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 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 21 43
Rank change year-on-year +9 +22 -26
Permanent jobs citing Python 139 156 61
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 9.24% 7.49% 5.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.83% 24.80% 14.35%
Number of salaries quoted 120 80 58
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £42,850
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £51,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -18.60% -0.77%
75th Percentile £73,750 £74,358 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,125 £80,750 £98,250
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £62,879 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.58% +9.35% +4.55%

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 349 629 425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 23.19% 30.20% 37.05%
Number of salaries quoted 300 286 360
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,813 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,988 £80,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.11%

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 4 December 2025.

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 17 (12.23%) Confluence
2 3 (2.16%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.16%) nginx
3 2 (1.44%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.72%) Apache
4 1 (0.72%) PowerFactory
4 1 (0.72%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (10.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.16%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 69 (49.64%) Azure
2 53 (38.13%) AWS
3 18 (12.95%) Amazon ELB
3 18 (12.95%) Amazon S3
3 18 (12.95%) GitHub
4 17 (12.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 17 (12.23%) Amazon EC2
4 17 (12.23%) AWS KMS
4 17 (12.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 15 (10.79%) Power Platform
6 14 (10.07%) Amazon Glacier
7 12 (8.63%) Azure AI
8 10 (7.19%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (7.19%) GCP
9 7 (5.04%) Snowflake
10 6 (4.32%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (2.88%) SaaS
12 3 (2.16%) Azure Machine Learning
12 3 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (2.16%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 18 (12.95%) Firewall
2 17 (12.23%) Internet
3 11 (7.91%) DNS
3 11 (7.91%) FTP
3 11 (7.91%) HTTP
3 11 (7.91%) SMTP
3 11 (7.91%) SSH
4 3 (2.16%) IMAP
4 3 (2.16%) OpenLDAP
5 2 (1.44%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.72%) BGP
6 1 (0.72%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.72%) Network Security
6 1 (0.72%) OSPF
6 1 (0.72%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.72%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.72%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (15.11%) Tableau
2 19 (13.67%) Amazon RDS
3 15 (10.79%) Power BI
4 14 (10.07%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (7.19%) Data Mining
5 10 (7.19%) SQL Server
6 8 (5.76%) Delta Lake
7 7 (5.04%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (2.88%) BigQuery
8 4 (2.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (2.16%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (2.16%) MongoDB
9 3 (2.16%) MySQL
9 3 (2.16%) NoSQL
9 3 (2.16%) Parquet
10 2 (1.44%) Big Data
10 2 (1.44%) Hadoop
10 2 (1.44%) Metadata
10 2 (1.44%) Redis
10 2 (1.44%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 35 (25.18%) Git
2 17 (12.23%) Jenkins
2 17 (12.23%) JIRA
2 17 (12.23%) Vagrant
3 2 (1.44%) MLflow
4 1 (0.72%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.72%) JMeter
4 1 (0.72%) Locust
4 1 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 25 (17.99%) Public Sector
2 22 (15.83%) Social Skills
3 20 (14.39%) Finance
4 19 (13.67%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (12.23%) Multimedia
6 10 (7.19%) Retail
7 6 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (4.32%) Marketing
8 5 (3.60%) Automotive
8 5 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.16%) Law
10 2 (1.44%) Legal
10 2 (1.44%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.44%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.72%) Back Office
11 1 (0.72%) Games
Job Titles
1 27 (19.42%) Developer
1 27 (19.42%) Trainee
2 22 (15.83%) Analyst
2 22 (15.83%) Data Engineer
3 17 (12.23%) Data Analyst
4 14 (10.07%) Azure Data Engineer
4 14 (10.07%) Azure Engineer
5 13 (9.35%) DevOps Engineer
5 13 (9.35%) Senior
6 12 (8.63%) Software Developer
7 11 (7.91%) Lead
8 10 (7.19%) Architect
9 9 (6.47%) AWS Engineer
9 9 (6.47%) Python Developer
9 9 (6.47%) Trainee Analyst
9 9 (6.47%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 8 (5.76%) Trainee Developer
10 8 (5.76%) Trainee Software Developer
11 7 (5.04%) Support Engineer
12 6 (4.32%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (12.23%) CSS
1 17 (12.23%) HTML
2 12 (8.63%) PySpark
3 8 (5.76%) Django
4 7 (5.04%) Node.js
5 6 (4.32%) React
6 4 (2.88%) XML
7 3 (2.16%) LDAP
8 2 (1.44%) .NET
8 2 (1.44%) Kafka
8 2 (1.44%) PyTorch
8 2 (1.44%) RESTful
8 2 (1.44%) scikit-learn
8 2 (1.44%) Spring
8 2 (1.44%) Spring Boot
8 2 (1.44%) TensorFlow
8 2 (1.44%) YAML
9 1 (0.72%) FastAPI
9 1 (0.72%) Plotly
9 1 (0.72%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.47%) Replication
2 7 (5.04%) AI Agents
3 6 (4.32%) Algorithms
4 3 (2.16%) Credit Risk
4 3 (2.16%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.44%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.44%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.44%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (1.44%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.72%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.72%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.72%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.72%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (16.55%) Linux
2 17 (12.23%) VMS
3 11 (7.91%) Amazon Linux
4 9 (6.47%) Windows
5 5 (3.60%) Unix
6 3 (2.16%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.72%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (28.78%) AI
2 30 (21.58%) Analytics
3 29 (20.86%) Mentoring
4 25 (17.99%) DevOps
5 24 (17.27%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (14.39%) Agile
6 20 (14.39%) Machine Learning
7 18 (12.95%) Change Management
7 18 (12.95%) Cloud Security
7 18 (12.95%) Cybersecurity
8 17 (12.23%) Business Intelligence
8 17 (12.23%) Configuration Management
8 17 (12.23%) Data Engineering
8 17 (12.23%) ETL
9 15 (10.79%) CI/CD
9 15 (10.79%) Data Analytics
10 14 (10.07%) Data Analysis
10 14 (10.07%) Data Science
10 14 (10.07%) Visualisation
11 13 (9.35%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 64 (46.04%) SQL
2 28 (20.14%) JavaScript
3 23 (16.55%) Java
4 20 (14.39%) R
5 17 (12.23%) Groovy
5 17 (12.23%) PowerShell
6 12 (8.63%) Perl
7 4 (2.88%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.16%) C#
9 2 (1.44%) Bash
9 2 (1.44%) Go
9 2 (1.44%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.44%) Scala
10 1 (0.72%) C++
10 1 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.72%) JCL
10 1 (0.72%) PROC SQL
10 1 (0.72%) REXX
10 1 (0.72%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 25 (17.99%) Azure Certification
2 23 (16.55%) AWS Certification
2 23 (16.55%) SC Cleared
2 23 (16.55%) Security Cleared
3 18 (12.95%) Microsoft Certification
4 17 (12.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 13 (9.35%) Degree
6 5 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.44%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.72%) CBAP
8 1 (0.72%) CCIE
8 1 (0.72%) CCNP
8 1 (0.72%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.72%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.47%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.44%) QA
3 1 (0.72%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.72%) GDPR
3 1 (0.72%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.72%) SLA
3 1 (0.72%) WCAG
System Software
1 19 (13.67%) Docker
2 14 (10.07%) Active Directory
3 9 (6.47%) DFS Replication
4 3 (2.16%) Dovecot
4 3 (2.16%) Postfix
4 3 (2.16%) Squid
5 1 (0.72%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.72%) HDFS
5 1 (0.72%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 23 (16.55%) Terraform
2 18 (12.95%) Grafana
3 17 (12.23%) Prometheus
4 7 (5.04%) Ansible
5 5 (3.60%) Kubernetes
6 3 (2.16%) Nessus
6 3 (2.16%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.72%) AWS Copilot
7 1 (0.72%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.72%) Kibana
7 1 (0.72%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.72%) logstash
7 1 (0.72%) Oozie
Vendors
1 51 (36.69%) Microsoft
2 19 (13.67%) Databricks
3 17 (12.23%) ServiceNow
4 6 (4.32%) Juniper
5 5 (3.60%) UiPath
6 4 (2.88%) Google
7 3 (2.16%) Jaspersoft
7 3 (2.16%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.44%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.44%) Automation Anywhere
8 2 (1.44%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.72%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.72%) Broadcom
9 1 (0.72%) Dell
9 1 (0.72%) Informatica
9 1 (0.72%) Meraki
9 1 (0.72%) MicroStrategy
9 1 (0.72%) Oracle
9 1 (0.72%) SAP
9 1 (0.72%) Splunk