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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 28 19
Rank change year-on-year -2 -9 +26
Permanent jobs citing Python 40 15 61
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 3.73% 3.81% 7.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 23.12% 16.30% 26.29%
Number of salaries quoted 24 11 23
10th Percentile - £28,250 -
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,403 £60,000 £49,274
Median % change year-on-year +10.67% +21.77% -6.14%
75th Percentile £83,750 £71,875 £65,000
90th Percentile - £77,500 £68,113
South Yorkshire median annual salary £66,403 £60,000 £49,274
% change year-on-year +10.67% +21.77% -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 173 92 232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 16.12% 23.35% 27.20%
Number of salaries quoted 156 86 117
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £71,141 £68,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £72,194
South Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £53,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.10% +6.50% +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 13 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
2 1 (2.50%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.50%) Confluence
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 27 (67.50%) Azure
2 14 (35.00%) Azure AI
3 10 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (22.50%) Azure Data Factory
4 9 (22.50%) Azure Functions
4 9 (22.50%) Azure Logic Apps
4 9 (22.50%) Azure Monitor
4 9 (22.50%) Serverless
5 8 (20.00%) Power Platform
6 7 (17.50%) AWS
7 2 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (5.00%) n8n
7 2 (5.00%) SaaS
8 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
8 1 (2.50%) GCP
8 1 (2.50%) GitHub
8 1 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (2.50%) Power Automate
8 1 (2.50%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.00%) Firewall
1 6 (15.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (22.50%) Spark SQL
3 8 (20.00%) Power BI
3 8 (20.00%) Tableau
4 2 (5.00%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.50%) Big Data
5 1 (2.50%) Data Lake
5 1 (2.50%) Metadata
5 1 (2.50%) Relational Database
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 24 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.50%) Law
3 4 (10.00%) Finance
4 3 (7.50%) Public Sector
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
1 11 (27.50%) Lead
2 9 (22.50%) Analyst
2 9 (22.50%) Azure Engineer
2 9 (22.50%) Azure Platform Engineer
2 9 (22.50%) Cloud Platform Engineer
2 9 (22.50%) Databricks Data Engineer
2 9 (22.50%) Databricks Engineer
2 9 (22.50%) Lead Data Engineer
2 9 (22.50%) Platform Engineer
3 8 (20.00%) Data Analyst
3 8 (20.00%) Junior
3 8 (20.00%) Junior Analyst
3 8 (20.00%) Junior Data Analyst
4 7 (17.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 6 (15.00%) Network Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Senior
6 2 (5.00%) Senior Data Engineer
7 1 (2.50%) Kubernetes Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (42.50%) Terraform
2 12 (30.00%) REST
3 10 (25.00%) PySpark
4 9 (22.50%) ARM Templates
5 2 (5.00%) CrewAI
5 2 (5.00%) LangGraph
6 1 (2.50%) .NET
6 1 (2.50%) CSS
6 1 (2.50%) jQuery
6 1 (2.50%) Kafka
6 1 (2.50%) Oracle Fusion
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
3 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (40.00%) AI
2 12 (30.00%) CI/CD
2 12 (30.00%) Data Governance
2 12 (30.00%) ETL
2 12 (30.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 11 (27.50%) Data Engineering
3 11 (27.50%) DevOps
3 11 (27.50%) Platform Engineering
4 10 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 10 (25.00%) Data Integration
4 10 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 10 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
4 10 (25.00%) Observability
4 10 (25.00%) Release Management
4 10 (25.00%) Test Automation
5 9 (22.50%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (22.50%) Cost Optimisation
5 9 (22.50%) Dashboard Development
5 9 (22.50%) Lakehouse
5 9 (22.50%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 23 (57.50%) SQL
2 3 (7.50%) C#
3 2 (5.00%) Bash
3 2 (5.00%) PHP
4 1 (2.50%) Bicep
4 1 (2.50%) C++
4 1 (2.50%) Java
4 1 (2.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (35.00%) Azure Certification
2 10 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 10 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (5.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (22.50%) 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 12 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (22.50%) Databricks
3 1 (2.50%) Informatica
3 1 (2.50%) Oracle