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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 228 148 173
Rank change year-on-year -80 +25 -7
Permanent jobs citing Bash 1,321 2,313 4,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.23% 2.46% 2.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.85% 5.84% 4.54%
Number of salaries quoted 822 1,303 1,916
10th Percentile £40,874 £42,874 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £89,089 £87,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £117,236 £105,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +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 34,287 39,579 92,738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.05% 42.16% 54.18%
Number of salaries quoted 25,426 26,470 43,664
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £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 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £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 6 June 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 6 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -62 1,233 £60,000 -14.29% 250
UK excluding London -104 803 £55,000 -12.00% 150
Work from Home -77 603 £62,500 -10.71% 129
London -20 494 £73,750 -7.81% 102
South West -6 299 £55,000 -15.38% 35
South East -35 228 £53,750 -10.42% 41
North of England -203 81 £60,000 -1.93% 30
East of England -1 64 £60,000 +14.29% 22
Midlands -36 58 £55,000 -8.33% 18
Scotland -125 54 £60,000 -13.60% 7
North West -116 47 £63,891 +11.12% 19
West Midlands -36 33 £60,000 -2.44% 11
East Midlands -35 25 £50,000 +8.11% 7
Yorkshire -105 22 £45,000 -26.45% 7
Northern Ireland -7 15 £70,000 -5.08% 1
North East -26 12 £45,000 -43.75% 4
Wales -50 4 £45,000 -34.30% 2

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 (3.86%) nginx
2 39 (2.95%) Apache
3 31 (2.35%) Apache Spark
4 29 (2.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 24 (1.82%) Confluence
5 24 (1.82%) SharePoint
6 20 (1.51%) Jupyter
7 13 (0.98%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.45%) JBoss
8 6 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.30%) CMS
10 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.15%) Drupal
10 2 (0.15%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.15%) WordPress
11 1 (0.076%) IIS
11 1 (0.076%) Moodle
Applications
1 11 (0.83%) MS Visio
2 9 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.15%) Abaqus
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.076%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.076%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 18 (1.36%) Fidessa
2 9 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.45%) NEC Housing
3 6 (0.45%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.076%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 596 (45.12%) Azure
2 383 (28.99%) AWS
3 254 (19.23%) Entra ID
4 101 (7.65%) GCP
5 94 (7.12%) Azure DevOps
6 92 (6.96%) OpenShift
7 91 (6.89%) Microsoft 365
8 86 (6.51%) SaaS
9 78 (5.90%) GitHub
10 70 (5.30%) Amazon S3
11 53 (4.01%) Serverless
12 52 (3.94%) AWS CloudFormation
13 47 (3.56%) IaaS
14 43 (3.26%) PaaS
15 41 (3.10%) Cloud Computing
16 34 (2.57%) Amazon EC2
17 31 (2.35%) AWS Lambda
18 29 (2.20%) Azure AKS
18 29 (2.20%) Azure Monitor
19 26 (1.97%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 221 (16.73%) Broadband
2 211 (15.97%) 5G
3 178 (13.47%) Firewall
4 132 (9.99%) DNS
5 130 (9.84%) TCP/IP
6 78 (5.90%) DHCP
7 53 (4.01%) HTTP
8 45 (3.41%) LAN
9 41 (3.10%) Network Security
9 41 (3.10%) WAN
10 36 (2.73%) VPN
11 23 (1.74%) SAN
12 22 (1.67%) NAS
12 22 (1.67%) Wireless
13 19 (1.44%) Internet
14 18 (1.36%) FIX Connectivity
15 17 (1.29%) VSAN
16 16 (1.21%) Cisco ASA
17 14 (1.06%) Wireshark
18 13 (0.98%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (6.06%) MySQL
2 77 (5.83%) SQL Server
3 68 (5.15%) PostgreSQL
4 64 (4.84%) MongoDB
5 40 (3.03%) Elasticsearch
6 36 (2.73%) Redis
7 32 (2.42%) Hadoop
8 30 (2.27%) Big Data
9 27 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
10 24 (1.82%) MariaDB
11 23 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
11 23 (1.74%) Relational Database
12 17 (1.29%) Presto
13 14 (1.06%) Scylla
14 13 (0.98%) InfluxDB
15 10 (0.76%) Ingres
15 10 (0.76%) NoSQL
16 9 (0.68%) Amazon Aurora
16 9 (0.68%) Data Mining
17 7 (0.53%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 214 (16.20%) Jenkins
2 178 (13.47%) Git
3 75 (5.68%) GitLab
4 69 (5.22%) JIRA
5 28 (2.12%) TeamCity
6 23 (1.74%) Subversion
7 21 (1.59%) Bitbucket
7 21 (1.59%) Octopus Deploy
8 19 (1.44%) Visual Studio
9 17 (1.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 17 (1.29%) Robot Framework
9 17 (1.29%) Team Foundation Server
10 10 (0.76%) Eclipse
11 9 (0.68%) CMake
11 9 (0.68%) GNU Toolchain
11 9 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
12 8 (0.61%) Gradle
12 8 (0.61%) TestRail
13 6 (0.45%) SonarQube
13 6 (0.45%) Toad
General
1 326 (24.68%) Analytical Skills
2 257 (19.45%) Social Skills
3 251 (19.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 193 (14.61%) Finance
5 66 (5.00%) Banking
6 62 (4.69%) Aerospace
7 39 (2.95%) Public Sector
8 34 (2.57%) Manufacturing
9 28 (2.12%) Marketing
10 27 (2.04%) Electronics
11 24 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
12 23 (1.74%) Investment Banking
13 22 (1.67%) Retail
13 22 (1.67%) Telecoms
14 21 (1.59%) Law
15 16 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (1.14%) Games
17 9 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
18 8 (0.61%) Tech for Good
19 6 (0.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 371 (28.08%) Senior
2 213 (16.12%) Linux Specialist
3 210 (15.90%) Technical Specialist
4 192 (14.53%) Software Engineer
5 181 (13.70%) DevOps Engineer
6 134 (10.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 128 (9.69%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 128 (9.69%) Senior Linux Specialist
8 127 (9.61%) Senior Technical Specialist
8 127 (9.61%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
9 105 (7.95%) Linux Engineer
10 88 (6.66%) Cloud Engineer
11 83 (6.28%) Administrator
12 76 (5.75%) Platform Engineer
13 68 (5.15%) AWS Engineer
14 67 (5.07%) Senior Software Engineer
15 66 (5.00%) Embedded Engineer
16 64 (4.84%) Embedded Software Engineer
17 63 (4.77%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 59 (4.47%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (4.31%) Elastic Stack
2 44 (3.33%) HTML
3 35 (2.65%) ARM Templates
4 29 (2.20%) React
5 28 (2.12%) YAML
6 26 (1.97%) Node.js
7 22 (1.67%) RabbitMQ
8 19 (1.44%) FIX Protocol
8 19 (1.44%) Kafka
8 19 (1.44%) REST
9 18 (1.36%) .NET
9 18 (1.36%) AWS CDK
10 17 (1.29%) XML
11 16 (1.21%) ActiveMQ
11 16 (1.21%) Apache NiFi
12 15 (1.14%) HTML5
13 14 (1.06%) CSS
13 14 (1.06%) GraphQL
13 14 (1.06%) Middleware
14 13 (0.98%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 210 (15.90%) Social Media
2 83 (6.28%) Linux Command Line
3 42 (3.18%) Algorithms
4 41 (3.10%) Public Cloud
5 34 (2.57%) Hybrid Cloud
6 32 (2.42%) IoT
7 31 (2.35%) PKI
7 31 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
8 29 (2.20%) Data Centre
9 26 (1.97%) Clustering
9 26 (1.97%) Management Information System
10 24 (1.82%) Onboarding
11 21 (1.59%) Cloud Native
12 18 (1.36%) Eurex
13 15 (1.14%) Replication
14 14 (1.06%) CUDA
14 14 (1.06%) Data Structures
14 14 (1.06%) Video\Live Streaming
15 13 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
15 13 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 927 (70.17%) Linux
2 398 (30.13%) Windows
3 283 (21.42%) Ubuntu
4 133 (10.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 112 (8.48%) CentOS
6 109 (8.25%) Unix
7 96 (7.27%) Windows Server
8 70 (5.30%) Embedded Linux
9 49 (3.71%) Windows Server 2016
10 48 (3.63%) Debian
11 45 (3.41%) Windows Server 2019
12 43 (3.26%) Windows Server 2012
13 35 (2.65%) Mac OS
14 26 (1.97%) Solaris
15 19 (1.44%) CoreOS
16 18 (1.36%) Windows 10
17 13 (0.98%) SUSE
18 12 (0.91%) Oracle Linux
19 8 (0.61%) VMS
20 7 (0.53%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 471 (35.65%) DevOps
2 408 (30.89%) Cybersecurity
3 288 (21.80%) CI/CD
4 275 (20.82%) Artificial Intelligence
5 271 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
6 237 (17.94%) Software Engineering
7 232 (17.56%) Infrastructure as Code
8 221 (16.73%) IT Strategy
9 218 (16.50%) Technology Strategy
10 216 (16.35%) CRM
11 180 (13.63%) Agile
11 180 (13.63%) Containerisation
12 153 (11.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 135 (10.22%) Configuration Management
14 107 (8.10%) Computer Science
15 95 (7.19%) Task Automation
16 94 (7.12%) Mentoring
17 92 (6.96%) Continuous Integration
18 91 (6.89%) ITIL
19 88 (6.66%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 877 (66.39%) Python
2 501 (37.93%) PowerShell
3 163 (12.34%) C
4 160 (12.11%) SQL
5 135 (10.22%) Java
6 134 (10.14%) Perl
7 94 (7.12%) C++
8 77 (5.83%) JavaScript
8 77 (5.83%) Ruby
9 64 (4.84%) C#
10 59 (4.47%) Go
11 58 (4.39%) Embedded C
12 56 (4.24%) Rust
13 51 (3.86%) Shell Script
14 35 (2.65%) Bicep
15 31 (2.35%) Fortran
16 24 (1.82%) PHP
17 17 (1.29%) Scala
17 17 (1.29%) TypeScript
18 16 (1.21%) Korn
Qualifications
1 306 (23.16%) Security Cleared
2 184 (13.93%) Degree
3 120 (9.08%) DV Cleared
4 92 (6.96%) SC Cleared
5 51 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (2.73%) Master's Degree
6 36 (2.73%) PhD
7 30 (2.27%) AWS Certification
8 23 (1.74%) Azure Certification
8 23 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
9 20 (1.51%) CISSP
10 16 (1.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 16 (1.21%) CCNA
11 14 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (0.91%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 10 (0.76%) CEH
14 9 (0.68%) GIAC
14 9 (0.68%) OSCP
15 8 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
16 6 (0.45%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (1.74%) Data Quality
3 22 (1.67%) SLA
4 21 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 19 (1.44%) PMO
6 16 (1.21%) QA
7 12 (0.91%) SOC 2
8 8 (0.61%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.53%) NIST
10 6 (0.45%) JTAG
11 5 (0.38%) GDPR
11 5 (0.38%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.38%) NCSC
12 4 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.23%) Accessibility
14 2 (0.15%) ISO 9000
15 1 (0.076%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 1 (0.076%) Disclosure Scotland
15 1 (0.076%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 340 (25.74%) Active Directory
2 301 (22.79%) Docker
3 158 (11.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 65 (4.92%) Virtual Machines
5 60 (4.54%) Hyper-V
6 25 (1.89%) vSphere
7 23 (1.74%) VMware ESXi
8 22 (1.67%) Firmware
9 11 (0.83%) NFS
9 11 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (0.61%) XenApp
10 8 (0.61%) XenDesktop
11 6 (0.45%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 6 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
12 5 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 5 (0.38%) VMware Server
13 4 (0.30%) KVM
13 4 (0.30%) VMware NSX
14 3 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
14 3 (0.23%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 332 (25.13%) Kubernetes
2 303 (22.94%) Ansible
3 271 (20.51%) Terraform
4 231 (17.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 218 (16.50%) Jamf Pro
6 182 (13.78%) Puppet
7 90 (6.81%) Grafana
8 70 (5.30%) Prometheus
9 59 (4.47%) Progress Chef
10 31 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
10 31 (2.35%) vCenter Server
11 25 (1.89%) HAProxy
12 23 (1.74%) Nagios
13 16 (1.21%) Red Hat Satellite
14 13 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 12 (0.91%) logstash
16 11 (0.83%) Fluentd
16 11 (0.83%) Graphite
17 10 (0.76%) Istio
18 9 (0.68%) SCCM
Vendors
1 470 (35.58%) Microsoft
2 216 (16.35%) CyberArk
3 210 (15.90%) Tanium
4 200 (15.14%) Red Hat
5 197 (14.91%) VMware
6 103 (7.80%) Oracle
7 56 (4.24%) Cisco
8 48 (3.63%) Google
9 36 (2.73%) Splunk
10 30 (2.27%) Atlassian
11 24 (1.82%) Palo Alto
12 19 (1.44%) Bloomberg
12 19 (1.44%) New Relic
13 18 (1.36%) CQG
13 18 (1.36%) Dell
13 18 (1.36%) ION Trading
13 18 (1.36%) Patsystems
13 18 (1.36%) Reuters
13 18 (1.36%) Trayport
14 16 (1.21%) ServiceNow