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 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 27 39
Rank change year-on-year -11 +12 -26
Permanent jobs citing Python 370 432 302
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.77% 6.73% 5.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.92% 25.16% 16.46%
Number of salaries quoted 264 208 231
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.29% -7.39%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £64,250
90th Percentile £87,125 £85,375 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% +3.57%

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 1,124 1,717 1,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.48% 26.75% 32.23%
Number of salaries quoted 915 930 1,618
10th Percentile £28,850 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,001 £64,688
90th Percentile £78,774 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 +2 258 £60,000 +4.35% 153
East Midlands -27 115 £62,500 +13.64% 300
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 8 (2.16%) Confluence
2 6 (1.62%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (1.62%) IIS
3 4 (1.08%) nginx
3 4 (1.08%) SAS
4 2 (0.54%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.54%) WordPress
5 1 (0.27%) Apache
5 1 (0.27%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 98 (26.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.08%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 2 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.27%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 182 (49.19%) Azure
2 108 (29.19%) AWS
3 98 (26.49%) Power Platform
4 62 (16.76%) Azure AI
5 41 (11.08%) GitHub
6 26 (7.03%) Amazon S3
7 18 (4.86%) SaaS
7 18 (4.86%) Serverless
8 16 (4.32%) AWS Lambda
8 16 (4.32%) Azure Data Factory
9 14 (3.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 14 (3.78%) GCP
10 11 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (2.97%) Snowflake
11 9 (2.43%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (2.43%) Amazon ELB
11 9 (2.43%) AWS KMS
11 9 (2.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 8 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (1.89%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (7.57%) Internet
2 12 (3.24%) Firewall
3 10 (2.70%) DNS
3 10 (2.70%) FTP
3 10 (2.70%) HTTP
4 9 (2.43%) SMTP
4 9 (2.43%) SSH
5 7 (1.89%) VPN
6 4 (1.08%) BGP
6 4 (1.08%) IMAP
6 4 (1.08%) LAN
6 4 (1.08%) OpenLDAP
6 4 (1.08%) WAN
6 4 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.81%) Bluetooth
7 3 (0.81%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (0.81%) OSPF
7 3 (0.81%) UWB
7 3 (0.81%) Wireless
8 2 (0.54%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (25.95%) Power BI
2 95 (25.68%) Tableau
3 25 (6.76%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (6.76%) SQL Server
4 23 (6.22%) Data Mining
5 16 (4.32%) Delta Lake
6 12 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (2.97%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (2.16%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (1.89%) BigQuery
10 5 (1.35%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.35%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (1.08%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (1.08%) Metadata
11 4 (1.08%) NoSQL
11 4 (1.08%) Parquet
11 4 (1.08%) Power Query
12 3 (0.81%) MySQL
12 3 (0.81%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 50 (13.51%) Git
2 19 (5.14%) Jenkins
3 11 (2.97%) JIRA
4 9 (2.43%) Vagrant
5 8 (2.16%) GitLab
6 4 (1.08%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.81%) JUnit
7 3 (0.81%) Selenium
8 2 (0.54%) MLflow
8 2 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.54%) Subversion
9 1 (0.27%) Jaeger
9 1 (0.27%) JMeter
9 1 (0.27%) Locust
9 1 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
General
1 116 (31.35%) Social Skills
2 50 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (12.16%) Finance
4 28 (7.57%) Multimedia
5 25 (6.76%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.32%) Marketing
6 16 (4.32%) Retail
7 11 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.70%) Law
9 8 (2.16%) Automotive
9 8 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.89%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.81%) Legal
13 3 (0.81%) Local Government
13 3 (0.81%) Spanish Language
14 2 (0.54%) Social Housing
15 1 (0.27%) Advertising
15 1 (0.27%) Games
Job Titles
1 107 (28.92%) Analyst
2 90 (24.32%) Data Analyst
3 73 (19.73%) Developer
4 55 (14.86%) Junior
4 55 (14.86%) Junior Analyst
4 55 (14.86%) Junior Data Analyst
5 51 (13.78%) Data Engineer
6 49 (13.24%) Senior
7 46 (12.43%) Trainee
8 33 (8.92%) Software Developer
9 31 (8.38%) Python Developer
10 28 (7.57%) DevOps Engineer
11 27 (7.30%) Azure Engineer
12 25 (6.76%) Azure Data Engineer
12 25 (6.76%) Lead
13 17 (4.59%) Senior Developer
14 16 (4.32%) Python Engineer
14 16 (4.32%) Senior Data Engineer
14 16 (4.32%) Software Engineer
15 15 (4.05%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (12.16%) HTML
2 37 (10.00%) CSS
3 30 (8.11%) React
4 25 (6.76%) Node.js
5 23 (6.22%) PySpark
6 16 (4.32%) Django
7 9 (2.43%) .NET
8 7 (1.89%) Flask
8 7 (1.89%) REST
9 5 (1.35%) ARM Templates
9 5 (1.35%) Spring
9 5 (1.35%) Spring Boot
9 5 (1.35%) XML
10 4 (1.08%) AngularJS
10 4 (1.08%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (1.08%) LDAP
11 3 (0.81%) JSON
11 3 (0.81%) pytest
11 3 (0.81%) RESTful
12 2 (0.54%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 9 (2.43%) Data Structures
2 7 (1.89%) Cloud Native
2 7 (1.89%) Credit Risk
3 6 (1.62%) AI Agents
4 5 (1.35%) Algorithms
4 5 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.08%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.08%) Replication
5 4 (1.08%) Virtual Team
6 3 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (0.81%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (0.81%) Onboarding
6 3 (0.81%) Raspberry Pi
7 2 (0.54%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (0.54%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.54%) Device Driver
7 2 (0.54%) e-Learning
7 2 (0.54%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 2 (0.54%) SCADA
7 2 (0.54%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.30%) Linux
2 10 (2.70%) Windows
3 9 (2.43%) VMS
4 7 (1.89%) Amazon Linux
5 5 (1.35%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (28.92%) AI
2 99 (26.76%) Business Intelligence
3 77 (20.81%) Analytics
4 64 (17.30%) Problem-Solving
5 59 (15.95%) CI/CD
6 58 (15.68%) Mentoring
7 49 (13.24%) DevOps
8 44 (11.89%) ETL
9 41 (11.08%) Agile
9 41 (11.08%) Decision-Making
10 40 (10.81%) Data Engineering
10 40 (10.81%) Machine Learning
11 36 (9.73%) Data Science
12 35 (9.46%) Data Analysis
12 35 (9.46%) Data Analytics
12 35 (9.46%) Full-Stack Development
13 34 (9.19%) Cybersecurity
13 34 (9.19%) Visualisation
14 32 (8.65%) Continuous Improvement
14 32 (8.65%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 211 (57.03%) SQL
2 77 (20.81%) JavaScript
3 31 (8.38%) Java
4 29 (7.84%) R
5 18 (4.86%) PowerShell
6 17 (4.59%) Bash
7 15 (4.05%) C#
7 15 (4.05%) PHP
8 11 (2.97%) Perl
9 10 (2.70%) Bicep
10 9 (2.43%) Groovy
10 9 (2.43%) TypeScript
11 8 (2.16%) VBA
12 7 (1.89%) C++
12 7 (1.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (1.62%) Scala
14 5 (1.35%) C
14 5 (1.35%) Go
14 5 (1.35%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.81%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 89 (24.05%) Azure Certification
2 55 (14.86%) Degree
3 36 (9.73%) AWS Certification
4 34 (9.19%) Microsoft Certification
5 28 (7.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 28 (7.57%) Security Cleared
6 21 (5.68%) SC Cleared
7 19 (5.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (3.78%) Master's Degree
9 8 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (2.16%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.16%) Numerate Degree
10 5 (1.35%) CCNP
11 4 (1.08%) CCNA
11 4 (1.08%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.54%) CEH
12 2 (0.54%) HND
12 2 (0.54%) PhD
12 2 (0.54%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.54%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.76%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.16%) GDPR
3 3 (0.81%) QA
4 2 (0.54%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.27%) SLA
5 1 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 34 (9.19%) Docker
2 5 (1.35%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.08%) DFS Replication
3 4 (1.08%) Dovecot
3 4 (1.08%) Postfix
3 4 (1.08%) Squid
Systems Management
1 35 (9.46%) Terraform
2 24 (6.49%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.51%) Grafana
4 9 (2.43%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.89%) Ansible
6 5 (1.35%) Nessus
7 4 (1.08%) Proxmox
8 3 (0.81%) Argo
8 3 (0.81%) Nagios
9 2 (0.54%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.27%) AWS Copilot
10 1 (0.27%) Control-M
10 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.27%) Puppet
10 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 146 (39.46%) Microsoft
2 42 (11.35%) Databricks
3 15 (4.05%) Oracle
4 12 (3.24%) Salesforce
5 7 (1.89%) Cisco
5 7 (1.89%) Google
5 7 (1.89%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.35%) LogicMonitor
6 5 (1.35%) UiPath
7 4 (1.08%) Jaspersoft
7 4 (1.08%) Meraki
7 4 (1.08%) SolarWinds
7 4 (1.08%) Talend
8 3 (0.81%) Cloudera
8 3 (0.81%) Informatica
9 2 (0.54%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.54%) Juniper
9 2 (0.54%) Siemens
9 2 (0.54%) Toshiba
9 2 (0.54%) Zoho