Python Jobs in Scotland

Python
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Python skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Python over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 8 16
Rank change year-on-year -9 +8 0
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,283 702 710
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 18.89% 15.69% 11.72%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.56% 37.36% 26.08%
Number of salaries quoted 241 263 381
10th Percentile £38,250 £39,800 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £71,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% +7.69%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

Python is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,712 1,879 2,722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 54.66% 42.01% 44.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,139 1,031 1,582
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,526 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% +8.23% +14.58%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £83,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Python in Scotland

Python
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Python in Scotland.

Salary trend for Python in Scotland

Python
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Python in Scotland

Python
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 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
Glasgow -10 1,017 £46,000 -20.21% 41
Edinburgh +3 194 £57,500 -11.54% 62
Dundee +3 20 £50,000 - 5
Fife +1 15 £50,000 +11.11% 4
Aberdeen -4 15 £38,500 -40.77% 4
Scottish Borders +8 4 - -
Midlothian -1 3 - - 15
West Lothian -3 3 £30,000 -25.00% 1
Lanarkshire -14 3 £70,000 -9.68% 12
Inverclyde - 1 £50,000 -
Python
UK

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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
1 285 (22.21%) Apache Spark
2 115 (8.96%) Apache Airflow
3 60 (4.68%) ArcGIS
3 60 (4.68%) GeoServer
4 40 (3.12%) Apache
5 19 (1.48%) Camunda
6 5 (0.39%) SAS
6 5 (0.39%) Tomcat
6 5 (0.39%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.23%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.078%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 675 (52.61%) AWS
2 174 (13.56%) Azure
3 103 (8.03%) GCP
4 53 (4.13%) Cloud Computing
5 40 (3.12%) SaaS
6 31 (2.42%) Amazon S3
7 24 (1.87%) Power Platform
8 17 (1.33%) Amazon SQS
8 17 (1.33%) Datadog
8 17 (1.33%) Google Docs
8 17 (1.33%) Lucidchart
8 17 (1.33%) Miro
8 17 (1.33%) Slack
9 16 (1.25%) Amazon ECS
9 16 (1.25%) Amazon EKS
10 15 (1.17%) GitHub
11 14 (1.09%) Serverless
12 12 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (0.55%) Amazon SageMaker
14 6 (0.47%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.33%) DSL
2 12 (0.94%) Firewall
3 11 (0.86%) SNMP
4 10 (0.78%) Internet
4 10 (0.78%) IPsec
4 10 (0.78%) Network Security
4 10 (0.78%) VPN
5 7 (0.55%) HTTP
5 7 (0.55%) MQTT
6 3 (0.23%) BGP
7 1 (0.078%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.078%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (15.20%) Big Data
2 190 (14.81%) NoSQL
3 116 (9.04%) Apache Hive
4 110 (8.57%) Hadoop
5 100 (7.79%) HBase
6 78 (6.08%) PostgreSQL
7 65 (5.07%) MongoDB
8 62 (4.83%) Data Lake
8 62 (4.83%) GIS
9 60 (4.68%) QGIS
10 52 (4.05%) Relational Database
11 39 (3.04%) Qlik Sense
12 29 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
13 25 (1.95%) Tableau
14 24 (1.87%) MySQL
14 24 (1.87%) Power BI
15 18 (1.40%) Redis
16 17 (1.33%) DB2
16 17 (1.33%) Scylla
17 16 (1.25%) Impala
Development Applications
1 141 (10.99%) Jenkins
2 121 (9.43%) Git
3 85 (6.63%) Bitbucket Server
4 40 (3.12%) Maven
5 21 (1.64%) Gradle
6 19 (1.48%) CircleCI
6 19 (1.48%) GitLab
6 19 (1.48%) Travis CI
7 16 (1.25%) LabVIEW
8 14 (1.09%) JIRA
9 7 (0.55%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.47%) Selenium
11 5 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.31%) Appium
12 4 (0.31%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.31%) JDeveloper
12 4 (0.31%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.31%) TeamCity
13 3 (0.23%) IBM UrbanCode
13 3 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
General
1 968 (75.45%) Finance
2 956 (74.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 907 (70.69%) Law
4 551 (42.95%) Marketing
5 328 (25.57%) Legal
6 113 (8.81%) Banking
6 113 (8.81%) Financial Institution
7 111 (8.65%) Social Skills
8 84 (6.55%) Investment Banking
9 57 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
10 48 (3.74%) Analytical Skills
11 43 (3.35%) Games
12 29 (2.26%) Manufacturing
13 24 (1.87%) Electronics
14 19 (1.48%) Front Office
15 18 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
15 18 (1.40%) Publishing
16 13 (1.01%) Public Sector
17 10 (0.78%) Aerospace
18 8 (0.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 900 (70.15%) Software Engineer
2 331 (25.80%) Python Engineer
2 331 (25.80%) Python Software Engineer
3 233 (18.16%) Lead
4 211 (16.45%) Data Engineer
5 210 (16.37%) Lead Software Engineer
6 173 (13.48%) AWS Engineer
7 167 (13.02%) AWS Software Engineer
8 145 (11.30%) Senior
9 135 (10.52%) Big Data Engineer
9 135 (10.52%) Big Data Software Engineer
10 118 (9.20%) Developer
11 103 (8.03%) Senior Software Engineer
12 75 (5.85%) Java Engineer
13 74 (5.77%) Java Software Engineer
14 67 (5.22%) Engineering Manager
15 66 (5.14%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 61 (4.75%) Software Engineering Manager
17 58 (4.52%) Database Engineer
17 58 (4.52%) Full Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 175 (13.64%) PySpark
2 164 (12.78%) React
3 109 (8.50%) Kafka
4 92 (7.17%) Spring
5 77 (6.00%) .NET
6 66 (5.14%) CSS
6 66 (5.14%) Pandas
6 66 (5.14%) Spring Boot
7 61 (4.75%) NumPy
8 60 (4.68%) Leaflet
8 60 (4.68%) OpenLayers
8 60 (4.68%) PostGIS
9 56 (4.36%) AngularJS
10 52 (4.05%) .NET Core
11 37 (2.88%) REST
12 35 (2.73%) Django
13 20 (1.56%) Apache NiFi
14 19 (1.48%) GraphQL
15 17 (1.33%) JPA
16 16 (1.25%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 407 (31.72%) Algorithms
2 325 (25.33%) Cloud Native
3 88 (6.86%) Onboarding
4 85 (6.63%) Public Cloud
5 72 (5.61%) Product Ownership
6 58 (4.52%) Market Risk
7 41 (3.20%) Data Structures
8 39 (3.04%) Reference Data
9 32 (2.49%) Credit Risk
10 23 (1.79%) Management Information System
11 20 (1.56%) Taxonomies
12 15 (1.17%) Distributed Applications
13 14 (1.09%) IoT
14 12 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
15 11 (0.86%) Data Centre
16 10 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
17 7 (0.55%) Arduino
17 7 (0.55%) Distributed Computing
17 7 (0.55%) Raspberry Pi
18 6 (0.47%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 155 (12.08%) Linux
2 134 (10.44%) Unix
3 27 (2.10%) Windows
4 10 (0.78%) Data ONTAP
4 10 (0.78%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.078%) Android
6 1 (0.078%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.078%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.078%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.078%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,097 (85.50%) Software Engineering
2 948 (73.89%) Agile
3 820 (63.91%) SDLC
4 785 (61.18%) CI/CD
5 748 (58.30%) Operational Stability
6 638 (49.73%) Machine Learning
7 597 (46.53%) Community of Practice
8 588 (45.83%) Artificial Intelligence
9 372 (28.99%) Visualisation
10 365 (28.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 330 (25.72%) Risk Management
12 231 (18.00%) Decision-Making
13 221 (17.23%) Problem-Solving
14 202 (15.74%) Microservices
15 164 (12.78%) Test Automation
16 157 (12.24%) Continuous Delivery
17 141 (10.99%) Computer Science
18 130 (10.13%) Analytics
19 129 (10.05%) Scrum
20 119 (9.28%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 588 (45.83%) Java
2 484 (37.72%) SQL
3 214 (16.68%) JavaScript
4 143 (11.15%) PL/SQL
5 113 (8.81%) C#
6 59 (4.60%) C
7 55 (4.29%) Scala
8 53 (4.13%) Bash
9 51 (3.98%) C++
10 48 (3.74%) Go
11 34 (2.65%) TypeScript
12 31 (2.42%) Ruby
13 22 (1.71%) T-SQL
14 18 (1.40%) Groovy
14 18 (1.40%) PowerShell
15 17 (1.33%) Embedded C
16 12 (0.94%) Perl
16 12 (0.94%) Shell Script
17 10 (0.78%) R
17 10 (0.78%) Rust
Qualifications
1 74 (5.77%) Security Cleared
2 71 (5.53%) SC Cleared
3 60 (4.68%) Degree
4 24 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (1.79%) AWS Certification
6 15 (1.17%) PhD
7 13 (1.01%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.39%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.23%) CCNA
9 3 (0.23%) CCNP
9 3 (0.23%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.23%) HND
10 2 (0.16%) ACCA
10 2 (0.16%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.078%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.078%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.078%) OCP
11 1 (0.078%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (2.73%) Data Quality
2 33 (2.57%) QA
2 33 (2.57%) SLA
3 24 (1.87%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.078%) Basel III
4 1 (0.078%) CRD IV
4 1 (0.078%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.078%) GDPR
4 1 (0.078%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 100 (7.79%) HDFS
2 57 (4.44%) Docker
3 15 (1.17%) Firmware
4 13 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.55%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 223 (17.38%) Kubernetes
2 152 (11.85%) Terraform
3 35 (2.73%) Grafana
4 29 (2.26%) Prometheus
5 27 (2.10%) Ansible
6 10 (0.78%) vCenter Server
7 5 (0.39%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.23%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.23%) Puppet
9 2 (0.16%) Rancher
9 2 (0.16%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.078%) Kibana
Vendors
1 245 (19.10%) Databricks
2 173 (13.48%) Oracle
3 85 (6.63%) Informatica
4 70 (5.46%) Cloudera
5 60 (4.68%) ESRI
6 59 (4.60%) Google
7 56 (4.36%) Alteryx
8 37 (2.88%) Splunk
9 29 (2.26%) Dynatrace
10 22 (1.71%) Sybase
11 19 (1.48%) Pega
12 17 (1.33%) Cognos
12 17 (1.33%) Dell
13 15 (1.17%) VMware
14 11 (0.86%) Red Hat
15 10 (0.78%) NetApp
15 10 (0.78%) Palo Alto
15 10 (0.78%) SolidFire
16 9 (0.70%) Twitter
17 7 (0.55%) SAP