Python Job Trends in Sheffield

Python
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 22 47
Rank change year-on-year +3 +25 -39
Permanent jobs citing Python 55 27 42
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 5.95% 8.16% 3.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.90% 24.55% 10.61%
Number of salaries quoted 31 12 35
10th Percentile £28,250 £51,125 £36,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £62,188 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £71,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -43.86% +50.00% +11.76%
75th Percentile £83,750 £89,688 £60,000
90th Percentile - £96,250 £83,978
South Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £71,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year -43.86% +50.00% +11.76%

All Programming Languages
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 178 110 396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 19.24% 33.23% 31.71%
Number of salaries quoted 152 89 325
10th Percentile £24,000 £26,250 £29,850
25th Percentile £38,625 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £75,772
South Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Python job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Python
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in Sheffield

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in Sheffield over the 6 months to 26 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in Sheffield

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 5 (9.09%) Jupyter
2 2 (3.64%) CMS
3 1 (1.82%) Confluence
3 1 (1.82%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (9.09%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 37 (67.27%) Azure
2 22 (40.00%) Azure AI
3 16 (29.09%) Power Platform
4 11 (20.00%) AWS
5 10 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (16.36%) Azure Data Factory
6 9 (16.36%) Azure Functions
6 9 (16.36%) Azure Logic Apps
6 9 (16.36%) Azure Monitor
6 9 (16.36%) Serverless
7 5 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (7.27%) GitHub
9 2 (3.64%) SaaS
10 1 (1.82%) Entra ID
10 1 (1.82%) GCP
10 1 (1.82%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (1.82%) Nutanix
10 1 (1.82%) OpenShift
10 1 (1.82%) Power Automate
10 1 (1.82%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.45%) Internet
2 2 (3.64%) Firewall
2 2 (3.64%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (40.00%) Tableau
2 16 (29.09%) Power BI
3 10 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (16.36%) Spark SQL
5 6 (10.91%) Data Mining
6 2 (3.64%) SQL Server
7 1 (1.82%) Metadata
7 1 (1.82%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (9.09%) Git
1 5 (9.09%) Visual Studio Code
2 2 (3.64%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.82%) GitLab
3 1 (1.82%) JIRA
3 1 (1.82%) Postman
3 1 (1.82%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 27 (49.09%) Social Skills
2 15 (27.27%) Finance
3 8 (14.55%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 5 (9.09%) Retail
5 3 (5.45%) Multimedia
6 2 (3.64%) Law
6 2 (3.64%) Legal
6 2 (3.64%) Legal Technology
6 2 (3.64%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.82%) Marketing
7 1 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.82%) Publishing
7 1 (1.82%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 23 (41.82%) Analyst
2 22 (40.00%) Data Analyst
3 16 (29.09%) Junior
3 16 (29.09%) Junior Analyst
3 16 (29.09%) Junior Data Analyst
4 14 (25.45%) Trainee
5 11 (20.00%) Lead
6 9 (16.36%) Azure Engineer
6 9 (16.36%) Azure Platform Engineer
6 9 (16.36%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 9 (16.36%) Data Engineer
6 9 (16.36%) Lead Data Engineer
6 9 (16.36%) Platform Engineer
7 6 (10.91%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 6 (10.91%) Trainee Analyst
7 6 (10.91%) Trainee Data Analyst
8 5 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
8 5 (9.09%) Programmer
8 5 (9.09%) Trainee Programmer
9 2 (3.64%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (18.18%) REST
2 9 (16.36%) ARM Templates
2 9 (16.36%) PySpark
3 5 (9.09%) Hugging Face
3 5 (9.09%) Matplotlib
3 5 (9.09%) NumPy
3 5 (9.09%) Pandas
3 5 (9.09%) scikit-learn
3 5 (9.09%) Streamlit
4 4 (7.27%) CSS
5 3 (5.45%) HTML
6 1 (1.82%) .NET
6 1 (1.82%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.09%) Algorithms
2 2 (3.64%) Life Science
2 2 (3.64%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (1.82%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.82%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.64%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (49.09%) AI
2 16 (29.09%) Business Intelligence
3 11 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
3 11 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 11 (20.00%) DevOps
3 11 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 10 (18.18%) Computer Science
4 10 (18.18%) Data Governance
4 10 (18.18%) Data Integration
4 10 (18.18%) Data Modelling
4 10 (18.18%) Deployment Automation
4 10 (18.18%) ETL
4 10 (18.18%) Platform Engineering
4 10 (18.18%) Release Management
4 10 (18.18%) Test Automation
5 9 (16.36%) Cost Optimisation
5 9 (16.36%) Dashboard Development
5 9 (16.36%) Data Engineering
5 9 (16.36%) Observability
5 9 (16.36%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 35 (63.64%) SQL
2 4 (7.27%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.45%) C#
3 3 (5.45%) R
4 2 (3.64%) PHP
4 2 (3.64%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.82%) Bash
5 1 (1.82%) Bicep
5 1 (1.82%) C++
5 1 (1.82%) Java
Qualifications
1 25 (45.45%) Azure Certification
2 11 (20.00%) Degree
3 10 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (14.55%) AWS Certification
4 8 (14.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.36%) GDPR
2 1 (1.82%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.82%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.82%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.82%) KVM
1 1 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (1.82%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.82%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (21.82%) Terraform
2 4 (7.27%) Ansible
3 1 (1.82%) PowerCLI
3 1 (1.82%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 32 (58.18%) Microsoft
2 9 (16.36%) Databricks
3 1 (1.82%) VMware