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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 36 59
Rank change year-on-year +11 +23 -3
Permanent jobs citing Python 584 337 389
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.09% 5.87% 3.64%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.03% 24.91% 16.15%
Number of salaries quoted 268 206 251
10th Percentile £32,500 £41,125 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £64,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.25% +7.92% +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £73,875
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £91,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% -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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,945 1,353 2,409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.61% 23.58% 22.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,335 1,029 1,781
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,750 £32,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,688 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +7.38% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £61,206
% change year-on-year +1.56% +4.56% -5.84%

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 8 August 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 8 August 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 -2 310 £62,500 -3.85% 145
East Midlands +22 273 £53,750 -4.44% 113
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 10 (1.71%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (1.54%) WordPress
3 8 (1.37%) Jupyter
4 7 (1.20%) Apache
5 2 (0.34%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.34%) SAS
6 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.17%) nginx
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 154 (26.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.20%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.34%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.17%) LaTeX
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.68%) Line 50
2 3 (0.51%) Magento
2 3 (0.51%) Shopify
3 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 346 (59.25%) Azure
2 209 (35.79%) Azure AI
3 201 (34.42%) Power Platform
4 122 (20.89%) AWS
5 37 (6.34%) GCP
6 28 (4.79%) Snowflake
7 21 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (3.08%) Amazon S3
8 18 (3.08%) Serverless
9 17 (2.91%) GitHub
10 16 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
11 15 (2.57%) dbt
11 15 (2.57%) SaaS
12 13 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
13 12 (2.05%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (2.05%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (1.54%) Azure Stack
15 8 (1.37%) AWS Step Functions
16 7 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.25%) Firewall
2 15 (2.57%) Wireless
3 14 (2.40%) VPN
4 10 (1.71%) MQTT
5 9 (1.54%) Bluetooth
5 9 (1.54%) DNS
5 9 (1.54%) Internet
5 9 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (1.37%) Network Security
7 7 (1.20%) VoIP
7 7 (1.20%) WAN
8 6 (1.03%) VLAN
8 6 (1.03%) ZigBee
9 5 (0.86%) LAN
9 5 (0.86%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.51%) BGP
10 3 (0.51%) HTTP
10 3 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.51%) OSPF
10 3 (0.51%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (34.42%) Power BI
2 157 (26.88%) Tableau
3 30 (5.14%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (3.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 16 (2.74%) SQL Server
6 13 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (1.71%) Amazon Redshift
7 10 (1.71%) Data Lake
7 10 (1.71%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (1.54%) Power Query
9 8 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (1.37%) Delta Lake
10 7 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (1.03%) DynamoDB
11 6 (1.03%) Redis
12 5 (0.86%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.86%) MySQL
13 4 (0.68%) Data Mining
13 4 (0.68%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 43 (7.36%) Git
2 17 (2.91%) GitLab
2 17 (2.91%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.71%) Cucumber
4 8 (1.37%) Gatling
4 8 (1.37%) JMeter
5 7 (1.20%) Selenium
5 7 (1.20%) Visual Studio Code
6 6 (1.03%) GDB
6 6 (1.03%) LoadRunner
7 5 (0.86%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.86%) Postman
7 5 (0.86%) REST Assured
7 5 (0.86%) Zephyr
8 4 (0.68%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.68%) Robot Framework
8 4 (0.68%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.51%) HP UFT
9 3 (0.51%) JIRA
10 2 (0.34%) Ant
General
1 267 (45.72%) Social Skills
2 98 (16.78%) Finance
3 79 (13.53%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (3.94%) Manufacturing
5 22 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (3.77%) Retail
6 19 (3.25%) Banking
7 15 (2.57%) Public Sector
8 13 (2.23%) Law
9 10 (1.71%) Electronics
10 8 (1.37%) Multimedia
10 8 (1.37%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.20%) Fire and Rescue
11 7 (1.20%) Marketing
11 7 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.68%) Automotive
12 4 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.51%) Games
13 3 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 185 (31.68%) Analyst
2 178 (30.48%) Data Analyst
3 152 (26.03%) Junior
4 148 (25.34%) Junior Analyst
4 148 (25.34%) Junior Data Analyst
5 97 (16.61%) Senior
6 74 (12.67%) Developer
7 69 (11.82%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 62 (10.62%) Data Scientist
9 61 (10.45%) Lead
10 60 (10.27%) Data Engineer
11 40 (6.85%) Python Engineer
12 35 (5.99%) Software Engineer
13 26 (4.45%) Senior Data Engineer
13 26 (4.45%) Senior Data Scientist
14 24 (4.11%) Azure Engineer
15 23 (3.94%) Lead Data Scientist
16 18 (3.08%) AWS Engineer
16 18 (3.08%) Python Developer
16 18 (3.08%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (5.48%) PyTorch
2 30 (5.14%) Hugging Face
3 26 (4.45%) TensorFlow
4 25 (4.28%) HTML
5 24 (4.11%) CSS
6 18 (3.08%) Pandas
7 17 (2.91%) scikit-learn
8 16 (2.74%) REST
9 14 (2.40%) React
10 12 (2.05%) Kafka
10 12 (2.05%) PySpark
10 12 (2.05%) RESTful
11 10 (1.71%) Node.js
11 10 (1.71%) NumPy
11 10 (1.71%) Playwright
12 9 (1.54%) Matplotlib
13 7 (1.20%) JSON
13 7 (1.20%) Streamlit
14 6 (1.03%) FastAPI
14 6 (1.03%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 21 (3.60%) Cloud Native
2 15 (2.57%) IoT
3 11 (1.88%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (1.71%) Embedded Systems
5 9 (1.54%) ARM Cortex
6 8 (1.37%) Algorithms
7 7 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.20%) Device Driver
7 7 (1.20%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.20%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.03%) Security Posture
9 5 (0.86%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (0.86%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.68%) CAN bus
10 4 (0.68%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.68%) Sports Betting
11 3 (0.51%) Credit Risk
11 3 (0.51%) iSeries
11 3 (0.51%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 43 (7.36%) Linux
2 27 (4.62%) Windows
3 14 (2.40%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.03%) FreeRTOS
4 6 (1.03%) Unix
5 5 (0.86%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.68%) Kali Linux
6 4 (0.68%) VMS
7 3 (0.51%) Solaris
8 2 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.34%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.34%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.17%) Debian
9 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (51.03%) AI
2 203 (34.76%) Business Intelligence
3 105 (17.98%) Analytics
4 86 (14.73%) Problem-Solving
5 84 (14.38%) Software Engineering
6 82 (14.04%) Machine Learning
7 74 (12.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
7 74 (12.67%) Roadmaps
8 71 (12.16%) Data Science
9 69 (11.82%) CI/CD
10 67 (11.47%) Actionable Insight
11 65 (11.13%) Decision-Making
12 60 (10.27%) Mentoring
13 54 (9.25%) Statistics
14 53 (9.08%) DevOps
15 47 (8.05%) Continuous Improvement
15 47 (8.05%) Data Analysis
16 43 (7.36%) Data Engineering
17 42 (7.19%) Data Pipeline
18 41 (7.02%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 313 (53.60%) SQL
2 35 (5.99%) PowerShell
3 33 (5.65%) Java
3 33 (5.65%) JavaScript
4 22 (3.77%) Bash
4 22 (3.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 20 (3.42%) C#
5 20 (3.42%) R
6 19 (3.25%) C
7 15 (2.57%) C++
7 15 (2.57%) TypeScript
8 8 (1.37%) Go
8 8 (1.37%) PHP
9 6 (1.03%) Embedded C
10 5 (0.86%) Bicep
10 5 (0.86%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.51%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.34%) Ruby
12 2 (0.34%) Rust
13 1 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 232 (39.73%) Azure Certification
2 56 (9.59%) Degree
3 30 (5.14%) Security Cleared
4 27 (4.62%) SC Cleared
5 20 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (3.25%) AWS Certification
7 15 (2.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 11 (1.88%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.88%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.37%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.51%) CCNA
12 2 (0.34%) CCNP
12 2 (0.34%) CISSP
12 2 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.34%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.17%) CREST Certified
13 1 (0.17%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.14%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.08%) GDPR
3 10 (1.71%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.71%) QA
4 8 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.20%) JTAG
6 5 (0.86%) NIST
6 5 (0.86%) SLA
7 4 (0.68%) ISO 14001
7 4 (0.68%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.34%) IEC 61508
9 2 (0.34%) MISRA
9 2 (0.34%) MISRA C
9 2 (0.34%) WCAG
10 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.17%) PSD2
System Software
1 23 (3.94%) Docker
2 11 (1.88%) Firmware
3 9 (1.54%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.20%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.68%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (5.14%) Terraform
2 20 (3.42%) Kubernetes
3 17 (2.91%) Grafana
4 7 (1.20%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.03%) Ansible
6 4 (0.68%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.34%) Argo
7 2 (0.34%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.34%) Nagios
7 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.34%) Puppet
8 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.17%) Podman
8 1 (0.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 202 (34.59%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.82%) Databricks
3 18 (3.08%) Google
4 10 (1.71%) ServiceNow
5 8 (1.37%) Cisco
6 6 (1.03%) VMware
7 5 (0.86%) Fortinet
7 5 (0.86%) Informatica
7 5 (0.86%) Meraki
7 5 (0.86%) OpenAI
7 5 (0.86%) Splunk
8 4 (0.68%) Adobe
8 4 (0.68%) Apple
8 4 (0.68%) Sage
8 4 (0.68%) SolarWinds
8 4 (0.68%) Veracode
9 3 (0.51%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.51%) Oracle
10 2 (0.34%) AlienVault
10 2 (0.34%) SAP