Python Jobs in the South West

Python
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Python skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Python over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 14 9
Rank change year-on-year -11 -5 +3
Permanent jobs citing Python 253 894 1,066
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 7.23% 9.69% 15.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.49% 29.23% 40.63%
Number of salaries quoted 179 593 565
10th Percentile £37,559 £36,250 £37,881
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,500 £87,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

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 1,033 3,058 2,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 29.51% 33.14% 37.88%
Number of salaries quoted 790 2,419 1,707
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +4.00%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Python in the South West

Python
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Python in the South West.

Salary trend for Python in the South West

Python
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the South West over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

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 5 May 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
Bristol -8 103 £67,500 +3.85% 129
Gloucestershire -6 79 £62,500 +13.64% 159
Wiltshire +6 23 £51,600 +3.20% 25
Dorset +2 17 £47,500 - 21
Somerset -5 15 £57,750 +11.06% 43
Devon -24 13 £47,500 +5.56% 55
Python
England

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (7.91%) Jupyter
2 9 (3.56%) Confluence
3 8 (3.16%) Apache
4 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.58%) SAS
6 3 (1.19%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.79%) CMS
8 1 (0.40%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.40%) Drupal
8 1 (0.40%) Joomla!
8 1 (0.40%) Luigi
8 1 (0.40%) nginx
8 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (2.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.58%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.40%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.40%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 69 (27.27%) Azure
2 68 (26.88%) AWS
3 35 (13.83%) GCP
4 24 (9.49%) GitHub
5 18 (7.11%) Power Platform
6 15 (5.93%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (4.74%) Serverless
8 10 (3.95%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (3.16%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (2.77%) SaaS
11 6 (2.37%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (1.98%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (1.98%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.58%) Azure AKS
13 4 (1.58%) IaaS
13 4 (1.58%) PaaS
13 4 (1.58%) Snowflake
13 4 (1.58%) Vertex AI
14 3 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
14 3 (1.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.56%) VPN
2 7 (2.77%) WAN
3 5 (1.98%) DNS
3 5 (1.98%) Firewall
3 5 (1.98%) SD-WAN
3 5 (1.98%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.58%) 5G
4 4 (1.58%) IPv4
4 4 (1.58%) OSPF
5 3 (1.19%) Ethernet
5 3 (1.19%) Internet
5 3 (1.19%) LAN
5 3 (1.19%) VLAN
5 3 (1.19%) Wireless
6 2 (0.79%) BGP
6 2 (0.79%) DHCP
6 2 (0.79%) Network Security
7 1 (0.40%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (0.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (0.40%) InfiniBand
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.91%) Big Data
2 17 (6.72%) Power BI
3 14 (5.53%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (5.14%) Relational Database
5 11 (4.35%) NoSQL
6 10 (3.95%) Tableau
7 9 (3.56%) MongoDB
8 7 (2.77%) MySQL
9 6 (2.37%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (2.37%) Redis
10 5 (1.98%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.98%) SQL Server
11 4 (1.58%) BigQuery
12 3 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.79%) Qlik Sense
13 2 (0.79%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.79%) SQLite
13 2 (0.79%) ThoughtSpot
14 1 (0.40%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 43 (17.00%) Git
2 18 (7.11%) GitLab
3 15 (5.93%) JIRA
4 14 (5.53%) Jenkins
5 9 (3.56%) LabVIEW
6 8 (3.16%) SonarQube
7 6 (2.37%) Eclipse
7 6 (2.37%) Eclipse RCP
8 4 (1.58%) JUnit
8 4 (1.58%) Maven
8 4 (1.58%) Subversion
9 3 (1.19%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.79%) Appium
10 2 (0.79%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.79%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.79%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.79%) Metasploit
10 2 (0.79%) Selenium
10 2 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.40%) Gatling
General
1 79 (31.23%) Finance
2 54 (21.34%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (20.16%) Social Skills
4 35 (13.83%) Banking
5 33 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (5.93%) Public Sector
7 14 (5.53%) Retail
8 12 (4.74%) Marketing
8 12 (4.74%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (4.74%) Telecoms
9 11 (4.35%) Manufacturing
10 10 (3.95%) Electronics
10 10 (3.95%) Legal
11 9 (3.56%) Aerospace
12 7 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.98%) Tech for Good
14 2 (0.79%) Games
14 2 (0.79%) Health Technology
14 2 (0.79%) Military
14 2 (0.79%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 77 (30.43%) Senior
2 66 (26.09%) Software Engineer
3 33 (13.04%) Data Scientist
4 30 (11.86%) Developer
5 28 (11.07%) Senior Data Scientist
6 27 (10.67%) Lead
7 22 (8.70%) Senior Software Engineer
7 22 (8.70%) Test Engineer
8 17 (6.72%) Analyst
9 12 (4.74%) DevOps Engineer
10 10 (3.95%) Senior Developer
11 9 (3.56%) Cloud Engineer
12 8 (3.16%) Graduate
12 8 (3.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (3.16%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (3.16%) Software Developer
13 7 (2.77%) Data Analyst
13 7 (2.77%) Junior
13 7 (2.77%) Lead Software Engineer
13 7 (2.77%) Software Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (12.25%) React
2 21 (8.30%) HTML
3 19 (7.51%) Node.js
4 15 (5.93%) CSS
5 12 (4.74%) RESTful
6 11 (4.35%) Django
6 11 (4.35%) pytest
7 9 (3.56%) AngularJS
7 9 (3.56%) Pandas
8 8 (3.16%) GraphQL
9 7 (2.77%) Flask
9 7 (2.77%) Spring Boot
10 6 (2.37%) .NET
10 6 (2.37%) Hibernate
10 6 (2.37%) JSP
10 6 (2.37%) Keycloak
10 6 (2.37%) Middleware
10 6 (2.37%) OAuth
10 6 (2.37%) SQLAlchemy
10 6 (2.37%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 32 (12.65%) Algorithms
2 23 (9.09%) Cyberattack
3 13 (5.14%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (3.95%) Reinsurance
5 9 (3.56%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.77%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.77%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.77%) Public Cloud
7 6 (2.37%) Private Cloud
8 5 (1.98%) Hackathon
8 5 (1.98%) Learning Management System
8 5 (1.98%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.58%) Analogue Electronics
9 4 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.58%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.58%) CUDA
9 4 (1.58%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.58%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 59 (23.32%) Linux
2 35 (13.83%) Windows
3 9 (3.56%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.16%) Unix
5 6 (2.37%) Android
6 2 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (45.45%) Software Engineering
2 86 (33.99%) DevOps
3 77 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
4 68 (26.88%) Mentoring
5 63 (24.90%) Data Science
6 61 (24.11%) Artificial Intelligence
7 60 (23.72%) Agile
8 57 (22.53%) CI/CD
9 56 (22.13%) Machine Learning
10 54 (21.34%) Mathematics
11 47 (18.58%) Computer Science
12 46 (18.18%) Test Automation
13 40 (15.81%) Analytics
14 37 (14.62%) Containerisation
14 37 (14.62%) Decision-Making
14 37 (14.62%) Software Testing
15 34 (13.44%) Visualisation
16 31 (12.25%) Statistics
17 30 (11.86%) Business Intelligence
18 29 (11.46%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 97 (38.34%) Java
2 76 (30.04%) JavaScript
3 62 (24.51%) SQL
4 38 (15.02%) Bash
5 27 (10.67%) C++
5 27 (10.67%) PowerShell
6 23 (9.09%) C#
7 21 (8.30%) R
8 20 (7.91%) TypeScript
9 18 (7.11%) C
10 14 (5.53%) Go
11 13 (5.14%) Rust
12 12 (4.74%) PHP
13 7 (2.77%) Kotlin
14 6 (2.37%) Embedded C
14 6 (2.37%) MATLAB
15 4 (1.58%) Bicep
15 4 (1.58%) Julia
15 4 (1.58%) Perl
16 3 (1.19%) Ada
Qualifications
1 85 (33.60%) Degree
2 81 (32.02%) Security Cleared
3 53 (20.95%) DV Cleared
4 29 (11.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (7.11%) SC Cleared
6 15 (5.93%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (5.53%) Master's Degree
8 13 (5.14%) PhD
9 9 (3.56%) ISTQB
10 7 (2.77%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.58%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.58%) HND
12 2 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.79%) CHECK Team Member
12 2 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.79%) CREST Certified
12 2 (0.79%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.79%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.79%) PMP
12 2 (0.79%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.16%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.37%) QA
3 5 (1.98%) GDPR
4 4 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.19%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.19%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.19%) SLA
6 2 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.79%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.79%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 65 (25.69%) Docker
2 5 (1.98%) Firmware
2 5 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.58%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.19%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.79%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.79%) vSphere
6 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 61 (24.11%) Kubernetes
2 25 (9.88%) Terraform
3 22 (8.70%) Ansible
4 9 (3.56%) Grafana
4 9 (3.56%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.98%) Puppet
6 4 (1.58%) Kibana
6 4 (1.58%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.79%) Istio
7 2 (0.79%) Nmap
8 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.40%) Nagios
Vendors
1 28 (11.07%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.11%) Google
3 14 (5.53%) Databricks
4 7 (2.77%) Atlassian
4 7 (2.77%) VMware
5 6 (2.37%) F5
5 6 (2.37%) Oracle
6 5 (1.98%) IBM
6 5 (1.98%) SAP
7 3 (1.19%) Cisco
7 3 (1.19%) Graphcore
7 3 (1.19%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.19%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.79%) CheckPoint
8 2 (0.79%) Dynatrace
8 2 (0.79%) EMC
8 2 (0.79%) Nimble Storage
8 2 (0.79%) Splunk
8 2 (0.79%) Veeam
8 2 (0.79%) Zscaler