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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 220 157 170
Rank change year-on-year -63 +13 -3
Permanent jobs citing Bash 1,351 2,385 3,761
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.36% 2.36% 2.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.07% 5.45% 4.43%
Number of salaries quoted 841 1,398 1,887
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,874 £41,250
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 £77,500 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £92,125 £117,236 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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 33,186 43,722 84,922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.45% 43.28% 53.99%
Number of salaries quoted 24,983 27,941 43,470
10th Percentile £35,195 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,500 £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 £107,000 £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 10 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 10 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 -44 1,230 £60,000 -14.29% 237
UK excluding London -93 831 £55,000 -10.10% 140
Work from Home -55 671 £62,500 -10.71% 144
London -7 487 £70,000 -12.50% 106
South West +6 295 £55,000 -18.52% 30
South East -20 216 £52,500 +5.00% 30
North of England -170 99 £60,000 -1.93% 23
Scotland -92 72 £60,000 -13.60% 10
Midlands -30 63 £52,500 -16.00% 15
East of England +21 60 £65,000 +23.81% 27
North West -91 53 £62,783 +14.40% 11
West Midlands -14 35 £60,000 -11.11% 8
Yorkshire -96 34 £47,500 -26.57% 10
East Midlands -17 28 £50,000 -4.76% 7
Northern Ireland +9 18 £70,000 -3.45% 3
North East -16 12 £45,000 -40.00% 2
Wales -40 8 £45,000 -30.77% 4

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 50 (3.70%) nginx
2 42 (3.11%) Apache Spark
3 40 (2.96%) Apache
4 32 (2.37%) Confluence
5 28 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
6 25 (1.85%) SharePoint
7 21 (1.55%) Jupyter
8 13 (0.96%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.30%) CMS
10 4 (0.30%) JBoss
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%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (0.81%) 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 (1.18%) Fidessa
2 7 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.44%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 585 (43.30%) Azure
2 393 (29.09%) AWS
3 252 (18.65%) Entra ID
4 121 (8.96%) GCP
5 102 (7.55%) Azure DevOps
6 96 (7.11%) Serverless
7 89 (6.59%) Microsoft 365
7 89 (6.59%) OpenShift
8 88 (6.51%) GitHub
9 87 (6.44%) SaaS
10 83 (6.14%) Amazon S3
11 51 (3.77%) AWS CloudFormation
12 47 (3.48%) IaaS
13 44 (3.26%) PaaS
14 41 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
15 39 (2.89%) AWS Lambda
16 36 (2.66%) Amazon EC2
16 36 (2.66%) Azure AKS
17 28 (2.07%) Amazon EKS
17 28 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 221 (16.36%) Broadband
2 213 (15.77%) 5G
3 185 (13.69%) Firewall
4 131 (9.70%) TCP/IP
5 124 (9.18%) DNS
6 71 (5.26%) DHCP
7 48 (3.55%) WAN
8 47 (3.48%) LAN
9 46 (3.40%) HTTP
10 36 (2.66%) Network Security
11 35 (2.59%) VPN
12 28 (2.07%) Internet
13 26 (1.92%) Wireless
14 22 (1.63%) SAN
15 20 (1.48%) NAS
16 17 (1.26%) VSAN
17 16 (1.18%) Cisco ASA
17 16 (1.18%) FIX Connectivity
17 16 (1.18%) PBX
18 15 (1.11%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (6.44%) MySQL
2 78 (5.77%) PostgreSQL
3 75 (5.55%) SQL Server
4 60 (4.44%) MongoDB
4 60 (4.44%) Relational Database
5 51 (3.77%) Elasticsearch
6 44 (3.26%) Redis
7 43 (3.18%) Big Data
7 43 (3.18%) Hadoop
8 40 (2.96%) RDBMS
9 39 (2.89%) Oracle Database
10 34 (2.52%) Amazon RDS
11 23 (1.70%) Scylla
12 22 (1.63%) MariaDB
13 21 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
14 18 (1.33%) Presto
15 13 (0.96%) Amazon Aurora
15 13 (0.96%) InfluxDB
16 10 (0.74%) Ingres
16 10 (0.74%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 224 (16.58%) Git
2 208 (15.40%) Jenkins
3 71 (5.26%) JIRA
4 65 (4.81%) GitLab
5 36 (2.66%) JDeveloper
6 28 (2.07%) TeamCity
7 25 (1.85%) Bitbucket
8 24 (1.78%) Subversion
9 21 (1.55%) Octopus Deploy
9 21 (1.55%) Visual Studio
10 18 (1.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 16 (1.18%) Team Foundation Server
12 14 (1.04%) Robot Framework
13 10 (0.74%) GNU Toolchain
14 9 (0.67%) Eclipse
14 9 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
15 8 (0.59%) CMake
15 8 (0.59%) Gradle
16 7 (0.52%) SonarQube
16 7 (0.52%) TestRail
General
1 333 (24.65%) Analytical Skills
2 269 (19.91%) Social Skills
3 265 (19.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 196 (14.51%) Finance
5 63 (4.66%) Banking
6 56 (4.15%) Aerospace
7 46 (3.40%) Public Sector
8 36 (2.66%) Manufacturing
9 31 (2.29%) Marketing
10 29 (2.15%) Electronics
11 27 (2.00%) Retail
12 24 (1.78%) Telecoms
13 23 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
14 20 (1.48%) Investment Banking
15 19 (1.41%) Law
16 17 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
17 16 (1.18%) Games
18 9 (0.67%) Tech for Good
19 8 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
20 6 (0.44%) Legal
Job Titles
1 355 (26.28%) Senior
2 223 (16.51%) Software Engineer
3 213 (15.77%) Linux Specialist
4 210 (15.54%) Technical Specialist
5 190 (14.06%) DevOps Engineer
6 129 (9.55%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 129 (9.55%) Senior Linux Specialist
7 127 (9.40%) Senior Technical Specialist
7 127 (9.40%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
8 126 (9.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 111 (8.22%) Linux Engineer
10 83 (6.14%) Administrator
11 80 (5.92%) Cloud Engineer
12 75 (5.55%) Platform Engineer
13 73 (5.40%) AWS Engineer
14 67 (4.96%) Embedded Engineer
15 66 (4.89%) Systems Engineer
16 65 (4.81%) Embedded Software Engineer
17 62 (4.59%) Senior Software Engineer
18 56 (4.15%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (5.11%) Node.js
1 69 (5.11%) React
2 58 (4.29%) Elastic Stack
3 40 (2.96%) HTML
4 36 (2.66%) YAML
5 35 (2.59%) ARM Templates
6 30 (2.22%) Kafka
7 23 (1.70%) GraphQL
7 23 (1.70%) RabbitMQ
8 22 (1.63%) .NET
9 19 (1.41%) REST
10 18 (1.33%) Apache NiFi
11 17 (1.26%) ActiveMQ
11 17 (1.26%) FIX Protocol
11 17 (1.26%) Middleware
12 16 (1.18%) AWS CDK
13 15 (1.11%) XML
14 13 (0.96%) CSS
14 13 (0.96%) Fluent Bit
15 12 (0.89%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 210 (15.54%) Social Media
2 76 (5.63%) Linux Command Line
3 41 (3.03%) Algorithms
3 41 (3.03%) Public Cloud
4 35 (2.59%) Hybrid Cloud
5 34 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
6 31 (2.29%) PKI
7 30 (2.22%) IoT
8 29 (2.15%) Data Centre
9 28 (2.07%) Clustering
10 27 (2.00%) Onboarding
11 24 (1.78%) Management Information System
12 23 (1.70%) Cloud Native
12 23 (1.70%) Data Structures
13 16 (1.18%) Eurex
13 16 (1.18%) Replication
14 15 (1.11%) Embedded Systems
15 14 (1.04%) Cyber Defence
15 14 (1.04%) Virtual Team
16 13 (0.96%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 917 (67.88%) Linux
2 397 (29.39%) Windows
3 281 (20.80%) Ubuntu
4 131 (9.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 109 (8.07%) CentOS
6 104 (7.70%) Unix
7 96 (7.11%) Windows Server
8 70 (5.18%) Embedded Linux
9 49 (3.63%) Debian
10 46 (3.40%) Windows Server 2016
11 43 (3.18%) Windows Server 2019
12 41 (3.03%) Mac OS
13 39 (2.89%) Windows Server 2012
14 28 (2.07%) Solaris
15 20 (1.48%) CoreOS
16 18 (1.33%) Windows 10
17 13 (0.96%) SUSE
18 12 (0.89%) Oracle Linux
19 10 (0.74%) VMS
20 7 (0.52%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 497 (36.79%) DevOps
2 424 (31.38%) Cybersecurity
3 322 (23.83%) Problem-Solving
4 297 (21.98%) CI/CD
5 273 (20.21%) Artificial Intelligence
6 272 (20.13%) Software Engineering
7 234 (17.32%) Infrastructure as Code
8 221 (16.36%) IT Strategy
9 218 (16.14%) Technology Strategy
10 216 (15.99%) CRM
11 213 (15.77%) Containerisation
12 179 (13.25%) Agile
13 146 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 137 (10.14%) Configuration Management
15 130 (9.62%) Continuous Integration
16 112 (8.29%) Open Source
17 111 (8.22%) Actionable Insight
18 99 (7.33%) Mentoring
19 96 (7.11%) Computer Science
20 86 (6.37%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 901 (66.69%) Python
2 491 (36.34%) PowerShell
3 175 (12.95%) Java
4 159 (11.77%) Perl
5 154 (11.40%) SQL
6 149 (11.03%) C
7 111 (8.22%) JavaScript
8 109 (8.07%) Go
8 109 (8.07%) Ruby
9 84 (6.22%) C++
10 63 (4.66%) C#
11 61 (4.52%) Shell Script
12 59 (4.37%) Embedded C
13 57 (4.22%) Rust
14 38 (2.81%) Bicep
15 27 (2.00%) PHP
15 27 (2.00%) Scala
16 20 (1.48%) Fortran
17 17 (1.26%) TypeScript
18 14 (1.04%) Korn
Qualifications
1 295 (21.84%) Security Cleared
2 180 (13.32%) Degree
3 118 (8.73%) DV Cleared
4 95 (7.03%) SC Cleared
5 51 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (2.29%) AWS Certification
7 30 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
8 26 (1.92%) PhD
9 23 (1.70%) Azure Certification
9 23 (1.70%) Master's Degree
10 22 (1.63%) CCNA
11 19 (1.41%) CISSP
12 18 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
13 17 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 11 (0.81%) 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%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (3.77%) QA
2 43 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (1.63%) SLA
4 21 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 20 (1.48%) PMO
6 19 (1.41%) Data Quality
7 12 (0.89%) SOC 2
8 8 (0.59%) NIST
8 8 (0.59%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.44%) GDPR
9 6 (0.44%) JTAG
9 6 (0.44%) NCSC
10 5 (0.37%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.22%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.15%) ISO 9000
14 1 (0.074%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.074%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 1 (0.074%) Disclosure Scotland
14 1 (0.074%) MISRA
System Software
1 343 (25.39%) Active Directory
2 291 (21.54%) Docker
3 143 (10.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 59 (4.37%) Virtual Machines
5 57 (4.22%) Hyper-V
6 30 (2.22%) VMware ESXi
7 25 (1.85%) vSphere
8 21 (1.55%) Firmware
9 10 (0.74%) NFS
10 8 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (0.44%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 6 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
11 6 (0.44%) VMware Server
12 5 (0.37%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 4 (0.30%) VMware NSX
14 3 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
14 3 (0.22%) KVM
14 3 (0.22%) VirtualBox
15 2 (0.15%) Ceph
15 2 (0.15%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 344 (25.46%) Kubernetes
2 296 (21.91%) Ansible
3 277 (20.50%) Terraform
4 231 (17.10%) Microsoft Intune
5 217 (16.06%) Jamf Pro
6 177 (13.10%) Puppet
7 94 (6.96%) Grafana
8 69 (5.11%) Prometheus
9 63 (4.66%) Progress Chef
10 31 (2.29%) vCenter Server
11 28 (2.07%) HAProxy
12 26 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
13 23 (1.70%) Nagios
14 14 (1.04%) logstash
15 13 (0.96%) Fluentd
15 13 (0.96%) Graphite
15 13 (0.96%) Istio
15 13 (0.96%) Red Hat Satellite
16 11 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 10 (0.74%) SCCM
Vendors
1 444 (32.86%) Microsoft
2 216 (15.99%) CyberArk
3 210 (15.54%) Tanium
4 195 (14.43%) VMware
5 192 (14.21%) Red Hat
6 136 (10.07%) Oracle
7 60 (4.44%) Cisco
7 60 (4.44%) Google
8 35 (2.59%) Splunk
9 34 (2.52%) Atlassian
10 31 (2.29%) Palo Alto
11 28 (2.07%) Dell
12 17 (1.26%) Bloomberg
12 17 (1.26%) New Relic
13 16 (1.18%) CQG
13 16 (1.18%) ION Trading
13 16 (1.18%) Patsystems
13 16 (1.18%) Reuters
13 16 (1.18%) Trayport
14 15 (1.11%) Fortinet