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 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 28 16
Rank change year-on-year +8 -12 -7
Permanent jobs citing Python 585 223 595
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 5.62% 6.26% 8.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.21% 30.84% 31.48%
Number of salaries quoted 337 138 353
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £45,517 £50,000
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 £89,125 £87,500
England median annual salary £72,250 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -0.34% -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 1,572 723 1,890
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.11% 20.30% 26.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,150 493 1,132
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £74,869 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £83,750
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 27 September 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 27 September 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 -1 218 £71,250 +29.55% 129
Bristol -2 148 £64,500 +7.50% 110
Devon +13 83 £62,500 +19.05% 32
Somerset +20 77 £37,500 -31.82% 54
Wiltshire -12 27 £57,500 +56.89% 40
Dorset -15 20 £40,000 -44.83% 40
Cornwall +10 7 £52,246 -16.41% 3
Avon - 1 - - 33
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 40 (6.84%) Apache
2 22 (3.76%) Confluence
3 21 (3.59%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.85%) nginx
5 5 (0.85%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.68%) JBoss
7 2 (0.34%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.34%) SAS
8 1 (0.17%) Kinematics
8 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 48 (8.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.71%) Simulink
3 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.34%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.34%) MicroStation
4 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.34%) Revit
4 2 (0.34%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 221 (37.78%) Azure
2 156 (26.67%) AWS
3 86 (14.70%) Power Platform
4 72 (12.31%) Azure AI
5 53 (9.06%) GCP
6 35 (5.98%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (4.44%) OpenShift
7 26 (4.44%) Serverless
8 23 (3.93%) GitHub
9 22 (3.76%) AWS Lambda
9 22 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (3.42%) AWS CloudFormation
10 20 (3.42%) Azure Data Factory
11 17 (2.91%) Amazon S3
12 15 (2.56%) Amazon EC2
13 14 (2.39%) Amazon EKS
14 12 (2.05%) SaaS
15 11 (1.88%) Snowflake
16 10 (1.71%) GitHub Actions
17 7 (1.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.59%) Firewall
2 20 (3.42%) WAN
3 15 (2.56%) LAN
4 12 (2.05%) SD-WAN
5 9 (1.54%) DNS
5 9 (1.54%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.54%) VPN
5 9 (1.54%) Wireless
6 8 (1.37%) Cisco ASA
6 8 (1.37%) VLAN
7 7 (1.20%) BGP
7 7 (1.20%) OSPF
8 6 (1.03%) Broadband
8 6 (1.03%) Cisco Firepower
8 6 (1.03%) Network Security
9 5 (0.85%) 5G
9 5 (0.85%) DHCP
9 5 (0.85%) Software-Defined Networking
9 5 (0.85%) WebEx
9 5 (0.85%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (10.09%) Power BI
2 47 (8.03%) Tableau
3 28 (4.79%) Elasticsearch
4 25 (4.27%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (4.10%) Big Data
5 24 (4.10%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (3.93%) MongoDB
7 20 (3.42%) NoSQL
8 18 (3.08%) Data Lake
9 16 (2.74%) Hadoop
10 11 (1.88%) MySQL
11 10 (1.71%) BigQuery
11 10 (1.71%) SQL Server
12 9 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
12 9 (1.54%) Geospatial Data
13 7 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (1.03%) InfluxDB
14 6 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (0.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 129 (22.05%) Git
2 57 (9.74%) Jenkins
3 51 (8.72%) GitLab
4 39 (6.67%) Subversion
5 35 (5.98%) JIRA
6 28 (4.79%) Eclipse
7 22 (3.76%) JUnit
8 16 (2.74%) Bitbucket
9 15 (2.56%) Selenium
10 14 (2.39%) LabVIEW
11 13 (2.22%) SonarQube
12 12 (2.05%) Cypress.io
13 9 (1.54%) Cucumber
14 8 (1.37%) TestRail
15 7 (1.20%) MSI
15 7 (1.20%) Robot Framework
16 4 (0.68%) Postman
16 4 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
17 3 (0.51%) NUnit
17 3 (0.51%) Snyk
General
1 153 (26.15%) Social Skills
2 78 (13.33%) Finance
3 76 (12.99%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (5.98%) Public Sector
5 32 (5.47%) Aerospace
6 24 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (3.42%) Electronics
8 15 (2.56%) Retail
9 14 (2.39%) Telecoms
10 11 (1.88%) Marketing
11 10 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.54%) Games
13 8 (1.37%) Law
14 7 (1.20%) Aviation
14 7 (1.20%) Legal
15 6 (1.03%) Banking
15 6 (1.03%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.03%) Military
15 6 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.68%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 96 (16.41%) Software Engineer
2 86 (14.70%) Senior
3 82 (14.02%) Developer
4 64 (10.94%) Analyst
4 64 (10.94%) Data Engineer
5 63 (10.77%) Junior
6 58 (9.91%) Python Engineer
7 51 (8.72%) Data Analyst
8 42 (7.18%) Lead
9 39 (6.67%) DevOps Engineer
10 36 (6.15%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 36 (6.15%) Junior Analyst
11 35 (5.98%) Junior Data Analyst
12 33 (5.64%) Java Developer
13 30 (5.13%) Test Engineer
14 27 (4.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 26 (4.44%) Architect
15 26 (4.44%) Python Software Engineer
15 26 (4.44%) Solutions Architect
16 23 (3.93%) Junior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (21.03%) Terraform
2 52 (8.89%) React
3 48 (8.21%) RESTful
4 41 (7.01%) Spring
4 41 (7.01%) Spring Boot
5 27 (4.62%) Elastic Stack
6 26 (4.44%) Jakarta EE
6 26 (4.44%) Struts
6 26 (4.44%) Web Services
7 25 (4.27%) Kafka
8 24 (4.10%) Node.js
9 23 (3.93%) REST
10 22 (3.76%) Apache NiFi
11 20 (3.42%) .NET
12 19 (3.25%) CSS
13 18 (3.08%) Keycloak
13 18 (3.08%) Vue
14 17 (2.91%) HTML
15 14 (2.39%) AngularJS
15 14 (2.39%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 60 (10.26%) Cloud Native
2 26 (4.44%) Onboarding
3 21 (3.59%) Hybrid Cloud
4 16 (2.74%) Algorithms
4 16 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (2.22%) Data Centre
7 12 (2.05%) Embedded Systems
7 12 (2.05%) Product Ownership
8 11 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.54%) FPGA
9 9 (1.54%) Robotics
10 6 (1.03%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.03%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.03%) Raspberry Pi
10 6 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (0.85%) FlexPod
11 5 (0.85%) IoT
11 5 (0.85%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 100 (17.09%) Linux
2 61 (10.43%) Windows
3 19 (3.25%) Unix
4 13 (2.22%) CentOS
4 13 (2.22%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.03%) Debian
6 6 (1.03%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.51%) Android
8 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.34%) CoreOS
8 2 (0.34%) Rocky
8 2 (0.34%) VMS
8 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.17%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (32.82%) AI
2 178 (30.43%) CI/CD
3 164 (28.03%) Software Engineering
4 161 (27.52%) DevOps
5 149 (25.47%) Agile
6 132 (22.56%) Infrastructure as Code
7 130 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
8 100 (17.09%) Containerisation
9 98 (16.75%) Test Automation
10 84 (14.36%) Business Intelligence
11 79 (13.50%) Full-Stack Development
12 78 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 70 (11.97%) Analytics
14 67 (11.45%) Data Pipeline
15 59 (10.09%) Machine Learning
16 56 (9.57%) ETL
16 56 (9.57%) Validation
17 54 (9.23%) Mentoring
18 50 (8.55%) Computer Science
18 50 (8.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 161 (27.52%) Java
2 151 (25.81%) SQL
3 135 (23.08%) JavaScript
4 100 (17.09%) C++
5 80 (13.68%) Bash
6 60 (10.26%) C#
7 46 (7.86%) Go
8 39 (6.67%) PowerShell
9 32 (5.47%) TypeScript
10 28 (4.79%) Perl
11 25 (4.27%) C
12 18 (3.08%) MATLAB
13 15 (2.56%) Rust
14 10 (1.71%) PHP
15 9 (1.54%) Scala
16 7 (1.20%) Bicep
16 7 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 6 (1.03%) Groovy
17 6 (1.03%) R
18 5 (0.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 205 (35.04%) Security Cleared
2 109 (18.63%) DV Cleared
3 87 (14.87%) SC Cleared
4 86 (14.70%) Degree
5 84 (14.36%) Azure Certification
6 37 (6.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.71%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 9 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.37%) HND
11 6 (1.03%) PhD
11 6 (1.03%) RHCSA
12 5 (0.85%) CCNP
12 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.68%) CCNA
13 4 (0.68%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.68%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.68%) OSCP
13 4 (0.68%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.81%) QA
2 31 (5.30%) Data Quality
3 29 (4.96%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.88%) WCAG
5 10 (1.71%) NCSC
6 5 (0.85%) GDPR
6 5 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.85%) PMO
7 4 (0.68%) NIST
8 2 (0.34%) Def Stans
8 2 (0.34%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.17%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.17%) DO-254
9 1 (0.17%) JTAG
System Software
1 105 (17.95%) Docker
2 20 (3.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.25%) Firmware
4 11 (1.88%) Active Directory
5 8 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.03%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.03%) vSphere
7 5 (0.85%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.68%) Squid
9 3 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.17%) KVM
Systems Management
1 125 (21.37%) Kubernetes
2 110 (18.80%) Ansible
3 38 (6.50%) Grafana
4 26 (4.44%) Puppet
5 17 (2.91%) Prometheus
6 15 (2.56%) Kibana
6 15 (2.56%) logstash
7 13 (2.22%) Argo
8 11 (1.88%) Rancher
9 9 (1.54%) Packer
10 8 (1.37%) vCenter Server
10 8 (1.37%) yum
11 7 (1.20%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 5 (0.85%) Cisco CUCM
12 5 (0.85%) Nagios
12 5 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.68%) Docker Swarm
13 4 (0.68%) Istio
13 4 (0.68%) linkerd
Vendors
1 112 (19.15%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.62%) Red Hat
3 20 (3.42%) Splunk
3 20 (3.42%) VMware
4 18 (3.08%) Cisco
4 18 (3.08%) Databricks
5 12 (2.05%) Atlassian
5 12 (2.05%) Fortinet
5 12 (2.05%) Google
6 11 (1.88%) OpenAI
7 8 (1.37%) Palo Alto
8 7 (1.20%) Oracle
8 7 (1.20%) SolarWinds
9 6 (1.03%) EMC
9 6 (1.03%) Intel
10 4 (0.68%) Avaya
10 4 (0.68%) F5
10 4 (0.68%) Infoblox
10 4 (0.68%) Netskope
10 4 (0.68%) OneLogin