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 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	48	38	35
Rank change year-on-year	-10	-3	+12
Permanent jobs citing Python	435	318	472
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands	2.75%	5.77%	5.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category	22.72%	27.18%	21.47%
Number of salaries quoted	270	215	207
10^th Percentile	£38,965	£37,500	£32,500
25^th Percentile	£51,250	£41,250	£41,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£62,500	£60,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+4.17%	-	+5.26%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£73,750	£73,750
90^th Percentile	£86,250	£79,516	£85,000
England median annual salary	£72,500	£72,500	£75,000
% change year-on-year	-	-3.33%	-

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.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills	1,915	1,170	2,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands	12.09%	21.21%	24.02%
Number of salaries quoted	1,329	904	1,192
10^th Percentile	£35,000	£29,000	£32,500
25^th Percentile	£45,000	£37,500	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£52,500	£52,000
Median % change year-on-year	+4.76%	+0.96%	-5.45%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£68,750	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£77,500	£75,000
England median annual salary	£65,000	£62,500	£65,000
% change year-on-year	+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 Salary Trend in the Midlands

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 17 October 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 17 October 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	-21	238	£65,000	+8.33%	219
East Midlands	+14	195	£55,000	-15.38%	121
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Python Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, job vacancies citing Python also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region with a requirement for Python.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SQL	43.9%	191
2	Azure	39.5%	172
3	AI	29.4%	128
4	Analytics	28.0%	122
5	Software Engineering	25.5%	111
6	AWS	23.0%	100
7	Problem-Solving	22.8%	99
8	Decision-Making	20.7%	90
9	Business Intelligence	20.5%	89
9	Roadmaps	20.5%	89
11	CI/CD	20.2%	88
12	Machine Learning	17.7%	77
13	Data Science	17.0%	74
14	Power Platform	16.8%	73
15	Power BI	16.6%	72
16	Actionable Insight	16.1%	70
16	Microsoft	16.1%	70
18	DevOps	15.9%	69
19	Continuous Improvement	15.2%	66
20	Mentoring	14.0%	61
21	Data Modelling	13.8%	60
21	Data Quality	13.8%	60
23	Degree	13.3%	58
23	Validation	13.3%	58
25	Data Pipeline	13.1%	57
26	ETL	12.9%	56
27	Git	12.6%	55
28	Data Engineering	12.2%	53
29	Agile	11.3%	49
30	Data Governance	11.0%	48

Python Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SQL	43.9%	191
2	JavaScript	10.3%	45
3	Java	8.0%	35
4	PowerShell	7.6%	33
5	Data Analysis Expressions	7.4%	32
6	C#	5.7%	25
7	TypeScript	4.8%	21
8	Bash	4.6%	20
9	C	3.9%	17
9	R	3.9%	17
11	Go	3.4%	15
12	C++	3.2%	14
13	Perl	1.1%	5
14	Bicep	0.9%	4
14	MATLAB	0.9%	4
16	Embedded C	0.7%	3
16	PHP	0.7%	3
16	Ruby	0.7%	3
16	VBA	0.7%	3
20	T-SQL	0.5%	2