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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 26 16
Rank change year-on-year +11 -10 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 611 249 651
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.99% 7.17% 8.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.76% 30.48% 31.36%
Number of salaries quoted 323 145 443
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,650 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £81,000 £95,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £74,870 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.50% -0.17% -

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 1,463 817 2,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.75% 23.51% 25.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,030 540 1,525
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,450
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,375 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £60,375
% change year-on-year +1.56% +6.00% -7.12%

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 -1 195 £60,500 +7.56% 115
Bristol +8 165 £62,500 - 70
Devon +21 96 £57,500 +21.05% 24
Somerset +21 85 £37,500 -28.57% 31
Dorset -7 30 £40,000 -20.00% 14
Wiltshire -14 27 £56,250 +24.25% 14
Cornwall +14 10 £52,246 -16.41%
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 35 (5.73%) Apache
2 21 (3.44%) Apache Spark
3 17 (2.78%) Confluence
4 8 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.98%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.65%) JBoss
6 4 (0.65%) nginx
7 3 (0.49%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.33%) SAS
9 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 106 (17.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.82%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.49%) Simulink
5 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 265 (43.37%) Azure
2 153 (25.04%) AWS
3 138 (22.59%) Power Platform
4 137 (22.42%) Azure AI
5 53 (8.67%) GCP
6 35 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
7 28 (4.58%) Serverless
8 25 (4.09%) GitHub
9 24 (3.93%) AWS Lambda
10 23 (3.76%) Amazon S3
11 20 (3.27%) OpenShift
12 19 (3.11%) Amazon EC2
12 19 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (2.13%) AWS CloudFormation
13 13 (2.13%) Azure Data Factory
14 12 (1.96%) SaaS
15 11 (1.80%) GitHub Actions
16 10 (1.64%) Amazon EKS
17 9 (1.47%) Snowflake
18 6 (0.98%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.76%) Firewall
2 22 (3.60%) WAN
3 17 (2.78%) LAN
4 12 (1.96%) Cisco ASA
4 12 (1.96%) VLAN
5 11 (1.80%) Cisco Firepower
6 10 (1.64%) Broadband
6 10 (1.64%) TCP/IP
6 10 (1.64%) Unified Communications
6 10 (1.64%) WebEx
7 9 (1.47%) SD-WAN
8 8 (1.31%) DNS
9 7 (1.15%) Network Security
10 6 (0.98%) DHCP
10 6 (0.98%) VPN
11 5 (0.82%) 5G
11 5 (0.82%) Software-Defined Networking
11 5 (0.82%) Wireless
12 4 (0.65%) Internet
12 4 (0.65%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (18.49%) Power BI
2 110 (18.00%) Tableau
3 24 (3.93%) MongoDB
4 22 (3.60%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (3.44%) Big Data
5 21 (3.44%) NoSQL
6 20 (3.27%) Elasticsearch
6 20 (3.27%) PostgreSQL
7 17 (2.78%) Data Lake
8 14 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
9 12 (1.96%) Hadoop
10 10 (1.64%) BigQuery
11 9 (1.47%) SQL Server
12 8 (1.31%) Geospatial Data
12 8 (1.31%) MySQL
13 7 (1.15%) Relational Database
13 7 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (0.98%) InfluxDB
15 5 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
15 5 (0.82%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 114 (18.66%) Git
2 50 (8.18%) Jenkins
3 46 (7.53%) GitLab
4 30 (4.91%) Subversion
5 28 (4.58%) JIRA
6 23 (3.76%) Eclipse
7 18 (2.95%) JUnit
8 15 (2.45%) Bitbucket
8 15 (2.45%) Selenium
9 12 (1.96%) SonarQube
10 10 (1.64%) Cypress.io
11 8 (1.31%) Cucumber
11 8 (1.31%) Visual Studio Code
12 7 (1.15%) MSI
12 7 (1.15%) Robot Framework
12 7 (1.15%) TestRail
13 5 (0.82%) LabVIEW
14 4 (0.65%) Postman
15 3 (0.49%) MLflow
15 3 (0.49%) Snyk
General
1 213 (34.86%) Social Skills
2 65 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
2 65 (10.64%) Finance
3 40 (6.55%) Public Sector
4 32 (5.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 27 (4.42%) Aerospace
6 22 (3.60%) Retail
7 17 (2.78%) Telecoms
8 16 (2.62%) Marketing
9 11 (1.80%) Banking
10 10 (1.64%) Electronics
11 9 (1.47%) Games
11 9 (1.47%) Law
11 9 (1.47%) Tech for Good
12 8 (1.31%) Aviation
13 7 (1.15%) Military
14 6 (0.98%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.82%) Legal
15 5 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 121 (19.80%) Analyst
2 119 (19.48%) Junior
3 109 (17.84%) Data Analyst
4 95 (15.55%) Junior Analyst
4 95 (15.55%) Junior Data Analyst
5 90 (14.73%) Software Engineer
6 87 (14.24%) Developer
7 80 (13.09%) Senior
8 58 (9.49%) Data Engineer
9 43 (7.04%) Python Engineer
10 42 (6.87%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 37 (6.06%) Lead
12 30 (4.91%) Java Developer
13 29 (4.75%) DevOps Engineer
14 26 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 25 (4.09%) Architect
15 25 (4.09%) Python Developer
16 24 (3.93%) Solutions Architect
17 20 (3.27%) Junior Developer
17 20 (3.27%) Junior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (6.87%) RESTful
2 41 (6.71%) React
3 30 (4.91%) Spring
3 30 (4.91%) Spring Boot
4 27 (4.42%) Node.js
5 24 (3.93%) Elastic Stack
5 24 (3.93%) REST
6 22 (3.60%) Apache NiFi
6 22 (3.60%) CSS
7 21 (3.44%) .NET
7 21 (3.44%) Jakarta EE
7 21 (3.44%) Struts
7 21 (3.44%) Web Services
8 20 (3.27%) Kafka
9 19 (3.11%) Vue
10 17 (2.78%) HTML
11 14 (2.29%) FastAPI
11 14 (2.29%) pytest
12 13 (2.13%) Django
13 12 (1.96%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 51 (8.35%) Cloud Native
2 27 (4.42%) Onboarding
3 20 (3.27%) Hybrid Cloud
4 19 (3.11%) Algorithms
5 18 (2.95%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (1.80%) Product Ownership
9 10 (1.64%) Data Centre
9 10 (1.64%) FlexPod
9 10 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
10 9 (1.47%) Video\Live Streaming
11 8 (1.31%) Embedded Systems
11 8 (1.31%) IoT
12 7 (1.15%) CUDA
12 7 (1.15%) Replication
13 6 (0.98%) Data Structures
13 6 (0.98%) Distributed Computing
13 6 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (0.98%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 99 (16.20%) Linux
2 66 (10.80%) Windows
3 18 (2.95%) Windows Server
4 16 (2.62%) Unix
5 11 (1.80%) CentOS
6 7 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.65%) Debian
7 4 (0.65%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.49%) VMS
9 2 (0.33%) Android
9 2 (0.33%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.16%) Rocky
10 1 (0.16%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (41.90%) AI
2 154 (25.20%) Software Engineering
3 153 (25.04%) CI/CD
4 145 (23.73%) Business Intelligence
5 134 (21.93%) DevOps
6 132 (21.60%) Agile
7 113 (18.49%) Infrastructure as Code
8 108 (17.68%) Problem-Solving
9 87 (14.24%) Containerisation
10 78 (12.77%) Test Automation
11 75 (12.27%) Full-Stack Development
12 67 (10.97%) Analytics
13 66 (10.80%) Machine Learning
14 61 (9.98%) Continuous Improvement
14 61 (9.98%) Data Science
15 59 (9.66%) Data Pipeline
16 49 (8.02%) Mentoring
17 46 (7.53%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
17 46 (7.53%) Microservices
18 45 (7.36%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 198 (32.41%) SQL
2 130 (21.28%) Java
3 126 (20.62%) JavaScript
4 78 (12.77%) C++
5 70 (11.46%) Bash
6 52 (8.51%) C#
7 40 (6.55%) Go
7 40 (6.55%) PowerShell
8 29 (4.75%) TypeScript
9 21 (3.44%) Perl
10 18 (2.95%) C
11 15 (2.45%) PHP
12 13 (2.13%) Rust
12 13 (2.13%) Scala
13 11 (1.80%) MATLAB
13 11 (1.80%) R
14 8 (1.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (1.31%) Groovy
15 7 (1.15%) Bicep
16 5 (0.82%) VBA
Qualifications
1 167 (27.33%) Security Cleared
2 147 (24.06%) Azure Certification
3 99 (16.20%) DV Cleared
4 79 (12.93%) Degree
5 66 (10.80%) SC Cleared
6 33 (5.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (2.78%) AWS Certification
8 16 (2.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 10 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.47%) PhD
11 8 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.98%) HND
13 6 (0.98%) RHCSA
14 4 (0.65%) CCNA
14 4 (0.65%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.65%) OSCP
14 4 (0.65%) RHCE
15 3 (0.49%) CCNP
15 3 (0.49%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.42%) Data Quality
2 26 (4.26%) QA
3 23 (3.76%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.80%) WCAG
5 9 (1.47%) NCSC
6 6 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.82%) GDPR
8 4 (0.65%) NIST
9 3 (0.49%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.49%) PMO
10 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.16%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.16%) JTAG
System Software
1 101 (16.53%) Docker
2 23 (3.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.62%) Firmware
4 11 (1.80%) vSphere
5 10 (1.64%) Active Directory
6 8 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 7 (1.15%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.82%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.65%) Squid
9 4 (0.65%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.33%) iptables
12 1 (0.16%) KVM
12 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 108 (17.68%) Kubernetes
2 103 (16.86%) Terraform
3 91 (14.89%) Ansible
4 42 (6.87%) Grafana
5 17 (2.78%) Prometheus
5 17 (2.78%) Puppet
6 14 (2.29%) Kibana
6 14 (2.29%) logstash
7 10 (1.64%) Cisco CUCM
8 9 (1.47%) Argo
8 9 (1.47%) Packer
9 8 (1.31%) Rancher
10 7 (1.15%) ZABBIX
11 6 (0.98%) vCenter Server
11 6 (0.98%) yum
12 5 (0.82%) Kubeflow
12 5 (0.82%) Nagios
13 4 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.65%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 171 (27.99%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.26%) Splunk
3 23 (3.76%) Red Hat
3 23 (3.76%) VMware
4 20 (3.27%) Cisco
4 20 (3.27%) Databricks
5 15 (2.45%) Fortinet
6 12 (1.96%) Palo Alto
7 11 (1.80%) Atlassian
8 9 (1.47%) Oracle
9 7 (1.15%) NetApp
10 6 (0.98%) Google
10 6 (0.98%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.82%) Cognos
11 5 (0.82%) Intel
11 5 (0.82%) MicroStrategy
11 5 (0.82%) SolarWinds
12 4 (0.65%) OneLogin
12 4 (0.65%) Typelevel
13 3 (0.49%) New Relic