observability
6 59 (33.33%) Mentoring
7 53 (29.94%) Containerisation
8 51 (28.81%) Platform Engineering
9 50 (28.25%) Problem-Solving
10 47 (26.55%) AI
11 41 (23.16%) Cloud Security
12 38 (21.47%) Continuous Improvement
13 31 (17.51%) Root Cause Analysis
14 30 (16.95%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 29 (16.38%) Scrum
16 26 (14.69%) DevSecOps
16 26 (14.69%) Technical Leadership
17 25 (14.12%) Analytics
18 24 (13.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 23 (12.99%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 131 (74.01%) Python
2 95 (53.67%) PowerShell
3 43 (24.29%) SQL
4 30 (16.95%) Java
5 25 (14.12%) Bicep
6 19 (10.73%) JavaScript
7 17 (9.60%) Go
7 17 (9.60%) Kusto Query Language
8 11 (6.21%) PL/SQL
9 9 (5.08%) C#
10 6 (3.39%) C++
10 6 (3.39%) Ruby
11 5 (2.82%) PHP
12 4 (2.26%) C
12 4 (2.26%) Rust
13 3 (1.69%) Objective-C
13 3 (1.69%) Perl
14 2 (1.13%) Groovy
14 2 (1.13%) Shell Script
14 2 (1.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 47 (26.55%) Security Cleared
2 42 (23.73%) SC Cleared
3 20 (11.30%) Azure Certification
4 16 (9.04%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (8.47%) Degree
6 8 (4.52%) AWS Certification
7 7 (3.95%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (3.39%) CISSP
8 6 (3.39%) DV Cleared
9 5 (2.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (2.82%) CompTIA CySA+
10 4 (2.26%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.69%) CCSAM
11 3 (1.69%) CEH
11 3 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.69%) CREST Certified
11 3 (1.69%) GCIA
11 3 (1.69%) GIAC
11 3 (1.69%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.21%) QA
2 8 (4.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.39%) NCSC
3 6 (3.39%) NIST
4 5 (2.82%) SOC 2
5 3 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (1.69%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.13%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.56%) SLA
System Software
1 67 (37.85%) Docker
2 28 (15.82%) Active Directory
3 23 (12.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (6.78%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (6.78%) vSphere
5 9 (5.08%) Hyper-V
6 5 (2.82%) KVM
7 2 (1.13%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.56%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 77 (43.50%) Kubernetes
2 41 (23.16%) Grafana
3 37 (20.90%) Prometheus
4 27 (15.25%) Ansible
5 19 (10.73%) Argo
6 13 (7.34%) Istio
7 7 (3.95%) Kustomize
8 6 (3.39%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (3.39%) Proxmox
9 5 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (2.26%) Graylog
10 4 (2.26%) linkerd
10 4 (2.26%) Puppet
10 4 (2.26%) ZABBIX
11 3 (1.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (1.69%) Cilium
11 3 (1.69%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (1.69%) Progress Chef
12 2 (1.13%) HP Fortify
12 2 (1.13%) Kibana
Vendors
1 60 (33.90%) Microsoft
2 27 (15.25%) VMware
3 20 (11.30%) Oracle
4 13 (7.34%) Red Hat
5 12 (6.78%) ScienceLogic
6 11 (6.21%) Splunk
7 10 (5.65%) Google
8 8 (4.52%) Cisco
8 8 (4.52%) CyberArk
8 8 (4.52%) ServiceNow
9 6 (3.39%) Veeam
10 5 (2.82%) Fortinet
10 5 (2.82%) New Relic
11 3 (1.69%) Apple
11 3 (1.69%) Dell
12 2 (1.13%) Commvault
12 2 (1.13%) Dynatrace
12 2 (1.13%) HP
12 2 (1.13%) Juniper
12 2 (1.13%) Palo Alto