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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 17 14
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 489 242 824
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.91% 9.23% 9.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 46.75% 29.19% 27.68%
Number of salaries quoted 237 173 584
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £36,475
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £77,550
90th Percentile £82,500 £93,522 £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 1,046 829 2,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.78% 31.61% 35.15%
Number of salaries quoted 671 631 2,472
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% -1.82%
75th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £66,313
90th Percentile £79,250 £82,500 £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 April 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 April 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 +3 148 £56,250 -16.67% 80
Gloucestershire +2 147 £60,000 -7.69% 82
Devon +33 88 £50,000 -11.11% 36
Somerset +6 43 £45,142 -24.76% 35
Dorset +5 33 £100,000 +122.22% 16
Wiltshire -28 14 £61,250 +18.70% 27
Cornwall - 9 £40,000 - 2
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 17 (3.48%) Apache
2 11 (2.25%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.23%) Jupyter
5 4 (0.82%) Confluence
6 2 (0.41%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.41%) WordPress
7 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 133 (27.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.23%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.20%) Simulink
4 1 (0.20%) Weka
4 1 (0.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 254 (51.94%) Azure
2 153 (31.29%) AWS
3 146 (29.86%) Power Platform
4 144 (29.45%) Azure AI
5 53 (10.84%) GitHub
6 42 (8.59%) GCP
7 28 (5.73%) Amazon S3
8 27 (5.52%) Serverless
9 24 (4.91%) AWS Lambda
10 21 (4.29%) GitHub Actions
11 20 (4.09%) Amazon EC2
12 12 (2.45%) OpenShift
13 10 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (1.84%) Azure Data Factory
15 8 (1.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 8 (1.64%) AWS CloudFormation
16 7 (1.43%) Datadog
16 7 (1.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 6 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
17 6 (1.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.89%) Internet
1 19 (3.89%) WAN
2 17 (3.48%) TCP/IP
3 14 (2.86%) DNS
4 13 (2.66%) Firewall
5 11 (2.25%) LAN
5 11 (2.25%) SD-WAN
6 10 (2.04%) 5G
7 9 (1.84%) VLAN
8 8 (1.64%) Broadband
8 8 (1.64%) Cisco ASA
8 8 (1.64%) DHCP
8 8 (1.64%) Network Security
9 6 (1.23%) Cisco Firepower
9 6 (1.23%) HTTP
9 6 (1.23%) Unified Communications
9 6 (1.23%) WebEx
10 5 (1.02%) BGP
10 5 (1.02%) MPLS
10 5 (1.02%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (29.65%) Power BI
2 136 (27.81%) Tableau
3 22 (4.50%) Elasticsearch
4 18 (3.68%) Amazon RDS
5 17 (3.48%) NoSQL
5 17 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (3.07%) MongoDB
7 12 (2.45%) Relational Database
7 12 (2.45%) SQL Server
8 8 (1.64%) Big Data
8 8 (1.64%) Data Mining
8 8 (1.64%) MySQL
8 8 (1.64%) Neo4j
9 7 (1.43%) Data Lake
10 5 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.82%) CockroachDB
11 4 (0.82%) InfluxDB
11 4 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.82%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 75 (15.34%) Git
2 46 (9.41%) Jenkins
3 24 (4.91%) GitLab
4 11 (2.25%) Bitbucket
4 11 (2.25%) Cucumber
4 11 (2.25%) JUnit
5 10 (2.04%) Cypress.io
5 10 (2.04%) LabVIEW
6 8 (1.64%) JIRA
7 7 (1.43%) CircleCI
7 7 (1.43%) Selenium
7 7 (1.43%) Subversion
8 6 (1.23%) SonarQube
8 6 (1.23%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (0.82%) Balsamiq
9 4 (0.82%) IDA Disassembler
9 4 (0.82%) TestNG
9 4 (0.82%) TestRail
10 3 (0.61%) Burp Suite
10 3 (0.61%) Metasploit
General
1 200 (40.90%) Social Skills
2 62 (12.68%) Finance
3 56 (11.45%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (5.73%) Public Sector
5 21 (4.29%) Aerospace
6 19 (3.89%) Multimedia
6 19 (3.89%) Telecoms
7 18 (3.68%) Electronics
8 17 (3.48%) Manufacturing
8 17 (3.48%) Marketing
9 14 (2.86%) Retail
10 13 (2.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (2.04%) Banking
11 10 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.84%) Tech for Good
13 6 (1.23%) Military
14 5 (1.02%) Law
14 5 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 141 (28.83%) Analyst
2 134 (27.40%) Data Analyst
3 125 (25.56%) Junior
4 123 (25.15%) Junior Analyst
4 123 (25.15%) Junior Data Analyst
5 56 (11.45%) Software Engineer
6 52 (10.63%) Developer
7 42 (8.59%) Senior
8 33 (6.75%) Trainee
9 30 (6.13%) Data Engineer
10 22 (4.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 21 (4.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 21 (4.29%) Python Engineer
12 20 (4.09%) Python Developer
13 19 (3.89%) Lead
14 18 (3.68%) Data Scientist
15 17 (3.48%) Test Engineer
16 16 (3.27%) DevOps Engineer
17 12 (2.45%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
17 12 (2.45%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (6.13%) CSS
2 27 (5.52%) HTML
3 26 (5.32%) React
4 17 (3.48%) AngularJS
5 16 (3.27%) Node.js
5 16 (3.27%) pytest
6 14 (2.86%) Elastic Stack
6 14 (2.86%) Vue
7 12 (2.45%) REST
8 11 (2.25%) Apache NiFi
8 11 (2.25%) Django
8 11 (2.25%) Spring
8 11 (2.25%) Spring Boot
9 10 (2.04%) NumPy
9 10 (2.04%) Pandas
10 9 (1.84%) PySpark
11 8 (1.64%) Flask
11 8 (1.64%) MERN Stack
11 8 (1.64%) OAuth
11 8 (1.64%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.50%) Cloud Native
2 18 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (3.48%) Algorithms
4 11 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (1.84%) Product Ownership
6 8 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (1.64%) Mobile App
6 8 (1.64%) Self-Driving Car
7 7 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (1.43%) Replication
8 6 (1.23%) FlexPod
8 6 (1.23%) GNSS
8 6 (1.23%) IoT
8 6 (1.23%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.23%) Satnav
8 6 (1.23%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.02%) Video\Live Streaming
10 4 (0.82%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 85 (17.38%) Linux
2 40 (8.18%) Windows
3 14 (2.86%) Unix
4 12 (2.45%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.43%) CentOS
7 2 (0.41%) Solaris
7 2 (0.41%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.20%) CoreOS
8 1 (0.20%) Debian
8 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (41.51%) AI
2 164 (33.54%) Business Intelligence
3 88 (18.00%) CI/CD
4 86 (17.59%) DevOps
4 86 (17.59%) Software Engineering
5 81 (16.56%) Agile
6 74 (15.13%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (11.45%) Infrastructure as Code
8 54 (11.04%) Analytics
8 54 (11.04%) Containerisation
9 49 (10.02%) Continuous Improvement
9 49 (10.02%) Machine Learning
10 47 (9.61%) Data Science
10 47 (9.61%) Mentoring
10 47 (9.61%) Test Automation
11 41 (8.38%) Cybersecurity
12 31 (6.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 28 (5.73%) Visualisation
14 27 (5.52%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
14 27 (5.52%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 179 (36.61%) SQL
2 89 (18.20%) JavaScript
3 81 (16.56%) Bash
4 77 (15.75%) Java
5 52 (10.63%) PowerShell
6 35 (7.16%) C++
7 27 (5.52%) R
7 27 (5.52%) TypeScript
8 26 (5.32%) C
9 25 (5.11%) Go
10 23 (4.70%) C#
11 13 (2.66%) MATLAB
12 10 (2.04%) PHP
12 10 (2.04%) Scala
13 6 (1.23%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.82%) Groovy
14 4 (0.82%) Rust
15 3 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.61%) Erlang
15 3 (0.61%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 163 (33.33%) Azure Certification
2 98 (20.04%) Security Cleared
3 66 (13.50%) DV Cleared
4 49 (10.02%) Degree
5 30 (6.13%) AWS Certification
6 28 (5.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 28 (5.73%) SC Cleared
7 19 (3.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (2.86%) CREST Certified
9 11 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (2.04%) HND
11 8 (1.64%) CISSP
11 8 (1.64%) SANS
12 6 (1.23%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.82%) PhD
14 3 (0.61%) CCNP
14 3 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.61%) CITP
15 2 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.09%) Data Quality
2 16 (3.27%) QA
3 9 (1.84%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.61%) GDPR
5 3 (0.61%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.61%) NIST
6 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.20%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 72 (14.72%) Docker
2 13 (2.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.64%) Firmware
4 6 (1.23%) vSphere
5 5 (1.02%) Active Directory
5 5 (1.02%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (1.02%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (0.82%) iptables
6 4 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.20%) Ceph
8 1 (0.20%) Lustre
8 1 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 84 (17.18%) Kubernetes
2 65 (13.29%) Terraform
3 53 (10.84%) Ansible
4 33 (6.75%) Grafana
5 14 (2.86%) Prometheus
6 9 (1.84%) Argo
6 9 (1.84%) Kibana
6 9 (1.84%) Puppet
7 8 (1.64%) Rancher
8 7 (1.43%) logstash
8 7 (1.43%) yum
9 6 (1.23%) Cisco CUCM
9 6 (1.23%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.82%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.61%) NetBackup
11 3 (0.61%) Nmap
12 2 (0.41%) McAfee ePO
12 2 (0.41%) Nagios
12 2 (0.41%) SCCM
12 2 (0.41%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 179 (36.61%) Microsoft
2 17 (3.48%) Splunk
3 15 (3.07%) Cisco
3 15 (3.07%) Oracle
4 14 (2.86%) VMware
5 12 (2.45%) Databricks
6 10 (2.04%) Fortinet
6 10 (2.04%) Palo Alto
7 9 (1.84%) Red Hat
8 8 (1.64%) Atlassian
8 8 (1.64%) Google
8 8 (1.64%) SAP
9 5 (1.02%) NetApp
10 4 (0.82%) Typelevel
11 3 (0.61%) Cognos
11 3 (0.61%) Dell
11 3 (0.61%) HP
11 3 (0.61%) Juniper
11 3 (0.61%) MicroStrategy
11 3 (0.61%) Veeam