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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 18 15
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 381 352 703
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.43% 9.91% 10.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.91% 27.69% 27.18%
Number of salaries quoted 219 196 492
10th Percentile £30,165 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,963 £47,231 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,497 £65,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -10.01% +9.20% +0.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £89,375 £87,725
England median annual salary £66,720 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -11.04% +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 888 1,271 2,586
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.99% 35.78% 38.92%
Number of salaries quoted 619 677 2,182
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -3.83%
75th Percentile £67,463 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,100 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 20 February 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 20 February 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
Bristol -1 141 £55,000 -21.43% 89
Gloucestershire +9 110 £61,250 -5.77% 111
Devon +15 53 £52,500 -14.29% 60
Dorset 0 22 £100,000 +142.42% 52
Somerset -16 22 £72,500 +31.82% 57
Wiltshire -20 16 £55,000 +37.50% 63
Cornwall -11 8 £55,000 -8.33% 7
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 16 (4.20%) Apache
2 6 (1.57%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.57%) Jupyter
3 5 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.31%) Confluence
4 2 (0.52%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.26%) JBoss
5 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 82 (21.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.57%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.26%) Weka
4 1 (0.26%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 180 (47.24%) Azure
2 140 (36.75%) AWS
3 91 (23.88%) Power Platform
4 68 (17.85%) Azure AI
5 60 (15.75%) GitHub
6 32 (8.40%) GCP
7 24 (6.30%) Serverless
8 23 (6.04%) GitHub Actions
9 21 (5.51%) Amazon S3
9 21 (5.51%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (4.20%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (2.89%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (2.89%) OpenShift
12 8 (2.10%) AWS CloudFormation
12 8 (2.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 7 (1.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (1.84%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (1.57%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (1.57%) Datadog
15 4 (1.05%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.77%) Internet
2 19 (4.99%) TCP/IP
3 16 (4.20%) DNS
3 16 (4.20%) WAN
4 11 (2.89%) Firewall
4 11 (2.89%) SD-WAN
5 10 (2.62%) 5G
6 9 (2.36%) DHCP
7 8 (2.10%) LAN
8 7 (1.84%) Network Security
9 6 (1.57%) HTTP
10 5 (1.31%) BGP
10 5 (1.31%) Broadband
10 5 (1.31%) MPLS
10 5 (1.31%) VPN
10 5 (1.31%) VSAN
10 5 (1.31%) Wireshark
11 4 (1.05%) 4G
11 4 (1.05%) SMTP
11 4 (1.05%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (23.88%) Power BI
2 85 (22.31%) Tableau
3 17 (4.46%) Elasticsearch
4 14 (3.67%) NoSQL
5 13 (3.41%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (3.15%) MongoDB
6 12 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (2.89%) Big Data
7 11 (2.89%) Data Mining
7 11 (2.89%) SQL Server
8 8 (2.10%) Neo4j
8 8 (2.10%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.57%) MySQL
10 4 (1.05%) CockroachDB
11 3 (0.79%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.52%) DB2
12 2 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 71 (18.64%) Git
2 43 (11.29%) Jenkins
3 21 (5.51%) GitLab
4 12 (3.15%) JUnit
4 12 (3.15%) LabVIEW
5 10 (2.62%) Cucumber
6 9 (2.36%) Bitbucket
7 8 (2.10%) Cypress.io
8 7 (1.84%) CircleCI
9 6 (1.57%) JIRA
9 6 (1.57%) Subversion
9 6 (1.57%) Visual Studio Code
10 5 (1.31%) Selenium
10 5 (1.31%) SonarQube
11 4 (1.05%) IDA Disassembler
11 4 (1.05%) TestNG
12 3 (0.79%) Balsamiq
12 3 (0.79%) Burp Suite
12 3 (0.79%) Metasploit
13 2 (0.52%) Gradle
General
1 128 (33.60%) Social Skills
2 63 (16.54%) Finance
3 61 (16.01%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (6.04%) Electronics
5 21 (5.51%) Multimedia
6 20 (5.25%) Manufacturing
6 20 (5.25%) Public Sector
7 19 (4.99%) Aerospace
8 14 (3.67%) Marketing
8 14 (3.67%) Telecoms
9 12 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.36%) Retail
11 8 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.57%) Law
12 6 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.31%) Avionics
13 5 (1.31%) Banking
14 4 (1.05%) Military
14 4 (1.05%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 93 (24.41%) Analyst
2 86 (22.57%) Data Analyst
3 70 (18.37%) Junior
4 68 (17.85%) Junior Analyst
4 68 (17.85%) Junior Data Analyst
5 46 (12.07%) Software Engineer
6 38 (9.97%) Developer
6 38 (9.97%) Trainee
7 37 (9.71%) Senior
8 21 (5.51%) Data Engineer
9 17 (4.46%) Test Engineer
10 15 (3.94%) DevOps Engineer
10 15 (3.94%) Lead
11 14 (3.67%) Security Engineer
12 13 (3.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (3.41%) Product Engineer
12 13 (3.41%) Python Engineer
13 12 (3.15%) Data Scientist
13 12 (3.15%) Product Test Engineer
13 12 (3.15%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (8.40%) React
2 29 (7.61%) CSS
3 28 (7.35%) HTML
4 19 (4.99%) AngularJS
5 16 (4.20%) pytest
6 13 (3.41%) Spring
6 13 (3.41%) Spring Boot
7 11 (2.89%) Elastic Stack
8 10 (2.62%) Apache NiFi
8 10 (2.62%) Node.js
8 10 (2.62%) Vue
9 8 (2.10%) MERN Stack
9 8 (2.10%) NumPy
9 8 (2.10%) Pandas
9 8 (2.10%) PySpark
9 8 (2.10%) scikit-learn
10 7 (1.84%) Hugging Face
10 7 (1.84%) REST
11 6 (1.57%) Matplotlib
11 6 (1.57%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.51%) Algorithms
2 18 (4.72%) Cloud Native
3 16 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.10%) GNSS
4 8 (2.10%) Satnav
4 8 (2.10%) Self-Driving Car
5 7 (1.84%) Private Cloud
6 6 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.57%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.57%) Security Posture
7 5 (1.31%) IoT
7 5 (1.31%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.05%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.79%) Augmented Reality
9 3 (0.79%) Embedded Systems
9 3 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.79%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 72 (18.90%) Linux
2 34 (8.92%) Windows
3 16 (4.20%) Unix
4 10 (2.62%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.84%) CentOS
7 4 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.79%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.52%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.52%) Debian
9 2 (0.52%) Solaris
10 1 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (31.76%) AI
2 106 (27.82%) Business Intelligence
3 80 (21.00%) Agile
4 78 (20.47%) Problem-Solving
5 76 (19.95%) DevOps
6 71 (18.64%) CI/CD
7 70 (18.37%) Software Engineering
8 56 (14.70%) Analytics
9 48 (12.60%) Mentoring
10 47 (12.34%) Continuous Improvement
11 46 (12.07%) Containerisation
12 44 (11.55%) Infrastructure as Code
12 44 (11.55%) Machine Learning
13 41 (10.76%) Test Automation
14 39 (10.24%) Cybersecurity
15 37 (9.71%) Data Science
16 27 (7.09%) Data Analysis
16 27 (7.09%) Visualisation
17 26 (6.82%) Data Analytics
17 26 (6.82%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 124 (32.55%) SQL
2 79 (20.73%) Bash
3 78 (20.47%) JavaScript
4 77 (20.21%) Java
5 48 (12.60%) PowerShell
6 35 (9.19%) C++
7 28 (7.35%) R
8 27 (7.09%) C
9 25 (6.56%) TypeScript
10 17 (4.46%) Go
10 17 (4.46%) MATLAB
11 16 (4.20%) C#
12 6 (1.57%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.05%) Bicep
13 4 (1.05%) Scala
14 3 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.79%) Elixir
14 3 (0.79%) Erlang
14 3 (0.79%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.79%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 101 (26.51%) Security Cleared
2 90 (23.62%) Azure Certification
3 58 (15.22%) DV Cleared
4 51 (13.39%) Degree
5 42 (11.02%) SC Cleared
6 32 (8.40%) AWS Certification
7 28 (7.35%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 21 (5.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (4.20%) CREST Certified
10 12 (3.15%) HND
11 10 (2.62%) CISSP
11 10 (2.62%) SANS
12 9 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (1.57%) Master's Degree
15 4 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
16 3 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 3 (0.79%) CCNP
16 3 (0.79%) CITP
17 2 (0.52%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.94%) Data Quality
2 12 (3.15%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.89%) QA
4 5 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.52%) NCSC
5 2 (0.52%) NIST
6 1 (0.26%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.26%) GDPR
6 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 59 (15.49%) Docker
2 7 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.57%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.57%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.79%) iptables
4 3 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.52%) Firmware
5 2 (0.52%) vSphere
6 1 (0.26%) Ceph
6 1 (0.26%) Lustre
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 74 (19.42%) Kubernetes
2 51 (13.39%) Terraform
3 42 (11.02%) Ansible
4 23 (6.04%) Grafana
5 12 (3.15%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.10%) Argo
7 7 (1.84%) Kibana
7 7 (1.84%) Puppet
8 6 (1.57%) Rancher
8 6 (1.57%) yum
9 4 (1.05%) logstash
9 4 (1.05%) McAfee ePO
9 4 (1.05%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.05%) SCVMM
10 3 (0.79%) Nmap
11 2 (0.52%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.52%) Istio
11 2 (0.52%) Nagios
11 2 (0.52%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.52%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 125 (32.81%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.20%) Oracle
3 15 (3.94%) Google
4 10 (2.62%) Red Hat
4 10 (2.62%) Splunk
5 9 (2.36%) Cisco
6 8 (2.10%) SAP
6 8 (2.10%) VMware
7 7 (1.84%) Atlassian
7 7 (1.84%) Databricks
8 5 (1.31%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.31%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.05%) McAfee
10 2 (0.52%) Cognos
10 2 (0.52%) Dell
10 2 (0.52%) HP
10 2 (0.52%) Juniper
10 2 (0.52%) MicroStrategy
10 2 (0.52%) Palantir
10 2 (0.52%) Veeam