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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 19 15
Rank change year-on-year -2 -4 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 356 339 717
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.27% 9.37% 10.86%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.03% 26.84% 27.63%
Number of salaries quoted 205 201 503
10th Percentile £29,916 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +12.07% +0.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £87,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% -3.45%

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 847 1,263 2,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.91% 34.91% 39.32%
Number of salaries quoted 593 682 2,182
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,025
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -2.78%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 11 February 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 11 February 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
Bristol -3 130 £53,750 -24.29% 63
Gloucestershire +13 105 £62,500 -3.85% 73
Devon +4 45 £52,500 -19.23% 25
Dorset -3 22 £100,000 +122.22% 15
Somerset -16 22 £75,000 +36.36% 24
Wiltshire -15 16 £55,000 +37.50% 23
Cornwall -9 7 £55,000 -8.33% 20
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 16 (4.49%) Apache
2 9 (2.53%) Confluence
3 5 (1.40%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.56%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.56%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.28%) JBoss
6 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 69 (19.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.28%) Doxygen
4 1 (0.28%) Weka
4 1 (0.28%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 173 (48.60%) Azure
2 133 (37.36%) AWS
3 78 (21.91%) Power Platform
4 59 (16.57%) GitHub
5 56 (15.73%) Azure AI
6 30 (8.43%) GCP
7 22 (6.18%) GitHub Actions
7 22 (6.18%) Serverless
8 20 (5.62%) Amazon S3
9 19 (5.34%) AWS Lambda
10 15 (4.21%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (3.09%) OpenShift
13 8 (2.25%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (1.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 6 (1.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 6 (1.69%) Datadog
16 5 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
17 4 (1.12%) Amazon EKS
17 4 (1.12%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.46%) Internet
2 18 (5.06%) TCP/IP
3 15 (4.21%) DNS
3 15 (4.21%) WAN
4 11 (3.09%) Firewall
4 11 (3.09%) SD-WAN
5 10 (2.81%) 5G
6 8 (2.25%) DHCP
7 7 (1.97%) LAN
8 6 (1.69%) HTTP
8 6 (1.69%) Network Security
9 5 (1.40%) BGP
9 5 (1.40%) MPLS
9 5 (1.40%) VPN
9 5 (1.40%) VSAN
9 5 (1.40%) Wireshark
10 4 (1.12%) 4G
10 4 (1.12%) Ethernet
10 4 (1.12%) SMTP
10 4 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (21.91%) Power BI
2 71 (19.94%) Tableau
3 18 (5.06%) Elasticsearch
4 15 (4.21%) NoSQL
5 14 (3.93%) MongoDB
6 12 (3.37%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (3.37%) Big Data
6 12 (3.37%) SQL Server
7 11 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (2.81%) Data Mining
9 9 (2.53%) Neo4j
10 7 (1.97%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.69%) MySQL
12 4 (1.12%) CockroachDB
13 3 (0.84%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 2 (0.56%) DB2
14 2 (0.56%) Hadoop
14 2 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 73 (20.51%) Git
2 44 (12.36%) Jenkins
3 22 (6.18%) GitLab
4 13 (3.65%) JUnit
5 12 (3.37%) LabVIEW
6 10 (2.81%) Cucumber
6 10 (2.81%) Cypress.io
6 10 (2.81%) JIRA
7 9 (2.53%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.97%) CircleCI
8 7 (1.97%) Selenium
9 6 (1.69%) Subversion
10 5 (1.40%) SonarQube
11 4 (1.12%) IDA Disassembler
11 4 (1.12%) Postman
11 4 (1.12%) REST Assured
11 4 (1.12%) TestNG
12 3 (0.84%) Balsamiq
12 3 (0.84%) Metasploit
12 3 (0.84%) Zephyr
General
1 114 (32.02%) Social Skills
2 58 (16.29%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (16.01%) Finance
4 23 (6.46%) Electronics
5 21 (5.90%) Multimedia
6 19 (5.34%) Aerospace
7 18 (5.06%) Public Sector
8 16 (4.49%) Manufacturing
9 13 (3.65%) Marketing
9 13 (3.65%) Telecoms
10 12 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.69%) Law
12 6 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.40%) Avionics
14 4 (1.12%) Banking
14 4 (1.12%) Military
14 4 (1.12%) Retail
15 3 (0.84%) Billing
Job Titles
1 78 (21.91%) Analyst
2 71 (19.94%) Data Analyst
3 58 (16.29%) Junior
4 56 (15.73%) Junior Analyst
4 56 (15.73%) Junior Data Analyst
5 45 (12.64%) Software Engineer
6 35 (9.83%) Developer
7 34 (9.55%) Senior
8 33 (9.27%) Trainee
9 20 (5.62%) Test Engineer
10 19 (5.34%) Data Engineer
11 14 (3.93%) Lead
12 13 (3.65%) DevOps Engineer
12 13 (3.65%) Product Engineer
12 13 (3.65%) Python Engineer
12 13 (3.65%) Security Engineer
13 12 (3.37%) Product Test Engineer
13 12 (3.37%) Software Developer
13 12 (3.37%) Verification Engineer
14 11 (3.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (9.27%) React
2 29 (8.15%) HTML
3 28 (7.87%) CSS
4 19 (5.34%) AngularJS
5 16 (4.49%) pytest
6 13 (3.65%) Spring
6 13 (3.65%) Spring Boot
7 11 (3.09%) Apache NiFi
7 11 (3.09%) Elastic Stack
8 9 (2.53%) Node.js
8 9 (2.53%) REST
8 9 (2.53%) Vue
9 8 (2.25%) MERN Stack
10 7 (1.97%) PySpark
11 5 (1.40%) Middleware
12 4 (1.12%) Django
12 4 (1.12%) Hibernate
12 4 (1.12%) JSF
12 4 (1.12%) Kafka
12 4 (1.12%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.06%) Cloud Native
2 17 (4.78%) Algorithms
3 16 (4.49%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.25%) GNSS
4 8 (2.25%) Satnav
4 8 (2.25%) Self-Driving Car
5 7 (1.97%) Private Cloud
6 6 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.69%) Security Posture
7 5 (1.40%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (1.40%) IoT
7 5 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (1.40%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.12%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.12%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.84%) Augmented Reality
9 3 (0.84%) Virtual Reality
10 2 (0.56%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 72 (20.22%) Linux
2 33 (9.27%) Windows
3 16 (4.49%) Unix
4 10 (2.81%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.97%) CentOS
7 6 (1.69%) Ubuntu
8 5 (1.40%) Debian
9 4 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.84%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.56%) CoreOS
11 2 (0.56%) Solaris
12 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (28.93%) AI
2 92 (25.84%) Business Intelligence
3 80 (22.47%) Agile
4 77 (21.63%) DevOps
5 76 (21.35%) Problem-Solving
6 71 (19.94%) CI/CD
7 68 (19.10%) Software Engineering
8 53 (14.89%) Analytics
9 47 (13.20%) Mentoring
10 46 (12.92%) Continuous Improvement
11 44 (12.36%) Test Automation
12 43 (12.08%) Infrastructure as Code
13 42 (11.80%) Containerisation
14 39 (10.96%) Cybersecurity
15 36 (10.11%) Machine Learning
16 32 (8.99%) Data Science
17 25 (7.02%) Data Analysis
17 25 (7.02%) Data Analytics
17 25 (7.02%) Project Management
18 23 (6.46%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 109 (30.62%) SQL
2 80 (22.47%) Java
3 79 (22.19%) JavaScript
4 75 (21.07%) Bash
5 45 (12.64%) PowerShell
6 37 (10.39%) C++
7 29 (8.15%) C
8 28 (7.87%) R
9 25 (7.02%) TypeScript
10 18 (5.06%) C#
11 17 (4.78%) MATLAB
12 14 (3.93%) Go
13 6 (1.69%) Kotlin
14 4 (1.12%) Bicep
15 3 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.84%) Elixir
15 3 (0.84%) Erlang
15 3 (0.84%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.84%) Groovy
15 3 (0.84%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 99 (27.81%) Security Cleared
2 78 (21.91%) Azure Certification
3 56 (15.73%) DV Cleared
4 47 (13.20%) Degree
5 43 (12.08%) SC Cleared
6 27 (7.58%) AWS Certification
7 24 (6.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 21 (5.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (4.21%) CREST Certified
10 12 (3.37%) HND
11 9 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (2.53%) CISSP
11 9 (2.53%) SANS
12 7 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (1.69%) Master's Degree
14 4 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (0.84%) CCNP
15 3 (0.84%) CITP
16 2 (0.56%) PMI Certification
16 2 (0.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.93%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.09%) Accessibility
2 11 (3.09%) QA
3 6 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.56%) NCSC
4 2 (0.56%) NIST
5 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.28%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.28%) GDPR
5 1 (0.28%) IEC 62304
5 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 54 (15.17%) Docker
2 6 (1.69%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.69%) Hyper-V
2 6 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.56%) Firmware
4 2 (0.56%) iptables
4 2 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.28%) Ceph
5 1 (0.28%) Lustre
5 1 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 72 (20.22%) Kubernetes
2 50 (14.04%) Terraform
3 42 (11.80%) Ansible
4 21 (5.90%) Grafana
5 11 (3.09%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.25%) Argo
6 8 (2.25%) Kibana
7 6 (1.69%) Puppet
7 6 (1.69%) Rancher
7 6 (1.69%) yum
8 4 (1.12%) logstash
8 4 (1.12%) McAfee ePO
8 4 (1.12%) SCVMM
9 3 (0.84%) Nmap
9 3 (0.84%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.56%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.56%) Istio
10 2 (0.56%) Nagios
10 2 (0.56%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 106 (29.78%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.78%) Oracle
3 15 (4.21%) Google
4 13 (3.65%) Red Hat
5 8 (2.25%) Atlassian
5 8 (2.25%) Cisco
5 8 (2.25%) SAP
5 8 (2.25%) Splunk
6 7 (1.97%) VMware
7 6 (1.69%) Databricks
8 4 (1.12%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.12%) McAfee
8 4 (1.12%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.56%) Cognos
9 2 (0.56%) Dell
9 2 (0.56%) HP
9 2 (0.56%) Juniper
9 2 (0.56%) MicroStrategy
9 2 (0.56%) Palantir
9 2 (0.56%) Veeam