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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 29 28
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +13
Permanent jobs citing Python 48 20 52
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 4.69% 4.93% 5.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 27.12% 18.69% 19.92%
Number of salaries quoted 28 12 32
10th Percentile £33,750 £48,650 £40,000
25th Percentile £36,875 £55,625 £45,872
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £68,750 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -25.45% +22.22% +12.50%
75th Percentile £83,750 £74,063 £69,082
90th Percentile - £77,250 £84,717
South Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £68,750 £56,250
% change year-on-year -27.27% +22.22% +18.42%

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 177 107 261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 17.29% 26.35% 28.34%
Number of salaries quoted 156 97 187
10th Percentile £33,750 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £71,141 £68,750 £64,875
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £75,772
South Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% +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 15 August 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 3 (6.25%) Jupyter
2 2 (4.17%) CMS
3 1 (2.08%) Apache Spark
3 1 (2.08%) Confluence
3 1 (2.08%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (29.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.25%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 32 (66.67%) Azure
2 18 (37.50%) Azure AI
3 12 (25.00%) Power Platform
4 10 (20.83%) AWS
4 10 (20.83%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (18.75%) Azure Data Factory
5 9 (18.75%) Azure Functions
5 9 (18.75%) Azure Logic Apps
5 9 (18.75%) Azure Monitor
5 9 (18.75%) Serverless
6 3 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (4.17%) GitHub
7 2 (4.17%) SaaS
8 1 (2.08%) Entra ID
8 1 (2.08%) GCP
8 1 (2.08%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (2.08%) n8n
8 1 (2.08%) Power Automate
8 1 (2.08%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.50%) Firewall
1 6 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.08%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (29.17%) Tableau
2 12 (25.00%) Power BI
3 10 (20.83%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (18.75%) Spark SQL
5 2 (4.17%) Data Mining
5 2 (4.17%) SQL Server
6 1 (2.08%) Big Data
6 1 (2.08%) Data Lake
6 1 (2.08%) Metadata
6 1 (2.08%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (8.33%) Git
2 3 (6.25%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (4.17%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.08%) GitLab
4 1 (2.08%) JIRA
4 1 (2.08%) Postman
4 1 (2.08%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 27 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.75%) Finance
3 7 (14.58%) Law
4 3 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.25%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.25%) Retail
5 2 (4.17%) Legal
5 2 (4.17%) Legal Technology
5 2 (4.17%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.08%) Marketing
6 1 (2.08%) Multimedia
6 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Publishing
6 1 (2.08%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 15 (31.25%) Analyst
2 14 (29.17%) Data Analyst
3 12 (25.00%) Junior
3 12 (25.00%) Junior Analyst
3 12 (25.00%) Junior Data Analyst
4 11 (22.92%) Lead
5 10 (20.83%) Data Engineer
6 9 (18.75%) Azure Engineer
6 9 (18.75%) Azure Platform Engineer
6 9 (18.75%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 9 (18.75%) Lead Data Engineer
6 9 (18.75%) Platform Engineer
7 6 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 6 (12.50%) Network Engineer
7 6 (12.50%) Trainee
8 3 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
8 3 (6.25%) Programmer
8 3 (6.25%) Trainee Programmer
9 2 (4.17%) DevOps Engineer
9 2 (4.17%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (22.92%) REST
2 10 (20.83%) PySpark
3 9 (18.75%) ARM Templates
4 3 (6.25%) Hugging Face
4 3 (6.25%) Matplotlib
4 3 (6.25%) NumPy
4 3 (6.25%) Pandas
4 3 (6.25%) scikit-learn
4 3 (6.25%) Streamlit
5 2 (4.17%) CSS
6 1 (2.08%) .NET
6 1 (2.08%) CrewAI
6 1 (2.08%) HTML
6 1 (2.08%) jQuery
6 1 (2.08%) Kafka
6 1 (2.08%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.50%) Life Science
1 6 (12.50%) Linux Command Line
2 3 (6.25%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.08%) AI Agents
3 1 (2.08%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.58%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (45.83%) AI
2 12 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 12 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 11 (22.92%) Data Governance
3 11 (22.92%) DevOps
3 11 (22.92%) ETL
3 11 (22.92%) Platform Engineering
4 10 (20.83%) Computer Science
4 10 (20.83%) Data Engineering
4 10 (20.83%) Data Integration
4 10 (20.83%) Data Modelling
4 10 (20.83%) Deployment Automation
4 10 (20.83%) Observability
4 10 (20.83%) Release Management
4 10 (20.83%) Test Automation
5 9 (18.75%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
5 9 (18.75%) Cost Optimisation
5 9 (18.75%) Dashboard Development
5 9 (18.75%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 28 (58.33%) SQL
2 3 (6.25%) C#
3 2 (4.17%) Bash
3 2 (4.17%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.17%) PHP
4 1 (2.08%) Bicep
4 1 (2.08%) C++
4 1 (2.08%) Java
4 1 (2.08%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.08%) R
Qualifications
1 19 (39.58%) Azure Certification
2 10 (20.83%) Computer Science Degree
2 10 (20.83%) Degree
3 4 (8.33%) AWS Certification
3 4 (8.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.08%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (18.75%) GDPR
2 1 (2.08%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (35.42%) Terraform
2 8 (16.67%) Ansible
3 2 (4.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 9 (18.75%) Databricks
3 1 (2.08%) Informatica