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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 38 36
Rank change year-on-year +11 -2 -16
Permanent jobs citing Python 341 465 298
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.79% 5.20% 5.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.68% 21.72% 16.19%
Number of salaries quoted 252 208 212
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £31,325
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,753 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,750 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% +8.48% -2.61%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,813 £69,663
90th Percentile £84,875 £86,250 £84,875
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 1,149 2,141 1,841
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 19.52% 23.95% 36.38%
Number of salaries quoted 959 1,167 1,511
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £34,000
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 £68,750 £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 14 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 14 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 +14 240 £60,000 -7.69% 263
East Midlands -9 104 £60,000 +11.11% 135
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 37 (10.85%) Confluence
2 12 (3.52%) Apache Spark
3 8 (2.35%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (2.35%) nginx
4 6 (1.76%) IIS
5 5 (1.47%) SAS
6 3 (0.88%) Apache
7 2 (0.59%) PowerFactory
7 2 (0.59%) WordPress
8 1 (0.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 39 (11.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.35%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 4 (1.17%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.29%) GNU Octave
5 1 (0.29%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.29%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 127 (37.24%) Azure
2 125 (36.66%) AWS
3 47 (13.78%) Amazon S3
4 46 (13.49%) Power Platform
5 44 (12.90%) Amazon ELB
6 43 (12.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 42 (12.32%) Amazon EC2
8 39 (11.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 38 (11.14%) AWS KMS
10 32 (9.38%) GitHub
11 30 (8.80%) Amazon Glacier
12 26 (7.62%) GCP
13 18 (5.28%) Amazon ECS
13 18 (5.28%) SaaS
14 14 (4.11%) Snowflake
15 12 (3.52%) Amazon EKS
15 12 (3.52%) Azure Data Factory
15 12 (3.52%) Azure DevOps
16 11 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
17 10 (2.93%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 41 (12.02%) Firewall
2 30 (8.80%) HTTP
3 26 (7.62%) DNS
4 25 (7.33%) FTP
4 25 (7.33%) SMTP
4 25 (7.33%) SSH
5 19 (5.57%) Internet
6 8 (2.35%) IMAP
6 8 (2.35%) OpenLDAP
7 5 (1.47%) VPN
8 3 (0.88%) Bluetooth
8 3 (0.88%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (0.88%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.88%) Modbus
8 3 (0.88%) MQTT
8 3 (0.88%) UWB
8 3 (0.88%) WAN
9 2 (0.59%) LAN
9 2 (0.59%) PuTTY
9 2 (0.59%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (12.90%) Power BI
2 41 (12.02%) Amazon RDS
3 37 (10.85%) Tableau
4 27 (7.92%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (6.74%) SQL Server
6 21 (6.16%) PostgreSQL
7 15 (4.40%) Delta Lake
8 12 (3.52%) BigQuery
8 12 (3.52%) Data Mining
9 11 (3.23%) Big Data
10 10 (2.93%) DynamoDB
10 10 (2.93%) MongoDB
11 9 (2.64%) NoSQL
12 8 (2.35%) Amazon Aurora
12 8 (2.35%) Metadata
13 7 (2.05%) Spark SQL
14 6 (1.76%) Relational Database
15 4 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (1.17%) MySQL
15 4 (1.17%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 69 (20.23%) Git
2 53 (15.54%) Jenkins
3 39 (11.44%) JIRA
4 38 (11.14%) Vagrant
5 9 (2.64%) GitLab
6 7 (2.05%) MLflow
6 7 (2.05%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (1.76%) JUnit
8 5 (1.47%) Cucumber
8 5 (1.47%) Selenium
9 4 (1.17%) JMeter
10 2 (0.59%) Mockito
10 2 (0.59%) Subversion
11 1 (0.29%) Appium
11 1 (0.29%) Katalon Studio
11 1 (0.29%) Locust
11 1 (0.29%) Maven
11 1 (0.29%) Rational DOORS
11 1 (0.29%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.29%) TestNG
General
1 87 (25.51%) Social Skills
2 48 (14.08%) Public Sector
3 46 (13.49%) Finance
4 34 (9.97%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (7.33%) Retail
6 17 (4.99%) Marketing
6 17 (4.99%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (4.69%) Multimedia
8 13 (3.81%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (3.23%) Law
10 9 (2.64%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.47%) Automotive
12 5 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.88%) Legal
13 3 (0.88%) Local Government
13 3 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.59%) Games
14 2 (0.59%) Social Housing
15 1 (0.29%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 55 (16.13%) Developer
2 46 (13.49%) Analyst
3 45 (13.20%) Data Engineer
4 41 (12.02%) Senior
5 35 (10.26%) DevOps Engineer
6 29 (8.50%) Data Analyst
7 24 (7.04%) Trainee
8 23 (6.74%) Support Engineer
9 22 (6.45%) Azure Engineer
10 21 (6.16%) AWS Engineer
11 20 (5.87%) Azure Data Engineer
12 19 (5.57%) Architect
12 19 (5.57%) Lead
13 17 (4.99%) Python Developer
13 17 (4.99%) Senior Data Engineer
13 17 (4.99%) Software Engineer
14 16 (4.69%) Software Developer
15 15 (4.40%) Platform Engineer
15 15 (4.40%) Python Engineer
16 14 (4.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (11.14%) HTML
2 22 (6.45%) CSS
3 19 (5.57%) Django
3 19 (5.57%) PySpark
4 16 (4.69%) .NET
5 14 (4.11%) React
6 12 (3.52%) Flask
7 9 (2.64%) REST
8 8 (2.35%) LDAP
8 8 (2.35%) YAML
9 7 (2.05%) NumPy
9 7 (2.05%) Pandas
9 7 (2.05%) PyTorch
9 7 (2.05%) Spring
9 7 (2.05%) Spring Boot
9 7 (2.05%) TensorFlow
10 6 (1.76%) Keras
10 6 (1.76%) Lambda Expressions
10 6 (1.76%) Metaflow
10 6 (1.76%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.33%) Replication
2 11 (3.23%) Cloud Native
3 10 (2.93%) Algorithms
3 10 (2.93%) Data Structures
4 8 (2.35%) Embedded Systems
4 8 (2.35%) IoT
4 8 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.05%) AI Agents
5 7 (2.05%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.05%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (1.76%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.47%) Credit Risk
7 5 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.17%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.17%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (0.88%) Biopharmaceutical
9 3 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.88%) Industry 4.0
9 3 (0.88%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 60 (17.60%) Linux
2 38 (11.14%) VMS
3 28 (8.21%) Windows
4 23 (6.74%) Amazon Linux
5 10 (2.93%) Unix
6 9 (2.64%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.88%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.29%) Android
8 1 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (22.87%) DevOps
2 75 (21.99%) AI
3 71 (20.82%) CI/CD
4 68 (19.94%) Analytics
5 65 (19.06%) Machine Learning
6 58 (17.01%) Problem-Solving
7 57 (16.72%) Agile
8 49 (14.37%) Data Science
8 49 (14.37%) Visualisation
9 47 (13.78%) Mentoring
10 45 (13.20%) Business Intelligence
10 45 (13.20%) Computer Science
11 44 (12.90%) Cloud Security
11 44 (12.90%) Decision-Making
12 38 (11.14%) Change Management
12 38 (11.14%) Configuration Management
12 38 (11.14%) Continuous Improvement
12 38 (11.14%) Data Modelling
13 37 (10.85%) ETL
14 36 (10.56%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 171 (50.15%) SQL
2 76 (22.29%) JavaScript
3 75 (21.99%) Java
4 49 (14.37%) R
5 48 (14.08%) PowerShell
6 41 (12.02%) C#
7 40 (11.73%) Groovy
8 31 (9.09%) PHP
9 29 (8.50%) C++
10 27 (7.92%) C
10 27 (7.92%) TypeScript
11 25 (7.33%) Perl
12 21 (6.16%) MATLAB
12 21 (6.16%) Ruby
13 19 (5.57%) Dart
13 19 (5.57%) Rust
14 17 (4.99%) Bash
15 8 (2.35%) Bicep
16 5 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (1.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 90 (26.39%) Degree
2 68 (19.94%) Security Cleared
3 59 (17.30%) SC Cleared
4 36 (10.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (9.97%) AWS Certification
6 33 (9.68%) Azure Certification
7 21 (6.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (4.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 15 (4.40%) Master's Degree
10 11 (3.23%) Numerate Degree
11 9 (2.64%) DV Cleared
12 7 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (2.05%) HND
13 5 (1.47%) Chartered Engineer
13 5 (1.47%) PhD
14 4 (1.17%) CCNA
15 3 (0.88%) CCNP
15 3 (0.88%) HNC
16 2 (0.59%) CCSP
16 2 (0.59%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.45%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.35%) GDPR
3 5 (1.47%) QA
4 4 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.17%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.88%) NIST
6 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.29%) ISO 19650
7 1 (0.29%) SLA
7 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 60 (17.60%) Docker
2 32 (9.38%) Active Directory
3 25 (7.33%) DFS Replication
4 8 (2.35%) Dovecot
4 8 (2.35%) Postfix
4 8 (2.35%) Squid
5 3 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.29%) Firmware
6 1 (0.29%) HDFS
6 1 (0.29%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 72 (21.11%) Terraform
2 42 (12.32%) Grafana
3 36 (10.56%) Prometheus
4 32 (9.38%) Kubernetes
5 18 (5.28%) Ansible
6 9 (2.64%) Nessus
7 8 (2.35%) Proxmox
8 6 (1.76%) Kubeflow
9 5 (1.47%) Kibana
10 3 (0.88%) Functional Safety
11 2 (0.59%) Argo
11 2 (0.59%) 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 71 (20.82%) Microsoft
2 42 (12.32%) Databricks
3 36 (10.56%) ServiceNow
4 15 (4.40%) Juniper
5 14 (4.11%) Oracle
5 14 (4.11%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.35%) Jaspersoft
7 7 (2.05%) Google
8 6 (1.76%) UiPath
9 5 (1.47%) Cisco
9 5 (1.47%) Siemens
9 5 (1.47%) Splunk
10 4 (1.17%) Informatica
10 4 (1.17%) LogicMonitor
10 4 (1.17%) VMware
11 3 (0.88%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.88%) AVEVA
11 3 (0.88%) Meraki
11 3 (0.88%) Rockwell
11 3 (0.88%) SolarWinds