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Unix Shell

Skill in demand · Lightcast

Unix Shell is a specialized skill in the Lightcast Open Skills taxonomy — the vocabulary employers use to describe what work requires. It maps to 22 occupations that together employ about 5,197,910 workers, with a median wage of $103,200. Its reach across the occupation map is moderate. The occupations that use it sit, on average, at the 89th 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 Unix Shell, ranked by employment. Wage and employment are BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024).

Occupation Workers Median pay
Computer User Support Specialists 697,210 $60,340
Computer Systems Analysts 497,800 $103,790
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 439,380 $108,970
Information Security Engineers 439,380 $108,970
Information Technology Project Managers 439,380 $108,970
Industrial Engineers 350,230 $101,140
Validation Engineers 350,230 $101,140
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 318,570 $96,800
Business Intelligence Analysts 233,440 $112,590
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 199,800 $102,610
Information Security Analysts 179,430 $124,910
Computer Network Architects 177,010 $130,390
Computer Network Support Specialists 146,450 $73,340
Media Technical Directors/Managers 145,270 $83,480
Web and Digital Interface Designers 111,400 $98,090
Computer Programmers 109,870 $98,670
Operations Research Analysts 107,760 $91,290
Remote Sensing Technicians 71,400 $60,130
Data Warehousing Specialists 64,770 $135,980
Database Architects 64,770 $135,980
Computer and Information Research Scientists 38,480 $140,910
Economists 15,880 $115,440
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 22 occupations in occupations that need Unix Shell. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Media Technical Directors/Managers Computer and Information Research Scientists Remote Sensing Technicians Computer Network Support Specialists Information Security Analysts Validation Engineers Computer Systems Engineers/Architects Operations Research Analysts AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that need Unix Shell, 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. "Unix Shell." 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/unix-shell

APA

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

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-unix-shell,
  title  = {Unix Shell},
  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/unix-shell}
}

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