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 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 46 41
Rank change year-on-year +28 -5 -22
Permanent jobs citing Python 159 60 142
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 5.46% 4.72% 5.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.98% 16.30% 18.59%
Number of salaries quoted 122 41 126
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £58,250
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -14.16% -2.92%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £79,600
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £86,993
West Midlands median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 388 368 764
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 13.32% 28.93% 27.99%
Number of salaries quoted 310 293 699
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,872 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £76,250 £84,964
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 7 May 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 (3.77%) Jupyter
2 3 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.26%) Apache
4 1 (0.63%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (22.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.77%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 82 (51.57%) Azure
2 48 (30.19%) Power Platform
3 46 (28.93%) AWS
4 27 (16.98%) Azure AI
5 19 (11.95%) Snowflake
6 18 (11.32%) GitHub
7 10 (6.29%) SaaS
8 8 (5.03%) dbt
9 7 (4.40%) PaaS
10 6 (3.77%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (3.77%) Azure Stack
10 6 (3.77%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (2.52%) Anthropic Claude
11 4 (2.52%) GCP
12 3 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
13 2 (1.26%) Datadog
14 1 (0.63%) Azure Machine Learning
14 1 (0.63%) Dagster
14 1 (0.63%) Google Ads
14 1 (0.63%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 18 (11.32%) Internet
2 1 (0.63%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (30.19%) Power BI
2 39 (24.53%) Tableau
3 17 (10.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (7.55%) Data Mining
5 9 (5.66%) SQL Server
6 6 (3.77%) Delta Lake
7 5 (3.14%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (2.52%) Redis
9 3 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (1.26%) NoSQL
10 2 (1.26%) Spark SQL
11 1 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.63%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.63%) Metadata
11 1 (0.63%) Power Query
11 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.63%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 22 (13.84%) Git
2 6 (3.77%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (1.89%) JMeter
4 2 (1.26%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.26%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.26%) Locust
4 2 (1.26%) Selenium
5 1 (0.63%) GitLab
5 1 (0.63%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.63%) Maven
5 1 (0.63%) MLflow
5 1 (0.63%) SonarQube
General
1 35 (22.01%) Social Skills
2 25 (15.72%) Finance
3 24 (15.09%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (11.32%) Multimedia
5 10 (6.29%) Retail
6 9 (5.66%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.52%) Marketing
8 3 (1.89%) Automotive
8 3 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.89%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.89%) Spanish Language
9 2 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.63%) Law
Job Titles
1 43 (27.04%) Analyst
2 38 (23.90%) Data Analyst
3 36 (22.64%) Trainee
4 34 (21.38%) Data Engineer
5 23 (14.47%) Junior
5 23 (14.47%) Junior Analyst
5 23 (14.47%) Junior Data Analyst
6 19 (11.95%) Senior
7 18 (11.32%) Developer
7 18 (11.32%) Snowflake Data Engineer
7 18 (11.32%) Snowflake Engineer
8 17 (10.69%) Azure Data Engineer
8 17 (10.69%) Azure Engineer
8 17 (10.69%) Python Engineer
9 13 (8.18%) Lead
10 12 (7.55%) Python Data Engineer
10 12 (7.55%) Trainee Analyst
10 12 (7.55%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 10 (6.29%) Senior Data Engineer
12 9 (5.66%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (11.95%) CSS
1 19 (11.95%) HTML
2 9 (5.66%) PySpark
3 7 (4.40%) NumPy
3 7 (4.40%) Pandas
3 7 (4.40%) scikit-learn
4 6 (3.77%) Hugging Face
4 6 (3.77%) Matplotlib
4 6 (3.77%) Streamlit
5 4 (2.52%) FastAPI
5 4 (2.52%) React
5 4 (2.52%) RESTful
5 4 (2.52%) SQLAlchemy
6 3 (1.89%) Node.js
7 2 (1.26%) Django
7 2 (1.26%) Flask
7 2 (1.26%) Gherkin
7 2 (1.26%) JSON
7 2 (1.26%) REST
7 2 (1.26%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.40%) Algorithms
1 7 (4.40%) Product Ownership
2 4 (2.52%) Cloud Native
2 4 (2.52%) Public Cloud
3 3 (1.89%) iSeries
4 2 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.26%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.26%) Educational Technology
4 2 (1.26%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (1.26%) Social Media
5 1 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.63%) NHS
5 1 (0.63%) Online Gambling
5 1 (0.63%) Sports Betting
5 1 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.89%) Windows
1 3 (1.89%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.63%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (37.74%) AI
2 47 (29.56%) Business Intelligence
3 29 (18.24%) Analytics
4 26 (16.35%) Mentoring
5 22 (13.84%) ETL
6 21 (13.21%) Cybersecurity
7 20 (12.58%) Machine Learning
8 18 (11.32%) Data Analysis
8 18 (11.32%) Data Pipeline
9 17 (10.69%) LLM
10 14 (8.81%) Data Analytics
11 13 (8.18%) Data Engineering
11 13 (8.18%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (7.55%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
12 12 (7.55%) Business Analysis
12 12 (7.55%) CI/CD
12 12 (7.55%) Project Management
13 11 (6.92%) Agile
13 11 (6.92%) Prompt Engineering
13 11 (6.92%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 83 (52.20%) SQL
2 28 (17.61%) JavaScript
3 13 (8.18%) R
4 10 (6.29%) Java
5 3 (1.89%) Go
5 3 (1.89%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.89%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.26%) C#
6 2 (1.26%) C++
6 2 (1.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.26%) Groovy
6 2 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.63%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.63%) ActionScript 2.0
7 1 (0.63%) Bash
7 1 (0.63%) PHP
Qualifications
1 45 (28.30%) Azure Certification
2 26 (16.35%) AWS Certification
3 24 (15.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 18 (11.32%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (5.66%) Degree
6 2 (1.26%) CEH
6 2 (1.26%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.63%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.66%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.52%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.89%) QA
4 2 (1.26%) WCAG
5 1 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 7 (4.40%) Docker
2 3 (1.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (3.77%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.52%) Terraform
3 3 (1.89%) Grafana
Vendors
1 72 (45.28%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.43%) Databricks
3 5 (3.14%) OpenAI
4 3 (1.89%) SolarWinds
5 2 (1.26%) Google
6 1 (0.63%) AppDynamics
6 1 (0.63%) Informatica
6 1 (0.63%) New Relic
6 1 (0.63%) Sonatype