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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 35 41
Rank change year-on-year +8 +6 -21
Permanent jobs citing Python 344 466 280
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 6.06% 5.23% 5.53%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.63% 21.71% 15.37%
Number of salaries quoted 242 208 204
10th Percentile £36,375 £32,500 £31,475
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,938 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,750 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% +7.52% -1.74%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,875 £86,250 £84,625
England median annual salary £71,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -4.67% +3.45% +2.84%

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 1,161 2,146 1,822
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.45% 24.08% 35.96%
Number of salaries quoted 948 1,179 1,501
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -2.80% +1.90%
75th Percentile £67,813 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 7 November 2025.

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 7 November 2025. 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 +10 236 £62,500 -3.85% 285
East Midlands -1 111 £60,000 +16.50% 177
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 41 (11.92%) Confluence
2 13 (3.78%) Apache Spark
3 8 (2.33%) nginx
4 7 (2.03%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.74%) IIS
6 3 (0.87%) Apache
6 3 (0.87%) SAS
7 2 (0.58%) PowerFactory
8 1 (0.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 37 (10.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.33%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 4 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.29%) GNU Octave
5 1 (0.29%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.29%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 126 (36.63%) Azure
2 123 (35.76%) AWS
3 50 (14.53%) Amazon S3
4 48 (13.95%) Amazon ELB
5 47 (13.66%) Power Platform
6 46 (13.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 46 (13.37%) Amazon EC2
7 43 (12.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 42 (12.21%) AWS KMS
9 34 (9.88%) Amazon Glacier
10 27 (7.85%) GitHub
11 26 (7.56%) GCP
12 20 (5.81%) Amazon ECS
13 18 (5.23%) SaaS
14 14 (4.07%) Snowflake
15 13 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
16 12 (3.49%) Amazon EKS
16 12 (3.49%) Azure Data Factory
17 11 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
17 11 (3.20%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 44 (12.79%) Firewall
2 32 (9.30%) HTTP
3 28 (8.14%) DNS
4 27 (7.85%) FTP
4 27 (7.85%) SMTP
4 27 (7.85%) SSH
5 14 (4.07%) Internet
6 13 (3.78%) VPN
7 8 (2.33%) Cisco IOS
7 8 (2.33%) IMAP
7 8 (2.33%) OpenLDAP
8 4 (1.16%) Modbus
9 3 (0.87%) Bluetooth
9 3 (0.87%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (0.87%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.87%) MQTT
9 3 (0.87%) UWB
9 3 (0.87%) WAN
9 3 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (13.08%) Amazon RDS
2 44 (12.79%) Power BI
3 35 (10.17%) Tableau
4 27 (7.85%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (6.40%) SQL Server
6 20 (5.81%) PostgreSQL
7 15 (4.36%) Delta Lake
8 12 (3.49%) BigQuery
9 11 (3.20%) Big Data
10 10 (2.91%) Data Mining
10 10 (2.91%) DynamoDB
10 10 (2.91%) MongoDB
11 8 (2.33%) Amazon Aurora
11 8 (2.33%) Metadata
11 8 (2.33%) NoSQL
12 7 (2.03%) Spark SQL
13 5 (1.45%) Relational Database
14 4 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (1.16%) MySQL
14 4 (1.16%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 67 (19.48%) Git
2 56 (16.28%) Jenkins
3 43 (12.50%) JIRA
4 42 (12.21%) Vagrant
5 11 (3.20%) Sonatype Nexus
6 8 (2.33%) GitLab
7 7 (2.03%) MLflow
8 5 (1.45%) JUnit
9 4 (1.16%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.16%) JMeter
9 4 (1.16%) Selenium
10 3 (0.87%) Subversion
11 2 (0.58%) Mockito
12 1 (0.29%) Appium
12 1 (0.29%) Eclipse
12 1 (0.29%) Locust
12 1 (0.29%) Maven
12 1 (0.29%) Rational DOORS
12 1 (0.29%) REST Assured
12 1 (0.29%) TestNG
General
1 91 (26.45%) Social Skills
2 47 (13.66%) Public Sector
3 45 (13.08%) Finance
4 42 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (7.85%) Retail
6 19 (5.52%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (4.94%) Marketing
8 15 (4.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (3.78%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (3.49%) Law
11 11 (3.20%) Multimedia
12 9 (2.62%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.45%) Automotive
13 5 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.87%) Legal
14 3 (0.87%) Local Government
14 3 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.58%) Games
15 2 (0.58%) Social Housing
16 1 (0.29%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 50 (14.53%) Developer
2 45 (13.08%) Analyst
3 42 (12.21%) Data Engineer
4 40 (11.63%) Senior
5 37 (10.76%) DevOps Engineer
6 27 (7.85%) Data Analyst
7 25 (7.27%) Support Engineer
8 23 (6.69%) AWS Engineer
8 23 (6.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 22 (6.40%) Azure Engineer
10 20 (5.81%) Azure Data Engineer
11 19 (5.52%) Architect
12 18 (5.23%) Lead
13 17 (4.94%) Platform Engineer
13 17 (4.94%) Senior Data Engineer
13 17 (4.94%) Software Engineer
13 17 (4.94%) Trainee
14 15 (4.36%) Python Engineer
15 14 (4.07%) Python Developer
16 13 (3.78%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (9.59%) HTML
2 20 (5.81%) PySpark
3 19 (5.52%) .NET
4 17 (4.94%) CSS
5 16 (4.65%) Django
6 12 (3.49%) Elastic Stack
6 12 (3.49%) React
7 11 (3.20%) Flask
8 8 (2.33%) LDAP
8 8 (2.33%) REST
8 8 (2.33%) YAML
9 7 (2.03%) NumPy
9 7 (2.03%) Pandas
9 7 (2.03%) PyTorch
9 7 (2.03%) TensorFlow
10 6 (1.74%) Keras
10 6 (1.74%) Lambda Expressions
10 6 (1.74%) Metaflow
10 6 (1.74%) scikit-learn
10 6 (1.74%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.43%) Replication
2 10 (2.91%) Algorithms
2 10 (2.91%) Cloud Native
2 10 (2.91%) Data Structures
3 9 (2.62%) IoT
4 8 (2.33%) Cyberattack
4 8 (2.33%) Embedded Systems
4 8 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.03%) AI Agents
5 7 (2.03%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.03%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (1.74%) Credit Risk
6 6 (1.74%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.16%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.16%) Raspberry Pi
7 4 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (0.87%) Biopharmaceutical
8 3 (0.87%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 73 (21.22%) Linux
2 42 (12.21%) VMS
3 40 (11.63%) Windows
4 26 (7.56%) Amazon Linux
5 10 (2.91%) Unix
6 9 (2.62%) Android
6 9 (2.62%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.87%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (26.45%) DevOps
2 74 (21.51%) AI
3 70 (20.35%) CI/CD
4 67 (19.48%) Analytics
5 64 (18.60%) Machine Learning
5 64 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (16.28%) Agile
7 48 (13.95%) Cloud Security
7 48 (13.95%) Data Science
7 48 (13.95%) Visualisation
8 45 (13.08%) Business Intelligence
8 45 (13.08%) Computer Science
9 43 (12.50%) Decision-Making
10 42 (12.21%) Change Management
10 42 (12.21%) Configuration Management
10 42 (12.21%) Mentoring
11 39 (11.34%) Continuous Improvement
12 36 (10.47%) Platform Engineering
13 35 (10.17%) Data Modelling
13 35 (10.17%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 170 (49.42%) SQL
2 80 (23.26%) Java
3 70 (20.35%) JavaScript
4 61 (17.73%) PowerShell
5 47 (13.66%) R
6 44 (12.79%) Groovy
7 42 (12.21%) C#
8 30 (8.72%) PHP
9 29 (8.43%) C++
10 28 (8.14%) C
10 28 (8.14%) Perl
11 27 (7.85%) TypeScript
12 23 (6.69%) Bash
13 21 (6.10%) MATLAB
13 21 (6.10%) Ruby
14 19 (5.52%) Dart
14 19 (5.52%) Rust
15 8 (2.33%) Bicep
16 5 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 4 (1.16%) Go
Qualifications
1 92 (26.74%) Degree
2 73 (21.22%) Security Cleared
3 64 (18.60%) SC Cleared
4 36 (10.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (9.01%) AWS Certification
6 30 (8.72%) Azure Certification
7 16 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (4.36%) Master's Degree
9 11 (3.20%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 11 (3.20%) Numerate Degree
10 9 (2.62%) DV Cleared
11 7 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (2.03%) HND
12 5 (1.45%) Chartered Engineer
12 5 (1.45%) PhD
13 4 (1.16%) CCNA
14 3 (0.87%) CCNP
14 3 (0.87%) HNC
15 2 (0.58%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.58%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.10%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.33%) GDPR
3 6 (1.74%) PCI DSS
3 6 (1.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (1.45%) QA
5 4 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.87%) NIST
7 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.29%) ISO 19650
8 1 (0.29%) SLA
8 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 71 (20.64%) Docker
2 35 (10.17%) Active Directory
3 29 (8.43%) DFS Replication
4 8 (2.33%) Dovecot
4 8 (2.33%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.33%) Postfix
4 8 (2.33%) Squid
4 8 (2.33%) VMware NSX
4 8 (2.33%) vSphere
5 3 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.58%) Firmware
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Flume
7 1 (0.29%) HDFS
7 1 (0.29%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 86 (25.00%) Terraform
2 46 (13.37%) Grafana
3 41 (11.92%) Prometheus
4 31 (9.01%) Kubernetes
5 27 (7.85%) Ansible
6 9 (2.62%) Nessus
7 8 (2.33%) Proxmox
8 6 (1.74%) Kubeflow
9 5 (1.45%) Kibana
10 3 (0.87%) Functional Safety
11 2 (0.58%) Argo
11 2 (0.58%) Nagios
12 1 (0.29%) AWS Copilot
12 1 (0.29%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.29%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.29%) logstash
12 1 (0.29%) Oozie
12 1 (0.29%) Puppet
Vendors
1 67 (19.48%) Microsoft
2 42 (12.21%) Databricks
3 40 (11.63%) ServiceNow
4 24 (6.98%) Juniper
5 14 (4.07%) Salesforce
6 13 (3.78%) Cisco
6 13 (3.78%) Splunk
7 11 (3.20%) Oracle
8 8 (2.33%) 3PAR
8 8 (2.33%) Jaspersoft
9 7 (2.03%) Google
10 6 (1.74%) UiPath
11 5 (1.45%) Siemens
12 4 (1.16%) Atmel
12 4 (1.16%) LogicMonitor
12 4 (1.16%) VMware
13 3 (0.87%) Alteryx
13 3 (0.87%) AVEVA
13 3 (0.87%) Rockwell
13 3 (0.87%) SolarWinds