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 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 42 51
Rank change year-on-year +10 +9 -37
Permanent jobs citing Python 630 268 472
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.21% 5.53% 4.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.65% 21.60% 15.53%
Number of salaries quoted 313 186 367
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £42,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £89,400
England median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% -3.45%

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 1,630 1,241 3,040
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.47% 25.61% 27.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,143 978 2,617
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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 18 April 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 18 April 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 +21 375 £55,200 +0.36% 134
East Midlands -1 255 £55,000 - 138
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 (1.59%) WordPress
2 9 (1.43%) Jupyter
3 7 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.95%) SAS
5 2 (0.32%) Apache
5 2 (0.32%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 251 (39.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.43%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.16%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.32%) Line 50
1 2 (0.32%) Magento
1 2 (0.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 406 (64.44%) Azure
2 278 (44.13%) Power Platform
3 277 (43.97%) Azure AI
4 138 (21.90%) AWS
5 42 (6.67%) GitHub
6 32 (5.08%) Amazon S3
7 31 (4.92%) Serverless
8 27 (4.29%) AWS Lambda
9 23 (3.65%) Snowflake
10 19 (3.02%) GCP
11 15 (2.38%) Azure Data Factory
12 14 (2.22%) dbt
13 13 (2.06%) SaaS
14 11 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
15 9 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
16 8 (1.27%) PaaS
17 7 (1.11%) Datadog
18 6 (0.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 6 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
19 5 (0.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 32 (5.08%) Internet
2 11 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (1.75%) Wireless
3 9 (1.43%) VPN
4 7 (1.11%) BGP
4 7 (1.11%) Bluetooth
4 7 (1.11%) LAN
5 6 (0.95%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (0.95%) EIGRP
5 6 (0.95%) Modbus
5 6 (0.95%) OSPF
5 6 (0.95%) Wireshark
6 5 (0.79%) WAN
7 4 (0.63%) Broadband
7 4 (0.63%) LTE
8 3 (0.48%) Network Security
9 2 (0.32%) DNS
9 2 (0.32%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.32%) Firewall
9 2 (0.32%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 278 (44.13%) Power BI
2 254 (40.32%) Tableau
3 22 (3.49%) Data Mining
4 18 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (2.86%) SQL Server
5 16 (2.54%) Amazon Redshift
6 15 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 11 (1.75%) Delta Lake
8 7 (1.11%) Metadata
8 7 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (0.95%) Pentaho
10 5 (0.79%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.79%) Redis
10 5 (0.79%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.63%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.48%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.48%) InfluxDB
12 3 (0.48%) Power Query
12 3 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.48%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 56 (8.89%) Git
2 14 (2.22%) Cucumber
3 11 (1.75%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.59%) GitLab
5 9 (1.43%) Selenium
5 9 (1.43%) Visual Studio Code
6 8 (1.27%) JMeter
7 7 (1.11%) Gatling
8 5 (0.79%) LoadRunner
9 4 (0.63%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.63%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.63%) JIRA
9 4 (0.63%) Postman
9 4 (0.63%) REST Assured
9 4 (0.63%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.63%) Subversion
9 4 (0.63%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.48%) Burp Suite
10 3 (0.48%) JUnit
10 3 (0.48%) Locust
General
1 324 (51.43%) Social Skills
2 80 (12.70%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (10.00%) Finance
4 32 (5.08%) Multimedia
5 24 (3.81%) Manufacturing
6 19 (3.02%) Retail
7 16 (2.54%) Public Sector
8 13 (2.06%) Law
9 10 (1.59%) Automotive
10 9 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.11%) Marketing
11 7 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (0.95%) Electronics
13 4 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.48%) Spanish Language
15 2 (0.32%) Advertising
15 2 (0.32%) Games
15 2 (0.32%) Social Housing
16 1 (0.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 261 (41.43%) Analyst
2 255 (40.48%) Data Analyst
3 228 (36.19%) Junior
4 225 (35.71%) Junior Analyst
4 225 (35.71%) Junior Data Analyst
5 75 (11.90%) Developer
6 61 (9.68%) Data Engineer
7 60 (9.52%) Senior
8 59 (9.37%) Trainee
9 57 (9.05%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 39 (6.19%) Lead
11 36 (5.71%) Software Developer
12 30 (4.76%) Python Developer
13 26 (4.13%) Software Engineer
14 23 (3.65%) Data Scientist
15 22 (3.49%) Azure Engineer
15 22 (3.49%) Senior Developer
16 21 (3.33%) Full-Stack Developer
17 19 (3.02%) Azure Data Engineer
17 19 (3.02%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (9.68%) HTML
2 51 (8.10%) CSS
3 44 (6.98%) React
4 37 (5.87%) Node.js
5 24 (3.81%) PySpark
6 18 (2.86%) Pandas
7 16 (2.54%) scikit-learn
8 14 (2.22%) Django
9 13 (2.06%) PyTorch
10 10 (1.59%) NumPy
10 10 (1.59%) Streamlit
11 9 (1.43%) Hugging Face
11 9 (1.43%) Matplotlib
11 9 (1.43%) Playwright
11 9 (1.43%) REST
12 7 (1.11%) TensorFlow
13 6 (0.95%) Flask
14 5 (0.79%) AngularJS
14 5 (0.79%) JSON
14 5 (0.79%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 13 (2.06%) Algorithms
2 9 (1.43%) Cloud Native
3 8 (1.27%) Product Ownership
3 8 (1.27%) Virtual Team
4 6 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (0.63%) Credit Risk
6 4 (0.63%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (0.48%) CAN bus
7 3 (0.48%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (0.48%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (0.48%) Social Media
8 2 (0.32%) CUDA
8 2 (0.32%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.32%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.32%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.32%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.32%) Robotics
8 2 (0.32%) SCADA
8 2 (0.32%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.06%) Linux
2 12 (1.90%) Windows
3 5 (0.79%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (0.63%) Unix
5 3 (0.48%) Kali Linux
5 3 (0.48%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.48%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.32%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.16%) Android
7 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (53.49%) AI
2 274 (43.49%) Business Intelligence
3 77 (12.22%) Analytics
4 64 (10.16%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
5 63 (10.00%) Mentoring
6 60 (9.52%) CI/CD
7 59 (9.37%) Machine Learning
8 54 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
9 48 (7.62%) DevOps
9 48 (7.62%) Full-Stack Development
10 45 (7.14%) Software Engineering
11 44 (6.98%) Agile
12 43 (6.83%) Data Science
12 43 (6.83%) ETL
12 43 (6.83%) Visualisation
13 40 (6.35%) Data Engineering
13 40 (6.35%) Data Pipeline
14 37 (5.87%) Computer Science
15 36 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
16 35 (5.56%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 389 (61.75%) SQL
2 81 (12.86%) JavaScript
3 34 (5.40%) R
4 30 (4.76%) Java
5 16 (2.54%) Bash
6 14 (2.22%) C
6 14 (2.22%) PowerShell
7 13 (2.06%) TypeScript
8 12 (1.90%) C#
8 12 (1.90%) C++
9 10 (1.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 10 (1.59%) PHP
10 8 (1.27%) Embedded C
11 7 (1.11%) Bicep
11 7 (1.11%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.95%) Scala
13 5 (0.79%) VBA
14 4 (0.63%) Go
15 3 (0.48%) Delphi
15 3 (0.48%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 312 (49.52%) Azure Certification
2 50 (7.94%) Degree
3 45 (7.14%) AWS Certification
4 41 (6.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 37 (5.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (2.06%) Security Cleared
8 11 (1.75%) DBS Check
8 11 (1.75%) SC Cleared
9 7 (1.11%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.95%) CCNP
10 6 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.63%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.48%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.32%) CEH
13 2 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.32%) PhD
14 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.16%) CREST Certified
14 1 (0.16%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.49%) Data Quality
2 13 (2.06%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.75%) GDPR
3 11 (1.75%) QA
4 3 (0.48%) WCAG
5 2 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.32%) IEC 61508
5 2 (0.32%) ISO 14001
5 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.32%) MISRA
5 2 (0.32%) MISRA C
5 2 (0.32%) SLA
6 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.16%) NIST
System Software
1 22 (3.49%) Docker
2 10 (1.59%) Firmware
3 5 (0.79%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 26 (4.13%) Terraform
2 22 (3.49%) Kubernetes
3 15 (2.38%) Grafana
4 5 (0.79%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.48%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.48%) Nagios
6 2 (0.32%) Ansible
6 2 (0.32%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.16%) Argo
7 1 (0.16%) Control-M
7 1 (0.16%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.16%) Podman
7 1 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 315 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 46 (7.30%) Databricks
3 14 (2.22%) Google
4 11 (1.75%) Oracle
5 7 (1.11%) Cisco
5 7 (1.11%) Informatica
5 7 (1.11%) Talend
6 6 (0.95%) Cloudera
6 6 (0.95%) Meraki
7 5 (0.79%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.63%) Atmel
8 4 (0.63%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.48%) LogicMonitor
9 3 (0.48%) SolarWinds
9 3 (0.48%) Veracode
10 2 (0.32%) AppDynamics
10 2 (0.32%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.32%) PagerDuty
10 2 (0.32%) Splunk
10 2 (0.32%) Zoho