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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 28 46
Rank change year-on-year -6 +18 -31
Permanent jobs citing Python 461 342 435
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.72% 6.51% 4.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.24% 23.93% 15.55%
Number of salaries quoted 283 212 361
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,200 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.36% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £79,950 £89,000
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 1,308 1,429 2,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.40% 27.22% 28.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,001 955 2,472
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,750
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 £63,750
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 10 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 10 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 +4 296 £60,000 +9.09% 114
East Midlands -15 167 £55,000 - 123
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 (1.30%) Jupyter
2 5 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.08%) SAS
3 2 (0.43%) IIS
3 2 (0.43%) WordPress
4 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 181 (39.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.30%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.22%) Simulink
3 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 260 (56.40%) Azure
2 189 (41.00%) Power Platform
3 146 (31.67%) Azure AI
4 121 (26.25%) AWS
5 39 (8.46%) GitHub
6 30 (6.51%) Amazon S3
6 30 (6.51%) Serverless
7 27 (5.86%) AWS Lambda
8 16 (3.47%) Azure Data Factory
8 16 (3.47%) Snowflake
9 13 (2.82%) SaaS
10 12 (2.60%) GCP
11 11 (2.39%) dbt
12 7 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.52%) PaaS
13 6 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (1.30%) Datadog
13 6 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (1.08%) AWS CloudFormation
14 5 (1.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 28 (6.07%) Internet
2 10 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (1.95%) Wireless
4 7 (1.52%) VPN
5 6 (1.30%) BGP
5 6 (1.30%) LAN
6 5 (1.08%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (1.08%) EIGRP
6 5 (1.08%) OSPF
6 5 (1.08%) Wireshark
7 4 (0.87%) Bluetooth
7 4 (0.87%) Broadband
7 4 (0.87%) LTE
7 4 (0.87%) Modbus
7 4 (0.87%) WAN
8 2 (0.43%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.22%) FTP
9 1 (0.22%) IOS XR
9 1 (0.22%) PuTTY
9 1 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 189 (41.00%) Power BI
2 177 (38.39%) Tableau
3 25 (5.42%) Data Mining
4 18 (3.90%) SQL Server
5 16 (3.47%) Amazon Redshift
6 15 (3.25%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (2.82%) Delta Lake
8 12 (2.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (1.52%) Metadata
11 6 (1.30%) Redis
11 6 (1.30%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.87%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.87%) Pentaho
12 4 (0.87%) TimescaleDB
13 3 (0.65%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.65%) InfluxDB
13 3 (0.65%) Power Query
13 3 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.43%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 45 (9.76%) Git
2 8 (1.74%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.30%) Cucumber
3 6 (1.30%) Visual Studio Code
4 5 (1.08%) GitLab
5 4 (0.87%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.87%) Subversion
6 3 (0.65%) JIRA
6 3 (0.65%) JUnit
6 3 (0.65%) Selenium
7 2 (0.43%) JMeter
7 2 (0.43%) Locust
7 2 (0.43%) MLflow
8 1 (0.22%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.22%) Maven
8 1 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.22%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.22%) SpecFlow
General
1 191 (41.43%) Social Skills
2 70 (15.18%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (12.36%) Finance
4 28 (6.07%) Multimedia
5 18 (3.90%) Public Sector
6 17 (3.69%) Manufacturing
7 11 (2.39%) Law
8 10 (2.17%) Marketing
9 8 (1.74%) Automotive
9 8 (1.74%) Retail
10 6 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.65%) Local Government
12 3 (0.65%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.43%) Advertising
13 2 (0.43%) Games
13 2 (0.43%) Legal
13 2 (0.43%) Social Housing
14 1 (0.22%) Banking
Job Titles
1 184 (39.91%) Analyst
2 177 (38.39%) Data Analyst
3 144 (31.24%) Junior
3 144 (31.24%) Junior Analyst
3 144 (31.24%) Junior Data Analyst
4 69 (14.97%) Developer
5 56 (12.15%) Trainee
6 54 (11.71%) Data Engineer
7 52 (11.28%) Senior
8 32 (6.94%) Lead
8 32 (6.94%) Software Developer
9 30 (6.51%) Python Developer
10 24 (5.21%) Azure Engineer
11 20 (4.34%) Azure Data Engineer
11 20 (4.34%) Senior Developer
11 20 (4.34%) Software Engineer
12 19 (4.12%) Full-Stack Developer
12 19 (4.12%) Python Engineer
12 19 (4.12%) Trainee Analyst
12 19 (4.12%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (11.50%) HTML
2 45 (9.76%) React
3 41 (8.89%) CSS
4 38 (8.24%) Node.js
5 26 (5.64%) PySpark
6 17 (3.69%) Django
7 9 (1.95%) REST
8 8 (1.74%) Flask
8 8 (1.74%) Pandas
9 7 (1.52%) scikit-learn
9 7 (1.52%) Streamlit
10 6 (1.30%) .NET
10 6 (1.30%) Hugging Face
10 6 (1.30%) Matplotlib
10 6 (1.30%) NumPy
10 6 (1.30%) PyTorch
10 6 (1.30%) TensorFlow
11 5 (1.08%) AngularJS
11 5 (1.08%) Elastic Stack
12 4 (0.87%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 11 (2.39%) Algorithms
2 7 (1.52%) Cloud Native
3 6 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (1.30%) Product Ownership
4 5 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (0.87%) Credit Risk
5 4 (0.87%) Raspberry Pi
6 3 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (0.65%) Social Media
7 2 (0.43%) CUDA
7 2 (0.43%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.43%) Educational Technology
7 2 (0.43%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (0.43%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.43%) Lidar
7 2 (0.43%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.43%) Robotics
7 2 (0.43%) SCADA
7 2 (0.43%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (0.43%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.17%) Linux
2 7 (1.52%) Windows
3 4 (0.87%) Unix
4 2 (0.43%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (0.43%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.22%) Android
5 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (42.95%) AI
2 191 (41.43%) Business Intelligence
3 77 (16.70%) Analytics
4 60 (13.02%) Mentoring
5 57 (12.36%) CI/CD
6 55 (11.93%) Problem-Solving
7 49 (10.63%) DevOps
8 48 (10.41%) Full-Stack Development
9 47 (10.20%) Machine Learning
10 44 (9.54%) ETL
11 43 (9.33%) Decision-Making
12 41 (8.89%) Data Pipeline
13 39 (8.46%) Agile
14 38 (8.24%) Data Engineering
14 38 (8.24%) Software Engineering
15 36 (7.81%) Data Analysis
16 35 (7.59%) Data Science
16 35 (7.59%) Visualisation
17 34 (7.38%) Continuous Improvement
18 33 (7.16%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 293 (63.56%) SQL
2 78 (16.92%) JavaScript
3 30 (6.51%) R
4 22 (4.77%) Java
5 16 (3.47%) Bash
6 12 (2.60%) PowerShell
7 11 (2.39%) TypeScript
8 10 (2.17%) PHP
9 9 (1.95%) C
10 8 (1.74%) Bicep
11 7 (1.52%) C++
11 7 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (1.52%) VBA
12 6 (1.30%) C#
12 6 (1.30%) Scala
13 5 (1.08%) Embedded C
13 5 (1.08%) Go
13 5 (1.08%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.65%) Delphi
14 3 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 176 (38.18%) Azure Certification
2 42 (9.11%) Degree
3 37 (8.03%) AWS Certification
4 34 (7.38%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 34 (7.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (3.69%) Security Cleared
7 13 (2.82%) SC Cleared
8 8 (1.74%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.52%) Numerate Degree
10 6 (1.30%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.08%) CCNP
11 5 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.87%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.43%) CEH
13 2 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.43%) PhD
13 2 (0.43%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.43%) PMP
14 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.56%) Data Quality
2 8 (1.74%) GDPR
3 7 (1.52%) QA
4 5 (1.08%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.43%) WCAG
6 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.22%) NIST
6 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (5.86%) Docker
2 4 (0.87%) Firmware
3 1 (0.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 27 (5.86%) Terraform
2 26 (5.64%) Kubernetes
3 11 (2.39%) Grafana
4 5 (1.08%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.87%) Ansible
6 3 (0.65%) Argo
6 3 (0.65%) Nagios
7 2 (0.43%) Kustomize
7 2 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.22%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.22%) Control-M
Vendors
1 235 (50.98%) Microsoft
2 40 (8.68%) Databricks
3 11 (2.39%) Oracle
4 9 (1.95%) Google
5 8 (1.74%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.30%) Cisco
7 5 (1.08%) Meraki
7 5 (1.08%) Talend
8 4 (0.87%) Atmel
8 4 (0.87%) Cloudera
8 4 (0.87%) Informatica
8 4 (0.87%) LogicMonitor
9 3 (0.65%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.65%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.43%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.43%) Logitech
10 2 (0.43%) PagerDuty
10 2 (0.43%) UiPath
10 2 (0.43%) Yealink
10 2 (0.43%) Zoho