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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 28 15
Rank change year-on-year -6 -13 +32
Permanent jobs citing Python 37 17 66
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 3.38% 4.34% 7.91%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.02% 20.73% 29.20%
Number of salaries quoted 25 13 18
10th Percentile - - £39,625
25th Percentile £37,500 £28,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,805 £49,000 £50,386
Median % change year-on-year +36.34% -2.75% -4.03%
75th Percentile £83,750 £68,750 £65,188
90th Percentile - £77,000 £69,276
South Yorkshire median annual salary £66,805 £49,000 £50,386
% change year-on-year +36.34% -2.75% +0.77%

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 168 82 226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 15.34% 20.92% 27.10%
Number of salaries quoted 154 76 87
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £51,498
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -10.68% +8.42%
75th Percentile £71,235 £63,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,750 £72,194
South Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% +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 30 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 (5.41%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (2.70%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.70%) CMS
2 1 (2.70%) Confluence
2 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 21 (56.76%) Azure
2 10 (27.03%) Azure AI
3 8 (21.62%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (18.92%) AWS
4 7 (18.92%) Azure Data Factory
4 7 (18.92%) Azure Functions
4 7 (18.92%) Azure Logic Apps
4 7 (18.92%) Azure Monitor
4 7 (18.92%) Serverless
5 5 (13.51%) Power Platform
6 2 (5.41%) GCP
6 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (5.41%) n8n
7 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.70%) GitHub
7 1 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (2.70%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.70%) SaaS
7 1 (2.70%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.22%) Firewall
1 6 (16.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (18.92%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (18.92%) Spark SQL
2 5 (13.51%) Power BI
2 5 (13.51%) Tableau
3 1 (2.70%) Big Data
3 1 (2.70%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.70%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.70%) MySQL
3 1 (2.70%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Git
2 2 (5.41%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.70%) GitLab
3 1 (2.70%) JIRA
3 1 (2.70%) Postman
3 1 (2.70%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 18 (48.65%) Social Skills
2 7 (18.92%) Law
2 7 (18.92%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.41%) Finance
4 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.70%) Legal
4 1 (2.70%) Legal Technology
4 1 (2.70%) Marketing
4 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Publishing
4 1 (2.70%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 10 (27.03%) Data Engineer
2 9 (24.32%) Lead
3 7 (18.92%) Analyst
3 7 (18.92%) Azure Engineer
3 7 (18.92%) Azure Platform Engineer
3 7 (18.92%) Cloud Platform Engineer
3 7 (18.92%) Databricks Data Engineer
3 7 (18.92%) Databricks Engineer
3 7 (18.92%) Lead Data Engineer
3 7 (18.92%) Platform Engineer
4 6 (16.22%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 6 (16.22%) Data Analyst
4 6 (16.22%) Network Engineer
5 5 (13.51%) Junior
5 5 (13.51%) Junior Analyst
5 5 (13.51%) Junior Data Analyst
5 5 (13.51%) Senior
6 3 (8.11%) Senior Data Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) DevOps Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (40.54%) Terraform
2 10 (27.03%) REST
3 8 (21.62%) PySpark
4 7 (18.92%) ARM Templates
5 2 (5.41%) CrewAI
5 2 (5.41%) LangGraph
5 2 (5.41%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (5.41%) pytest
6 1 (2.70%) .NET
6 1 (2.70%) Kafka
6 1 (2.70%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Life Science
1 6 (16.22%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (5.41%) AI Agents
3 1 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (18.92%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (35.14%) AI
1 13 (35.14%) CI/CD
2 11 (29.73%) DevOps
2 11 (29.73%) Test Automation
3 10 (27.03%) Data Engineering
3 10 (27.03%) ETL
3 10 (27.03%) Infrastructure as Code
4 9 (24.32%) Data Governance
4 9 (24.32%) Platform Engineering
5 8 (21.62%) Deployment Automation
5 8 (21.62%) Mentoring
5 8 (21.62%) Observability
5 8 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (21.62%) Release Management
6 7 (18.92%) Coaching
6 7 (18.92%) Cost Optimisation
6 7 (18.92%) Dashboard Development
6 7 (18.92%) Data Integration
6 7 (18.92%) Lakehouse
6 7 (18.92%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 18 (48.65%) SQL
2 2 (5.41%) Bash
3 1 (2.70%) Bicep
3 1 (2.70%) C#
3 1 (2.70%) Java
3 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.70%) PHP
3 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (27.03%) Azure Certification
2 7 (18.92%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (18.92%) Degree
3 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.92%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) Docker
2 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (21.62%) Ansible
2 4 (10.81%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 7 (18.92%) Databricks
3 2 (5.41%) Oracle
4 1 (2.70%) Google
4 1 (2.70%) Informatica