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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 27 37
Rank change year-on-year -12 +10 -24
Permanent jobs citing Python 377 428 387
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.62% 6.90% 5.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.50% 25.25% 16.55%
Number of salaries quoted 262 206 301
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - +2.80% -8.15%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,875 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,875 £88,750
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 1,160 1,695 2,339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.21% 27.33% 31.29%
Number of salaries quoted 932 917 2,064
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £32,248
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £66,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £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 29 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 29 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 +5 253 £55,000 - 130
East Midlands -24 127 £55,000 - 191
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 (1.59%) Apache Airflow
1 6 (1.59%) IIS
2 5 (1.33%) Confluence
2 5 (1.33%) SAS
3 3 (0.80%) nginx
4 2 (0.53%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.53%) WordPress
5 1 (0.27%) Apache
5 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.27%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 108 (28.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.80%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.27%) Simulink
3 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 185 (49.07%) Azure
2 115 (30.50%) AWS
3 111 (29.44%) Power Platform
4 71 (18.83%) Azure AI
5 41 (10.88%) GitHub
6 31 (8.22%) Amazon S3
7 26 (6.90%) Serverless
8 23 (6.10%) AWS Lambda
9 18 (4.77%) Azure Data Factory
10 15 (3.98%) SaaS
11 13 (3.45%) GCP
12 12 (3.18%) Snowflake
13 11 (2.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
15 7 (1.86%) Amazon EC2
15 7 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
16 6 (1.59%) Amazon ECS
16 6 (1.59%) Amazon ELB
16 6 (1.59%) Datadog
16 6 (1.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 30 (7.96%) Internet
2 9 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (1.86%) Firewall
3 7 (1.86%) FTP
3 7 (1.86%) VPN
3 7 (1.86%) Wireless
4 6 (1.59%) DNS
4 6 (1.59%) HTTP
4 6 (1.59%) SMTP
4 6 (1.59%) SSH
5 5 (1.33%) BGP
5 5 (1.33%) Bluetooth
5 5 (1.33%) LAN
6 4 (1.06%) LTE
6 4 (1.06%) Modbus
6 4 (1.06%) OSPF
6 4 (1.06%) WAN
7 3 (0.80%) Broadband
7 3 (0.80%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (0.80%) OpenLDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (28.91%) Power BI
2 98 (25.99%) Tableau
3 26 (6.90%) SQL Server
4 23 (6.10%) Data Mining
5 16 (4.24%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (3.98%) Delta Lake
7 12 (3.18%) Amazon Redshift
8 11 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (2.12%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (2.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (1.59%) Metadata
10 6 (1.59%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.33%) NoSQL
12 4 (1.06%) MongoDB
12 4 (1.06%) Pentaho
12 4 (1.06%) Power Query
12 4 (1.06%) Redis
13 3 (0.80%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (0.80%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.80%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 51 (13.53%) Git
2 15 (3.98%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.12%) JIRA
4 7 (1.86%) GitLab
5 6 (1.59%) Vagrant
6 5 (1.33%) Cucumber
6 5 (1.33%) Subversion
7 4 (1.06%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.80%) JUnit
8 3 (0.80%) Selenium
9 1 (0.27%) Jaeger
9 1 (0.27%) JMeter
9 1 (0.27%) Locust
9 1 (0.27%) Maven
9 1 (0.27%) MLflow
9 1 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.27%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.27%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.27%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 126 (33.42%) Social Skills
2 57 (15.12%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (11.94%) Finance
4 30 (7.96%) Multimedia
5 23 (6.10%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.45%) Marketing
7 10 (2.65%) Manufacturing
8 9 (2.39%) Automotive
8 9 (2.39%) Law
9 7 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.86%) Retail
10 5 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.06%) Local Government
12 3 (0.80%) Legal
12 3 (0.80%) Spanish Language
13 1 (0.27%) Advertising
13 1 (0.27%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.27%) Banking
Job Titles
1 111 (29.44%) Analyst
2 97 (25.73%) Data Analyst
3 76 (20.16%) Developer
4 66 (17.51%) Junior
4 66 (17.51%) Junior Analyst
4 66 (17.51%) Junior Data Analyst
5 50 (13.26%) Trainee
6 47 (12.47%) Data Engineer
7 44 (11.67%) Senior
8 34 (9.02%) Software Developer
9 33 (8.75%) Python Developer
10 25 (6.63%) DevOps Engineer
10 25 (6.63%) Lead
11 21 (5.57%) Azure Engineer
12 20 (5.31%) Software Engineer
13 19 (5.04%) Azure Data Engineer
14 18 (4.77%) Python Engineer
15 17 (4.51%) Senior Developer
16 16 (4.24%) Trainee Analyst
16 16 (4.24%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (13.79%) HTML
2 42 (11.14%) CSS
3 40 (10.61%) React
4 34 (9.02%) Node.js
5 26 (6.90%) PySpark
6 17 (4.51%) Django
7 10 (2.65%) .NET
8 9 (2.39%) REST
9 8 (2.12%) Flask
10 5 (1.33%) AngularJS
10 5 (1.33%) XML
11 4 (1.06%) ARM Templates
11 4 (1.06%) Elastic Stack
11 4 (1.06%) GraphQL
11 4 (1.06%) JSON
11 4 (1.06%) PyTorch
11 4 (1.06%) Spring
11 4 (1.06%) TensorFlow
12 3 (0.80%) FastAPI
12 3 (0.80%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 9 (2.39%) Data Structures
2 7 (1.86%) Cloud Native
3 6 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (1.33%) Algorithms
4 5 (1.33%) Product Ownership
4 5 (1.33%) Raspberry Pi
5 4 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (1.06%) Credit Risk
5 4 (1.06%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.06%) Virtual Team
6 3 (0.80%) AI Agents
6 3 (0.80%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (0.80%) Replication
7 2 (0.53%) CUDA
7 2 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (0.53%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.53%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 2 (0.53%) Robotics
7 2 (0.53%) SCADA
7 2 (0.53%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.84%) Linux
2 8 (2.12%) Windows
3 6 (1.59%) VMS
4 5 (1.33%) Amazon Linux
5 4 (1.06%) Unix
6 3 (0.80%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.53%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.27%) Android
8 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (30.77%) AI
2 112 (29.71%) Business Intelligence
3 73 (19.36%) Analytics
4 61 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
5 60 (15.92%) Mentoring
6 55 (14.59%) CI/CD
7 49 (13.00%) DevOps
8 48 (12.73%) ETL
9 44 (11.67%) Full-Stack Development
10 40 (10.61%) Agile
10 40 (10.61%) Data Engineering
10 40 (10.61%) Decision-Making
11 39 (10.34%) Machine Learning
12 38 (10.08%) Software Engineering
13 35 (9.28%) Cybersecurity
14 34 (9.02%) Data Analysis
15 33 (8.75%) Data Pipeline
16 32 (8.49%) Continuous Improvement
16 32 (8.49%) Data Analytics
17 31 (8.22%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 212 (56.23%) SQL
2 85 (22.55%) JavaScript
3 28 (7.43%) Java
4 26 (6.90%) R
5 16 (4.24%) Bash
6 15 (3.98%) PHP
6 15 (3.98%) PowerShell
7 12 (3.18%) C#
8 10 (2.65%) C
8 10 (2.65%) TypeScript
9 9 (2.39%) Perl
10 8 (2.12%) VBA
11 7 (1.86%) Bicep
11 7 (1.86%) C++
11 7 (1.86%) Groovy
12 6 (1.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (1.33%) Embedded C
13 5 (1.33%) Go
13 5 (1.33%) Scala
14 4 (1.06%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 100 (26.53%) Azure Certification
2 54 (14.32%) Degree
3 37 (9.81%) AWS Certification
4 35 (9.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 31 (8.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 23 (6.10%) Security Cleared
7 20 (5.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (5.04%) SC Cleared
9 15 (3.98%) Master's Degree
10 8 (2.12%) Numerate Degree
11 7 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (1.33%) CCNP
13 4 (1.06%) DBS Check
13 4 (1.06%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.80%) PhD
15 2 (0.53%) CCNA
15 2 (0.53%) CEH
15 2 (0.53%) HND
15 2 (0.53%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.53%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.77%) Data Quality
2 7 (1.86%) GDPR
3 5 (1.33%) QA
4 3 (0.80%) 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 32 (8.49%) Docker
2 4 (1.06%) Firmware
3 3 (0.80%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.80%) DFS Replication
3 3 (0.80%) Dovecot
3 3 (0.80%) Postfix
3 3 (0.80%) Squid
Systems Management
1 32 (8.49%) Terraform
2 24 (6.37%) Kubernetes
3 11 (2.92%) Grafana
4 8 (2.12%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.59%) Ansible
6 3 (0.80%) Argo
6 3 (0.80%) Nagios
6 3 (0.80%) Nessus
6 3 (0.80%) Proxmox
7 2 (0.53%) Kustomize
7 2 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.27%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.27%) Control-M
8 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 158 (41.91%) Microsoft
2 41 (10.88%) Databricks
3 16 (4.24%) Oracle
4 10 (2.65%) Salesforce
5 8 (2.12%) Google
6 7 (1.86%) Cisco
7 5 (1.33%) Meraki
7 5 (1.33%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.33%) Talend
8 4 (1.06%) Atmel
8 4 (1.06%) Cloudera
8 4 (1.06%) Informatica
8 4 (1.06%) LogicMonitor
8 4 (1.06%) UiPath
9 3 (0.80%) Jaspersoft
9 3 (0.80%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.53%) Allen-Bradley
10 2 (0.53%) Siemens
10 2 (0.53%) Toshiba
10 2 (0.53%) Zoho