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

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 33 38
Rank change year-on-year +6 +5 -20
Permanent jobs citing Python 340 493 298
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.70% 5.61% 5.98%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.34% 22.61% 16.52%
Number of salaries quoted 254 239 213
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,877 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -2.61%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £69,550
90th Percentile £84,625 £86,500 £85,000
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 1,159 2,180 1,804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 19.42% 24.81% 36.20%
Number of salaries quoted 972 1,215 1,490
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £35,000
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% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £65,000
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 24 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 24 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 +14 239 £60,000 -7.69% 217
East Midlands -5 104 £62,500 +13.64% 118
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 30 (8.82%) Confluence
2 12 (3.53%) Apache Spark
3 7 (2.06%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.76%) IIS
4 6 (1.76%) nginx
5 5 (1.47%) SAS
6 2 (0.59%) Apache
6 2 (0.59%) WordPress
7 1 (0.29%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 61 (17.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.76%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 4 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.29%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.29%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 152 (44.71%) Azure
2 119 (35.00%) AWS
3 66 (19.41%) Power Platform
4 41 (12.06%) Amazon S3
5 37 (10.88%) Amazon ELB
6 36 (10.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 35 (10.29%) Amazon EC2
8 33 (9.71%) GitHub
9 32 (9.41%) Azure AI
9 32 (9.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 31 (9.12%) AWS KMS
11 25 (7.35%) Amazon Glacier
11 25 (7.35%) GCP
12 17 (5.00%) SaaS
13 15 (4.41%) Azure Data Factory
14 14 (4.12%) Amazon ECS
15 13 (3.82%) Snowflake
16 12 (3.53%) Amazon EKS
16 12 (3.53%) Azure DevOps
17 9 (2.65%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 34 (10.00%) Firewall
2 25 (7.35%) HTTP
3 22 (6.47%) DNS
4 21 (6.18%) FTP
4 21 (6.18%) SMTP
4 21 (6.18%) SSH
5 19 (5.59%) Internet
6 6 (1.76%) IMAP
6 6 (1.76%) 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 64 (18.82%) Power BI
2 59 (17.35%) Tableau
3 34 (10.00%) Amazon RDS
4 29 (8.53%) Data Warehouse
5 26 (7.65%) SQL Server
6 19 (5.59%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (5.29%) Delta Lake
8 13 (3.82%) Data Mining
9 12 (3.53%) BigQuery
10 10 (2.94%) Big Data
10 10 (2.94%) DynamoDB
11 9 (2.65%) Metadata
11 9 (2.65%) MongoDB
12 8 (2.35%) NoSQL
13 7 (2.06%) Spark SQL
14 6 (1.76%) Amazon Aurora
14 6 (1.76%) Relational Database
15 4 (1.18%) Data Lake
15 4 (1.18%) MySQL
15 4 (1.18%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 62 (18.24%) Git
2 44 (12.94%) Jenkins
3 33 (9.71%) JIRA
4 31 (9.12%) Vagrant
5 8 (2.35%) GitLab
6 7 (2.06%) MLflow
6 7 (2.06%) Sonatype Nexus
7 5 (1.47%) JUnit
8 4 (1.18%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.18%) Selenium
9 3 (0.88%) JMeter
10 2 (0.59%) Mockito
10 2 (0.59%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.59%) Subversion
11 1 (0.29%) Locust
General
1 105 (30.88%) Social Skills
2 43 (12.65%) Finance
3 40 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 35 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (6.47%) Retail
6 18 (5.29%) Marketing
7 17 (5.00%) Multimedia
8 15 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (4.12%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (2.94%) Law
11 8 (2.35%) Manufacturing
12 7 (2.06%) Automotive
13 6 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.88%) Local Government
15 3 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.59%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.59%) Electronics
16 2 (0.59%) Games
16 2 (0.59%) Legal
Job Titles
1 69 (20.29%) Analyst
2 59 (17.35%) Developer
3 52 (15.29%) Data Analyst
4 49 (14.41%) Data Engineer
5 47 (13.82%) Senior
6 32 (9.41%) DevOps Engineer
7 26 (7.65%) Azure Engineer
7 26 (7.65%) Trainee
8 24 (7.06%) Azure Data Engineer
9 23 (6.76%) Junior
10 22 (6.47%) Junior Analyst
10 22 (6.47%) Junior Data Analyst
11 21 (6.18%) Python Developer
12 20 (5.88%) AWS Engineer
13 19 (5.59%) Lead
13 19 (5.59%) Senior Data Engineer
14 18 (5.29%) Architect
14 18 (5.29%) Software Developer
14 18 (5.29%) Software Engineer
14 18 (5.29%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.76%) CSS
1 23 (6.76%) Django
2 21 (6.18%) HTML
2 21 (6.18%) PySpark
3 20 (5.88%) React
4 15 (4.41%) .NET
5 12 (3.53%) Flask
6 11 (3.24%) REST
7 9 (2.65%) Node.js
8 8 (2.35%) YAML
9 7 (2.06%) PyTorch
9 7 (2.06%) Spring
9 7 (2.06%) Spring Boot
9 7 (2.06%) TensorFlow
10 6 (1.76%) Keras
10 6 (1.76%) Lambda Expressions
10 6 (1.76%) LDAP
10 6 (1.76%) Metaflow
10 6 (1.76%) scikit-learn
10 6 (1.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.88%) Replication
2 11 (3.24%) Cloud Native
3 9 (2.65%) Algorithms
3 9 (2.65%) Data Structures
4 7 (2.06%) AI Agents
4 7 (2.06%) IoT
4 7 (2.06%) Linux Command Line
4 7 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (1.76%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.76%) Embedded Systems
5 6 (1.76%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.47%) Credit Risk
6 5 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.18%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.18%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.88%) Biopharmaceutical
8 3 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (0.88%) Industry 4.0
Operating Systems
1 50 (14.71%) Linux
2 31 (9.12%) VMS
3 23 (6.76%) Windows
4 19 (5.59%) Amazon Linux
5 10 (2.94%) Unix
6 7 (2.06%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.59%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (22.94%) AI
2 75 (22.06%) CI/CD
3 72 (21.18%) DevOps
4 68 (20.00%) Analytics
5 65 (19.12%) Business Intelligence
6 58 (17.06%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (15.88%) Agile
8 50 (14.71%) Mentoring
9 49 (14.41%) Visualisation
10 48 (14.12%) Data Science
11 46 (13.53%) Machine Learning
12 44 (12.94%) Decision-Making
13 41 (12.06%) Data Engineering
14 40 (11.76%) ETL
15 39 (11.47%) Data Modelling
16 36 (10.59%) Cloud Security
16 36 (10.59%) Continuous Improvement
17 35 (10.29%) Data Visualisation
18 32 (9.41%) Change Management
19 31 (9.12%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 174 (51.18%) SQL
2 59 (17.35%) JavaScript
3 49 (14.41%) Java
4 40 (11.76%) PowerShell
5 32 (9.41%) Groovy
6 29 (8.53%) R
7 22 (6.47%) Perl
8 21 (6.18%) C#
9 16 (4.71%) Bash
10 12 (3.53%) PHP
11 9 (2.65%) Bicep
12 8 (2.35%) C++
12 8 (2.35%) TypeScript
13 6 (1.76%) C
14 5 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (1.47%) Go
14 5 (1.47%) Scala
14 5 (1.47%) T-SQL
14 5 (1.47%) VBA
15 4 (1.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 68 (20.00%) Degree
2 59 (17.35%) Security Cleared
3 53 (15.59%) Azure Certification
4 50 (14.71%) SC Cleared
5 32 (9.41%) AWS Certification
6 22 (6.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (5.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 16 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (4.41%) Master's Degree
10 11 (3.24%) Numerate Degree
11 9 (2.65%) DV Cleared
12 7 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (2.06%) HND
13 4 (1.18%) CCNA
13 4 (1.18%) Chartered Engineer
13 4 (1.18%) PhD
14 3 (0.88%) CCNP
14 3 (0.88%) HNC
15 2 (0.59%) CCSP
15 2 (0.59%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.47%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.06%) GDPR
3 5 (1.47%) QA
4 3 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.59%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.59%) NIST
5 2 (0.59%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.29%) ISO 19650
6 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.29%) SLA
6 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 56 (16.47%) Docker
2 27 (7.94%) Active Directory
3 20 (5.88%) DFS Replication
4 6 (1.76%) Dovecot
4 6 (1.76%) Postfix
4 6 (1.76%) 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 65 (19.12%) Terraform
2 35 (10.29%) Grafana
3 33 (9.71%) Kubernetes
4 29 (8.53%) Prometheus
5 15 (4.41%) Ansible
6 7 (2.06%) Nessus
7 6 (1.76%) Kubeflow
7 6 (1.76%) Proxmox
8 4 (1.18%) Kibana
9 3 (0.88%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.59%) Argo
10 2 (0.59%) Nagios
11 1 (0.29%) AWS Copilot
11 1 (0.29%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.29%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.29%) logstash
11 1 (0.29%) Oozie
11 1 (0.29%) Puppet
Vendors
1 91 (26.76%) Microsoft
2 47 (13.82%) Databricks
3 29 (8.53%) ServiceNow
4 14 (4.12%) Oracle
4 14 (4.12%) Salesforce
5 12 (3.53%) Juniper
6 7 (2.06%) Google
7 6 (1.76%) Jaspersoft
7 6 (1.76%) UiPath
8 5 (1.47%) Cisco
8 5 (1.47%) Siemens
9 4 (1.18%) Informatica
9 4 (1.18%) LogicMonitor
9 4 (1.18%) Splunk
9 4 (1.18%) VMware
10 3 (0.88%) Alteryx
10 3 (0.88%) AVEVA
10 3 (0.88%) Meraki
10 3 (0.88%) Rockwell
10 3 (0.88%) SolarWinds