Python
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 29 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 15 | 11 | 10 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -4 | -1 | +2 |
| Permanent jobs citing Python | 9,369 | 14,438 | 29,160 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 9.07% | 14.86% | 17.50% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 27.81% | 34.60% | 32.28% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6,126 | 7,317 | 11,192 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £43,009 | £41,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £55,000 | £51,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £72,500 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.45% | +3.57% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £93,750 | £95,000 | £92,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £122,500 | £120,000 | £112,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £62,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.00% | +8.70% | +4.55% |
All Programming Languages
UK
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 with a requirement for coding skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 33,687 | 41,724 | 90,340 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 32.62% | 42.94% | 54.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,114 | 26,852 | 43,374 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,750 | £37,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £48,750 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £65,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +4.00% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £86,250 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £98,750 | £107,500 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £53,635 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.48% | +4.76% | +5.00% |
Python
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Python
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Python.
Python
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Python over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.
Python
Top 18 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -5 | 7,691 | £70,000 | -6.67% | 2,787 |
| UK excluding London | -14 | 5,345 | £55,000 | -12.00% | 1,424 |
| Work from Home | -4 | 3,962 | £72,500 | - | 1,284 |
| London | -1 | 3,748 | £88,875 | +4.56% | 1,483 |
| Scotland | -9 | 1,276 | £50,000 | -23.08% | 131 |
| South East | -11 | 1,173 | £55,000 | -15.38% | 353 |
| North of England | -24 | 931 | £55,500 | -14.62% | 297 |
| South West | -7 | 902 | £56,500 | -5.83% | 215 |
| North West | -19 | 606 | £56,500 | -13.08% | 181 |
| Midlands | -36 | 512 | £55,000 | -3.51% | 206 |
| East of England | -12 | 381 | £60,000 | -4.00% | 176 |
| West Midlands | -34 | 321 | £55,000 | -5.17% | 139 |
| Yorkshire | -32 | 254 | £55,000 | -15.38% | 81 |
| East Midlands | -36 | 187 | £47,500 | -10.38% | 66 |
| Wales | -27 | 92 | £55,000 | -0.08% | 35 |
| Northern Ireland | +5 | 81 | £75,000 | +25.00% | 39 |
| North East | -18 | 71 | £57,500 | -8.00% | 35 |
| Channel Islands | -2 | 1 | £67,500 | +92.86% |
Python
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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||