Bash Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Bash Shell
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Bash skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Bash over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 238 164 114
Rank change year-on-year -74 -50 +58
Permanent jobs citing Bash 195 687 1,270
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.27% 2.03% 2.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.18% 4.99% 6.07%
Number of salaries quoted 165 367 846
10th Percentile £47,338 £42,800 £43,575
25th Percentile £53,384 £47,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -10.71% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £93,778 £102,500 £117,236
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -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 6,136 13,776 20,916
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.05% 40.72% 49.20%
Number of salaries quoted 4,866 11,415 15,392
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £41,000
25th Percentile £47,683 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £100,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

Bash
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Bash as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Bash trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Bash
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Bash.

Bash salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Bash
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Bash over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Bash salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Bash
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (4.62%) Apache Spark
2 6 (3.08%) Confluence
3 5 (2.56%) IIS
3 5 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.54%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.54%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.03%) nginx
6 1 (0.51%) Apache
Applications
1 10 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.51%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 94 (48.21%) Azure
2 77 (39.49%) AWS
3 44 (22.56%) GitHub
4 42 (21.54%) GCP
5 25 (12.82%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (11.79%) Serverless
7 17 (8.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 17 (8.72%) SaaS
8 15 (7.69%) Datadog
9 13 (6.67%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (6.67%) Entra ID
10 12 (6.15%) Azure Monitor
10 12 (6.15%) GitHub Actions
11 11 (5.64%) Azure AKS
12 10 (5.13%) AWS CloudFormation
12 10 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (4.62%) Power Platform
14 8 (4.10%) Amazon EC2
14 8 (4.10%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (4.10%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 20 (10.26%) Firewall
2 12 (6.15%) TCP/IP
3 9 (4.62%) DNS
3 9 (4.62%) HTTP
3 9 (4.62%) WAN
4 8 (4.10%) 5G
4 8 (4.10%) VLAN
4 8 (4.10%) VPN
5 5 (2.56%) LAN
6 4 (2.05%) Broadband
6 4 (2.05%) DHCP
6 4 (2.05%) HTTPS
6 4 (2.05%) IPv4
6 4 (2.05%) Network Security
6 4 (2.05%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.54%) Internet
8 2 (1.03%) Multicast
8 2 (1.03%) OpenVPN
8 2 (1.03%) OSPF
9 1 (0.51%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.18%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.62%) Big Data
2 9 (4.62%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (4.62%) MySQL
2 9 (4.62%) Power BI
3 8 (4.10%) NoSQL
3 8 (4.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (4.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.56%) Amazon Aurora
5 5 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (2.56%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (2.56%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.56%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.05%) DynamoDB
6 4 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.03%) MariaDB
7 2 (1.03%) RDBMS
7 2 (1.03%) Redis
7 2 (1.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (18.46%) Jenkins
2 35 (17.95%) Git
3 19 (9.74%) GitLab
4 11 (5.64%) JIRA
5 8 (4.10%) Visual Studio
6 7 (3.59%) TeamCity
7 5 (2.56%) IBM UrbanCode
7 5 (2.56%) WiX
8 4 (2.05%) Spinnaker
9 3 (1.54%) Artifactory
10 2 (1.03%) Bitbucket
10 2 (1.03%) Maven
11 1 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.51%) Burp Suite
11 1 (0.51%) CMake
11 1 (0.51%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.51%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.51%) Subversion
11 1 (0.51%) TestRail
General
1 53 (27.18%) Finance
2 37 (18.97%) Social Skills
3 35 (17.95%) Banking
4 18 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.59%) Telecoms
6 6 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.08%) Marketing
7 5 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.05%) Back Office
8 4 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.54%) Retail
10 2 (1.03%) Advertising
10 2 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.03%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.03%) Law
10 2 (1.03%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.51%) Aviation
11 1 (0.51%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.51%) Police
11 1 (0.51%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 39 (20.00%) Senior
2 33 (16.92%) DevOps Engineer
3 24 (12.31%) Software Engineer
4 23 (11.79%) Lead
5 16 (8.21%) Platform Engineer
6 14 (7.18%) Cloud Engineer
6 14 (7.18%) Developer
7 13 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
8 12 (6.15%) Administrator
8 12 (6.15%) Analyst
8 12 (6.15%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 11 (5.64%) Systems Administrator
10 10 (5.13%) Linux Administrator
10 10 (5.13%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 10 (5.13%) Security Engineer
11 9 (4.62%) Site Engineer
12 8 (4.10%) Automation Engineer
12 8 (4.10%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 8 (4.10%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 8 (4.10%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.72%) Elastic Stack
2 14 (7.18%) HTML
3 13 (6.67%) REST
4 10 (5.13%) Pandas
5 8 (4.10%) ARM Templates
5 8 (4.10%) CSS
5 8 (4.10%) SOAP
6 6 (3.08%) React
7 5 (2.56%) .NET
7 5 (2.56%) ADO
7 5 (2.56%) AWS CDK
7 5 (2.56%) GraphQL
7 5 (2.56%) Middleware
7 5 (2.56%) Node.js
8 4 (2.05%) .NET Framework
8 4 (2.05%) Blazor
8 4 (2.05%) COM
8 4 (2.05%) LDAP
8 4 (2.05%) XML
8 4 (2.05%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.67%) Data Centre
1 13 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 12 (6.15%) Public Cloud
3 10 (5.13%) Cloud Native
3 10 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 10 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (4.62%) Algorithms
5 6 (3.08%) Clustering
5 6 (3.08%) Security Posture
6 5 (2.56%) Mainframe
6 5 (2.56%) Replication
7 4 (2.05%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (2.05%) GNSS
7 4 (2.05%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (2.05%) Self-Driving Car
7 4 (2.05%) Wiki
8 3 (1.54%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.54%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.54%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.03%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 109 (55.90%) Linux
2 51 (26.15%) Windows
3 32 (16.41%) Unix
4 18 (9.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (8.21%) Windows Server
6 10 (5.13%) Mac OS
7 7 (3.59%) CentOS
7 7 (3.59%) VMS
8 4 (2.05%) Solaris
8 4 (2.05%) Ubuntu
8 4 (2.05%) Windows 10
9 3 (1.54%) Android
10 2 (1.03%) Debian
10 2 (1.03%) Rocky
11 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (37.95%) DevOps
2 67 (34.36%) CI/CD
3 55 (28.21%) Infrastructure as Code
4 36 (18.46%) Containerisation
5 35 (17.95%) Software Engineering
6 33 (16.92%) Agile
7 32 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
8 29 (14.87%) Mentoring
9 28 (14.36%) Observability
10 27 (13.85%) Platform Engineering
11 26 (13.33%) Computer Science
12 25 (12.82%) Configuration Management
13 20 (10.26%) SDLC
14 18 (9.23%) DevSecOps
14 18 (9.23%) Task Automation
15 16 (8.21%) Cybersecurity
15 16 (8.21%) Data Pipeline
15 16 (8.21%) Migration
15 16 (8.21%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 15 (7.69%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 162 (83.08%) Python
2 90 (46.15%) PowerShell
3 48 (24.62%) SQL
4 28 (14.36%) JavaScript
5 26 (13.33%) Java
6 22 (11.28%) C++
7 20 (10.26%) C
7 20 (10.26%) TypeScript
8 17 (8.72%) Perl
9 14 (7.18%) Bicep
10 10 (5.13%) Fortran
11 9 (4.62%) Go
11 9 (4.62%) Ruby
12 8 (4.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (3.59%) C#
13 7 (3.59%) Shell Script
14 6 (3.08%) R
15 5 (2.56%) JCL
16 4 (2.05%) Jython
17 1 (0.51%) PHP
Qualifications
1 36 (18.46%) Degree
2 20 (10.26%) Security Cleared
3 17 (8.72%) AWS Certification
4 13 (6.67%) SC Cleared
5 12 (6.15%) DV Cleared
6 11 (5.64%) Master's Degree
6 11 (5.64%) PhD
7 10 (5.13%) Azure Certification
8 9 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (4.10%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (2.05%) CISSP
11 3 (1.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.54%) CCSP
11 3 (1.54%) Linux+ Certification
11 3 (1.54%) RHCE
11 3 (1.54%) RHCSA
12 2 (1.03%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 1 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.28%) GDPR
2 12 (6.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 8 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.08%) HIPAA
4 6 (3.08%) NIST
5 5 (2.56%) QA
6 4 (2.05%) PMO
7 3 (1.54%) PCI DSS
8 2 (1.03%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.51%) NCSC
9 1 (0.51%) SLA
System Software
1 51 (26.15%) Docker
2 26 (13.33%) Active Directory
3 13 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (4.10%) Hyper-V
4 8 (4.10%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (2.05%) vSphere
7 3 (1.54%) Dovecot
7 3 (1.54%) Postfix
8 2 (1.03%) Firmware
9 1 (0.51%) LXC
9 1 (0.51%) Samba
9 1 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 62 (31.79%) Terraform
2 50 (25.64%) Ansible
3 49 (25.13%) Kubernetes
4 24 (12.31%) Prometheus
5 15 (7.69%) Grafana
6 14 (7.18%) Puppet
7 11 (5.64%) Progress Chef
8 9 (4.62%) Nagios
9 7 (3.59%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (3.59%) SCCM
10 6 (3.08%) Red Hat Satellite
10 6 (3.08%) SCOM
11 5 (2.56%) CA Endevor
12 4 (2.05%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (2.05%) Istio
12 4 (2.05%) Kibana
12 4 (2.05%) SCOrch
12 4 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (1.54%) CASB
13 3 (1.54%) linkerd
Vendors
1 39 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 31 (15.90%) VMware
3 27 (13.85%) Red Hat
4 9 (4.62%) Splunk
5 8 (4.10%) Google
6 7 (3.59%) SolarWinds
7 6 (3.08%) Dynatrace
8 5 (2.56%) ServiceNow
9 4 (2.05%) F5
9 4 (2.05%) Okta
10 3 (1.54%) Cisco
10 3 (1.54%) Meraki
10 3 (1.54%) Ping Identity
11 2 (1.03%) ArcSight
11 2 (1.03%) Atlassian
11 2 (1.03%) Commvault
11 2 (1.03%) ESRI
11 2 (1.03%) Rapid7
12 1 (0.51%) Imperva
12 1 (0.51%) New Relic