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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 12 10
Rank change year-on-year -6 -2 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 63 117 158
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 5.35% 15.70% 12.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 47.73% 48.35% 32.78%
Number of salaries quoted 37 19 88
10th Percentile - £28,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +0.78%
75th Percentile £80,000 £66,250 £79,419
90th Percentile £107,500 £91,000 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £63,451 £50,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +26.90% -20.00% +5.13%

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 132 242 482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 11.21% 32.48% 38.04%
Number of salaries quoted 89 103 258
10th Percentile - £26,100 £38,025
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,451 £51,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.41% -15.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,625 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,000 £89,500 £83,250
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -2.34%

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 29 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 2 (3.17%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.59%) Ethereum
Applications
1 5 (7.94%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 18 (28.57%) Azure
2 13 (20.63%) Azure AI
3 10 (15.87%) AWS
4 7 (11.11%) Power Platform
5 4 (6.35%) dbt
5 4 (6.35%) GCP
6 3 (4.76%) Amazon Bedrock
6 3 (4.76%) Amazon SageMaker
6 3 (4.76%) Azure Machine Learning
7 2 (3.17%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (3.17%) GitHub
7 2 (3.17%) IaaS
8 1 (1.59%) Dagster
8 1 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.59%) PaaS
8 1 (1.59%) Prefect
8 1 (1.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.52%) DNS
1 6 (9.52%) TCP/IP
2 3 (4.76%) Firewall
2 3 (4.76%) Network Security
3 2 (3.17%) BIG-IP
3 2 (3.17%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 2 (3.17%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (1.59%) BGP
4 1 (1.59%) Broadband
4 1 (1.59%) DHCP
4 1 (1.59%) IPsec
4 1 (1.59%) OSPF
4 1 (1.59%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.59%) SSL
4 1 (1.59%) VPN
4 1 (1.59%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.11%) Power BI
2 6 (9.52%) Tableau
3 4 (6.35%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (4.76%) DuckDB
4 3 (4.76%) Parquet
5 2 (3.17%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.59%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.59%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.59%) Data Vault
6 1 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.59%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.59%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Jenkins
1 2 (3.17%) JIRA
2 1 (1.59%) Git
General
1 28 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.11%) Finance
3 6 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (4.76%) Aerospace
5 3 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.76%) Legal
6 2 (3.17%) Banking
6 2 (3.17%) Law
6 2 (3.17%) Marketing
6 2 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Electronics
7 1 (1.59%) Games
7 1 (1.59%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 20 (31.75%) Senior
2 17 (26.98%) Developer
3 16 (25.40%) Python Developer
4 10 (15.87%) Django Developer
4 10 (15.87%) Python/Django Developer
5 9 (14.29%) Analyst
5 9 (14.29%) Python Engineer
6 8 (12.70%) Site Engineer
6 8 (12.70%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 5 (7.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 5 (7.94%) Data Analyst
7 5 (7.94%) Junior
7 5 (7.94%) Junior Analyst
7 5 (7.94%) Junior Data Analyst
8 4 (6.35%) Consultant
9 3 (4.76%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
9 3 (4.76%) Fraud Analyst
9 3 (4.76%) Linux Engineer
9 3 (4.76%) Principal Consultant
9 3 (4.76%) Senior Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (15.87%) Django
2 4 (6.35%) React
3 3 (4.76%) Next.js
3 3 (4.76%) Svelte
3 3 (4.76%) SvelteKit
4 2 (3.17%) Terraform
5 1 (1.59%) .NET
5 1 (1.59%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.59%) FastAPI
5 1 (1.59%) REST
5 1 (1.59%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.11%) Public Cloud
2 6 (9.52%) AI Agents
3 3 (4.76%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.17%) Private Cloud
4 2 (3.17%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.59%) Bitcoin
5 1 (1.59%) Blockchain
5 1 (1.59%) Clustering
5 1 (1.59%) Cybercrime
5 1 (1.59%) FPGA
5 1 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.59%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.59%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.59%) Sports Betting
5 1 (1.59%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.94%) Linux
1 5 (7.94%) Unix
2 3 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (4.76%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (36.51%) AI
2 17 (26.98%) Software Engineering
3 10 (15.87%) CI/CD
4 9 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 8 (12.70%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
5 8 (12.70%) Observability
5 8 (12.70%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 7 (11.11%) Analytics
6 7 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (11.11%) Clean Code
6 7 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
6 7 (11.11%) LLM
6 7 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (9.52%) Agile
8 5 (7.94%) Collaborative Culture
8 5 (7.94%) Roadmaps
8 5 (7.94%) Statistics
8 5 (7.94%) Test Automation
8 5 (7.94%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (20.63%) SQL
2 4 (6.35%) Shell Script
3 3 (4.76%) Java
3 3 (4.76%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.17%) ActionScript
4 2 (3.17%) MATLAB
4 2 (3.17%) R
5 1 (1.59%) C
5 1 (1.59%) C#
5 1 (1.59%) C++
5 1 (1.59%) Embedded C
5 1 (1.59%) Embedded C++
5 1 (1.59%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.59%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 10 (15.87%) Azure Certification
2 7 (11.11%) Degree
3 6 (9.52%) SC Cleared
3 6 (9.52%) Security Cleared
4 4 (6.35%) DV Cleared
5 3 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (4.76%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.59%) MCT
6 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.59%) PhD
6 1 (1.59%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.76%) Accessibility
1 3 (4.76%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.59%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.59%) Ansible
1 1 (1.59%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 7 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.35%) Databricks
2 4 (6.35%) YouTube
3 3 (4.76%) Foundry
3 3 (4.76%) Meraki
3 3 (4.76%) Red Hat
4 2 (3.17%) F5
4 2 (3.17%) Google
5 1 (1.59%) Altera
5 1 (1.59%) Fortinet