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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 17 45
Rank change year-on-year -13 +28 -29
Permanent jobs citing Python 18 65 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 4.53% 7.57% 5.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.35% 27.43% 15.85%
Number of salaries quoted 14 23 22
10th Percentile £28,250 - £26,875
25th Percentile £29,938 £40,000 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £49,274 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.46% -6.14% -19.23%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £76,750 £68,113 £72,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £49,500 £49,274 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.46% -1.45% -23.08%

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 93 237 164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 23.43% 27.59% 34.24%
Number of salaries quoted 87 112 137
10th Percentile £27,450 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +5.26% -8.65%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £83,500 £71,991 £67,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £51,250 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.50% +5.26% -5.00%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for Python 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 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Python in Sheffield

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (50.00%) Azure
2 7 (38.89%) AWS
3 4 (22.22%) GitHub
3 4 (22.22%) SaaS
4 2 (11.11%) GCP
5 1 (5.56%) FinancialForce
5 1 (5.56%) iPaaS
5 1 (5.56%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) Internet
2 3 (16.67%) Network Security
2 3 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (11.11%) DNS
3 2 (11.11%) DWDM
3 2 (11.11%) Firewall
3 2 (11.11%) LAN
3 2 (11.11%) VPN
3 2 (11.11%) WAN
4 1 (5.56%) BGP
4 1 (5.56%) EIGRP
4 1 (5.56%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Data Mining
1 2 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (11.11%) MongoDB
1 2 (11.11%) MySQL
1 2 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (11.11%) Tableau
2 1 (5.56%) Looker
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Git
2 2 (11.11%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (5.56%) Selenium
General
1 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (22.22%) Multimedia
1 4 (22.22%) Retail
1 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Marketing
4 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Trainee
2 4 (22.22%) Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Senior
2 4 (22.22%) Software Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Data Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Network Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Data Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Lead
4 2 (11.11%) Lead Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Lead Python Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Lead Software Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Python Developer
4 2 (11.11%) SaaS Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Data Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Trainee Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Trainee Data Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Trainee Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Trainee Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (22.22%) CSS
1 4 (22.22%) HTML
2 2 (11.11%) RESTful
3 1 (5.56%) REST
3 1 (5.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.56%) Educational Technology
2 1 (5.56%) e-Learning
2 1 (5.56%) Learning Management System
2 1 (5.56%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Mentoring
2 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (27.78%) Analytics
4 4 (22.22%) CI/CD
4 4 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 3 (16.67%) Containerisation
5 3 (16.67%) Data Analysis
5 3 (16.67%) Data Analytics
5 3 (16.67%) Migration
5 3 (16.67%) Project Management
5 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
6 2 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (11.11%) Business Analysis
6 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (11.11%) Data Modelling
6 2 (11.11%) E-Commerce
6 2 (11.11%) Network Architecture
6 2 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 6 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) R
3 1 (5.56%) C#
3 1 (5.56%) Java
3 1 (5.56%) JCL
3 1 (5.56%) REXX
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) AWS Certification
1 4 (22.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 4 (22.22%) Azure Certification
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (16.67%) Degree
3 2 (11.11%) CCNA
3 2 (11.11%) CCNP
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (11.11%) JNCIA
3 2 (11.11%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Docker
2 1 (5.56%) Time Sharing Option
2 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Ansible
2 2 (11.11%) Terraform
3 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Cisco
3 2 (11.11%) Arista
4 1 (5.56%) Broadcom
4 1 (5.56%) Databricks
4 1 (5.56%) Dell
4 1 (5.56%) IBM
4 1 (5.56%) VMware