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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 50 40
Rank change year-on-year +15 -10 +13
Permanent jobs citing Python 221 118 176
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 3.29% 5.05% 4.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.64% 22.78% 19.34%
Number of salaries quoted 82 54 62
10th Percentile £36,469 £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% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,000 £77,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £71,991 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -0.70% -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 897 518 910
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 13.36% 22.16% 23.55%
Number of salaries quoted 594 379 509
10th Percentile £29,825 £28,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £74,250 £77,500 £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 2 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 2 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 +14 71 £55,000 +29.41% 73
Leicestershire -3 63 £42,500 -34.62% 52
Derbyshire -5 40 £45,000 -33.82% 22
Northamptonshire +7 34 £70,000 -12.50% 35
Lincolnshire -11 10 £67,500 +80.00% 21
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 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 29 (13.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 93 (42.08%) Azure
2 50 (22.62%) AWS
3 48 (21.72%) Azure AI
4 36 (16.29%) Power Platform
5 13 (5.88%) GCP
6 11 (4.98%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (4.98%) Serverless
7 10 (4.52%) Amazon S3
7 10 (4.52%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (2.26%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (2.26%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (2.26%) AWS Step Functions
8 5 (2.26%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (1.81%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (1.81%) Azure Machine Learning
9 4 (1.81%) Slack
9 4 (1.81%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.36%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.36%) dbt
10 3 (1.36%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.43%) Firewall
2 10 (4.52%) DNS
2 10 (4.52%) MQTT
3 7 (3.17%) Wireless
4 6 (2.71%) VPN
4 6 (2.71%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (2.71%) ZigBee
5 4 (1.81%) Bluetooth
5 4 (1.81%) DHCP
6 3 (1.36%) NX-OS
7 2 (0.90%) HTTP
7 2 (0.90%) LoRaWAN
7 2 (0.90%) SSL
7 2 (0.90%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.90%) VLAN
8 1 (0.45%) Internet
8 1 (0.45%) RTP
8 1 (0.45%) RTSP
8 1 (0.45%) SCTP
8 1 (0.45%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (16.29%) Power BI
2 30 (13.57%) Tableau
3 10 (4.52%) Relational Database
4 8 (3.62%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.81%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.81%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.81%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.36%) Delta Lake
7 3 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.90%) Looker
8 2 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.90%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.45%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 13 (5.88%) Git
2 9 (4.07%) GitLab
3 8 (3.62%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.71%) GDB
5 4 (1.81%) Robot Framework
6 3 (1.36%) JIRA
General
1 75 (33.94%) Social Skills
2 66 (29.86%) Finance
3 45 (20.36%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.14%) Banking
5 12 (5.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.71%) Retail
7 5 (2.26%) Marketing
8 4 (1.81%) Law
8 4 (1.81%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.36%) Games
9 3 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.90%) Electronics
10 2 (0.90%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.90%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.45%) Military
11 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (24.43%) Data Scientist
2 50 (22.62%) Developer
3 48 (21.72%) Analyst
3 48 (21.72%) Data Analyst
4 47 (21.27%) Senior
5 30 (13.57%) Lead
6 27 (12.22%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 27 (12.22%) Software Engineer
7 26 (11.76%) Senior Data Scientist
8 24 (10.86%) Junior
8 24 (10.86%) Junior Analyst
8 24 (10.86%) Junior Data Analyst
9 22 (9.95%) Lead Data Scientist
10 17 (7.69%) Python Engineer
10 17 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
10 17 (7.69%) Senior Data Analyst
11 15 (6.79%) Python Developer
12 14 (6.33%) Statistician
13 13 (5.88%) Lead Developer
13 13 (5.88%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (11.76%) PyTorch
2 24 (10.86%) TensorFlow
3 23 (10.41%) Hugging Face
4 13 (5.88%) Terraform
5 9 (4.07%) Node.js
6 7 (3.17%) React
6 7 (3.17%) REST
7 6 (2.71%) .NET
7 6 (2.71%) scikit-learn
7 6 (2.71%) Yocto
8 5 (2.26%) CSS
8 5 (2.26%) Django
8 5 (2.26%) HTML
8 5 (2.26%) Middleware
8 5 (2.26%) PySpark
9 4 (1.81%) Blazor
9 4 (1.81%) Lambda Expressions
9 4 (1.81%) Pandas
9 4 (1.81%) pytest
9 4 (1.81%) Unity DI Container
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.88%) IoT
2 6 (2.71%) ARM Cortex
2 6 (2.71%) Device Driver
2 6 (2.71%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (2.71%) Embedded Systems
2 6 (2.71%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.81%) Driving Licence
3 4 (1.81%) Robotics
4 3 (1.36%) Credit Risk
4 3 (1.36%) Data Centre
4 3 (1.36%) PKI
5 2 (0.90%) AI Agents
5 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (0.90%) Cloud Native
5 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Cloud
5 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (0.90%) Marketing Technology
5 2 (0.90%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.90%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.95%) Linux
2 12 (5.43%) Windows
3 6 (2.71%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.81%) VMS
5 2 (0.90%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.45%) Debian
6 1 (0.45%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (41.63%) AI
2 61 (27.60%) Actionable Insight
2 61 (27.60%) Machine Learning
2 61 (27.60%) Roadmaps
3 59 (26.70%) Software Engineering
4 57 (25.79%) Data Science
5 49 (22.17%) Analytics
6 48 (21.72%) Problem-Solving
7 45 (20.36%) Statistics
8 44 (19.91%) Mentoring
9 41 (18.55%) Business Intelligence
10 36 (16.29%) Deep Learning
11 31 (14.03%) CI/CD
12 28 (12.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
12 28 (12.67%) Decision-Making
12 28 (12.67%) Validation
13 27 (12.22%) Project Management
14 25 (11.31%) Data Analysis
15 23 (10.41%) Data Analytics
16 22 (9.95%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 106 (47.96%) SQL
2 16 (7.24%) PowerShell
3 13 (5.88%) JavaScript
4 12 (5.43%) Bash
4 12 (5.43%) C#
5 8 (3.62%) C++
6 6 (2.71%) C
6 6 (2.71%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.26%) Java
8 3 (1.36%) R
9 2 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.90%) PHP
10 1 (0.45%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.45%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 48 (21.72%) Azure Certification
2 20 (9.05%) Degree
3 8 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (3.17%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.26%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.81%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.36%) CCNA
7 3 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.36%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.36%) MCSE
7 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.90%) ACCA
8 2 (0.90%) CIMA
8 2 (0.90%) CISSP
8 2 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.45%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.71%) Data Quality
1 6 (2.71%) JTAG
2 4 (1.81%) GDPR
2 4 (1.81%) SLA
3 3 (1.36%) QA
4 2 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 16 (7.24%) Docker
2 5 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.36%) vSphere
4 2 (0.90%) Firmware
4 2 (0.90%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (6.79%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.26%) Ansible
2 5 (2.26%) Grafana
3 3 (1.36%) FortiGate
3 3 (1.36%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 38 (17.19%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.43%) Databricks
3 5 (2.26%) VMware
4 4 (1.81%) Google
5 3 (1.36%) Cisco
5 3 (1.36%) SAP
6 2 (0.90%) Adaptive Insights
6 2 (0.90%) AlienVault
6 2 (0.90%) Anaplan
6 2 (0.90%) Dynatrace
6 2 (0.90%) FIS
6 2 (0.90%) OpenAI
6 2 (0.90%) Oracle
6 2 (0.90%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.45%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.45%) ESRI
7 1 (0.45%) HP
7 1 (0.45%) Mistral
7 1 (0.45%) Splunk