Python Job Trends in Edinburgh

Python
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 11 7
Rank change year-on-year +1 -4 +5
Permanent jobs citing Python 163 175 184
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 17.32% 13.60% 18.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 43.12% 33.33% 38.49%
Number of salaries quoted 41 87 146
10th Percentile - £43,250 £42,874
25th Percentile £28,250 £46,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,079 £65,000 £68,724
Median % change year-on-year +7.81% -5.42% +14.54%
75th Percentile £82,500 £79,648 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £96,539
Scotland median annual salary £41,250 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -36.54% +8.33% -

All Programming Languages
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 378 525 478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 40.17% 40.79% 46.86%
Number of salaries quoted 152 274 382
10th Percentile £26,000 £40,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £32,639 £45,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £78,790 £75,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,253 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Python job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Python
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 5 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Python in Edinburgh

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 14 (8.59%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 12 (7.36%) Confluence
3 8 (4.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (4.91%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.23%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.61%) CICS
5 1 (0.61%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (12.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 31 (19.02%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (4.91%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 141 (86.50%) Azure
2 76 (46.63%) GitHub
3 73 (44.79%) Azure DevOps
4 45 (27.61%) AWS
5 37 (22.70%) Power Platform
6 35 (21.47%) Entra ID
6 35 (21.47%) Snowflake
7 31 (19.02%) OCI
8 25 (15.34%) GitHub Copilot
9 21 (12.88%) Azure Data Factory
10 18 (11.04%) Microsoft 365
11 17 (10.43%) GitHub Actions
12 16 (9.82%) dbt
13 12 (7.36%) Datadog
14 11 (6.75%) SaaS
15 10 (6.13%) Azure Monitor
15 10 (6.13%) GCP
16 8 (4.91%) Azure Logic Apps
16 8 (4.91%) Boomi
16 8 (4.91%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.98%) Internet
2 8 (4.91%) Firewall
3 4 (2.45%) BGP
3 4 (2.45%) DNS
3 4 (2.45%) LAN
3 4 (2.45%) MPLS
3 4 (2.45%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.45%) VPN
3 4 (2.45%) WAN
3 4 (2.45%) Wireless
4 3 (1.84%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.61%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (22.70%) Power BI
2 35 (21.47%) Tableau
3 21 (12.88%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (4.91%) Metadata
5 6 (3.68%) Data Mining
6 5 (3.07%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (2.45%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (2.45%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.45%) Data Lake
7 4 (2.45%) Redis
8 1 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.61%) DB2
8 1 (0.61%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 38 (23.31%) JIRA
2 37 (22.70%) Jenkins
3 31 (19.02%) Oracle Forms
4 27 (16.56%) Git
5 9 (5.52%) ER Studio
5 9 (5.52%) ERwin
6 1 (0.61%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.61%) JMeter
6 1 (0.61%) Locust
General
1 127 (77.91%) Finance
2 32 (19.63%) Analytical Skills
2 32 (19.63%) Social Skills
3 13 (7.98%) Multimedia
4 8 (4.91%) Marketing
5 1 (0.61%) Front Office
5 1 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (0.61%) Legal
5 1 (0.61%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 44 (26.99%) Applications Engineer
1 44 (26.99%) Senior
2 35 (21.47%) Cloud Engineer
3 21 (12.88%) Analyst
3 21 (12.88%) Senior Cloud Engineer
4 19 (11.66%) Trainee
5 11 (6.75%) Development Engineer
6 9 (5.52%) Azure Engineer
6 9 (5.52%) Data Analyst
6 9 (5.52%) Data Modeller
7 8 (4.91%) Business Analyst
7 8 (4.91%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 7 (4.29%) Developer
8 7 (4.29%) Platform Engineer
8 7 (4.29%) Software Developer
8 7 (4.29%) Trainee Developer
8 7 (4.29%) Trainee Software Developer
9 6 (3.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (3.68%) Security Engineer
9 6 (3.68%) Trainee Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (19.02%) RESTful
2 25 (15.34%) SOAP
3 22 (13.50%) SAML
4 17 (10.43%) JSON
4 17 (10.43%) XML
5 14 (8.59%) OAuth
5 14 (8.59%) OAuth2
6 13 (7.98%) CSS
6 13 (7.98%) HTML
7 11 (6.75%) .NET
7 11 (6.75%) ADO
8 9 (5.52%) Web Services
9 8 (4.91%) REST
10 7 (4.29%) Django
11 5 (3.07%) YAML
12 4 (2.45%) Node.js
12 4 (2.45%) React
13 2 (1.23%) Kafka
14 1 (0.61%) Gherkin
14 1 (0.61%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 54 (33.13%) Product Ownership
2 35 (21.47%) Cloud Native
3 32 (19.63%) Enterprise Software
4 19 (11.66%) Onboarding
5 8 (4.91%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (4.91%) Management Information System
6 7 (4.29%) Low-Code
6 7 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (3.68%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.45%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.84%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.84%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 1 (0.61%) Distributed Computing
11 1 (0.61%) Mainframe
11 1 (0.61%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.07%) Linux
2 4 (2.45%) Unix
2 4 (2.45%) VMS
3 1 (0.61%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.61%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (69.94%) Coaching
2 113 (69.33%) Asset Management
3 106 (65.03%) DevOps
4 100 (61.35%) Agile
5 76 (46.63%) CI/CD
6 60 (36.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 58 (35.58%) AI
8 47 (28.83%) Analytics
9 44 (26.99%) Test Automation
10 42 (25.77%) Observability
11 40 (24.54%) Mentoring
12 37 (22.70%) Business Intelligence
12 37 (22.70%) Roadmaps
13 34 (20.86%) Data Governance
14 32 (19.63%) Infrastructure as Code
15 31 (19.02%) API Integration
15 31 (19.02%) ERP
16 27 (16.56%) Business Strategy
16 27 (16.56%) Problem-Solving
17 25 (15.34%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 86 (52.76%) SQL
2 51 (31.29%) PowerShell
3 34 (20.86%) Java
4 32 (19.63%) JavaScript
5 31 (19.02%) PL/SQL
5 31 (19.02%) Shell Script
6 24 (14.72%) Bash
7 6 (3.68%) R
8 4 (2.45%) Bicep
8 4 (2.45%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.61%) C#
9 1 (0.61%) Scala
9 1 (0.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (9.82%) Azure Certification
2 13 (7.98%) AWS Certification
2 13 (7.98%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 13 (7.98%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (3.68%) CISSP
3 6 (3.68%) CREST Certified
3 6 (3.68%) SANS
3 6 (3.68%) SC Cleared
3 6 (3.68%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.61%) CEH
4 1 (0.61%) Degree
4 1 (0.61%) GIAC
4 1 (0.61%) GREM
4 1 (0.61%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.61%) OSCP
4 1 (0.61%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (14.72%) Accessibility
2 12 (7.36%) QA
3 8 (4.91%) GDPR
4 6 (3.68%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.61%) WCAG
System Software
1 20 (12.27%) Docker
2 17 (10.43%) Active Directory
3 10 (6.13%) Virtual Desktop
3 10 (6.13%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.61%) RACF
Systems Management
1 83 (50.92%) Terraform
2 39 (23.93%) Single Sign-On
3 17 (10.43%) Grafana
3 17 (10.43%) Kubernetes
4 15 (9.20%) Prometheus
5 10 (6.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (3.07%) Ansible
7 3 (1.84%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.61%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.61%) QRadar
Vendors
1 54 (33.13%) Microsoft
2 31 (19.02%) Oracle
3 17 (10.43%) Okta
4 13 (7.98%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.91%) MuleSoft
5 8 (4.91%) Workday
6 6 (3.68%) Databricks
6 6 (3.68%) Splunk
7 4 (2.45%) F5
7 4 (2.45%) Fortinet
7 4 (2.45%) Google
7 4 (2.45%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.61%) Broadcom
8 1 (0.61%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.61%) IBM