Python Jobs in the South West

Python
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 16 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -7 +3 +7
Permanent jobs citing Python 903 1,068 1,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.30% 15.90% 15.80%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.61% 42.05% 31.11%
Number of salaries quoted 595 558 685
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,879 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,715 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,750 £87,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% +9.85%

All Programming Languages
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,050 2,540 4,282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 31.40% 37.81% 50.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,395 1,627 2,813
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +13.00%
75th Percentile £65,750 £71,175 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Python in the South West

Python
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Python in the South West.

Salary trend for Python in the South West

Python
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Python in the South West

Python
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the South West 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
Gloucestershire -4 333 £55,000 -15.38% 41
Bristol -11 309 £65,000 - 94
Wiltshire -9 72 £50,000 -1.96% 18
Dorset +26 71 £47,500 -9.52% 18
Devon +6 65 £45,000 +17.56% 20
Somerset -20 27 £55,000 -3.68% 21
Cornwall -16 6 - - 2
Python
England

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 66 (7.31%) Apache
2 51 (5.65%) Apache Spark
3 29 (3.21%) ArcGIS
3 29 (3.21%) GeoServer
4 24 (2.66%) Jupyter
5 21 (2.33%) nginx
6 14 (1.55%) SAS
7 8 (0.89%) Confluence
8 6 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.66%) Luigi
9 5 (0.55%) SharePoint
10 4 (0.44%) JBoss
10 4 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.33%) CloudStack
12 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 24 (2.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.66%) Simulink
4 11 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.78%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.66%) Trello
7 4 (0.44%) Stateflow
8 2 (0.22%) GNU Octave
8 2 (0.22%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 4 (0.44%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.11%) iTrent
2 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 317 (35.11%) AWS
2 220 (24.36%) Azure
3 107 (11.85%) OpenShift
4 70 (7.75%) GCP
5 53 (5.87%) SaaS
6 45 (4.98%) Power Platform
7 33 (3.65%) Amazon S3
8 30 (3.32%) Serverless
9 26 (2.88%) PaaS
10 24 (2.66%) AWS Lambda
11 23 (2.55%) GitHub
12 22 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
13 19 (2.10%) IaaS
14 18 (1.99%) Amazon EKS
15 17 (1.88%) MinIO
16 14 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
17 13 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
17 13 (1.44%) Snowflake
18 8 (0.89%) Amazon EC2
18 8 (0.89%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 54 (5.98%) TCP/IP
2 52 (5.76%) DNS
3 48 (5.32%) HTTP
4 44 (4.87%) DHCP
5 31 (3.43%) Firewall
6 23 (2.55%) AMQP
7 21 (2.33%) VSAN
8 18 (1.99%) Internet
9 14 (1.55%) Network Security
10 13 (1.44%) VPN
11 12 (1.33%) Wireless
12 8 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (0.89%) SMTP
13 5 (0.55%) Cisco ISE
13 5 (0.55%) Cisco Wireless
13 5 (0.55%) IPv4
13 5 (0.55%) Software-Defined Networking
13 5 (0.55%) Unified Communications
14 4 (0.44%) SNMP
14 4 (0.44%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (8.31%) Big Data
2 64 (7.09%) PostgreSQL
3 47 (5.20%) Hadoop
4 44 (4.87%) Power BI
4 44 (4.87%) Tableau
5 37 (4.10%) Data Warehouse
6 34 (3.77%) Relational Database
7 31 (3.43%) GIS
7 31 (3.43%) SQL Server
8 27 (2.99%) QGIS
9 23 (2.55%) Elasticsearch
10 20 (2.21%) Data Lake
11 17 (1.88%) Cloudera CDH
11 17 (1.88%) Presto
12 14 (1.55%) MongoDB
13 12 (1.33%) BigQuery
14 11 (1.22%) Data Mining
14 11 (1.22%) NoSQL
14 11 (1.22%) SQLite
15 10 (1.11%) Redis
Development Applications
1 99 (10.96%) Git
2 65 (7.20%) Jenkins
3 28 (3.10%) JIRA
4 25 (2.77%) Visual Studio
5 22 (2.44%) Subversion
6 20 (2.21%) LabVIEW
7 17 (1.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 13 (1.44%) Selenium
9 11 (1.22%) Oracle Forms
10 10 (1.11%) Cypress.io
11 9 (1.00%) Cucumber
12 8 (0.89%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.89%) Eclipse
13 6 (0.66%) GitLab
14 5 (0.55%) NetBeans
14 5 (0.55%) TeamCity
15 4 (0.44%) Gradle
15 4 (0.44%) SonarQube
15 4 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 4 (0.44%) Toad
General
1 148 (16.39%) Social Skills
2 121 (13.40%) Analytical Skills
3 101 (11.18%) Finance
4 100 (11.07%) Aerospace
5 60 (6.64%) Marketing
6 46 (5.09%) Telecoms
7 45 (4.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 38 (4.21%) Banking
8 38 (4.21%) Public Sector
9 34 (3.77%) Law
10 28 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
11 25 (2.77%) Manufacturing
12 22 (2.44%) Retail
13 17 (1.88%) Legal
13 17 (1.88%) Military
14 14 (1.55%) Games
15 10 (1.11%) Electronics
15 10 (1.11%) Investment Banking
16 9 (1.00%) Advertising
16 9 (1.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 253 (28.02%) Software Engineer
2 218 (24.14%) Senior
3 94 (10.41%) Developer
4 84 (9.30%) Senior Software Engineer
5 62 (6.87%) DevOps Engineer
6 59 (6.53%) Data Engineer
6 59 (6.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 58 (6.42%) Embedded Engineer
7 58 (6.42%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 51 (5.65%) Data Scientist
9 50 (5.54%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
9 50 (5.54%) Lead
10 46 (5.09%) Analyst
11 45 (4.98%) Architect
12 40 (4.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 36 (3.99%) Python Engineer
14 35 (3.88%) Consultant
15 34 (3.77%) Software Developer
16 31 (3.43%) Data Analyst
16 31 (3.43%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (12.96%) React
2 54 (5.98%) AngularJS
3 52 (5.76%) Node.js
4 50 (5.54%) .NET
5 43 (4.76%) RabbitMQ
6 41 (4.54%) Spring
7 40 (4.43%) CSS
8 35 (3.88%) REST
9 32 (3.54%) Vue
10 31 (3.43%) .NET Core
10 31 (3.43%) Pandas
11 29 (3.21%) Django
12 28 (3.10%) PostGIS
13 27 (2.99%) Leaflet
13 27 (2.99%) OpenLayers
13 27 (2.99%) TensorFlow
14 26 (2.88%) HTML
15 25 (2.77%) Apache NiFi
15 25 (2.77%) Spring Boot
16 24 (2.66%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 58 (6.42%) Algorithms
2 50 (5.54%) Cloud Native
3 42 (4.65%) Public Cloud
4 28 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (2.66%) Linux Command Line
6 23 (2.55%) Hybrid Cloud
7 21 (2.33%) GNSS
8 19 (2.10%) Data Structures
8 19 (2.10%) Management Information System
9 18 (1.99%) Data Centre
9 18 (1.99%) Onboarding
10 17 (1.88%) Enterprise Cloud
11 15 (1.66%) Product Ownership
12 13 (1.44%) Verilog
13 12 (1.33%) Cyber Defence
14 11 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
14 11 (1.22%) Mobile App
14 11 (1.22%) Operational Technology
15 10 (1.11%) Fibre Optics
15 10 (1.11%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 360 (39.87%) Linux
2 139 (15.39%) Windows
3 99 (10.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 51 (5.65%) Embedded Linux
5 36 (3.99%) CentOS
6 34 (3.77%) Ubuntu
6 34 (3.77%) Unix
7 32 (3.54%) Debian
8 19 (2.10%) CoreOS
9 17 (1.88%) Windows Server
10 16 (1.77%) Android
11 5 (0.55%) Apple iOS
12 4 (0.44%) Data ONTAP
13 3 (0.33%) SUSE
13 3 (0.33%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 3 (0.33%) VMS
14 2 (0.22%) AIX
14 2 (0.22%) Alpine Linux
14 2 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
14 2 (0.22%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (35.99%) Software Engineering
2 277 (30.68%) Agile
3 234 (25.91%) DevOps
4 194 (21.48%) Problem-Solving
5 137 (15.17%) Cybersecurity
6 127 (14.06%) Actionable Insight
7 112 (12.40%) Machine Learning
8 100 (11.07%) Collaborative Working
8 100 (11.07%) Containerisation
9 96 (10.63%) Infrastructure as Code
10 95 (10.52%) Business Intelligence
10 95 (10.52%) CI/CD
11 90 (9.97%) Configuration Management
12 88 (9.75%) Data Science
13 86 (9.52%) Artificial Intelligence
14 85 (9.41%) Analytics
15 83 (9.19%) Computer Science
16 82 (9.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 67 (7.42%) Test Automation
18 66 (7.31%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 277 (30.68%) Java
2 253 (28.02%) Bash
3 182 (20.16%) JavaScript
4 169 (18.72%) SQL
5 148 (16.39%) C
6 105 (11.63%) C#
7 89 (9.86%) PowerShell
8 85 (9.41%) C++
9 58 (6.42%) Rust
10 57 (6.31%) Embedded C
11 53 (5.87%) MATLAB
12 39 (4.32%) TypeScript
13 35 (3.88%) R
14 33 (3.65%) Go
14 33 (3.65%) Shell Script
15 31 (3.43%) Perl
16 29 (3.21%) Scala
17 22 (2.44%) PHP
18 15 (1.66%) Ruby
18 15 (1.66%) VBA
Qualifications
1 432 (47.84%) Security Cleared
2 214 (23.70%) DV Cleared
3 169 (18.72%) Degree
4 132 (14.62%) SC Cleared
5 39 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (3.21%) Master's Degree
7 19 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.66%) AWS Certification
8 15 (1.66%) PhD
9 14 (1.55%) ISTQB
10 13 (1.44%) HNC
11 9 (1.00%) CCNP
11 9 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.00%) HND
12 7 (0.78%) CCNA
13 6 (0.66%) IIBA
13 6 (0.66%) SANS
14 5 (0.55%) CISSP
14 5 (0.55%) CRISC
14 5 (0.55%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.21%) QA
2 21 (2.33%) Data Quality
3 20 (2.21%) PMO
4 12 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.00%) ISO 9001
6 6 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.66%) NIST
6 6 (0.66%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.55%) GRC
7 5 (0.55%) TickIT
8 2 (0.22%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.22%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.11%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.11%) SEPA
System Software
1 157 (17.39%) Docker
2 79 (8.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 45 (4.98%) Hyper-V
4 18 (1.99%) Active Directory
4 18 (1.99%) vSphere
5 17 (1.88%) Firmware
6 15 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (1.11%) Embedded Firmware
8 9 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.44%) KVM
10 4 (0.44%) NFS
10 4 (0.44%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 3 (0.33%) Ceph
11 3 (0.33%) Gluster
11 3 (0.33%) oVirt
Systems Management
1 190 (21.04%) Ansible
2 184 (20.38%) Kubernetes
3 129 (14.29%) Puppet
4 105 (11.63%) Terraform
5 30 (3.32%) Prometheus
6 28 (3.10%) Grafana
7 26 (2.88%) vCenter Server
8 17 (1.88%) HAProxy
8 17 (1.88%) Progress Chef
9 8 (0.89%) Nagios
10 7 (0.78%) Kibana
11 5 (0.55%) Cisco Prime
11 5 (0.55%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.55%) Opsview
12 4 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.44%) Podman
12 4 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.44%) vRealize
13 3 (0.33%) Graylog
13 3 (0.33%) Observium
Vendors
1 103 (11.41%) Red Hat
2 95 (10.52%) VMware
3 83 (9.19%) Microsoft
4 46 (5.09%) Google
5 39 (4.32%) Oracle
6 32 (3.54%) Cisco
7 28 (3.10%) ESRI
8 23 (2.55%) Databricks
9 21 (2.33%) SaltStack
10 17 (1.88%) Alteryx
11 13 (1.44%) Atlassian
12 11 (1.22%) SAP
13 8 (0.89%) Teradata
14 7 (0.78%) IBM
14 7 (0.78%) Pega
14 7 (0.78%) UiPath
15 6 (0.66%) Dataiku
15 6 (0.66%) PagerDuty
16 5 (0.55%) ServiceNow
17 4 (0.44%) New Relic