Python Job Trends in the East Midlands

Python
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 55 42
Rank change year-on-year +16 -13 +6
Permanent jobs citing Python 206 107 173
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 3.06% 4.62% 4.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 23.04% 21.44% 20.07%
Number of salaries quoted 90 57 61
10th Percentile £38,438 £37,500 -
25th Percentile £42,188 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +44.44% -18.18%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £66,250
England median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -3.33% -

All Programming Languages
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 894 499 862
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 13.29% 21.56% 23.43%
Number of salaries quoted 599 375 466
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £30,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,592
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.45% -13.47%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,650 £72,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Python job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Python
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in the East Midlands

Python
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Nottinghamshire +7 68 £55,000 +29.41% 31
Leicestershire -4 58 £55,000 -15.38% 24
Derbyshire -11 37 £45,000 -33.82% 8
Northamptonshire +13 35 £70,000 -12.50% 19
Lincolnshire -17 5 £67,500 +61.68% 9
Python
England

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 2 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 21 (10.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 66 (32.04%) Azure
2 47 (22.82%) AWS
3 26 (12.62%) Power Platform
4 24 (11.65%) Azure AI
5 12 (5.83%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (5.34%) GCP
7 10 (4.85%) Amazon S3
7 10 (4.85%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (4.85%) Serverless
8 6 (2.91%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (2.91%) iPaaS
9 5 (2.43%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (2.43%) Azure Machine Learning
10 4 (1.94%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (1.94%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.94%) AWS Step Functions
10 4 (1.94%) GitHub
10 4 (1.94%) Snowflake
11 3 (1.46%) dbt
11 3 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.34%) Firewall
2 10 (4.85%) MQTT
3 9 (4.37%) DNS
4 6 (2.91%) VPN
4 6 (2.91%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (2.91%) Wireless
4 6 (2.91%) ZigBee
5 4 (1.94%) Bluetooth
6 3 (1.46%) DHCP
6 3 (1.46%) NX-OS
7 2 (0.97%) HTTP
7 2 (0.97%) LoRaWAN
7 2 (0.97%) SSL
7 2 (0.97%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.97%) VLAN
8 1 (0.49%) FTP
8 1 (0.49%) Internet
8 1 (0.49%) RTP
8 1 (0.49%) SCTP
8 1 (0.49%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (12.62%) Power BI
2 17 (8.25%) Tableau
3 10 (4.85%) Relational Database
4 8 (3.88%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.43%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.94%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (1.94%) Delta Lake
7 4 (1.94%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.46%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.97%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.49%) Data Vault
10 1 (0.49%) GIS
10 1 (0.49%) MS Access
10 1 (0.49%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 14 (6.80%) Git
2 10 (4.85%) GitLab
3 8 (3.88%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.91%) GDB
5 4 (1.94%) Robot Framework
6 3 (1.46%) JIRA
General
1 72 (34.95%) Finance
2 53 (25.73%) Social Skills
3 46 (22.33%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.74%) Banking
5 15 (7.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (4.37%) Marketing
7 4 (1.94%) Law
7 4 (1.94%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.94%) Retail
8 3 (1.46%) Games
9 2 (0.97%) Electronics
9 2 (0.97%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.97%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 54 (26.21%) Developer
2 52 (25.24%) Data Scientist
3 48 (23.30%) Senior
4 37 (17.96%) Analyst
5 35 (16.99%) Data Analyst
6 30 (14.56%) Lead
7 27 (13.11%) Senior Data Scientist
7 27 (13.11%) Software Engineer
8 22 (10.68%) Lead Data Scientist
9 18 (8.74%) Python Engineer
10 17 (8.25%) Python Developer
11 16 (7.77%) Senior Analyst
11 16 (7.77%) Senior Data Analyst
12 15 (7.28%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 14 (6.80%) Senior Developer
13 14 (6.80%) Statistician
14 13 (6.31%) Lead Developer
14 13 (6.31%) Python Software Engineer
15 12 (5.83%) Junior Analyst
15 12 (5.83%) Junior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (11.65%) PyTorch
1 24 (11.65%) TensorFlow
2 23 (11.17%) Hugging Face
3 13 (6.31%) Terraform
4 10 (4.85%) REST
5 9 (4.37%) Node.js
6 8 (3.88%) .NET
6 8 (3.88%) CSS
6 8 (3.88%) Middleware
7 7 (3.40%) PySpark
7 7 (3.40%) React
8 6 (2.91%) Django
8 6 (2.91%) JWT
8 6 (2.91%) OAuth
8 6 (2.91%) Yocto
9 5 (2.43%) Blazor
9 5 (2.43%) HTML
10 4 (1.94%) pytest
10 4 (1.94%) scikit-learn
10 4 (1.94%) Unity DI Container
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.31%) IoT
2 9 (4.37%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.40%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (3.40%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.91%) AI Agents
4 6 (2.91%) ARM Cortex
4 6 (2.91%) Device Driver
4 6 (2.91%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (2.91%) Marketing Technology
5 5 (2.43%) Robotics
6 4 (1.94%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.46%) Credit Risk
7 3 (1.46%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.46%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (1.46%) PKI
8 2 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.97%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.97%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (0.97%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 23 (11.17%) Linux
2 11 (5.34%) Windows
3 6 (2.91%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.94%) VMS
5 2 (0.97%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.49%) Debian
6 1 (0.49%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (36.41%) AI
2 62 (30.10%) Roadmaps
3 61 (29.61%) Actionable Insight
4 59 (28.64%) Machine Learning
4 59 (28.64%) Software Engineering
5 55 (26.70%) Data Science
6 51 (24.76%) Analytics
7 48 (23.30%) Problem-Solving
8 45 (21.84%) Mentoring
9 43 (20.87%) Statistics
10 36 (17.48%) Deep Learning
11 33 (16.02%) CI/CD
11 33 (16.02%) Decision-Making
12 32 (15.53%) Business Intelligence
13 29 (14.08%) Validation
14 27 (13.11%) Data Analytics
14 27 (13.11%) Project Management
14 27 (13.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 25 (12.14%) Continuous Improvement
15 25 (12.14%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 97 (47.09%) SQL
2 17 (8.25%) JavaScript
3 15 (7.28%) PowerShell
4 13 (6.31%) C#
5 12 (5.83%) Bash
6 7 (3.40%) C++
7 6 (2.91%) C
7 6 (2.91%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.94%) Java
9 3 (1.46%) R
10 2 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.49%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.49%) PHP
11 1 (0.49%) Ruby
11 1 (0.49%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.49%) VBA
Qualifications
1 24 (11.65%) Azure Certification
2 16 (7.77%) Degree
3 7 (3.40%) Master's Degree
4 6 (2.91%) ACCA
4 6 (2.91%) CIMA
4 6 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.43%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.94%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.46%) CCNA
7 3 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.46%) MCSE
7 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.97%) CISSP
8 2 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.49%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.31%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.91%) JTAG
3 3 (1.46%) GDPR
3 3 (1.46%) QA
3 3 (1.46%) SLA
4 2 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 17 (8.25%) Docker
2 5 (2.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.46%) vSphere
4 2 (0.97%) Firmware
4 2 (0.97%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (7.77%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.43%) Ansible
2 5 (2.43%) Grafana
3 3 (1.46%) FortiGate
3 3 (1.46%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 31 (15.05%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.34%) Databricks
3 7 (3.40%) SAP
4 6 (2.91%) Adaptive Insights
4 6 (2.91%) Anaplan
4 6 (2.91%) Oracle
5 5 (2.43%) VMware
6 3 (1.46%) Cisco
7 2 (0.97%) AlienVault
7 2 (0.97%) Dynatrace
7 2 (0.97%) FIS
7 2 (0.97%) Google
7 2 (0.97%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.97%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.49%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.49%) ESRI
8 1 (0.49%) Mistral
8 1 (0.49%) Splunk