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 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 16 15
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 -3
Permanent jobs citing Python 302 403 558
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 5.98% 9.24% 12.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.48% 28.70% 31.44%
Number of salaries quoted 191 245 351
10th Percentile £29,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,925 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,500 £91,934
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% +3.57%

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 765 1,404 1,775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.15% 32.18% 40.19%
Number of salaries quoted 569 773 1,422
10th Percentile £30,633 £35,000 £35,784
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 28 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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
Bristol -7 116 £60,000 -14.29% 121
Gloucestershire +15 81 £67,500 +3.85% 187
Devon -9 37 £45,000 -35.71% 97
Wiltshire -8 19 £36,000 -15.29% 66
Somerset -11 19 £72,500 +31.82% 73
Dorset -8 16 £101,250 +102.50% 75
Cornwall -13 6 £55,000 -8.33% 2
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 13 (4.30%) Apache
2 9 (2.98%) Confluence
3 2 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.66%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.33%) Apache Superset
4 1 (0.33%) JBoss
4 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (15.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.33%) Doxygen
3 1 (0.33%) Weka
3 1 (0.33%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 133 (44.04%) Azure
2 111 (36.75%) AWS
3 56 (18.54%) Power Platform
4 47 (15.56%) GitHub
5 35 (11.59%) Azure AI
6 21 (6.95%) Amazon S3
7 19 (6.29%) Serverless
8 17 (5.63%) AWS Lambda
8 17 (5.63%) GitHub Actions
9 16 (5.30%) Amazon EC2
9 16 (5.30%) GCP
10 14 (4.64%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (4.30%) OpenShift
12 6 (1.99%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (1.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 4 (1.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 4 (1.32%) AWS CloudFormation
15 3 (0.99%) Google Workspace
15 3 (0.99%) SaaS
15 3 (0.99%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.28%) Internet
2 15 (4.97%) TCP/IP
3 12 (3.97%) DNS
4 10 (3.31%) Firewall
4 10 (3.31%) WAN
5 7 (2.32%) SD-WAN
6 6 (1.99%) 5G
6 6 (1.99%) HTTP
6 6 (1.99%) LAN
7 5 (1.66%) DHCP
7 5 (1.66%) Network Security
7 5 (1.66%) VPN
7 5 (1.66%) Wireshark
8 4 (1.32%) Ethernet
8 4 (1.32%) SMTP
8 4 (1.32%) VSAN
8 4 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.99%) BGP
9 3 (0.99%) MPLS
9 3 (0.99%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (18.54%) Power BI
2 47 (15.56%) Tableau
3 13 (4.30%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (4.30%) Elasticsearch
3 13 (4.30%) MongoDB
4 12 (3.97%) NoSQL
4 12 (3.97%) Relational Database
5 11 (3.64%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (3.64%) SQL Server
6 10 (3.31%) MySQL
7 7 (2.32%) Data Mining
7 7 (2.32%) Neo4j
8 6 (1.99%) Big Data
9 4 (1.32%) InfluxDB
9 4 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.99%) ClickHouse
10 3 (0.99%) CockroachDB
10 3 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.99%) Metadata
10 3 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 69 (22.85%) Git
2 30 (9.93%) Jenkins
3 19 (6.29%) GitLab
4 13 (4.30%) JUnit
5 10 (3.31%) JIRA
6 8 (2.65%) Cypress.io
6 8 (2.65%) LabVIEW
7 7 (2.32%) Bitbucket
7 7 (2.32%) Cucumber
8 6 (1.99%) Selenium
9 4 (1.32%) CircleCI
9 4 (1.32%) IDA Disassembler
9 4 (1.32%) Postman
9 4 (1.32%) REST Assured
9 4 (1.32%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.99%) Balsamiq
10 3 (0.99%) Subversion
10 3 (0.99%) TestNG
11 2 (0.66%) LoadRunner
11 2 (0.66%) SoapUI
General
1 88 (29.14%) Social Skills
2 50 (16.56%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (14.90%) Finance
4 22 (7.28%) Electronics
5 20 (6.62%) Multimedia
6 17 (5.63%) Manufacturing
7 16 (5.30%) Public Sector
8 14 (4.64%) Marketing
9 12 (3.97%) Aerospace
10 9 (2.98%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.65%) Law
12 7 (2.32%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.99%) Retail
14 5 (1.66%) Avionics
14 5 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (1.32%) Military
16 3 (0.99%) Aviation
16 3 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.99%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 60 (19.87%) Analyst
2 49 (16.23%) Data Analyst
3 38 (12.58%) Software Engineer
4 37 (12.25%) Junior
5 35 (11.59%) Junior Analyst
5 35 (11.59%) Junior Data Analyst
6 30 (9.93%) Senior
7 27 (8.94%) Developer
7 27 (8.94%) Trainee
8 19 (6.29%) Data Engineer
9 14 (4.64%) Test Engineer
10 13 (4.30%) Python Engineer
11 11 (3.64%) Lead
11 11 (3.64%) Software Developer
12 10 (3.31%) Python Software Engineer
12 10 (3.31%) Security Engineer
13 9 (2.98%) Administrator
13 9 (2.98%) DevOps Engineer
13 9 (2.98%) Product Engineer
14 8 (2.65%) Product Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (8.94%) React
2 26 (8.61%) HTML
3 25 (8.28%) CSS
4 13 (4.30%) AngularJS
5 11 (3.64%) PySpark
5 11 (3.64%) pytest
6 9 (2.98%) Apache NiFi
6 9 (2.98%) Spring
6 9 (2.98%) Spring Boot
7 8 (2.65%) REST
8 6 (1.99%) Elastic Stack
8 6 (1.99%) MERN Stack
9 5 (1.66%) Hibernate
9 5 (1.66%) JSF
9 5 (1.66%) Kafka
9 5 (1.66%) Pandas
9 5 (1.66%) RabbitMQ
10 4 (1.32%) PrimeFaces
10 4 (1.32%) PyTorch
10 4 (1.32%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.30%) Cloud Native
2 12 (3.97%) Algorithms
2 12 (3.97%) Linux Command Line
3 10 (3.31%) IoT
3 10 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.65%) GNSS
4 8 (2.65%) Satnav
5 7 (2.32%) Embedded Systems
6 6 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (1.99%) Private Cloud
7 5 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.66%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.32%) Analogue Electronics
8 4 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.32%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.32%) Self-Driving Car
9 3 (0.99%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.99%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.99%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 62 (20.53%) Linux
2 28 (9.27%) Windows
3 14 (4.64%) Unix
4 11 (3.64%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.99%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.66%) CentOS
7 5 (1.66%) Debian
8 3 (0.99%) FreeRTOS
8 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.66%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.66%) Solaris
10 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (24.50%) AI
2 69 (22.85%) Business Intelligence
3 65 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (20.53%) Software Engineering
5 59 (19.54%) DevOps
6 58 (19.21%) Agile
7 57 (18.87%) CI/CD
8 49 (16.23%) Analytics
9 39 (12.91%) Mentoring
10 35 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
11 34 (11.26%) Infrastructure as Code
12 32 (10.60%) Machine Learning
13 31 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
13 31 (10.26%) Test Automation
14 29 (9.60%) Containerisation
14 29 (9.60%) Data Science
15 27 (8.94%) Data Analysis
16 23 (7.62%) Data Analytics
16 23 (7.62%) ETL
17 22 (7.28%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 102 (33.77%) SQL
2 64 (21.19%) JavaScript
3 63 (20.86%) Java
4 49 (16.23%) Bash
5 34 (11.26%) PowerShell
6 33 (10.93%) C
6 33 (10.93%) C++
7 27 (8.94%) R
8 21 (6.95%) TypeScript
9 19 (6.29%) C#
10 13 (4.30%) MATLAB
11 12 (3.97%) Go
12 6 (1.99%) Bicep
13 4 (1.32%) Embedded C
13 4 (1.32%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.99%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.99%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.99%) Tcl
14 3 (0.99%) VBA
14 3 (0.99%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 81 (26.82%) Security Cleared
2 58 (19.21%) Azure Certification
3 51 (16.89%) Degree
4 48 (15.89%) DV Cleared
5 44 (14.57%) SC Cleared
6 24 (7.95%) AWS Certification
7 20 (6.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 20 (6.62%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (3.64%) CREST Certified
9 9 (2.98%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (2.65%) HND
10 8 (2.65%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.99%) CISSP
11 6 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.99%) SANS
12 5 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.99%) CCNP
13 3 (0.99%) CITP
14 2 (0.66%) CCNA
14 2 (0.66%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.64%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.98%) QA
3 7 (2.32%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.66%) GDPR
5 2 (0.66%) NCSC
5 2 (0.66%) NIST
6 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.33%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.33%) IEC 62304
6 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 43 (14.24%) Docker
2 6 (1.99%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.99%) Firmware
3 5 (1.66%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.66%) vSphere
6 1 (0.33%) Ceph
6 1 (0.33%) iptables
6 1 (0.33%) KVM
6 1 (0.33%) Lustre
6 1 (0.33%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 52 (17.22%) Kubernetes
2 36 (11.92%) Terraform
3 31 (10.26%) Ansible
4 11 (3.64%) Grafana
5 8 (2.65%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.32%) Kibana
7 5 (1.66%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.32%) Argo
9 3 (0.99%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.99%) McAfee ePO
9 3 (0.99%) Puppet
9 3 (0.99%) Rancher
9 3 (0.99%) SCVMM
9 3 (0.99%) yum
10 2 (0.66%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.66%) Nagios
10 2 (0.66%) Nmap
11 1 (0.33%) Control-M
11 1 (0.33%) Nessus
11 1 (0.33%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 78 (25.83%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.63%) Oracle
3 15 (4.97%) Google
4 11 (3.64%) Databricks
4 11 (3.64%) Red Hat
5 7 (2.32%) Atlassian
5 7 (2.32%) SAP
6 6 (1.99%) Cisco
6 6 (1.99%) Splunk
6 6 (1.99%) VMware
7 4 (1.32%) EMC
7 4 (1.32%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.32%) Palo Alto
8 3 (0.99%) McAfee
9 2 (0.66%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.66%) Palantir
9 2 (0.66%) Talend
10 1 (0.33%) Foundry
10 1 (0.33%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.33%) Zoho