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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 26 16
Rank change year-on-year +8 -10 -7
Permanent jobs citing Python 597 220 600
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 5.83% 6.33% 8.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.20% 30.73% 31.50%
Number of salaries quoted 338 137 368
10th Percentile £36,196 £35,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,750 £46,250 £50,000
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 £89,250 £87,500
England median annual salary £71,500 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -1.38% -3.33% -

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 1,563 716 1,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.25% 20.61% 25.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,137 488 1,182
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,313 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £63,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.79% -3.08%

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 22 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 22 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 -1 219 £70,000 +27.27% 142
Bristol -3 149 £63,000 +5.00% 108
Devon +16 89 £62,500 +19.05% 36
Somerset +17 80 £37,500 -31.82% 47
Wiltshire -14 26 £57,500 +56.89% 42
Dorset -9 22 £40,000 -44.83% 42
Cornwall +14 7 £52,246 -16.41% 1
Avon - 1 - - 50
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 41 (6.87%) Apache
2 22 (3.69%) Confluence
3 21 (3.52%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.84%) nginx
5 5 (0.84%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.67%) JBoss
7 2 (0.34%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.34%) SAS
8 1 (0.17%) Kinematics
8 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 55 (9.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.68%) Simulink
3 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.34%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.34%) MicroStation
4 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.34%) Revit
4 2 (0.34%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 234 (39.20%) Azure
2 153 (25.63%) AWS
3 93 (15.58%) Power Platform
4 86 (14.41%) Azure AI
5 55 (9.21%) GCP
6 36 (6.03%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (4.36%) OpenShift
8 25 (4.19%) Serverless
9 23 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (3.69%) GitHub
11 21 (3.52%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (3.35%) AWS CloudFormation
13 19 (3.18%) Azure Data Factory
14 15 (2.51%) Amazon S3
15 14 (2.35%) Amazon EC2
16 13 (2.18%) Amazon EKS
17 12 (2.01%) SaaS
18 11 (1.84%) Snowflake
19 9 (1.51%) GitHub Actions
20 7 (1.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.69%) Firewall
2 21 (3.52%) WAN
3 16 (2.68%) LAN
4 12 (2.01%) SD-WAN
5 9 (1.51%) Cisco ASA
5 9 (1.51%) DNS
5 9 (1.51%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.51%) VLAN
5 9 (1.51%) VPN
6 8 (1.34%) Wireless
7 7 (1.17%) BGP
7 7 (1.17%) Cisco Firepower
7 7 (1.17%) OSPF
8 6 (1.01%) Broadband
8 6 (1.01%) Network Security
8 6 (1.01%) Unified Communications
8 6 (1.01%) WebEx
9 5 (0.84%) DHCP
9 5 (0.84%) Software-Defined Networking
9 5 (0.84%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (11.06%) Power BI
2 54 (9.05%) Tableau
3 27 (4.52%) Elasticsearch
4 25 (4.19%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (4.02%) Big Data
5 24 (4.02%) Data Warehouse
5 24 (4.02%) MongoDB
6 21 (3.52%) NoSQL
7 18 (3.02%) Data Lake
8 16 (2.68%) Hadoop
9 11 (1.84%) MySQL
10 10 (1.68%) BigQuery
10 10 (1.68%) SQL Server
11 9 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (1.51%) Geospatial Data
12 7 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (1.01%) InfluxDB
13 6 (1.01%) Relational Database
13 6 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 129 (21.61%) Git
2 57 (9.55%) Jenkins
3 51 (8.54%) GitLab
4 39 (6.53%) Subversion
5 35 (5.86%) JIRA
6 28 (4.69%) Eclipse
7 22 (3.69%) JUnit
8 16 (2.68%) Bitbucket
9 15 (2.51%) Selenium
10 13 (2.18%) LabVIEW
10 13 (2.18%) SonarQube
11 12 (2.01%) Cypress.io
12 9 (1.51%) Cucumber
13 8 (1.34%) TestRail
14 7 (1.17%) MSI
14 7 (1.17%) Robot Framework
15 4 (0.67%) Postman
15 4 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
16 3 (0.50%) NUnit
16 3 (0.50%) Snyk
General
1 166 (27.81%) Social Skills
2 79 (13.23%) Finance
3 76 (12.73%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (6.03%) Public Sector
5 32 (5.36%) Aerospace
6 24 (4.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (3.18%) Electronics
8 16 (2.68%) Retail
9 15 (2.51%) Telecoms
10 12 (2.01%) Marketing
11 10 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.51%) Games
13 8 (1.34%) Law
14 7 (1.17%) Aviation
14 7 (1.17%) Banking
14 7 (1.17%) Legal
14 7 (1.17%) Military
15 6 (1.01%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.50%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 97 (16.25%) Software Engineer
2 85 (14.24%) Senior
3 83 (13.90%) Developer
4 71 (11.89%) Analyst
5 70 (11.73%) Junior
6 64 (10.72%) Data Engineer
7 58 (9.72%) Data Analyst
8 56 (9.38%) Python Engineer
9 43 (7.20%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 43 (7.20%) Junior Analyst
9 43 (7.20%) Lead
10 42 (7.04%) Junior Data Analyst
11 39 (6.53%) DevOps Engineer
12 33 (5.53%) Java Developer
13 30 (5.03%) Test Engineer
14 27 (4.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 26 (4.36%) Architect
15 26 (4.36%) Python Software Engineer
15 26 (4.36%) Solutions Architect
16 23 (3.85%) Junior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (20.77%) Terraform
2 52 (8.71%) React
3 48 (8.04%) RESTful
4 41 (6.87%) Spring
4 41 (6.87%) Spring Boot
5 27 (4.52%) Elastic Stack
6 26 (4.36%) Jakarta EE
6 26 (4.36%) Node.js
6 26 (4.36%) Struts
6 26 (4.36%) Web Services
7 25 (4.19%) Kafka
8 24 (4.02%) REST
9 23 (3.85%) Apache NiFi
10 21 (3.52%) CSS
11 20 (3.35%) .NET
11 20 (3.35%) Vue
12 17 (2.85%) HTML
12 17 (2.85%) Keycloak
13 14 (2.35%) AngularJS
13 14 (2.35%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 59 (9.88%) Cloud Native
2 27 (4.52%) Onboarding
3 21 (3.52%) Hybrid Cloud
4 16 (2.68%) Algorithms
5 15 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (2.18%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.18%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (2.01%) Embedded Systems
8 12 (2.01%) Product Ownership
9 9 (1.51%) Robotics
10 8 (1.34%) FPGA
11 7 (1.17%) Raspberry Pi
12 6 (1.01%) Data Structures
12 6 (1.01%) Distributed Computing
12 6 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.01%) FlexPod
12 6 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.01%) Video Conferencing
13 5 (0.84%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 101 (16.92%) Linux
2 61 (10.22%) Windows
3 19 (3.18%) Unix
4 14 (2.35%) Windows Server
5 13 (2.18%) CentOS
6 9 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.01%) Debian
7 6 (1.01%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.50%) Android
8 3 (0.50%) VMS
9 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.34%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.34%) Rocky
9 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.17%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (34.67%) AI
2 177 (29.65%) CI/CD
3 165 (27.64%) Software Engineering
4 160 (26.80%) DevOps
5 148 (24.79%) Agile
6 132 (22.11%) Infrastructure as Code
7 130 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
8 98 (16.42%) Containerisation
9 96 (16.08%) Test Automation
10 93 (15.58%) Business Intelligence
11 81 (13.57%) Full-Stack Development
12 76 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
13 70 (11.73%) Analytics
14 67 (11.22%) Data Pipeline
15 59 (9.88%) Machine Learning
16 56 (9.38%) ETL
17 55 (9.21%) Validation
18 54 (9.05%) Mentoring
19 52 (8.71%) Computer Science
20 50 (8.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 160 (26.80%) Java
2 159 (26.63%) SQL
3 137 (22.95%) JavaScript
4 98 (16.42%) C++
5 79 (13.23%) Bash
6 61 (10.22%) C#
7 45 (7.54%) Go
8 39 (6.53%) PowerShell
9 34 (5.70%) TypeScript
10 28 (4.69%) Perl
11 26 (4.36%) C
12 18 (3.02%) MATLAB
13 15 (2.51%) Rust
14 12 (2.01%) PHP
15 9 (1.51%) Scala
16 7 (1.17%) Bicep
16 7 (1.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 7 (1.17%) Groovy
17 6 (1.01%) R
18 5 (0.84%) VBA
Qualifications
1 202 (33.84%) Security Cleared
2 108 (18.09%) DV Cleared
3 97 (16.25%) Azure Certification
4 86 (14.41%) Degree
5 84 (14.07%) SC Cleared
6 38 (6.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.68%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 9 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.34%) HND
11 6 (1.01%) PhD
11 6 (1.01%) RHCSA
12 5 (0.84%) CCNP
12 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.67%) CCNA
13 4 (0.67%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.67%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.67%) OSCP
13 4 (0.67%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.70%) QA
2 32 (5.36%) Data Quality
3 29 (4.86%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.84%) WCAG
5 10 (1.68%) NCSC
6 5 (0.84%) GDPR
6 5 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.84%) PMO
7 4 (0.67%) NIST
8 1 (0.17%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.17%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.17%) DO-254
8 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.17%) JTAG
System Software
1 102 (17.09%) Docker
2 21 (3.52%) Firmware
3 20 (3.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.01%) Active Directory
5 8 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.17%) vSphere
7 5 (0.84%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.84%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.67%) Squid
9 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.17%) KVM
Systems Management
1 123 (20.60%) Kubernetes
2 109 (18.26%) Ansible
3 39 (6.53%) Grafana
4 25 (4.19%) Puppet
5 18 (3.02%) Prometheus
6 15 (2.51%) Kibana
6 15 (2.51%) logstash
7 12 (2.01%) Argo
8 11 (1.84%) Rancher
9 9 (1.51%) Packer
10 8 (1.34%) yum
11 7 (1.17%) vCenter Server
11 7 (1.17%) ZABBIX
12 6 (1.01%) Cisco CUCM
13 5 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 5 (0.84%) Nagios
13 5 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.67%) Istio
14 4 (0.67%) Kubeflow
14 4 (0.67%) linkerd
Vendors
1 118 (19.77%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.52%) Red Hat
3 21 (3.52%) Splunk
4 20 (3.35%) VMware
5 19 (3.18%) Cisco
6 18 (3.02%) Databricks
7 13 (2.18%) Fortinet
8 12 (2.01%) Atlassian
8 12 (2.01%) Google
9 11 (1.84%) OpenAI
10 9 (1.51%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.17%) Oracle
11 7 (1.17%) SolarWinds
12 6 (1.01%) Intel
13 5 (0.84%) EMC
14 4 (0.67%) Avaya
14 4 (0.67%) F5
14 4 (0.67%) Infoblox
14 4 (0.67%) Meraki
14 4 (0.67%) ServiceNow