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

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 20 46
Rank change year-on-year +7 +26 -29
Permanent jobs citing Python 135 152 62
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 8.68% 7.42% 5.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.90% 24.36% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 115 76 58
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £42,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £51,531
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -13.39% -2.31%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £79,688
90th Percentile £84,500 £83,750 £98,250
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £57,250
% change year-on-year -5.51% +10.92% +4.09%

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 347 624 434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 22.32% 30.47% 37.16%
Number of salaries quoted 297 285 366
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,100 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £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 £72,500 £70,000 £69,550
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,035 £80,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

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 8 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 14 (10.37%) Confluence
2 3 (2.22%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.22%) nginx
3 2 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.74%) Apache
4 1 (0.74%) PowerFactory
4 1 (0.74%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (11.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.22%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 68 (50.37%) Azure
2 49 (36.30%) AWS
3 18 (13.33%) GitHub
4 16 (11.85%) Power Platform
5 15 (11.11%) Amazon ELB
5 15 (11.11%) Amazon S3
6 14 (10.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 14 (10.37%) Amazon EC2
6 14 (10.37%) AWS KMS
6 14 (10.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 13 (9.63%) Azure AI
8 11 (8.15%) Amazon Glacier
9 10 (7.41%) Azure Data Factory
9 10 (7.41%) GCP
10 7 (5.19%) Snowflake
11 5 (3.70%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (2.96%) SaaS
13 3 (2.22%) dbt
13 3 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
13 3 (2.22%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 17 (12.59%) Internet
2 15 (11.11%) Firewall
3 10 (7.41%) DNS
3 10 (7.41%) FTP
3 10 (7.41%) HTTP
3 10 (7.41%) SMTP
3 10 (7.41%) SSH
4 3 (2.22%) IMAP
4 3 (2.22%) OpenLDAP
5 2 (1.48%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.74%) BGP
6 1 (0.74%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.74%) Network Security
6 1 (0.74%) OSPF
6 1 (0.74%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.74%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.74%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (16.30%) Tableau
2 16 (11.85%) Amazon RDS
2 16 (11.85%) Power BI
3 14 (10.37%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (7.41%) Data Mining
4 10 (7.41%) SQL Server
5 8 (5.93%) Delta Lake
6 7 (5.19%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (2.96%) BigQuery
7 4 (2.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (2.22%) Amazon Aurora
8 3 (2.22%) MongoDB
8 3 (2.22%) MySQL
8 3 (2.22%) NoSQL
8 3 (2.22%) Parquet
9 2 (1.48%) Big Data
9 2 (1.48%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (1.48%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.48%) Redis
9 2 (1.48%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 32 (23.70%) Git
2 14 (10.37%) Jenkins
2 14 (10.37%) JIRA
2 14 (10.37%) Vagrant
3 2 (1.48%) MLflow
4 1 (0.74%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.74%) JMeter
4 1 (0.74%) Locust
4 1 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 23 (17.04%) Social Skills
2 22 (16.30%) Public Sector
3 20 (14.81%) Finance
4 19 (14.07%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (12.59%) Multimedia
6 9 (6.67%) Retail
7 6 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (4.44%) Marketing
8 5 (3.70%) Automotive
8 5 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.22%) Law
10 2 (1.48%) Legal
10 2 (1.48%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.48%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.74%) Back Office
11 1 (0.74%) Games
Job Titles
1 27 (20.00%) Developer
1 27 (20.00%) Trainee
2 23 (17.04%) Analyst
3 22 (16.30%) Data Engineer
4 18 (13.33%) Data Analyst
5 14 (10.37%) Azure Data Engineer
5 14 (10.37%) Azure Engineer
6 13 (9.63%) Senior
7 12 (8.89%) DevOps Engineer
7 12 (8.89%) Software Developer
8 11 (8.15%) Lead
9 10 (7.41%) Architect
10 9 (6.67%) Python Developer
10 9 (6.67%) Trainee Analyst
10 9 (6.67%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 8 (5.93%) Trainee Developer
11 8 (5.93%) Trainee Software Developer
12 7 (5.19%) AWS Engineer
13 6 (4.44%) Lead Python Developer
13 6 (4.44%) Snowflake Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (12.59%) CSS
1 17 (12.59%) HTML
2 12 (8.89%) PySpark
3 8 (5.93%) Django
4 7 (5.19%) Node.js
5 6 (4.44%) React
6 4 (2.96%) XML
7 3 (2.22%) LDAP
8 2 (1.48%) Kafka
8 2 (1.48%) PyTorch
8 2 (1.48%) RESTful
8 2 (1.48%) scikit-learn
8 2 (1.48%) Spring
8 2 (1.48%) Spring Boot
8 2 (1.48%) TensorFlow
8 2 (1.48%) YAML
9 1 (0.74%) CrewAI
9 1 (0.74%) FastAPI
9 1 (0.74%) Plotly
9 1 (0.74%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.19%) AI Agents
1 7 (5.19%) Replication
2 6 (4.44%) Algorithms
3 3 (2.22%) Credit Risk
3 3 (2.22%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.48%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (1.48%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (1.48%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.74%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.74%) Legacy Code
5 1 (0.74%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.74%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (14.81%) Linux
2 14 (10.37%) VMS
3 10 (7.41%) Amazon Linux
4 7 (5.19%) Windows
5 5 (3.70%) Unix
6 3 (2.22%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.74%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (29.63%) AI
2 30 (22.22%) Analytics
3 29 (21.48%) Mentoring
4 23 (17.04%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (16.30%) DevOps
6 20 (14.81%) Agile
7 19 (14.07%) Machine Learning
8 18 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
8 18 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
9 17 (12.59%) Data Engineering
9 17 (12.59%) ETL
10 15 (11.11%) Change Management
10 15 (11.11%) CI/CD
10 15 (11.11%) Cloud Security
10 15 (11.11%) Data Analytics
11 14 (10.37%) Configuration Management
11 14 (10.37%) Data Analysis
11 14 (10.37%) Visualisation
12 13 (9.63%) Data Science
13 12 (8.89%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 63 (46.67%) SQL
2 28 (20.74%) JavaScript
3 21 (15.56%) Java
4 20 (14.81%) R
5 14 (10.37%) Groovy
5 14 (10.37%) PowerShell
6 11 (8.15%) Perl
7 4 (2.96%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.22%) C#
9 2 (1.48%) Bash
9 2 (1.48%) Go
9 2 (1.48%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.48%) Scala
10 1 (0.74%) C++
10 1 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.74%) JCL
10 1 (0.74%) PROC SQL
10 1 (0.74%) REXX
10 1 (0.74%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 26 (19.26%) Azure Certification
2 23 (17.04%) AWS Certification
3 20 (14.81%) SC Cleared
3 20 (14.81%) Security Cleared
4 18 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (12.59%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 13 (9.63%) Degree
7 5 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.48%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.74%) CBAP
9 1 (0.74%) CCIE
9 1 (0.74%) CCNP
9 1 (0.74%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.74%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.48%) QA
3 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.74%) GDPR
3 1 (0.74%) SLA
3 1 (0.74%) WCAG
System Software
1 18 (13.33%) Docker
2 11 (8.15%) Active Directory
3 7 (5.19%) DFS Replication
4 3 (2.22%) Dovecot
4 3 (2.22%) Postfix
4 3 (2.22%) Squid
5 1 (0.74%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.74%) HDFS
5 1 (0.74%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 20 (14.81%) Terraform
2 15 (11.11%) Grafana
3 14 (10.37%) Prometheus
4 5 (3.70%) Ansible
4 5 (3.70%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.22%) Nessus
5 3 (2.22%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.74%) AWS Copilot
6 1 (0.74%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.74%) Kibana
6 1 (0.74%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.74%) logstash
6 1 (0.74%) Oozie
Vendors
1 51 (37.78%) Microsoft
2 19 (14.07%) Databricks
3 14 (10.37%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.70%) UiPath
5 4 (2.96%) Google
5 4 (2.96%) Juniper
6 3 (2.22%) Jaspersoft
6 3 (2.22%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.48%) Alteryx
7 2 (1.48%) Automation Anywhere
7 2 (1.48%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.74%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.74%) Broadcom
8 1 (0.74%) Cisco
8 1 (0.74%) Dell
8 1 (0.74%) IBM
8 1 (0.74%) Informatica
8 1 (0.74%) Meraki
8 1 (0.74%) MicroStrategy
8 1 (0.74%) Splunk