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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 14 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 205 | 129 | 178 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -76 | +49 | +15 |
| Contract jobs citing Bash | 489 | 1,174 | 1,433 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 1.15% | 2.04% | 1.63% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 3.86% | 5.87% | 4.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 337 | 842 | 941 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £428 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £456 | £513 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £600 | £573 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.42% | +4.80% | +14.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £713 | £669 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £810 | £735 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £536 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.55% | - | +20.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 18 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £21.85 | £21.75 | £22.71 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.81 | £51.25 | £41.98 |
| Median hourly rate | £45.00 | £67.75 | £63.28 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -33.58% | +7.07% | +26.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £71.88 | £74.50 | £69.05 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.50 | £79.35 | £83.13 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £70.00 | £70.00 | £57.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +21.74% | +6.98% |
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 | 12,679 | 20,015 | 31,951 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.71% | 34.72% | 36.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,008 | 14,436 | 23,302 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £394 | £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 | £653 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £783 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +2.04% | +15.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 489 | 461 | 514 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.25 | £19.64 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +16.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.83 | £78.00 | £73.90 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +21.95% |
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 14 May 2024.
Bash
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Bash.
Bash
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Bash over the 6 months to 14 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 14 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 | -69 | 415 | £550 | -12.00% | 245 |
| UK excluding London | -36 | 224 | £536 | -2.55% | 147 |
| London | -92 | 209 | £550 | -15.38% | 106 |
| Work from Home | -73 | 172 | £525 | -12.50% | 149 |
| North of England | +3 | 70 | £525 | -12.50% | 26 |
| South East | -8 | 55 | £544 | -6.25% | 31 |
| Yorkshire | +35 | 44 | £495 | -17.50% | 10 |
| Scotland | -7 | 36 | £482 | -8.19% | 10 |
| North West | -7 | 26 | £550 | -8.33% | 12 |
| South West | -15 | 22 | £550 | -12.00% | 37 |
| Midlands | +21 | 21 | £536 | +38.32% | 17 |
| East of England | -8 | 19 | £550 | +8.91% | 22 |
| West Midlands | +20 | 13 | £475 | -20.83% | 10 |
| East Midlands | +16 | 8 | £600 | +84.62% | 7 |
| Wales | +16 | 1 | £690 | +25.45% | 3 |
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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