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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 +6
Permanent jobs citing Python 891 1,055 1,216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.66% 15.27% 15.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.09% 40.47% 29.46%
Number of salaries quoted 593 557 672
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,879 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,291
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £86,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% +7.69%

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 3,063 2,607 4,128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 33.20% 37.73% 51.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,427 1,698 2,823
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,600 £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% +10.53%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
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 2 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 2 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 -4 338 £55,000 -15.38% 48
Bristol -10 312 £65,000 +4.00% 101
Wiltshire -5 71 £50,000 +9.29% 18
Dorset +20 67 £47,500 -9.52% 12
Devon +4 61 £45,000 +17.56% 28
Somerset -21 27 £53,500 -4.07% 10
Cornwall -13 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 59 (6.62%) Apache
2 47 (5.27%) Apache Spark
3 29 (3.25%) ArcGIS
3 29 (3.25%) GeoServer
4 23 (2.58%) Jupyter
5 19 (2.13%) nginx
6 14 (1.57%) SAS
7 8 (0.90%) Confluence
8 5 (0.56%) SharePoint
9 4 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.34%) CloudStack
11 2 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.22%) JBoss
11 2 (0.22%) Luigi
12 1 (0.11%) CMS
12 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 26 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.68%) Simulink
4 11 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.79%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.67%) Trello
7 4 (0.45%) Stateflow
8 2 (0.22%) GNU Octave
8 2 (0.22%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 4 (0.45%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.22%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.11%) iTrent
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 319 (35.80%) AWS
2 208 (23.34%) Azure
3 104 (11.67%) OpenShift
4 63 (7.07%) GCP
5 49 (5.50%) SaaS
6 38 (4.26%) Power Platform
7 35 (3.93%) Amazon S3
8 34 (3.82%) Serverless
9 29 (3.25%) PaaS
10 24 (2.69%) AWS Lambda
11 23 (2.58%) IaaS
12 21 (2.36%) GitHub
13 18 (2.02%) AWS CloudFormation
14 17 (1.91%) MinIO
15 15 (1.68%) Amazon EKS
15 15 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
16 13 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
17 9 (1.01%) Amazon EC2
17 9 (1.01%) Snowflake
18 7 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 55 (6.17%) TCP/IP
2 50 (5.61%) DNS
3 46 (5.16%) HTTP
4 42 (4.71%) DHCP
5 33 (3.70%) Firewall
6 21 (2.36%) VSAN
7 20 (2.24%) AMQP
8 19 (2.13%) Internet
9 15 (1.68%) Network Security
9 15 (1.68%) VPN
10 13 (1.46%) Wireless
11 8 (0.90%) Cisco ASA
11 8 (0.90%) SMTP
12 6 (0.67%) IPv4
12 6 (0.67%) WAN
13 5 (0.56%) Cisco ISE
13 5 (0.56%) Cisco Wireless
13 5 (0.56%) OSPF
13 5 (0.56%) Unified Communications
13 5 (0.56%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (7.30%) Big Data
2 61 (6.85%) PostgreSQL
3 45 (5.05%) Hadoop
4 42 (4.71%) Tableau
5 37 (4.15%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (4.15%) Power BI
6 32 (3.59%) SQL Server
7 31 (3.48%) GIS
7 31 (3.48%) Relational Database
8 27 (3.03%) QGIS
9 22 (2.47%) Elasticsearch
10 19 (2.13%) Data Lake
11 17 (1.91%) MongoDB
11 17 (1.91%) Presto
12 15 (1.68%) BigQuery
13 14 (1.57%) Cloudera CDH
13 14 (1.57%) NoSQL
14 11 (1.23%) Data Mining
14 11 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 11 (1.23%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 94 (10.55%) Git
2 67 (7.52%) Jenkins
3 27 (3.03%) JIRA
4 23 (2.58%) LabVIEW
5 22 (2.47%) Visual Studio
6 19 (2.13%) Subversion
7 17 (1.91%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 14 (1.57%) Selenium
9 11 (1.23%) Cypress.io
9 11 (1.23%) Oracle Forms
10 10 (1.12%) Cucumber
11 8 (0.90%) Eclipse
11 8 (0.90%) GitLab
12 6 (0.67%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.56%) NetBeans
14 4 (0.45%) Gradle
14 4 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 4 (0.45%) Toad
15 3 (0.34%) Android Studio
15 3 (0.34%) SonarQube
General
1 138 (15.49%) Social Skills
2 116 (13.02%) Analytical Skills
3 104 (11.67%) Finance
4 86 (9.65%) Aerospace
5 55 (6.17%) Marketing
6 48 (5.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (4.94%) Telecoms
8 43 (4.83%) Banking
8 43 (4.83%) Public Sector
9 34 (3.82%) Law
10 32 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (2.69%) Retail
12 20 (2.24%) Manufacturing
13 17 (1.91%) Legal
13 17 (1.91%) Military
14 13 (1.46%) Games
15 10 (1.12%) Electronics
15 10 (1.12%) Investment Banking
16 9 (1.01%) Advertising
17 8 (0.90%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 240 (26.94%) Software Engineer
2 203 (22.78%) Senior
3 100 (11.22%) Developer
4 76 (8.53%) Senior Software Engineer
5 63 (7.07%) Data Engineer
6 60 (6.73%) DevOps Engineer
7 59 (6.62%) Embedded Engineer
7 59 (6.62%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 59 (6.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 45 (5.05%) Analyst
9 44 (4.94%) Architect
10 43 (4.83%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
10 43 (4.83%) Lead
11 42 (4.71%) Data Scientist
12 37 (4.15%) Software Developer
13 35 (3.93%) Python Engineer
13 35 (3.93%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 34 (3.82%) Consultant
15 31 (3.48%) Systems Engineer
16 30 (3.37%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (13.58%) React
2 55 (6.17%) AngularJS
3 49 (5.50%) .NET
4 46 (5.16%) Spring
5 45 (5.05%) Node.js
6 40 (4.49%) RabbitMQ
7 38 (4.26%) CSS
8 32 (3.59%) .NET Core
9 29 (3.25%) PostGIS
10 28 (3.14%) REST
10 28 (3.14%) Vue
11 27 (3.03%) Leaflet
11 27 (3.03%) OpenLayers
11 27 (3.03%) Pandas
12 25 (2.81%) Apache NiFi
12 25 (2.81%) Spring Boot
12 25 (2.81%) TensorFlow
13 24 (2.69%) Django
13 24 (2.69%) HTML
14 22 (2.47%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 56 (6.29%) Algorithms
2 50 (5.61%) Cloud Native
3 49 (5.50%) Public Cloud
4 31 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (2.81%) Linux Command Line
6 23 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
7 21 (2.36%) GNSS
8 19 (2.13%) Management Information System
8 19 (2.13%) Product Ownership
9 18 (2.02%) Data Centre
9 18 (2.02%) Onboarding
10 17 (1.91%) Enterprise Cloud
11 16 (1.80%) Data Structures
12 13 (1.46%) Verilog
13 12 (1.35%) Cyber Defence
13 12 (1.35%) Mobile App
14 11 (1.23%) Operational Technology
15 10 (1.12%) Fibre Optics
15 10 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
16 9 (1.01%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 358 (40.18%) Linux
2 142 (15.94%) Windows
3 97 (10.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 51 (5.72%) Embedded Linux
5 39 (4.38%) Unix
6 34 (3.82%) CentOS
7 30 (3.37%) Ubuntu
8 27 (3.03%) Debian
9 21 (2.36%) Windows Server
10 20 (2.24%) CoreOS
11 17 (1.91%) Android
12 6 (0.67%) Apple iOS
13 4 (0.45%) Data ONTAP
14 3 (0.34%) Kali Linux
14 3 (0.34%) SUSE
14 3 (0.34%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 3 (0.34%) VMS
15 2 (0.22%) AIX
15 2 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
15 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 311 (34.90%) Software Engineering
2 253 (28.40%) Agile
3 240 (26.94%) DevOps
4 195 (21.89%) Problem-Solving
5 144 (16.16%) Actionable Insight
6 134 (15.04%) Cybersecurity
7 102 (11.45%) Containerisation
8 99 (11.11%) Machine Learning
9 93 (10.44%) Infrastructure as Code
10 92 (10.33%) CI/CD
11 86 (9.65%) Analytics
11 86 (9.65%) Business Intelligence
12 85 (9.54%) Configuration Management
12 85 (9.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 82 (9.20%) Artificial Intelligence
14 79 (8.87%) Collaborative Working
15 77 (8.64%) Data Science
16 71 (7.97%) Computer Science
17 70 (7.86%) Test Automation
18 68 (7.63%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 282 (31.65%) Java
2 254 (28.51%) Bash
3 177 (19.87%) JavaScript
4 173 (19.42%) SQL
5 147 (16.50%) C
6 102 (11.45%) C#
7 92 (10.33%) PowerShell
8 84 (9.43%) C++
9 59 (6.62%) Rust
10 57 (6.40%) Embedded C
11 53 (5.95%) MATLAB
12 35 (3.93%) TypeScript
13 33 (3.70%) Go
13 33 (3.70%) R
13 33 (3.70%) Shell Script
14 30 (3.37%) Scala
15 26 (2.92%) Perl
16 23 (2.58%) PHP
17 16 (1.80%) Ruby
17 16 (1.80%) VBA
Qualifications
1 426 (47.81%) Security Cleared
2 207 (23.23%) DV Cleared
3 158 (17.73%) Degree
4 119 (13.36%) SC Cleared
5 32 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (3.14%) Master's Degree
7 19 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (1.57%) AWS Certification
9 13 (1.46%) HNC
9 13 (1.46%) PhD
10 12 (1.35%) HND
11 11 (1.23%) ISTQB
12 10 (1.12%) CCNP
12 10 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (0.79%) CCNA
14 6 (0.67%) IIBA
14 6 (0.67%) SANS
15 5 (0.56%) CISSP
15 5 (0.56%) CRISC
15 5 (0.56%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (3.70%) QA
2 17 (1.91%) PMO
3 16 (1.80%) Data Quality
4 12 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.01%) ISO 9001
6 7 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.67%) NIST
7 6 (0.67%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.56%) GRC
8 5 (0.56%) TickIT
9 3 (0.34%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.22%) DO-178B
10 2 (0.22%) IEC 61508
11 1 (0.11%) SEPA
System Software
1 154 (17.28%) Docker
2 76 (8.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (4.83%) Hyper-V
4 24 (2.69%) Active Directory
5 18 (2.02%) vSphere
6 17 (1.91%) Firmware
7 14 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (1.12%) Embedded Firmware
9 9 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.45%) KVM
11 3 (0.34%) Ceph
11 3 (0.34%) Gluster
11 3 (0.34%) NFS
11 3 (0.34%) oVirt
11 3 (0.34%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 3 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 187 (20.99%) Ansible
2 180 (20.20%) Kubernetes
3 127 (14.25%) Puppet
4 102 (11.45%) Terraform
5 30 (3.37%) Prometheus
6 26 (2.92%) vCenter Server
7 25 (2.81%) Grafana
8 17 (1.91%) HAProxy
9 15 (1.68%) Progress Chef
10 8 (0.90%) Kibana
11 5 (0.56%) Cisco Prime
11 5 (0.56%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.56%) Nagios
11 5 (0.56%) Opsview
12 4 (0.45%) Podman
12 4 (0.45%) vRealize
13 3 (0.34%) Graylog
13 3 (0.34%) Nmap
13 3 (0.34%) Observium
13 3 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 101 (11.34%) Red Hat
2 96 (10.77%) VMware
3 76 (8.53%) Microsoft
4 43 (4.83%) Oracle
5 42 (4.71%) Google
6 37 (4.15%) Cisco
7 28 (3.14%) ESRI
8 18 (2.02%) SaltStack
9 17 (1.91%) Alteryx
10 15 (1.68%) Databricks
11 11 (1.23%) Atlassian
11 11 (1.23%) SAP
12 8 (0.90%) Teradata
13 7 (0.79%) IBM
13 7 (0.79%) Pega
13 7 (0.79%) UiPath
14 6 (0.67%) Dataiku
14 6 (0.67%) PagerDuty
15 5 (0.56%) Palo Alto
16 4 (0.45%) ServiceNow