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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 28 16
Rank change year-on-year +10 -12 -7
Permanent jobs citing Python 595 222 608
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 5.94% 6.39% 8.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.54% 30.92% 31.15%
Number of salaries quoted 332 135 388
10th Percentile £36,088 £36,650 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £50,750
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 £92,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £71,991 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -4.01% - -

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 1,544 718 1,952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.43% 20.66% 26.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,129 482 1,251
10th Percentile £34,925 £29,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +2.36% +1.60% -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 15 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 15 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 0 215 £66,250 +20.45% 229
Bristol +1 149 £62,500 +4.17% 173
Devon +17 89 £62,500 +31.58% 50
Somerset +16 82 £37,500 -34.78% 49
Wiltshire -16 25 £57,500 +56.89% 45
Dorset -7 24 £40,000 -44.83% 49
Cornwall +13 7 £52,246 -16.41% 1
Avon - 1 - - 49
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 40 (6.72%) Apache
2 21 (3.53%) Apache Spark
2 21 (3.53%) Confluence
3 6 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.84%) nginx
4 5 (0.84%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.67%) JBoss
6 2 (0.34%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.34%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) Kinematics
Applications
1 67 (11.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.34%) Simulink
3 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.17%) MicroStation
5 1 (0.17%) Revit
5 1 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 241 (40.50%) Azure
2 151 (25.38%) AWS
3 105 (17.65%) Power Platform
4 99 (16.64%) Azure AI
5 56 (9.41%) GCP
6 35 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (4.37%) OpenShift
8 25 (4.20%) Serverless
9 22 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (3.53%) AWS Lambda
10 21 (3.53%) GitHub
11 20 (3.36%) AWS CloudFormation
12 17 (2.86%) Azure Data Factory
13 16 (2.69%) Amazon S3
14 14 (2.35%) Amazon EC2
15 13 (2.18%) Amazon EKS
16 11 (1.85%) Snowflake
17 10 (1.68%) SaaS
18 9 (1.51%) GitHub Actions
19 7 (1.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.70%) Firewall
1 22 (3.70%) WAN
2 17 (2.86%) LAN
3 12 (2.02%) SD-WAN
4 10 (1.68%) Cisco ASA
4 10 (1.68%) VLAN
5 9 (1.51%) DNS
5 9 (1.51%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.51%) VPN
6 8 (1.34%) Cisco Firepower
6 8 (1.34%) Wireless
7 7 (1.18%) BGP
7 7 (1.18%) OSPF
7 7 (1.18%) Unified Communications
7 7 (1.18%) WebEx
8 6 (1.01%) Broadband
8 6 (1.01%) Network Security
9 5 (0.84%) 5G
9 5 (0.84%) Software-Defined Networking
9 5 (0.84%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (13.11%) Power BI
2 68 (11.43%) Tableau
3 25 (4.20%) Elasticsearch
4 24 (4.03%) Big Data
4 24 (4.03%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (3.87%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (3.87%) MongoDB
6 20 (3.36%) NoSQL
7 18 (3.03%) Data Lake
8 16 (2.69%) Hadoop
9 10 (1.68%) BigQuery
9 10 (1.68%) MySQL
9 10 (1.68%) SQL Server
10 9 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (1.34%) Geospatial Data
12 7 (1.18%) Relational Database
13 6 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (1.01%) InfluxDB
13 6 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 124 (20.84%) Git
2 53 (8.91%) Jenkins
3 49 (8.24%) GitLab
4 37 (6.22%) Subversion
5 34 (5.71%) JIRA
6 28 (4.71%) Eclipse
7 22 (3.70%) JUnit
8 15 (2.52%) Bitbucket
8 15 (2.52%) Selenium
9 13 (2.18%) SonarQube
10 12 (2.02%) Cypress.io
11 11 (1.85%) LabVIEW
12 9 (1.51%) Cucumber
13 8 (1.34%) TestRail
14 7 (1.18%) MSI
14 7 (1.18%) 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
1 177 (29.75%) Social Skills
2 75 (12.61%) Analytical Skills
2 75 (12.61%) Finance
3 36 (6.05%) Public Sector
4 31 (5.21%) Aerospace
5 24 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (2.86%) Electronics
6 17 (2.86%) Retail
7 16 (2.69%) Telecoms
8 13 (2.18%) Marketing
9 8 (1.34%) Banking
9 8 (1.34%) Games
9 8 (1.34%) Law
9 8 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.18%) Aviation
10 7 (1.18%) Legal
10 7 (1.18%) Military
11 6 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (0.84%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 99 (16.64%) Software Engineer
2 84 (14.12%) Analyst
2 84 (14.12%) Junior
3 81 (13.61%) Developer
4 80 (13.45%) Senior
5 71 (11.93%) Data Analyst
6 62 (10.42%) Data Engineer
7 57 (9.58%) Junior Analyst
8 56 (9.41%) Junior Data Analyst
9 55 (9.24%) Python Engineer
10 43 (7.23%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 38 (6.39%) Lead
12 34 (5.71%) DevOps Engineer
13 33 (5.55%) Java Developer
14 28 (4.71%) Test Engineer
15 27 (4.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 26 (4.37%) Architect
16 26 (4.37%) Python Software Engineer
16 26 (4.37%) Solutions Architect
17 23 (3.87%) Junior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (20.00%) Terraform
2 49 (8.24%) React
3 48 (8.07%) RESTful
4 37 (6.22%) Spring
4 37 (6.22%) Spring Boot
5 26 (4.37%) Elastic Stack
5 26 (4.37%) Jakarta EE
5 26 (4.37%) Struts
5 26 (4.37%) Web Services
6 25 (4.20%) Node.js
7 24 (4.03%) Kafka
7 24 (4.03%) REST
8 23 (3.87%) Apache NiFi
9 19 (3.19%) .NET
9 19 (3.19%) Vue
10 17 (2.86%) CSS
11 16 (2.69%) Keycloak
12 14 (2.35%) AngularJS
12 14 (2.35%) pytest
13 13 (2.18%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (9.92%) Cloud Native
2 28 (4.71%) Onboarding
3 21 (3.53%) Hybrid Cloud
4 15 (2.52%) Algorithms
5 14 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
5 14 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (2.18%) Data Centre
7 10 (1.68%) Embedded Systems
7 10 (1.68%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.34%) Robotics
9 7 (1.18%) FlexPod
9 7 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (1.01%) CUDA
10 6 (1.01%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.01%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.01%) FPGA
10 6 (1.01%) Raspberry Pi
10 6 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 100 (16.81%) Linux
2 63 (10.59%) Windows
3 18 (3.03%) Unix
4 15 (2.52%) 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
1 215 (36.13%) AI
2 168 (28.24%) CI/CD
3 165 (27.73%) Software Engineering
4 154 (25.88%) DevOps
5 145 (24.37%) Agile
6 128 (21.51%) Infrastructure as Code
7 125 (21.01%) Problem-Solving
8 106 (17.82%) Business Intelligence
9 91 (15.29%) Containerisation
9 91 (15.29%) Test Automation
10 78 (13.11%) Full-Stack Development
11 71 (11.93%) Continuous Improvement
12 70 (11.76%) Analytics
13 65 (10.92%) Data Pipeline
14 57 (9.58%) Machine Learning
15 55 (9.24%) ETL
16 50 (8.40%) Validation
17 49 (8.24%) Computer Science
17 49 (8.24%) Data Science
17 49 (8.24%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 168 (28.24%) SQL
2 152 (25.55%) Java
3 134 (22.52%) JavaScript
4 96 (16.13%) C++
5 76 (12.77%) Bash
6 57 (9.58%) C#
7 42 (7.06%) Go
8 39 (6.55%) PowerShell
9 31 (5.21%) TypeScript
10 27 (4.54%) Perl
11 25 (4.20%) C
12 16 (2.69%) MATLAB
13 15 (2.52%) Rust
14 10 (1.68%) PHP
14 10 (1.68%) Scala
15 7 (1.18%) Bicep
15 7 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 7 (1.18%) Groovy
16 6 (1.01%) R
17 5 (0.84%) VBA
Qualifications
1 192 (32.27%) Security Cleared
2 110 (18.49%) Azure Certification
3 103 (17.31%) DV Cleared
4 82 (13.78%) SC Cleared
5 81 (13.61%) Degree
6 37 (6.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (2.02%) 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 31 (5.21%) Data Quality
2 30 (5.04%) QA
3 28 (4.71%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.85%) 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%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.17%) DO-254
8 1 (0.17%) JTAG
System Software
1 97 (16.30%) Docker
2 21 (3.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.19%) Firmware
4 12 (2.02%) Active Directory
5 8 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (1.34%) vSphere
6 5 (0.84%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.84%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.67%) Squid
7 4 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.17%) KVM
Systems Management
1 116 (19.50%) Kubernetes
2 104 (17.48%) Ansible
3 39 (6.55%) Grafana
4 22 (3.70%) Puppet
5 17 (2.86%) Prometheus
6 15 (2.52%) Kibana
6 15 (2.52%) logstash
7 11 (1.85%) Argo
8 10 (1.68%) Rancher
9 9 (1.51%) Packer
10 7 (1.18%) Cisco CUCM
10 7 (1.18%) vCenter Server
10 7 (1.18%) yum
10 7 (1.18%) ZABBIX
11 5 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.84%) Nagios
11 5 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.67%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (0.67%) Istio
12 4 (0.67%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 129 (21.68%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.54%) Red Hat
3 22 (3.70%) Splunk
4 21 (3.53%) VMware
5 20 (3.36%) Cisco
6 18 (3.03%) Databricks
7 14 (2.35%) Fortinet
8 12 (2.02%) Atlassian
8 12 (2.02%) Google
9 10 (1.68%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.34%) OpenAI
11 7 (1.18%) Oracle
11 7 (1.18%) SolarWinds
12 6 (1.01%) Intel
13 4 (0.67%) Avaya
13 4 (0.67%) F5
13 4 (0.67%) Infoblox
13 4 (0.67%) NetApp
13 4 (0.67%) Netskope
13 4 (0.67%) OneLogin