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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 25 17
Rank change year-on-year +11 -8 -6
Permanent jobs citing Python 612 253 643
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.84% 7.22% 8.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.30% 31.20% 31.32%
Number of salaries quoted 330 148 437
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,650 £42,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,006 £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 £75,938 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -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 1,482 811 2,053
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.57% 23.13% 25.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,056 534 1,500
10th Percentile £32,625 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,939
% change year-on-year +4.00% +2.56% -6.25%

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 12 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 12 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 +1 203 £62,500 +8.70% 168
Bristol +8 163 £62,500 - 154
Devon +24 93 £62,500 +31.58% 32
Somerset +18 86 £37,500 -28.57% 31
Dorset -3 28 £40,000 -17.95% 33
Wiltshire -11 27 £57,500 +53.33% 23
Cornwall +14 9 £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 36 (5.88%) Apache
2 23 (3.76%) Apache Spark
3 19 (3.10%) Confluence
4 8 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.82%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.82%) nginx
6 4 (0.65%) JBoss
7 3 (0.49%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.33%) SAS
9 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 93 (15.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.65%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.65%) Simulink
4 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.16%) MicroStation
4 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.16%) Revit
4 1 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 255 (41.67%) Azure
2 155 (25.33%) AWS
3 125 (20.42%) Power Platform
4 124 (20.26%) Azure AI
5 51 (8.33%) GCP
6 37 (6.05%) Microsoft 365
7 28 (4.58%) Serverless
8 24 (3.92%) AWS Lambda
8 24 (3.92%) GitHub
9 22 (3.59%) Amazon S3
10 21 (3.43%) OpenShift
11 20 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (3.10%) Amazon EC2
13 15 (2.45%) AWS CloudFormation
14 14 (2.29%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (2.12%) SaaS
16 10 (1.63%) Amazon EKS
16 10 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
17 9 (1.47%) Snowflake
18 6 (0.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.08%) Firewall
2 23 (3.76%) WAN
3 18 (2.94%) LAN
4 13 (2.12%) Cisco ASA
4 13 (2.12%) VLAN
5 11 (1.80%) Cisco Firepower
6 10 (1.63%) SD-WAN
6 10 (1.63%) TCP/IP
6 10 (1.63%) Unified Communications
6 10 (1.63%) WebEx
7 8 (1.31%) Broadband
7 8 (1.31%) DNS
7 8 (1.31%) Network Security
7 8 (1.31%) VPN
8 6 (0.98%) DHCP
8 6 (0.98%) Wireless
9 5 (0.82%) 5G
9 5 (0.82%) BGP
9 5 (0.82%) OSPF
9 5 (0.82%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (16.01%) Power BI
2 96 (15.69%) Tableau
3 24 (3.92%) MongoDB
4 23 (3.76%) Big Data
5 22 (3.59%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (3.43%) Elasticsearch
6 21 (3.43%) NoSQL
6 21 (3.43%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (2.94%) Data Lake
8 14 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
8 14 (2.29%) Hadoop
9 10 (1.63%) BigQuery
10 9 (1.47%) MySQL
11 8 (1.31%) Geospatial Data
11 8 (1.31%) SQL Server
12 7 (1.14%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.98%) InfluxDB
13 6 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 118 (19.28%) Git
2 51 (8.33%) Jenkins
3 46 (7.52%) GitLab
4 31 (5.07%) JIRA
4 31 (5.07%) Subversion
5 25 (4.08%) Eclipse
6 20 (3.27%) JUnit
7 16 (2.61%) Bitbucket
8 15 (2.45%) Selenium
9 12 (1.96%) SonarQube
10 10 (1.63%) Cypress.io
11 8 (1.31%) Cucumber
12 7 (1.14%) LabVIEW
12 7 (1.14%) MSI
12 7 (1.14%) Robot Framework
12 7 (1.14%) TestRail
12 7 (1.14%) Visual Studio Code
13 4 (0.65%) Postman
14 3 (0.49%) MLflow
14 3 (0.49%) Snyk
General
1 199 (32.52%) Social Skills
2 71 (11.60%) Finance
3 66 (10.78%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (6.70%) Public Sector
5 30 (4.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (4.25%) Aerospace
7 21 (3.43%) Retail
8 17 (2.78%) Telecoms
9 16 (2.61%) Marketing
10 12 (1.96%) Electronics
11 11 (1.80%) Banking
12 9 (1.47%) Games
12 9 (1.47%) Law
13 8 (1.31%) Aviation
13 8 (1.31%) Military
14 7 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.98%) Legal
15 6 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.98%) Tech for Good
16 5 (0.82%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 107 (17.48%) Analyst
1 107 (17.48%) Junior
2 96 (15.69%) Data Analyst
3 95 (15.52%) Software Engineer
4 87 (14.22%) Developer
5 82 (13.40%) Junior Analyst
5 82 (13.40%) Junior Data Analyst
5 82 (13.40%) Senior
6 60 (9.80%) Data Engineer
7 47 (7.68%) Python Engineer
8 42 (6.86%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 37 (6.05%) Lead
10 32 (5.23%) Java Developer
11 29 (4.74%) DevOps Engineer
12 27 (4.41%) Architect
13 26 (4.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 26 (4.25%) Solutions Architect
14 23 (3.76%) Python Developer
15 22 (3.59%) Test Engineer
16 21 (3.43%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (7.19%) React
1 44 (7.19%) RESTful
2 32 (5.23%) Spring
2 32 (5.23%) Spring Boot
3 28 (4.58%) Node.js
4 24 (3.92%) Elastic Stack
4 24 (3.92%) REST
5 23 (3.76%) CSS
5 23 (3.76%) Jakarta EE
5 23 (3.76%) Struts
5 23 (3.76%) Web Services
6 22 (3.59%) Apache NiFi
7 21 (3.43%) .NET
7 21 (3.43%) Kafka
8 20 (3.27%) Vue
9 18 (2.94%) HTML
10 14 (2.29%) pytest
11 13 (2.12%) FastAPI
12 12 (1.96%) AngularJS
12 12 (1.96%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 55 (8.99%) Cloud Native
2 27 (4.41%) Onboarding
3 21 (3.43%) Hybrid Cloud
4 18 (2.94%) Algorithms
5 17 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (1.80%) Data Centre
8 11 (1.80%) Product Ownership
9 10 (1.63%) FlexPod
9 10 (1.63%) Video Conferencing
10 9 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
11 8 (1.31%) IoT
12 7 (1.14%) CUDA
12 7 (1.14%) Replication
12 7 (1.14%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (0.98%) Data Structures
13 6 (0.98%) Distributed Computing
13 6 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (0.98%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 100 (16.34%) Linux
2 67 (10.95%) Windows
3 18 (2.94%) Windows Server
4 16 (2.61%) Unix
5 11 (1.80%) CentOS
6 7 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.65%) Debian
7 4 (0.65%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.49%) Android
8 3 (0.49%) VMS
9 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.33%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.16%) Rocky
10 1 (0.16%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (40.03%) AI
2 161 (26.31%) Software Engineering
3 155 (25.33%) CI/CD
4 137 (22.39%) Agile
4 137 (22.39%) DevOps
5 130 (21.24%) Business Intelligence
6 115 (18.79%) Infrastructure as Code
7 109 (17.81%) Problem-Solving
8 87 (14.22%) Containerisation
9 83 (13.56%) Test Automation
10 78 (12.75%) Full-Stack Development
11 68 (11.11%) Analytics
12 67 (10.95%) Machine Learning
13 62 (10.13%) Data Pipeline
14 60 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
15 58 (9.48%) Data Science
16 48 (7.84%) ETL
16 48 (7.84%) Mentoring
17 46 (7.52%) Data Engineering
18 45 (7.35%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 187 (30.56%) SQL
2 141 (23.04%) Java
3 136 (22.22%) JavaScript
4 89 (14.54%) C++
5 72 (11.76%) Bash
6 56 (9.15%) C#
7 41 (6.70%) PowerShell
8 39 (6.37%) Go
9 31 (5.07%) TypeScript
10 24 (3.92%) Perl
11 22 (3.59%) C
12 16 (2.61%) PHP
13 15 (2.45%) Rust
14 13 (2.12%) Scala
15 12 (1.96%) MATLAB
16 9 (1.47%) R
17 8 (1.31%) Groovy
18 7 (1.14%) Bicep
18 7 (1.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 5 (0.82%) VBA
Qualifications
1 177 (28.92%) Security Cleared
2 135 (22.06%) Azure Certification
3 100 (16.34%) DV Cleared
4 80 (13.07%) Degree
5 71 (11.60%) SC Cleared
6 35 (5.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (2.94%) AWS Certification
8 16 (2.61%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 11 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.31%) PhD
11 7 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.98%) HND
12 6 (0.98%) RHCSA
13 4 (0.65%) CCNA
13 4 (0.65%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.65%) OSCP
13 4 (0.65%) RHCE
14 3 (0.49%) AWS Certified Developer
14 3 (0.49%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.74%) Data Quality
2 27 (4.41%) QA
3 26 (4.25%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.80%) WCAG
5 10 (1.63%) NCSC
6 7 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.98%) GDPR
8 5 (0.82%) NIST
9 4 (0.65%) PMO
10 3 (0.49%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.16%) DO-178B
11 1 (0.16%) JTAG
System Software
1 101 (16.50%) Docker
2 24 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.10%) Firmware
4 11 (1.80%) Active Directory
4 11 (1.80%) vSphere
5 8 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 7 (1.14%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.82%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.82%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.65%) Squid
9 3 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.16%) iptables
11 1 (0.16%) KVM
Systems Management
1 110 (17.97%) Kubernetes
2 107 (17.48%) Terraform
3 93 (15.20%) Ansible
4 39 (6.37%) Grafana
5 19 (3.10%) Puppet
6 15 (2.45%) Prometheus
7 14 (2.29%) Kibana
7 14 (2.29%) logstash
8 10 (1.63%) Cisco CUCM
9 9 (1.47%) Packer
10 7 (1.14%) Argo
10 7 (1.14%) Rancher
10 7 (1.14%) vCenter Server
10 7 (1.14%) ZABBIX
11 5 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.82%) Kubeflow
11 5 (0.82%) Nagios
11 5 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.82%) yum
12 4 (0.65%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 159 (25.98%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.25%) Splunk
3 24 (3.92%) Red Hat
3 24 (3.92%) VMware
4 21 (3.43%) Cisco
5 20 (3.27%) Databricks
6 15 (2.45%) Fortinet
7 13 (2.12%) Palo Alto
8 12 (1.96%) Atlassian
9 9 (1.47%) Oracle
10 7 (1.14%) NetApp
11 6 (0.98%) Google
11 6 (0.98%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.82%) Intel
12 5 (0.82%) SolarWinds
13 4 (0.65%) Cognos
13 4 (0.65%) MicroStrategy
13 4 (0.65%) OneLogin
14 3 (0.49%) Juniper
14 3 (0.49%) New Relic