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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 33 25
Rank change year-on-year +3 -8 +14
Permanent jobs citing Python 43 16 57
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 4.20% 3.96% 6.03%
As % of the Programming Languages category 25.15% 15.53% 21.84%
Number of salaries quoted 25 12 32
10th Percentile £35,250 £48,650 £40,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £55,625 £44,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £68,750 £53,249
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +29.11% +6.50%
75th Percentile £83,750 £74,063 £68,113
90th Percentile - £77,250 £84,717
South Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £68,750 £53,249
% change year-on-year -12.73% +29.11% +6.50%

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 171 103 261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 16.70% 25.50% 27.59%
Number of salaries quoted 152 98 173
10th Percentile £33,925 £25,950 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,813 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.41% -8.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £71,141 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £74,750
South Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £49,000 £49,637
% change year-on-year +2.04% -1.28% +4.50%

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 24 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 2 (4.65%) CMS
2 1 (2.33%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.33%) Confluence
2 1 (2.33%) Jupyter
2 1 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (23.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.33%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 30 (69.77%) Azure
2 16 (37.21%) Azure AI
3 10 (23.26%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (23.26%) Power Platform
4 9 (20.93%) AWS
4 9 (20.93%) Azure Data Factory
4 9 (20.93%) Azure Functions
4 9 (20.93%) Azure Logic Apps
4 9 (20.93%) Azure Monitor
4 9 (20.93%) Serverless
5 2 (4.65%) GitHub
5 2 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (4.65%) n8n
5 2 (4.65%) SaaS
6 1 (2.33%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.33%) GCP
6 1 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.33%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.33%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.95%) Firewall
1 6 (13.95%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (23.26%) Data Warehouse
1 10 (23.26%) Power BI
1 10 (23.26%) Tableau
2 9 (20.93%) Spark SQL
3 2 (4.65%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.33%) Big Data
4 1 (2.33%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.33%) Metadata
4 1 (2.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (9.30%) Git
2 2 (4.65%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.33%) GitLab
3 1 (2.33%) JIRA
3 1 (2.33%) Postman
3 1 (2.33%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (2.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 26 (60.47%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.28%) Law
3 5 (11.63%) Finance
4 2 (4.65%) Legal
4 2 (4.65%) Legal Technology
4 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.33%) Marketing
5 1 (2.33%) Multimedia
5 1 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Publishing
5 1 (2.33%) Retail
5 1 (2.33%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 11 (25.58%) Analyst
1 11 (25.58%) Lead
2 10 (23.26%) Data Analyst
2 10 (23.26%) Data Engineer
2 10 (23.26%) Junior
2 10 (23.26%) Junior Analyst
2 10 (23.26%) Junior Data Analyst
3 9 (20.93%) Azure Engineer
3 9 (20.93%) Azure Platform Engineer
3 9 (20.93%) Cloud Platform Engineer
3 9 (20.93%) Lead Data Engineer
3 9 (20.93%) Platform Engineer
4 7 (16.28%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 6 (13.95%) Network Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Trainee
7 1 (2.33%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
7 1 (2.33%) AWS Engineer
7 1 (2.33%) Trainee Administrator
7 1 (2.33%) Trainee Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (39.53%) Terraform
2 12 (27.91%) REST
3 10 (23.26%) PySpark
4 9 (20.93%) ARM Templates
5 2 (4.65%) CrewAI
5 2 (4.65%) CSS
5 2 (4.65%) LangGraph
6 1 (2.33%) .NET
6 1 (2.33%) HTML
6 1 (2.33%) Hugging Face
6 1 (2.33%) jQuery
6 1 (2.33%) Kafka
6 1 (2.33%) Matplotlib
6 1 (2.33%) NumPy
6 1 (2.33%) Pandas
6 1 (2.33%) scikit-learn
6 1 (2.33%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.95%) Life Science
1 6 (13.95%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (4.65%) AI Agents
3 1 (2.33%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (16.28%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (44.19%) AI
2 12 (27.91%) CI/CD
2 12 (27.91%) Data Governance
2 12 (27.91%) Infrastructure as Code
3 11 (25.58%) DevOps
3 11 (25.58%) ETL
3 11 (25.58%) Platform Engineering
4 10 (23.26%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (23.26%) Computer Science
4 10 (23.26%) Data Engineering
4 10 (23.26%) Data Integration
4 10 (23.26%) Data Modelling
4 10 (23.26%) Deployment Automation
4 10 (23.26%) Observability
4 10 (23.26%) Release Management
4 10 (23.26%) Test Automation
5 9 (20.93%) Cost Optimisation
5 9 (20.93%) Dashboard Development
5 9 (20.93%) Regulatory Compliance
6 7 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 24 (55.81%) SQL
2 3 (6.98%) C#
3 2 (4.65%) Bash
3 2 (4.65%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.65%) PHP
4 1 (2.33%) Bicep
4 1 (2.33%) C++
4 1 (2.33%) Java
4 1 (2.33%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.33%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (39.53%) Azure Certification
2 10 (23.26%) Computer Science Degree
2 10 (23.26%) Degree
3 2 (4.65%) AWS Certification
3 2 (4.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.93%) GDPR
2 1 (2.33%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) Docker
2 1 (2.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (18.60%) Ansible
2 3 (6.98%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (37.21%) Microsoft
2 9 (20.93%) Databricks
3 1 (2.33%) Informatica