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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 17 14
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 525 246 834
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 7.22% 9.33% 9.62%
As % of the Programming Languages category 47.73% 29.43% 27.78%
Number of salaries quoted 241 174 589
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,875 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,938 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £93,394 £87,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% -3.45%

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 1,100 836 3,002
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.12% 31.71% 34.63%
Number of salaries quoted 684 626 2,484
10th Percentile £34,300 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% -1.82%
75th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £66,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £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 16 April 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 16 April 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 +1 156 £60,000 -7.69% 64
Bristol +3 154 £56,250 -16.67% 62
Devon +34 96 £50,000 -14.89% 27
Somerset +9 51 £45,142 -24.76% 20
Dorset +4 38 £70,000 +55.56% 15
Wiltshire -16 14 £61,250 +18.70% 35
Cornwall - 9 £40,000 - 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 18 (3.43%) Apache
2 11 (2.10%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.14%) Jupyter
5 4 (0.76%) Confluence
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.38%) WordPress
7 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 148 (28.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.14%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.19%) Simulink
4 1 (0.19%) Weka
4 1 (0.19%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 280 (53.33%) Azure
2 172 (32.76%) Azure AI
3 161 (30.67%) Power Platform
4 155 (29.52%) AWS
5 49 (9.33%) GitHub
6 43 (8.19%) GCP
7 27 (5.14%) Amazon S3
8 26 (4.95%) Serverless
9 23 (4.38%) AWS Lambda
10 19 (3.62%) Amazon EC2
10 19 (3.62%) GitHub Actions
11 12 (2.29%) OpenShift
12 10 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (1.71%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (1.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
15 7 (1.33%) Datadog
15 7 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
15 7 (1.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 6 (1.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.81%) WAN
2 18 (3.43%) Internet
3 17 (3.24%) TCP/IP
4 14 (2.67%) DNS
4 14 (2.67%) Firewall
5 12 (2.29%) LAN
6 11 (2.10%) SD-WAN
7 10 (1.90%) 5G
8 9 (1.71%) Cisco ASA
8 9 (1.71%) VLAN
9 8 (1.52%) Broadband
9 8 (1.52%) DHCP
9 8 (1.52%) Network Security
10 7 (1.33%) Cisco Firepower
10 7 (1.33%) Unified Communications
10 7 (1.33%) WebEx
11 6 (1.14%) HTTP
12 5 (0.95%) BGP
12 5 (0.95%) MPLS
13 4 (0.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (30.48%) Power BI
2 150 (28.57%) Tableau
3 23 (4.38%) Elasticsearch
4 18 (3.43%) Amazon RDS
4 18 (3.43%) NoSQL
5 17 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (2.67%) MongoDB
7 12 (2.29%) SQL Server
8 11 (2.10%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.71%) Big Data
10 8 (1.52%) Data Lake
10 8 (1.52%) Data Mining
10 8 (1.52%) MySQL
10 8 (1.52%) Neo4j
11 6 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.95%) InfluxDB
13 4 (0.76%) CockroachDB
13 4 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.76%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 72 (13.71%) Git
2 49 (9.33%) Jenkins
3 26 (4.95%) GitLab
4 13 (2.48%) Cucumber
5 11 (2.10%) Bitbucket
5 11 (2.10%) Cypress.io
6 10 (1.90%) JUnit
7 9 (1.71%) LabVIEW
7 9 (1.71%) SonarQube
8 8 (1.52%) JIRA
8 8 (1.52%) Selenium
9 7 (1.33%) CircleCI
9 7 (1.33%) Subversion
9 7 (1.33%) Visual Studio Code
10 5 (0.95%) TestRail
11 4 (0.76%) Balsamiq
11 4 (0.76%) IDA Disassembler
11 4 (0.76%) Robot Framework
11 4 (0.76%) TestNG
12 3 (0.57%) Metasploit
General
1 230 (43.81%) Social Skills
2 61 (11.62%) Finance
3 59 (11.24%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (5.52%) Public Sector
5 21 (4.00%) Aerospace
6 20 (3.81%) Telecoms
7 19 (3.62%) Electronics
8 18 (3.43%) Marketing
8 18 (3.43%) Multimedia
9 17 (3.24%) Manufacturing
10 15 (2.86%) Retail
11 14 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (2.10%) Banking
12 11 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.71%) Tech for Good
14 6 (1.14%) Military
15 5 (0.95%) Law
15 5 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 157 (29.90%) Analyst
2 149 (28.38%) Data Analyst
3 139 (26.48%) Junior
4 137 (26.10%) Junior Analyst
4 137 (26.10%) Junior Data Analyst
5 59 (11.24%) Software Engineer
6 55 (10.48%) Developer
7 41 (7.81%) Senior
8 36 (6.86%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 33 (6.29%) Trainee
10 31 (5.90%) Data Engineer
11 24 (4.57%) Python Developer
12 21 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 21 (4.00%) Python Engineer
13 19 (3.62%) Lead
14 18 (3.43%) Data Scientist
15 17 (3.24%) Test Engineer
16 16 (3.05%) DevOps Engineer
17 12 (2.29%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
18 11 (2.10%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (5.52%) CSS
2 26 (4.95%) HTML
3 24 (4.57%) React
4 18 (3.43%) Elastic Stack
5 17 (3.24%) AngularJS
6 16 (3.05%) Node.js
6 16 (3.05%) pytest
6 16 (3.05%) Vue
7 12 (2.29%) Apache NiFi
7 12 (2.29%) NumPy
7 12 (2.29%) Pandas
7 12 (2.29%) REST
8 11 (2.10%) Django
8 11 (2.10%) Spring
8 11 (2.10%) Spring Boot
9 9 (1.71%) PySpark
10 8 (1.52%) FastAPI
10 8 (1.52%) MERN Stack
10 8 (1.52%) OAuth
10 8 (1.52%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.19%) Cloud Native
2 19 (3.62%) Algorithms
3 18 (3.43%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (1.90%) Product Ownership
6 9 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (1.52%) Mobile App
7 8 (1.52%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.52%) Self-Driving Car
8 7 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.33%) FlexPod
8 7 (1.33%) Replication
8 7 (1.33%) Security Posture
8 7 (1.33%) Video Conferencing
9 6 (1.14%) IoT
10 5 (0.95%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (0.95%) GNSS
10 5 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (0.95%) Satnav
10 5 (0.95%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 86 (16.38%) Linux
2 39 (7.43%) Windows
3 14 (2.67%) Unix
4 11 (2.10%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.33%) CentOS
5 7 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.38%) Solaris
6 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.19%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.19%) Debian
7 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.19%) ThreadX
7 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (44.00%) AI
2 180 (34.29%) Business Intelligence
3 91 (17.33%) Software Engineering
4 90 (17.14%) CI/CD
5 89 (16.95%) DevOps
6 80 (15.24%) Agile
7 76 (14.48%) Problem-Solving
8 57 (10.86%) Infrastructure as Code
9 56 (10.67%) Analytics
10 55 (10.48%) Containerisation
11 50 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
12 49 (9.33%) Machine Learning
12 49 (9.33%) Test Automation
13 47 (8.95%) Data Science
14 46 (8.76%) Mentoring
15 41 (7.81%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
15 41 (7.81%) Cybersecurity
16 32 (6.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 28 (5.33%) Visualisation
18 27 (5.14%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 194 (36.95%) SQL
2 89 (16.95%) JavaScript
3 83 (15.81%) Bash
4 79 (15.05%) Java
5 51 (9.71%) PowerShell
6 39 (7.43%) C++
7 29 (5.52%) TypeScript
8 27 (5.14%) C
8 27 (5.14%) Go
8 27 (5.14%) R
9 24 (4.57%) C#
10 12 (2.29%) MATLAB
11 10 (1.90%) PHP
11 10 (1.90%) Scala
12 6 (1.14%) Kotlin
12 6 (1.14%) Rust
13 4 (0.76%) Groovy
14 3 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.57%) Erlang
14 3 (0.57%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 190 (36.19%) Azure Certification
2 102 (19.43%) Security Cleared
3 67 (12.76%) DV Cleared
4 50 (9.52%) Degree
5 29 (5.52%) AWS Certification
5 29 (5.52%) SC Cleared
6 28 (5.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 18 (3.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (2.48%) CREST Certified
9 12 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.71%) HND
11 7 (1.33%) CISSP
11 7 (1.33%) SANS
12 6 (1.14%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.76%) PhD
14 3 (0.57%) CCNP
14 3 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.57%) CITP
15 2 (0.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.81%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.24%) QA
3 8 (1.52%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.57%) GDPR
4 3 (0.57%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.57%) NIST
5 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.19%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 74 (14.10%) Docker
2 13 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.71%) Firmware
4 5 (0.95%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 5 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
4 5 (0.95%) vSphere
5 4 (0.76%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.76%) iptables
6 3 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.19%) Ceph
7 1 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.19%) Lustre
7 1 (0.19%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 85 (16.19%) Kubernetes
2 69 (13.14%) Terraform
3 57 (10.86%) Ansible
4 38 (7.24%) Grafana
5 15 (2.86%) Prometheus
6 11 (2.10%) Kibana
7 10 (1.90%) logstash
7 10 (1.90%) Puppet
8 9 (1.71%) Argo
9 8 (1.52%) Rancher
10 7 (1.33%) Cisco CUCM
10 7 (1.33%) yum
11 6 (1.14%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.76%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.57%) NetBackup
13 3 (0.57%) Nmap
14 2 (0.38%) Data Guard
14 2 (0.38%) McAfee ePO
14 2 (0.38%) Nagios
14 2 (0.38%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 193 (36.76%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.81%) Splunk
3 15 (2.86%) Cisco
4 14 (2.67%) Oracle
4 14 (2.67%) VMware
5 13 (2.48%) Databricks
6 10 (1.90%) Fortinet
6 10 (1.90%) Palo Alto
6 10 (1.90%) Red Hat
7 9 (1.71%) Google
8 8 (1.52%) Atlassian
8 8 (1.52%) SAP
9 5 (0.95%) NetApp
10 4 (0.76%) Typelevel
11 3 (0.57%) Cognos
11 3 (0.57%) Dell
11 3 (0.57%) HP
11 3 (0.57%) Juniper
11 3 (0.57%) MicroStrategy
11 3 (0.57%) Veeam