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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 42 54
Rank change year-on-year +20 +12 -34
Permanent jobs citing Python 628 287 531
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.02% 5.69% 3.74%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.95% 22.21% 15.26%
Number of salaries quoted 284 165 393
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -6.67%

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 1,797 1,292 3,480
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.37% 25.61% 24.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,224 955 2,806
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,844 £41,250 £38,894
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +6.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 19 June 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 19 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
West Midlands +17 324 £60,000 +6.67% 92
East Midlands +26 304 £55,000 +10.00% 79
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 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
1 9 (1.43%) Jupyter
1 9 (1.43%) WordPress
2 6 (0.96%) Apache
3 3 (0.48%) SAS
4 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 191 (30.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.43%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (0.64%) Line 50
2 3 (0.48%) Magento
2 3 (0.48%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 363 (57.80%) Azure
2 242 (38.54%) Azure AI
3 227 (36.15%) Power Platform
4 136 (21.66%) AWS
5 36 (5.73%) Serverless
6 35 (5.57%) Amazon S3
7 33 (5.25%) AWS Lambda
8 30 (4.78%) Snowflake
9 26 (4.14%) GCP
10 22 (3.50%) GitHub
11 17 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (2.39%) SaaS
13 13 (2.07%) dbt
14 10 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
15 9 (1.43%) AWS Step Functions
15 9 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
16 8 (1.27%) AWS CloudFormation
16 8 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
17 7 (1.11%) Azure Stack
17 7 (1.11%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.87%) VPN
1 18 (2.87%) Wireless
2 15 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
3 14 (2.23%) Internet
4 13 (2.07%) Firewall
5 12 (1.91%) Bluetooth
6 10 (1.59%) LAN
7 8 (1.27%) BGP
7 8 (1.27%) MQTT
7 8 (1.27%) Network Security
7 8 (1.27%) WAN
8 7 (1.11%) OSPF
9 6 (0.96%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.96%) DNS
9 6 (0.96%) EIGRP
9 6 (0.96%) Modbus
9 6 (0.96%) Wireshark
10 5 (0.80%) VoIP
11 4 (0.64%) Broadband
11 4 (0.64%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 227 (36.15%) Power BI
2 190 (30.25%) Tableau
3 19 (3.03%) Amazon Redshift
3 19 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
3 19 (3.03%) SQL Server
4 15 (2.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (1.43%) Delta Lake
5 9 (1.43%) Relational Database
6 8 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (1.11%) Data Mining
7 7 (1.11%) Redis
8 6 (0.96%) DynamoDB
8 6 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.64%) FileMaker
9 4 (0.64%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.64%) MySQL
9 4 (0.64%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.48%) Pentaho
10 3 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 44 (7.01%) Git
2 13 (2.07%) Jenkins
3 11 (1.75%) Cucumber
3 11 (1.75%) GitLab
4 9 (1.43%) Visual Studio Code
5 8 (1.27%) Gatling
5 8 (1.27%) JMeter
6 7 (1.11%) Selenium
7 6 (0.96%) LoadRunner
8 5 (0.80%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.80%) Postman
8 5 (0.80%) REST Assured
8 5 (0.80%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.64%) Burp Suite
9 4 (0.64%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.64%) GDB
9 4 (0.64%) Robot Framework
9 4 (0.64%) Subversion
9 4 (0.64%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.48%) JIRA
General
1 295 (46.97%) Social Skills
2 101 (16.08%) Finance
3 92 (14.65%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (3.66%) Manufacturing
5 21 (3.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (3.34%) Retail
6 18 (2.87%) Banking
7 14 (2.23%) Law
7 14 (2.23%) Multimedia
8 11 (1.75%) Public Sector
9 8 (1.27%) Automotive
10 7 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (1.11%) Telecoms
11 6 (0.96%) Electronics
12 4 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.64%) Games
12 4 (0.64%) Marketing
13 3 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.16%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 222 (35.35%) Analyst
2 214 (34.08%) Data Analyst
3 184 (29.30%) Junior
4 181 (28.82%) Junior Analyst
4 181 (28.82%) Junior Data Analyst
5 84 (13.38%) Senior
6 82 (13.06%) Developer
7 69 (10.99%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 66 (10.51%) Lead
9 64 (10.19%) Data Scientist
10 62 (9.87%) Data Engineer
11 37 (5.89%) Software Engineer
12 29 (4.62%) Python Engineer
12 29 (4.62%) Software Developer
13 27 (4.30%) Senior Data Scientist
13 27 (4.30%) Trainee
14 24 (3.82%) Lead Data Scientist
15 21 (3.34%) Lead Developer
16 20 (3.18%) Azure Engineer
16 20 (3.18%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (7.01%) HTML
2 37 (5.89%) CSS
3 35 (5.57%) PyTorch
4 32 (5.10%) Hugging Face
5 31 (4.94%) React
6 29 (4.62%) TensorFlow
7 27 (4.30%) Node.js
8 20 (3.18%) Pandas
9 18 (2.87%) scikit-learn
10 17 (2.71%) PySpark
11 12 (1.91%) NumPy
12 10 (1.59%) Matplotlib
12 10 (1.59%) Playwright
12 10 (1.59%) RESTful
12 10 (1.59%) Streamlit
13 8 (1.27%) REST
14 6 (0.96%) FastAPI
15 5 (0.80%) JSON
15 5 (0.80%) pytest
15 5 (0.80%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 14 (2.23%) Cloud Native
2 13 (2.07%) Algorithms
3 12 (1.91%) IoT
4 9 (1.43%) Product Ownership
5 8 (1.27%) Virtual Team
6 7 (1.11%) Embedded Systems
7 6 (0.96%) ARM Cortex
8 5 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (0.80%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.64%) CAN bus
9 4 (0.64%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.64%) Device Driver
9 4 (0.64%) Raspberry Pi
9 4 (0.64%) Sports Betting
10 3 (0.48%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.48%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.48%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 29 (4.62%) Linux
2 22 (3.50%) Windows
3 11 (1.75%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.96%) FreeRTOS
5 5 (0.80%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.80%) Unix
6 4 (0.64%) Kali Linux
6 4 (0.64%) VMS
7 2 (0.32%) Robot Operating System
7 2 (0.32%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.16%) Android
8 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.16%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (52.39%) AI
2 227 (36.15%) Business Intelligence
3 93 (14.81%) Analytics
4 85 (13.54%) Problem-Solving
5 83 (13.22%) Machine Learning
6 81 (12.90%) Software Engineering
7 76 (12.10%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
8 72 (11.46%) Data Science
8 72 (11.46%) Roadmaps
9 70 (11.15%) Mentoring
10 67 (10.67%) CI/CD
11 66 (10.51%) Actionable Insight
12 52 (8.28%) Decision-Making
12 52 (8.28%) Statistics
13 45 (7.17%) DevOps
14 44 (7.01%) Data Analysis
15 43 (6.85%) Data Engineering
16 41 (6.53%) Agile
16 41 (6.53%) Computer Science
17 40 (6.37%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 364 (57.96%) SQL
2 49 (7.80%) JavaScript
3 28 (4.46%) Java
3 28 (4.46%) PowerShell
3 28 (4.46%) R
4 20 (3.18%) Bash
5 17 (2.71%) C
5 17 (2.71%) TypeScript
6 14 (2.23%) C#
6 14 (2.23%) C++
7 10 (1.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 10 (1.59%) PHP
8 8 (1.27%) Embedded C
9 6 (0.96%) Bicep
10 5 (0.80%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.64%) Go
12 3 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.48%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.32%) Google Apps Script
13 2 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 263 (41.88%) Azure Certification
2 51 (8.12%) Degree
3 26 (4.14%) AWS Certification
4 24 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (3.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 20 (3.18%) Security Cleared
7 18 (2.87%) SC Cleared
8 17 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.43%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.27%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.96%) CCNP
11 6 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.32%) CEH
14 2 (0.32%) CISSP
14 2 (0.32%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.32%) PhD
15 1 (0.16%) CREST Certified
15 1 (0.16%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.66%) Data Quality
2 11 (1.75%) Accessibility
2 11 (1.75%) GDPR
2 11 (1.75%) QA
3 4 (0.64%) ISO 14001
3 4 (0.64%) ISO 9001
3 4 (0.64%) JTAG
4 3 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.32%) IEC 61508
5 2 (0.32%) MISRA
5 2 (0.32%) MISRA C
5 2 (0.32%) SLA
5 2 (0.32%) WCAG
6 1 (0.16%) NIST
System Software
1 22 (3.50%) Docker
2 11 (1.75%) Firmware
3 6 (0.96%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (0.80%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.32%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 28 (4.46%) Terraform
2 17 (2.71%) Kubernetes
3 15 (2.39%) Grafana
4 7 (1.11%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.64%) Ansible
5 4 (0.64%) HP Fortify
6 3 (0.48%) Nagios
7 2 (0.32%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.16%) Argo
8 1 (0.16%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.16%) Podman
8 1 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 241 (38.38%) Microsoft
2 42 (6.69%) Databricks
3 14 (2.23%) Google
4 10 (1.59%) Cisco
5 9 (1.43%) Meraki
6 6 (0.96%) OpenAI
7 4 (0.64%) Adobe
7 4 (0.64%) Apple
7 4 (0.64%) Atmel
7 4 (0.64%) Informatica
7 4 (0.64%) Oracle
7 4 (0.64%) Sage
7 4 (0.64%) SolarWinds
7 4 (0.64%) Veracode
8 3 (0.48%) Cloudera
8 3 (0.48%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.48%) Talend
9 2 (0.32%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.32%) PagerDuty
9 2 (0.32%) Splunk