Python Job Trends in the South West

Python
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 24 14
Rank change year-on-year +8 -10 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 574 249 816
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.98% 7.64% 8.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.84% 29.19% 28.86%
Number of salaries quoted 295 147 592
10th Percentile £34,700 £36,650 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £97,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -6.67%

All Programming Languages
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,372 853 2,827
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.70% 26.17% 28.72%
Number of salaries quoted 949 574 2,223
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,675 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Python job vacancy trend in the South West

Python
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the South West over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in the South West

Python
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 within the South West region over the 6 months to 10 July 2026. 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
Gloucestershire +1 184 £60,000 - 81
Bristol +5 148 £62,500 -3.85% 60
Devon +21 97 £52,500 +5.00% 17
Somerset +15 79 £31,500 -42.73% 28
Dorset -8 30 £40,000 -17.95% 18
Wiltshire -17 21 £58,750 +29.77% 20
Cornwall +8 11 £52,246 -16.41%
Python
England

Python
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:

Application Platforms
1 26 (4.53%) Apache
2 17 (2.96%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.74%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.74%) Confluence
4 8 (1.39%) Jupyter
5 4 (0.70%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.17%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 120 (20.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.22%) Chatbot
3 6 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.35%) Simulink
5 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.35%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 266 (46.34%) Azure
2 151 (26.31%) Azure AI
3 149 (25.96%) AWS
4 146 (25.44%) Power Platform
5 57 (9.93%) GCP
6 33 (5.75%) Serverless
7 28 (4.88%) AWS Lambda
7 28 (4.88%) GitHub
8 27 (4.70%) Amazon S3
8 27 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (3.48%) Amazon EC2
10 17 (2.96%) OpenShift
11 14 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
13 11 (1.92%) Amazon EKS
13 11 (1.92%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (1.57%) SaaS
14 9 (1.57%) Snowflake
15 8 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
16 7 (1.22%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.66%) Firewall
2 19 (3.31%) WAN
3 13 (2.26%) LAN
4 12 (2.09%) Broadband
5 11 (1.92%) Cisco ASA
6 10 (1.74%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.57%) Cisco Firepower
7 9 (1.57%) Unified Communications
7 9 (1.57%) VLAN
7 9 (1.57%) WebEx
8 8 (1.39%) SD-WAN
9 7 (1.22%) 5G
9 7 (1.22%) Network Security
10 6 (1.05%) DHCP
10 6 (1.05%) DNS
11 4 (0.70%) Internet
11 4 (0.70%) IPv4
11 4 (0.70%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (0.52%) AMQP
12 3 (0.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (22.30%) Power BI
2 124 (21.60%) Tableau
3 25 (4.36%) Elasticsearch
4 24 (4.18%) MongoDB
5 19 (3.31%) NoSQL
6 18 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (2.79%) Big Data
8 15 (2.61%) Amazon RDS
8 15 (2.61%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (2.26%) Data Lake
10 10 (1.74%) BigQuery
11 8 (1.39%) SQL Server
11 8 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (1.22%) InfluxDB
12 7 (1.22%) MySQL
13 6 (1.05%) Data Vault
13 6 (1.05%) Relational Database
13 6 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (0.87%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 91 (15.85%) Git
2 54 (9.41%) Jenkins
3 42 (7.32%) GitLab
4 24 (4.18%) Subversion
5 17 (2.96%) Eclipse
5 17 (2.96%) JIRA
6 15 (2.61%) Bitbucket
7 11 (1.92%) Cucumber
7 11 (1.92%) SonarQube
8 10 (1.74%) JUnit
8 10 (1.74%) Selenium
8 10 (1.74%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (1.39%) Cypress.io
10 7 (1.22%) LabVIEW
10 7 (1.22%) Robot Framework
10 7 (1.22%) TestRail
11 4 (0.70%) CircleCI
11 4 (0.70%) MSI
12 3 (0.52%) MLflow
13 2 (0.35%) DBeaver
General
1 205 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 52 (9.06%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (8.89%) Finance
4 35 (6.10%) Public Sector
5 24 (4.18%) Aerospace
6 23 (4.01%) Retail
7 21 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (2.26%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.09%) Banking
9 12 (2.09%) Electronics
9 12 (2.09%) Marketing
10 9 (1.57%) Tech for Good
11 8 (1.39%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.22%) Games
13 6 (1.05%) Aviation
14 5 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.70%) Law
15 4 (0.70%) Multimedia
16 3 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 133 (23.17%) Analyst
2 125 (21.78%) Junior
3 123 (21.43%) Data Analyst
4 109 (18.99%) Junior Analyst
4 109 (18.99%) Junior Data Analyst
5 76 (13.24%) Developer
5 76 (13.24%) Software Engineer
6 67 (11.67%) Senior
7 47 (8.19%) Data Engineer
8 42 (7.32%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 33 (5.75%) Python Engineer
10 29 (5.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 28 (4.88%) DevOps Engineer
12 27 (4.70%) Lead
13 25 (4.36%) Java Developer
13 25 (4.36%) Python Developer
14 19 (3.31%) Test Engineer
15 18 (3.14%) Architect
16 17 (2.96%) Senior Software Engineer
16 17 (2.96%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (5.92%) React
2 29 (5.05%) RESTful
3 28 (4.88%) Node.js
4 25 (4.36%) Elastic Stack
5 23 (4.01%) Spring
5 23 (4.01%) Spring Boot
5 23 (4.01%) Vue
6 20 (3.48%) REST
7 18 (3.14%) Apache NiFi
8 17 (2.96%) CSS
9 16 (2.79%) J2EE
9 16 (2.79%) Struts
9 16 (2.79%) Web Services
10 14 (2.44%) Kafka
10 14 (2.44%) pytest
11 13 (2.26%) .NET
11 13 (2.26%) FastAPI
12 12 (2.09%) AngularJS
12 12 (2.09%) HTML
13 11 (1.92%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.79%) Cloud Native
2 19 (3.31%) Algorithms
3 17 (2.96%) Hybrid Cloud
4 15 (2.61%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (1.92%) Product Ownership
8 9 (1.57%) FlexPod
8 9 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.57%) Video Conferencing
8 9 (1.57%) Video\Live Streaming
9 8 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.22%) CUDA
10 7 (1.22%) Embedded Systems
11 6 (1.05%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.05%) Over-the-Top Content
11 6 (1.05%) Replication
11 6 (1.05%) Self-Driving Car
12 5 (0.87%) Distributed Computing
12 5 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 101 (17.60%) Linux
2 58 (10.10%) Windows
3 19 (3.31%) Unix
4 17 (2.96%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.09%) CentOS
6 6 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.87%) Debian
7 5 (0.87%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.52%) VMS
9 2 (0.35%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.17%) Rocky
10 1 (0.17%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (42.86%) AI
2 157 (27.35%) Business Intelligence
3 130 (22.65%) CI/CD
4 124 (21.60%) Software Engineering
5 119 (20.73%) DevOps
6 108 (18.82%) Agile
7 96 (16.72%) Infrastructure as Code
8 89 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
9 76 (13.24%) Containerisation
10 65 (11.32%) Test Automation
11 61 (10.63%) Full-Stack Development
12 56 (9.76%) Analytics
13 51 (8.89%) Data Science
14 49 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
15 48 (8.36%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
15 48 (8.36%) Machine Learning
16 46 (8.01%) Data Pipeline
17 45 (7.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 40 (6.97%) Mentoring
19 38 (6.62%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 191 (33.28%) SQL
2 113 (19.69%) Java
3 103 (17.94%) JavaScript
4 84 (14.63%) Bash
5 62 (10.80%) C++
6 49 (8.54%) PowerShell
7 36 (6.27%) C#
7 36 (6.27%) Go
8 29 (5.05%) TypeScript
9 19 (3.31%) C
10 16 (2.79%) Perl
10 16 (2.79%) PHP
11 12 (2.09%) MATLAB
12 11 (1.92%) Rust
13 10 (1.74%) R
14 9 (1.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (1.39%) Scala
16 7 (1.22%) Groovy
17 5 (0.87%) VBA
18 4 (0.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 159 (27.70%) Azure Certification
2 143 (24.91%) Security Cleared
3 87 (15.16%) DV Cleared
4 55 (9.58%) Degree
5 49 (8.54%) SC Cleared
6 22 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (3.14%) AWS Certification
8 17 (2.96%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 8 (1.39%) HND
9 8 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.22%) PhD
11 6 (1.05%) RHCSA
12 5 (0.87%) CREST Certified
13 4 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.70%) CCNA
13 4 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.70%) CISSP
13 4 (0.70%) OSCP
13 4 (0.70%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.18%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.14%) QA
3 13 (2.26%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.22%) WCAG
5 5 (0.87%) GDPR
5 5 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.70%) NCSC
7 3 (0.52%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.17%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.17%) JTAG
8 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 88 (15.33%) Docker
2 22 (3.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.26%) Firmware
4 10 (1.74%) vSphere
5 9 (1.57%) Active Directory
6 8 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.05%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (1.05%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.70%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.70%) iptables
8 4 (0.70%) Squid
8 4 (0.70%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 105 (18.29%) Kubernetes
2 94 (16.38%) Terraform
3 86 (14.98%) Ansible
4 46 (8.01%) Grafana
5 20 (3.48%) Puppet
6 17 (2.96%) Kibana
6 17 (2.96%) logstash
7 16 (2.79%) Prometheus
8 10 (1.74%) Rancher
9 9 (1.57%) Argo
9 9 (1.57%) Cisco CUCM
10 8 (1.39%) Packer
10 8 (1.39%) yum
11 7 (1.22%) vCenter Server
12 6 (1.05%) ZABBIX
13 5 (0.87%) Kubeflow
13 5 (0.87%) Progress Chef
14 3 (0.52%) SCCM
14 3 (0.52%) SCOM
14 3 (0.52%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 178 (31.01%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.01%) Splunk
3 22 (3.83%) VMware
4 19 (3.31%) Red Hat
5 17 (2.96%) Cisco
5 17 (2.96%) Databricks
6 11 (1.92%) Fortinet
6 11 (1.92%) Palo Alto
7 9 (1.57%) Atlassian
8 8 (1.39%) Oracle
9 6 (1.05%) Cognos
9 6 (1.05%) Google
9 6 (1.05%) MicroStrategy
9 6 (1.05%) NetApp
10 5 (0.87%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.70%) Typelevel
12 3 (0.52%) Intel
12 3 (0.52%) OneLogin
12 3 (0.52%) SaltStack
13 2 (0.35%) Juniper