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 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 5 43
Rank change year-on-year -5 +38 -40
Permanent jobs citing Python 56 63 33
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 11.27% 15.71% 4.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.91% 45.00% 11.96%
Number of salaries quoted 45 22 28
10th Percentile - £45,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £61,563 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £86,250 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -64.64% +60.47% +26.47%
75th Percentile £45,000 £96,250 £60,000
90th Percentile - - £73,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £30,500 £86,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -64.64% +72.50% +12.75%

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 110 140 276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 22.13% 34.91% 35.61%
Number of salaries quoted 95 46 233
10th Percentile £24,400 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,688 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £58,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.91% +17.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £49,933 £84,875 £61,250
90th Percentile £60,750 £96,250 £75,772
South Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £58,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -31.91% +17.50% -

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 15 February 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 2 (3.57%) Jupyter
Applications
1 24 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.57%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 34 (60.71%) Azure
2 27 (48.21%) AWS
3 25 (44.64%) GitHub
4 9 (16.07%) Azure AI
4 9 (16.07%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.79%) FinancialForce
6 1 (1.79%) iPaaS
6 1 (1.79%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.79%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.79%) SaaS
6 1 (1.79%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 25 (44.64%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (42.86%) Tableau
2 15 (26.79%) Data Mining
3 9 (16.07%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 25 (44.64%) Git
2 2 (3.57%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 25 (44.64%) Multimedia
2 18 (32.14%) Finance
3 16 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (21.43%) Social Skills
5 2 (3.57%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.57%) Retail
6 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 42 (75.00%) Trainee
2 24 (42.86%) Analyst
2 24 (42.86%) Data Analyst
3 15 (26.79%) Trainee Analyst
3 15 (26.79%) Trainee Data Analyst
4 13 (23.21%) Developer
4 13 (23.21%) Software Developer
4 13 (23.21%) Trainee Developer
4 13 (23.21%) Trainee Software Developer
5 9 (16.07%) Junior
5 9 (16.07%) Junior Analyst
5 9 (16.07%) Junior Data Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) Data Scientist
7 2 (3.57%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
7 2 (3.57%) Programmer
7 2 (3.57%) Trainee Programmer
8 1 (1.79%) Senior
8 1 (1.79%) Senior Data Scientist
8 1 (1.79%) Storage Engineer
8 1 (1.79%) Virtualisation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (44.64%) CSS
1 25 (44.64%) HTML
2 2 (3.57%) Hugging Face
2 2 (3.57%) Matplotlib
2 2 (3.57%) NumPy
2 2 (3.57%) Pandas
2 2 (3.57%) scikit-learn
2 2 (3.57%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.57%) Algorithms
2 1 (1.79%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.79%) Educational Technology
2 1 (1.79%) e-Learning
2 1 (1.79%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (46.43%) Mentoring
2 25 (44.64%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (26.79%) Analytics
3 15 (26.79%) Business Analysis
3 15 (26.79%) Data Analysis
3 15 (26.79%) Data Analytics
3 15 (26.79%) Project Management
4 13 (23.21%) AI
5 9 (16.07%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (7.14%) LLM
6 4 (7.14%) Machine Learning
6 4 (7.14%) Visualisation
7 3 (5.36%) Data Science
8 2 (3.57%) Conversational UI
8 2 (3.57%) Dashboard Development
8 2 (3.57%) Data Privacy
8 2 (3.57%) Decision-Making
8 2 (3.57%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (3.57%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
8 2 (3.57%) Sentiment Analysis
Programming Languages
1 28 (50.00%) SQL
2 25 (44.64%) JavaScript
3 13 (23.21%) R
4 1 (1.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (60.71%) Azure Certification
2 27 (48.21%) AWS Certification
2 27 (48.21%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 25 (44.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.79%) Degree
4 1 (1.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (1.79%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.79%) KVM
1 1 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.79%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.79%) Ansible
1 1 (1.79%) PowerCLI
1 1 (1.79%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 51 (91.07%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.79%) VMware