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

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 11 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 -4 +10
Permanent jobs citing Python 151 168 177
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 17.38% 12.97% 17.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 45.35% 33.01% 38.73%
Number of salaries quoted 43 83 148
10th Percentile - £38,500 £42,874
25th Percentile £28,250 £50,625 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £65,000 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% -6.40% +15.75%
75th Percentile £82,500 £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 333 509 457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 38.32% 39.31% 45.34%
Number of salaries quoted 148 259 364
10th Percentile £25,925 £39,950 £42,874
25th Percentile £30,168 £46,990 £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 £80,000 £75,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +0.88%

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 19 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 (7.95%) Confluence
2 11 (7.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 8 (5.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (5.30%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.66%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.66%) CICS
4 1 (0.66%) WebSphere
Applications
1 19 (12.58%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 25 (16.56%) Oracle ERP
2 8 (5.30%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 122 (80.79%) Azure
2 65 (43.05%) GitHub
3 62 (41.06%) Azure DevOps
4 42 (27.81%) AWS
5 32 (21.19%) Entra ID
6 31 (20.53%) Power Platform
6 31 (20.53%) Snowflake
7 25 (16.56%) OCI
8 19 (12.58%) GitHub Copilot
9 18 (11.92%) Microsoft 365
10 15 (9.93%) Azure Data Factory
11 14 (9.27%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (7.95%) dbt
13 11 (7.28%) SaaS
14 10 (6.62%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (5.96%) Datadog
15 9 (5.96%) GCP
16 8 (5.30%) Azure Logic Apps
16 8 (5.30%) Boomi
16 8 (5.30%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.61%) Internet
2 8 (5.30%) Firewall
3 4 (2.65%) BGP
3 4 (2.65%) DNS
3 4 (2.65%) LAN
3 4 (2.65%) MPLS
3 4 (2.65%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.65%) VPN
3 4 (2.65%) WAN
3 4 (2.65%) Wireless
4 3 (1.99%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.66%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (20.53%) Power BI
1 31 (20.53%) Tableau
2 18 (11.92%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (4.64%) Metadata
4 6 (3.97%) Data Mining
4 6 (3.97%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (3.31%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (2.65%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.65%) Redis
7 3 (1.99%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.66%) DB2
8 1 (0.66%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.66%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (0.66%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 35 (23.18%) JIRA
2 31 (20.53%) Jenkins
3 25 (16.56%) Oracle Forms
4 24 (15.89%) Git
5 8 (5.30%) ER Studio
5 8 (5.30%) ERwin
6 1 (0.66%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.66%) JMeter
6 1 (0.66%) Locust
General
1 115 (76.16%) Finance
2 33 (21.85%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (16.56%) Social Skills
4 13 (8.61%) Multimedia
5 8 (5.30%) Marketing
6 4 (2.65%) Legal
7 3 (1.99%) Front Office
8 1 (0.66%) Banking
8 1 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.66%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.66%) Retail
8 1 (0.66%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (23.84%) Applications Engineer
2 35 (23.18%) Senior
3 29 (19.21%) Cloud Engineer
4 20 (13.25%) Analyst
5 19 (12.58%) Trainee
6 18 (11.92%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 8 (5.30%) Business Analyst
7 8 (5.30%) Data Modeller
7 8 (5.30%) Developer
7 8 (5.30%) Development Engineer
7 8 (5.30%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 7 (4.64%) Data Analyst
8 7 (4.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (4.64%) Platform Engineer
8 7 (4.64%) Software Developer
8 7 (4.64%) Trainee Developer
8 7 (4.64%) Trainee Software Developer
9 6 (3.97%) Azure Engineer
9 6 (3.97%) Trainee Analyst
9 6 (3.97%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (16.56%) RESTful
2 22 (14.57%) SOAP
3 19 (12.58%) SAML
4 14 (9.27%) JSON
4 14 (9.27%) XML
5 13 (8.61%) CSS
5 13 (8.61%) HTML
6 11 (7.28%) OAuth
6 11 (7.28%) OAuth2
7 9 (5.96%) Web Services
8 8 (5.30%) .NET
8 8 (5.30%) ADO
8 8 (5.30%) REST
9 7 (4.64%) Django
10 4 (2.65%) Node.js
10 4 (2.65%) React
11 2 (1.32%) YAML
12 1 (0.66%) AWS CDK
12 1 (0.66%) Gherkin
12 1 (0.66%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 52 (34.44%) Product Ownership
2 28 (18.54%) Cloud Native
3 26 (17.22%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (10.60%) Onboarding
5 8 (5.30%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (5.30%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.97%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (3.31%) Low-Code
7 5 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.65%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.99%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.99%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.66%) Blockchain
11 1 (0.66%) Clustering
11 1 (0.66%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 1 (0.66%) Distributed Computing
11 1 (0.66%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.66%) Replication
11 1 (0.66%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.31%) Linux
2 4 (2.65%) Unix
2 4 (2.65%) VMS
3 1 (0.66%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.66%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (64.90%) Coaching
2 97 (64.24%) Asset Management
3 91 (60.26%) DevOps
4 89 (58.94%) Agile
5 63 (41.72%) CI/CD
6 52 (34.44%) Continuous Improvement
7 50 (33.11%) AI
8 45 (29.80%) Analytics
9 38 (25.17%) Roadmaps
10 37 (24.50%) Test Automation
11 36 (23.84%) Mentoring
11 36 (23.84%) Observability
12 32 (21.19%) Business Intelligence
13 30 (19.87%) Infrastructure as Code
14 29 (19.21%) Data Governance
15 25 (16.56%) API Integration
15 25 (16.56%) Business Strategy
15 25 (16.56%) Cybersecurity
15 25 (16.56%) ERP
15 25 (16.56%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 74 (49.01%) SQL
2 48 (31.79%) PowerShell
3 29 (19.21%) JavaScript
4 28 (18.54%) Java
5 25 (16.56%) PL/SQL
5 25 (16.56%) Shell Script
6 24 (15.89%) Bash
7 7 (4.64%) R
8 4 (2.65%) Bicep
9 3 (1.99%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.32%) C#
11 1 (0.66%) C++
11 1 (0.66%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (9.27%) Azure Certification
2 13 (8.61%) AWS Certification
2 13 (8.61%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 13 (8.61%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (3.97%) CISSP
3 6 (3.97%) CREST Certified
3 6 (3.97%) SANS
3 6 (3.97%) SC Cleared
3 6 (3.97%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.65%) Degree
5 3 (1.99%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.99%) PhD
6 1 (0.66%) CEH
6 1 (0.66%) GIAC
6 1 (0.66%) GREM
6 1 (0.66%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (13.91%) Accessibility
2 10 (6.62%) QA
3 8 (5.30%) GDPR
4 5 (3.31%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.66%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (11.26%) Docker
2 14 (9.27%) Active Directory
3 10 (6.62%) Virtual Desktop
3 10 (6.62%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.66%) RACF
Systems Management
1 71 (47.02%) Terraform
2 33 (21.85%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (9.27%) Grafana
3 14 (9.27%) Kubernetes
4 12 (7.95%) Prometheus
5 10 (6.62%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (3.31%) Ansible
7 3 (1.99%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.66%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.66%) QRadar
Vendors
1 46 (30.46%) Microsoft
2 26 (17.22%) Oracle
3 14 (9.27%) Okta
4 13 (8.61%) ServiceNow
5 8 (5.30%) MuleSoft
5 8 (5.30%) Workday
6 7 (4.64%) Splunk
7 4 (2.65%) Databricks
7 4 (2.65%) F5
7 4 (2.65%) Fortinet
7 4 (2.65%) Google
7 4 (2.65%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.66%) Broadcom
8 1 (0.66%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.66%) Genesys
8 1 (0.66%) IBM
8 1 (0.66%) Verint