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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 25 11
Rank change year-on-year +14 -14 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 79 78 157
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 7.53% 8.94% 11.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 52.32% 30.95% 30.49%
Number of salaries quoted 51 29 122
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,000 £38,300
25th Percentile £38,125 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% -8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,360 £75,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £82,751 £87,000
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -19.23%

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 151 252 515
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 14.39% 28.90% 37.21%
Number of salaries quoted 110 164 405
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £82,751 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,500 £100,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £53,750 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.38% +5.51% -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 17 July 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 5 (6.33%) Apache Airflow
1 5 (6.33%) Jupyter
2 2 (2.53%) Apache
2 2 (2.53%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (26.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.33%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (1.27%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 32 (40.51%) Azure
2 24 (30.38%) Azure AI
3 19 (24.05%) Power Platform
4 18 (22.78%) AWS
5 8 (10.13%) GCP
6 7 (8.86%) GitHub
7 5 (6.33%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (6.33%) dbt
8 4 (5.06%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (5.06%) SaaS
9 3 (3.80%) Amazon Bedrock
9 3 (3.80%) Amazon SageMaker
9 3 (3.80%) Azure Machine Learning
9 3 (3.80%) PaaS
10 2 (2.53%) Apigee
10 2 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (2.53%) Cloud Composer
10 2 (2.53%) Cloud Run
10 2 (2.53%) Dataform
11 1 (1.27%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.53%) Internet
2 1 (1.27%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (29.11%) Tableau
2 19 (24.05%) Power BI
3 6 (7.59%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (6.33%) Data Mining
5 3 (3.80%) Big Data
5 3 (3.80%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (3.80%) Parquet
6 2 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (2.53%) BigQuery
6 2 (2.53%) Data Lake
6 2 (2.53%) Data Vault
6 2 (2.53%) Metadata
6 2 (2.53%) SQL Server
7 1 (1.27%) Delta Lake
7 1 (1.27%) NoSQL
7 1 (1.27%) Redis
Development Applications
1 6 (7.59%) Visual Studio Code
2 3 (3.80%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.53%) Git
3 2 (2.53%) JIRA
General
1 28 (35.44%) Social Skills
2 15 (18.99%) Finance
3 7 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (8.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (6.33%) Manufacturing
4 5 (6.33%) Retail
5 3 (3.80%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.53%) Multimedia
7 1 (1.27%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.27%) Electronics
7 1 (1.27%) Games
7 1 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.27%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 20 (25.32%) Analyst
1 20 (25.32%) Data Analyst
2 16 (20.25%) Junior
3 15 (18.99%) Junior Analyst
3 15 (18.99%) Junior Data Analyst
4 14 (17.72%) Developer
5 13 (16.46%) Python Developer
6 12 (15.19%) Trainee
7 10 (12.66%) Senior
8 8 (10.13%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 8 (10.13%) Data Engineer
9 7 (8.86%) Django Developer
9 7 (8.86%) Python/Django Developer
10 5 (6.33%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
10 5 (6.33%) Programmer
10 5 (6.33%) Trainee Analyst
10 5 (6.33%) Trainee Data Analyst
10 5 (6.33%) Trainee Programmer
11 4 (5.06%) Senior Data Engineer
12 3 (3.80%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.86%) Django
2 6 (7.59%) NumPy
2 6 (7.59%) scikit-learn
3 5 (6.33%) Hugging Face
3 5 (6.33%) Matplotlib
3 5 (6.33%) Pandas
3 5 (6.33%) React
3 5 (6.33%) Streamlit
4 3 (3.80%) CSS
4 3 (3.80%) HTML
4 3 (3.80%) Next.js
4 3 (3.80%) Svelte
4 3 (3.80%) SvelteKit
5 2 (2.53%) .NET
5 2 (2.53%) Great Expectations
6 1 (1.27%) FastAPI
6 1 (1.27%) PySpark
6 1 (1.27%) PyTorch
6 1 (1.27%) Tailwind CSS
6 1 (1.27%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.86%) AI Agents
2 6 (7.59%) Algorithms
2 6 (7.59%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.80%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.27%) Autonomous Agent
5 1 (1.27%) Blog
5 1 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.27%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.27%) FPGA
5 1 (1.27%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.27%) Sports Betting
5 1 (1.27%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (48.10%) AI
2 18 (22.78%) Business Intelligence
3 15 (18.99%) LLM
4 14 (17.72%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
5 13 (16.46%) Machine Learning
6 10 (12.66%) Analytics
7 9 (11.39%) Mentoring
8 8 (10.13%) Agile
8 8 (10.13%) CI/CD
9 7 (8.86%) DevOps
10 6 (7.59%) Data Analytics
10 6 (7.59%) Data Modelling
10 6 (7.59%) Data Pipeline
10 6 (7.59%) Data Privacy
10 6 (7.59%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (7.59%) Prompt Engineering
10 6 (7.59%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 6 (7.59%) Workflow
11 5 (6.33%) Test Automation
11 5 (6.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 32 (40.51%) SQL
2 4 (5.06%) Java
2 4 (5.06%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.80%) Bash
3 3 (3.80%) C++
3 3 (3.80%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.53%) C
4 2 (2.53%) R
5 1 (1.27%) C#
5 1 (1.27%) Embedded C
5 1 (1.27%) Embedded C++
5 1 (1.27%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.27%) Rust
5 1 (1.27%) Scala
5 1 (1.27%) SystemVerilog
5 1 (1.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 23 (29.11%) Azure Certification
2 7 (8.86%) AWS Certification
2 7 (8.86%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 4 (5.06%) Degree
4 3 (3.80%) CISSP
4 3 (3.80%) CREST Certified
4 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.80%) SANS
5 2 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.53%) PhD
6 1 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.27%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.27%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.27%) MCT
6 1 (1.27%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.33%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.06%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (1.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (5.06%) Terraform
2 3 (3.80%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 32 (40.51%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.59%) Databricks
3 5 (6.33%) Google
4 3 (3.80%) Foundry
4 3 (3.80%) Meraki
5 2 (2.53%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.27%) Altera
6 1 (1.27%) FIS