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 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 18 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 370 337 719
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.42% 9.30% 10.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.73% 26.62% 27.74%
Number of salaries quoted 212 200 501
10th Percentile £30,165 £38,625 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,356 £47,433 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +12.07% -0.78%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,813 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,875 £87,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% -3.45%

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 866 1,266 2,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.02% 34.95% 39.21%
Number of salaries quoted 603 684 2,177
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,150
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -3.31%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

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 13 February 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 13 February 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
Bristol -3 138 £55,000 -21.43% 56
Gloucestershire +12 106 £62,500 -3.85% 69
Devon +7 49 £52,500 -19.23% 20
Dorset -1 22 £100,000 +122.22% 13
Somerset -18 22 £73,750 +34.09% 23
Wiltshire -20 16 £55,000 +37.50% 22
Cornwall -7 8 £55,000 -8.33% 3
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 16 (4.32%) Apache
2 9 (2.43%) Confluence
3 5 (1.35%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.08%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.27%) JBoss
6 1 (0.27%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 75 (20.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.08%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.27%) Doxygen
4 1 (0.27%) Weka
4 1 (0.27%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 177 (47.84%) Azure
2 137 (37.03%) AWS
3 84 (22.70%) Power Platform
4 62 (16.76%) Azure AI
5 60 (16.22%) GitHub
6 32 (8.65%) GCP
7 23 (6.22%) GitHub Actions
7 23 (6.22%) Serverless
8 21 (5.68%) Amazon S3
9 20 (5.41%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (4.32%) Amazon EC2
11 12 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (2.97%) OpenShift
13 8 (2.16%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (2.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 7 (1.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 6 (1.62%) Datadog
16 5 (1.35%) Azure Data Factory
16 5 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
17 4 (1.08%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.22%) Internet
2 18 (4.86%) TCP/IP
3 15 (4.05%) DNS
3 15 (4.05%) WAN
4 11 (2.97%) Firewall
4 11 (2.97%) SD-WAN
5 10 (2.70%) 5G
6 8 (2.16%) DHCP
7 7 (1.89%) LAN
7 7 (1.89%) Network Security
8 6 (1.62%) HTTP
9 5 (1.35%) BGP
9 5 (1.35%) Broadband
9 5 (1.35%) MPLS
9 5 (1.35%) VPN
9 5 (1.35%) VSAN
9 5 (1.35%) Wireshark
10 4 (1.08%) Ethernet
10 4 (1.08%) SMTP
10 4 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (22.70%) Power BI
2 77 (20.81%) Tableau
3 18 (4.86%) Elasticsearch
4 15 (4.05%) NoSQL
5 14 (3.78%) MongoDB
6 13 (3.51%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (3.24%) Big Data
7 12 (3.24%) SQL Server
8 11 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (2.70%) Data Mining
10 9 (2.43%) Neo4j
11 7 (1.89%) Relational Database
12 6 (1.62%) MySQL
13 4 (1.08%) CockroachDB
14 3 (0.81%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 2 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
15 2 (0.54%) DB2
15 2 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 73 (19.73%) Git
2 45 (12.16%) Jenkins
3 22 (5.95%) GitLab
4 13 (3.51%) JUnit
5 12 (3.24%) LabVIEW
6 10 (2.70%) Bitbucket
6 10 (2.70%) Cucumber
6 10 (2.70%) JIRA
7 9 (2.43%) Cypress.io
8 7 (1.89%) CircleCI
9 6 (1.62%) Selenium
9 6 (1.62%) Subversion
10 5 (1.35%) SonarQube
11 4 (1.08%) IDA Disassembler
11 4 (1.08%) TestNG
11 4 (1.08%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (0.81%) Burp Suite
12 3 (0.81%) Metasploit
12 3 (0.81%) Postman
12 3 (0.81%) REST Assured
General
1 121 (32.70%) Social Skills
2 60 (16.22%) Finance
3 58 (15.68%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (6.22%) Electronics
5 21 (5.68%) Multimedia
6 19 (5.14%) Aerospace
6 19 (5.14%) Public Sector
7 18 (4.86%) Manufacturing
8 13 (3.51%) Marketing
8 13 (3.51%) Telecoms
9 12 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.62%) Law
11 6 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.62%) Retail
12 5 (1.35%) Avionics
13 4 (1.08%) Banking
13 4 (1.08%) Military
13 4 (1.08%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 85 (22.97%) Analyst
2 78 (21.08%) Data Analyst
3 64 (17.30%) Junior
4 62 (16.76%) Junior Analyst
4 62 (16.76%) Junior Data Analyst
5 47 (12.70%) Software Engineer
6 37 (10.00%) Developer
7 35 (9.46%) Senior
7 35 (9.46%) Trainee
8 20 (5.41%) Data Engineer
9 19 (5.14%) Test Engineer
10 14 (3.78%) DevOps Engineer
10 14 (3.78%) Lead
10 14 (3.78%) Security Engineer
11 13 (3.51%) Product Engineer
11 13 (3.51%) Python Engineer
12 12 (3.24%) Product Test Engineer
12 12 (3.24%) Software Developer
12 12 (3.24%) Verification Engineer
13 11 (2.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (8.92%) React
2 29 (7.84%) HTML
3 28 (7.57%) CSS
4 19 (5.14%) AngularJS
5 16 (4.32%) pytest
6 13 (3.51%) Spring
6 13 (3.51%) Spring Boot
7 11 (2.97%) Apache NiFi
7 11 (2.97%) Elastic Stack
8 9 (2.43%) Node.js
8 9 (2.43%) Vue
9 8 (2.16%) MERN Stack
9 8 (2.16%) REST
10 7 (1.89%) PySpark
11 6 (1.62%) NumPy
11 6 (1.62%) Pandas
11 6 (1.62%) scikit-learn
12 5 (1.35%) Django
12 5 (1.35%) Hugging Face
12 5 (1.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.14%) Algorithms
2 18 (4.86%) Cloud Native
3 16 (4.32%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.16%) GNSS
4 8 (2.16%) Satnav
4 8 (2.16%) Self-Driving Car
5 7 (1.89%) Private Cloud
6 6 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.62%) Security Posture
7 5 (1.35%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (1.35%) IoT
7 5 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (1.35%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.08%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.08%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.81%) Augmented Reality
9 3 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.81%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 72 (19.46%) Linux
2 34 (9.19%) Windows
3 16 (4.32%) Unix
4 10 (2.70%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.89%) CentOS
7 5 (1.35%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.08%) Debian
8 4 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.81%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (0.54%) CoreOS
10 2 (0.54%) Solaris
11 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (30.27%) AI
2 98 (26.49%) Business Intelligence
3 80 (21.62%) Agile
4 78 (21.08%) Problem-Solving
5 77 (20.81%) DevOps
6 73 (19.73%) CI/CD
7 71 (19.19%) Software Engineering
8 54 (14.59%) Analytics
9 48 (12.97%) Mentoring
10 46 (12.43%) Continuous Improvement
11 45 (12.16%) Containerisation
12 43 (11.62%) Infrastructure as Code
12 43 (11.62%) Test Automation
13 40 (10.81%) Machine Learning
14 39 (10.54%) Cybersecurity
15 34 (9.19%) Data Science
16 25 (6.76%) Data Analysis
16 25 (6.76%) Data Analytics
16 25 (6.76%) Project Management
17 23 (6.22%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 116 (31.35%) SQL
2 79 (21.35%) Java
2 79 (21.35%) JavaScript
3 78 (21.08%) Bash
4 47 (12.70%) PowerShell
5 37 (10.00%) C++
6 29 (7.84%) C
7 28 (7.57%) R
8 25 (6.76%) TypeScript
9 17 (4.59%) C#
9 17 (4.59%) MATLAB
10 16 (4.32%) Go
11 6 (1.62%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.08%) Bicep
12 4 (1.08%) Scala
13 3 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.81%) Elixir
13 3 (0.81%) Erlang
13 3 (0.81%) Google Apps Script
13 3 (0.81%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 99 (26.76%) Security Cleared
2 84 (22.70%) Azure Certification
3 56 (15.14%) DV Cleared
4 48 (12.97%) Degree
5 43 (11.62%) SC Cleared
6 30 (8.11%) AWS Certification
7 26 (7.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 21 (5.68%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (4.32%) CREST Certified
10 12 (3.24%) HND
11 10 (2.70%) CISSP
11 10 (2.70%) SANS
12 9 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (1.62%) Master's Degree
15 4 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
16 3 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 3 (0.81%) CCNP
16 3 (0.81%) CITP
17 2 (0.54%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.78%) Data Quality
2 12 (3.24%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.97%) QA
4 6 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.54%) NCSC
5 2 (0.54%) NIST
6 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.27%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.27%) GDPR
6 1 (0.27%) IEC 62304
6 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 58 (15.68%) Docker
2 6 (1.62%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.62%) Hyper-V
2 6 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.81%) iptables
3 3 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.54%) Firmware
4 2 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.27%) Ceph
5 1 (0.27%) Lustre
5 1 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 72 (19.46%) Kubernetes
2 50 (13.51%) Terraform
3 42 (11.35%) Ansible
4 22 (5.95%) Grafana
5 12 (3.24%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.16%) Argo
6 8 (2.16%) Kibana
7 7 (1.89%) Puppet
8 6 (1.62%) Rancher
8 6 (1.62%) yum
9 4 (1.08%) logstash
9 4 (1.08%) McAfee ePO
9 4 (1.08%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.08%) SCVMM
10 3 (0.81%) Nmap
11 2 (0.54%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.54%) Istio
11 2 (0.54%) Nagios
11 2 (0.54%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.54%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 114 (30.81%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.59%) Oracle
3 15 (4.05%) Google
4 12 (3.24%) Red Hat
5 9 (2.43%) Splunk
6 8 (2.16%) Atlassian
6 8 (2.16%) Cisco
6 8 (2.16%) SAP
7 7 (1.89%) VMware
8 6 (1.62%) Databricks
9 4 (1.08%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.08%) McAfee
9 4 (1.08%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.54%) Cognos
10 2 (0.54%) Dell
10 2 (0.54%) HP
10 2 (0.54%) Juniper
10 2 (0.54%) MicroStrategy
10 2 (0.54%) Palantir
10 2 (0.54%) Veeam