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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 41 64
Rank change year-on-year +21 +23 +4
Permanent jobs citing Python 286 126 148
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 5.26% 5.62% 3.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.64% 23.91% 13.16%
Number of salaries quoted 78 59 91
10th Percentile £32,350 £37,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £69,688 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% - -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 904 527 1,125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 16.63% 23.50% 24.60%
Number of salaries quoted 560 379 834
10th Percentile £28,990 £28,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £63,225 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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
Leicestershire +1 87 £42,500 -34.62% 19
Nottinghamshire +10 81 £52,500 +5.00% 21
Derbyshire +4 44 £46,250 -28.85% 14
Northamptonshire +27 43 £67,500 +28.57% 16
Lincolnshire -3 27 £52,500 -8.70% 11
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 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (0.70%) WordPress
2 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
Applications
1 92 (32.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 176 (61.54%) Azure
2 126 (44.06%) Azure AI
3 106 (37.06%) Power Platform
4 57 (19.93%) AWS
5 18 (6.29%) GCP
6 15 (5.24%) Amazon S3
6 15 (5.24%) Serverless
7 14 (4.90%) AWS Lambda
8 11 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (3.15%) Snowflake
10 6 (2.10%) GitHub
11 5 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (1.75%) AWS Step Functions
12 4 (1.40%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.40%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (1.40%) Slack
13 3 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (1.05%) dbt
13 3 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.50%) Firewall
1 10 (3.50%) MQTT
2 9 (3.15%) Wireless
3 8 (2.80%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (2.10%) Bluetooth
4 6 (2.10%) DNS
4 6 (2.10%) VPN
4 6 (2.10%) ZigBee
5 3 (1.05%) Internet
6 2 (0.70%) Broadband
6 2 (0.70%) DHCP
6 2 (0.70%) HTTP
6 2 (0.70%) LoRaWAN
6 2 (0.70%) LTE
6 2 (0.70%) Modbus
6 2 (0.70%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.70%) VLAN
7 1 (0.35%) FTP
7 1 (0.35%) VoIP
7 1 (0.35%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (37.06%) Power BI
2 96 (33.57%) Tableau
3 9 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (3.15%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.45%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.40%) DynamoDB
5 4 (1.40%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.70%) Looker
7 2 (0.70%) Metadata
8 1 (0.35%) Apache Hudi
8 1 (0.35%) Apache Iceberg
8 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.35%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.35%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.35%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.35%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (4.90%) Git
2 7 (2.45%) GitLab
2 7 (2.45%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.10%) GDB
4 4 (1.40%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.70%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.70%) Subversion
6 1 (0.35%) JIRA
6 1 (0.35%) MLflow
6 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 152 (53.15%) Social Skills
2 61 (21.33%) Finance
3 52 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (6.29%) Banking
5 10 (3.50%) Retail
6 8 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.45%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (1.75%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.40%) Law
10 2 (0.70%) Electronics
10 2 (0.70%) Marketing
10 2 (0.70%) Multimedia
10 2 (0.70%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.35%) Advertising
11 1 (0.35%) Games
11 1 (0.35%) Military
11 1 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.35%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.35%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 117 (40.91%) Analyst
2 115 (40.21%) Data Analyst
3 91 (31.82%) Junior
4 90 (31.47%) Junior Analyst
4 90 (31.47%) Junior Data Analyst
5 59 (20.63%) Data Scientist
6 47 (16.43%) Developer
7 40 (13.99%) Senior
8 37 (12.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 33 (11.54%) Lead
10 25 (8.74%) Senior Data Scientist
11 24 (8.39%) Lead Data Scientist
12 18 (6.29%) Senior Analyst
12 18 (6.29%) Senior Data Analyst
13 14 (4.90%) Statistician
14 13 (4.55%) Data Engineer
14 13 (4.55%) Lead Developer
14 13 (4.55%) Software Engineer
15 12 (4.20%) Senior Developer
16 11 (3.85%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (11.54%) PyTorch
2 27 (9.44%) TensorFlow
3 24 (8.39%) Hugging Face
4 11 (3.85%) HTML
5 10 (3.50%) Pandas
5 10 (3.50%) scikit-learn
6 9 (3.15%) CSS
6 9 (3.15%) Node.js
6 9 (3.15%) React
7 6 (2.10%) Yocto
8 4 (1.40%) JSON
8 4 (1.40%) Lambda Expressions
8 4 (1.40%) pytest
8 4 (1.40%) Unity DI Container
9 3 (1.05%) Matplotlib
9 3 (1.05%) Middleware
9 3 (1.05%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (0.70%) .NET
10 2 (0.70%) Django
10 2 (0.70%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.20%) IoT
2 7 (2.45%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (2.10%) ARM Cortex
3 6 (2.10%) Device Driver
4 3 (1.05%) Credit Risk
4 3 (1.05%) Video\Live Streaming
5 2 (0.70%) Algorithms
5 2 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (0.70%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (0.70%) Management Information System
5 2 (0.70%) Raspberry Pi
5 2 (0.70%) Robotics
5 2 (0.70%) SCADA
5 2 (0.70%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.35%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.35%) Digital Signage
6 1 (0.35%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.35%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.35%) PKI
6 1 (0.35%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.94%) Linux
2 10 (3.50%) Windows
3 6 (2.10%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.40%) VMS
5 2 (0.70%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.35%) Debian
6 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (57.69%) AI
2 107 (37.41%) Business Intelligence
3 64 (22.38%) Machine Learning
4 63 (22.03%) Roadmaps
5 62 (21.68%) Data Science
6 61 (21.33%) Actionable Insight
7 53 (18.53%) Analytics
8 50 (17.48%) Statistics
9 47 (16.43%) Problem-Solving
9 47 (16.43%) Software Engineering
10 40 (13.99%) Mentoring
11 37 (12.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
12 36 (12.59%) Deep Learning
13 29 (10.14%) Decision-Making
14 27 (9.44%) Validation
15 25 (8.74%) CI/CD
15 25 (8.74%) Data Analysis
16 23 (8.04%) Project Management
17 22 (7.69%) Data Analytics
17 22 (7.69%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 178 (62.24%) SQL
2 14 (4.90%) JavaScript
3 13 (4.55%) PowerShell
4 11 (3.85%) Bash
5 9 (3.15%) C
5 9 (3.15%) C#
5 9 (3.15%) C++
5 9 (3.15%) R
6 5 (1.75%) Java
7 4 (1.40%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.05%) PHP
9 2 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.70%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.35%) Bicep
10 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.35%) Ruby
10 1 (0.35%) Rust
10 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 130 (45.45%) Azure Certification
2 23 (8.04%) Degree
3 12 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (2.80%) DBS Check
5 7 (2.45%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.40%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.40%) Security Cleared
8 3 (1.05%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 3 (1.05%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.70%) CISSP
9 2 (0.70%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.35%) CCNA
10 1 (0.35%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.35%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.10%) JTAG
2 5 (1.75%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.05%) GDPR
4 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.70%) QA
4 2 (0.70%) SLA
5 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (2.45%) Docker
2 5 (1.75%) Firmware
3 3 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.70%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.35%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (3.15%) Terraform
2 7 (2.45%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.05%) Ansible
3 3 (1.05%) Grafana
3 3 (1.05%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 106 (37.06%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.34%) Databricks
3 9 (3.15%) Google
4 3 (1.05%) VMware
5 2 (0.70%) AlienVault
5 2 (0.70%) Atmel
6 1 (0.35%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.35%) Cisco
6 1 (0.35%) Civica
6 1 (0.35%) Cognos
6 1 (0.35%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.35%) ESRI
6 1 (0.35%) HP
6 1 (0.35%) LogicMonitor
6 1 (0.35%) Northgate
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle
6 1 (0.35%) Orchard
6 1 (0.35%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.35%) Splunk