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 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 32 37
Rank change year-on-year -9 +5 -19
Permanent jobs citing Python 369 438 281
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.84% 6.19% 6.07%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.14% 24.39% 16.88%
Number of salaries quoted 257 218 202
10th Percentile £32,123 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.80% +4.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £69,888
90th Percentile £88,500 £85,375 £89,900
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 1,148 1,796 1,665
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 15.05% 25.39% 35.99%
Number of salaries quoted 938 1,013 1,412
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £33,775
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £65,438
90th Percentile £80,000 £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 15 December 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 15 December 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 +3 256 £60,000 -4.00% 177
East Midlands -23 116 £65,000 +18.18% 111
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 18 (4.88%) Confluence
2 11 (2.98%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.63%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.63%) IIS
4 5 (1.36%) nginx
4 5 (1.36%) SAS
5 2 (0.54%) Apache
5 2 (0.54%) WordPress
6 1 (0.27%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 98 (26.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.36%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.27%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 187 (50.68%) Azure
2 110 (29.81%) AWS
3 97 (26.29%) Power Platform
4 64 (17.34%) Azure AI
5 39 (10.57%) GitHub
6 30 (8.13%) Amazon S3
7 25 (6.78%) Amazon ELB
8 24 (6.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 21 (5.69%) Amazon EC2
10 20 (5.42%) GCP
10 20 (5.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 19 (5.15%) AWS KMS
11 19 (5.15%) SaaS
12 17 (4.61%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (3.79%) Amazon Glacier
14 13 (3.52%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (3.52%) Snowflake
15 11 (2.98%) Amazon EKS
16 10 (2.71%) GitHub Actions
17 9 (2.44%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.96%) Firewall
1 22 (5.96%) Internet
2 19 (5.15%) HTTP
3 18 (4.88%) DNS
4 17 (4.61%) FTP
4 17 (4.61%) SMTP
4 17 (4.61%) SSH
5 5 (1.36%) IMAP
5 5 (1.36%) OpenLDAP
5 5 (1.36%) VPN
6 3 (0.81%) Bluetooth
6 3 (0.81%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (0.81%) UWB
6 3 (0.81%) WAN
7 2 (0.54%) LAN
7 2 (0.54%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.27%) OSPF
8 1 (0.27%) SAN
8 1 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (26.29%) Tableau
2 95 (25.75%) Power BI
3 30 (8.13%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (6.78%) SQL Server
5 22 (5.96%) Amazon RDS
6 21 (5.69%) Data Mining
7 19 (5.15%) Delta Lake
8 14 (3.79%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (2.71%) BigQuery
10 9 (2.44%) Metadata
11 8 (2.17%) DynamoDB
12 7 (1.90%) MongoDB
13 6 (1.63%) Big Data
13 6 (1.63%) Spark SQL
14 5 (1.36%) Amazon Aurora
14 5 (1.36%) Data Lake
14 5 (1.36%) NoSQL
14 5 (1.36%) Relational Database
14 5 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 3 (0.81%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 53 (14.36%) Git
2 30 (8.13%) Jenkins
3 21 (5.69%) JIRA
4 19 (5.15%) Vagrant
5 8 (2.17%) GitLab
5 8 (2.17%) MLflow
6 6 (1.63%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (1.08%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.81%) JUnit
8 3 (0.81%) Selenium
9 2 (0.54%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.54%) Subversion
10 1 (0.27%) JMeter
10 1 (0.27%) Locust
General
1 133 (36.04%) Social Skills
2 46 (12.47%) Finance
3 45 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (7.86%) Public Sector
5 22 (5.96%) Multimedia
6 20 (5.42%) Retail
7 17 (4.61%) Marketing
8 14 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.98%) Law
11 7 (1.90%) Automotive
11 7 (1.90%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.81%) Local Government
14 3 (0.81%) Spanish Language
15 2 (0.54%) Electronics
15 2 (0.54%) Legal
15 2 (0.54%) Social Housing
16 1 (0.27%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 107 (29.00%) Analyst
2 91 (24.66%) Data Analyst
3 55 (14.91%) Junior
3 55 (14.91%) Junior Analyst
3 55 (14.91%) Junior Data Analyst
4 54 (14.63%) Developer
5 52 (14.09%) Data Engineer
6 48 (13.01%) Senior
7 38 (10.30%) Trainee
8 31 (8.40%) DevOps Engineer
9 29 (7.86%) Azure Engineer
10 27 (7.32%) Azure Data Engineer
11 22 (5.96%) Software Developer
12 21 (5.69%) Python Developer
13 20 (5.42%) Python Engineer
14 19 (5.15%) Senior Data Engineer
14 19 (5.15%) Software Engineer
15 17 (4.61%) Architect
16 16 (4.34%) Lead
17 14 (3.79%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (7.32%) HTML
2 26 (7.05%) PySpark
3 25 (6.78%) CSS
4 19 (5.15%) Django
4 19 (5.15%) React
5 13 (3.52%) Node.js
6 11 (2.98%) .NET
7 8 (2.17%) Flask
7 8 (2.17%) PyTorch
7 8 (2.17%) TensorFlow
7 8 (2.17%) YAML
8 7 (1.90%) scikit-learn
9 6 (1.63%) ARM Templates
9 6 (1.63%) Keras
9 6 (1.63%) Lambda Expressions
9 6 (1.63%) Metaflow
9 6 (1.63%) NumPy
9 6 (1.63%) Pandas
9 6 (1.63%) REST
10 5 (1.36%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 11 (2.98%) Replication
2 9 (2.44%) Cloud Native
2 9 (2.44%) Data Structures
3 8 (2.17%) Algorithms
4 7 (1.90%) AI Agents
4 7 (1.90%) Credit Risk
4 7 (1.90%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (1.63%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (0.81%) Data Centre
7 3 (0.81%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (0.81%) Product Ownership
7 3 (0.81%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.54%) Device Driver
8 2 (0.54%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.54%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (0.54%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 36 (9.76%) Linux
2 19 (5.15%) VMS
3 16 (4.34%) Windows
4 15 (4.07%) Amazon Linux
5 9 (2.44%) Unix
6 6 (1.63%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.27%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (30.08%) AI
2 97 (26.29%) Business Intelligence
3 75 (20.33%) Analytics
4 72 (19.51%) CI/CD
5 61 (16.53%) Problem-Solving
6 60 (16.26%) DevOps
7 51 (13.82%) Machine Learning
8 47 (12.74%) Mentoring
9 45 (12.20%) Data Science
9 45 (12.20%) Visualisation
10 44 (11.92%) Agile
11 41 (11.11%) Decision-Making
11 41 (11.11%) ETL
12 40 (10.84%) Data Engineering
12 40 (10.84%) Data Modelling
13 36 (9.76%) Data Analysis
13 36 (9.76%) Data Analytics
14 32 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
15 31 (8.40%) Data Visualisation
16 28 (7.59%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 212 (57.45%) SQL
2 58 (15.72%) JavaScript
3 40 (10.84%) Java
4 31 (8.40%) R
5 28 (7.59%) PowerShell
6 19 (5.15%) Groovy
6 19 (5.15%) Perl
7 18 (4.88%) Bash
8 17 (4.61%) C#
9 13 (3.52%) PHP
10 11 (2.98%) Bicep
11 9 (2.44%) TypeScript
12 7 (1.90%) C++
13 6 (1.63%) Scala
13 6 (1.63%) T-SQL
13 6 (1.63%) VBA
14 5 (1.36%) C
14 5 (1.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (1.08%) Go
16 3 (0.81%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 89 (24.12%) Azure Certification
2 59 (15.99%) Degree
3 41 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 35 (9.49%) AWS Certification
5 33 (8.94%) SC Cleared
6 29 (7.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (5.96%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 17 (4.61%) Master's Degree
9 15 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (2.44%) DV Cleared
11 8 (2.17%) Numerate Degree
12 7 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (1.08%) CCNA
13 4 (1.08%) DBS Check
13 4 (1.08%) PhD
14 3 (0.81%) CCNP
14 3 (0.81%) HND
15 2 (0.54%) CISM
15 2 (0.54%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.54%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.05%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.17%) GDPR
3 3 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.54%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.54%) QA
5 1 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.27%) NIST
5 1 (0.27%) SLA
5 1 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 49 (13.28%) Docker
2 14 (3.79%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.98%) DFS Replication
4 5 (1.36%) Dovecot
4 5 (1.36%) Postfix
4 5 (1.36%) Squid
5 1 (0.27%) Firmware
5 1 (0.27%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 53 (14.36%) Terraform
2 31 (8.40%) Kubernetes
3 23 (6.23%) Grafana
4 18 (4.88%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.17%) Ansible
6 6 (1.63%) Kubeflow
6 6 (1.63%) Nessus
7 5 (1.36%) Proxmox
8 3 (0.81%) Nagios
9 2 (0.54%) Argo
10 1 (0.27%) AWS Copilot
10 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.27%) Kibana
10 1 (0.27%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 135 (36.59%) Microsoft
2 49 (13.28%) Databricks
3 17 (4.61%) ServiceNow
4 15 (4.07%) Oracle
5 11 (2.98%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.90%) Google
7 5 (1.36%) Cisco
7 5 (1.36%) Jaspersoft
7 5 (1.36%) LogicMonitor
7 5 (1.36%) UiPath
8 4 (1.08%) Informatica
8 4 (1.08%) Juniper
8 4 (1.08%) SolarWinds
9 3 (0.81%) Alteryx
9 3 (0.81%) Cloudera
9 3 (0.81%) Meraki
9 3 (0.81%) Talend
10 2 (0.54%) Allen-Bradley
10 2 (0.54%) Splunk
10 2 (0.54%) Zoho