Python Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Python
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 19 2
Rank change year-on-year +13 -17 +1
Permanent jobs citing Python 82 99 236
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 12.77% 14.04% 27.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 58.16% 31.83% 54.00%
Number of salaries quoted 51 61 98
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £87,750
South West median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +8.60%

All Programming Languages
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 141 311 437
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 21.96% 44.11% 50.40%
Number of salaries quoted 95 113 265
10th Percentile £32,750 £41,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £78,125 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £81,200 £79,500
South West median annual salary £54,500 £56,875 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.18% +3.41% +4.76%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Python job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Python
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Python in Gloucestershire

Python
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 16 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cheltenham +1 38 £62,500 -7.41% 32
Gloucester +3 20 £77,500 +19.23% 28
Tewkesbury +4 6 £70,000 -6.67% 5
Filton +8 3 - - 2
Berkeley - 1 - -
Python
South West

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 9 (10.98%) Apache
2 6 (7.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 41 (50.00%) AWS
2 29 (35.37%) Azure
3 9 (10.98%) OpenShift
4 5 (6.10%) Amazon EKS
4 5 (6.10%) Azure AI
4 5 (6.10%) Power Platform
5 4 (4.88%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (4.88%) Amazon S3
5 4 (4.88%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (4.88%) Serverless
6 3 (3.66%) AWS Fargate
6 3 (3.66%) GCP
6 3 (3.66%) Google Workspace
7 2 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.32%) DNS
1 6 (7.32%) TCP/IP
2 5 (6.10%) DHCP
3 4 (4.88%) VSAN
4 3 (3.66%) LAN
4 3 (3.66%) WAN
5 2 (2.44%) Firewall
5 2 (2.44%) Software-Defined Radio
6 1 (1.22%) HTTP
6 1 (1.22%) ICMP
6 1 (1.22%) Internet
6 1 (1.22%) VLAN
6 1 (1.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (15.85%) Elasticsearch
2 9 (10.98%) MongoDB
3 6 (7.32%) Neo4j
4 5 (6.10%) Power BI
4 5 (6.10%) Tableau
5 4 (4.88%) Big Data
6 2 (2.44%) MySQL
6 2 (2.44%) NoSQL
6 2 (2.44%) Oracle Database
6 2 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (2.44%) Relational Database
7 1 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (1.22%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 15 (18.29%) Git
2 13 (15.85%) GitLab
3 8 (9.76%) JUnit
4 6 (7.32%) Bitbucket
4 6 (7.32%) JIRA
5 4 (4.88%) Cucumber
5 4 (4.88%) Jenkins
6 3 (3.66%) Balsamiq
6 3 (3.66%) Cypress.io
6 3 (3.66%) Subversion
7 2 (2.44%) IDA Disassembler
8 1 (1.22%) SonarQube
General
1 16 (19.51%) Social Skills
2 12 (14.63%) Electronics
3 9 (10.98%) Manufacturing
4 8 (9.76%) Aerospace
4 8 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.10%) Finance
6 4 (4.88%) Military
6 4 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.66%) Avionics
7 3 (3.66%) Marketing
7 3 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.66%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.44%) Automotive
8 2 (2.44%) Law
8 2 (2.44%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.22%) Games
Job Titles
1 25 (30.49%) Software Engineer
2 8 (9.76%) Administrator
3 7 (8.54%) Senior
4 6 (7.32%) DevOps Engineer
5 5 (6.10%) Analyst
5 5 (6.10%) Data Analyst
5 5 (6.10%) Electronics Engineer
5 5 (6.10%) Junior
5 5 (6.10%) Junior Analyst
5 5 (6.10%) Junior Data Analyst
5 5 (6.10%) Python Engineer
5 5 (6.10%) Python Software Engineer
6 4 (4.88%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
6 4 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (4.88%) Linux Administrator
6 4 (4.88%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 3 (3.66%) C Software Engineer
7 3 (3.66%) Linux Engineer
7 3 (3.66%) Senior Software Engineer
7 3 (3.66%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (17.07%) React
2 8 (9.76%) Apache NiFi
3 6 (7.32%) AngularJS
3 6 (7.32%) MERN Stack
4 5 (6.10%) Hibernate
4 5 (6.10%) JSF
5 4 (4.88%) PrimeFaces
6 2 (2.44%) Middleware
6 2 (2.44%) ZeroMQ
7 1 (1.22%) Blazor
7 1 (1.22%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (1.22%) Flash
7 1 (1.22%) HTML
7 1 (1.22%) Kafka
7 1 (1.22%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (1.22%) REST
7 1 (1.22%) Vue
7 1 (1.22%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.32%) Algorithms
1 6 (7.32%) Linux Command Line
2 5 (6.10%) Analogue Electronics
2 5 (6.10%) Public Cloud
3 2 (2.44%) Clustering
3 2 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (2.44%) FPGA
3 2 (2.44%) Replication
3 2 (2.44%) Verilog
3 2 (2.44%) VHDL
4 1 (1.22%) Arduino
4 1 (1.22%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.22%) Legacy Code
4 1 (1.22%) Life Science
4 1 (1.22%) Omics
4 1 (1.22%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.22%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 40 (48.78%) Linux
2 11 (13.41%) Windows
3 9 (10.98%) Windows Server
4 7 (8.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (6.10%) CentOS
6 3 (3.66%) Ubuntu
6 3 (3.66%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (3.66%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (2.44%) CoreOS
7 2 (2.44%) Debian
7 2 (2.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (36.59%) Software Engineering
2 21 (25.61%) Agile
3 17 (20.73%) DevOps
3 17 (20.73%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (18.29%) AI
5 13 (15.85%) CI/CD
6 12 (14.63%) Infrastructure as Code
7 10 (12.20%) Scrum
8 9 (10.98%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (8.54%) Computer Science
10 7 (8.54%) DevSecOps
10 7 (8.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 7 (8.54%) Unit Testing
11 6 (7.32%) Data Analysis
11 6 (7.32%) Machine Learning
11 6 (7.32%) Time Management
11 6 (7.32%) Validation
12 5 (6.10%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 30 (36.59%) Java
2 21 (25.61%) Bash
2 21 (25.61%) JavaScript
3 20 (24.39%) C
4 14 (17.07%) TypeScript
5 13 (15.85%) PowerShell
6 8 (9.76%) C++
7 7 (8.54%) Go
7 7 (8.54%) SQL
8 5 (6.10%) Embedded C
9 4 (4.88%) C#
9 4 (4.88%) Kotlin
10 3 (3.66%) Google Apps Script
10 3 (3.66%) MATLAB
10 3 (3.66%) Tcl
10 3 (3.66%) VBScript
11 2 (2.44%) R
12 1 (1.22%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 45 (54.88%) Security Cleared
2 33 (40.24%) DV Cleared
3 16 (19.51%) Degree
4 13 (15.85%) SC Cleared
5 5 (6.10%) Azure Certification
6 3 (3.66%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (3.66%) CITP
6 3 (3.66%) CREST Certified
7 2 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.22%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.22%) CCNA
8 1 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.22%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.22%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.22%) PhD
8 1 (1.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.66%) QA
2 2 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.22%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (13.41%) Docker
2 6 (7.32%) Active Directory
3 5 (6.10%) Firmware
3 5 (6.10%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.66%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (3.66%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (2.44%) vSphere
6 1 (1.22%) KVM
6 1 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 21 (25.61%) Kubernetes
2 16 (19.51%) Ansible
3 10 (12.20%) Terraform
4 7 (8.54%) Kibana
5 3 (3.66%) Argo
5 3 (3.66%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (3.66%) Rancher
5 3 (3.66%) SCVMM
5 3 (3.66%) yum
6 2 (2.44%) Data Guard
6 2 (2.44%) Grafana
6 2 (2.44%) Nagios
7 1 (1.22%) logstash
7 1 (1.22%) Nessus
7 1 (1.22%) NetBackup
7 1 (1.22%) Progress Chef
7 1 (1.22%) Prometheus
7 1 (1.22%) Puppet
7 1 (1.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 8 (9.76%) Microsoft
1 8 (9.76%) Oracle
2 7 (8.54%) Atlassian
3 6 (7.32%) Google
3 6 (7.32%) Red Hat
4 5 (6.10%) EMC
5 3 (3.66%) Cisco
5 3 (3.66%) McAfee
5 3 (3.66%) VMware
6 2 (2.44%) SAP
7 1 (1.22%) Dell
7 1 (1.22%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.22%) HP
7 1 (1.22%) Juniper
7 1 (1.22%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.22%) Splunk
7 1 (1.22%) Veeam