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 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 19 11
Rank change year-on-year +9 -8 +2
Permanent jobs citing Python 147 112 175
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 12.20% 12.15% 12.83%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.83% 30.94% 30.65%
Number of salaries quoted 63 59 133
10th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £28,625 £45,000 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% - -15.59%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,050 £81,550 £96,539
Scotland median annual salary £44,250 £59,000 £51,528
% change year-on-year -25.00% +14.50% -20.73%

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 360 362 571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 29.88% 39.26% 41.86%
Number of salaries quoted 172 260 471
10th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £47,433 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £70,313 £80,313 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £98,474 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%

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 23 April 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 8 (5.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 6 (4.08%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (3.40%) Apache Spark
3 5 (3.40%) Jupyter
4 2 (1.36%) Apache
5 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.68%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (22.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.40%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 16 (10.88%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.68%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 105 (71.43%) Azure
2 62 (42.18%) GitHub
3 43 (29.25%) AWS
4 38 (25.85%) Power Platform
5 31 (21.09%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (18.37%) Azure AI
7 22 (14.97%) Azure Data Factory
8 19 (12.93%) GitHub Copilot
8 19 (12.93%) Snowflake
9 17 (11.56%) GitHub Actions
10 16 (10.88%) OCI
11 15 (10.20%) dbt
12 13 (8.84%) GCP
13 9 (6.12%) Datadog
13 9 (6.12%) Entra ID
14 8 (5.44%) Azure Key Vault
15 6 (4.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 5 (3.40%) Cloud Computing
16 5 (3.40%) Power Automate
17 4 (2.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (11.56%) Internet
2 3 (2.04%) BGP
2 3 (2.04%) Firewall
2 3 (2.04%) LAN
2 3 (2.04%) MPLS
2 3 (2.04%) WAN
2 3 (2.04%) Wireless
3 2 (1.36%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.68%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (28.57%) Tableau
2 38 (25.85%) Power BI
3 11 (7.48%) Data Mining
4 10 (6.80%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (5.44%) Metadata
6 7 (4.76%) Data Lake
7 3 (2.04%) Big Data
7 3 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.36%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.68%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.68%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.68%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.68%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 24 (16.33%) Git
2 23 (15.65%) Jenkins
3 16 (10.88%) Oracle Forms
4 12 (8.16%) JIRA
5 6 (4.08%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (2.72%) ER Studio
6 4 (2.72%) ERwin
General
1 74 (50.34%) Finance
2 47 (31.97%) Social Skills
3 22 (14.97%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (11.56%) Multimedia
5 6 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.40%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.40%) Retail
7 3 (2.04%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.68%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 33 (22.45%) Trainee
2 32 (21.77%) Analyst
2 32 (21.77%) Data Analyst
3 29 (19.73%) Senior
4 28 (19.05%) Applications Engineer
5 22 (14.97%) Junior
6 21 (14.29%) Junior Analyst
6 21 (14.29%) Junior Data Analyst
7 16 (10.88%) Cloud Engineer
8 11 (7.48%) Trainee Analyst
8 11 (7.48%) Trainee Data Analyst
9 9 (6.12%) Developer
9 9 (6.12%) Development Engineer
9 9 (6.12%) Trainee Developer
10 8 (5.44%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 8 (5.44%) Azure Engineer
10 8 (5.44%) Data Engineer
10 8 (5.44%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 8 (5.44%) Senior Development Engineer
10 8 (5.44%) Trainee Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (12.24%) CSS
1 18 (12.24%) HTML
2 16 (10.88%) RESTful
3 11 (7.48%) .NET
4 9 (6.12%) ADO
5 8 (5.44%) JSON
5 8 (5.44%) OAuth
5 8 (5.44%) OAuth2
5 8 (5.44%) SAML
5 8 (5.44%) SOAP
5 8 (5.44%) XML
5 8 (5.44%) YAML
6 6 (4.08%) NumPy
6 6 (4.08%) scikit-learn
7 5 (3.40%) Hugging Face
7 5 (3.40%) Matplotlib
7 5 (3.40%) Pandas
7 5 (3.40%) React
7 5 (3.40%) Streamlit
8 4 (2.72%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 28 (19.05%) Cloud Native
2 17 (11.56%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (8.84%) Product Ownership
4 9 (6.12%) Onboarding
5 6 (4.08%) Algorithms
5 6 (4.08%) Low-Code
6 5 (3.40%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (2.04%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.36%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.68%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.68%) Autonomous Agent
9 1 (0.68%) Blog
9 1 (0.68%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.68%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.68%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.68%) Linux
1 1 (0.68%) Mac OS
1 1 (0.68%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (39.46%) AI
2 55 (37.41%) DevOps
3 51 (34.69%) CI/CD
4 50 (34.01%) Agile
4 50 (34.01%) Coaching
5 49 (33.33%) Asset Management
6 37 (25.17%) Business Intelligence
7 34 (23.13%) Analytics
8 33 (22.45%) Test Automation
9 31 (21.09%) Mentoring
10 30 (20.41%) Continuous Improvement
11 26 (17.69%) Observability
12 24 (16.33%) Data Modelling
13 20 (13.61%) Data Governance
13 20 (13.61%) Data Pipeline
14 19 (12.93%) Problem-Solving
15 18 (12.24%) Cybersecurity
16 17 (11.56%) Platform Engineering
16 17 (11.56%) RBAC
17 16 (10.88%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 80 (54.42%) SQL
2 27 (18.37%) JavaScript
3 23 (15.65%) Java
4 21 (14.29%) PowerShell
5 16 (10.88%) PL/SQL
5 16 (10.88%) Shell Script
6 9 (6.12%) R
7 8 (5.44%) Bash
8 6 (4.08%) T-SQL
9 3 (2.04%) Scala
10 2 (1.36%) C#
10 2 (1.36%) C++
10 2 (1.36%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.68%) C
11 1 (0.68%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.68%) Rust
Qualifications
1 44 (29.93%) Azure Certification
2 22 (14.97%) AWS Certification
2 22 (14.97%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 17 (11.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (4.76%) CISSP
4 7 (4.76%) CREST Certified
4 7 (4.76%) SANS
5 3 (2.04%) Degree
6 2 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.68%) CEH
7 1 (0.68%) GIAC
7 1 (0.68%) GREM
7 1 (0.68%) OSCP
7 1 (0.68%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.20%) Accessibility
2 11 (7.48%) Data Quality
3 9 (6.12%) QA
System Software
1 9 (6.12%) Docker
2 8 (5.44%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 41 (27.89%) Terraform
2 16 (10.88%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (8.84%) Kubernetes
4 12 (8.16%) Grafana
4 12 (8.16%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.04%) Ansible
6 1 (0.68%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.68%) QRadar
Vendors
1 75 (51.02%) Microsoft
2 16 (10.88%) Oracle
3 11 (7.48%) Databricks
4 8 (5.44%) Okta
5 5 (3.40%) Google
6 4 (2.72%) Splunk
7 3 (2.04%) F5
7 3 (2.04%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.04%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.04%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.36%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.68%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.68%) FIS