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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 26 19
Rank change year-on-year +3 -7 -8
Permanent jobs citing Python 565 226 547
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 5.37% 6.32% 8.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.96% 31.13% 29.50%
Number of salaries quoted 341 142 324
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £52,188
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 £90,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year 0.00% -3.33% -

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 1,571 726 1,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.94% 20.29% 27.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,162 498 1,034
10th Percentile £36,077 £29,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,675 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -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 10 October 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 10 October 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 0 221 £72,500 +20.83% 126
Bristol -4 143 £65,000 +14.04% 94
Devon +7 75 £67,500 +25.58% 32
Somerset +23 71 £37,500 -40.00% 45
Wiltshire -15 27 £57,500 +56.89% 38
Dorset -14 16 £40,000 -44.83% 38
Cornwall +12 6 £52,246 -5.01% 4
Avon - 1 - - 30
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 43 (7.61%) Apache
2 24 (4.25%) Apache Spark
3 22 (3.89%) Confluence
4 6 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.06%) OpenStack
5 5 (0.88%) nginx
6 4 (0.71%) JBoss
7 2 (0.35%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.35%) SAS
8 1 (0.18%) Kinematics
8 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 34 (6.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.59%) Simulink
3 6 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.35%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.35%) MicroStation
4 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.35%) Revit
4 2 (0.35%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.35%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 194 (34.34%) Azure
2 162 (28.67%) AWS
3 71 (12.57%) Power Platform
4 51 (9.03%) GCP
5 44 (7.79%) Azure AI
6 35 (6.19%) Microsoft 365
7 29 (5.13%) Serverless
8 27 (4.78%) OpenShift
9 26 (4.60%) AWS Lambda
10 24 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
11 23 (4.07%) GitHub
12 20 (3.54%) AWS CloudFormation
13 19 (3.36%) Amazon S3
13 19 (3.36%) Azure Data Factory
14 18 (3.19%) Amazon EC2
15 14 (2.48%) Amazon EKS
16 13 (2.30%) SaaS
17 10 (1.77%) Snowflake
18 9 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
19 6 (1.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.72%) Firewall
2 19 (3.36%) WAN
3 14 (2.48%) LAN
4 12 (2.12%) SD-WAN
5 10 (1.77%) Wireless
6 9 (1.59%) DNS
6 9 (1.59%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.59%) VPN
7 7 (1.24%) BGP
7 7 (1.24%) Cisco ASA
7 7 (1.24%) OSPF
7 7 (1.24%) VLAN
8 6 (1.06%) Network Security
9 5 (0.88%) 5G
9 5 (0.88%) AMQP
9 5 (0.88%) Broadband
9 5 (0.88%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (0.88%) DHCP
9 5 (0.88%) Software-Defined Networking
9 5 (0.88%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (7.79%) Power BI
2 34 (6.02%) Tableau
3 29 (5.13%) Elasticsearch
4 26 (4.60%) Big Data
5 24 (4.25%) PostgreSQL
6 23 (4.07%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (3.54%) MongoDB
7 20 (3.54%) NoSQL
8 17 (3.01%) Hadoop
9 15 (2.65%) Data Lake
10 12 (2.12%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (1.77%) BigQuery
11 10 (1.77%) MySQL
12 9 (1.59%) Geospatial Data
12 9 (1.59%) SQL Server
13 6 (1.06%) InfluxDB
13 6 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.88%) Amazon Athena
14 5 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (0.88%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 124 (21.95%) Git
2 59 (10.44%) Jenkins
3 53 (9.38%) GitLab
4 39 (6.90%) Subversion
5 32 (5.66%) JIRA
6 28 (4.96%) Eclipse
7 22 (3.89%) JUnit
8 16 (2.83%) Selenium
9 15 (2.65%) Bitbucket
10 14 (2.48%) LabVIEW
10 14 (2.48%) SonarQube
11 12 (2.12%) Cypress.io
12 10 (1.77%) Cucumber
13 8 (1.42%) TestRail
14 7 (1.24%) MSI
14 7 (1.24%) Robot Framework
15 5 (0.88%) Postman
16 4 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
17 3 (0.53%) NUnit
17 3 (0.53%) Snyk
General
1 126 (22.30%) Social Skills
2 82 (14.51%) Finance
3 74 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (6.19%) Public Sector
5 31 (5.49%) Aerospace
6 24 (4.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (3.72%) Electronics
8 14 (2.48%) Retail
9 13 (2.30%) Telecoms
10 10 (1.77%) Marketing
11 9 (1.59%) Games
11 9 (1.59%) Law
11 9 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.24%) Aviation
12 7 (1.24%) Banking
13 6 (1.06%) Legal
13 6 (1.06%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.06%) Military
13 6 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.88%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 103 (18.23%) Software Engineer
2 88 (15.58%) Senior
3 76 (13.45%) Developer
4 62 (10.97%) Python Engineer
5 59 (10.44%) Data Engineer
6 50 (8.85%) Analyst
7 49 (8.67%) Junior
8 43 (7.61%) Lead
9 38 (6.73%) Data Analyst
9 38 (6.73%) DevOps Engineer
10 32 (5.66%) Java Developer
11 31 (5.49%) Test Engineer
12 29 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 28 (4.96%) Python Software Engineer
14 27 (4.78%) Architect
14 27 (4.78%) Solutions Architect
15 24 (4.25%) Cloud Engineer
16 23 (4.07%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 23 (4.07%) Junior Developer
16 23 (4.07%) Junior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (22.30%) Terraform
2 54 (9.56%) React
3 46 (8.14%) RESTful
4 44 (7.79%) Spring
4 44 (7.79%) Spring Boot
5 29 (5.13%) Elastic Stack
6 27 (4.78%) Web Services
7 26 (4.60%) Jakarta EE
7 26 (4.60%) Kafka
7 26 (4.60%) Struts
8 25 (4.42%) Node.js
9 24 (4.25%) REST
10 23 (4.07%) Apache NiFi
11 19 (3.36%) .NET
11 19 (3.36%) Keycloak
12 18 (3.19%) CSS
12 18 (3.19%) Vue
13 16 (2.83%) HTML
13 16 (2.83%) pytest
14 15 (2.65%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 67 (11.86%) Cloud Native
2 25 (4.42%) Onboarding
3 22 (3.89%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (3.01%) Algorithms
5 15 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (2.30%) Data Centre
8 12 (2.12%) Embedded Systems
9 11 (1.95%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.59%) FPGA
10 9 (1.59%) Robotics
11 7 (1.24%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.06%) Raspberry Pi
13 5 (0.88%) Distributed Computing
13 5 (0.88%) IoT
13 5 (0.88%) PKI
13 5 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (0.88%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 104 (18.41%) Linux
2 61 (10.80%) Windows
3 20 (3.54%) Unix
4 14 (2.48%) CentOS
5 11 (1.95%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.24%) Debian
7 7 (1.24%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.53%) Android
9 2 (0.35%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.35%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.35%) Rocky
9 2 (0.35%) VMS
9 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.18%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (32.04%) CI/CD
2 176 (31.15%) AI
3 166 (29.38%) Software Engineering
4 163 (28.85%) DevOps
5 151 (26.73%) Agile
6 137 (24.25%) Infrastructure as Code
7 128 (22.65%) Problem-Solving
8 104 (18.41%) Containerisation
9 101 (17.88%) Test Automation
10 79 (13.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 76 (13.45%) Full-Stack Development
12 71 (12.57%) Analytics
13 68 (12.04%) Business Intelligence
14 67 (11.86%) Data Pipeline
15 64 (11.33%) Machine Learning
16 56 (9.91%) Validation
17 53 (9.38%) ETL
17 53 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 52 (9.20%) Mentoring
19 51 (9.03%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 166 (29.38%) Java
2 135 (23.89%) SQL
3 133 (23.54%) JavaScript
4 99 (17.52%) C++
5 83 (14.69%) Bash
6 59 (10.44%) C#
7 47 (8.32%) Go
8 36 (6.37%) PowerShell
9 34 (6.02%) TypeScript
10 28 (4.96%) Perl
11 26 (4.60%) C
12 17 (3.01%) MATLAB
12 17 (3.01%) Rust
13 10 (1.77%) PHP
14 8 (1.42%) Scala
15 7 (1.24%) Bicep
15 7 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 7 (1.24%) R
16 6 (1.06%) Groovy
16 6 (1.06%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 216 (38.23%) Security Cleared
2 113 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 92 (16.28%) SC Cleared
4 87 (15.40%) Degree
5 59 (10.44%) Azure Certification
6 38 (6.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.77%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.59%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 9 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.42%) HND
11 6 (1.06%) PhD
11 6 (1.06%) RHCSA
12 5 (0.88%) CCNP
12 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.71%) CCNA
13 4 (0.71%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.71%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.71%) OSCP
13 4 (0.71%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.84%) QA
2 30 (5.31%) Accessibility
2 30 (5.31%) Data Quality
3 11 (1.95%) WCAG
4 10 (1.77%) NCSC
5 5 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.88%) PMO
6 4 (0.71%) NIST
7 3 (0.53%) GDPR
8 2 (0.35%) Def Stans
8 2 (0.35%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.18%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.18%) DO-254
9 1 (0.18%) JTAG
System Software
1 109 (19.29%) Docker
2 22 (3.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.36%) Firmware
4 11 (1.95%) Active Directory
5 7 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.24%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.06%) vSphere
7 5 (0.88%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.71%) Squid
8 4 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.18%) KVM
Systems Management
1 132 (23.36%) Kubernetes
2 113 (20.00%) Ansible
3 39 (6.90%) Grafana
4 29 (5.13%) Puppet
5 18 (3.19%) Prometheus
6 16 (2.83%) Kibana
6 16 (2.83%) logstash
7 13 (2.30%) Argo
8 10 (1.77%) Rancher
9 9 (1.59%) Packer
9 9 (1.59%) vCenter Server
10 8 (1.42%) yum
11 7 (1.24%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 5 (0.88%) Nagios
12 5 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.71%) Docker Swarm
13 4 (0.71%) Istio
13 4 (0.71%) linkerd
13 4 (0.71%) Mesos
Vendors
1 98 (17.35%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.78%) Red Hat
3 22 (3.89%) VMware
4 18 (3.19%) Splunk
5 17 (3.01%) Cisco
6 16 (2.83%) Databricks
7 15 (2.65%) Google
8 12 (2.12%) Atlassian
9 11 (1.95%) Fortinet
9 11 (1.95%) OpenAI
10 7 (1.24%) Oracle
10 7 (1.24%) Palo Alto
10 7 (1.24%) SolarWinds
11 6 (1.06%) EMC
11 6 (1.06%) Intel
12 5 (0.88%) SaltStack
13 4 (0.71%) Meraki
13 4 (0.71%) Netskope
13 4 (0.71%) OneLogin
13 4 (0.71%) ServiceNow