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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 29 16
Rank change year-on-year +13 -13 -6
Permanent jobs citing Python 607 225 646
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.51% 6.46% 7.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.15% 29.37% 31.22%
Number of salaries quoted 334 143 438
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,650 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,761 £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 £76,250 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £84,250 £90,750 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,079 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.34% -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 1,512 766 2,069
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.20% 21.99% 25.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,091 522 1,471
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,775 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,375 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +2.46% -6.15%

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 26 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 26 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 -2 209 £62,500 +11.11% 69
Bristol +5 154 £62,500 +4.17% 53
Devon +21 91 £62,500 +31.58% 10
Somerset +25 88 £37,500 -31.82% 17
Wiltshire -14 27 £57,500 +55.09% 10
Dorset -5 26 £40,000 -20.00% 10
Cornwall +11 8 £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 (5.93%) Apache
2 22 (3.62%) Apache Spark
3 21 (3.46%) Confluence
4 7 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.82%) nginx
5 5 (0.82%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.66%) JBoss
7 2 (0.33%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.33%) SAS
8 1 (0.16%) Kinematics
8 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 81 (13.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.82%) Simulink
4 2 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.16%) MicroStation
5 1 (0.16%) Revit
5 1 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 247 (40.69%) Azure
2 151 (24.88%) AWS
3 113 (18.62%) Azure AI
3 113 (18.62%) Power Platform
4 52 (8.57%) GCP
5 36 (5.93%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (4.61%) Serverless
7 24 (3.95%) AWS Lambda
7 24 (3.95%) OpenShift
8 23 (3.79%) GitHub
9 22 (3.62%) Amazon S3
10 20 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (3.13%) Amazon EC2
12 16 (2.64%) AWS CloudFormation
13 14 (2.31%) Azure Data Factory
14 13 (2.14%) SaaS
15 11 (1.81%) Amazon EKS
16 9 (1.48%) GitHub Actions
16 9 (1.48%) Snowflake
17 6 (0.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.95%) Firewall
2 21 (3.46%) WAN
3 16 (2.64%) LAN
4 11 (1.81%) Cisco ASA
4 11 (1.81%) VLAN
5 10 (1.65%) SD-WAN
5 10 (1.65%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.48%) Cisco Firepower
7 8 (1.32%) DNS
7 8 (1.32%) Network Security
7 8 (1.32%) Unified Communications
7 8 (1.32%) VPN
7 8 (1.32%) WebEx
8 7 (1.15%) Broadband
9 6 (0.99%) DHCP
9 6 (0.99%) Wireless
10 5 (0.82%) 5G
10 5 (0.82%) BGP
10 5 (0.82%) OSPF
10 5 (0.82%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (14.17%) Power BI
2 81 (13.34%) Tableau
3 24 (3.95%) Elasticsearch
3 24 (3.95%) MongoDB
4 23 (3.79%) Big Data
4 23 (3.79%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (3.46%) NoSQL
6 17 (2.80%) Data Lake
7 15 (2.47%) Hadoop
8 14 (2.31%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (1.65%) BigQuery
9 10 (1.65%) MySQL
10 9 (1.48%) SQL Server
11 8 (1.32%) Geospatial Data
11 8 (1.32%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.99%) InfluxDB
13 5 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 123 (20.26%) Git
2 51 (8.40%) Jenkins
3 47 (7.74%) GitLab
4 35 (5.77%) Subversion
5 34 (5.60%) JIRA
6 28 (4.61%) Eclipse
7 22 (3.62%) JUnit
8 16 (2.64%) Bitbucket
9 15 (2.47%) Selenium
10 12 (1.98%) Cypress.io
10 12 (1.98%) SonarQube
11 8 (1.32%) Cucumber
11 8 (1.32%) LabVIEW
11 8 (1.32%) TestRail
12 7 (1.15%) MSI
12 7 (1.15%) Robot Framework
13 4 (0.66%) Postman
13 4 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
14 3 (0.49%) MLflow
14 3 (0.49%) Snyk
General
1 187 (30.81%) Social Skills
2 70 (11.53%) Finance
3 66 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (6.59%) Public Sector
5 28 (4.61%) Aerospace
6 26 (4.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (2.80%) Retail
8 15 (2.47%) Telecoms
9 14 (2.31%) Electronics
9 14 (2.31%) Marketing
10 9 (1.48%) Banking
10 9 (1.48%) Games
11 8 (1.32%) Aviation
11 8 (1.32%) Law
11 8 (1.32%) Military
11 8 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (0.99%) Legal
14 5 (0.82%) Tech for Good
15 4 (0.66%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 98 (16.14%) Junior
1 98 (16.14%) Software Engineer
2 94 (15.49%) Analyst
3 90 (14.83%) Developer
4 85 (14.00%) Senior
5 82 (13.51%) Data Analyst
6 71 (11.70%) Junior Analyst
7 70 (11.53%) Junior Data Analyst
8 59 (9.72%) Data Engineer
9 52 (8.57%) Python Engineer
10 43 (7.08%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 39 (6.43%) Lead
12 34 (5.60%) Java Developer
13 32 (5.27%) DevOps Engineer
14 26 (4.28%) Architect
14 26 (4.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 26 (4.28%) Solutions Architect
15 24 (3.95%) Python Software Engineer
15 24 (3.95%) Test Engineer
16 23 (3.79%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (18.62%) Terraform
2 49 (8.07%) React
3 47 (7.74%) RESTful
4 37 (6.10%) Spring
4 37 (6.10%) Spring Boot
5 28 (4.61%) Node.js
6 26 (4.28%) Jakarta EE
6 26 (4.28%) REST
6 26 (4.28%) Struts
6 26 (4.28%) Web Services
7 24 (3.95%) Elastic Stack
8 23 (3.79%) Kafka
9 22 (3.62%) .NET
9 22 (3.62%) Apache NiFi
9 22 (3.62%) CSS
10 19 (3.13%) Vue
11 18 (2.97%) HTML
12 14 (2.31%) Keycloak
12 14 (2.31%) pytest
13 13 (2.14%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 58 (9.56%) Cloud Native
2 27 (4.45%) Onboarding
3 20 (3.29%) Hybrid Cloud
4 16 (2.64%) Algorithms
5 14 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
5 14 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (1.81%) Data Centre
6 11 (1.81%) Product Ownership
7 10 (1.65%) Embedded Systems
8 8 (1.32%) FlexPod
8 8 (1.32%) IoT
8 8 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
9 7 (1.15%) CUDA
10 6 (0.99%) Data Structures
10 6 (0.99%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (0.99%) Raspberry Pi
10 6 (0.99%) Robotics
10 6 (0.99%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 99 (16.31%) Linux
2 66 (10.87%) Windows
3 17 (2.80%) Unix
4 16 (2.64%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.98%) CentOS
6 8 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.82%) Debian
7 5 (0.82%) 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
1 232 (38.22%) AI
2 168 (27.68%) Software Engineering
3 161 (26.52%) CI/CD
4 146 (24.05%) DevOps
5 142 (23.39%) Agile
6 120 (19.77%) Infrastructure as Code
7 116 (19.11%) Business Intelligence
7 116 (19.11%) Problem-Solving
8 90 (14.83%) Containerisation
9 87 (14.33%) Test Automation
10 83 (13.67%) Full-Stack Development
11 68 (11.20%) Analytics
12 65 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
13 63 (10.38%) Data Pipeline
14 60 (9.88%) Machine Learning
15 53 (8.73%) Data Science
16 52 (8.57%) Mentoring
17 50 (8.24%) ETL
18 46 (7.58%) Computer Science
19 44 (7.25%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 175 (28.83%) SQL
2 151 (24.88%) Java
3 142 (23.39%) JavaScript
4 93 (15.32%) C++
5 73 (12.03%) Bash
6 58 (9.56%) C#
7 41 (6.75%) PowerShell
8 39 (6.43%) Go
9 32 (5.27%) TypeScript
10 27 (4.45%) Perl
11 23 (3.79%) C
12 16 (2.64%) PHP
13 15 (2.47%) Rust
14 13 (2.14%) MATLAB
15 12 (1.98%) Scala
16 8 (1.32%) Groovy
16 8 (1.32%) R
17 7 (1.15%) Bicep
18 6 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 5 (0.82%) VBA
Qualifications
1 183 (30.15%) Security Cleared
2 125 (20.59%) Azure Certification
3 101 (16.64%) DV Cleared
4 81 (13.34%) Degree
5 76 (12.52%) SC Cleared
6 38 (6.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (2.47%) AWS Certification
8 13 (2.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 12 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.15%) HND
11 7 (1.15%) PhD
12 6 (0.99%) RHCSA
13 4 (0.66%) CCNA
13 4 (0.66%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.66%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.66%) OSCP
13 4 (0.66%) RHCE
14 3 (0.49%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.11%) QA
2 29 (4.78%) Data Quality
3 27 (4.45%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.81%) WCAG
5 10 (1.65%) NCSC
6 7 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.99%) GDPR
8 5 (0.82%) NIST
8 5 (0.82%) PMO
9 3 (0.49%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.16%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.16%) JTAG
System Software
1 102 (16.80%) Docker
2 23 (3.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.13%) Firmware
4 12 (1.98%) Active Directory
5 9 (1.48%) vSphere
6 8 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.99%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.82%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.66%) Squid
10 3 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.16%) iptables
12 1 (0.16%) KVM
Systems Management
1 115 (18.95%) Kubernetes
2 99 (16.31%) Ansible
3 37 (6.10%) Grafana
4 20 (3.29%) Puppet
5 15 (2.47%) Prometheus
6 14 (2.31%) Kibana
6 14 (2.31%) logstash
7 9 (1.48%) Packer
8 8 (1.32%) Cisco CUCM
9 7 (1.15%) Argo
9 7 (1.15%) Rancher
9 7 (1.15%) vCenter Server
9 7 (1.15%) ZABBIX
10 5 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.82%) Kubeflow
10 5 (0.82%) Nagios
10 5 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.82%) yum
11 4 (0.66%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.49%) SCCM
Vendors
1 143 (23.56%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.12%) Red Hat
3 23 (3.79%) Splunk
3 23 (3.79%) VMware
4 20 (3.29%) Cisco
5 18 (2.97%) Databricks
6 13 (2.14%) Fortinet
7 12 (1.98%) Atlassian
8 11 (1.81%) Palo Alto
9 9 (1.48%) Google
10 8 (1.32%) Oracle
11 6 (0.99%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.82%) Intel
12 5 (0.82%) NetApp
12 5 (0.82%) SolarWinds
13 4 (0.66%) OneLogin
14 3 (0.49%) Juniper
14 3 (0.49%) MicroStrategy
14 3 (0.49%) New Relic
14 3 (0.49%) SaltStack