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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 27 18
Rank change year-on-year +7 -9 -8
Permanent jobs citing Python 579 225 580
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 5.53% 6.34% 8.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 36.58% 31.03% 31.49%
Number of salaries quoted 344 141 346
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,272 £51,250
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 £88,750 £87,500
England median annual salary £71,991 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -0.70% -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 1,583 725 1,842
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.13% 20.42% 26.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,166 498 1,102
10th Percentile £35,535 £29,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -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 2 October 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 2 October 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 -2 219 £71,250 +29.55% 190
Bristol -1 149 £64,750 +7.92% 154
Devon +14 81 £64,050 +22.00% 53
Somerset +16 73 £37,500 -31.82% 61
Wiltshire -18 27 £57,500 +56.89% 45
Dorset -16 18 £40,000 -44.83% 68
Cornwall +11 6 £52,246 -11.07% 3
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 (7.08%) Apache
2 23 (3.97%) Apache Spark
3 22 (3.80%) Confluence
4 7 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.04%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.86%) nginx
7 4 (0.69%) JBoss
8 2 (0.35%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.35%) SAS
9 1 (0.17%) Kinematics
9 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 41 (7.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.73%) Simulink
3 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.35%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.35%) MicroStation
4 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.35%) Revit
4 2 (0.35%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.35%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 207 (35.75%) Azure
2 155 (26.77%) AWS
3 78 (13.47%) Power Platform
4 58 (10.02%) Azure AI
5 52 (8.98%) GCP
6 35 (6.04%) Microsoft 365
7 27 (4.66%) OpenShift
8 26 (4.49%) Serverless
9 23 (3.97%) AWS Lambda
9 23 (3.97%) GitHub
10 22 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
11 20 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
12 18 (3.11%) Amazon S3
13 16 (2.76%) Amazon EC2
14 14 (2.42%) Amazon EKS
15 12 (2.07%) SaaS
16 11 (1.90%) Snowflake
17 10 (1.73%) GitHub Actions
18 7 (1.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.45%) Firewall
2 19 (3.28%) WAN
3 14 (2.42%) LAN
4 12 (2.07%) SD-WAN
5 9 (1.55%) DNS
5 9 (1.55%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.55%) VPN
5 9 (1.55%) Wireless
6 7 (1.21%) BGP
6 7 (1.21%) Cisco ASA
6 7 (1.21%) OSPF
6 7 (1.21%) VLAN
7 6 (1.04%) Network Security
8 5 (0.86%) 5G
8 5 (0.86%) Broadband
8 5 (0.86%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (0.86%) DHCP
8 5 (0.86%) Software-Defined Networking
8 5 (0.86%) WLAN
9 4 (0.69%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (8.64%) Power BI
2 40 (6.91%) Tableau
3 29 (5.01%) Elasticsearch
4 26 (4.49%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (4.32%) Data Warehouse
6 24 (4.15%) Big Data
7 21 (3.63%) MongoDB
8 20 (3.45%) NoSQL
9 17 (2.94%) Data Lake
10 16 (2.76%) Hadoop
11 11 (1.90%) MySQL
12 10 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
12 10 (1.73%) BigQuery
13 9 (1.55%) Geospatial Data
13 9 (1.55%) SQL Server
14 6 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (1.04%) InfluxDB
14 6 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 5 (0.86%) Relational Database
15 5 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 129 (22.28%) Git
2 56 (9.67%) Jenkins
3 51 (8.81%) GitLab
4 39 (6.74%) Subversion
5 35 (6.04%) JIRA
6 28 (4.84%) Eclipse
7 22 (3.80%) JUnit
8 16 (2.76%) Bitbucket
9 15 (2.59%) Selenium
10 14 (2.42%) LabVIEW
11 13 (2.25%) SonarQube
12 12 (2.07%) Cypress.io
13 9 (1.55%) Cucumber
14 8 (1.38%) TestRail
15 7 (1.21%) MSI
15 7 (1.21%) Robot Framework
16 4 (0.69%) Postman
16 4 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
17 3 (0.52%) NUnit
17 3 (0.52%) Snyk
General
1 140 (24.18%) Social Skills
2 80 (13.82%) Finance
3 76 (13.13%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (6.04%) Public Sector
5 32 (5.53%) Aerospace
6 25 (4.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (3.45%) Electronics
8 14 (2.42%) Retail
9 13 (2.25%) Telecoms
10 10 (1.73%) Marketing
11 9 (1.55%) Games
11 9 (1.55%) Law
11 9 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.21%) Aviation
12 7 (1.21%) Legal
13 6 (1.04%) Banking
13 6 (1.04%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.04%) Military
13 6 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.69%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 100 (17.27%) Software Engineer
2 87 (15.03%) Senior
3 82 (14.16%) Developer
4 62 (10.71%) Data Engineer
5 61 (10.54%) Python Engineer
6 57 (9.84%) Analyst
7 56 (9.67%) Junior
8 44 (7.60%) Data Analyst
9 43 (7.43%) Lead
10 39 (6.74%) DevOps Engineer
11 34 (5.87%) Java Developer
12 30 (5.18%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 30 (5.18%) Test Engineer
13 29 (5.01%) Junior Analyst
14 28 (4.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 28 (4.84%) Junior Data Analyst
14 28 (4.84%) Python Software Engineer
15 27 (4.66%) Architect
15 27 (4.66%) Solutions Architect
16 23 (3.97%) Junior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (21.42%) Terraform
2 52 (8.98%) React
3 46 (7.94%) RESTful
4 43 (7.43%) Spring
4 43 (7.43%) Spring Boot
5 27 (4.66%) Elastic Stack
6 26 (4.49%) Jakarta EE
6 26 (4.49%) Kafka
6 26 (4.49%) Struts
6 26 (4.49%) Web Services
7 24 (4.15%) Node.js
8 23 (3.97%) REST
9 22 (3.80%) Apache NiFi
10 19 (3.28%) .NET
10 19 (3.28%) Keycloak
11 18 (3.11%) CSS
11 18 (3.11%) Vue
12 16 (2.76%) HTML
13 14 (2.42%) AngularJS
13 14 (2.42%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 63 (10.88%) Cloud Native
2 25 (4.32%) Onboarding
3 21 (3.63%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (2.94%) Algorithms
5 15 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (2.25%) Data Centre
8 12 (2.07%) Embedded Systems
9 11 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (1.90%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.55%) FPGA
10 9 (1.55%) Robotics
11 6 (1.04%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.04%) Distributed Computing
11 6 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.04%) Raspberry Pi
12 5 (0.86%) CUDA
12 5 (0.86%) IoT
12 5 (0.86%) Public Cloud
12 5 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 101 (17.44%) Linux
2 61 (10.54%) Windows
3 19 (3.28%) Unix
4 13 (2.25%) CentOS
4 13 (2.25%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.04%) Debian
6 6 (1.04%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.52%) Android
8 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.35%) CoreOS
8 2 (0.35%) Rocky
8 2 (0.35%) VMS
8 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.17%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (31.61%) AI
2 180 (31.09%) CI/CD
3 168 (29.02%) Software Engineering
4 163 (28.15%) DevOps
5 149 (25.73%) Agile
6 133 (22.97%) Infrastructure as Code
7 128 (22.11%) Problem-Solving
8 101 (17.44%) Containerisation
9 98 (16.93%) Test Automation
10 79 (13.64%) Full-Stack Development
11 77 (13.30%) Continuous Improvement
12 74 (12.78%) Business Intelligence
13 72 (12.44%) Analytics
14 68 (11.74%) Data Pipeline
15 63 (10.88%) Machine Learning
16 55 (9.50%) ETL
16 55 (9.50%) Validation
17 54 (9.33%) Mentoring
18 51 (8.81%) Computer Science
18 51 (8.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 165 (28.50%) Java
2 143 (24.70%) SQL
3 136 (23.49%) JavaScript
4 100 (17.27%) C++
5 81 (13.99%) Bash
6 60 (10.36%) C#
7 47 (8.12%) Go
8 38 (6.56%) PowerShell
9 33 (5.70%) TypeScript
10 28 (4.84%) Perl
11 25 (4.32%) C
12 18 (3.11%) MATLAB
13 16 (2.76%) Rust
14 10 (1.73%) PHP
15 8 (1.38%) Scala
16 7 (1.21%) Bicep
16 7 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 6 (1.04%) Groovy
17 6 (1.04%) R
18 5 (0.86%) VBA
Qualifications
1 212 (36.61%) Security Cleared
2 111 (19.17%) DV Cleared
3 92 (15.89%) SC Cleared
4 86 (14.85%) Degree
5 72 (12.44%) Azure Certification
6 38 (6.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.73%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 9 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.38%) HND
11 6 (1.04%) PhD
11 6 (1.04%) RHCSA
12 5 (0.86%) CCNP
12 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.69%) CCNA
13 4 (0.69%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.69%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.69%) OSCP
13 4 (0.69%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.87%) QA
2 31 (5.35%) Data Quality
3 29 (5.01%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.90%) WCAG
5 10 (1.73%) NCSC
6 5 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.86%) PMO
7 4 (0.69%) GDPR
7 4 (0.69%) NIST
8 2 (0.35%) Def Stans
8 2 (0.35%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.17%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.17%) DO-254
9 1 (0.17%) JTAG
System Software
1 106 (18.31%) Docker
2 20 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.28%) Firmware
4 11 (1.90%) Active Directory
5 8 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.04%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.04%) vSphere
7 5 (0.86%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.69%) Squid
9 3 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.17%) KVM
Systems Management
1 128 (22.11%) Kubernetes
2 110 (19.00%) Ansible
3 37 (6.39%) Grafana
4 26 (4.49%) Puppet
5 17 (2.94%) Prometheus
6 15 (2.59%) Kibana
6 15 (2.59%) logstash
7 13 (2.25%) Argo
8 11 (1.90%) Rancher
9 9 (1.55%) Packer
10 8 (1.38%) vCenter Server
10 8 (1.38%) yum
11 7 (1.21%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 5 (0.86%) Nagios
12 5 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.69%) Docker Swarm
13 4 (0.69%) Istio
13 4 (0.69%) linkerd
13 4 (0.69%) Mesos
Vendors
1 105 (18.13%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.66%) Red Hat
3 20 (3.45%) VMware
4 19 (3.28%) Splunk
5 18 (3.11%) Databricks
6 17 (2.94%) Cisco
7 14 (2.42%) Google
8 12 (2.07%) Atlassian
9 11 (1.90%) Fortinet
9 11 (1.90%) OpenAI
10 7 (1.21%) Oracle
10 7 (1.21%) Palo Alto
10 7 (1.21%) SolarWinds
11 6 (1.04%) EMC
11 6 (1.04%) Intel
12 4 (0.69%) Avaya
12 4 (0.69%) F5
12 4 (0.69%) Infoblox
12 4 (0.69%) Meraki
12 4 (0.69%) ServiceNow