Python Jobs in Edinburgh

Python
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 13 14
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 -6
Permanent jobs citing Python 209 329 349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 13.76% 15.97% 14.69%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.07% 36.39% 27.39%
Number of salaries quoted 135 177 214
10th Percentile £38,750 £39,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,539 £97,500 £89,250
Scotland median annual salary £50,764 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -21.90% +8.33% +14.29%

All Programming Languages
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 596 904 1,274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 39.24% 43.88% 53.64%
Number of salaries quoted 464 578 839
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,829 £38,950
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +14.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,934 £95,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in Edinburgh

Python
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Python in Edinburgh

Python
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Python in Edinburgh

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 30 (14.35%) ArcGIS
1 30 (14.35%) GeoServer
2 26 (12.44%) Apache Spark
3 9 (4.31%) Apache
4 7 (3.35%) SAS
5 2 (0.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.48%) EViews
2 1 (0.48%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 77 (36.84%) AWS
2 56 (26.79%) GCP
3 52 (24.88%) Azure
4 32 (15.31%) Amazon S3
5 27 (12.92%) SaaS
6 23 (11.00%) Amazon SQS
6 23 (11.00%) Google Docs
6 23 (11.00%) Lucidchart
6 23 (11.00%) Miro
6 23 (11.00%) Slack
7 17 (8.13%) Power Platform
8 14 (6.70%) Serverless
9 8 (3.83%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.87%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (2.39%) GitHub
12 4 (1.91%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.91%) OpenShift
12 4 (1.91%) PaaS
13 3 (1.44%) Amazon ECS
13 3 (1.44%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.87%) Firewall
1 6 (2.87%) SNMP
2 5 (2.39%) Internet
2 5 (2.39%) IPsec
2 5 (2.39%) VPN
3 4 (1.91%) Network Security
4 3 (1.44%) BGP
5 1 (0.48%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (16.27%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (14.83%) GIS
3 30 (14.35%) Elasticsearch
3 30 (14.35%) QGIS
4 29 (13.88%) Big Data
5 24 (11.48%) Hadoop
6 23 (11.00%) Redis
6 23 (11.00%) Scylla
7 17 (8.13%) Power BI
8 10 (4.78%) Oracle Database
9 7 (3.35%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (3.35%) MySQL
10 6 (2.87%) NoSQL
10 6 (2.87%) Tableau
11 5 (2.39%) MongoDB
12 4 (1.91%) Relational Database
13 3 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (1.44%) RDBMS
14 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 1 (0.48%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 26 (12.44%) Git
2 13 (6.22%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.35%) IBM UrbanCode
3 7 (3.35%) JIRA
3 7 (3.35%) Oracle Forms
4 5 (2.39%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (1.91%) Appium
5 4 (1.91%) Selenium
5 4 (1.91%) TeamCity
6 3 (1.44%) JDeveloper
6 3 (1.44%) Maven
6 3 (1.44%) Spinnaker
7 2 (0.96%) GitLab
7 2 (0.96%) JUnit
7 2 (0.96%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.48%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.48%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.48%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.48%) Gradle
8 1 (0.48%) Mockito
General
1 50 (23.92%) Social Skills
2 49 (23.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 48 (22.97%) Finance
4 34 (16.27%) Banking
5 23 (11.00%) Games
6 15 (7.18%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (4.31%) Retail
8 7 (3.35%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.91%) Legal
10 4 (1.91%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.91%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.48%) Electronics
12 1 (0.48%) Law
12 1 (0.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 97 (46.41%) Software Engineer
2 46 (22.01%) Senior
3 25 (11.96%) Principal Engineer
3 25 (11.96%) Principal Software Engineer
3 25 (11.96%) Senior Software Engineer
4 14 (6.70%) Developer
5 12 (5.74%) Analyst
5 12 (5.74%) QA Engineer
6 9 (4.31%) Data Scientist
6 9 (4.31%) Python Developer
6 9 (4.31%) Tester
7 8 (3.83%) Data Analyst
7 8 (3.83%) Data Manager
7 8 (3.83%) Data Science Manager
7 8 (3.83%) DevOps Engineer
7 8 (3.83%) Full Stack Developer
7 8 (3.83%) Senior Analyst
8 7 (3.35%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (3.35%) Consultant
9 6 (2.87%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (23.44%) React
2 30 (14.35%) .NET
2 30 (14.35%) Leaflet
2 30 (14.35%) OpenLayers
2 30 (14.35%) PostGIS
3 27 (12.92%) CSS
3 27 (12.92%) Kafka
4 26 (12.44%) .NET Core
5 23 (11.00%) GraphQL
6 22 (10.53%) Django
7 8 (3.83%) Pandas
8 6 (2.87%) RabbitMQ
8 6 (2.87%) Spring
8 6 (2.87%) YAML
9 5 (2.39%) Node.js
9 5 (2.39%) Spring Boot
9 5 (2.39%) XGBoost
10 4 (1.91%) Playwright
11 3 (1.44%) AngularJS
11 3 (1.44%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 36 (17.22%) Algorithms
2 31 (14.83%) Data Structures
3 6 (2.87%) Cloud Native
3 6 (2.87%) e-Learning
3 6 (2.87%) Public Cloud
3 6 (2.87%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 5 (2.39%) Credit Risk
4 5 (2.39%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.91%) IoT
6 3 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.44%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.96%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.48%) ASIC
8 1 (0.48%) Device Driver
8 1 (0.48%) FPGA
8 1 (0.48%) NHS
8 1 (0.48%) State Machine
8 1 (0.48%) Verilog
8 1 (0.48%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 36 (17.22%) Linux
2 7 (3.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 7 (3.35%) Windows
3 5 (2.39%) Data ONTAP
3 5 (2.39%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.48%) Android
4 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.48%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.48%) OpenWrt
4 1 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (50.24%) Software Engineering
2 87 (41.63%) Agile
3 64 (30.62%) DevOps
4 50 (23.92%) Data Science
5 47 (22.49%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (20.57%) Machine Learning
7 42 (20.10%) Actionable Insight
8 33 (15.79%) Test Automation
9 32 (15.31%) Web Development
10 29 (13.88%) Analytics
11 27 (12.92%) CI/CD
11 27 (12.92%) Cybersecurity
12 25 (11.96%) Software Testing
13 24 (11.48%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 24 (11.48%) Threat Intelligence
14 23 (11.00%) Computer Security
14 23 (11.00%) High Availability
14 23 (11.00%) User Experience
14 23 (11.00%) UX Research
15 21 (10.05%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 65 (31.10%) Java
2 60 (28.71%) JavaScript
3 55 (26.32%) SQL
4 43 (20.57%) Bash
5 33 (15.79%) Go
6 25 (11.96%) Scala
7 22 (10.53%) C#
8 18 (8.61%) C
8 18 (8.61%) C++
9 11 (5.26%) Rust
10 9 (4.31%) Embedded C
11 7 (3.35%) Haskell
12 6 (2.87%) PowerShell
12 6 (2.87%) R
13 5 (2.39%) Shell Script
13 5 (2.39%) TypeScript
14 4 (1.91%) Perl
14 4 (1.91%) Ruby
15 3 (1.44%) VBA
16 2 (0.96%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 33 (15.79%) SC Cleared
1 33 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 23 (11.00%) Degree
3 9 (4.31%) Master's Degree
3 9 (4.31%) PhD
4 8 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.44%) CCNA
5 3 (1.44%) CCNP
5 3 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.48%) OCP
6 1 (0.48%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (11.00%) QA
2 3 (1.44%) CRD IV
3 2 (0.96%) IFRS
3 2 (0.96%) IFRS 9
4 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.48%) Basel III
4 1 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 22 (10.53%) Docker
2 5 (2.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.48%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 41 (19.62%) Kubernetes
2 18 (8.61%) Terraform
3 14 (6.70%) Ansible
4 7 (3.35%) Prometheus
5 5 (2.39%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.44%) Rancher
7 1 (0.48%) Grafana
7 1 (0.48%) Kibana
7 1 (0.48%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.48%) Puppet
Vendors
1 50 (23.92%) Google
2 30 (14.35%) ESRI
3 24 (11.48%) Dell
4 10 (4.78%) Oracle
5 6 (2.87%) Databricks
5 6 (2.87%) IBM
5 6 (2.87%) Red Hat
5 6 (2.87%) VMware
6 5 (2.39%) NetApp
6 5 (2.39%) Palo Alto
6 5 (2.39%) SolidFire
7 3 (1.44%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.48%) Adobe
8 1 (0.48%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.48%) Intel
8 1 (0.48%) Microsoft
8 1 (0.48%) Splunk
8 1 (0.48%) StreamSets
8 1 (0.48%) Xilinx