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 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 7 34
Rank change year-on-year -3 +27 -31
Permanent jobs citing Python 47 66 30
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 11.19% 14.38% 5.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.54% 40.24% 17.44%
Number of salaries quoted 40 21 27
10th Percentile - £45,000 £42,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £62,500 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £80,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -61.88% +45.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £45,000 £96,250 £63,750
90th Percentile - - £78,750
South Yorkshire median annual salary £30,500 £80,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -61.88% +52.38% +5.00%

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 93 164 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 22.14% 35.73% 32.70%
Number of salaries quoted 83 47 154
10th Percentile £25,050 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £55,000 £51,498
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +6.80% +3.00%
75th Percentile £45,000 £74,125 £60,563
90th Percentile £60,000 £96,250 £74,625
South Yorkshire median annual salary £36,250 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -36.96% +15.00% -

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 18 January 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:

Applications
1 18 (38.30%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 32 (68.09%) Azure
2 25 (53.19%) AWS
2 25 (53.19%) GitHub
3 6 (12.77%) Azure AI
3 6 (12.77%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.13%) FinancialForce
4 1 (2.13%) iPaaS
4 1 (2.13%) SaaS
4 1 (2.13%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 25 (53.19%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (38.30%) Tableau
2 12 (25.53%) Data Mining
3 6 (12.77%) Power BI
4 1 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 25 (53.19%) Git
General
1 25 (53.19%) Multimedia
2 13 (27.66%) Finance
3 12 (25.53%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (19.15%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (78.72%) Trainee
2 18 (38.30%) Analyst
2 18 (38.30%) Data Analyst
3 13 (27.66%) Developer
3 13 (27.66%) Software Developer
3 13 (27.66%) Trainee Developer
3 13 (27.66%) Trainee Software Developer
4 12 (25.53%) Trainee Analyst
4 12 (25.53%) Trainee Data Analyst
5 6 (12.77%) Junior
5 6 (12.77%) Junior Analyst
5 6 (12.77%) Junior Data Analyst
6 2 (4.26%) Data Scientist
7 1 (2.13%) Azure Data Engineer
7 1 (2.13%) Azure Engineer
7 1 (2.13%) Data Engineer
7 1 (2.13%) Senior
7 1 (2.13%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (53.19%) CSS
1 25 (53.19%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.13%) Educational Technology
1 1 (2.13%) e-Learning
1 1 (2.13%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (53.19%) Cybersecurity
1 25 (53.19%) Mentoring
2 12 (25.53%) Analytics
2 12 (25.53%) Business Analysis
2 12 (25.53%) Data Analysis
2 12 (25.53%) Data Analytics
2 12 (25.53%) Project Management
3 8 (17.02%) AI
4 6 (12.77%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (4.26%) Dashboard Development
5 2 (4.26%) Data Science
5 2 (4.26%) Decision-Making
5 2 (4.26%) E-Commerce
5 2 (4.26%) LLM
5 2 (4.26%) Machine Learning
5 2 (4.26%) Predictive Modelling
5 2 (4.26%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (4.26%) Statistical Analysis
5 2 (4.26%) Statistical Modelling
5 2 (4.26%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 25 (53.19%) JavaScript
2 22 (46.81%) SQL
3 12 (25.53%) R
Qualifications
1 31 (65.96%) Azure Certification
2 25 (53.19%) AWS Certification
2 25 (53.19%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 25 (53.19%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 43 (91.49%) Microsoft