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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 10 7
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 +8
Permanent jobs citing Python 142 160 178
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 16.14% 12.84% 17.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 46.41% 33.68% 38.78%
Number of salaries quoted 36 78 150
10th Percentile - £37,500 £42,874
25th Percentile £28,250 £50,313 £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 £80,625 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 - £96,539
Scotland median annual salary £43,750 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -32.69% +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 306 475 459
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 34.77% 38.12% 45.09%
Number of salaries quoted 133 234 367
10th Percentile £25,750 £37,500 £42,824
25th Percentile £28,250 £46,933 £47,644
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 £73,886 £77,521
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +1.77%

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 8 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 (8.45%) Confluence
2 10 (7.04%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 8 (5.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (5.63%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.41%) CICS
4 2 (1.41%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 17 (11.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.41%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 23 (16.20%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (5.63%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 112 (78.87%) Azure
2 58 (40.85%) Azure DevOps
3 57 (40.14%) GitHub
4 38 (26.76%) AWS
5 31 (21.83%) Entra ID
5 31 (21.83%) Snowflake
6 29 (20.42%) Power Platform
7 23 (16.20%) OCI
8 18 (12.68%) Microsoft 365
9 17 (11.97%) GitHub Copilot
10 13 (9.15%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (7.75%) GitHub Actions
11 11 (7.75%) SaaS
12 10 (7.04%) Azure Monitor
12 10 (7.04%) dbt
13 9 (6.34%) GCP
14 8 (5.63%) Boomi
14 8 (5.63%) Datadog
14 8 (5.63%) Microsoft Purview
14 8 (5.63%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.75%) Internet
2 7 (4.93%) Firewall
3 4 (2.82%) DNS
3 4 (2.82%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.82%) VPN
4 3 (2.11%) BGP
4 3 (2.11%) LAN
4 3 (2.11%) MPLS
4 3 (2.11%) Software-Defined Networking
4 3 (2.11%) WAN
4 3 (2.11%) Wireless
5 1 (0.70%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (21.13%) Tableau
2 29 (20.42%) Power BI
3 17 (11.97%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (4.93%) Metadata
5 6 (4.23%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (3.52%) Data Mining
7 4 (2.82%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (2.82%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.82%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (2.82%) Redis
8 3 (2.11%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.41%) DB2
9 2 (1.41%) Oracle ODI
9 2 (1.41%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.70%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 35 (24.65%) JIRA
2 27 (19.01%) Jenkins
3 23 (16.20%) Oracle Forms
4 21 (14.79%) Git
5 8 (5.63%) ER Studio
5 8 (5.63%) ERwin
6 1 (0.70%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.70%) JMeter
6 1 (0.70%) Locust
General
1 109 (76.76%) Finance
2 32 (22.54%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (14.79%) Social Skills
4 11 (7.75%) Multimedia
5 8 (5.63%) Marketing
6 4 (2.82%) Legal
7 3 (2.11%) Front Office
8 2 (1.41%) Banking
8 2 (1.41%) Retail
8 2 (1.41%) Wholesale Banking
9 1 (0.70%) Games
9 1 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 32 (22.54%) Senior
2 31 (21.83%) Applications Engineer
3 27 (19.01%) Cloud Engineer
4 18 (12.68%) Analyst
5 17 (11.97%) Senior Cloud Engineer
6 16 (11.27%) Trainee
7 9 (6.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (5.63%) Business Analyst
8 8 (5.63%) Data Modeller
8 8 (5.63%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 7 (4.93%) Developer
9 7 (4.93%) Development Engineer
9 7 (4.93%) Platform Engineer
10 6 (4.23%) Software Developer
10 6 (4.23%) Trainee Developer
10 6 (4.23%) Trainee Software Developer
11 5 (3.52%) Azure Engineer
11 5 (3.52%) Data Analyst
11 5 (3.52%) Trainee Analyst
11 5 (3.52%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (16.20%) RESTful
2 21 (14.79%) SOAP
3 18 (12.68%) SAML
4 13 (9.15%) JSON
4 13 (9.15%) XML
5 11 (7.75%) CSS
5 11 (7.75%) HTML
6 10 (7.04%) OAuth
6 10 (7.04%) OAuth2
7 9 (6.34%) Web Services
8 8 (5.63%) REST
9 7 (4.93%) .NET
9 7 (4.93%) ADO
10 6 (4.23%) Django
11 2 (1.41%) Node.js
11 2 (1.41%) React
12 1 (0.70%) Gherkin
12 1 (0.70%) Kafka
12 1 (0.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (36.62%) Product Ownership
2 26 (18.31%) Cloud Native
3 24 (16.90%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (10.56%) Onboarding
5 8 (5.63%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (5.63%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.82%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.82%) Low-Code
6 4 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.11%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.11%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (2.11%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.41%) Clustering
8 2 (1.41%) Mainframe
8 2 (1.41%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.41%) Replication
9 1 (0.70%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.70%) Blockchain
9 1 (0.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.52%) Linux
2 4 (2.82%) Unix
2 4 (2.82%) VMS
3 1 (0.70%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (64.79%) Asset Management
1 92 (64.79%) Coaching
2 90 (63.38%) Agile
3 88 (61.97%) DevOps
4 59 (41.55%) CI/CD
5 48 (33.80%) Continuous Improvement
6 47 (33.10%) AI
7 43 (30.28%) Analytics
8 40 (28.17%) Roadmaps
9 37 (26.06%) Test Automation
10 35 (24.65%) Observability
11 32 (22.54%) Mentoring
12 30 (21.13%) Business Intelligence
12 30 (21.13%) Infrastructure as Code
13 28 (19.72%) Data Governance
14 25 (17.61%) Business Strategy
15 24 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
16 23 (16.20%) API Integration
16 23 (16.20%) Cybersecurity
16 23 (16.20%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 71 (50.00%) SQL
2 45 (31.69%) PowerShell
3 28 (19.72%) JavaScript
4 27 (19.01%) Java
5 23 (16.20%) PL/SQL
5 23 (16.20%) Shell Script
6 22 (15.49%) Bash
7 6 (4.23%) R
8 4 (2.82%) Bicep
9 3 (2.11%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.70%) C#
10 1 (0.70%) C++
Qualifications
1 11 (7.75%) AWS Certification
1 11 (7.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 11 (7.75%) Azure Certification
1 11 (7.75%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (4.23%) SC Cleared
2 6 (4.23%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.52%) Degree
4 4 (2.82%) CISSP
4 4 (2.82%) CREST Certified
4 4 (2.82%) SANS
5 3 (2.11%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.11%) PhD
6 1 (0.70%) CEH
6 1 (0.70%) GIAC
6 1 (0.70%) GREM
6 1 (0.70%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (12.68%) Accessibility
2 10 (7.04%) QA
3 8 (5.63%) GDPR
4 5 (3.52%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.70%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (11.27%) Docker
2 13 (9.15%) Active Directory
3 10 (7.04%) Virtual Desktop
3 10 (7.04%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.41%) RACF
Systems Management
1 67 (47.18%) Terraform
2 31 (21.83%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (9.15%) Grafana
4 12 (8.45%) Kubernetes
5 10 (7.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (7.04%) Prometheus
6 5 (3.52%) Ansible
7 3 (2.11%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.70%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.70%) QRadar
Vendors
1 40 (28.17%) Microsoft
2 25 (17.61%) Oracle
3 13 (9.15%) Okta
3 13 (9.15%) ServiceNow
4 8 (5.63%) MuleSoft
4 8 (5.63%) Splunk
4 8 (5.63%) Workday
5 4 (2.82%) Google
5 4 (2.82%) IBM
6 3 (2.11%) Databricks
6 3 (2.11%) F5
6 3 (2.11%) Fortinet
6 3 (2.11%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.41%) Broadcom
8 1 (0.70%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.70%) Genesys
8 1 (0.70%) Verint