Bash Shell
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Bash skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Bash over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 20 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 197 | 125 | 181 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -72 | +56 | +20 |
| Contract jobs citing Bash | 495 | 1,167 | 1,414 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.16% | 2.04% | 1.60% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.89% | 5.89% | 4.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 348 | 833 | 919 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £428 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £456 | £510 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £536 | £600 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.67% | +4.35% | +15.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £602 | £725 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £810 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £533 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.09% | - | +18.28% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 16 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £21.85 | £20.00 | £22.24 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.81 | £44.06 | £35.76 |
| Median hourly rate | £45.00 | £55.63 | £62.43 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.10% | -10.90% | +24.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £71.88 | £71.13 | £69.05 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.50 | £80.25 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £70.00 | £62.13 | £67.36 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.68% | -7.77% | +25.32% |
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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,728 | 19,825 | 31,917 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.92% | 34.62% | 36.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,055 | 14,305 | 23,279 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £390 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.64% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £655 |
| 90th Percentile | £765 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +1.01% | +15.79% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 493 | 443 | 502 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.09 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.36 | £60.70 | £50.10 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.73% | +21.16% | +17.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.60 | £78.00 | £72.43 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +24.82% |
Bash
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Bash as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Bash
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Bash.
Bash
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Bash over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.
Bash
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Bash.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Bash over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.
Bash
Top 15 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bash within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| England | -65 | 426 | £550 | -12.00% | 308 |
| UK excluding London | -41 | 228 | £533 | -3.09% | 207 |
| London | -87 | 212 | £550 | -15.38% | 131 |
| Work from Home | -67 | 176 | £525 | -12.50% | 170 |
| North of England | +13 | 70 | £525 | -10.64% | 34 |
| South East | -7 | 57 | £550 | -3.47% | 59 |
| Yorkshire | +35 | 44 | £495 | -13.91% | 13 |
| Scotland | -7 | 32 | £480 | -8.57% | 10 |
| South West | -9 | 29 | £550 | -12.00% | 38 |
| North West | -17 | 26 | £550 | -5.58% | 16 |
| Midlands | +13 | 22 | £536 | +23.57% | 27 |
| East of England | -4 | 19 | £550 | +8.91% | 34 |
| West Midlands | +19 | 14 | £450 | -25.00% | 20 |
| East Midlands | +14 | 8 | £600 | +84.62% | 7 |
| Wales | +16 | 1 | £690 | +25.45% | 6 |
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:
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