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 21 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 10 8
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 156 88 271
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 10.23% 18.37% 15.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 58.87% 49.72% 39.28%
Number of salaries quoted 71 40 208
10th Percentile £43,750 £43,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,938 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £75,625 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £81,500
South West median annual salary £58,497 £57,443 £58,000
% change year-on-year +1.83% -0.96% -3.33%

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 265 177 690
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 17.38% 36.95% 38.70%
Number of salaries quoted 166 85 551
10th Percentile £41,250 £27,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,000 £80,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 21 June 2026.

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 21 June 2026. 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 -5 78 £58,497 -2.51% 19
Gloucester -5 44 £75,000 +15.38% 14
Tewkesbury -7 4 £48,250 -3.50%
Filton +3 2 £50,750 - 4
Cirencester -4 1 £62,500 +13.64%
Tetbury - 1 £37,500 - 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 17 (10.90%) Apache
2 7 (4.49%) Apache Spark
3 5 (3.21%) Confluence
4 3 (1.92%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 17 (10.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.64%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 64 (41.03%) AWS
2 50 (32.05%) Azure
3 22 (14.10%) Azure AI
4 20 (12.82%) GCP
5 18 (11.54%) Power Platform
6 14 (8.97%) OpenShift
7 10 (6.41%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (6.41%) Serverless
8 9 (5.77%) Amazon EKS
8 9 (5.77%) Amazon S3
8 9 (5.77%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (3.85%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (3.85%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (2.56%) AWS CloudTrail
10 4 (2.56%) AWS Fargate
11 3 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.92%) Azure Machine Learning
12 2 (1.28%) Azure AKS
12 2 (1.28%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 1 (0.64%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.05%) Firewall
1 11 (7.05%) LAN
1 11 (7.05%) WAN
2 9 (5.77%) Cisco ASA
2 9 (5.77%) Cisco Firepower
2 9 (5.77%) Unified Communications
2 9 (5.77%) VLAN
2 9 (5.77%) WebEx
3 6 (3.85%) DHCP
3 6 (3.85%) DNS
3 6 (3.85%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.56%) IPv4
4 4 (2.56%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (1.92%) AMQP
6 2 (1.28%) VSAN
7 1 (0.64%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (12.18%) Elasticsearch
2 18 (11.54%) Power BI
3 17 (10.90%) Tableau
4 15 (9.62%) MongoDB
5 8 (5.13%) NoSQL
6 7 (4.49%) Big Data
7 5 (3.21%) InfluxDB
8 4 (2.56%) MySQL
8 4 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (1.92%) Cloudera CDH
9 3 (1.92%) Hadoop
10 2 (1.28%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (1.28%) DynamoDB
10 2 (1.28%) Neo4j
11 1 (0.64%) Apache Cassandra
11 1 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.64%) Pinecone
11 1 (0.64%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.64%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 29 (18.59%) Git
2 27 (17.31%) GitLab
3 26 (16.67%) Jenkins
4 9 (5.77%) Bitbucket
4 9 (5.77%) Cucumber
4 9 (5.77%) SonarQube
5 8 (5.13%) JIRA
6 6 (3.85%) Cypress.io
7 5 (3.21%) Robot Framework
7 5 (3.21%) Selenium
7 5 (3.21%) Subversion
7 5 (3.21%) TestRail
8 3 (1.92%) MLflow
9 1 (0.64%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.64%) GoogleTest
9 1 (0.64%) JUnit
9 1 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 31 (19.87%) Social Skills
2 18 (11.54%) Aerospace
3 15 (9.62%) Public Sector
4 14 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.97%) Finance
5 11 (7.05%) Marketing
5 11 (7.05%) Telecoms
6 10 (6.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (5.77%) Banking
7 9 (5.77%) Retail
8 4 (2.56%) Electronics
8 4 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.28%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.64%) Games
Job Titles
1 35 (22.44%) Software Engineer
2 21 (13.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 18 (11.54%) Analyst
3 18 (11.54%) Data Analyst
4 16 (10.26%) Developer
4 16 (10.26%) Junior
4 16 (10.26%) Junior Analyst
4 16 (10.26%) Junior Data Analyst
5 13 (8.33%) Senior
6 11 (7.05%) Data Scientist
7 10 (6.41%) Python Engineer
8 9 (5.77%) Lead
9 8 (5.13%) DevOps Engineer
10 7 (4.49%) DevSecOps Engineer
10 7 (4.49%) Test Engineer
11 6 (3.85%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 6 (3.85%) Collaboration Engineer
11 6 (3.85%) Data Engineer
11 6 (3.85%) Java Developer
11 6 (3.85%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.26%) Elastic Stack
2 12 (7.69%) Apache NiFi
3 11 (7.05%) Node.js
4 9 (5.77%) React
4 9 (5.77%) XMPP
5 8 (5.13%) Vue
6 6 (3.85%) AngularJS
6 6 (3.85%) pytest
6 6 (3.85%) RESTful
7 5 (3.21%) HTML
7 5 (3.21%) Playwright
7 5 (3.21%) Spring
7 5 (3.21%) Spring Boot
8 4 (2.56%) boto
8 4 (2.56%) Flask
8 4 (2.56%) Middleware
8 4 (2.56%) OAuth
8 4 (2.56%) OpenID
8 4 (2.56%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (2.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.97%) Hybrid Cloud
2 9 (5.77%) FlexPod
2 9 (5.77%) Onboarding
2 9 (5.77%) Video Conferencing
3 8 (5.13%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 6 (3.85%) Replication
5 3 (1.92%) Fat Client
5 3 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.92%) Thin Client
6 2 (1.28%) Blockchain
6 2 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.28%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.64%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.64%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.64%) Analogue Electronics
7 1 (0.64%) CUDA
7 1 (0.64%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.64%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 50 (32.05%) Linux
2 27 (17.31%) Windows
3 15 (9.62%) Windows Server
4 10 (6.41%) CentOS
5 5 (3.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.92%) Debian
6 3 (1.92%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.92%) Unix
7 2 (1.28%) CoreOS
7 2 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.64%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.64%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (33.33%) AI
2 50 (32.05%) CI/CD
3 48 (30.77%) Software Engineering
4 45 (28.85%) DevOps
5 40 (25.64%) Agile
5 40 (25.64%) Infrastructure as Code
6 33 (21.15%) Business Intelligence
7 31 (19.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 30 (19.23%) Containerisation
9 24 (15.38%) Collaborative Culture
10 22 (14.10%) Problem-Solving
10 22 (14.10%) Test Automation
11 21 (13.46%) Scrum
12 20 (12.82%) Data Science
13 17 (10.90%) Platform Engineering
14 14 (8.97%) Infrastructure Automation
14 14 (8.97%) Software Testing
15 13 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
15 13 (8.33%) Data Management
15 13 (8.33%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 56 (35.90%) Java
2 42 (26.92%) Bash
3 34 (21.79%) C++
4 29 (18.59%) JavaScript
5 24 (15.38%) SQL
6 19 (12.18%) PowerShell
7 13 (8.33%) C
8 12 (7.69%) Go
8 12 (7.69%) TypeScript
9 8 (5.13%) Rust
10 4 (2.56%) Groovy
10 4 (2.56%) Scala
11 3 (1.92%) C#
11 3 (1.92%) Elixir
11 3 (1.92%) Erlang
12 2 (1.28%) Kotlin
12 2 (1.28%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.64%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.64%) GLSL
13 1 (0.64%) R
Qualifications
1 95 (60.90%) Security Cleared
2 64 (41.03%) DV Cleared
3 29 (18.59%) SC Cleared
4 22 (14.10%) Azure Certification
5 13 (8.33%) Degree
6 5 (3.21%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 4 (2.56%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.56%) CCNA
7 4 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.56%) ISTQB
7 4 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.56%) OSCP
7 4 (2.56%) PhD
7 4 (2.56%) RHCE
7 4 (2.56%) RHCSA
8 2 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.49%) QA
2 5 (3.21%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 33 (21.15%) Docker
2 18 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (6.41%) vSphere
4 6 (3.85%) Active Directory
4 6 (3.85%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (3.85%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (3.21%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (2.56%) Hyper-V
6 4 (2.56%) Squid
6 4 (2.56%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.28%) Firmware
7 2 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.64%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 53 (33.97%) Ansible
2 46 (29.49%) Kubernetes
3 44 (28.21%) Terraform
4 29 (18.59%) Grafana
5 13 (8.33%) Kibana
5 13 (8.33%) logstash
6 9 (5.77%) Cisco CUCM
6 9 (5.77%) Puppet
7 7 (4.49%) Prometheus
7 7 (4.49%) Rancher
8 6 (3.85%) Argo
9 5 (3.21%) Packer
9 5 (3.21%) vCenter Server
9 5 (3.21%) yum
10 4 (2.56%) ZABBIX
11 3 (1.92%) Kubeflow
11 3 (1.92%) SCCM
11 3 (1.92%) SCOM
11 3 (1.92%) SCOrch
12 2 (1.28%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 35 (22.44%) Microsoft
2 18 (11.54%) Splunk
2 18 (11.54%) VMware
3 15 (9.62%) Red Hat
4 11 (7.05%) Cisco
5 9 (5.77%) Fortinet
5 9 (5.77%) Palo Alto
6 7 (4.49%) Atlassian
7 6 (3.85%) NetApp
8 5 (3.21%) Oracle
9 4 (2.56%) Google
10 3 (1.92%) SaltStack
11 2 (1.28%) Dell
11 2 (1.28%) HP
11 2 (1.28%) Juniper
11 2 (1.28%) McAfee
11 2 (1.28%) SAP
11 2 (1.28%) Veeam
12 1 (0.64%) OpenAI