Python Job Trends in Birmingham

Python
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 19 30
Rank change year-on-year -20 +11 +6
Permanent jobs citing Python 117 104 126
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 3.30% 8.58% 5.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 27.86% 31.61% 21.99%
Number of salaries quoted 83 83 81
10th Percentile £39,691 £41,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £53,925 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £79,600
90th Percentile £87,400 £77,500 £87,500
West Midlands median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +13.04%

All Programming Languages
Birmingham

Python falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 420 329 573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 11.83% 27.15% 24.87%
Number of salaries quoted 294 282 377
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,825 £31,900
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,563 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,224 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,148 £77,250 £83,000
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,892
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.20% +2.60%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Python job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Python
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in Birmingham over the 6 months to 6 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in Birmingham

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (5.13%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (2.56%) Apache
3 2 (1.71%) SAS
4 1 (0.85%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.85%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (9.40%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.71%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 57 (48.72%) Azure
2 34 (29.06%) AWS
3 33 (28.21%) Power Platform
4 15 (12.82%) Azure AI
5 13 (11.11%) Snowflake
6 10 (8.55%) GCP
7 8 (6.84%) SaaS
8 7 (5.98%) Azure Stack
8 7 (5.98%) dbt
8 7 (5.98%) PaaS
9 5 (4.27%) Amazon S3
9 5 (4.27%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (4.27%) Serverless
10 4 (3.42%) Anthropic Claude
10 4 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (3.42%) Google Ads
10 4 (3.42%) Meta Ads
11 3 (2.56%) Amazon EventBridge
11 3 (2.56%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.27%) BGP
1 5 (4.27%) OSPF
1 5 (4.27%) TCP/IP
1 5 (4.27%) VLAN
2 4 (3.42%) Cisco Nexus
2 4 (3.42%) LAN
2 4 (3.42%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (3.42%) WAN
3 2 (1.71%) DHCP
3 2 (1.71%) DNS
3 2 (1.71%) EIGRP
3 2 (1.71%) Ethernet VPN
3 2 (1.71%) Firewall
3 2 (1.71%) HSRP
3 2 (1.71%) MPLS
3 2 (1.71%) Network Security
3 2 (1.71%) SSH
3 2 (1.71%) VRRP
3 2 (1.71%) VXLAN
4 1 (0.85%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (28.21%) Power BI
2 16 (13.68%) Tableau
3 9 (7.69%) Delta Lake
4 8 (6.84%) Data Lake
4 8 (6.84%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (6.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (4.27%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (4.27%) Big Data
5 5 (4.27%) SQL Server
6 4 (3.42%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (3.42%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (3.42%) BigQuery
6 4 (3.42%) Data Mining
6 4 (3.42%) Oracle BI EE
6 4 (3.42%) QlikView
6 4 (3.42%) Redis
6 4 (3.42%) Star Schema
7 3 (2.56%) Spark SQL
8 2 (1.71%) DynamoDB
8 2 (1.71%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 17 (14.53%) Git
2 3 (2.56%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.71%) Ant
3 2 (1.71%) Apache Ivy
3 2 (1.71%) IBM UrbanCode
3 2 (1.71%) JMeter
3 2 (1.71%) Maven
3 2 (1.71%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (1.71%) Selenium
3 2 (1.71%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.85%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.85%) GitLab
4 1 (0.85%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.85%) Locust
General
1 35 (29.91%) Social Skills
2 13 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (10.26%) Finance
4 9 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 8 (6.84%) Marketing
6 7 (5.98%) Retail
7 6 (5.13%) Legal
7 6 (5.13%) Telecoms
8 5 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (4.27%) Manufacturing
9 4 (3.42%) Banking
9 4 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.85%) Games
11 1 (0.85%) Law
11 1 (0.85%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 32 (27.35%) Senior
2 30 (25.64%) Data Engineer
3 24 (20.51%) Python Engineer
4 16 (13.68%) Analyst
5 14 (11.97%) Senior Data Engineer
6 13 (11.11%) Data Analyst
7 12 (10.26%) Junior
8 11 (9.40%) Junior Analyst
8 11 (9.40%) Junior Data Analyst
8 11 (9.40%) Lead
8 11 (9.40%) Snowflake Data Engineer
8 11 (9.40%) Snowflake Engineer
8 11 (9.40%) Software Engineer
9 10 (8.55%) AWS Engineer
9 10 (8.55%) Developer
10 8 (6.84%) AWS Data Engineer
10 8 (6.84%) Azure Data Engineer
10 8 (6.84%) Azure Engineer
10 8 (6.84%) Python Data Engineer
11 7 (5.98%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.40%) PySpark
1 11 (9.40%) Terraform
2 9 (7.69%) REST
3 6 (5.13%) FastAPI
3 6 (5.13%) React
3 6 (5.13%) RESTful
4 5 (4.27%) PyTorch
4 5 (4.27%) TensorFlow
5 4 (3.42%) SQLAlchemy
6 3 (2.56%) JSON
6 3 (2.56%) XML
7 2 (1.71%) CSS
7 2 (1.71%) GraphQL
7 2 (1.71%) HTML
7 2 (1.71%) Node.js
7 2 (1.71%) YAML
8 1 (0.85%) AWS CDK
8 1 (0.85%) Playwright
8 1 (0.85%) Pulumi
8 1 (0.85%) Puppeteer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.26%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.84%) Public Cloud
3 5 (4.27%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (3.42%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.42%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.42%) Reference Data
5 3 (2.56%) iSeries
5 3 (2.56%) Sports Betting
6 2 (1.71%) Credit Risk
6 2 (1.71%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.71%) IoT
6 2 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.71%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.71%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.71%) Online Gambling
6 2 (1.71%) PMI
6 2 (1.71%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (0.85%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.85%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.85%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.98%) Linux
1 7 (5.98%) Windows
2 5 (4.27%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.71%) Solaris
3 2 (1.71%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (40.17%) AI
2 37 (31.62%) Business Intelligence
3 33 (28.21%) Analytics
4 24 (20.51%) CI/CD
4 24 (20.51%) Data Modelling
5 23 (19.66%) Data Engineering
5 23 (19.66%) ETL
5 23 (19.66%) Software Engineering
6 20 (17.09%) Data Pipeline
7 16 (13.68%) Decision-Making
8 15 (12.82%) LLM
9 14 (11.97%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (11.97%) Data Governance
9 14 (11.97%) Data Science
9 14 (11.97%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (11.97%) Translating Business Requirements
10 13 (11.11%) DevOps
10 13 (11.11%) Machine Learning
11 12 (10.26%) Coaching
11 12 (10.26%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 56 (47.86%) SQL
2 11 (9.40%) R
3 10 (8.55%) Java
4 7 (5.98%) PowerShell
5 6 (5.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 6 (5.13%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.71%) Bash
6 2 (1.71%) Go
6 2 (1.71%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.85%) C#
7 1 (0.85%) C++
7 1 (0.85%) Groovy
7 1 (0.85%) PHP
7 1 (0.85%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 18 (15.38%) Azure Certification
2 9 (7.69%) Degree
3 7 (5.98%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.98%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.42%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.71%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (18.80%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.56%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.56%) QA
2 3 (2.56%) SLA
3 1 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (5.98%) Docker
2 5 (4.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.42%) Ansible
2 3 (2.56%) Grafana
2 3 (2.56%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.71%) Progress Chef
3 2 (1.71%) Puppet
4 1 (0.85%) Nagios
4 1 (0.85%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 26 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.40%) Databricks
3 7 (5.98%) Google
4 5 (4.27%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.42%) Cisco
5 4 (3.42%) OpenAI
6 3 (2.56%) Informatica
6 3 (2.56%) SAP
6 3 (2.56%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.71%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.85%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.85%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.85%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.85%) New Relic
8 1 (0.85%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.85%) Virgin Media