Python Software Engineer Job Trends in the South West

Python Software Engineer
England > South West

The median Python Software Engineer salary in the South West is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 211 210
Rank change year-on-year +56 -1 +66
Permanent jobs requiring a Python Software Engineer 16 13 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.45% 0.20% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.21% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 0
10th Percentile - £49,000 -
25th Percentile £71,250 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +29.17% - -
75th Percentile £83,750 £65,000 -
90th Percentile - £66,000 -
England median annual salary £130,000 £107,500 £107,500
% change year-on-year +20.93% - +19.44%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 3,338 6,150 4,443
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.08% 94.38% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,167 3,795 3,434
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,500 £54,795
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% -7.84% +9.59%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,793 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.71% -4.17% -

Python Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Python Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Python Software Engineer job vacancy trend in the South West

Python Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for Python Software Engineer job vacancies in the South West.

Salary distribution trend for Python Software Engineer job vacancies in the South West

Python Software Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python Software Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 17 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Dorset - 15 - -
Bristol +29 1 £77,500 +29.17% 2
Python Software Engineer
England

Python Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 17 October 2025, Python Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring Python Software Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 16 (100.00%) Python
1 16 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 15 (93.75%) AI
2 15 (93.75%) Machine Learning
3 12 (75.00%) Agile
4 11 (68.75%) Community of Practice
4 11 (68.75%) Operational Stability
4 11 (68.75%) SDLC
5 9 (56.25%) Visualisation
6 8 (50.00%) AWS
6 8 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (50.00%) Kubernetes
7 7 (43.75%) Java
8 5 (31.25%) Docker
8 5 (31.25%) Test Automation
9 4 (25.00%) Amazon Bedrock
9 4 (25.00%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (25.00%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (25.00%) Amazon S3
9 4 (25.00%) Amazon SageMaker
9 4 (25.00%) API Testing
9 4 (25.00%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (25.00%) Databricks
9 4 (25.00%) Jenkins
9 4 (25.00%) Locust
9 4 (25.00%) Playwright
9 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (25.00%) pytest
9 4 (25.00%) Selenium

Python Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (50.00%) AWS
2 4 (25.00%) Amazon Bedrock
2 4 (25.00%) Amazon ECS
2 4 (25.00%) Amazon EKS
2 4 (25.00%) Amazon S3
2 4 (25.00%) Amazon SageMaker
2 4 (25.00%) AWS Lambda
2 4 (25.00%) Serverless
3 1 (6.25%) Cloud Run
3 1 (6.25%) GCP
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Jenkins
1 4 (25.00%) Locust
1 4 (25.00%) Selenium
2 1 (6.25%) Git
General
1 16 (100.00%) Finance
2 15 (93.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 15 (93.75%) Law
2 15 (93.75%) Marketing
3 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) Playwright
1 4 (25.00%) pytest
2 1 (6.25%) AngularJS
2 1 (6.25%) D3.js
2 1 (6.25%) FastAPI
2 1 (6.25%) PrimeNG
2 1 (6.25%) REST
2 1 (6.25%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 4 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 4 (25.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 16 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 15 (93.75%) AI
2 15 (93.75%) Machine Learning
3 12 (75.00%) Agile
4 11 (68.75%) Community of Practice
4 11 (68.75%) Operational Stability
4 11 (68.75%) SDLC
5 9 (56.25%) Visualisation
6 8 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (31.25%) Test Automation
8 4 (25.00%) API Testing
8 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (25.00%) Test Scripting
9 3 (18.75%) Architectural Design
9 3 (18.75%) Continuous Delivery
9 3 (18.75%) Information Architecture
10 1 (6.25%) Analytics
10 1 (6.25%) Data Visualisation
10 1 (6.25%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) Python
2 7 (43.75%) Java
3 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Databricks
2 1 (6.25%) Google