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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 11 2
Rank change year-on-year +2 -9 +2
Permanent jobs citing Python 64 134 235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 11.70% 12.20% 26.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.02% 37.12% 57.74%
Number of salaries quoted 37 79 117
10th Percentile £48,250 £45,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,552 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +15.74%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,125 £78,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £87,600
South West median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.52% +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 164 361 407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 29.98% 32.88% 45.42%
Number of salaries quoted 93 209 241
10th Percentile £27,500 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -3.45% +19.11%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,750 £80,250 £82,500
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

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Python 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 20 £60,000 -11.11% 27
Gloucester -2 9 £52,500 -4.55% 31
Filton +7 7 - -
Tewkesbury +9 5 £70,000 +33.33% 3
Berkeley +2 1 - -
Cirencester - 1 £55,000 -
Python
South West

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (6.25%) Apache
1 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (6.25%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 18 (28.13%) AWS
2 10 (15.63%) Azure
3 6 (9.38%) OpenShift
4 4 (6.25%) Google Workspace
5 2 (3.13%) Amazon EKS
5 2 (3.13%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (3.13%) Serverless
6 1 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.56%) GCP
6 1 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.56%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.56%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.25%) Internet
1 4 (6.25%) Software-Defined Radio
2 2 (3.13%) DHCP
2 2 (3.13%) DNS
2 2 (3.13%) IPv4
2 2 (3.13%) LAN
2 2 (3.13%) TCP/IP
2 2 (3.13%) VSAN
2 2 (3.13%) WAN
3 1 (1.56%) Firewall
3 1 (1.56%) NAS
3 1 (1.56%) OSPF
3 1 (1.56%) SAN
3 1 (1.56%) VLAN
3 1 (1.56%) VPN
3 1 (1.56%) Wideband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.94%) Elasticsearch
1 7 (10.94%) MongoDB
2 4 (6.25%) Relational Database
3 3 (4.69%) Big Data
4 2 (3.13%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.56%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 13 (20.31%) Git
2 12 (18.75%) GitLab
3 4 (6.25%) LabVIEW
4 3 (4.69%) JIRA
4 3 (4.69%) JUnit
5 2 (3.13%) Bitbucket
6 1 (1.56%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.56%) Cypress.io
6 1 (1.56%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.56%) Subversion
General
1 17 (26.56%) Manufacturing
2 16 (25.00%) Electronics
3 10 (15.63%) Aerospace
4 7 (10.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (10.94%) Social Skills
5 5 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.81%) Automotive
6 4 (6.25%) Finance
6 4 (6.25%) Legal
7 3 (4.69%) Avionics
7 3 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (3.13%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.56%) Games
9 1 (1.56%) Law
Job Titles
1 10 (15.63%) Senior
2 8 (12.50%) Test Engineer
3 7 (10.94%) Administrator
3 7 (10.94%) Developer
3 7 (10.94%) Electronics Engineer
3 7 (10.94%) Software Engineer
4 6 (9.38%) Lead
4 6 (9.38%) Linux Administrator
4 6 (9.38%) Software Developer
5 5 (7.81%) Linux Systems Administrator
6 4 (6.25%) Development Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) DSP Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) IAM Specialist
6 4 (6.25%) Process Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) Senior Development Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) Senior Test Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) Systems Administrator
6 4 (6.25%) Test Development Engineer
7 3 (4.69%) Lead Test Engineer
7 3 (4.69%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (14.06%) React
2 5 (7.81%) Hibernate
3 4 (6.25%) .NET
3 4 (6.25%) Apache NiFi
3 4 (6.25%) JSF
4 2 (3.13%) PyTorch
4 2 (3.13%) TensorFlow
5 1 (1.56%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.56%) Blazor
5 1 (1.56%) HTML
5 1 (1.56%) Kafka
5 1 (1.56%) MERN Stack
5 1 (1.56%) OpenCV
5 1 (1.56%) Pandas
5 1 (1.56%) PrimeFaces
5 1 (1.56%) REST
5 1 (1.56%) Spring Boot
5 1 (1.56%) Vue
5 1 (1.56%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 11 (17.19%) Analogue Electronics
2 8 (12.50%) Algorithms
3 5 (7.81%) FPGA
3 5 (7.81%) Linux Command Line
3 5 (7.81%) Public Cloud
4 4 (6.25%) e-Learning
4 4 (6.25%) Product Ownership
4 4 (6.25%) Verilog
4 4 (6.25%) VHDL
5 3 (4.69%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (3.13%) Onboarding
6 2 (3.13%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.56%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (1.56%) Legacy Code
7 1 (1.56%) Life Science
7 1 (1.56%) Omics
7 1 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 35 (54.69%) Linux
2 14 (21.88%) Windows
3 12 (18.75%) Windows Server
4 4 (6.25%) CentOS
4 4 (6.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (4.69%) CoreOS
5 3 (4.69%) Ubuntu
6 2 (3.13%) Debian
6 2 (3.13%) Unix
6 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (20.31%) Agile
1 13 (20.31%) Artificial Intelligence
2 11 (17.19%) Containerisation
2 11 (17.19%) Software Engineering
3 10 (15.63%) Infrastructure as Code
4 9 (14.06%) DevOps
4 9 (14.06%) Machine Learning
5 8 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 8 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 8 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (10.94%) Innovative Thinking
6 7 (10.94%) Mentoring
6 7 (10.94%) Scrum
6 7 (10.94%) Test Automation
7 6 (9.38%) Analytics
7 6 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (9.38%) Data Analysis
7 6 (9.38%) Data Science
7 6 (9.38%) Signal Processing
7 6 (9.38%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 21 (32.81%) C
2 16 (25.00%) Java
3 14 (21.88%) JavaScript
4 12 (18.75%) C++
4 12 (18.75%) Embedded C
5 11 (17.19%) Bash
6 10 (15.63%) PowerShell
7 9 (14.06%) TypeScript
8 4 (6.25%) Perl
8 4 (6.25%) PHP
8 4 (6.25%) Tcl
9 3 (4.69%) Go
9 3 (4.69%) Google Apps Script
9 3 (4.69%) MATLAB
9 3 (4.69%) R
9 3 (4.69%) Rust
10 2 (3.13%) SQL
11 1 (1.56%) C#
11 1 (1.56%) Embedded C++
11 1 (1.56%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 36 (56.25%) Security Cleared
2 19 (29.69%) DV Cleared
3 17 (26.56%) Degree
4 9 (14.06%) SC Cleared
5 7 (10.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (4.69%) AWS Certification
7 2 (3.13%) PhD
8 1 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.56%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.56%) CCNA
8 1 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.56%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.56%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.56%) ISO 9001
1 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (21.88%) Docker
2 7 (10.94%) Firmware
3 5 (7.81%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (7.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (4.69%) Active Directory
4 3 (4.69%) Hyper-V
5 2 (3.13%) vSphere
6 1 (1.56%) KVM
6 1 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (21.88%) Ansible
2 9 (14.06%) Kubernetes
3 8 (12.50%) Terraform
4 6 (9.38%) Kibana
5 4 (6.25%) Puppet
6 2 (3.13%) McAfee ePO
6 2 (3.13%) SCVMM
7 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 7 (10.94%) EMC
1 7 (10.94%) Red Hat
2 6 (9.38%) Atlassian
2 6 (9.38%) Oracle
3 5 (7.81%) Google
3 5 (7.81%) VMware
4 2 (3.13%) McAfee
4 2 (3.13%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.56%) Cisco
5 1 (1.56%) Veeam
5 1 (1.56%) Xilinx