Python Job Trends in the Midlands

Python
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 28 44
Rank change year-on-year -9 +16 -30
Permanent jobs citing Python 439 381 403
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.73% 6.69% 4.74%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.19% 24.68% 15.86%
Number of salaries quoted 281 205 326
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £53,125
Median % change year-on-year - +3.53% -7.61%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £79,800 £87,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% -3.45%

All Programming Languages
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,284 1,544 2,541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.83% 27.13% 29.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,001 911 2,251
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,550
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Python job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Python
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in the Midlands

Python
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 February 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
West Midlands +6 284 £55,000 - 116
East Midlands -18 157 £55,000 - 124
Python
England

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 6 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.14%) Jupyter
2 5 (1.14%) SAS
3 4 (0.91%) IIS
4 2 (0.46%) WordPress
5 1 (0.23%) Apache
5 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.23%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 161 (36.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.14%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.23%) Simulink
3 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 235 (53.53%) Azure
2 166 (37.81%) Power Platform
3 124 (28.25%) Azure AI
4 123 (28.02%) AWS
5 41 (9.34%) GitHub
6 30 (6.83%) Amazon S3
6 30 (6.83%) Serverless
7 27 (6.15%) AWS Lambda
8 17 (3.87%) Azure Data Factory
9 13 (2.96%) GCP
10 12 (2.73%) SaaS
10 12 (2.73%) Snowflake
11 7 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.59%) Datadog
11 7 (1.59%) dbt
12 6 (1.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 6 (1.37%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (1.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 5 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 30 (6.83%) Internet
2 10 (2.28%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (2.05%) Wireless
4 7 (1.59%) VPN
5 6 (1.37%) BGP
5 6 (1.37%) LAN
6 5 (1.14%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (1.14%) EIGRP
6 5 (1.14%) OSPF
6 5 (1.14%) Wireshark
7 4 (0.91%) Bluetooth
7 4 (0.91%) Broadband
7 4 (0.91%) LTE
7 4 (0.91%) Modbus
7 4 (0.91%) WAN
8 2 (0.46%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.23%) FTP
9 1 (0.23%) MPLS
9 1 (0.23%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (37.59%) Power BI
2 158 (35.99%) Tableau
3 26 (5.92%) Data Mining
4 21 (4.78%) SQL Server
5 16 (3.64%) Amazon Redshift
6 15 (3.42%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (2.96%) Delta Lake
8 9 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (2.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (1.59%) Metadata
10 6 (1.37%) Redis
10 6 (1.37%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.14%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.91%) Pentaho
12 4 (0.91%) TimescaleDB
13 3 (0.68%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.68%) InfluxDB
13 3 (0.68%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.68%) Power Query
13 3 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 47 (10.71%) Git
2 8 (1.82%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.37%) Cucumber
4 5 (1.14%) GitLab
4 5 (1.14%) Visual Studio Code
5 4 (0.91%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.91%) Subversion
6 3 (0.68%) JIRA
6 3 (0.68%) JUnit
6 3 (0.68%) Selenium
7 2 (0.46%) JMeter
7 2 (0.46%) Locust
7 2 (0.46%) MLflow
8 1 (0.23%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.23%) Maven
8 1 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.23%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.23%) SpecFlow
General
1 173 (39.41%) Social Skills
2 71 (16.17%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (13.21%) Finance
4 30 (6.83%) Multimedia
5 18 (4.10%) Public Sector
6 16 (3.64%) Manufacturing
7 13 (2.96%) Law
8 11 (2.51%) Marketing
9 9 (2.05%) Retail
10 8 (1.82%) Automotive
11 6 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.91%) Local Government
13 4 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.68%) Legal
14 3 (0.68%) Spanish Language
15 2 (0.46%) Advertising
15 2 (0.46%) Games
15 2 (0.46%) Social Housing
16 1 (0.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 163 (37.13%) Analyst
2 156 (35.54%) Data Analyst
3 122 (27.79%) Junior
3 122 (27.79%) Junior Analyst
3 122 (27.79%) Junior Data Analyst
4 72 (16.40%) Developer
5 58 (13.21%) Trainee
6 52 (11.85%) Data Engineer
7 51 (11.62%) Senior
8 33 (7.52%) Software Developer
9 31 (7.06%) Python Developer
10 29 (6.61%) Lead
11 21 (4.78%) Azure Engineer
12 20 (4.56%) Senior Developer
12 20 (4.56%) Software Engineer
12 20 (4.56%) Trainee Analyst
12 20 (4.56%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 19 (4.33%) Full-Stack Developer
13 19 (4.33%) Python Engineer
14 18 (4.10%) Azure Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (12.53%) HTML
2 45 (10.25%) React
3 44 (10.02%) CSS
4 38 (8.66%) Node.js
5 27 (6.15%) PySpark
6 18 (4.10%) Django
7 10 (2.28%) REST
8 8 (1.82%) .NET
8 8 (1.82%) Flask
9 7 (1.59%) Pandas
10 6 (1.37%) PyTorch
10 6 (1.37%) scikit-learn
10 6 (1.37%) Streamlit
10 6 (1.37%) TensorFlow
11 5 (1.14%) AngularJS
11 5 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
11 5 (1.14%) GraphQL
11 5 (1.14%) Hugging Face
11 5 (1.14%) Matplotlib
11 5 (1.14%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 10 (2.28%) Algorithms
2 7 (1.59%) Cloud Native
3 6 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (1.37%) Product Ownership
4 5 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (0.91%) Credit Risk
5 4 (0.91%) Raspberry Pi
6 3 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (0.68%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.46%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.46%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.46%) Educational Technology
7 2 (0.46%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (0.46%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.46%) Lidar
7 2 (0.46%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.46%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 2 (0.46%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (0.46%) Self-Driving Car
7 2 (0.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.51%) Linux
2 7 (1.59%) Windows
3 4 (0.91%) Unix
4 2 (0.46%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (0.46%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.23%) Android
5 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (40.09%) AI
2 167 (38.04%) Business Intelligence
3 77 (17.54%) Analytics
4 62 (14.12%) Mentoring
5 58 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (12.76%) CI/CD
7 49 (11.16%) DevOps
8 48 (10.93%) Full-Stack Development
9 46 (10.48%) Machine Learning
10 45 (10.25%) ETL
11 43 (9.79%) Decision-Making
12 42 (9.57%) Agile
13 41 (9.34%) Data Engineering
14 38 (8.66%) Data Pipeline
14 38 (8.66%) Software Engineering
15 37 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
15 37 (8.43%) Data Analysis
15 37 (8.43%) Data Science
16 35 (7.97%) Cybersecurity
17 34 (7.74%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 272 (61.96%) SQL
2 82 (18.68%) JavaScript
3 31 (7.06%) R
4 21 (4.78%) Java
5 17 (3.87%) Bash
6 12 (2.73%) PHP
7 11 (2.51%) PowerShell
7 11 (2.51%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.28%) C
9 8 (1.82%) C#
10 7 (1.59%) C++
10 7 (1.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (1.59%) VBA
11 6 (1.37%) Bicep
11 6 (1.37%) Scala
12 5 (1.14%) Embedded C
12 5 (1.14%) Go
12 5 (1.14%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.68%) Delphi
14 2 (0.46%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 154 (35.08%) Azure Certification
2 47 (10.71%) Degree
3 38 (8.66%) AWS Certification
4 36 (8.20%) Microsoft Certification
5 35 (7.97%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 21 (4.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (3.42%) Security Cleared
8 12 (2.73%) Master's Degree
9 11 (2.51%) SC Cleared
10 8 (1.82%) Numerate Degree
11 5 (1.14%) CCNP
11 5 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.91%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.91%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.68%) PhD
14 2 (0.46%) CEH
14 2 (0.46%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.46%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.46%) PMP
15 1 (0.23%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.78%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.05%) GDPR
3 7 (1.59%) QA
4 5 (1.14%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.46%) WCAG
6 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.23%) NIST
6 1 (0.23%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (6.15%) Docker
2 4 (0.91%) Firmware
3 1 (0.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (5.69%) Terraform
2 24 (5.47%) Kubernetes
3 11 (2.51%) Grafana
4 5 (1.14%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.91%) Ansible
6 3 (0.68%) Argo
6 3 (0.68%) Nagios
7 2 (0.46%) Kustomize
7 2 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.23%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.23%) Control-M
Vendors
1 215 (48.97%) Microsoft
2 41 (9.34%) Databricks
3 13 (2.96%) Oracle
4 9 (2.05%) Google
4 9 (2.05%) Salesforce
5 6 (1.37%) Cisco
6 5 (1.14%) Meraki
6 5 (1.14%) Talend
7 4 (0.91%) Atmel
7 4 (0.91%) Cloudera
7 4 (0.91%) Informatica
7 4 (0.91%) LogicMonitor
8 3 (0.68%) OpenAI
8 3 (0.68%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.46%) Civica
9 2 (0.46%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.46%) Northgate
9 2 (0.46%) PagerDuty
9 2 (0.46%) Yealink
9 2 (0.46%) Zoho