Python Jobs in Scotland

Python
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Python skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Python over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 16 11
Rank change year-on-year -27 -5 +4
Permanent jobs citing Python 163 1,314 724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 5.78% 19.51% 15.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.62% 34.54% 35.30%
Number of salaries quoted 91 248 274
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,250 £38,828
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £48,091
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £50,764 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.25% -21.90% +8.33%
75th Percentile £75,360 £71,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £82,751 £91,934 £93,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -6.90% +3.57%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 925 3,804 2,051
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 32.82% 56.47% 43.42%
Number of salaries quoted 738 1,148 1,156
10th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,683 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Python in Scotland

Python
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Python in Scotland.

Salary trend for Python in Scotland

Python
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Python in Scotland

Python
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Edinburgh -9 115 £57,500 - 112
Glasgow -7 28 £75,360 +50.72% 62
Aberdeen +18 7 £50,000 +29.87% 7
Moray - 4 £49,050 -
Fife -17 3 £49,050 -1.90% 3
East Ayrshire - 3 £58,000 -
South Ayrshire - 3 £49,050 -
Dundee -3 1 - - 14
Python
UK

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (5.52%) Apache
1 9 (5.52%) SAS
2 7 (4.29%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.45%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.23%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.61%) CICS
5 1 (0.61%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.61%) LaTeX
2 1 (0.61%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 51 (31.29%) AWS
2 25 (15.34%) Azure
3 15 (9.20%) GCP
4 12 (7.36%) GitHub
5 11 (6.75%) Amazon SageMaker
5 11 (6.75%) SaaS
6 10 (6.13%) AWS Lambda
6 10 (6.13%) Serverless
6 10 (6.13%) Snowflake
7 5 (3.07%) AWS CloudFormation
7 5 (3.07%) Azure Machine Learning
7 5 (3.07%) Power Platform
8 4 (2.45%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (2.45%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.45%) CloudBees
8 4 (2.45%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (2.45%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.84%) Amazon SQS
9 3 (1.84%) dbt
9 3 (1.84%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.91%) Firewall
2 3 (1.84%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.23%) BGP
3 2 (1.23%) OSPF
3 2 (1.23%) WAN
4 1 (0.61%) DHCP
4 1 (0.61%) DNS
4 1 (0.61%) LAN
4 1 (0.61%) Network Security
4 1 (0.61%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.61%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.61%) SpaceWire
4 1 (0.61%) SSL
4 1 (0.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.75%) NoSQL
2 10 (6.13%) Tableau
3 6 (3.68%) MongoDB
4 5 (3.07%) Big Data
4 5 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (3.07%) Power BI
5 4 (2.45%) Geospatial Data
5 4 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.45%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.84%) Looker
6 3 (1.84%) MySQL
7 2 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.23%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.23%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.61%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.61%) DB2
8 1 (0.61%) Flink
8 1 (0.61%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 20 (12.27%) Git
2 14 (8.59%) Jenkins
3 10 (6.13%) GitLab
4 6 (3.68%) JUnit
5 5 (3.07%) Eclipse
5 5 (3.07%) Eclipse RCP
6 4 (2.45%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.84%) Selenium
7 3 (1.84%) Spinnaker
7 3 (1.84%) TestNG
8 2 (1.23%) CircleCI
8 2 (1.23%) Maven
8 2 (1.23%) SonarQube
8 2 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (1.23%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.61%) JIRA
9 1 (0.61%) MLflow
General
1 56 (34.36%) Finance
2 45 (27.61%) Social Skills
3 42 (25.77%) Banking
4 40 (24.54%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (13.50%) Legal
6 13 (7.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (6.13%) Front Office
8 6 (3.68%) Marketing
8 6 (3.68%) Tech for Good
9 5 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (3.07%) Retail
10 4 (2.45%) Wholesale Banking
11 3 (1.84%) Electronics
11 3 (1.84%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.84%) Retail Banking
11 3 (1.84%) Social Science
11 3 (1.84%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.23%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.23%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 41 (25.15%) Senior
2 25 (15.34%) Software Engineer
3 21 (12.88%) Developer
4 16 (9.82%) Analyst
4 16 (9.82%) Senior Software Engineer
5 12 (7.36%) Graduate
5 12 (7.36%) Lead
6 9 (5.52%) Data Scientist
7 7 (4.29%) Architect
7 7 (4.29%) Data Engineer
7 7 (4.29%) Data Science Graduate
7 7 (4.29%) DevOps Engineer
7 7 (4.29%) Risk Manager
8 6 (3.68%) Audit Manager
8 6 (3.68%) Junior
8 6 (3.68%) Risk Officer
9 5 (3.07%) Engineering Manager
9 5 (3.07%) Java Developer
9 5 (3.07%) Junior Software Engineer
10 4 (2.45%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.36%) Kafka
2 11 (6.75%) HTML
2 11 (6.75%) PySpark
3 9 (5.52%) Middleware
3 9 (5.52%) RESTful
4 7 (4.29%) REST
5 6 (3.68%) CSS
5 6 (3.68%) React
6 5 (3.07%) .NET
6 5 (3.07%) JSP
6 5 (3.07%) Spring
7 4 (2.45%) FastAPI
7 4 (2.45%) JSON
7 4 (2.45%) Playwright
7 4 (2.45%) PyTorch
7 4 (2.45%) scikit-learn
7 4 (2.45%) TensorFlow
7 4 (2.45%) WebSockets
8 3 (1.84%) OpenFin
8 3 (1.84%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.50%) Algorithms
2 13 (7.98%) Credit Risk
3 12 (7.36%) Learning Management System
4 8 (4.91%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.91%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.07%) Hackathon
6 4 (2.45%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.45%) Life Science
6 4 (2.45%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.23%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.23%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.23%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.23%) IoT
7 2 (1.23%) IVR
7 2 (1.23%) Market Risk
7 2 (1.23%) Mobile Banking
7 2 (1.23%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.23%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 36 (22.09%) Linux
2 11 (6.75%) Windows
3 7 (4.29%) Unix
4 2 (1.23%) VMS
5 1 (0.61%) Android
5 1 (0.61%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.61%) Solaris
5 1 (0.61%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (34.97%) Agile
2 43 (26.38%) Software Engineering
3 41 (25.15%) CI/CD
4 39 (23.93%) Artificial Intelligence
4 39 (23.93%) DevOps
5 38 (23.31%) Analytics
6 36 (22.09%) Mathematics
7 34 (20.86%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (19.63%) Machine Learning
9 28 (17.18%) Data Science
10 26 (15.95%) Decision-Making
11 25 (15.34%) Business Intelligence
12 22 (13.50%) Software Testing
13 20 (12.27%) Computer Science
14 19 (11.66%) Containerisation
15 18 (11.04%) Statistical Modelling
16 17 (10.43%) Stakeholder Management
16 17 (10.43%) Test Automation
16 17 (10.43%) Visualisation
17 16 (9.82%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (32.52%) Java
2 51 (31.29%) SQL
3 25 (15.34%) JavaScript
4 19 (11.66%) C#
5 14 (8.59%) C++
6 13 (7.98%) Rust
7 10 (6.13%) Bash
8 8 (4.91%) C
9 6 (3.68%) R
9 6 (3.68%) TypeScript
9 6 (3.68%) VBA
10 5 (3.07%) Ada
10 5 (3.07%) Go
10 5 (3.07%) Kotlin
10 5 (3.07%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.84%) Perl
12 2 (1.23%) Bicep
12 2 (1.23%) F#
12 2 (1.23%) Ruby
12 2 (1.23%) Scala
Qualifications
1 59 (36.20%) Degree
2 25 (15.34%) Master's Degree
3 23 (14.11%) PhD
4 6 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.84%) CISA
7 2 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.61%) ACCA
8 1 (0.61%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.61%) CCNA
8 1 (0.61%) CCNP
8 1 (0.61%) CEH
8 1 (0.61%) CFA
8 1 (0.61%) CISM
8 1 (0.61%) CISSP
8 1 (0.61%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.61%) GIAC
8 1 (0.61%) HND
8 1 (0.61%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.36%) QA
2 6 (3.68%) GDPR
3 4 (2.45%) CRD IV
3 4 (2.45%) IFRS
3 4 (2.45%) IFRS 9
4 2 (1.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (1.23%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.61%) ECSS
5 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.61%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (15.34%) Docker
2 1 (0.61%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.61%) Firmware
2 1 (0.61%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 1 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (18.40%) Kubernetes
2 21 (12.88%) Terraform
3 8 (4.91%) Ansible
4 4 (2.45%) Grafana
5 3 (1.84%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.23%) Istio
7 1 (0.61%) Argo
7 1 (0.61%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.61%) Opsview
7 1 (0.61%) Puppet
Vendors
1 15 (9.20%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.75%) IBM
3 10 (6.13%) Google
4 9 (5.52%) Databricks
5 4 (2.45%) Blue Prism
5 4 (2.45%) IBM Sterling
5 4 (2.45%) Oracle
5 4 (2.45%) UiPath
6 2 (1.23%) Cisco
6 2 (1.23%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.23%) Genesys
6 2 (1.23%) Hitachi
6 2 (1.23%) SAP
6 2 (1.23%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.23%) Verint
6 2 (1.23%) VMware
7 1 (0.61%) Aruba
7 1 (0.61%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.61%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.61%) Splunk