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

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 17 2
Rank change year-on-year +9 -15 +2
Permanent jobs citing Python 65 113 270
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 12.04% 11.98% 30.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 46.10% 29.74% 59.08%
Number of salaries quoted 42 59 118
10th Percentile - £47,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,625 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £65,000 £62,450
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +4.08% +13.55%
75th Percentile £82,188 £79,375 £78,250
90th Percentile £94,375 £88,000 £87,750
South West median annual salary £58,750 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.96% +12.50% +9.09%

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 141 380 457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 26.11% 40.30% 51.12%
Number of salaries quoted 93 141 259
10th Percentile £29,700 £37,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £72,466
90th Percentile £87,250 £82,500 £81,100
South West median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +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 3 November 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 3 November 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 +4 24 £61,250 -9.26% 28
Gloucester -3 11 £87,500 +34.62% 32
Tewkesbury +9 6 £70,000 -6.67% 1
Filton +7 4 - -
Cirencester - 1 £55,000 - 1
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 8 (12.31%) Apache
2 5 (7.69%) Confluence
3 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 29 (44.62%) AWS
2 16 (24.62%) Azure
3 9 (13.85%) OpenShift
4 4 (6.15%) Amazon EKS
4 4 (6.15%) Google Workspace
5 2 (3.08%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (3.08%) Amazon S3
5 2 (3.08%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (3.08%) AWS Fargate
5 2 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.08%) GCP
5 2 (3.08%) Serverless
6 1 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.54%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.54%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.15%) DNS
1 4 (6.15%) Internet
1 4 (6.15%) Software-Defined Radio
1 4 (6.15%) TCP/IP
1 4 (6.15%) VSAN
2 3 (4.62%) DHCP
2 3 (4.62%) LAN
2 3 (4.62%) WAN
3 2 (3.08%) Firewall
4 1 (1.54%) HTTP
4 1 (1.54%) ICMP
4 1 (1.54%) NAS
4 1 (1.54%) SAN
4 1 (1.54%) VLAN
4 1 (1.54%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.85%) Elasticsearch
1 9 (13.85%) MongoDB
2 3 (4.62%) Big Data
2 3 (4.62%) Relational Database
3 2 (3.08%) Neo4j
3 2 (3.08%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.54%) MySQL
4 1 (1.54%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (21.54%) Git
1 14 (21.54%) GitLab
2 5 (7.69%) JIRA
2 5 (7.69%) JUnit
3 4 (6.15%) Bitbucket
4 2 (3.08%) Balsamiq
4 2 (3.08%) IDA Disassembler
4 2 (3.08%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.54%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.54%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.54%) Subversion
General
1 15 (23.08%) Electronics
2 12 (18.46%) Manufacturing
3 10 (15.38%) Aerospace
3 10 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 8 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.69%) Automotive
6 3 (4.62%) Avionics
6 3 (4.62%) Military
6 3 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.08%) Law
8 1 (1.54%) Finance
8 1 (1.54%) Games
8 1 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.54%) Legal
8 1 (1.54%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 7 (10.77%) Administrator
2 7 (10.77%) Developer
2 7 (10.77%) Electronics Engineer
2 7 (10.77%) Senior
3 6 (9.23%) Software Developer
4 4 (6.15%) DevOps Engineer
4 4 (6.15%) DSP Engineer
4 4 (6.15%) Linux Administrator
4 4 (6.15%) Process Engineer
5 3 (4.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (4.62%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 3 (4.62%) Senior Developer
5 3 (4.62%) Senior Software Developer
6 2 (3.08%) Consultant
6 2 (3.08%) Platform Engineer
6 2 (3.08%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (3.08%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (3.08%) Virtualisation Administrator
6 2 (3.08%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (16.92%) React
2 7 (10.77%) Apache NiFi
3 6 (9.23%) Hibernate
4 5 (7.69%) JSF
5 3 (4.62%) PrimeFaces
6 2 (3.08%) AngularJS
6 2 (3.08%) MERN Stack
6 2 (3.08%) PyTorch
6 2 (3.08%) TensorFlow
7 1 (1.54%) .NET
7 1 (1.54%) Blazor
7 1 (1.54%) Flash
7 1 (1.54%) HTML
7 1 (1.54%) Kafka
7 1 (1.54%) OpenCV
7 1 (1.54%) Pandas
7 1 (1.54%) REST
7 1 (1.54%) Spring Boot
7 1 (1.54%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.85%) Algorithms
2 7 (10.77%) Analogue Electronics
2 7 (10.77%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (6.15%) FPGA
3 4 (6.15%) Public Cloud
3 4 (6.15%) Verilog
3 4 (6.15%) VHDL
4 2 (3.08%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.08%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.54%) Arduino
5 1 (1.54%) Clustering
5 1 (1.54%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.54%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.54%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.54%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.54%) Legacy Code
5 1 (1.54%) Life Science
5 1 (1.54%) Raspberry Pi
5 1 (1.54%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 35 (53.85%) Linux
2 9 (13.85%) Windows
2 9 (13.85%) Windows Server
3 7 (10.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (9.23%) CentOS
5 4 (6.15%) Ubuntu
6 3 (4.62%) CoreOS
6 3 (4.62%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (4.62%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (3.08%) Debian
7 2 (3.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (29.23%) Software Engineering
2 16 (24.62%) Agile
3 13 (20.00%) DevOps
3 13 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (16.92%) CI/CD
5 9 (13.85%) AI
5 9 (13.85%) Containerisation
5 9 (13.85%) Scrum
6 8 (12.31%) Mentoring
7 7 (10.77%) Data Analysis
7 7 (10.77%) Infrastructure as Code
7 7 (10.77%) Reverse Engineering
8 6 (9.23%) Analytics
8 6 (9.23%) Computer Science
8 6 (9.23%) Data Science
8 6 (9.23%) ITIL
8 6 (9.23%) Time Management
9 5 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (7.69%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 20 (30.77%) C
2 18 (27.69%) Java
3 14 (21.54%) JavaScript
4 13 (20.00%) C++
5 12 (18.46%) Bash
6 11 (16.92%) TypeScript
7 10 (15.38%) PowerShell
8 7 (10.77%) Embedded C
9 6 (9.23%) Go
10 3 (4.62%) C#
10 3 (4.62%) Google Apps Script
10 3 (4.62%) MATLAB
10 3 (4.62%) Rust
10 3 (4.62%) Tcl
11 2 (3.08%) R
11 2 (3.08%) SQL
11 2 (3.08%) VBScript
12 1 (1.54%) Kotlin
12 1 (1.54%) Perl
12 1 (1.54%) PHP
Qualifications
1 38 (58.46%) Security Cleared
2 24 (36.92%) DV Cleared
3 18 (27.69%) Degree
4 11 (16.92%) SC Cleared
5 4 (6.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (3.08%) CITP
6 2 (3.08%) CREST Certified
6 2 (3.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.54%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.54%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.54%) CCNA
7 1 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.54%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.54%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.54%) ISO 9001
1 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.54%) QA
System Software
1 10 (15.38%) Docker
2 7 (10.77%) Firmware
3 5 (7.69%) Active Directory
4 4 (6.15%) Hyper-V
5 3 (4.62%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (4.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (4.62%) vSphere
6 1 (1.54%) KVM
6 1 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.54%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (21.54%) Kubernetes
2 12 (18.46%) Ansible
3 7 (10.77%) Kibana
3 7 (10.77%) Terraform
4 3 (4.62%) McAfee ePO
4 3 (4.62%) SCVMM
5 2 (3.08%) Puppet
5 2 (3.08%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.54%) Argo
6 1 (1.54%) Data Guard
6 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.54%) Nagios
6 1 (1.54%) Rancher
6 1 (1.54%) yum
Vendors
1 8 (12.31%) Oracle
1 8 (12.31%) Red Hat
2 7 (10.77%) Atlassian
2 7 (10.77%) EMC
3 6 (9.23%) Google
4 3 (4.62%) McAfee
4 3 (4.62%) VMware
5 2 (3.08%) Cisco
5 2 (3.08%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.54%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.54%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.54%) Splunk
6 1 (1.54%) Veeam