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

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	42	23	10
Rank change year-on-year	-19	-13	+34
Permanent jobs citing Python	27	19	68
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield	2.47%	4.87%	8.77%
As % of the Programming Languages category	17.09%	25.33%	32.38%
Number of salaries quoted	22	18	19
10^th Percentile	-	-	£39,750
25^th Percentile	£37,500	£28,250	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£63,000	£40,000	£51,498
Median % change year-on-year	+57.50%	-22.33%	-1.91%
75^th Percentile	£73,140	£67,188	£66,681
90^th 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.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills	158	75	210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield	14.48%	19.23%	27.10%
Number of salaries quoted	152	72	73
10^th Percentile	£35,700	£25,350	£30,250
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£32,188	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£53,065	£42,500	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+24.86%	-15.00%	+5.26%
75^th Percentile	£71,551	£62,500	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£83,625	£78,625	£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 Salary Trend in Sheffield

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 16 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in Sheffield

Python Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, job vacancies citing Python also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Sheffield region with a requirement for Python.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Terraform	44.4%	12
2	Azure	40.7%	11
2	SQL	40.7%	11
4	CI/CD	37.0%	10
5	DevOps	33.3%	9
5	Problem-Solving	33.3%	9
7	Ansible	29.6%	8
7	Mentoring	29.6%	8
7	Test Automation	29.6%	8
10	AI	25.9%	7
10	AWS	25.9%	7
10	Coaching	25.9%	7
10	Data Engineering	25.9%	7
10	ETL	25.9%	7
10	Infrastructure as Code	25.9%	7
10	Linux	25.9%	7
17	Analytics	22.2%	6
17	Azure DevOps	22.2%	6
17	Data Governance	22.2%	6
17	Firewall	22.2%	6
17	Platform Engineering	22.2%	6
17	REST	22.2%	6
17	TCP/IP	22.2%	6
24	Agile	18.5%	5
24	Azure Functions	18.5%	5
24	Azure Logic Apps	18.5%	5
24	Deployment Automation	18.5%	5
24	Observability	18.5%	5
24	PySpark	18.5%	5
24	Release Management	18.5%	5

Python Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SQL	40.7%	11
2	Bash	7.4%	2
2	Bicep	7.4%	2
4	C#	3.7%	1
4	Java	3.7%	1
4	JavaScript	3.7%	1
4	PHP	3.7%	1
4	PowerShell	3.7%	1