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 16 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 20 43
Rank change year-on-year 0 +23 -25
Permanent jobs citing Python 139 138 74
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 7.91% 7.64% 5.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.72% 24.47% 16.55%
Number of salaries quoted 116 64 68
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £42,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £50,154 £54,750
Median % change year-on-year +12.15% -8.39% -15.77%
75th Percentile £70,250 £74,144 £77,813
90th Percentile £90,000 £79,880 £91,934
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +7.48% -13.71%

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 359 564 447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 20.43% 31.21% 32.82%
Number of salaries quoted 300 253 415
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,163 £41,250 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £66,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £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 16 January 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 4 (2.88%) Confluence
2 2 (1.44%) nginx
3 1 (0.72%) Apache
3 1 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.72%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.72%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 19 (13.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.44%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 1 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 74 (53.24%) Azure
2 45 (32.37%) AWS
3 27 (19.42%) GitHub
4 18 (12.95%) Power Platform
5 11 (7.91%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (7.19%) Azure AI
7 7 (5.04%) Snowflake
8 6 (4.32%) GCP
9 4 (2.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (2.88%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (2.88%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (2.88%) Amazon ELB
9 4 (2.88%) Amazon S3
9 4 (2.88%) AWS KMS
9 4 (2.88%) SaaS
9 4 (2.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (2.16%) dbt
11 2 (1.44%) Amazon ECR
11 2 (1.44%) Azure Machine Learning
11 2 (1.44%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 27 (19.42%) Internet
2 5 (3.60%) Firewall
2 5 (3.60%) FTP
3 4 (2.88%) DNS
3 4 (2.88%) HTTP
3 4 (2.88%) SMTP
3 4 (2.88%) SSH
4 2 (1.44%) IMAP
4 2 (1.44%) OpenLDAP
4 2 (1.44%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.72%) BGP
5 1 (0.72%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.72%) Network Security
5 1 (0.72%) OSPF
5 1 (0.72%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.72%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (16.55%) Tableau
2 18 (12.95%) Power BI
3 13 (9.35%) Data Mining
4 11 (7.91%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (7.91%) SQL Server
5 8 (5.76%) Delta Lake
6 6 (4.32%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (4.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (3.60%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (2.16%) MongoDB
8 3 (2.16%) Parquet
9 2 (1.44%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (1.44%) MySQL
9 2 (1.44%) Power Query
9 2 (1.44%) Redis
10 1 (0.72%) Big Data
10 1 (0.72%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.72%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 31 (22.30%) Git
2 4 (2.88%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.88%) JIRA
2 4 (2.88%) Vagrant
3 1 (0.72%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.72%) JMeter
3 1 (0.72%) Locust
3 1 (0.72%) MLflow
3 1 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 27 (19.42%) Multimedia
2 23 (16.55%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (15.83%) Finance
4 21 (15.11%) Social Skills
5 10 (7.19%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.04%) Marketing
6 7 (5.04%) Retail
7 6 (4.32%) Automotive
8 4 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.16%) Law
9 3 (2.16%) Spanish Language
10 2 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.44%) Legal
10 2 (1.44%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.72%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 40 (28.78%) Trainee
2 34 (24.46%) Developer
3 27 (19.42%) Analyst
4 20 (14.39%) Data Analyst
4 20 (14.39%) Data Engineer
5 17 (12.23%) Software Developer
6 15 (10.79%) Senior
7 14 (10.07%) Azure Data Engineer
7 14 (10.07%) Azure Engineer
8 13 (9.35%) Lead
8 13 (9.35%) Trainee Developer
8 13 (9.35%) Trainee Software Developer
9 12 (8.63%) Trainee Analyst
9 12 (8.63%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 11 (7.91%) Python Developer
11 7 (5.04%) Architect
11 7 (5.04%) DevOps Engineer
11 7 (5.04%) Snowflake Data Engineer
11 7 (5.04%) Snowflake Engineer
12 6 (4.32%) Python Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (19.42%) CSS
1 27 (19.42%) HTML
2 12 (8.63%) PySpark
3 8 (5.76%) Django
4 7 (5.04%) Node.js
5 6 (4.32%) React
6 5 (3.60%) XML
7 3 (2.16%) Flask
8 2 (1.44%) EDI
8 2 (1.44%) LDAP
8 2 (1.44%) RESTful
8 2 (1.44%) Spring
8 2 (1.44%) Spring Boot
9 1 (0.72%) CrewAI
9 1 (0.72%) FastAPI
9 1 (0.72%) JSON
9 1 (0.72%) LangChain
9 1 (0.72%) PyTorch
9 1 (0.72%) Snowpark
9 1 (0.72%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.88%) AI Agents
1 4 (2.88%) Product Ownership
2 3 (2.16%) Algorithms
2 3 (2.16%) Cloud Native
2 3 (2.16%) Credit Risk
3 2 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (1.44%) Data Centre
3 2 (1.44%) Data Structures
3 2 (1.44%) Educational Technology
3 2 (1.44%) Marketing Technology
3 2 (1.44%) Replication
3 2 (1.44%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.72%) Legacy Code
4 1 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (0.72%) Low-Code
4 1 (0.72%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.19%) Linux
2 4 (2.88%) Amazon Linux
2 4 (2.88%) VMS
3 3 (2.16%) Unix
4 2 (1.44%) Ubuntu
4 2 (1.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (30.22%) Mentoring
2 40 (28.78%) AI
3 36 (25.90%) Analytics
4 30 (21.58%) Cybersecurity
5 23 (16.55%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (15.11%) Agile
7 20 (14.39%) Business Intelligence
7 20 (14.39%) ETL
8 18 (12.95%) Machine Learning
9 17 (12.23%) Data Analysis
10 16 (11.51%) Data Analytics
10 16 (11.51%) Data Engineering
11 14 (10.07%) CI/CD
11 14 (10.07%) Decision-Making
12 13 (9.35%) Business Analysis
12 13 (9.35%) Project Management
13 12 (8.63%) DevOps
14 11 (7.91%) Coaching
14 11 (7.91%) Creative Thinking
15 10 (7.19%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 63 (45.32%) SQL
2 44 (31.65%) JavaScript
3 20 (14.39%) R
4 10 (7.19%) Java
5 6 (4.32%) Perl
6 4 (2.88%) Go
6 4 (2.88%) Groovy
6 4 (2.88%) PowerShell
6 4 (2.88%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.16%) C#
8 2 (1.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.44%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.44%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (1.44%) Scala
9 1 (0.72%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.72%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (0.72%) C++
9 1 (0.72%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 34 (24.46%) Azure Certification
2 30 (21.58%) AWS Certification
3 27 (19.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 27 (19.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (8.63%) Degree
5 10 (7.19%) SC Cleared
5 10 (7.19%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.44%) CEH
7 2 (1.44%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.44%) Master's Degree
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 6 (4.32%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.44%) QA
3 1 (0.72%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.72%) GDPR
3 1 (0.72%) SLA
3 1 (0.72%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (9.35%) Docker
2 2 (1.44%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.44%) DFS Replication
2 2 (1.44%) Dovecot
2 2 (1.44%) Postfix
2 2 (1.44%) Squid
Systems Management
1 8 (5.76%) Terraform
2 6 (4.32%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.60%) Grafana
4 4 (2.88%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.44%) Nessus
5 2 (1.44%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.72%) Ansible
6 1 (0.72%) AWS Copilot
6 1 (0.72%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 70 (50.36%) Microsoft
2 20 (14.39%) Databricks
3 4 (2.88%) ServiceNow
3 4 (2.88%) UiPath
4 3 (2.16%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.44%) Google
5 2 (1.44%) Jaspersoft
6 1 (0.72%) Blue Prism
6 1 (0.72%) Cisco
6 1 (0.72%) Meraki
6 1 (0.72%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.72%) Oracle