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 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 42 56
Rank change year-on-year +20 +14 -10
Permanent jobs citing Python 616 300 497
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.70% 5.39% 3.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.80% 22.52% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 277 178 360
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,938 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £71,106 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,000 £77,500 £91,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -6.67%

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 1,878 1,332 3,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.33% 23.94% 24.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,288 1,003 2,562
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £38,894
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,688 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +7.38% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
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 10 July 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 10 July 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 +11 315 £62,500 +4.17% 99
East Midlands +28 301 £54,500 -0.91% 97
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 9 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
1 9 (1.46%) Jupyter
1 9 (1.46%) WordPress
2 6 (0.97%) Apache
3 3 (0.49%) SAS
4 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 190 (30.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.46%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.65%) Line 50
2 3 (0.49%) Magento
2 3 (0.49%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 363 (58.93%) Azure
2 242 (39.29%) Azure AI
3 232 (37.66%) Power Platform
4 126 (20.45%) AWS
5 31 (5.03%) GCP
5 31 (5.03%) Snowflake
6 28 (4.55%) Amazon S3
6 28 (4.55%) Serverless
7 25 (4.06%) AWS Lambda
8 20 (3.25%) GitHub
9 19 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (2.44%) SaaS
11 13 (2.11%) dbt
12 10 (1.62%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (1.46%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (1.46%) AWS Step Functions
13 9 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
13 9 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
14 8 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
15 7 (1.14%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.08%) Wireless
2 16 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
3 15 (2.44%) VPN
4 14 (2.27%) Firewall
5 13 (2.11%) Bluetooth
6 10 (1.62%) Internet
6 10 (1.62%) MQTT
7 8 (1.30%) LAN
7 8 (1.30%) Network Security
8 7 (1.14%) DNS
8 7 (1.14%) WAN
9 6 (0.97%) BGP
9 6 (0.97%) Modbus
9 6 (0.97%) ZigBee
10 5 (0.81%) OSPF
10 5 (0.81%) VoIP
11 4 (0.65%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (0.65%) EIGRP
11 4 (0.65%) LTE
11 4 (0.65%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 232 (37.66%) Power BI
2 190 (30.84%) Tableau
3 20 (3.25%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (2.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 17 (2.76%) SQL Server
6 14 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
7 10 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (1.46%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (1.30%) Delta Lake
10 7 (1.14%) Redis
11 6 (0.97%) Data Mining
11 6 (0.97%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.81%) MySQL
13 4 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.65%) FileMaker
13 4 (0.65%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.49%) BigQuery
14 3 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 44 (7.14%) Git
2 16 (2.60%) GitLab
2 16 (2.60%) Jenkins
3 11 (1.79%) Cucumber
4 9 (1.46%) Visual Studio Code
5 8 (1.30%) Gatling
5 8 (1.30%) JMeter
6 7 (1.14%) Selenium
7 6 (0.97%) GDB
7 6 (0.97%) LoadRunner
8 5 (0.81%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.81%) Postman
8 5 (0.81%) REST Assured
8 5 (0.81%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.81%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.65%) Burp Suite
9 4 (0.65%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.65%) JIRA
9 4 (0.65%) Robot Framework
9 4 (0.65%) Subversion
General
1 297 (48.21%) Social Skills
2 100 (16.23%) Finance
3 85 (13.80%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (3.73%) Manufacturing
5 22 (3.57%) Retail
6 20 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (3.08%) Banking
8 14 (2.27%) Law
9 11 (1.79%) Public Sector
10 10 (1.62%) Multimedia
11 8 (1.30%) Electronics
12 7 (1.14%) Automotive
12 7 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (1.14%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.81%) Marketing
14 4 (0.65%) Games
15 3 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.32%) Fire and Rescue
17 1 (0.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 221 (35.88%) Analyst
2 213 (34.58%) Data Analyst
3 185 (30.03%) Junior
4 181 (29.38%) Junior Analyst
4 181 (29.38%) Junior Data Analyst
5 89 (14.45%) Senior
6 74 (12.01%) Developer
7 69 (11.20%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 65 (10.55%) Data Scientist
9 63 (10.23%) Data Engineer
10 60 (9.74%) Lead
11 39 (6.33%) Software Engineer
12 32 (5.19%) Python Engineer
13 27 (4.38%) Senior Data Scientist
14 24 (3.90%) Lead Data Scientist
15 23 (3.73%) Senior Data Engineer
16 22 (3.57%) Trainee
17 21 (3.41%) Azure Engineer
17 21 (3.41%) Software Developer
18 19 (3.08%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (5.84%) PyTorch
2 33 (5.36%) HTML
3 32 (5.19%) Hugging Face
4 30 (4.87%) CSS
4 30 (4.87%) TensorFlow
5 24 (3.90%) React
6 20 (3.25%) Pandas
7 19 (3.08%) Node.js
7 19 (3.08%) scikit-learn
8 16 (2.60%) PySpark
9 12 (1.95%) NumPy
9 12 (1.95%) REST
9 12 (1.95%) RESTful
10 11 (1.79%) Matplotlib
11 10 (1.62%) Playwright
11 10 (1.62%) Streamlit
12 8 (1.30%) Kafka
13 6 (0.97%) FastAPI
13 6 (0.97%) JSON
13 6 (0.97%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 15 (2.44%) Cloud Native
1 15 (2.44%) IoT
2 13 (2.11%) Algorithms
3 12 (1.95%) Embedded Systems
4 9 (1.46%) ARM Cortex
4 9 (1.46%) Product Ownership
5 8 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (1.30%) Virtual Team
6 7 (1.14%) Device Driver
7 6 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (0.81%) Public Cloud
8 5 (0.81%) Raspberry Pi
9 4 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.65%) CAN bus
9 4 (0.65%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.65%) Sports Betting
10 3 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.49%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.49%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.49%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 31 (5.03%) Linux
2 22 (3.57%) Windows
3 11 (1.79%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.97%) FreeRTOS
5 5 (0.81%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.65%) Kali Linux
6 4 (0.65%) Unix
6 4 (0.65%) VMS
7 2 (0.32%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.32%) Robot Operating System
7 2 (0.32%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.16%) Android
8 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.16%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (53.08%) AI
2 232 (37.66%) Business Intelligence
3 98 (15.91%) Analytics
4 83 (13.47%) Machine Learning
5 81 (13.15%) Software Engineering
6 79 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
7 76 (12.34%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
8 73 (11.85%) Data Science
9 70 (11.36%) CI/CD
10 69 (11.20%) Roadmaps
11 66 (10.71%) Actionable Insight
12 59 (9.58%) Decision-Making
13 57 (9.25%) Mentoring
14 53 (8.60%) Statistics
15 51 (8.28%) DevOps
16 44 (7.14%) Data Analysis
17 43 (6.98%) Data Engineering
18 42 (6.82%) Data Pipeline
19 41 (6.66%) Validation
20 39 (6.33%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 354 (57.47%) SQL
2 40 (6.49%) JavaScript
3 31 (5.03%) Java
4 29 (4.71%) PowerShell
5 27 (4.38%) R
6 21 (3.41%) C
7 20 (3.25%) Bash
8 17 (2.76%) C++
9 16 (2.60%) C#
9 16 (2.60%) TypeScript
10 14 (2.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (1.30%) Embedded C
11 8 (1.30%) PHP
12 6 (0.97%) Bicep
12 6 (0.97%) Go
13 5 (0.81%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.49%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.32%) Groovy
15 2 (0.32%) Ruby
15 2 (0.32%) Scala
Qualifications
1 262 (42.53%) Azure Certification
2 50 (8.12%) Degree
3 24 (3.90%) Security Cleared
4 21 (3.41%) AWS Certification
4 21 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (3.41%) SC Cleared
5 19 (3.08%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 14 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (2.11%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.30%) DBS Check
9 7 (1.14%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.65%) CCNP
12 3 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.32%) CISSP
13 2 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.32%) PhD
14 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.16%) Numerate Degree
14 1 (0.16%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.06%) Data Quality
2 12 (1.95%) QA
3 11 (1.79%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.79%) GDPR
4 7 (1.14%) JTAG
5 4 (0.65%) ISO 14001
5 4 (0.65%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.49%) SLA
7 2 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.32%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.32%) MISRA
7 2 (0.32%) MISRA C
7 2 (0.32%) NIST
7 2 (0.32%) WCAG
8 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.16%) PSD2
System Software
1 21 (3.41%) Docker
2 14 (2.27%) Firmware
3 7 (1.14%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (0.81%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.32%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (4.22%) Terraform
2 17 (2.76%) Grafana
2 17 (2.76%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.30%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.65%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.49%) Ansible
5 3 (0.49%) Nagios
6 2 (0.32%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.16%) Argo
7 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.16%) Podman
7 1 (0.16%) SCCM
7 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 233 (37.82%) Microsoft
2 37 (6.01%) Databricks
3 16 (2.60%) Google
4 9 (1.46%) Cisco
5 7 (1.14%) Meraki
6 6 (0.97%) OpenAI
7 5 (0.81%) Informatica
8 4 (0.65%) Adobe
8 4 (0.65%) Apple
8 4 (0.65%) Atmel
8 4 (0.65%) Oracle
8 4 (0.65%) Sage
8 4 (0.65%) SolarWinds
8 4 (0.65%) Veracode
9 3 (0.49%) Cloudera
9 3 (0.49%) Fortinet
9 3 (0.49%) Talend
9 3 (0.49%) VMware
10 2 (0.32%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.32%) ServiceNow