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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 20 38
Rank change year-on-year +2 +18 -21
Permanent jobs citing Python 145 143 63
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 8.30% 7.87% 4.86%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.08% 25.35% 15.04%
Number of salaries quoted 122 66 59
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,309 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.26% -8.53% -15.38%
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,144 £78,750
90th Percentile £89,625 £80,000 £91,934
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +7.48% -10.83%

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 371 564 419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 21.22% 31.04% 32.36%
Number of salaries quoted 313 247 391
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,625 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
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 9 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 5 (3.45%) Confluence
2 2 (1.38%) nginx
3 1 (0.69%) Apache
3 1 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.69%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.69%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 20 (13.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.38%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 76 (52.41%) Azure
2 48 (33.10%) AWS
3 25 (17.24%) GitHub
4 19 (13.10%) Power Platform
5 14 (9.66%) Azure AI
6 10 (6.90%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (6.21%) GCP
8 7 (4.83%) Snowflake
9 5 (3.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 5 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (3.45%) Amazon ELB
9 5 (3.45%) Amazon S3
9 5 (3.45%) AWS KMS
9 5 (3.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (2.76%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (2.76%) SaaS
11 3 (2.07%) Amazon Glacier
11 3 (2.07%) dbt
12 2 (1.38%) Amazon ECR
12 2 (1.38%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 25 (17.24%) Internet
2 6 (4.14%) Firewall
2 6 (4.14%) FTP
3 5 (3.45%) DNS
3 5 (3.45%) HTTP
3 5 (3.45%) SMTP
3 5 (3.45%) SSH
4 2 (1.38%) IMAP
4 2 (1.38%) OpenLDAP
4 2 (1.38%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.69%) BGP
5 1 (0.69%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.69%) Network Security
5 1 (0.69%) OSPF
5 1 (0.69%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (16.55%) Tableau
2 19 (13.10%) Power BI
3 13 (8.97%) Data Mining
3 13 (8.97%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (6.90%) SQL Server
5 8 (5.52%) Delta Lake
6 7 (4.83%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (2.07%) MongoDB
8 3 (2.07%) Parquet
9 2 (1.38%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (1.38%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (1.38%) MySQL
9 2 (1.38%) NoSQL
9 2 (1.38%) Power Query
9 2 (1.38%) Redis
10 1 (0.69%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.69%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 30 (20.69%) Git
2 5 (3.45%) Jenkins
2 5 (3.45%) JIRA
2 5 (3.45%) Vagrant
3 1 (0.69%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.69%) JMeter
3 1 (0.69%) Locust
3 1 (0.69%) MLflow
3 1 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 25 (17.24%) Finance
1 25 (17.24%) Multimedia
2 24 (16.55%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (15.17%) Social Skills
4 12 (8.28%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.52%) Retail
6 7 (4.83%) Marketing
7 5 (3.45%) Automotive
8 4 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.07%) Law
9 3 (2.07%) Spanish Language
10 2 (1.38%) Legal
10 2 (1.38%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.69%) Back Office
11 1 (0.69%) Games
Job Titles
1 38 (26.21%) Trainee
2 34 (23.45%) Developer
3 28 (19.31%) Analyst
4 21 (14.48%) Data Analyst
4 21 (14.48%) Data Engineer
5 16 (11.03%) Software Developer
6 15 (10.34%) Senior
7 14 (9.66%) Azure Data Engineer
7 14 (9.66%) Azure Engineer
8 12 (8.28%) Lead
8 12 (8.28%) Trainee Analyst
8 12 (8.28%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 12 (8.28%) Trainee Developer
8 12 (8.28%) Trainee Software Developer
9 11 (7.59%) Python Developer
10 10 (6.90%) Architect
11 8 (5.52%) DevOps Engineer
12 6 (4.14%) Lead Developer
12 6 (4.14%) Senior Developer
12 6 (4.14%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (17.24%) CSS
1 25 (17.24%) HTML
2 11 (7.59%) PySpark
3 8 (5.52%) Django
4 7 (4.83%) Node.js
5 6 (4.14%) React
6 5 (3.45%) XML
7 3 (2.07%) EDI
7 3 (2.07%) Flask
8 2 (1.38%) LDAP
8 2 (1.38%) RESTful
8 2 (1.38%) Spring
8 2 (1.38%) Spring Boot
9 1 (0.69%) CrewAI
9 1 (0.69%) FastAPI
9 1 (0.69%) LangChain
9 1 (0.69%) PyTorch
9 1 (0.69%) scikit-learn
9 1 (0.69%) Snowpark
9 1 (0.69%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.83%) AI Agents
2 5 (3.45%) Algorithms
3 3 (2.07%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.07%) Credit Risk
3 3 (2.07%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.38%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.38%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.38%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.38%) Educational Technology
4 2 (1.38%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (1.38%) Replication
4 2 (1.38%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (0.69%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.69%) Legacy Code
5 1 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.69%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.59%) Linux
2 5 (3.45%) Amazon Linux
2 5 (3.45%) VMS
3 3 (2.07%) Unix
4 2 (1.38%) Ubuntu
4 2 (1.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (31.03%) AI
2 40 (27.59%) Mentoring
3 38 (26.21%) Analytics
4 28 (19.31%) Cybersecurity
5 26 (17.93%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (15.86%) Agile
7 21 (14.48%) Business Intelligence
8 20 (13.79%) Machine Learning
9 18 (12.41%) Data Analytics
9 18 (12.41%) ETL
10 17 (11.72%) Data Analysis
10 17 (11.72%) Data Engineering
11 14 (9.66%) Decision-Making
12 13 (8.97%) Business Analysis
12 13 (8.97%) CI/CD
12 13 (8.97%) DevOps
12 13 (8.97%) Project Management
13 11 (7.59%) Coaching
13 11 (7.59%) Creative Thinking
13 11 (7.59%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 69 (47.59%) SQL
2 41 (28.28%) JavaScript
3 23 (15.86%) R
4 16 (11.03%) Java
5 7 (4.83%) Perl
6 5 (3.45%) Groovy
6 5 (3.45%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.76%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.07%) C#
8 3 (2.07%) Go
9 2 (1.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (1.38%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.38%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.38%) Scala
10 1 (0.69%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.69%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.69%) Bash
10 1 (0.69%) C++
10 1 (0.69%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 33 (22.76%) Azure Certification
2 29 (20.00%) AWS Certification
3 26 (17.93%) Microsoft Certification
4 25 (17.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 14 (9.66%) Degree
6 11 (7.59%) SC Cleared
6 11 (7.59%) Security Cleared
7 5 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.38%) CEH
8 2 (1.38%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.38%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.69%) CBAP
9 1 (0.69%) CCIE
9 1 (0.69%) CCNP
9 1 (0.69%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.69%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.83%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.38%) QA
3 1 (0.69%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.69%) GDPR
3 1 (0.69%) SLA
3 1 (0.69%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (8.97%) Docker
2 3 (2.07%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.38%) DFS Replication
3 2 (1.38%) Dovecot
3 2 (1.38%) Postfix
3 2 (1.38%) Squid
Systems Management
1 10 (6.90%) Terraform
2 6 (4.14%) Grafana
3 5 (3.45%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.45%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.38%) Nessus
4 2 (1.38%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.69%) Ansible
5 1 (0.69%) AWS Copilot
5 1 (0.69%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 69 (47.59%) Microsoft
2 19 (13.10%) Databricks
3 5 (3.45%) ServiceNow
3 5 (3.45%) UiPath
4 4 (2.76%) Google
5 3 (2.07%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.38%) Alteryx
6 2 (1.38%) Automation Anywhere
6 2 (1.38%) Jaspersoft
7 1 (0.69%) Blue Prism
7 1 (0.69%) Cisco
7 1 (0.69%) Meraki
7 1 (0.69%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.69%) Oracle
7 1 (0.69%) Splunk