Bash Shell
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Bash skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Bash over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 226 149 174
Rank change year-on-year -77 +25 -8
Permanent jobs citing Bash 1,345 2,432 3,857
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.35% 2.45% 2.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.05% 5.66% 4.44%
Number of salaries quoted 828 1,368 1,875
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,874 £40,853
25th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £78,750 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £92,238 £117,236 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

All Programming Languages
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,216 42,952 86,858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.25% 43.31% 54.04%
Number of salaries quoted 24,896 27,477 43,381
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

Bash
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Bash in the UK

Bash
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Bash.

Salary trend for Bash in the UK

Bash
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Bash over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Bash in the UK

Bash
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Bash within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -54 1,228 £60,000 -14.29% 283
UK excluding London -97 830 £55,000 -10.57% 183
Work from Home -54 661 £62,500 -10.71% 161
London -12 483 £72,500 -9.38% 122
South West +5 299 £55,000 -18.52% 37
South East -18 216 £52,500 +5.00% 54
North of England -172 96 £60,000 -4.00% 28
Scotland -112 70 £60,000 -13.60% 8
Midlands -31 63 £52,500 -16.00% 22
East of England +12 61 £65,000 +23.81% 28
North West -97 53 £62,783 +14.40% 12
West Midlands -2 35 £60,000 -11.11% 16
Yorkshire -101 31 £47,000 -26.10% 12
East Midlands -17 28 £50,000 -4.76% 6
Northern Ireland 0 18 £70,000 -3.45% 3
North East -16 12 £45,000 -40.00% 4
Wales -46 7 £45,000 -34.30% 5

Bash
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 51 (3.79%) nginx
2 41 (3.05%) Apache
2 41 (3.05%) Apache Spark
3 30 (2.23%) Confluence
4 28 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
5 25 (1.86%) SharePoint
6 21 (1.56%) Jupyter
7 13 (0.97%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.37%) JBoss
10 4 (0.30%) CMS
11 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.15%) Drupal
11 2 (0.15%) IIS
11 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.15%) WordPress
12 1 (0.074%) Moodle
12 1 (0.074%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (0.82%) MS Visio
2 10 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.15%) Abaqus
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.074%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.074%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.074%) Simulink
5 1 (0.074%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 16 (1.19%) Fidessa
2 7 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.45%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.074%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 585 (43.49%) Azure
2 386 (28.70%) AWS
3 252 (18.74%) Entra ID
4 116 (8.62%) GCP
5 99 (7.36%) Azure DevOps
6 93 (6.91%) Serverless
7 90 (6.69%) OpenShift
8 89 (6.62%) Microsoft 365
9 87 (6.47%) GitHub
9 87 (6.47%) SaaS
10 81 (6.02%) Amazon S3
11 51 (3.79%) AWS CloudFormation
12 46 (3.42%) IaaS
13 45 (3.35%) PaaS
14 42 (3.12%) Cloud Computing
15 36 (2.68%) AWS Lambda
16 35 (2.60%) Amazon EC2
17 34 (2.53%) Azure AKS
18 28 (2.08%) GitHub Actions
19 27 (2.01%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 221 (16.43%) Broadband
2 212 (15.76%) 5G
3 183 (13.61%) Firewall
4 129 (9.59%) TCP/IP
5 121 (9.00%) DNS
6 71 (5.28%) DHCP
7 47 (3.49%) HTTP
8 45 (3.35%) LAN
9 44 (3.27%) WAN
10 37 (2.75%) Network Security
11 34 (2.53%) VPN
12 27 (2.01%) Internet
13 26 (1.93%) Wireless
14 21 (1.56%) SAN
15 20 (1.49%) NAS
16 17 (1.26%) VSAN
17 16 (1.19%) Cisco ASA
17 16 (1.19%) FIX Connectivity
18 15 (1.12%) PBX
19 14 (1.04%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (6.62%) MySQL
2 77 (5.72%) PostgreSQL
3 75 (5.58%) SQL Server
4 63 (4.68%) MongoDB
5 60 (4.46%) Relational Database
6 50 (3.72%) Elasticsearch
7 45 (3.35%) Redis
8 42 (3.12%) Hadoop
9 41 (3.05%) Big Data
10 40 (2.97%) RDBMS
11 38 (2.83%) Oracle Database
12 32 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
13 24 (1.78%) MariaDB
14 23 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
14 23 (1.71%) Scylla
15 18 (1.34%) Presto
16 13 (0.97%) InfluxDB
17 12 (0.89%) Amazon Aurora
18 10 (0.74%) Ingres
19 9 (0.67%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 219 (16.28%) Git
2 214 (15.91%) Jenkins
3 72 (5.35%) JIRA
4 66 (4.91%) GitLab
5 36 (2.68%) JDeveloper
6 29 (2.16%) TeamCity
7 26 (1.93%) Bitbucket
8 24 (1.78%) Subversion
9 23 (1.71%) Octopus Deploy
10 21 (1.56%) Visual Studio
11 18 (1.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 17 (1.26%) Robot Framework
13 16 (1.19%) Team Foundation Server
14 10 (0.74%) Eclipse
14 10 (0.74%) GNU Toolchain
15 9 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
16 8 (0.59%) CMake
16 8 (0.59%) Gradle
16 8 (0.59%) SonarQube
17 7 (0.52%) Maven
General
1 329 (24.46%) Analytical Skills
2 268 (19.93%) Social Skills
3 262 (19.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 190 (14.13%) Finance
5 62 (4.61%) Banking
6 59 (4.39%) Aerospace
7 45 (3.35%) Public Sector
8 36 (2.68%) Manufacturing
9 31 (2.30%) Marketing
10 29 (2.16%) Electronics
11 25 (1.86%) Retail
12 24 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
13 23 (1.71%) Telecoms
14 20 (1.49%) Investment Banking
15 19 (1.41%) Law
16 16 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
16 16 (1.19%) Games
17 9 (0.67%) Tech for Good
18 8 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
19 6 (0.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 354 (26.32%) Senior
2 223 (16.58%) Software Engineer
3 213 (15.84%) Linux Specialist
4 210 (15.61%) Technical Specialist
5 188 (13.98%) DevOps Engineer
6 129 (9.59%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 129 (9.59%) Senior Linux Specialist
7 127 (9.44%) Senior Technical Specialist
7 127 (9.44%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
8 126 (9.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 107 (7.96%) Linux Engineer
10 82 (6.10%) Administrator
11 81 (6.02%) Cloud Engineer
12 75 (5.58%) Platform Engineer
13 71 (5.28%) AWS Engineer
14 67 (4.98%) Embedded Engineer
15 65 (4.83%) Embedded Software Engineer
15 65 (4.83%) Systems Engineer
16 62 (4.61%) Senior Software Engineer
17 58 (4.31%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (4.98%) Node.js
1 67 (4.98%) React
2 59 (4.39%) Elastic Stack
3 43 (3.20%) HTML
4 35 (2.60%) ARM Templates
5 33 (2.45%) YAML
6 28 (2.08%) Kafka
7 23 (1.71%) GraphQL
7 23 (1.71%) RabbitMQ
8 20 (1.49%) .NET
9 19 (1.41%) REST
10 17 (1.26%) ActiveMQ
10 17 (1.26%) Apache NiFi
10 17 (1.26%) AWS CDK
10 17 (1.26%) FIX Protocol
10 17 (1.26%) XML
11 16 (1.19%) Middleware
12 14 (1.04%) CSS
13 13 (0.97%) HTML5
14 12 (0.89%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 210 (15.61%) Social Media
2 77 (5.72%) Linux Command Line
3 42 (3.12%) Public Cloud
4 40 (2.97%) Algorithms
5 35 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
6 34 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
7 31 (2.30%) PKI
8 30 (2.23%) IoT
9 28 (2.08%) Data Centre
10 26 (1.93%) Clustering
11 25 (1.86%) Management Information System
11 25 (1.86%) Onboarding
12 23 (1.71%) Data Structures
13 22 (1.64%) Cloud Native
14 16 (1.19%) Eurex
15 15 (1.12%) Embedded Systems
15 15 (1.12%) Replication
16 14 (1.04%) Cyber Defence
16 14 (1.04%) Video\Live Streaming
17 13 (0.97%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 914 (67.96%) Linux
2 395 (29.37%) Windows
3 281 (20.89%) Ubuntu
4 131 (9.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 109 (8.10%) CentOS
6 102 (7.58%) Unix
7 94 (6.99%) Windows Server
8 70 (5.20%) Embedded Linux
9 49 (3.64%) Debian
10 47 (3.49%) Windows Server 2016
11 43 (3.20%) Windows Server 2019
12 41 (3.05%) Windows Server 2012
13 40 (2.97%) Mac OS
14 28 (2.08%) Solaris
15 19 (1.41%) CoreOS
16 17 (1.26%) Windows 10
17 13 (0.97%) SUSE
18 12 (0.89%) Oracle Linux
19 10 (0.74%) VMS
20 6 (0.45%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 496 (36.88%) DevOps
2 418 (31.08%) Cybersecurity
3 319 (23.72%) Problem-Solving
4 295 (21.93%) CI/CD
5 276 (20.52%) Artificial Intelligence
6 272 (20.22%) Software Engineering
7 233 (17.32%) Infrastructure as Code
8 221 (16.43%) IT Strategy
9 218 (16.21%) Technology Strategy
10 216 (16.06%) CRM
11 213 (15.84%) Containerisation
12 182 (13.53%) Agile
13 145 (10.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 136 (10.11%) Configuration Management
15 130 (9.67%) Continuous Integration
16 111 (8.25%) Open Source
17 107 (7.96%) Actionable Insight
18 98 (7.29%) Computer Science
18 98 (7.29%) Mentoring
19 87 (6.47%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 896 (66.62%) Python
2 489 (36.36%) PowerShell
3 173 (12.86%) Java
4 159 (11.82%) SQL
5 158 (11.75%) Perl
6 150 (11.15%) C
7 113 (8.40%) JavaScript
8 108 (8.03%) Ruby
9 107 (7.96%) Go
10 85 (6.32%) C++
11 63 (4.68%) C#
12 61 (4.54%) Shell Script
13 59 (4.39%) Embedded C
14 57 (4.24%) Rust
15 37 (2.75%) Bicep
16 27 (2.01%) PHP
17 26 (1.93%) Scala
18 20 (1.49%) Fortran
19 17 (1.26%) TypeScript
20 13 (0.97%) Korn
Qualifications
1 294 (21.86%) Security Cleared
2 181 (13.46%) Degree
3 118 (8.77%) DV Cleared
4 95 (7.06%) SC Cleared
5 51 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (2.38%) AWS Certification
7 29 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
8 26 (1.93%) PhD
9 25 (1.86%) Master's Degree
10 23 (1.71%) Azure Certification
11 21 (1.56%) CCNA
12 19 (1.41%) CISSP
12 19 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
13 17 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 12 (0.89%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 10 (0.74%) GIAC
16 9 (0.67%) CEH
16 9 (0.67%) OSCP
17 8 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
18 7 (0.52%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (3.87%) QA
2 42 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (1.64%) SLA
4 21 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 20 (1.49%) PMO
6 19 (1.41%) Data Quality
7 12 (0.89%) SOC 2
8 8 (0.59%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.52%) NIST
10 6 (0.45%) JTAG
10 6 (0.45%) NCSC
11 5 (0.37%) GDPR
11 5 (0.37%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.22%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.15%) ISO 9000
15 1 (0.074%) Actionable Recommendations
15 1 (0.074%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 1 (0.074%) Disclosure Scotland
15 1 (0.074%) MISRA
System Software
1 340 (25.28%) Active Directory
2 295 (21.93%) Docker
3 144 (10.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 60 (4.46%) Virtual Machines
5 56 (4.16%) Hyper-V
6 28 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
7 25 (1.86%) vSphere
8 21 (1.56%) Firmware
9 9 (0.67%) NFS
9 9 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.45%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 6 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (0.37%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 5 (0.37%) VMware Server
12 4 (0.30%) VMware NSX
13 3 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
13 3 (0.22%) KVM
13 3 (0.22%) VirtualBox
14 2 (0.15%) Shibboleth
14 2 (0.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 343 (25.50%) Kubernetes
2 296 (22.01%) Ansible
3 276 (20.52%) Terraform
4 231 (17.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 217 (16.13%) Jamf Pro
6 176 (13.09%) Puppet
7 93 (6.91%) Grafana
8 69 (5.13%) Prometheus
9 64 (4.76%) Progress Chef
10 30 (2.23%) vCenter Server
11 27 (2.01%) HAProxy
11 27 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
12 23 (1.71%) Nagios
13 13 (0.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 13 (0.97%) logstash
13 13 (0.97%) Red Hat Satellite
14 12 (0.89%) Fluentd
14 12 (0.89%) Graphite
15 11 (0.82%) Istio
16 9 (0.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 448 (33.31%) Microsoft
2 216 (16.06%) CyberArk
3 210 (15.61%) Tanium
4 194 (14.42%) VMware
5 193 (14.35%) Red Hat
6 137 (10.19%) Oracle
7 60 (4.46%) Cisco
8 58 (4.31%) Google
9 35 (2.60%) Atlassian
9 35 (2.60%) Splunk
10 30 (2.23%) Palo Alto
11 27 (2.01%) Dell
12 18 (1.34%) New Relic
13 17 (1.26%) Bloomberg
14 16 (1.19%) CQG
14 16 (1.19%) ION Trading
14 16 (1.19%) Patsystems
14 16 (1.19%) Reuters
14 16 (1.19%) ServiceNow
14 16 (1.19%) Trayport