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 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 29 46
Rank change year-on-year -5 +17 -31
Permanent jobs citing Python 476 341 432
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.80% 6.52% 4.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.47% 24.01% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 297 215 360
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £33,175
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £69,063
90th Percentile £81,750 £79,800 £89,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +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 1,342 1,420 2,801
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.53% 27.14% 28.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,030 957 2,474
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,563
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 £63,250
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 13 March 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 13 March 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 +9 307 £56,350 +2.45% 114
East Midlands -13 171 £55,000 - 131
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 9 (1.89%) Jupyter
2 8 (1.68%) WordPress
3 6 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.05%) SAS
5 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.21%) IIS
5 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 182 (38.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.89%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.21%) Simulink
3 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 270 (56.72%) Azure
2 190 (39.92%) Power Platform
3 145 (30.46%) Azure AI
4 133 (27.94%) AWS
5 47 (9.87%) GitHub
6 30 (6.30%) Amazon S3
6 30 (6.30%) Serverless
7 27 (5.67%) AWS Lambda
8 17 (3.57%) Snowflake
9 16 (3.36%) Azure Data Factory
10 13 (2.73%) SaaS
11 12 (2.52%) dbt
11 12 (2.52%) GCP
12 9 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
13 8 (1.68%) PaaS
14 7 (1.47%) Datadog
15 6 (1.26%) GitHub Actions
16 5 (1.05%) AWS CloudFormation
16 5 (1.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 36 (7.56%) Internet
2 10 (2.10%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (1.89%) Wireless
4 7 (1.47%) VPN
5 6 (1.26%) BGP
5 6 (1.26%) LAN
6 5 (1.05%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (1.05%) EIGRP
6 5 (1.05%) OSPF
6 5 (1.05%) Wireshark
7 4 (0.84%) Bluetooth
7 4 (0.84%) Broadband
7 4 (0.84%) LTE
7 4 (0.84%) Modbus
7 4 (0.84%) WAN
8 2 (0.42%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.21%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.21%) FTP
9 1 (0.21%) MPLS
9 1 (0.21%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (39.92%) Power BI
2 177 (37.18%) Tableau
3 24 (5.04%) Data Mining
4 17 (3.57%) SQL Server
5 16 (3.36%) Amazon Redshift
6 15 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (2.73%) Delta Lake
8 12 (2.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (1.47%) Metadata
11 6 (1.26%) Redis
11 6 (1.26%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.84%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.84%) Pentaho
12 4 (0.84%) TimescaleDB
13 3 (0.63%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.63%) InfluxDB
13 3 (0.63%) Power Query
13 3 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.42%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 54 (11.34%) Git
2 10 (2.10%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.89%) Visual Studio Code
4 8 (1.68%) Cucumber
5 7 (1.47%) GitLab
6 5 (1.05%) JMeter
6 5 (1.05%) Selenium
7 4 (0.84%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.84%) Subversion
8 3 (0.63%) JIRA
8 3 (0.63%) JUnit
8 3 (0.63%) Locust
9 2 (0.42%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.42%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.42%) MLflow
9 2 (0.42%) Postman
9 2 (0.42%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.42%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.21%) SoapUI
General
1 192 (40.34%) Social Skills
2 71 (14.92%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (12.39%) Finance
4 36 (7.56%) Multimedia
5 22 (4.62%) Manufacturing
6 18 (3.78%) Public Sector
7 12 (2.52%) Law
8 11 (2.31%) Retail
9 10 (2.10%) Marketing
10 8 (1.68%) Automotive
11 6 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.63%) Local Government
13 3 (0.63%) Spanish Language
14 2 (0.42%) Advertising
14 2 (0.42%) Games
14 2 (0.42%) Legal
14 2 (0.42%) Social Housing
15 1 (0.21%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 185 (38.87%) Analyst
2 178 (37.39%) Data Analyst
3 147 (30.88%) Junior
4 145 (30.46%) Junior Analyst
4 145 (30.46%) Junior Data Analyst
5 73 (15.34%) Developer
6 65 (13.66%) Trainee
7 55 (11.55%) Data Engineer
8 52 (10.92%) Senior
9 35 (7.35%) Lead
10 34 (7.14%) Software Developer
11 31 (6.51%) Python Developer
12 24 (5.04%) Azure Engineer
13 20 (4.20%) Azure Data Engineer
13 20 (4.20%) Senior Developer
13 20 (4.20%) Software Engineer
14 19 (3.99%) Full-Stack Developer
14 19 (3.99%) Python Engineer
14 19 (3.99%) Trainee Analyst
14 19 (3.99%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (12.82%) HTML
2 49 (10.29%) CSS
3 45 (9.45%) React
4 38 (7.98%) Node.js
5 25 (5.25%) PySpark
6 17 (3.57%) Django
7 12 (2.52%) Pandas
8 10 (2.10%) NumPy
8 10 (2.10%) scikit-learn
8 10 (2.10%) Streamlit
9 9 (1.89%) Hugging Face
9 9 (1.89%) Matplotlib
9 9 (1.89%) REST
10 8 (1.68%) Flask
11 7 (1.47%) PyTorch
11 7 (1.47%) TensorFlow
12 5 (1.05%) .NET
12 5 (1.05%) AngularJS
12 5 (1.05%) Elastic Stack
13 4 (0.84%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.15%) Algorithms
2 8 (1.68%) Product Ownership
3 7 (1.47%) Cloud Native
4 6 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (0.84%) Credit Risk
6 4 (0.84%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (0.63%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (0.63%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (0.63%) Social Media
8 2 (0.42%) CUDA
8 2 (0.42%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.42%) Educational Technology
8 2 (0.42%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.42%) Lidar
8 2 (0.42%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.42%) Robotics
8 2 (0.42%) SCADA
8 2 (0.42%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (0.42%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.52%) Linux
2 7 (1.47%) Windows
3 4 (0.84%) Unix
4 2 (0.42%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (0.42%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.21%) Android
5 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.21%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (42.23%) AI
2 192 (40.34%) Business Intelligence
3 78 (16.39%) Analytics
4 62 (13.03%) Mentoring
5 60 (12.61%) CI/CD
6 54 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (10.92%) DevOps
8 50 (10.50%) Machine Learning
9 48 (10.08%) Full-Stack Development
10 44 (9.24%) Decision-Making
10 44 (9.24%) ETL
11 42 (8.82%) Data Pipeline
12 41 (8.61%) Agile
13 39 (8.19%) Software Engineering
14 38 (7.98%) Data Engineering
14 38 (7.98%) Visualisation
15 37 (7.77%) Data Analysis
16 36 (7.56%) Continuous Improvement
16 36 (7.56%) Cybersecurity
17 35 (7.35%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 294 (61.76%) SQL
2 87 (18.28%) JavaScript
3 35 (7.35%) R
4 23 (4.83%) Java
5 16 (3.36%) Bash
6 12 (2.52%) PowerShell
7 11 (2.31%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.10%) C
9 9 (1.89%) PHP
10 8 (1.68%) Bicep
10 8 (1.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (1.47%) C++
11 7 (1.47%) VBA
12 6 (1.26%) C#
12 6 (1.26%) Scala
12 6 (1.26%) T-SQL
13 5 (1.05%) Embedded C
13 5 (1.05%) Go
14 3 (0.63%) Delphi
14 3 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 184 (38.66%) Azure Certification
2 48 (10.08%) AWS Certification
3 45 (9.45%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 44 (9.24%) Degree
5 42 (8.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (3.57%) Security Cleared
8 13 (2.73%) SC Cleared
9 7 (1.47%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.47%) Numerate Degree
10 6 (1.26%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.05%) CCNP
11 5 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.84%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.42%) CEH
13 2 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.42%) PhD
13 2 (0.42%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.42%) PMP
14 1 (0.21%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.41%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.10%) QA
3 8 (1.68%) GDPR
4 6 (1.26%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.63%) WCAG
6 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.21%) NIST
6 1 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (6.09%) Docker
2 5 (1.05%) Firmware
3 1 (0.21%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 28 (5.88%) Terraform
2 27 (5.67%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.73%) Grafana
4 5 (1.05%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.84%) Ansible
6 3 (0.63%) Argo
6 3 (0.63%) Nagios
7 2 (0.42%) Kustomize
7 2 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.21%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.21%) Control-M
8 1 (0.21%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 245 (51.47%) Microsoft
2 42 (8.82%) Databricks
3 10 (2.10%) Oracle
4 9 (1.89%) Google
5 8 (1.68%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.26%) Cisco
7 5 (1.05%) Meraki
7 5 (1.05%) Talend
8 4 (0.84%) Atmel
8 4 (0.84%) Cloudera
8 4 (0.84%) Informatica
8 4 (0.84%) LogicMonitor
9 3 (0.63%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.63%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.42%) Civica
10 2 (0.42%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.42%) Northgate
10 2 (0.42%) PagerDuty
10 2 (0.42%) Splunk
10 2 (0.42%) Zoho