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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 47 52
Rank change year-on-year +16 +5 -38
Permanent jobs citing Python 671 256 473
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 5.18% 5.02% 4.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.70% 19.80% 15.51%
Number of salaries quoted 322 171 371
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,313 £41,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £70,875
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +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 1,690 1,293 3,050
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.04% 25.34% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,162 971 2,589
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £39,500
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 6 May 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 6 May 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 +24 385 £60,000 +9.09% 116
East Midlands +18 286 £55,000 - 124
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 11 (1.64%) WordPress
2 9 (1.34%) Jupyter
3 7 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.89%) SAS
5 2 (0.30%) Apache
6 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 257 (38.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.34%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.15%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (0.60%) Line 50
2 3 (0.45%) Magento
2 3 (0.45%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 436 (64.98%) Azure
2 299 (44.56%) Azure AI
3 290 (43.22%) Power Platform
4 151 (22.50%) AWS
5 38 (5.66%) GitHub
6 33 (4.92%) Amazon S3
7 32 (4.77%) Serverless
8 29 (4.32%) Snowflake
9 28 (4.17%) AWS Lambda
10 20 (2.98%) GCP
11 15 (2.24%) Azure Data Factory
11 15 (2.24%) SaaS
12 13 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
13 12 (1.79%) dbt
14 10 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
15 9 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
16 7 (1.04%) PaaS
17 6 (0.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 6 (0.89%) Azure Stack
17 6 (0.89%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 28 (4.17%) Internet
2 12 (1.79%) VPN
3 11 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (1.64%) Wireless
4 8 (1.19%) Bluetooth
5 7 (1.04%) BGP
5 7 (1.04%) LAN
6 6 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (0.89%) EIGRP
6 6 (0.89%) Firewall
6 6 (0.89%) Modbus
6 6 (0.89%) OSPF
6 6 (0.89%) Wireshark
7 5 (0.75%) DNS
7 5 (0.75%) Network Security
7 5 (0.75%) WAN
8 4 (0.60%) Broadband
8 4 (0.60%) LTE
8 4 (0.60%) VoIP
9 3 (0.45%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 290 (43.22%) Power BI
2 260 (38.75%) Tableau
3 23 (3.43%) SQL Server
4 19 (2.83%) Data Mining
4 19 (2.83%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (2.53%) Amazon Redshift
5 17 (2.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 12 (1.79%) Delta Lake
7 7 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (1.04%) Metadata
7 7 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.04%) Redis
8 6 (0.89%) Pentaho
9 5 (0.75%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.75%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.75%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.60%) FileMaker
11 3 (0.45%) InfluxDB
11 3 (0.45%) MySQL
11 3 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 56 (8.35%) Git
2 14 (2.09%) Cucumber
3 13 (1.94%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.64%) GitLab
5 10 (1.49%) Selenium
6 9 (1.34%) Visual Studio Code
7 8 (1.19%) Gatling
7 8 (1.19%) JMeter
8 6 (0.89%) LoadRunner
9 5 (0.75%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.75%) Postman
9 5 (0.75%) REST Assured
9 5 (0.75%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.60%) Burp Suite
10 4 (0.60%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.60%) JIRA
10 4 (0.60%) Subversion
10 4 (0.60%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.45%) HP UFT
11 3 (0.45%) JUnit
General
1 355 (52.91%) Social Skills
2 84 (12.52%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (10.73%) Finance
4 28 (4.17%) Multimedia
5 24 (3.58%) Manufacturing
6 21 (3.13%) Retail
7 17 (2.53%) Public Sector
8 13 (1.94%) Law
9 12 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (1.64%) Automotive
11 7 (1.04%) Electronics
11 7 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (0.89%) Marketing
13 4 (0.60%) Banking
13 4 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.45%) Spanish Language
15 2 (0.30%) Advertising
15 2 (0.30%) Games
15 2 (0.30%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 273 (40.69%) Analyst
2 265 (39.49%) Data Analyst
3 239 (35.62%) Junior
4 236 (35.17%) Junior Analyst
4 236 (35.17%) Junior Data Analyst
5 74 (11.03%) Senior
6 72 (10.73%) Developer
7 68 (10.13%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 68 (10.13%) Data Engineer
8 52 (7.75%) Trainee
9 44 (6.56%) Lead
10 34 (5.07%) Software Developer
11 31 (4.62%) Data Scientist
12 29 (4.32%) Software Engineer
13 27 (4.02%) Python Developer
13 27 (4.02%) Python Engineer
14 26 (3.87%) Azure Engineer
15 22 (3.28%) Azure Data Engineer
16 21 (3.13%) Full-Stack Developer
16 21 (3.13%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (9.09%) HTML
2 51 (7.60%) CSS
3 42 (6.26%) React
4 35 (5.22%) Node.js
5 26 (3.87%) PySpark
6 20 (2.98%) PyTorch
7 19 (2.83%) Pandas
8 17 (2.53%) scikit-learn
9 16 (2.38%) Hugging Face
10 14 (2.09%) TensorFlow
11 12 (1.79%) Django
12 11 (1.64%) NumPy
12 11 (1.64%) REST
13 10 (1.49%) Playwright
13 10 (1.49%) Streamlit
14 9 (1.34%) Matplotlib
14 9 (1.34%) RESTful
15 7 (1.04%) Flask
16 5 (0.75%) AngularJS
16 5 (0.75%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 13 (1.94%) Algorithms
2 10 (1.49%) Cloud Native
2 10 (1.49%) Product Ownership
3 8 (1.19%) Virtual Team
4 6 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (0.75%) Credit Risk
6 4 (0.60%) CAN bus
6 4 (0.60%) Public Cloud
6 4 (0.60%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (0.45%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (0.45%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (0.45%) IoT
7 3 (0.45%) iSeries
7 3 (0.45%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (0.45%) Social Media
8 2 (0.30%) CUDA
8 2 (0.30%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.30%) SCADA
8 2 (0.30%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.98%) Linux
1 20 (2.98%) Windows
2 8 (1.19%) Windows Server
3 6 (0.89%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (0.75%) Mac OS
4 5 (0.75%) Unix
5 4 (0.60%) Kali Linux
6 3 (0.45%) VMS
7 2 (0.30%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.15%) Android
8 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (54.40%) AI
2 287 (42.77%) Business Intelligence
3 82 (12.22%) Analytics
4 75 (11.18%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
5 66 (9.84%) CI/CD
5 66 (9.84%) Mentoring
6 65 (9.69%) Machine Learning
6 65 (9.69%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (8.35%) Software Engineering
8 50 (7.45%) DevOps
9 47 (7.00%) Data Science
9 47 (7.00%) ETL
10 46 (6.86%) Data Pipeline
11 45 (6.71%) Full-Stack Development
12 44 (6.56%) Agile
13 42 (6.26%) Data Engineering
14 40 (5.96%) Visualisation
15 39 (5.81%) Continuous Improvement
16 37 (5.51%) Computer Science
17 35 (5.22%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 409 (60.95%) SQL
2 78 (11.62%) JavaScript
3 33 (4.92%) R
4 31 (4.62%) Java
5 21 (3.13%) PowerShell
6 17 (2.53%) Bash
7 15 (2.24%) C
7 15 (2.24%) TypeScript
8 13 (1.94%) C#
9 12 (1.79%) C++
10 11 (1.64%) PHP
11 10 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 9 (1.34%) Embedded C
13 8 (1.19%) Bicep
14 7 (1.04%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.89%) Scala
16 4 (0.60%) Go
16 4 (0.60%) VBA
17 3 (0.45%) Delphi
17 3 (0.45%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 330 (49.18%) Azure Certification
2 48 (7.15%) Degree
3 41 (6.11%) AWS Certification
4 37 (5.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 33 (4.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (2.09%) Security Cleared
8 13 (1.94%) SC Cleared
9 11 (1.64%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.19%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.89%) CCNP
11 6 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.30%) CEH
12 2 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.30%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.30%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.30%) PhD
13 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.15%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.15%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.58%) Data Quality
2 13 (1.94%) GDPR
3 12 (1.79%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.64%) QA
5 4 (0.60%) ISO 14001
5 4 (0.60%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.30%) IEC 61508
6 2 (0.30%) MISRA
6 2 (0.30%) MISRA C
6 2 (0.30%) WCAG
7 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.15%) NIST
7 1 (0.15%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (3.28%) Docker
2 11 (1.64%) Firmware
3 6 (0.89%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (0.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 28 (4.17%) Terraform
2 21 (3.13%) Kubernetes
3 15 (2.24%) Grafana
4 5 (0.75%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.60%) HP Fortify
6 3 (0.45%) Nagios
7 2 (0.30%) Ansible
7 2 (0.30%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.15%) Argo
8 1 (0.15%) Control-M
8 1 (0.15%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.15%) Podman
8 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 323 (48.14%) Microsoft
2 47 (7.00%) Databricks
3 14 (2.09%) Google
4 10 (1.49%) Oracle
5 7 (1.04%) Cisco
5 7 (1.04%) Informatica
5 7 (1.04%) Talend
6 6 (0.89%) Cloudera
6 6 (0.89%) Meraki
6 6 (0.89%) OpenAI
7 5 (0.75%) SolarWinds
8 4 (0.60%) Adobe
8 4 (0.60%) Apple
8 4 (0.60%) Atmel
8 4 (0.60%) Sage
8 4 (0.60%) Veracode
9 3 (0.45%) LogicMonitor
9 3 (0.45%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.30%) Logitech
10 2 (0.30%) Yealink