Python Jobs in the South West

Python
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Python skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Python over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 9 12
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 +4
Permanent jobs citing Python 883 1,056 1,207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.64% 15.29% 15.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.00% 40.31% 29.37%
Number of salaries quoted 588 562 669
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,879 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% +7.69%

All Programming Languages
South West

Python is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,045 2,620 4,109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 33.25% 37.94% 51.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,421 1,724 2,821
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

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 28 April 2024.

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 28 April 2024. 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 -4 333 £55,000 -15.38% 46
Bristol -10 314 £65,000 +4.00% 93
Wiltshire -4 71 £50,000 +9.29% 14
Dorset +15 66 £47,500 -9.52% 13
Devon +3 59 £45,000 +17.56% 24
Somerset -23 25 £53,500 -4.07% 14
Cornwall -9 6 - - 2
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 57 (6.46%) Apache
2 45 (5.10%) Apache Spark
3 29 (3.28%) ArcGIS
3 29 (3.28%) GeoServer
4 22 (2.49%) Jupyter
5 19 (2.15%) nginx
6 14 (1.59%) SAS
7 6 (0.68%) Confluence
8 5 (0.57%) SharePoint
9 4 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.34%) CloudStack
11 2 (0.23%) JBoss
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.11%) CMS
12 1 (0.11%) Luigi
12 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 26 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.70%) Simulink
4 11 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.79%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.68%) Trello
7 4 (0.45%) Stateflow
8 2 (0.23%) GNU Octave
8 2 (0.23%) LaTeX
Business Applications
1 4 (0.45%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.23%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.11%) iTrent
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 318 (36.01%) AWS
2 205 (23.22%) Azure
3 102 (11.55%) OpenShift
4 61 (6.91%) GCP
5 48 (5.44%) SaaS
6 36 (4.08%) Power Platform
7 34 (3.85%) Amazon S3
8 32 (3.62%) Serverless
9 28 (3.17%) PaaS
10 23 (2.60%) AWS Lambda
10 23 (2.60%) IaaS
11 21 (2.38%) GitHub
12 17 (1.93%) AWS CloudFormation
12 17 (1.93%) MinIO
13 15 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (1.59%) Amazon EKS
15 13 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
16 9 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
17 8 (0.91%) Amazon EMR
17 8 (0.91%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 54 (6.12%) TCP/IP
2 48 (5.44%) DNS
3 44 (4.98%) HTTP
4 41 (4.64%) DHCP
5 34 (3.85%) Firewall
6 21 (2.38%) VSAN
7 19 (2.15%) AMQP
7 19 (2.15%) Internet
8 15 (1.70%) Network Security
8 15 (1.70%) VPN
9 13 (1.47%) Wireless
10 8 (0.91%) Cisco ASA
11 7 (0.79%) SMTP
11 7 (0.79%) WAN
12 6 (0.68%) IPv4
13 5 (0.57%) 5G
13 5 (0.57%) OSPF
13 5 (0.57%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.57%) Unified Communications
13 5 (0.57%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (7.47%) Big Data
2 60 (6.80%) PostgreSQL
3 44 (4.98%) Hadoop
4 41 (4.64%) Tableau
5 37 (4.19%) Data Warehouse
6 35 (3.96%) Power BI
7 33 (3.74%) SQL Server
8 31 (3.51%) GIS
8 31 (3.51%) Relational Database
9 27 (3.06%) QGIS
10 21 (2.38%) Elasticsearch
11 18 (2.04%) Data Lake
12 17 (1.93%) MongoDB
12 17 (1.93%) Presto
13 15 (1.70%) BigQuery
13 15 (1.70%) NoSQL
14 13 (1.47%) Cloudera CDH
15 12 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 11 (1.25%) Amazon RDS
16 11 (1.25%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 91 (10.31%) Git
2 62 (7.02%) Jenkins
3 24 (2.72%) JIRA
3 24 (2.72%) LabVIEW
4 22 (2.49%) Visual Studio
5 19 (2.15%) Subversion
6 17 (1.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 14 (1.59%) Selenium
8 11 (1.25%) Cypress.io
8 11 (1.25%) Oracle Forms
9 10 (1.13%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.91%) Eclipse
10 8 (0.91%) GitLab
11 5 (0.57%) NetBeans
12 4 (0.45%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.45%) Burp Suite
12 4 (0.45%) Gradle
12 4 (0.45%) Metasploit
12 4 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.45%) Toad
General
1 137 (15.52%) Social Skills
2 116 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
3 106 (12.00%) Finance
4 84 (9.51%) Aerospace
5 53 (6.00%) Marketing
6 47 (5.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (4.98%) Banking
7 44 (4.98%) Telecoms
8 43 (4.87%) Public Sector
9 33 (3.74%) Law
9 33 (3.74%) Presentation Skills
10 25 (2.83%) Retail
11 20 (2.27%) Manufacturing
12 17 (1.93%) Legal
12 17 (1.93%) Military
13 13 (1.47%) Games
14 10 (1.13%) Electronics
14 10 (1.13%) Investment Banking
15 9 (1.02%) Advertising
16 8 (0.91%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 240 (27.18%) Software Engineer
2 199 (22.54%) Senior
3 97 (10.99%) Developer
4 76 (8.61%) Senior Software Engineer
5 63 (7.13%) Data Engineer
6 60 (6.80%) DevOps Engineer
7 59 (6.68%) Embedded Engineer
7 59 (6.68%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 57 (6.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 44 (4.98%) Analyst
10 43 (4.87%) Lead
11 42 (4.76%) Architect
12 41 (4.64%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
13 40 (4.53%) Data Scientist
14 37 (4.19%) Python Engineer
14 37 (4.19%) Software Developer
15 34 (3.85%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 33 (3.74%) Consultant
17 31 (3.51%) Systems Engineer
18 29 (3.28%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (13.70%) React
2 55 (6.23%) AngularJS
3 49 (5.55%) .NET
4 47 (5.32%) Spring
5 44 (4.98%) Node.js
6 39 (4.42%) CSS
6 39 (4.42%) RabbitMQ
7 32 (3.62%) .NET Core
8 29 (3.28%) PostGIS
9 28 (3.17%) Vue
10 27 (3.06%) Leaflet
10 27 (3.06%) OpenLayers
10 27 (3.06%) REST
11 26 (2.94%) Pandas
11 26 (2.94%) Spring Boot
12 25 (2.83%) Apache NiFi
12 25 (2.83%) Django
12 25 (2.83%) HTML
12 25 (2.83%) TensorFlow
13 22 (2.49%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 55 (6.23%) Algorithms
2 49 (5.55%) Cloud Native
3 48 (5.44%) Public Cloud
4 31 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (2.94%) Linux Command Line
6 23 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
7 21 (2.38%) GNSS
8 20 (2.27%) Product Ownership
9 19 (2.15%) Management Information System
10 18 (2.04%) Data Centre
10 18 (2.04%) Onboarding
11 17 (1.93%) Enterprise Cloud
12 16 (1.81%) Data Structures
13 13 (1.47%) Mobile App
13 13 (1.47%) Verilog
14 12 (1.36%) Cyber Defence
15 11 (1.25%) Operational Technology
16 10 (1.13%) Fibre Optics
16 10 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
17 9 (1.02%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 355 (40.20%) Linux
2 142 (16.08%) Windows
3 95 (10.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 51 (5.78%) Embedded Linux
5 40 (4.53%) Unix
6 33 (3.74%) CentOS
7 28 (3.17%) Ubuntu
8 26 (2.94%) Debian
9 21 (2.38%) Windows Server
10 20 (2.27%) CoreOS
11 17 (1.93%) Android
12 6 (0.68%) Apple iOS
13 4 (0.45%) Data ONTAP
13 4 (0.45%) Kali Linux
14 3 (0.34%) SUSE
14 3 (0.34%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 3 (0.34%) VMS
15 2 (0.23%) AIX
15 2 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
15 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (34.77%) Software Engineering
2 246 (27.86%) Agile
3 239 (27.07%) DevOps
4 194 (21.97%) Problem-Solving
5 143 (16.19%) Actionable Insight
6 133 (15.06%) Cybersecurity
7 100 (11.33%) Containerisation
8 95 (10.76%) Machine Learning
9 90 (10.19%) Infrastructure as Code
10 89 (10.08%) CI/CD
11 85 (9.63%) Analytics
11 85 (9.63%) Business Intelligence
12 84 (9.51%) Configuration Management
13 83 (9.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 77 (8.72%) Artificial Intelligence
15 76 (8.61%) Collaborative Working
16 75 (8.49%) Data Science
17 68 (7.70%) Test Automation
18 66 (7.47%) Computer Science
18 66 (7.47%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 278 (31.48%) Java
2 252 (28.54%) Bash
3 176 (19.93%) JavaScript
4 171 (19.37%) SQL
5 142 (16.08%) C
6 102 (11.55%) C#
7 91 (10.31%) PowerShell
8 81 (9.17%) C++
9 58 (6.57%) Rust
10 57 (6.46%) Embedded C
11 54 (6.12%) MATLAB
12 36 (4.08%) TypeScript
13 35 (3.96%) Go
14 33 (3.74%) Shell Script
15 32 (3.62%) R
16 28 (3.17%) Scala
17 25 (2.83%) Perl
18 23 (2.60%) PHP
19 16 (1.81%) Ruby
20 15 (1.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 419 (47.45%) Security Cleared
2 202 (22.88%) DV Cleared
3 155 (17.55%) Degree
4 115 (13.02%) SC Cleared
5 30 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (3.06%) Master's Degree
7 19 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (1.59%) AWS Certification
9 13 (1.47%) HNC
9 13 (1.47%) HND
10 12 (1.36%) PhD
11 11 (1.25%) ISTQB
12 10 (1.13%) CCNP
12 10 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (0.79%) CCNA
14 6 (0.68%) IIBA
15 5 (0.57%) CISA
15 5 (0.57%) CISM
15 5 (0.57%) CISSP
15 5 (0.57%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (3.74%) QA
2 17 (1.93%) PMO
3 16 (1.81%) Data Quality
4 12 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (0.91%) ISO 9001
5 8 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.68%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.57%) GRC
7 5 (0.57%) NIST
7 5 (0.57%) TickIT
8 3 (0.34%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.23%) DO-178B
9 2 (0.23%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.11%) SEPA
System Software
1 153 (17.33%) Docker
2 74 (8.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (4.76%) Hyper-V
4 24 (2.72%) Active Directory
5 18 (2.04%) vSphere
6 16 (1.81%) Firmware
7 13 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (1.02%) Embedded Firmware
8 9 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.45%) KVM
10 3 (0.34%) Ceph
10 3 (0.34%) Gluster
10 3 (0.34%) oVirt
10 3 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.23%) NFS
11 2 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 184 (20.84%) Ansible
2 178 (20.16%) Kubernetes
3 125 (14.16%) Puppet
4 99 (11.21%) Terraform
5 30 (3.40%) Prometheus
6 26 (2.94%) vCenter Server
7 24 (2.72%) Grafana
8 17 (1.93%) HAProxy
9 15 (1.70%) Progress Chef
10 8 (0.91%) Kibana
11 5 (0.57%) Cisco Prime
11 5 (0.57%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.57%) Opsview
12 4 (0.45%) Nagios
12 4 (0.45%) Nmap
12 4 (0.45%) Podman
12 4 (0.45%) vRealize
13 3 (0.34%) Graylog
13 3 (0.34%) Observium
13 3 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 99 (11.21%) Red Hat
2 94 (10.65%) VMware
3 76 (8.61%) Microsoft
4 43 (4.87%) Oracle
5 41 (4.64%) Google
6 37 (4.19%) Cisco
7 28 (3.17%) ESRI
8 17 (1.93%) Alteryx
8 17 (1.93%) SaltStack
9 13 (1.47%) Databricks
10 11 (1.25%) SAP
11 9 (1.02%) Atlassian
12 8 (0.91%) Teradata
13 7 (0.79%) IBM
13 7 (0.79%) Pega
13 7 (0.79%) UiPath
14 6 (0.68%) Dataiku
14 6 (0.68%) PagerDuty
15 5 (0.57%) Palo Alto
16 4 (0.45%) ServiceNow