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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 123 185
Rank change year-on-year -82 +62 -55
Permanent jobs citing Bash 241 440 608
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.20% 2.85% 1.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.52% 7.55% 4.31%
Number of salaries quoted 127 148 323
10th Percentile £43,600 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £49,609 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% -12.59%
75th Percentile £73,750 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £92,875 £98,029
UK median annual salary £64,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.19% +12.50% -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 5,331 5,824 14,091
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.53% 37.74% 40.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,947 4,037 11,681
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,289 £49,118 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 19 June 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 (7.88%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (5.39%) Apache
3 12 (4.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (4.56%) Apache Spark
5 5 (2.07%) Jupyter
6 4 (1.66%) nginx
7 3 (1.24%) CMS
7 3 (1.24%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.83%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.41%) Confluence
9 1 (0.41%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (1.24%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Shopify
2 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 142 (58.92%) Azure
2 116 (48.13%) AWS
3 60 (24.90%) Entra ID
4 48 (19.92%) Google Workspace
5 40 (16.60%) GitHub
6 32 (13.28%) Azure DevOps
7 26 (10.79%) Amazon S3
8 25 (10.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 25 (10.37%) GitHub Actions
9 24 (9.96%) Pulumi
10 20 (8.30%) Amazon EC2
11 19 (7.88%) Serverless
12 18 (7.47%) GCP
12 18 (7.47%) IaaS
13 17 (7.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 16 (6.64%) Amazon EKS
15 15 (6.22%) AWS CloudFormation
15 15 (6.22%) Azure AKS
15 15 (6.22%) SaaS
16 14 (5.81%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 67 (27.80%) Broadband
2 32 (13.28%) VPN
3 28 (11.62%) Firewall
4 12 (4.98%) DNS
5 8 (3.32%) Network Security
6 6 (2.49%) VLAN
6 6 (2.49%) VoIP
7 5 (2.07%) DMZ
7 5 (2.07%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (2.07%) STUN
8 3 (1.24%) DHCP
8 3 (1.24%) SSL
8 3 (1.24%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.83%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.83%) iSCSI
9 2 (0.83%) LAN
9 2 (0.83%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.83%) SAN
9 2 (0.83%) WAN
9 2 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.88%) NoSQL
1 19 (7.88%) Relational Database
2 18 (7.47%) RDBMS
3 17 (7.05%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (5.81%) SQL Server
5 13 (5.39%) Amazon Redshift
5 13 (5.39%) Apache Iceberg
5 13 (5.39%) Tableau
6 11 (4.56%) Amazon Athena
7 9 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (3.32%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (3.32%) Azure SQL Database
8 8 (3.32%) BigQuery
8 8 (3.32%) MySQL
9 7 (2.90%) Delta Lake
9 7 (2.90%) DynamoDB
9 7 (2.90%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (2.90%) Looker
9 7 (2.90%) Pinecone
9 7 (2.90%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 29 (12.03%) Git
2 23 (9.54%) GitLab
3 22 (9.13%) Jenkins
4 18 (7.47%) Jaeger
5 7 (2.90%) Maven
5 7 (2.90%) MLflow
6 6 (2.49%) Bitbucket
6 6 (2.49%) JIRA
7 5 (2.07%) JUnit
7 5 (2.07%) Mockito
7 5 (2.07%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 4 (1.66%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (1.24%) Postman
9 3 (1.24%) SonarQube
9 3 (1.24%) Vite
10 2 (0.83%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.83%) JMeter
10 2 (0.83%) MSI
10 2 (0.83%) Robot Framework
11 1 (0.41%) Eclipse
General
1 65 (26.97%) Social Skills
2 53 (21.99%) Organisational Skills
3 30 (12.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 24 (9.96%) Games
5 17 (7.05%) Finance
5 17 (7.05%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.56%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (4.56%) Retail
7 7 (2.90%) Law
8 6 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.66%) Banking
9 4 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.24%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.24%) Aviation
10 3 (1.24%) Legal
10 3 (1.24%) Marketing
11 2 (0.83%) Billing
12 1 (0.41%) French Language
12 1 (0.41%) Publishing
12 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 66 (27.39%) Senior
2 39 (16.18%) Lead
3 29 (12.03%) Platform Engineer
4 28 (11.62%) DevOps Engineer
5 27 (11.20%) Cloud Engineer
6 25 (10.37%) Developer
7 21 (8.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 19 (7.88%) Systems Engineer
9 18 (7.47%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 17 (7.05%) AWS Engineer
11 16 (6.64%) IAM Developer
12 14 (5.81%) Senior DevOps
13 12 (4.98%) Data Engineer
14 11 (4.56%) Azure Engineer
14 11 (4.56%) Consultant
15 10 (4.15%) Administrator
15 10 (4.15%) Senior Developer
15 10 (4.15%) Support Engineer
15 10 (4.15%) Systems Administrator
16 9 (3.73%) Lead Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (20.75%) REST
1 50 (20.75%) SAML
2 49 (20.33%) LDAP
2 49 (20.33%) OpenID
3 48 (19.92%) GraphQL
3 48 (19.92%) OAuth
3 48 (19.92%) SOAP
4 23 (9.54%) Elastic Stack
5 19 (7.88%) OpenTelemetry
6 12 (4.98%) YAML
7 10 (4.15%) Loki
8 9 (3.73%) Kafka
9 8 (3.32%) React
10 7 (2.90%) Faiss
10 7 (2.90%) PyTorch
10 7 (2.90%) TensorFlow
10 7 (2.90%) vLLM
11 6 (2.49%) RESTful
12 5 (2.07%) FreeSWITCH
12 5 (2.07%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 52 (21.58%) Cyber Threat
2 48 (19.92%) Cyberattack
3 29 (12.03%) Cloud Native
4 14 (5.81%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (5.39%) Security Posture
6 12 (4.98%) Product Ownership
7 11 (4.56%) Linux Command Line
7 11 (4.56%) Public Cloud
8 10 (4.15%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (3.73%) Onboarding
10 8 (3.32%) Management Information System
11 7 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (2.90%) Podcast
11 7 (2.90%) Private Cloud
12 6 (2.49%) Data Centre
13 5 (2.07%) PKI
14 3 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
15 2 (0.83%) Clustering
15 2 (0.83%) Hackathon
15 2 (0.83%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 90 (37.34%) Linux
2 33 (13.69%) Windows
3 19 (7.88%) Unix
4 8 (3.32%) VMS
4 8 (3.32%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.90%) Debian
6 4 (1.66%) CentOS
6 4 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.24%) Mac OS
7 3 (1.24%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.24%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.83%) Solaris
9 1 (0.41%) AIX
9 1 (0.41%) Android
9 1 (0.41%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.41%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (49.79%) CI/CD
2 112 (46.47%) Mentoring
3 111 (46.06%) Infrastructure as Code
4 108 (44.81%) DevOps
5 85 (35.27%) Roadmaps
6 73 (30.29%) Agile
7 57 (23.65%) Observability
8 56 (23.24%) Cybersecurity
9 54 (22.41%) Identity Access Management
10 52 (21.58%) Containerisation
11 49 (20.33%) Platform Engineering
12 48 (19.92%) Programme Delivery
12 48 (19.92%) Regulatory Compliance
13 43 (17.84%) AI
14 42 (17.43%) Cloud Security
15 39 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
16 34 (14.11%) GitOps
16 34 (14.11%) High Availability
17 33 (13.69%) Continuous Improvement
18 30 (12.45%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 150 (62.24%) Python
2 133 (55.19%) PowerShell
3 71 (29.46%) SQL
4 48 (19.92%) T-SQL
5 44 (18.26%) Java
6 41 (17.01%) Go
7 30 (12.45%) JavaScript
8 17 (7.05%) Bicep
9 9 (3.73%) C#
9 9 (3.73%) Kusto Query Language
9 9 (3.73%) PHP
10 7 (2.90%) Scala
11 6 (2.49%) C++
12 5 (2.07%) Perl
12 5 (2.07%) PL/SQL
12 5 (2.07%) Ruby
13 4 (1.66%) TypeScript
14 3 (1.24%) C
14 3 (1.24%) Objective-C
14 3 (1.24%) Rust
Qualifications
1 31 (12.86%) Security Cleared
2 28 (11.62%) AWS Certification
2 28 (11.62%) SC Cleared
3 26 (10.79%) Degree
4 17 (7.05%) Azure Certification
5 11 (4.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.90%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.66%) CISSP
8 4 (1.66%) CREST Certified
8 4 (1.66%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.66%) OSCP
9 3 (1.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.24%) CCSAM
9 3 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.24%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (1.24%) GPEN
9 3 (1.24%) GXPN
9 3 (1.24%) OSCE
10 2 (0.83%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (20.75%) NIST
2 48 (19.92%) NCSC
3 30 (12.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (4.15%) Data Quality
4 10 (4.15%) QA
5 7 (2.90%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.24%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.24%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.24%) SLA
7 1 (0.41%) GDPR
7 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 77 (31.95%) Docker
2 74 (30.71%) Active Directory
3 14 (5.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.90%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (2.90%) vSphere
5 6 (2.49%) Hyper-V
6 5 (2.07%) KVM
7 2 (0.83%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 96 (39.83%) Terraform
2 82 (34.02%) Kubernetes
3 54 (22.41%) Prometheus
4 45 (18.67%) Ansible
5 38 (15.77%) Grafana
6 36 (14.94%) Argo
7 24 (9.96%) Kustomize
8 12 (4.98%) Proxmox
9 10 (4.15%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (3.73%) Istio
11 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
12 4 (1.66%) Graylog
12 4 (1.66%) Kibana
12 4 (1.66%) Puppet
12 4 (1.66%) ZABBIX
13 3 (1.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (1.24%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (1.24%) linkerd
13 3 (1.24%) Nagios
14 2 (0.83%) CASB
Vendors
1 52 (21.58%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.96%) Google
2 24 (9.96%) VMware
3 14 (5.81%) Red Hat
4 10 (4.15%) Splunk
5 9 (3.73%) Oracle
6 8 (3.32%) Cisco
7 7 (2.90%) CyberArk
7 7 (2.90%) Databricks
7 7 (2.90%) Palantir
7 7 (2.90%) ScienceLogic
8 5 (2.07%) Veeam
9 4 (1.66%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.24%) Apple
10 3 (1.24%) Commvault
10 3 (1.24%) Dell
11 2 (0.83%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.83%) BT
11 2 (0.83%) Fortinet
11 2 (0.83%) Palo Alto