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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 55 41
Rank change year-on-year +14 -14 +7
Permanent jobs citing Python 195 107 173
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 2.91% 4.64% 4.72%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.11% 21.53% 20.28%
Number of salaries quoted 91 57 61
10th Percentile £38,438 £37,500 -
25th Percentile £43,125 £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 £90,000 £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 882 497 853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 13.16% 21.55% 23.27%
Number of salaries quoted 598 373 464
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £29,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £45,000 £47,592
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% -5.45% -13.47%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,700 £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 15 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 15 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 +13 66 £55,000 +29.41% 8
Leicestershire -8 54 £55,000 -15.38% 11
Derbyshire -11 35 £45,000 -33.82% 8
Northamptonshire +12 33 £70,000 -12.50% 9
Lincolnshire -16 4 £78,750 +88.62% 4
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 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 15 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 53 (27.18%) Azure
2 47 (24.10%) AWS
3 21 (10.77%) Power Platform
4 12 (6.15%) Azure AI
4 12 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (5.64%) GCP
6 10 (5.13%) Amazon S3
6 10 (5.13%) AWS Lambda
6 10 (5.13%) Serverless
7 6 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (3.08%) iPaaS
8 5 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (2.05%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (2.05%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (2.05%) AWS Step Functions
9 4 (2.05%) Azure Machine Learning
9 4 (2.05%) GitHub
9 4 (2.05%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.54%) dbt
10 3 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.64%) Firewall
2 10 (5.13%) MQTT
3 9 (4.62%) DNS
4 6 (3.08%) VPN
4 6 (3.08%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (3.08%) Wireless
4 6 (3.08%) ZigBee
5 4 (2.05%) Bluetooth
6 3 (1.54%) DHCP
6 3 (1.54%) NX-OS
7 2 (1.03%) HTTP
7 2 (1.03%) LoRaWAN
7 2 (1.03%) SSL
7 2 (1.03%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.03%) VLAN
8 1 (0.51%) FTP
8 1 (0.51%) Internet
8 1 (0.51%) RTP
8 1 (0.51%) SCTP
8 1 (0.51%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (10.77%) Power BI
2 11 (5.64%) Tableau
3 10 (5.13%) Relational Database
4 8 (4.10%) SQL Server
5 6 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.56%) Data Lake
7 4 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (2.05%) Delta Lake
7 4 (2.05%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.54%) DynamoDB
9 2 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (1.03%) RDBMS
9 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.51%) GIS
10 1 (0.51%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 14 (7.18%) Git
2 10 (5.13%) GitLab
3 8 (4.10%) Jenkins
4 6 (3.08%) GDB
5 4 (2.05%) Robot Framework
6 3 (1.54%) JIRA
General
1 73 (37.44%) Finance
2 46 (23.59%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (21.03%) Social Skills
4 18 (9.23%) Banking
5 15 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (4.62%) Marketing
7 4 (2.05%) Law
7 4 (2.05%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.05%) Retail
8 3 (1.54%) Games
9 2 (1.03%) Electronics
9 2 (1.03%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.03%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 54 (27.69%) Developer
2 51 (26.15%) Data Scientist
3 47 (24.10%) Senior
4 31 (15.90%) Analyst
5 30 (15.38%) Lead
6 29 (14.87%) Data Analyst
7 27 (13.85%) Software Engineer
8 26 (13.33%) Senior Data Scientist
9 22 (11.28%) Lead Data Scientist
10 18 (9.23%) Python Engineer
11 17 (8.72%) Python Developer
12 16 (8.21%) Senior Analyst
12 16 (8.21%) Senior Data Analyst
13 14 (7.18%) Senior Developer
13 14 (7.18%) Statistician
14 13 (6.67%) Lead Developer
14 13 (6.67%) Python Software Engineer
15 12 (6.15%) Data Engineer
16 10 (5.13%) Full-Stack Developer
16 10 (5.13%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (12.31%) PyTorch
1 24 (12.31%) TensorFlow
2 23 (11.79%) Hugging Face
3 13 (6.67%) Terraform
4 10 (5.13%) REST
5 9 (4.62%) Node.js
6 8 (4.10%) .NET
6 8 (4.10%) CSS
6 8 (4.10%) Middleware
7 7 (3.59%) PySpark
7 7 (3.59%) React
8 6 (3.08%) Django
8 6 (3.08%) JWT
8 6 (3.08%) OAuth
8 6 (3.08%) Yocto
9 5 (2.56%) Blazor
9 5 (2.56%) HTML
10 4 (2.05%) pytest
10 4 (2.05%) scikit-learn
10 4 (2.05%) Unity DI Container
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.67%) IoT
2 9 (4.62%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.59%) AI Agents
3 7 (3.59%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (3.59%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.08%) ARM Cortex
4 6 (3.08%) Device Driver
4 6 (3.08%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (3.08%) Marketing Technology
5 5 (2.56%) Robotics
6 4 (2.05%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.54%) Credit Risk
7 3 (1.54%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.54%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (1.54%) PKI
8 2 (1.03%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.03%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.03%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 23 (11.79%) Linux
2 11 (5.64%) Windows
3 6 (3.08%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.05%) VMS
5 2 (1.03%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.51%) Debian
6 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (32.82%) AI
2 63 (32.31%) Roadmaps
3 62 (31.79%) Actionable Insight
4 59 (30.26%) Software Engineering
5 58 (29.74%) Machine Learning
6 54 (27.69%) Data Science
7 51 (26.15%) Analytics
8 48 (24.62%) Problem-Solving
9 45 (23.08%) Mentoring
10 43 (22.05%) Statistics
11 36 (18.46%) Deep Learning
12 34 (17.44%) Decision-Making
13 33 (16.92%) CI/CD
14 29 (14.87%) Validation
15 28 (14.36%) Data Analytics
16 27 (13.85%) Business Intelligence
16 27 (13.85%) Project Management
16 27 (13.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 25 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
17 25 (12.82%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 91 (46.67%) SQL
2 17 (8.72%) JavaScript
3 15 (7.69%) PowerShell
4 13 (6.67%) C#
5 12 (6.15%) Bash
6 8 (4.10%) C++
7 6 (3.08%) C
7 6 (3.08%) TypeScript
8 4 (2.05%) Java
9 3 (1.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.54%) R
10 1 (0.51%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.51%) PHP
10 1 (0.51%) Ruby
10 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.51%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (8.21%) Degree
2 12 (6.15%) Azure Certification
3 7 (3.59%) Master's Degree
4 6 (3.08%) ACCA
4 6 (3.08%) CIMA
4 6 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.56%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.05%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.54%) CCNA
7 3 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.54%) MCSE
7 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.03%) CISSP
8 2 (1.03%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.51%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.08%) JTAG
3 3 (1.54%) GDPR
3 3 (1.54%) QA
3 3 (1.54%) SLA
4 2 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 17 (8.72%) Docker
2 5 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.54%) Firmware
3 3 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.54%) vSphere
4 2 (1.03%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (8.21%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.56%) Ansible
2 5 (2.56%) Grafana
3 3 (1.54%) FortiGate
3 3 (1.54%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 25 (12.82%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.15%) Databricks
3 7 (3.59%) SAP
4 6 (3.08%) Adaptive Insights
4 6 (3.08%) Anaplan
4 6 (3.08%) Oracle
5 5 (2.56%) VMware
6 3 (1.54%) Cisco
7 2 (1.03%) AlienVault
7 2 (1.03%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.03%) FIS
7 2 (1.03%) Google
7 2 (1.03%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.03%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.51%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.51%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.51%) Mistral
8 1 (0.51%) Siemens
8 1 (0.51%) Splunk
8 1 (0.51%) Synopsys