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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 18 10
Rank change year-on-year 0 -8 -3
Permanent jobs citing Python 72 92 156
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 6.28% 12.04% 12.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 53.73% 42.40% 32.91%
Number of salaries quoted 45 17 102
10th Percentile - £32,300 £38,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,000 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,451 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.35% -11.54% +2.77%
75th Percentile £80,000 £66,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £87,650 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +0.80%

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 134 217 474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 11.68% 28.40% 37.47%
Number of salaries quoted 95 108 297
10th Percentile £41,250 £28,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £74,144
90th Percentile £93,000 £95,750 £89,250
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £55,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.35% +1.36% -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 10 September 2026.

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 4 (5.56%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (2.78%) Apache
3 1 (1.39%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.39%) Ethereum
3 1 (1.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 24 (33.33%) Azure
2 17 (23.61%) Azure AI
3 13 (18.06%) AWS
4 11 (15.28%) Power Platform
5 9 (12.50%) GCP
6 4 (5.56%) dbt
6 4 (5.56%) GitHub
7 3 (4.17%) Amazon Bedrock
7 3 (4.17%) Amazon SageMaker
7 3 (4.17%) Azure Machine Learning
8 2 (2.78%) Apigee
8 2 (2.78%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (2.78%) Cloud Composer
8 2 (2.78%) Cloud Run
8 2 (2.78%) Dataform
9 1 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.39%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (1.39%) PaaS
9 1 (1.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.33%) TCP/IP
2 4 (5.56%) DNS
3 2 (2.78%) Internet
4 1 (1.39%) BGP
4 1 (1.39%) Broadband
4 1 (1.39%) DHCP
4 1 (1.39%) Firewall
4 1 (1.39%) IPsec
4 1 (1.39%) Network Security
4 1 (1.39%) OSPF
4 1 (1.39%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.39%) SSL
4 1 (1.39%) VPN
4 1 (1.39%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (15.28%) Power BI
2 10 (13.89%) Tableau
3 6 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (4.17%) DuckDB
4 3 (4.17%) Parquet
5 2 (2.78%) Big Data
5 2 (2.78%) BigQuery
5 2 (2.78%) Data Vault
5 2 (2.78%) Metadata
6 1 (1.39%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.39%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.39%) Delta Lake
6 1 (1.39%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.39%) Redis
6 1 (1.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Git
1 2 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 32 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (9.72%) Finance
4 5 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.17%) Aerospace
5 3 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.17%) Legal
6 2 (2.78%) Law
6 2 (2.78%) Marketing
6 2 (2.78%) Multimedia
6 2 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.39%) Electronics
7 1 (1.39%) Games
7 1 (1.39%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 21 (29.17%) Senior
2 17 (23.61%) Developer
3 16 (22.22%) Python Developer
4 11 (15.28%) Analyst
5 10 (13.89%) Django Developer
5 10 (13.89%) Python/Django Developer
6 9 (12.50%) Python Engineer
7 8 (11.11%) Data Analyst
7 8 (11.11%) Junior
7 8 (11.11%) Junior Analyst
7 8 (11.11%) Junior Data Analyst
7 8 (11.11%) Site Engineer
7 8 (11.11%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 6 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 5 (6.94%) Data Engineer
10 4 (5.56%) Consultant
11 3 (4.17%) Architect
11 3 (4.17%) Fraud Analyst
11 3 (4.17%) Linux Engineer
11 3 (4.17%) Principal Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (13.89%) Django
2 6 (8.33%) Terraform
3 4 (5.56%) React
4 3 (4.17%) Next.js
4 3 (4.17%) Svelte
4 3 (4.17%) SvelteKit
5 2 (2.78%) CSS
5 2 (2.78%) Great Expectations
5 2 (2.78%) HTML
6 1 (1.39%) FastAPI
6 1 (1.39%) PySpark
6 1 (1.39%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.33%) AI Agents
2 5 (6.94%) Cloud Native
2 5 (6.94%) Public Cloud
3 2 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (2.78%) Private Cloud
3 2 (2.78%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.39%) Bitcoin
4 1 (1.39%) Blockchain
4 1 (1.39%) Clustering
4 1 (1.39%) Cybercrime
4 1 (1.39%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.39%) FPGA
4 1 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.39%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.39%) Sports Betting
4 1 (1.39%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.94%) Linux
1 5 (6.94%) Unix
2 3 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (4.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (37.50%) AI
2 17 (23.61%) Software Engineering
3 14 (19.44%) Mentoring
4 11 (15.28%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (13.89%) Agile
5 10 (13.89%) CI/CD
6 9 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
6 9 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (12.50%) DevOps
7 8 (11.11%) Analytics
7 8 (11.11%) Observability
7 8 (11.11%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 7 (9.72%) Clean Code
8 7 (9.72%) Full-Stack Development
8 7 (9.72%) LLM
9 6 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (8.33%) Test Automation
9 6 (8.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 6 (8.33%) Validation
10 5 (6.94%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 18 (25.00%) SQL
2 4 (5.56%) JavaScript
2 4 (5.56%) Shell Script
3 3 (4.17%) Java
4 2 (2.78%) MATLAB
4 2 (2.78%) R
5 1 (1.39%) C
5 1 (1.39%) C++
5 1 (1.39%) Embedded C
5 1 (1.39%) Embedded C++
5 1 (1.39%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.39%) Scala
5 1 (1.39%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 16 (22.22%) Azure Certification
2 7 (9.72%) Degree
3 6 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.33%) Security Cleared
4 4 (5.56%) DV Cleared
5 3 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (4.17%) Master's Degree
5 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.78%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (1.39%) MCT
7 1 (1.39%) PhD
7 1 (1.39%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.17%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (1.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.78%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.39%) Ansible
2 1 (1.39%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 12 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.33%) Google
3 5 (6.94%) Databricks
4 4 (5.56%) YouTube
5 3 (4.17%) Foundry
5 3 (4.17%) Meraki
5 3 (4.17%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.39%) Altera
6 1 (1.39%) Fortinet