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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 24 14
Rank change year-on-year +8 -10 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 577 246 814
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.97% 7.48% 8.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.75% 28.94% 28.99%
Number of salaries quoted 300 144 589
10th Percentile £34,950 £36,650 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £97,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -6.67%

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 1,382 850 2,808
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.70% 25.86% 28.70%
Number of salaries quoted 960 570 2,205
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £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 11 July 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 11 July 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 +2 183 £60,000 - 63
Bristol +6 152 £62,500 - 61
Devon +23 96 £52,500 - 18
Somerset +17 80 £32,500 -40.91% 25
Dorset -6 30 £40,000 -17.95% 15
Wiltshire -20 22 £57,500 +27.01% 20
Cornwall +8 10 £52,246 -16.41%
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 26 (4.51%) Apache
2 17 (2.95%) Apache Spark
3 11 (1.91%) Confluence
4 10 (1.73%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.39%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.69%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.35%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.17%) SAS
8 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 120 (20.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.21%) Chatbot
3 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.35%) Simulink
5 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.35%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 267 (46.27%) Azure
2 151 (26.17%) Azure AI
3 149 (25.82%) AWS
4 146 (25.30%) Power Platform
5 57 (9.88%) GCP
6 34 (5.89%) Serverless
7 29 (5.03%) AWS Lambda
8 28 (4.85%) Amazon S3
8 28 (4.85%) GitHub
9 27 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (3.47%) Amazon EC2
11 17 (2.95%) OpenShift
12 15 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
14 11 (1.91%) Amazon EKS
14 11 (1.91%) Azure Data Factory
14 11 (1.91%) SaaS
15 9 (1.56%) Snowflake
16 8 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
17 7 (1.21%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.64%) Firewall
2 19 (3.29%) WAN
3 13 (2.25%) LAN
4 11 (1.91%) Cisco ASA
5 10 (1.73%) Broadband
5 10 (1.73%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.56%) Cisco Firepower
6 9 (1.56%) Unified Communications
6 9 (1.56%) VLAN
6 9 (1.56%) WebEx
7 8 (1.39%) SD-WAN
8 7 (1.21%) 5G
8 7 (1.21%) Network Security
9 6 (1.04%) DHCP
9 6 (1.04%) DNS
10 4 (0.69%) Internet
10 4 (0.69%) IPv4
10 4 (0.69%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (0.52%) AMQP
11 3 (0.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (22.18%) Power BI
2 124 (21.49%) Tableau
3 25 (4.33%) Elasticsearch
4 24 (4.16%) MongoDB
5 20 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (3.29%) NoSQL
7 16 (2.77%) Big Data
8 15 (2.60%) Amazon RDS
8 15 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (2.25%) Data Lake
10 10 (1.73%) BigQuery
11 8 (1.39%) MySQL
11 8 (1.39%) SQL Server
11 8 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (1.21%) InfluxDB
12 7 (1.21%) Relational Database
13 6 (1.04%) Data Vault
13 6 (1.04%) Geospatial Data
13 6 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 93 (16.12%) Git
2 54 (9.36%) Jenkins
3 43 (7.45%) GitLab
4 24 (4.16%) Subversion
5 19 (3.29%) JIRA
6 17 (2.95%) Eclipse
7 15 (2.60%) Bitbucket
8 11 (1.91%) Cucumber
8 11 (1.91%) SonarQube
9 10 (1.73%) JUnit
9 10 (1.73%) Selenium
9 10 (1.73%) Visual Studio Code
10 8 (1.39%) Cypress.io
11 7 (1.21%) LabVIEW
11 7 (1.21%) Robot Framework
11 7 (1.21%) TestRail
12 5 (0.87%) MSI
13 4 (0.69%) CircleCI
14 3 (0.52%) MLflow
15 2 (0.35%) DBeaver
General
1 203 (35.18%) Social Skills
2 53 (9.19%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (9.01%) Finance
4 36 (6.24%) Public Sector
5 24 (4.16%) Aerospace
6 23 (3.99%) Retail
7 20 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (2.08%) Banking
8 12 (2.08%) Electronics
8 12 (2.08%) Marketing
9 11 (1.91%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.56%) Tech for Good
11 8 (1.39%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.21%) Games
13 6 (1.04%) Aviation
14 5 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.69%) Law
15 4 (0.69%) Multimedia
16 3 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 134 (23.22%) Analyst
2 125 (21.66%) Junior
3 124 (21.49%) Data Analyst
4 109 (18.89%) Junior Analyst
4 109 (18.89%) Junior Data Analyst
5 77 (13.34%) Developer
5 77 (13.34%) Software Engineer
6 70 (12.13%) Senior
7 47 (8.15%) Data Engineer
8 42 (7.28%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 35 (6.07%) Python Engineer
10 28 (4.85%) DevOps Engineer
11 27 (4.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 27 (4.68%) Lead
12 25 (4.33%) Java Developer
12 25 (4.33%) Python Developer
13 19 (3.29%) Test Engineer
14 18 (3.12%) Architect
14 18 (3.12%) Senior Software Engineer
15 17 (2.95%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (5.89%) React
2 31 (5.37%) RESTful
3 28 (4.85%) Node.js
4 25 (4.33%) Elastic Stack
5 23 (3.99%) Spring
5 23 (3.99%) Spring Boot
5 23 (3.99%) Vue
6 22 (3.81%) REST
7 18 (3.12%) Apache NiFi
7 18 (3.12%) CSS
8 16 (2.77%) J2EE
8 16 (2.77%) Struts
8 16 (2.77%) Web Services
9 14 (2.43%) .NET
9 14 (2.43%) Kafka
9 14 (2.43%) pytest
10 13 (2.25%) FastAPI
10 13 (2.25%) HTML
11 12 (2.08%) AngularJS
11 12 (2.08%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 40 (6.93%) Cloud Native
2 19 (3.29%) Algorithms
3 17 (2.95%) Hybrid Cloud
3 17 (2.95%) Onboarding
4 14 (2.43%) Greenfield Project
5 12 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (2.08%) Product Ownership
6 10 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (1.56%) FlexPod
7 9 (1.56%) Video Conferencing
7 9 (1.56%) Video\Live Streaming
8 8 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.21%) CUDA
9 7 (1.21%) Embedded Systems
9 7 (1.21%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.04%) Over-the-Top Content
10 6 (1.04%) Replication
10 6 (1.04%) Self-Driving Car
11 5 (0.87%) Distributed Computing
11 5 (0.87%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 101 (17.50%) Linux
2 60 (10.40%) Windows
3 19 (3.29%) Unix
4 17 (2.95%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.08%) CentOS
6 6 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.87%) Debian
7 5 (0.87%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.52%) VMS
9 2 (0.35%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.17%) Rocky
10 1 (0.17%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (42.81%) AI
2 158 (27.38%) Business Intelligence
3 133 (23.05%) CI/CD
4 126 (21.84%) Software Engineering
5 120 (20.80%) DevOps
6 109 (18.89%) Agile
7 98 (16.98%) Infrastructure as Code
8 90 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
9 78 (13.52%) Containerisation
10 67 (11.61%) Test Automation
11 62 (10.75%) Full-Stack Development
12 56 (9.71%) Analytics
13 51 (8.84%) Continuous Improvement
14 49 (8.49%) Data Science
14 49 (8.49%) Machine Learning
15 48 (8.32%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
16 47 (8.15%) Data Pipeline
17 43 (7.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 41 (7.11%) Mentoring
19 39 (6.76%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 193 (33.45%) SQL
2 113 (19.58%) Java
3 104 (18.02%) JavaScript
4 83 (14.38%) Bash
5 62 (10.75%) C++
6 49 (8.49%) PowerShell
7 38 (6.59%) C#
8 36 (6.24%) Go
9 30 (5.20%) TypeScript
10 19 (3.29%) C
11 16 (2.77%) Perl
11 16 (2.77%) PHP
12 12 (2.08%) MATLAB
13 11 (1.91%) Rust
14 10 (1.73%) R
15 9 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 8 (1.39%) Scala
17 7 (1.21%) Groovy
18 5 (0.87%) Bicep
18 5 (0.87%) VBA
Qualifications
1 159 (27.56%) Azure Certification
2 143 (24.78%) Security Cleared
3 86 (14.90%) DV Cleared
4 56 (9.71%) Degree
5 50 (8.67%) SC Cleared
6 22 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (3.12%) AWS Certification
8 17 (2.95%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 8 (1.39%) HND
9 8 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.39%) PhD
10 6 (1.04%) RHCSA
11 5 (0.87%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.69%) CISSP
12 4 (0.69%) OSCP
12 4 (0.69%) RHCE
12 4 (0.69%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.33%) Data Quality
2 19 (3.29%) QA
3 14 (2.43%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.39%) WCAG
5 5 (0.87%) GDPR
5 5 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.87%) NCSC
6 3 (0.52%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.17%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.17%) JTAG
7 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 90 (15.60%) Docker
2 22 (3.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.25%) Firmware
4 10 (1.73%) vSphere
5 9 (1.56%) Active Directory
6 8 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.69%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.69%) iptables
8 4 (0.69%) Squid
8 4 (0.69%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 106 (18.37%) Kubernetes
2 96 (16.64%) Terraform
3 86 (14.90%) Ansible
4 46 (7.97%) Grafana
5 20 (3.47%) Puppet
6 17 (2.95%) Kibana
6 17 (2.95%) logstash
7 16 (2.77%) Prometheus
8 10 (1.73%) Rancher
9 9 (1.56%) Argo
9 9 (1.56%) Cisco CUCM
10 8 (1.39%) Packer
10 8 (1.39%) yum
11 7 (1.21%) vCenter Server
12 6 (1.04%) ZABBIX
13 5 (0.87%) Kubeflow
13 5 (0.87%) Progress Chef
14 3 (0.52%) SCCM
14 3 (0.52%) SCOM
14 3 (0.52%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 179 (31.02%) Microsoft
2 23 (3.99%) Splunk
3 22 (3.81%) VMware
4 19 (3.29%) Red Hat
5 17 (2.95%) Databricks
6 15 (2.60%) Cisco
7 11 (1.91%) Fortinet
7 11 (1.91%) Palo Alto
8 9 (1.56%) Atlassian
9 8 (1.39%) Oracle
10 6 (1.04%) Cognos
10 6 (1.04%) Google
10 6 (1.04%) MicroStrategy
10 6 (1.04%) NetApp
11 5 (0.87%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.69%) Intel
12 4 (0.69%) Typelevel
13 3 (0.52%) OneLogin
13 3 (0.52%) SaltStack
14 2 (0.35%) MuleSoft