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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 20 14
Rank change year-on-year +7 -6 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 533 236 821
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.90% 8.90% 8.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 45.05% 29.17% 28.03%
Number of salaries quoted 252 149 595
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,443 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% +1.67% -5.83%
75th Percentile £71,563 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £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 1,183 809 2,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.32% 30.52% 31.23%
Number of salaries quoted 769 555 2,392
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,750
90th Percentile £79,400 £83,350 £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 29 May 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 29 May 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 +8 150 £60,000 -5.88% 79
Gloucestershire 0 149 £60,000 - 37
Devon +26 103 £50,000 +5.26% 17
Somerset +16 66 £36,250 -36.96% 20
Dorset -1 34 £50,000 +2.56% 13
Wiltshire -22 16 £75,000 +45.35% 18
Cornwall - 11 £52,246 - 1
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 (3.38%) Apache
2 15 (2.81%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.88%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.50%) Jupyter
5 7 (1.31%) Confluence
6 2 (0.38%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.38%) WordPress
7 1 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 140 (26.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.31%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 283 (53.10%) Azure
2 172 (32.27%) Azure AI
3 169 (31.71%) Power Platform
4 143 (26.83%) AWS
5 51 (9.57%) GCP
6 41 (7.69%) GitHub
7 28 (5.25%) Amazon S3
8 27 (5.07%) Serverless
9 24 (4.50%) AWS Lambda
10 21 (3.94%) Microsoft 365
11 18 (3.38%) Amazon EC2
12 16 (3.00%) GitHub Actions
13 11 (2.06%) OpenShift
14 10 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
15 9 (1.69%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (1.69%) Snowflake
16 8 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
16 8 (1.50%) dbt
17 7 (1.31%) Datadog
17 7 (1.31%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.32%) WAN
2 20 (3.75%) Firewall
3 13 (2.44%) LAN
4 12 (2.25%) Broadband
4 12 (2.25%) Internet
4 12 (2.25%) SD-WAN
5 11 (2.06%) 5G
5 11 (2.06%) Cisco ASA
5 11 (2.06%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.69%) Cisco Firepower
6 9 (1.69%) DNS
6 9 (1.69%) Unified Communications
6 9 (1.69%) VLAN
6 9 (1.69%) WebEx
7 8 (1.50%) DHCP
8 7 (1.31%) Network Security
9 3 (0.56%) IPv4
9 3 (0.56%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (0.56%) VPN
10 2 (0.38%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (29.46%) Power BI
2 143 (26.83%) Tableau
3 18 (3.38%) Elasticsearch
4 15 (2.81%) NoSQL
5 14 (2.63%) Amazon RDS
5 14 (2.63%) Big Data
6 13 (2.44%) MongoDB
6 13 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (2.25%) Data Lake
7 12 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (2.25%) SQL Server
8 9 (1.69%) BigQuery
9 8 (1.50%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (1.13%) Data Vault
10 6 (1.13%) MySQL
11 5 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.75%) InfluxDB
12 4 (0.75%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 77 (14.45%) Git
2 47 (8.82%) Jenkins
3 28 (5.25%) GitLab
4 13 (2.44%) Bitbucket
5 12 (2.25%) JIRA
5 12 (2.25%) Subversion
6 11 (2.06%) JUnit
7 10 (1.88%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.88%) LabVIEW
7 10 (1.88%) Visual Studio Code
8 9 (1.69%) SonarQube
9 8 (1.50%) Cypress.io
10 7 (1.31%) Eclipse
10 7 (1.31%) Selenium
11 6 (1.13%) CircleCI
12 4 (0.75%) Robot Framework
12 4 (0.75%) TestNG
12 4 (0.75%) TestRail
13 3 (0.56%) MLflow
14 2 (0.38%) ESLint
General
1 230 (43.15%) Social Skills
2 57 (10.69%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (8.63%) Finance
4 34 (6.38%) Public Sector
5 23 (4.32%) Aerospace
6 20 (3.75%) Electronics
7 18 (3.38%) Retail
8 17 (3.19%) Marketing
8 17 (3.19%) Telecoms
9 14 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (2.25%) Banking
10 12 (2.25%) Manufacturing
10 12 (2.25%) Multimedia
11 11 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.69%) Tech for Good
13 4 (0.75%) Aviation
13 4 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.56%) Games
Job Titles
1 151 (28.33%) Analyst
2 140 (26.27%) Data Analyst
3 136 (25.52%) Junior
4 130 (24.39%) Junior Analyst
4 130 (24.39%) Junior Data Analyst
5 58 (10.88%) Developer
6 51 (9.57%) Software Engineer
7 42 (7.88%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 41 (7.69%) Senior
9 39 (7.32%) Data Engineer
10 24 (4.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 23 (4.32%) Python Developer
11 23 (4.32%) Trainee
12 22 (4.13%) Data Scientist
13 20 (3.75%) Lead
14 17 (3.19%) DevOps Engineer
14 17 (3.19%) Test Engineer
15 15 (2.81%) Java Developer
15 15 (2.81%) Python Engineer
16 12 (2.25%) DevSecOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.50%) React
2 22 (4.13%) Node.js
3 21 (3.94%) CSS
4 18 (3.38%) Elastic Stack
5 17 (3.19%) HTML
5 17 (3.19%) Vue
6 16 (3.00%) pytest
7 14 (2.63%) REST
8 12 (2.25%) AngularJS
8 12 (2.25%) RESTful
9 11 (2.06%) FastAPI
9 11 (2.06%) Pandas
10 10 (1.88%) Apache NiFi
10 10 (1.88%) NumPy
10 10 (1.88%) Spring
10 10 (1.88%) Spring Boot
11 9 (1.69%) Django
11 9 (1.69%) PySpark
11 9 (1.69%) XMPP
12 8 (1.50%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.07%) Cloud Native
2 20 (3.75%) Algorithms
3 15 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
5 13 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (2.06%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (1.88%) Self-Driving Car
8 9 (1.69%) FlexPod
8 9 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (1.50%) Video\Live Streaming
10 7 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.31%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.31%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.31%) Replication
11 6 (1.13%) Over-the-Top Content
12 5 (0.94%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (0.94%) Security Posture
13 4 (0.75%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 80 (15.01%) Linux
2 47 (8.82%) Windows
3 20 (3.75%) Unix
4 17 (3.19%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.50%) CentOS
6 7 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.56%) VMS
8 2 (0.38%) CoreOS
8 2 (0.38%) Debian
8 2 (0.38%) Solaris
8 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.19%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (46.90%) AI
2 186 (34.90%) Business Intelligence
3 97 (18.20%) CI/CD
4 95 (17.82%) DevOps
5 86 (16.14%) Software Engineering
6 81 (15.20%) Agile
7 77 (14.45%) Problem-Solving
8 66 (12.38%) Infrastructure as Code
9 57 (10.69%) Analytics
9 57 (10.69%) Containerisation
10 53 (9.94%) Test Automation
11 52 (9.76%) Data Science
12 48 (9.01%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
13 46 (8.63%) Machine Learning
14 44 (8.26%) Mentoring
15 41 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
16 37 (6.94%) Full-Stack Development
17 36 (6.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 34 (6.38%) Data Engineering
19 32 (6.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 205 (38.46%) SQL
2 87 (16.32%) JavaScript
3 79 (14.82%) Bash
3 79 (14.82%) Java
4 48 (9.01%) PowerShell
5 44 (8.26%) C++
6 30 (5.63%) C#
7 25 (4.69%) TypeScript
8 24 (4.50%) R
9 23 (4.32%) Go
10 17 (3.19%) C
11 14 (2.63%) MATLAB
12 13 (2.44%) PHP
13 10 (1.88%) Scala
14 7 (1.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (1.31%) Rust
15 6 (1.13%) Perl
16 4 (0.75%) Groovy
16 4 (0.75%) VBA
17 3 (0.56%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 184 (34.52%) Azure Certification
2 98 (18.39%) Security Cleared
3 64 (12.01%) DV Cleared
4 47 (8.82%) Degree
5 30 (5.63%) SC Cleared
6 26 (4.88%) AWS Certification
7 22 (4.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 15 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (2.25%) HND
11 6 (1.13%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.75%) CISSP
12 4 (0.75%) PhD
12 4 (0.75%) SANS
13 3 (0.56%) CCNA
13 3 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.56%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.56%) RHCE
13 3 (0.56%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.32%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.19%) QA
3 7 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.94%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.94%) GDPR
5 3 (0.56%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.19%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.19%) NIST
6 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 74 (13.88%) Docker
2 20 (3.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.06%) Firmware
4 9 (1.69%) Active Directory
4 9 (1.69%) vSphere
5 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (1.13%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (0.94%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.75%) iptables
8 3 (0.56%) Squid
8 3 (0.56%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.38%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 78 (14.63%) Kubernetes
2 72 (13.51%) Terraform
3 66 (12.38%) Ansible
4 42 (7.88%) Grafana
5 18 (3.38%) Prometheus
6 13 (2.44%) Puppet
7 10 (1.88%) Kibana
7 10 (1.88%) logstash
8 9 (1.69%) Cisco CUCM
9 8 (1.50%) Argo
10 7 (1.31%) Rancher
11 6 (1.13%) yum
12 5 (0.94%) Kubeflow
12 5 (0.94%) Progress Chef
12 5 (0.94%) ZABBIX
13 4 (0.75%) Packer
13 4 (0.75%) vCenter Server
14 3 (0.56%) SCCM
14 3 (0.56%) SCOM
14 3 (0.56%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 198 (37.15%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.32%) Splunk
3 21 (3.94%) VMware
4 18 (3.38%) Cisco
4 18 (3.38%) Databricks
5 14 (2.63%) Red Hat
6 12 (2.25%) Oracle
7 11 (2.06%) Fortinet
7 11 (2.06%) Palo Alto
8 8 (1.50%) Google
9 6 (1.13%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.13%) Cognos
9 6 (1.13%) MicroStrategy
9 6 (1.13%) NetApp
10 4 (0.75%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.75%) SAP
10 4 (0.75%) Typelevel
11 3 (0.56%) BMC
11 3 (0.56%) HP
11 3 (0.56%) Juniper