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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 120 166
Rank change year-on-year -158 +46 -36
Permanent jobs citing Bash 187 441 458
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.76% 2.66% 2.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.02% 8.78% 5.12%
Number of salaries quoted 122 143 190
10th Percentile £42,625 £46,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £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 £72,500 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £88,148 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £64,818 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.97% +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 6,186 5,022 8,940
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 25.00% 30.32% 39.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,594 3,343 5,885
10th Percentile £39,818 £36,250 £39,750
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 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £117,500
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 28 September 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 (8.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.74%) Apache
2 7 (3.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 6 (3.21%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (3.21%) Jupyter
4 5 (2.67%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.60%) Confluence
5 3 (1.60%) nginx
6 2 (1.07%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 1 (0.53%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.53%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.07%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 115 (61.50%) Azure
2 103 (55.08%) AWS
3 50 (26.74%) GitHub
4 41 (21.93%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (16.04%) GitHub Actions
6 27 (14.44%) GCP
7 24 (12.83%) Azure Monitor
7 24 (12.83%) Serverless
8 22 (11.76%) PaaS
9 21 (11.23%) IaaS
10 19 (10.16%) Azure AKS
11 18 (9.63%) Azure Key Vault
12 17 (9.09%) SaaS
13 16 (8.56%) Amazon EC2
14 15 (8.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 15 (8.02%) AWS CloudFormation
14 15 (8.02%) Azure Functions
14 15 (8.02%) Azure Sentinel
15 14 (7.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 14 (7.49%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 27 (14.44%) VPN
2 18 (9.63%) Firewall
3 12 (6.42%) DNS
3 12 (6.42%) TCP/IP
4 8 (4.28%) Network Security
5 4 (2.14%) DHCP
5 4 (2.14%) Kerberos
5 4 (2.14%) SSH
6 3 (1.60%) BGP
6 3 (1.60%) Broadband
6 3 (1.60%) VLAN
7 2 (1.07%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (1.07%) LAN
7 2 (1.07%) NGFW
7 2 (1.07%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.07%) SSL
7 2 (1.07%) Unified Communications
7 2 (1.07%) WAN
8 1 (0.53%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.53%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (11.23%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (7.49%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (5.35%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (4.28%) DynamoDB
5 7 (3.74%) MongoDB
6 6 (3.21%) Amazon Athena
7 5 (2.67%) MySQL
7 5 (2.67%) SQL Server
8 4 (2.14%) DocumentDB
9 3 (1.60%) Big Data
9 3 (1.60%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.60%) Redis
10 2 (1.07%) InfluxDB
10 2 (1.07%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.53%) GIS
11 1 (0.53%) Oracle Exadata
11 1 (0.53%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 30 (16.04%) Git
1 30 (16.04%) Jenkins
2 29 (15.51%) GitLab
3 12 (6.42%) Maven
4 10 (5.35%) JUnit
4 10 (5.35%) Mockito
5 6 (3.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 6 (3.21%) Bitbucket
6 5 (2.67%) JIRA
6 5 (2.67%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.60%) JMeter
7 3 (1.60%) Postman
8 2 (1.07%) Cypress.io
8 2 (1.07%) MSI
8 2 (1.07%) Robot Framework
8 2 (1.07%) SonarQube
8 2 (1.07%) TestRail
9 1 (0.53%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.53%) CMake
9 1 (0.53%) GDB
General
1 58 (31.02%) Social Skills
2 29 (15.51%) Finance
3 27 (14.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 27 (14.44%) Public Sector
4 22 (11.76%) Law
5 19 (10.16%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (6.95%) Retail
7 12 (6.42%) Banking
8 6 (3.21%) Legal
9 3 (1.60%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.60%) Aviation
10 2 (1.07%) Back Office
10 2 (1.07%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.53%) Electronics
11 1 (0.53%) French Language
11 1 (0.53%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.53%) Marketing
11 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.53%) Police
Job Titles
1 43 (22.99%) DevOps Engineer
2 37 (19.79%) Senior
3 25 (13.37%) Platform Engineer
4 20 (10.70%) Analyst
5 17 (9.09%) Lead
6 15 (8.02%) Cloud Engineer
6 15 (8.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (7.49%) Developer
8 13 (6.95%) Azure Engineer
8 13 (6.95%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 12 (6.42%) Full-Stack Developer
9 12 (6.42%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 12 (6.42%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 12 (6.42%) Java Developer
10 9 (4.81%) Senior DevOps
11 8 (4.28%) Administrator
11 8 (4.28%) AWS Engineer
11 8 (4.28%) Information Analyst
11 8 (4.28%) Information Security Analyst
11 8 (4.28%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (48.13%) Terraform
2 16 (8.56%) React
3 14 (7.49%) YAML
4 11 (5.88%) REST
5 10 (5.35%) Spring
6 8 (4.28%) Loki
7 7 (3.74%) .NET
7 7 (3.74%) OpenTelemetry
7 7 (3.74%) RESTful
7 7 (3.74%) SAML
8 6 (3.21%) Kafka
8 6 (3.21%) OpenID
9 5 (2.67%) Pulumi
10 4 (2.14%) ARM Templates
10 4 (2.14%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (2.14%) Node.js
10 4 (2.14%) OAuth
10 4 (2.14%) OAuth2
10 4 (2.14%) PySpark
11 3 (1.60%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 39 (20.86%) Cloud Native
2 16 (8.56%) Linux Command Line
2 16 (8.56%) Security Posture
3 14 (7.49%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (6.95%) Public Cloud
5 12 (6.42%) PKI
5 12 (6.42%) Podcast
6 7 (3.74%) Onboarding
7 6 (3.21%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (3.21%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.67%) Blog
9 4 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (2.14%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.60%) CSOC
10 3 (1.60%) FPGA
10 3 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.60%) Robotics
10 3 (1.60%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (1.07%) Educational Technology
11 2 (1.07%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 78 (41.71%) Linux
2 42 (22.46%) Windows
3 12 (6.42%) VMS
4 9 (4.81%) Mac OS
5 8 (4.28%) Ubuntu
6 6 (3.21%) Apple iOS
6 6 (3.21%) Debian
6 6 (3.21%) Unix
7 3 (1.60%) CentOS
7 3 (1.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.60%) Robot Operating System
7 3 (1.60%) Solaris
8 1 (0.53%) AIX
8 1 (0.53%) Android
8 1 (0.53%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.53%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (69.52%) CI/CD
2 101 (54.01%) DevOps
3 98 (52.41%) Infrastructure as Code
4 67 (35.83%) Agile
5 66 (35.29%) Mentoring
6 65 (34.76%) Observability
7 59 (31.55%) Containerisation
8 57 (30.48%) Problem-Solving
9 49 (26.20%) AI
9 49 (26.20%) Platform Engineering
10 45 (24.06%) Cloud Security
11 39 (20.86%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (17.11%) DevSecOps
13 31 (16.58%) Technical Leadership
14 30 (16.04%) Analytics
14 30 (16.04%) Root Cause Analysis
15 29 (15.51%) Scrum
15 29 (15.51%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 23 (12.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 23 (12.30%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 141 (75.40%) Python
2 93 (49.73%) PowerShell
3 47 (25.13%) SQL
4 32 (17.11%) Java
5 27 (14.44%) Bicep
6 25 (13.37%) Go
7 19 (10.16%) JavaScript
8 17 (9.09%) Kusto Query Language
9 11 (5.88%) PL/SQL
10 7 (3.74%) C#
11 4 (2.14%) C++
11 4 (2.14%) PHP
11 4 (2.14%) Ruby
12 3 (1.60%) Rust
13 2 (1.07%) C
13 2 (1.07%) Groovy
13 2 (1.07%) Search Processing Language
13 2 (1.07%) Shell Script
13 2 (1.07%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.53%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 48 (25.67%) Security Cleared
2 42 (22.46%) SC Cleared
3 20 (10.70%) Azure Certification
4 16 (8.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (7.49%) Degree
6 9 (4.81%) AWS Certification
7 8 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (4.28%) GIAC
8 7 (3.74%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (3.21%) CISSP
10 5 (2.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (2.67%) CompTIA CySA+
10 5 (2.67%) GCFA
11 4 (2.14%) DV Cleared
11 4 (2.14%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (1.60%) CEH
12 3 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.60%) GCIA
12 3 (1.60%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.42%) QA
2 9 (4.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (4.28%) NIST
4 7 (3.74%) NCSC
5 6 (3.21%) SOC 2
6 5 (2.67%) PCI DSS
7 4 (2.14%) Data Quality
8 2 (1.07%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.53%) GDPR
System Software
1 74 (39.57%) Docker
2 26 (13.90%) Active Directory
3 22 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (6.42%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (6.42%) vSphere
5 8 (4.28%) Hyper-V
6 5 (2.67%) KVM
6 5 (2.67%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.07%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.53%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 91 (48.66%) Kubernetes
2 42 (22.46%) Grafana
3 38 (20.32%) Prometheus
4 24 (12.83%) Ansible
5 20 (10.70%) Argo
6 13 (6.95%) Istio
7 8 (4.28%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (3.74%) Kustomize
9 6 (3.21%) Proxmox
10 5 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (2.14%) Graylog
11 4 (2.14%) linkerd
11 4 (2.14%) Puppet
11 4 (2.14%) ZABBIX
12 3 (1.60%) Cilium
12 3 (1.60%) Progress Chef
13 2 (1.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (1.07%) HP Fortify
13 2 (1.07%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.53%) CASB
Vendors
1 58 (31.02%) Microsoft
2 24 (12.83%) VMware
3 20 (10.70%) Oracle
4 15 (8.02%) Google
5 13 (6.95%) Splunk
6 12 (6.42%) Red Hat
6 12 (6.42%) ScienceLogic
7 8 (4.28%) CyberArk
7 8 (4.28%) ServiceNow
8 7 (3.74%) Cisco
9 5 (2.67%) Fortinet
9 5 (2.67%) New Relic
9 5 (2.67%) Veeam
10 4 (2.14%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (1.60%) NVIDIA
11 3 (1.60%) Okta
12 2 (1.07%) Apple
12 2 (1.07%) Dell
12 2 (1.07%) Dynatrace
12 2 (1.07%) Palo Alto