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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 29 19
Rank change year-on-year -4 -10 +23
Permanent jobs citing Python 40 17 61
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 3.70% 4.36% 7.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.99% 18.68% 26.64%
Number of salaries quoted 26 13 19
10th Percentile £37,500 - £39,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £28,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,805 £49,000 £49,274
Median % change year-on-year +36.34% -0.56% -6.14%
75th Percentile £83,750 £68,750 £65,125
90th Percentile - £77,000 £68,888
South Yorkshire median annual salary £66,805 £49,000 £49,274
% change year-on-year +36.34% -0.56% -1.45%

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 174 91 229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 16.08% 23.33% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 158 85 100
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,050 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £50,749
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -9.36% +6.84%
75th Percentile £71,235 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,000 £72,042
South Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +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 22 September 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 (5.00%) CMS
1 2 (5.00%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (2.50%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.50%) Confluence
2 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 23 (57.50%) Azure
2 12 (30.00%) Azure AI
3 9 (22.50%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 8 (20.00%) Azure Functions
4 8 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
4 8 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
4 8 (20.00%) Serverless
5 6 (15.00%) AWS
5 6 (15.00%) Power Platform
6 2 (5.00%) GCP
6 2 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (5.00%) n8n
6 2 (5.00%) SaaS
7 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.50%) GitHub
7 1 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (2.50%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.50%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.00%) Firewall
1 6 (15.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (22.50%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (20.00%) Spark SQL
3 6 (15.00%) Power BI
3 6 (15.00%) Tableau
4 1 (2.50%) Big Data
4 1 (2.50%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.50%) Metadata
4 1 (2.50%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Git
2 2 (5.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.50%) GitLab
3 1 (2.50%) JIRA
3 1 (2.50%) Postman
3 1 (2.50%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 21 (52.50%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.50%) Law
3 6 (15.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.50%) Finance
5 2 (5.00%) Legal
5 2 (5.00%) Legal Technology
6 1 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.50%) Marketing
6 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Publishing
6 1 (2.50%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 11 (27.50%) Data Engineer
2 10 (25.00%) Lead
3 8 (20.00%) Analyst
3 8 (20.00%) Azure Engineer
3 8 (20.00%) Azure Platform Engineer
3 8 (20.00%) Cloud Platform Engineer
3 8 (20.00%) Databricks Data Engineer
3 8 (20.00%) Databricks Engineer
3 8 (20.00%) Lead Data Engineer
3 8 (20.00%) Platform Engineer
4 7 (17.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 7 (17.50%) Data Analyst
5 6 (15.00%) Junior
5 6 (15.00%) Junior Analyst
5 6 (15.00%) Junior Data Analyst
5 6 (15.00%) Network Engineer
6 5 (12.50%) Senior
7 3 (7.50%) Senior Data Engineer
8 2 (5.00%) DevOps Engineer
8 2 (5.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (40.00%) Terraform
2 11 (27.50%) REST
3 9 (22.50%) PySpark
4 8 (20.00%) ARM Templates
5 2 (5.00%) CrewAI
5 2 (5.00%) LangGraph
5 2 (5.00%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (5.00%) pytest
6 1 (2.50%) .NET
6 1 (2.50%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.00%) Life Science
1 6 (15.00%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (5.00%) AI Agents
3 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (37.50%) AI
2 13 (32.50%) CI/CD
3 12 (30.00%) DevOps
3 12 (30.00%) ETL
4 11 (27.50%) Data Engineering
4 11 (27.50%) Data Governance
4 11 (27.50%) Infrastructure as Code
4 11 (27.50%) Test Automation
5 10 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
6 9 (22.50%) Data Integration
6 9 (22.50%) Data Modelling
6 9 (22.50%) Deployment Automation
6 9 (22.50%) Observability
6 9 (22.50%) Release Management
7 8 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 8 (20.00%) Cost Optimisation
7 8 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
7 8 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 20 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (5.00%) Bash
2 2 (5.00%) C#
3 1 (2.50%) Bicep
3 1 (2.50%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.50%) PHP
3 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (30.00%) Azure Certification
2 8 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 8 (20.00%) Degree
3 3 (7.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (20.00%) GDPR
2 1 (2.50%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (5.00%) Docker
2 1 (2.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (20.00%) Ansible
2 3 (7.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (22.50%) Microsoft
2 8 (20.00%) Databricks
3 2 (5.00%) Oracle
4 1 (2.50%) Google
4 1 (2.50%) Informatica