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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 29 16
Rank change year-on-year +11 -13 -7
Permanent jobs citing Python 591 221 616
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 5.93% 6.32% 8.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.43% 30.57% 31.27%
Number of salaries quoted 329 135 392
10th Percentile £36,070 £36,650 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £51,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -18.52% +12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £71,991 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -4.01% - -

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 1,538 723 1,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.42% 20.67% 26.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,122 486 1,270
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +2.36% +1.60% -3.85%

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 13 September 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 13 September 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 -2 211 £65,000 +18.18% 99
Bristol +1 148 £62,500 +4.17% 85
Devon +18 89 £62,500 +31.58% 36
Somerset +20 82 £37,500 -34.78% 35
Wiltshire -15 25 £57,500 +56.89% 25
Dorset -8 24 £40,000 -44.83% 29
Cornwall +15 8 £52,246 -16.41% 1
Avon - 1 - - 47
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 38 (6.43%) Apache
2 21 (3.55%) Apache Spark
2 21 (3.55%) Confluence
3 6 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.85%) nginx
4 5 (0.85%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.68%) JBoss
6 2 (0.34%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.34%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) Kinematics
Applications
1 67 (11.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.35%) Simulink
3 6 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.17%) MicroStation
5 1 (0.17%) Revit
5 1 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 236 (39.93%) Azure
2 149 (25.21%) AWS
3 104 (17.60%) Power Platform
4 99 (16.75%) Azure AI
5 52 (8.80%) GCP
6 35 (5.92%) Microsoft 365
7 24 (4.06%) OpenShift
7 24 (4.06%) Serverless
8 22 (3.72%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (3.55%) GitHub
10 20 (3.38%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (2.88%) Amazon S3
11 17 (2.88%) AWS CloudFormation
11 17 (2.88%) Azure Data Factory
12 14 (2.37%) Amazon EC2
13 11 (1.86%) Amazon EKS
13 11 (1.86%) Snowflake
14 10 (1.69%) SaaS
15 9 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
16 7 (1.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.72%) Firewall
1 22 (3.72%) WAN
2 17 (2.88%) LAN
3 12 (2.03%) SD-WAN
4 10 (1.69%) Cisco ASA
4 10 (1.69%) VLAN
5 9 (1.52%) DNS
5 9 (1.52%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.52%) VPN
6 8 (1.35%) Cisco Firepower
6 8 (1.35%) Wireless
7 7 (1.18%) BGP
7 7 (1.18%) Broadband
7 7 (1.18%) OSPF
7 7 (1.18%) Unified Communications
7 7 (1.18%) WebEx
8 6 (1.02%) Network Security
9 5 (0.85%) DHCP
9 5 (0.85%) Software-Defined Networking
9 5 (0.85%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (13.03%) Power BI
2 68 (11.51%) Tableau
3 25 (4.23%) Elasticsearch
4 24 (4.06%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (3.89%) Big Data
5 23 (3.89%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (3.89%) MongoDB
6 19 (3.21%) NoSQL
7 18 (3.05%) Data Lake
8 15 (2.54%) Hadoop
9 10 (1.69%) BigQuery
9 10 (1.69%) SQL Server
10 9 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (1.52%) MySQL
11 8 (1.35%) Geospatial Data
12 7 (1.18%) Relational Database
13 6 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (1.02%) InfluxDB
14 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 122 (20.64%) Git
2 52 (8.80%) Jenkins
3 48 (8.12%) GitLab
4 37 (6.26%) Subversion
5 34 (5.75%) JIRA
6 28 (4.74%) Eclipse
7 22 (3.72%) JUnit
8 15 (2.54%) Selenium
9 14 (2.37%) Bitbucket
10 13 (2.20%) SonarQube
11 12 (2.03%) Cypress.io
12 11 (1.86%) LabVIEW
13 9 (1.52%) Cucumber
14 8 (1.35%) TestRail
15 7 (1.18%) MSI
15 7 (1.18%) Robot Framework
16 4 (0.68%) Postman
16 4 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
17 3 (0.51%) NUnit
17 3 (0.51%) Snyk
General
1 174 (29.44%) Social Skills
2 75 (12.69%) Analytical Skills
3 73 (12.35%) Finance
4 36 (6.09%) Public Sector
5 28 (4.74%) Aerospace
6 24 (4.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (2.88%) Retail
8 16 (2.71%) Electronics
8 16 (2.71%) Telecoms
9 13 (2.20%) Marketing
10 9 (1.52%) Games
11 8 (1.35%) Banking
11 8 (1.35%) Law
11 8 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.18%) Aviation
12 7 (1.18%) Military
13 6 (1.02%) Legal
13 6 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.85%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.34%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 97 (16.41%) Software Engineer
2 84 (14.21%) Analyst
2 84 (14.21%) Junior
3 83 (14.04%) Developer
4 81 (13.71%) Senior
5 71 (12.01%) Data Analyst
6 61 (10.32%) Data Engineer
7 57 (9.64%) Junior Analyst
8 56 (9.48%) Junior Data Analyst
9 55 (9.31%) Python Engineer
10 43 (7.28%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 39 (6.60%) Lead
12 33 (5.58%) DevOps Engineer
12 33 (5.58%) Java Developer
13 28 (4.74%) Test Engineer
14 26 (4.40%) Architect
14 26 (4.40%) Solutions Architect
15 25 (4.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 25 (4.23%) Python Software Engineer
16 23 (3.89%) Junior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (19.46%) Terraform
2 48 (8.12%) React
3 47 (7.95%) RESTful
4 36 (6.09%) Spring
4 36 (6.09%) Spring Boot
5 26 (4.40%) Elastic Stack
5 26 (4.40%) Jakarta EE
5 26 (4.40%) Struts
5 26 (4.40%) Web Services
6 25 (4.23%) Node.js
7 24 (4.06%) Kafka
7 24 (4.06%) REST
8 22 (3.72%) Apache NiFi
9 20 (3.38%) .NET
10 19 (3.21%) Vue
11 17 (2.88%) CSS
12 16 (2.71%) Keycloak
13 14 (2.37%) pytest
14 13 (2.20%) AngularJS
14 13 (2.20%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (9.64%) Cloud Native
2 28 (4.74%) Onboarding
3 21 (3.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (2.88%) Algorithms
5 14 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (2.20%) Data Centre
6 13 (2.20%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (1.86%) Product Ownership
8 10 (1.69%) Embedded Systems
9 8 (1.35%) Robotics
10 7 (1.18%) FlexPod
10 7 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (1.02%) CUDA
11 6 (1.02%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.02%) Distributed Computing
11 6 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.02%) Raspberry Pi
11 6 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.02%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 97 (16.41%) Linux
2 63 (10.66%) Windows
3 18 (3.05%) Unix
4 15 (2.54%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.03%) CentOS
6 8 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.85%) Debian
7 5 (0.85%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.51%) Android
8 3 (0.51%) VMS
9 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.34%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.17%) Rocky
10 1 (0.17%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (36.04%) AI
2 165 (27.92%) CI/CD
3 163 (27.58%) Software Engineering
4 151 (25.55%) DevOps
5 141 (23.86%) Agile
6 124 (20.98%) Infrastructure as Code
7 123 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
8 105 (17.77%) Business Intelligence
9 91 (15.40%) Test Automation
10 87 (14.72%) Containerisation
11 80 (13.54%) Full-Stack Development
12 70 (11.84%) Analytics
12 70 (11.84%) Continuous Improvement
13 65 (11.00%) Data Pipeline
14 58 (9.81%) Machine Learning
15 54 (9.14%) ETL
16 51 (8.63%) Validation
17 50 (8.46%) Data Science
18 49 (8.29%) Computer Science
19 48 (8.12%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 166 (28.09%) SQL
2 150 (25.38%) Java
3 133 (22.50%) JavaScript
4 96 (16.24%) C++
5 74 (12.52%) Bash
6 57 (9.64%) C#
7 42 (7.11%) Go
8 38 (6.43%) PowerShell
9 31 (5.25%) TypeScript
10 27 (4.57%) Perl
11 24 (4.06%) C
12 16 (2.71%) MATLAB
13 15 (2.54%) Rust
14 11 (1.86%) Scala
15 10 (1.69%) PHP
16 7 (1.18%) Bicep
16 7 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 7 (1.18%) Groovy
17 6 (1.02%) R
18 5 (0.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 187 (31.64%) Security Cleared
2 110 (18.61%) Azure Certification
3 101 (17.09%) DV Cleared
4 80 (13.54%) Degree
5 79 (13.37%) SC Cleared
6 37 (6.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.69%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.52%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 9 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.35%) HND
11 6 (1.02%) PhD
11 6 (1.02%) RHCSA
12 5 (0.85%) CCNP
12 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.68%) CCNA
13 4 (0.68%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.68%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.68%) OSCP
13 4 (0.68%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.25%) QA
2 30 (5.08%) Data Quality
3 28 (4.74%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.86%) WCAG
5 10 (1.69%) NCSC
6 5 (0.85%) GDPR
6 5 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.85%) PMO
7 4 (0.68%) NIST
8 1 (0.17%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.17%) JTAG
System Software
1 96 (16.24%) Docker
2 21 (3.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.21%) Firmware
4 12 (2.03%) Active Directory
5 8 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (1.35%) vSphere
6 5 (0.85%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.85%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.68%) Squid
7 4 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.17%) KVM
Systems Management
1 112 (18.95%) Kubernetes
2 100 (16.92%) Ansible
3 38 (6.43%) Grafana
4 21 (3.55%) Puppet
5 16 (2.71%) Prometheus
6 15 (2.54%) Kibana
6 15 (2.54%) logstash
7 10 (1.69%) Argo
8 9 (1.52%) Packer
8 9 (1.52%) Rancher
9 7 (1.18%) Cisco CUCM
9 7 (1.18%) vCenter Server
9 7 (1.18%) yum
9 7 (1.18%) ZABBIX
10 5 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.85%) Nagios
10 5 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.68%) Kubeflow
12 3 (0.51%) Istio
12 3 (0.51%) linkerd
Vendors
1 128 (21.66%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.23%) Red Hat
3 22 (3.72%) Splunk
4 21 (3.55%) VMware
5 20 (3.38%) Cisco
6 18 (3.05%) Databricks
7 14 (2.37%) Fortinet
8 12 (2.03%) Atlassian
9 11 (1.86%) Google
10 10 (1.69%) Palo Alto
11 8 (1.35%) OpenAI
12 7 (1.18%) Oracle
12 7 (1.18%) SolarWinds
13 5 (0.85%) Intel
14 4 (0.68%) Avaya
14 4 (0.68%) F5
14 4 (0.68%) Infoblox
14 4 (0.68%) Meraki
14 4 (0.68%) NetApp
14 4 (0.68%) ServiceNow