Shell Script Contracts

Shell Scripting (Shell Programming)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Shell Script skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Shell Script over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 302 242 276
Rank change year-on-year -60 +34 -9
Contract jobs citing Shell Script 336 612 868
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.78% 1.10% 0.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.58% 3.23% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 426 554
10th Percentile £331 £403 £413
25th Percentile £400 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £540
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% - +13.68%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £635
90th Percentile £710 £705 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £459 £530 £510
% change year-on-year -13.44% +3.92% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 16 3
10th Percentile £59.73 £45.00 £43.25
25th Percentile £64.19 £50.31 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.56 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% +26.79% -10.58%
75th Percentile £67.69 £78.00 £58.13
90th Percentile £76.50 £86.25 £60.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £64.38 £52.50
% change year-on-year +0.97% +22.62% -

All Programming Languages
UK

Shell Script is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 13,047 18,952 31,653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.12% 34.11% 36.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,199 13,649 23,126
10th Percentile £350 £381 £388
25th Percentile £425 £458 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £678 £663
90th Percentile £763 £788 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 528 440 496
10th Percentile £31.95 £29.71 £19.50
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £51.38
Median % change year-on-year - +21.65% +14.80%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £61.31
90th Percentile £76.63 £78.12 £70.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +25.00%

Shell Script
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Shell Script as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Shell Script in the UK

Shell Script
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Shell Script.

Daily rate trend for Shell Script in the UK

Shell Script
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Shell Script over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Shell Script in the UK

Shell Script
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Shell Script.

Hourly rate trend for Shell Script in the UK

Shell Script
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Shell Script over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Shell Script in the UK

Shell Script
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Shell Script within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -34 274 £510 -7.27% 81
London -5 168 £525 -4.55% 40
UK excluding London -44 146 £459 -13.44% 45
Work from Home -27 88 £525 - 35
South East +9 52 £401 -27.18% 11
Scotland +8 41 £425 -15.00% 3
North of England +10 24 £475 -9.48% 3
South West -6 13 £550 -8.33% 10
North West -3 11 £528 +5.60% 2
Yorkshire +14 9 £475 -2.56% 1
Midlands -12 9 £520 -3.70% 5
East Midlands +14 8 £520 +22.35% 3
East of England -8 5 £625 +38.89% 8
North East +9 4 - -
Wales +18 3 £538 -2.27% 4
West Midlands -23 1 £420 -22.22% 2

Shell Script
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 20 (5.95%) Confluence
2 19 (5.65%) OpenStack
3 13 (3.87%) Apache Spark
4 11 (3.27%) Apache
4 11 (3.27%) nginx
5 10 (2.98%) JBoss
6 9 (2.68%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.89%) WildFly
8 2 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.30%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (2.68%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.30%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 82 (24.40%) AWS
2 49 (14.58%) Azure
3 27 (8.04%) Amazon S3
3 27 (8.04%) Serverless
4 18 (5.36%) AWS Lambda
4 18 (5.36%) GitHub
4 18 (5.36%) OpenShift
5 15 (4.46%) Amazon EC2
5 15 (4.46%) Amazon EKS
6 13 (3.87%) Slack
7 11 (3.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 11 (3.27%) AWS CloudFormation
8 9 (2.68%) GCP
9 8 (2.38%) Azure AKS
9 8 (2.38%) WhatsApp
10 7 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.79%) Amazon ECS
11 6 (1.79%) Amazon SQS
11 6 (1.79%) IaaS
12 5 (1.49%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.65%) Firewall
2 15 (4.46%) DNS
3 10 (2.98%) SSL
4 8 (2.38%) Network Security
5 7 (2.08%) Kerberos
6 6 (1.79%) AMQP
7 5 (1.49%) 5G
7 5 (1.49%) HTTP
7 5 (1.49%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.49%) Wireless
8 4 (1.19%) Diameter Protocol
8 4 (1.19%) Internet
8 4 (1.19%) LTE
8 4 (1.19%) SAN
9 2 (0.60%) DVB
9 2 (0.60%) Fibre Channel
9 2 (0.60%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.30%) 4G
10 1 (0.30%) DMARC
10 1 (0.30%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (13.10%) Oracle Database
2 29 (8.63%) SQL Server
3 28 (8.33%) MongoDB
3 28 (8.33%) Relational Database
4 23 (6.85%) Elasticsearch
5 22 (6.55%) MySQL
6 19 (5.65%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (5.06%) RDBMS
8 13 (3.87%) NoSQL
9 11 (3.27%) Big Data
10 10 (2.98%) Apache Hive
10 10 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (2.38%) Oracle Database 12c
11 8 (2.38%) PowerCenter
11 8 (2.38%) Sybase ASE
11 8 (2.38%) Tableau
12 7 (2.08%) Amazon Aurora
12 7 (2.08%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 81 (24.11%) Jenkins
2 64 (19.05%) Git
3 52 (15.48%) JIRA
4 23 (6.85%) GitLab
5 17 (5.06%) Maven
6 16 (4.76%) JMeter
7 14 (4.17%) Subversion
8 12 (3.57%) Gradle
9 8 (2.38%) Selenium
10 7 (2.08%) Cucumber
10 7 (2.08%) TeamCity
11 6 (1.79%) WebDriver
12 5 (1.49%) Artifactory
12 5 (1.49%) Bitbucket
13 4 (1.19%) Gatling
13 4 (1.19%) JUnit
13 4 (1.19%) TestRail
13 4 (1.19%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.89%) Ant
15 2 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
General
1 88 (26.19%) Finance
2 66 (19.64%) Social Skills
3 52 (15.48%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (10.42%) Banking
5 31 (9.23%) Public Sector
6 12 (3.57%) Investment Banking
7 9 (2.68%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.49%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.49%) Back Office
9 5 (1.49%) Billing
10 4 (1.19%) Automotive
10 4 (1.19%) Front Office
11 2 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.30%) Advertising
12 1 (0.30%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.30%) German Language
12 1 (0.30%) Military
12 1 (0.30%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.30%) Retail
Job Titles
1 78 (23.21%) Developer
2 28 (8.33%) Applications Support
3 24 (7.14%) Site Reliability Engineer
4 22 (6.55%) Analyst
4 22 (6.55%) DevOps Engineer
5 20 (5.95%) Senior
6 18 (5.36%) Python Engineer
6 18 (5.36%) Site Engineer
7 16 (4.76%) DBA
7 16 (4.76%) Test Engineer
8 14 (4.17%) Architect
9 13 (3.87%) AWS Engineer
9 13 (3.87%) Lead
9 13 (3.87%) Support Engineer
9 13 (3.87%) Systems Administrator
10 12 (3.57%) Administrator
10 12 (3.57%) Applications Specialist
10 12 (3.57%) Java Developer
10 12 (3.57%) Junior Applications Support
10 12 (3.57%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (11.31%) Kafka
2 20 (5.95%) Elastic Stack
2 20 (5.95%) HTML
2 20 (5.95%) RabbitMQ
3 19 (5.65%) CSS
3 19 (5.65%) Spring
4 15 (4.46%) RESTful
5 14 (4.17%) React
6 13 (3.87%) Node.js
7 12 (3.57%) Middleware
8 11 (3.27%) AWS CDK
8 11 (3.27%) JSON
9 9 (2.68%) IBM Integration Bus
9 9 (2.68%) REST
9 9 (2.68%) YAML
10 8 (2.38%) .NET
10 8 (2.38%) J2EE
11 7 (2.08%) HTML5
11 7 (2.08%) Spring Boot
11 7 (2.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.93%) Linux Command Line
2 23 (6.85%) Onboarding
3 22 (6.55%) Algorithms
4 18 (5.36%) Data Structures
5 16 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.27%) Driving Licence
6 11 (3.27%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (2.98%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.08%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.79%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.79%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.49%) Distributed Computing
10 5 (1.49%) Fixed Income
10 5 (1.49%) Replication
10 5 (1.49%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 4 (1.19%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.19%) Device Driver
11 4 (1.19%) Equities
11 4 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (1.19%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 156 (46.43%) Linux
2 138 (41.07%) Unix
3 56 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 43 (12.80%) Windows
5 20 (5.95%) CentOS
6 17 (5.06%) Windows Server
7 7 (2.08%) VMS
8 6 (1.79%) AIX
8 6 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.49%) Mac OS X
10 4 (1.19%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (0.89%) Solaris
11 3 (0.89%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.89%) Windows 2000
11 3 (0.89%) Windows XP
12 2 (0.60%) Debian
12 2 (0.60%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (28.57%) CI/CD
2 91 (27.08%) DevOps
3 89 (26.49%) Agile
4 68 (20.24%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
6 39 (11.61%) Test Automation
7 36 (10.71%) Microservices
8 35 (10.42%) ETL
9 32 (9.52%) SDLC
10 31 (9.23%) Containerisation
11 29 (8.63%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 28 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 25 (7.44%) Scrum
14 23 (6.85%) Computer Science
14 23 (6.85%) Task Automation
14 23 (6.85%) TDD
15 22 (6.55%) Continuous Integration
16 21 (6.25%) Machine Learning
16 21 (6.25%) Observability
17 18 (5.36%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 159 (47.32%) Python
2 100 (29.76%) Java
3 93 (27.68%) SQL
4 44 (13.10%) Bash
5 41 (12.20%) PowerShell
6 34 (10.12%) C++
7 30 (8.93%) C
8 27 (8.04%) JavaScript
9 25 (7.44%) PL/SQL
10 22 (6.55%) Perl
11 17 (5.06%) Go
12 13 (3.87%) Groovy
13 11 (3.27%) C#
13 11 (3.27%) Scala
13 11 (3.27%) TypeScript
14 9 (2.68%) Ruby
15 7 (2.08%) Assembly Language
15 7 (2.08%) Search Processing Language
15 7 (2.08%) T-SQL
16 6 (1.79%) VBA
Qualifications
1 63 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 49 (14.58%) SC Cleared
3 35 (10.42%) Degree
4 18 (5.36%) Master's Degree
5 13 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.08%) PhD
7 6 (1.79%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.79%) ISTQB
7 6 (1.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (1.19%) HNC
8 4 (1.19%) Numerate Degree
8 4 (1.19%) RHCE
9 3 (0.89%) RHCSA
10 2 (0.60%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.60%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.60%) ISEB
10 2 (0.60%) OSCP
11 1 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.30%) Linux+ Certification
11 1 (0.30%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.38%) PCI DSS
2 6 (1.79%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.19%) JTAG
3 4 (1.19%) QA
4 2 (0.60%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.30%) NCSC
5 1 (0.30%) SEPA
5 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 69 (20.54%) Docker
2 17 (5.06%) Virtual Machines
3 15 (4.46%) Hyper-V
4 13 (3.87%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (3.57%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 12 (3.57%) Oracle RAC
6 11 (3.27%) Active Directory
7 6 (1.79%) vSphere
8 5 (1.49%) HDFS
9 4 (1.19%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (1.19%) Firmware
10 2 (0.60%) VirtualBox
11 1 (0.30%) KVM
11 1 (0.30%) NFS
11 1 (0.30%) Snort
11 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.30%) Xen
Systems Management
1 97 (28.87%) Ansible
2 87 (25.89%) Kubernetes
3 55 (16.37%) Prometheus
4 53 (15.77%) Grafana
5 49 (14.58%) Terraform
6 19 (5.65%) Puppet
7 17 (5.06%) Kibana
8 15 (4.46%) logstash
9 13 (3.87%) Red Hat Satellite
10 12 (3.57%) Consul
10 12 (3.57%) Data Guard
10 12 (3.57%) Netcool
11 11 (3.27%) Packer
12 10 (2.98%) Progress Chef
13 7 (2.08%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 6 (1.79%) Docker Swarm
14 6 (1.79%) yum
15 5 (1.49%) Control-M
15 5 (1.49%) Hadoop YARN
15 5 (1.49%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 103 (30.65%) Oracle
2 56 (16.67%) Red Hat
3 29 (8.63%) Microsoft
4 23 (6.85%) IBM
5 21 (6.25%) VMware
6 17 (5.06%) Informatica
7 15 (4.46%) Splunk
8 13 (3.87%) Amdocs
8 13 (3.87%) Google
9 12 (3.57%) SaltStack
10 11 (3.27%) SEEBURGER
11 10 (2.98%) Temenos
12 9 (2.68%) Sybase
13 6 (1.79%) Confluent
13 6 (1.79%) HP
14 5 (1.49%) Veritas
15 4 (1.19%) CA Agile Central
16 3 (0.89%) Juniper
16 3 (0.89%) Murex
16 3 (0.89%) Synopsys