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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 10 8
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 +8
Permanent jobs citing Python 148 166 177
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 16.59% 12.85% 17.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 45.26% 33.27% 38.31%
Number of salaries quoted 41 83 149
10th Percentile - £38,500 £43,575
25th Percentile £28,250 £50,625 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -6.40% +15.75%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 - £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 327 499 462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 36.66% 38.62% 45.65%
Number of salaries quoted 145 251 369
10th Percentile £25,850 £39,750 £42,874
25th Percentile £28,250 £47,125 £48,750
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 £77,542
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £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 15 November 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 12 (8.11%) Confluence
2 11 (7.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 8 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (5.41%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.68%) CICS
4 1 (0.68%) WebSphere
Applications
1 18 (12.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.68%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 25 (16.89%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (5.41%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 120 (81.08%) Azure
2 64 (43.24%) GitHub
3 62 (41.89%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (27.03%) AWS
5 32 (21.62%) Entra ID
6 31 (20.95%) Snowflake
7 30 (20.27%) Power Platform
8 25 (16.89%) OCI
9 19 (12.84%) GitHub Copilot
10 18 (12.16%) Microsoft 365
11 15 (10.14%) Azure Data Factory
12 13 (8.78%) GitHub Actions
13 11 (7.43%) dbt
13 11 (7.43%) SaaS
14 10 (6.76%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (6.08%) Datadog
15 9 (6.08%) GCP
16 8 (5.41%) Azure Logic Apps
16 8 (5.41%) Boomi
16 8 (5.41%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.78%) Internet
2 8 (5.41%) Firewall
3 4 (2.70%) BGP
3 4 (2.70%) DNS
3 4 (2.70%) LAN
3 4 (2.70%) MPLS
3 4 (2.70%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.70%) VPN
3 4 (2.70%) WAN
3 4 (2.70%) Wireless
4 3 (2.03%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.68%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (20.95%) Tableau
2 30 (20.27%) Power BI
3 18 (12.16%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (4.73%) Metadata
5 6 (4.05%) Data Mining
6 5 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (2.70%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.70%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (2.70%) Redis
8 3 (2.03%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.68%) Big Data
9 1 (0.68%) DB2
9 1 (0.68%) Oracle ODI
9 1 (0.68%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 35 (23.65%) JIRA
2 30 (20.27%) Jenkins
3 25 (16.89%) Oracle Forms
4 24 (16.22%) Git
5 8 (5.41%) ER Studio
5 8 (5.41%) ERwin
6 1 (0.68%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.68%) JMeter
6 1 (0.68%) Locust
General
1 115 (77.70%) Finance
2 33 (22.30%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (15.54%) Social Skills
4 13 (8.78%) Multimedia
5 8 (5.41%) Marketing
6 4 (2.70%) Legal
7 3 (2.03%) Front Office
8 1 (0.68%) Banking
8 1 (0.68%) Games
8 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.68%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.68%) Retail
8 1 (0.68%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 35 (23.65%) Applications Engineer
1 35 (23.65%) Senior
2 29 (19.59%) Cloud Engineer
3 19 (12.84%) Analyst
3 19 (12.84%) Trainee
4 18 (12.16%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 8 (5.41%) Business Analyst
5 8 (5.41%) Data Modeller
5 8 (5.41%) Developer
5 8 (5.41%) Development Engineer
5 8 (5.41%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 7 (4.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (4.73%) Platform Engineer
6 7 (4.73%) Software Developer
6 7 (4.73%) Trainee Developer
6 7 (4.73%) Trainee Software Developer
7 6 (4.05%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (4.05%) Data Analyst
7 6 (4.05%) Trainee Analyst
7 6 (4.05%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (16.89%) RESTful
2 22 (14.86%) SOAP
3 19 (12.84%) SAML
4 14 (9.46%) JSON
4 14 (9.46%) XML
5 13 (8.78%) CSS
5 13 (8.78%) HTML
6 11 (7.43%) OAuth
6 11 (7.43%) OAuth2
7 9 (6.08%) Web Services
8 8 (5.41%) .NET
8 8 (5.41%) ADO
8 8 (5.41%) REST
9 7 (4.73%) Django
10 3 (2.03%) Node.js
10 3 (2.03%) React
11 2 (1.35%) YAML
12 1 (0.68%) Gherkin
12 1 (0.68%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 52 (35.14%) Product Ownership
2 28 (18.92%) Cloud Native
3 26 (17.57%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (10.81%) Onboarding
5 8 (5.41%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (5.41%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.38%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (3.38%) Low-Code
6 5 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.70%) Public Cloud
8 3 (2.03%) Data Centre
8 3 (2.03%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.68%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.68%) Blockchain
9 1 (0.68%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.68%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.68%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.68%) Replication
9 1 (0.68%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.38%) Linux
2 4 (2.70%) Unix
2 4 (2.70%) VMS
3 1 (0.68%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.68%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (65.54%) Asset Management
1 97 (65.54%) Coaching
2 92 (62.16%) DevOps
3 90 (60.81%) Agile
4 63 (42.57%) CI/CD
5 51 (34.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 49 (33.11%) AI
7 43 (29.05%) Analytics
8 39 (26.35%) Roadmaps
9 37 (25.00%) Test Automation
10 36 (24.32%) Observability
11 35 (23.65%) Mentoring
12 31 (20.95%) Business Intelligence
13 30 (20.27%) Infrastructure as Code
14 29 (19.59%) Data Governance
15 25 (16.89%) API Integration
15 25 (16.89%) Business Strategy
15 25 (16.89%) Cybersecurity
15 25 (16.89%) ERP
15 25 (16.89%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 74 (50.00%) SQL
2 47 (31.76%) PowerShell
3 30 (20.27%) JavaScript
4 28 (18.92%) Java
5 25 (16.89%) PL/SQL
5 25 (16.89%) Shell Script
6 23 (15.54%) Bash
7 7 (4.73%) R
8 4 (2.70%) Bicep
9 3 (2.03%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.68%) C#
10 1 (0.68%) C++
Qualifications
1 13 (8.78%) AWS Certification
1 13 (8.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 13 (8.78%) Azure Certification
1 13 (8.78%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (4.05%) SC Cleared
2 6 (4.05%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.38%) CISSP
3 5 (3.38%) CREST Certified
3 5 (3.38%) SANS
4 4 (2.70%) Degree
5 3 (2.03%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.03%) PhD
6 1 (0.68%) CEH
6 1 (0.68%) GIAC
6 1 (0.68%) GREM
6 1 (0.68%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (13.51%) Accessibility
2 10 (6.76%) QA
3 8 (5.41%) GDPR
4 5 (3.38%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.68%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (11.49%) Docker
2 14 (9.46%) Active Directory
3 10 (6.76%) Virtual Desktop
3 10 (6.76%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.68%) RACF
Systems Management
1 71 (47.97%) Terraform
2 33 (22.30%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (9.46%) Grafana
4 13 (8.78%) Kubernetes
5 12 (8.11%) Prometheus
6 10 (6.76%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (3.38%) Ansible
8 3 (2.03%) AWS Copilot
9 1 (0.68%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.68%) QRadar
Vendors
1 45 (30.41%) Microsoft
2 26 (17.57%) Oracle
3 14 (9.46%) Okta
4 13 (8.78%) ServiceNow
5 8 (5.41%) MuleSoft
5 8 (5.41%) Workday
6 7 (4.73%) Splunk
7 4 (2.70%) F5
7 4 (2.70%) Fortinet
7 4 (2.70%) Google
7 4 (2.70%) SolarWinds
8 3 (2.03%) Databricks
9 2 (1.35%) IBM
10 1 (0.68%) Broadcom
10 1 (0.68%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (0.68%) Genesys
10 1 (0.68%) Verint