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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 23 10
Rank change year-on-year -21 -13 +34
Permanent jobs citing Python 26 22 68
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 2.38% 5.57% 8.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.56% 27.85% 32.23%
Number of salaries quoted 22 18 19
10th Percentile - - £39,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £28,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,000 £40,000 £51,498
Median % change year-on-year +57.50% -22.33% -1.91%
75th Percentile £73,140 £67,188 £66,681
90th Percentile £83,750 £75,750 £71,991
South Yorkshire median annual salary £63,000 £40,000 £51,498
% change year-on-year +57.50% -22.33% -1.91%

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 157 79 211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 14.36% 20.00% 26.98%
Number of salaries quoted 152 73 74
10th Percentile £35,700 £25,450 £30,375
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £38,868
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,065 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.86% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £71,551 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,625 £78,750 £71,991
South Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £46,000 £49,274
% change year-on-year +8.70% -6.64% +3.73%

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 October 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 (7.69%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (3.85%) Apache Spark
2 1 (3.85%) Confluence
2 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (38.46%) Azure
2 7 (26.92%) AWS
3 5 (19.23%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (15.38%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (15.38%) Azure Functions
4 4 (15.38%) Azure Logic Apps
4 4 (15.38%) Azure Monitor
4 4 (15.38%) Serverless
5 2 (7.69%) Azure AI
5 2 (7.69%) GCP
5 2 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (7.69%) n8n
6 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
6 1 (3.85%) GitHub
6 1 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (23.08%) Firewall
1 6 (23.08%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (15.38%) Spark SQL
2 1 (3.85%) Big Data
2 1 (3.85%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.85%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.85%) MySQL
2 1 (3.85%) NoSQL
2 1 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.85%) Power BI
2 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Git
2 2 (7.69%) Jenkins
3 1 (3.85%) GitLab
3 1 (3.85%) JIRA
3 1 (3.85%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 11 (42.31%) Social Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Law
2 7 (26.92%) Public Sector
3 2 (7.69%) Finance
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.85%) Marketing
4 1 (3.85%) Publishing
4 1 (3.85%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) Data Engineer
2 6 (23.08%) Network Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Lead
3 5 (19.23%) Senior
4 4 (15.38%) Azure Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Azure Platform Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Cloud Platform Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Databricks Data Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Databricks Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Lead Data Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Platform Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Data Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Data Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Senior Test Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Test Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
7 1 (3.85%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (46.15%) Terraform
2 6 (23.08%) REST
3 5 (19.23%) PySpark
4 4 (15.38%) ARM Templates
5 2 (7.69%) CrewAI
5 2 (7.69%) LangGraph
5 2 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (7.69%) pytest
6 1 (3.85%) .NET
6 1 (3.85%) Kafka
6 1 (3.85%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Life Science
1 6 (23.08%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (7.69%) AI Agents
3 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) CI/CD
2 9 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (30.77%) DevOps
3 8 (30.77%) Mentoring
3 8 (30.77%) Test Automation
4 7 (26.92%) Coaching
4 7 (26.92%) Data Engineering
4 7 (26.92%) ETL
4 7 (26.92%) Infrastructure as Code
5 6 (23.08%) AI
5 6 (23.08%) Analytics
5 6 (23.08%) Data Governance
5 6 (23.08%) Platform Engineering
6 5 (19.23%) Agile
6 5 (19.23%) Deployment Automation
6 5 (19.23%) Observability
6 5 (19.23%) Release Management
6 5 (19.23%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (15.38%) Cost Optimisation
7 4 (15.38%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 11 (42.31%) SQL
2 2 (7.69%) Bash
3 1 (3.85%) Bicep
3 1 (3.85%) Java
3 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.85%) PHP
3 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (15.38%) Degree
2 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.69%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Docker
2 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (30.77%) Ansible
2 4 (15.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Databricks
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) Oracle
3 1 (3.85%) Google
3 1 (3.85%) Informatica