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 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 42 48
Rank change year-on-year +10 +6 -34
Permanent jobs citing Python 666 266 479
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.32% 5.42% 4.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.41% 21.26% 15.70%
Number of salaries quoted 321 181 372
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £88,975
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 1,690 1,251 3,051
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.50% 25.51% 26.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,166 980 2,600
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £73,875
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 26 April 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 26 April 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 +20 390 £57,500 +4.55% 98
East Midlands +1 276 £55,000 - 91
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 11 (1.65%) WordPress
2 9 (1.35%) Jupyter
3 7 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.90%) SAS
5 2 (0.30%) Apache
5 2 (0.30%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 259 (38.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.35%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.15%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (0.60%) Line 50
2 3 (0.45%) Magento
2 3 (0.45%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 435 (65.32%) Azure
2 299 (44.89%) Azure AI
3 290 (43.54%) Power Platform
4 142 (21.32%) AWS
5 40 (6.01%) GitHub
6 32 (4.80%) Amazon S3
7 31 (4.65%) Serverless
8 27 (4.05%) AWS Lambda
8 27 (4.05%) Snowflake
9 19 (2.85%) GCP
10 15 (2.25%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (1.95%) dbt
11 13 (1.95%) SaaS
12 12 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
15 7 (1.05%) PaaS
16 6 (0.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 6 (0.90%) Datadog
17 5 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 30 (4.50%) Internet
2 11 (1.65%) VPN
2 11 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (1.65%) Wireless
3 8 (1.20%) Bluetooth
4 7 (1.05%) BGP
4 7 (1.05%) LAN
5 6 (0.90%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (0.90%) EIGRP
5 6 (0.90%) Modbus
5 6 (0.90%) OSPF
5 6 (0.90%) Wireshark
6 5 (0.75%) Network Security
6 5 (0.75%) WAN
7 4 (0.60%) Broadband
7 4 (0.60%) DNS
7 4 (0.60%) Firewall
7 4 (0.60%) LTE
7 4 (0.60%) VoIP
8 2 (0.30%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 290 (43.54%) Power BI
2 262 (39.34%) Tableau
3 21 (3.15%) SQL Server
4 20 (3.00%) Data Mining
5 19 (2.85%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (2.40%) Amazon Redshift
6 16 (2.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 11 (1.65%) Delta Lake
8 7 (1.05%) Metadata
8 7 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (0.90%) Pentaho
9 6 (0.90%) Redis
10 5 (0.75%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.75%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.60%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.60%) FileMaker
12 3 (0.45%) MySQL
12 3 (0.45%) Power Query
12 3 (0.45%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 56 (8.41%) Git
2 14 (2.10%) Cucumber
3 13 (1.95%) Jenkins
4 12 (1.80%) GitLab
5 10 (1.50%) Selenium
6 9 (1.35%) Visual Studio Code
7 8 (1.20%) Gatling
7 8 (1.20%) JMeter
8 6 (0.90%) LoadRunner
9 5 (0.75%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.75%) Postman
9 5 (0.75%) REST Assured
9 5 (0.75%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.60%) Burp Suite
10 4 (0.60%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.60%) JIRA
10 4 (0.60%) Subversion
10 4 (0.60%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.45%) HP UFT
11 3 (0.45%) JUnit
General
1 352 (52.85%) Social Skills
2 82 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (10.21%) Finance
4 30 (4.50%) Multimedia
5 24 (3.60%) Manufacturing
6 20 (3.00%) Retail
7 17 (2.55%) Public Sector
8 13 (1.95%) Law
9 11 (1.65%) Automotive
10 10 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.05%) Electronics
11 7 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (0.90%) Marketing
13 4 (0.60%) Banking
13 4 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.45%) Spanish Language
15 2 (0.30%) Advertising
15 2 (0.30%) Games
15 2 (0.30%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 273 (40.99%) Analyst
2 266 (39.94%) Data Analyst
3 239 (35.89%) Junior
4 236 (35.44%) Junior Analyst
4 236 (35.44%) Junior Data Analyst
5 75 (11.26%) Developer
6 69 (10.36%) Senior
7 68 (10.21%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 66 (9.91%) Data Engineer
9 55 (8.26%) Trainee
10 42 (6.31%) Lead
11 35 (5.26%) Software Developer
12 30 (4.50%) Python Developer
13 28 (4.20%) Data Scientist
13 28 (4.20%) Software Engineer
14 25 (3.75%) Azure Engineer
15 23 (3.45%) Python Engineer
16 22 (3.30%) Azure Data Engineer
16 22 (3.30%) Senior Developer
17 21 (3.15%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (9.31%) HTML
2 52 (7.81%) CSS
3 44 (6.61%) React
4 37 (5.56%) Node.js
5 25 (3.75%) PySpark
6 18 (2.70%) Pandas
7 16 (2.40%) PyTorch
7 16 (2.40%) scikit-learn
8 14 (2.10%) Django
9 12 (1.80%) Hugging Face
10 10 (1.50%) NumPy
10 10 (1.50%) Playwright
10 10 (1.50%) Streamlit
10 10 (1.50%) TensorFlow
11 9 (1.35%) Matplotlib
11 9 (1.35%) REST
12 7 (1.05%) RESTful
13 6 (0.90%) Flask
14 5 (0.75%) AngularJS
14 5 (0.75%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 13 (1.95%) Algorithms
2 9 (1.35%) Cloud Native
2 9 (1.35%) Product Ownership
3 8 (1.20%) Virtual Team
4 6 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (0.60%) CAN bus
6 4 (0.60%) Credit Risk
6 4 (0.60%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (0.45%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (0.45%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (0.45%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (0.45%) Public Cloud
7 3 (0.45%) Social Media
8 2 (0.30%) ARM Cortex
8 2 (0.30%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (0.30%) Educational Technology
8 2 (0.30%) Lidar
8 2 (0.30%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.30%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.70%) Linux
2 17 (2.55%) Windows
3 6 (0.90%) FreeRTOS
3 6 (0.90%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.75%) Mac OS
4 5 (0.75%) Unix
5 4 (0.60%) Kali Linux
6 2 (0.30%) Robot Operating System
6 2 (0.30%) VMS
7 1 (0.15%) Android
7 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (54.50%) AI
2 286 (42.94%) Business Intelligence
3 80 (12.01%) Analytics
4 75 (11.26%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
5 66 (9.91%) Mentoring
6 63 (9.46%) Machine Learning
6 63 (9.46%) Problem-Solving
7 62 (9.31%) CI/CD
8 50 (7.51%) Software Engineering
9 48 (7.21%) DevOps
10 47 (7.06%) Full-Stack Development
11 46 (6.91%) Data Science
12 44 (6.61%) Agile
12 44 (6.61%) ETL
13 43 (6.46%) Data Pipeline
14 42 (6.31%) Data Engineering
14 42 (6.31%) Visualisation
15 38 (5.71%) Computer Science
15 38 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
16 36 (5.41%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 410 (61.56%) SQL
2 78 (11.71%) JavaScript
3 33 (4.95%) R
4 30 (4.50%) Java
5 17 (2.55%) PowerShell
6 16 (2.40%) Bash
7 15 (2.25%) C
8 13 (1.95%) TypeScript
9 12 (1.80%) C#
9 12 (1.80%) C++
9 12 (1.80%) PHP
10 10 (1.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 9 (1.35%) Embedded C
12 7 (1.05%) Bicep
12 7 (1.05%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.90%) Scala
14 5 (0.75%) VBA
15 4 (0.60%) Go
16 3 (0.45%) Delphi
16 3 (0.45%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 332 (49.85%) Azure Certification
2 50 (7.51%) Degree
3 43 (6.46%) AWS Certification
4 39 (5.86%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 35 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.65%) DBS Check
7 11 (1.65%) Security Cleared
8 10 (1.50%) SC Cleared
9 8 (1.20%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.90%) CCNP
10 6 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.45%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.30%) CEH
12 2 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.30%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.30%) PhD
13 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.15%) CREST Certified
13 1 (0.15%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.30%) Data Quality
2 12 (1.80%) Accessibility
2 12 (1.80%) GDPR
3 11 (1.65%) QA
4 4 (0.60%) ISO 14001
4 4 (0.60%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.30%) IEC 61508
5 2 (0.30%) MISRA
5 2 (0.30%) MISRA C
5 2 (0.30%) WCAG
6 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.15%) NIST
6 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (3.00%) Docker
2 11 (1.65%) Firmware
3 6 (0.90%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (0.60%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (3.75%) Terraform
2 20 (3.00%) Kubernetes
3 15 (2.25%) Grafana
4 5 (0.75%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.60%) HP Fortify
6 3 (0.45%) Nagios
7 2 (0.30%) Ansible
7 2 (0.30%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.15%) Argo
8 1 (0.15%) Control-M
8 1 (0.15%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.15%) Podman
8 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 326 (48.95%) Microsoft
2 48 (7.21%) Databricks
3 14 (2.10%) Google
4 10 (1.50%) Oracle
5 7 (1.05%) Cisco
5 7 (1.05%) Informatica
5 7 (1.05%) Talend
6 6 (0.90%) Cloudera
6 6 (0.90%) Meraki
7 5 (0.75%) OpenAI
8 4 (0.60%) Adobe
8 4 (0.60%) Apple
8 4 (0.60%) Atmel
8 4 (0.60%) Sage
8 4 (0.60%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.60%) SolarWinds
8 4 (0.60%) Veracode
9 3 (0.45%) LogicMonitor
10 2 (0.30%) Logitech
10 2 (0.30%) Yealink