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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 37 54
Rank change year-on-year +5 +17 +1
Permanent jobs citing Python 554 330 411
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.79% 5.70% 3.85%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.02% 24.83% 16.98%
Number of salaries quoted 253 203 243
10th Percentile £32,500 £41,050 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £90,500
England median annual salary £71,500 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -1.38% -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 1,909 1,329 2,421
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.07% 22.94% 22.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,310 1,008 1,736
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,250 £32,500
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 £62,500 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +2.46% -6.15%

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 22 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 22 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 -1 297 £65,000 - 151
East Midlands +18 255 £52,500 -19.23% 109
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 (1.81%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (1.62%) WordPress
3 7 (1.26%) Apache
4 5 (0.90%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.36%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.36%) SAS
6 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.18%) nginx
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 128 (23.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.72%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.36%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.18%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 4 (0.72%) Line 50
2 3 (0.54%) Magento
2 3 (0.54%) Shopify
3 2 (0.36%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 327 (59.03%) Azure
2 187 (33.75%) Azure AI
3 179 (32.31%) Power Platform
4 113 (20.40%) AWS
5 37 (6.68%) GCP
6 27 (4.87%) Snowflake
7 22 (3.97%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (2.89%) Serverless
9 15 (2.71%) Amazon S3
9 15 (2.71%) dbt
9 15 (2.71%) GitHub
9 15 (2.71%) SaaS
10 14 (2.53%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
12 11 (1.99%) AWS CloudFormation
13 10 (1.81%) PaaS
14 9 (1.62%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (1.62%) Azure Stack
15 8 (1.44%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.97%) Firewall
2 14 (2.53%) Wireless
3 13 (2.35%) VPN
4 12 (2.17%) DNS
5 10 (1.81%) Internet
5 10 (1.81%) MQTT
5 10 (1.81%) Network Security
6 9 (1.62%) Bluetooth
6 9 (1.62%) VLAN
6 9 (1.62%) WAN
7 8 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (1.26%) LAN
8 7 (1.26%) VoIP
9 6 (1.08%) TCP/IP
9 6 (1.08%) ZigBee
10 5 (0.90%) BGP
10 5 (0.90%) DHCP
10 5 (0.90%) OSPF
11 3 (0.54%) HTTP
11 3 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (32.31%) Power BI
2 133 (24.01%) Tableau
3 31 (5.60%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (4.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 16 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (2.89%) SQL Server
6 13 (2.35%) Data Lake
7 11 (1.99%) Relational Database
8 10 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (1.62%) Power Query
10 8 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (1.26%) Delta Lake
11 7 (1.26%) QlikView
12 6 (1.08%) DynamoDB
12 6 (1.08%) MongoDB
12 6 (1.08%) MySQL
12 6 (1.08%) Redis
13 5 (0.90%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 48 (8.66%) Git
2 20 (3.61%) GitLab
3 17 (3.07%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.99%) Cucumber
5 9 (1.62%) Gatling
5 9 (1.62%) JMeter
6 8 (1.44%) Selenium
7 7 (1.26%) JIRA
7 7 (1.26%) LoadRunner
8 6 (1.08%) Cypress.io
8 6 (1.08%) GDB
8 6 (1.08%) Postman
8 6 (1.08%) REST Assured
9 5 (0.90%) Burp Suite
9 5 (0.90%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.90%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.72%) HP UFT
10 4 (0.72%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.36%) Locust
General
1 244 (44.04%) Social Skills
2 86 (15.52%) Finance
3 71 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 23 (4.15%) Retail
5 22 (3.97%) Banking
5 22 (3.97%) Manufacturing
6 16 (2.89%) Public Sector
7 13 (2.35%) Law
8 12 (2.17%) Electronics
8 12 (2.17%) Telecoms
9 10 (1.81%) Marketing
10 8 (1.44%) Multimedia
11 7 (1.26%) Fire and Rescue
11 7 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (0.90%) Games
12 5 (0.90%) Legal
12 5 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.72%) Automotive
13 4 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 158 (28.52%) Analyst
2 152 (27.44%) Data Analyst
3 130 (23.47%) Junior
4 126 (22.74%) Junior Analyst
4 126 (22.74%) Junior Data Analyst
5 97 (17.51%) Senior
6 73 (13.18%) Developer
7 69 (12.45%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 64 (11.55%) Lead
9 60 (10.83%) Data Engineer
10 59 (10.65%) Data Scientist
11 41 (7.40%) Python Engineer
12 34 (6.14%) Software Engineer
13 28 (5.05%) Senior Data Engineer
14 25 (4.51%) Senior Data Scientist
15 23 (4.15%) Azure Engineer
15 23 (4.15%) Lead Data Scientist
16 19 (3.43%) Python Developer
17 18 (3.25%) Senior Analyst
17 18 (3.25%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (6.14%) PyTorch
2 31 (5.60%) Terraform
3 28 (5.05%) TensorFlow
4 27 (4.87%) Hugging Face
5 24 (4.33%) HTML
6 23 (4.15%) CSS
7 16 (2.89%) REST
8 14 (2.53%) Kafka
8 14 (2.53%) React
8 14 (2.53%) scikit-learn
9 13 (2.35%) Pandas
9 13 (2.35%) RESTful
10 11 (1.99%) Playwright
10 11 (1.99%) PySpark
11 10 (1.81%) Node.js
12 8 (1.44%) Keycloak
13 7 (1.26%) FastAPI
13 7 (1.26%) JSON
13 7 (1.26%) NumPy
14 6 (1.08%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 22 (3.97%) Cloud Native
2 16 (2.89%) IoT
3 13 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (1.81%) Embedded Systems
5 9 (1.62%) ARM Cortex
5 9 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (1.44%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.26%) Device Driver
7 7 (1.26%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.26%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.08%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.08%) Security Posture
9 5 (0.90%) Algorithms
9 5 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (0.72%) CAN bus
10 4 (0.72%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.72%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.72%) Sports Betting
11 3 (0.54%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 43 (7.76%) Linux
2 27 (4.87%) Windows
3 13 (2.35%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.08%) FreeRTOS
4 6 (1.08%) Unix
5 5 (0.90%) Kali Linux
5 5 (0.90%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.72%) VMS
7 3 (0.54%) Solaris
8 2 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.36%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.36%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.18%) Debian
9 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (49.28%) AI
2 184 (33.21%) Business Intelligence
3 106 (19.13%) Analytics
4 87 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
5 83 (14.98%) Software Engineering
6 80 (14.44%) Machine Learning
7 77 (13.90%) Roadmaps
8 71 (12.82%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
9 70 (12.64%) CI/CD
9 70 (12.64%) Data Science
10 66 (11.91%) Actionable Insight
11 65 (11.73%) Decision-Making
12 60 (10.83%) Mentoring
13 54 (9.75%) DevOps
14 53 (9.57%) Statistics
15 45 (8.12%) Continuous Improvement
16 43 (7.76%) Agile
16 43 (7.76%) Data Pipeline
17 42 (7.58%) Data Analysis
17 42 (7.58%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 280 (50.54%) SQL
2 37 (6.68%) Java
3 35 (6.32%) JavaScript
4 34 (6.14%) PowerShell
5 22 (3.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 20 (3.61%) C
6 20 (3.61%) C#
6 20 (3.61%) R
7 18 (3.25%) Bash
8 16 (2.89%) C++
8 16 (2.89%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.81%) Go
10 8 (1.44%) PHP
11 6 (1.08%) Embedded C
12 4 (0.72%) Bicep
13 3 (0.54%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.54%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.36%) Perl
14 2 (0.36%) Ruby
14 2 (0.36%) Rust
Qualifications
1 210 (37.91%) Azure Certification
2 60 (10.83%) Degree
3 32 (5.78%) Security Cleared
4 29 (5.23%) SC Cleared
5 18 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (2.71%) AWS Certification
7 13 (2.35%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 12 (2.17%) Master's Degree
9 11 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.26%) DBS Check
11 6 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.90%) CCNA
13 3 (0.54%) MCSE
14 2 (0.36%) CISSP
14 2 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.36%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.18%) Numerate Degree
15 1 (0.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.60%) Data Quality
2 16 (2.89%) GDPR
3 11 (1.99%) QA
4 9 (1.62%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.26%) JTAG
5 7 (1.26%) SLA
6 4 (0.72%) ISO 14001
6 4 (0.72%) ISO 9001
6 4 (0.72%) NIST
7 3 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.36%) IEC 61508
8 2 (0.36%) MISRA
8 2 (0.36%) MISRA C
8 2 (0.36%) WCAG
9 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.18%) PSD2
System Software
1 23 (4.15%) Docker
2 12 (2.17%) Firmware
3 8 (1.44%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.26%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (0.72%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.54%) vSphere
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (3.43%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.71%) Grafana
3 7 (1.26%) Ansible
4 6 (1.08%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.90%) HP Fortify
6 3 (0.54%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.36%) Argo
7 2 (0.36%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.36%) Nagios
7 2 (0.36%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.36%) Puppet
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.18%) Podman
8 1 (0.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 173 (31.23%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.14%) Databricks
3 17 (3.07%) Google
4 12 (2.17%) Cisco
5 10 (1.81%) ServiceNow
6 8 (1.44%) VMware
7 5 (0.90%) Fortinet
7 5 (0.90%) Informatica
7 5 (0.90%) OpenAI
7 5 (0.90%) Veracode
8 4 (0.72%) Adobe
8 4 (0.72%) Apple
8 4 (0.72%) Meraki
8 4 (0.72%) Sage
8 4 (0.72%) Splunk
9 3 (0.54%) Oracle
9 3 (0.54%) SAP
9 3 (0.54%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.36%) Altera
10 2 (0.36%) Veeam