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Shell Script

Skill in demand · Lightcast

Shell Script is a specialized skill in the Lightcast Open Skills taxonomy — the vocabulary employers use to describe what work requires. It maps to 32 occupations that together employ about 10,110,810 workers, with a median wage of $108,970. Its reach across the occupation map is moderate. The occupations that use it sit, on average, at the 76th percentile of AI task-exposure ( high) — a measure of how much the work overlaps with what AI can do, not of the skill's value. See where every skill sits.

This page is built from a crosswalk that maps each occupation's O*NET knowledge, skill, and ability requirements to the named Lightcast skill — it reflects which jobs require the skill, not a direct count of job postings. Employment and pay are BLS OEWS national figures for the occupations, not for the skill itself.

Occupations that need this skill

Occupations whose O*NET requirements map to Shell Script, ranked by employment. Wage and employment are BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024).

Occupation Workers Median pay
General and Operations Managers 3,584,420 $102,950
Computer and Information Systems Managers 645,970 $171,200
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians 439,380 $108,970
Information Security Engineers 439,380 $108,970
Penetration Testers 439,380 $108,970
Web Administrators 439,380 $108,970
Civil Engineers 355,410 $99,590
Industrial Engineers 350,230 $101,140
Validation Engineers 350,230 $101,140
Mechanical Engineers 286,760 $102,320
Business Intelligence Analysts 233,440 $112,590
Data Scientists 233,440 $112,590
Architectural and Engineering Managers 210,340 $167,740
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 199,800 $102,610
Electrical Engineers 188,790 $111,910
Information Security Analysts 179,430 $124,910
Computer Network Architects 177,010 $130,390
Telecommunications Engineering Specialists 177,010 $130,390
Microsystems Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Photonics Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Computer Network Support Specialists 146,450 $73,340
Web and Digital Interface Designers 111,400 $98,090
Operations Research Analysts 107,760 $91,290
Computer Hardware Engineers 75,710 $155,020
Database Administrators 73,180 $104,620
Remote Sensing Technicians 71,400 $60,130
Aerospace Engineers 68,440 $134,830
Data Warehousing Specialists 64,770 $135,980
Bioinformatics Scientists 59,710 $93,330
Sales Engineers 56,690 $121,520
Biostatisticians 29,800 $103,300
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School 14,200 $63,620
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 32 occupations in occupations that need Shell Script. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School Electrical Engineers General and Operations Managers Architectural and Engineering Managers Remote Sensing Technicians Civil Engineers Computer Network Support Specialists Telecommunications Engineering Specialists Operations Research Analysts AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that need Shell Script, by AI task-overlap and median pay

How this skill maps to occupations

The O*NET attribute types that bridge to this Lightcast skill, and how many of the mapped occupations each accounts for.

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Datasets behind this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Shell Script." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/shell-script

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Shell Script. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/shell-script

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-shell-script,
  title  = {Shell Script},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/demand-skills/shell-script}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.