Bourne shell Job Trends

Bourne shell
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Bourne shell skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 884
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Permanent jobs citing Bourne shell 0 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK - - 0.002%
As % of the Programming Languages category - - 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -79.41%
75th Percentile - - £37,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £35,000

All Programming Languages
UK

Bourne shell falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 16,402 13,860 33,677
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.72% 31.28% 32.00%
Number of salaries quoted 11,460 9,222 25,491
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%

Bourne shell
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Bourne shell relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Bourne shell job vacancy trend in the UK

Bourne shell
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Bourne shell.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Bourne shell