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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 7 35
Rank change year-on-year -3 +28 -32
Permanent jobs citing Python 71 42 43
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 11.79% 15.73% 4.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 52.21% 38.89% 11.88%
Number of salaries quoted 51 26 37
10th Percentile - £47,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £61,563 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £74,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -49.83% +49.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £45,000 £96,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £66,250 - £83,485
South Yorkshire median annual salary £37,500 £74,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -49.83% +49.50% +17.65%

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 136 108 362
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 22.59% 40.45% 36.13%
Number of salaries quoted 113 81 311
10th Percentile £24,200 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £71,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £74,209 £96,250 £77,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -

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 2 April 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 5 (7.04%) Jupyter
2 2 (2.82%) CMS
3 1 (1.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 32 (45.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (7.04%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 45 (63.38%) Azure
2 28 (39.44%) AWS
3 22 (30.99%) GitHub
4 19 (26.76%) Azure AI
5 17 (23.94%) Power Platform
6 5 (7.04%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (4.23%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (4.23%) Azure Functions
7 3 (4.23%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (4.23%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (4.23%) Serverless
8 2 (2.82%) SaaS
9 1 (1.41%) Nutanix
9 1 (1.41%) OpenShift
9 1 (1.41%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.41%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 22 (30.99%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (45.07%) Tableau
2 17 (23.94%) Power BI
3 15 (21.13%) Data Mining
4 4 (5.63%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (4.23%) Spark SQL
6 1 (1.41%) Metadata
6 1 (1.41%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 22 (30.99%) Git
2 5 (7.04%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (1.41%) Postman
General
1 23 (32.39%) Social Skills
2 22 (30.99%) Finance
2 22 (30.99%) Multimedia
3 16 (22.54%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.04%) Manufacturing
4 5 (7.04%) Retail
5 2 (2.82%) Legal
6 1 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.41%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 42 (59.15%) Trainee
2 32 (45.07%) Analyst
2 32 (45.07%) Data Analyst
3 17 (23.94%) Junior
3 17 (23.94%) Junior Analyst
3 17 (23.94%) Junior Data Analyst
4 15 (21.13%) Trainee Analyst
4 15 (21.13%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 12 (16.90%) Developer
5 12 (16.90%) Software Developer
6 11 (15.49%) Trainee Developer
6 11 (15.49%) Trainee Software Developer
7 5 (7.04%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
7 5 (7.04%) Programmer
7 5 (7.04%) Trainee Programmer
8 4 (5.63%) Lead
9 3 (4.23%) Azure Engineer
9 3 (4.23%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 3 (4.23%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 3 (4.23%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (32.39%) CSS
2 22 (30.99%) HTML
3 5 (7.04%) Hugging Face
3 5 (7.04%) Matplotlib
3 5 (7.04%) NumPy
3 5 (7.04%) Pandas
3 5 (7.04%) scikit-learn
3 5 (7.04%) Streamlit
4 4 (5.63%) REST
5 3 (4.23%) ARM Templates
5 3 (4.23%) PySpark
6 1 (1.41%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.04%) Algorithms
2 1 (1.41%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.41%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.41%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (36.62%) AI
2 23 (32.39%) Mentoring
3 21 (29.58%) Cybersecurity
4 17 (23.94%) Business Intelligence
5 16 (22.54%) Data Analysis
5 16 (22.54%) Project Management
6 15 (21.13%) Analytics
6 15 (21.13%) Business Analysis
6 15 (21.13%) Data Analytics
7 7 (9.86%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
7 7 (9.86%) LLM
7 7 (9.86%) Machine Learning
7 7 (9.86%) Visualisation
8 6 (8.45%) OO
8 6 (8.45%) OOP
8 6 (8.45%) Workflow
9 5 (7.04%) Dashboard Development
9 5 (7.04%) Data Privacy
9 5 (7.04%) Neural Network
9 5 (7.04%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Programming Languages
1 40 (56.34%) SQL
2 23 (32.39%) JavaScript
3 12 (16.90%) R
4 3 (4.23%) C#
5 2 (2.82%) PHP
6 1 (1.41%) C++
6 1 (1.41%) Java
6 1 (1.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 41 (57.75%) Azure Certification
2 27 (38.03%) AWS Certification
2 27 (38.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 22 (30.99%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (7.04%) Degree
5 4 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.23%) GDPR
2 1 (1.41%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.41%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.41%) KVM
1 1 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (1.41%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (4.23%) Terraform
2 1 (1.41%) Ansible
2 1 (1.41%) PowerCLI
2 1 (1.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 60 (84.51%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.23%) Databricks
3 1 (1.41%) VMware