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 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 18 14
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Python 526 251 843
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.86% 8.93% 8.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 43.87% 30.02% 28.01%
Number of salaries quoted 260 148 611
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,497 £57,471 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.78% -0.05% -4.17%
75th Percentile £73,250 £74,164 £75,625
90th Percentile £80,000 £97,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -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 1,199 836 3,010
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.64% 29.75% 29.71%
Number of salaries quoted 798 556 2,408
10th Percentile £33,925 £31,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 10 June 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 10 June 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 -1 149 £60,000 - 51
Bristol +5 146 £60,000 - 66
Devon +24 99 £51,250 -2.38% 8
Somerset +15 66 £32,500 -43.48% 19
Dorset -2 30 £50,000 +2.56% 8
Wiltshire -13 20 £75,000 +54.84% 30
Cornwall +6 12 £52,246 -16.41% 1
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 19 (3.61%) Apache
2 16 (3.04%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.90%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.71%) Confluence
5 8 (1.52%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.38%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.19%) SAS
7 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 127 (24.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.33%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 267 (50.76%) Azure
2 158 (30.04%) Azure AI
3 156 (29.66%) Power Platform
4 140 (26.62%) AWS
5 49 (9.32%) GCP
6 38 (7.22%) GitHub
7 30 (5.70%) Amazon S3
8 29 (5.51%) Serverless
9 26 (4.94%) AWS Lambda
10 23 (4.37%) Microsoft 365
11 19 (3.61%) Amazon EC2
12 14 (2.66%) GitHub Actions
13 11 (2.09%) OpenShift
14 10 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
15 9 (1.71%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (1.71%) Snowflake
16 8 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
16 8 (1.52%) dbt
17 7 (1.33%) AWS CloudFormation
17 7 (1.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.37%) WAN
2 21 (3.99%) Firewall
3 13 (2.47%) Broadband
3 13 (2.47%) LAN
4 12 (2.28%) SD-WAN
5 11 (2.09%) 5G
5 11 (2.09%) Cisco ASA
6 10 (1.90%) Internet
7 9 (1.71%) Cisco Firepower
7 9 (1.71%) Unified Communications
7 9 (1.71%) VLAN
7 9 (1.71%) WebEx
8 8 (1.52%) TCP/IP
9 7 (1.33%) Network Security
10 6 (1.14%) DHCP
10 6 (1.14%) DNS
11 4 (0.76%) IPv4
11 4 (0.76%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (0.57%) VPN
13 2 (0.38%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (27.00%) Power BI
2 130 (24.71%) Tableau
3 18 (3.42%) Elasticsearch
3 18 (3.42%) MongoDB
4 16 (3.04%) NoSQL
5 15 (2.85%) Big Data
6 14 (2.66%) Amazon RDS
6 14 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
7 13 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (2.47%) SQL Server
8 12 (2.28%) Data Lake
9 10 (1.90%) BigQuery
10 8 (1.52%) Relational Database
10 8 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (1.14%) Data Vault
13 5 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.95%) MySQL
14 4 (0.76%) InfluxDB
14 4 (0.76%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 76 (14.45%) Git
2 44 (8.37%) Jenkins
3 26 (4.94%) GitLab
4 14 (2.66%) Subversion
5 13 (2.47%) Bitbucket
5 13 (2.47%) JIRA
6 10 (1.90%) LabVIEW
6 10 (1.90%) Visual Studio Code
7 9 (1.71%) Eclipse
7 9 (1.71%) SonarQube
8 8 (1.52%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.52%) Cypress.io
8 8 (1.52%) JUnit
9 7 (1.33%) Selenium
10 4 (0.76%) CircleCI
10 4 (0.76%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.76%) TestRail
11 3 (0.57%) MLflow
12 2 (0.38%) DBeaver
12 2 (0.38%) ESLint
General
1 210 (39.92%) Social Skills
2 53 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (7.98%) Finance
4 33 (6.27%) Public Sector
5 23 (4.37%) Aerospace
6 19 (3.61%) Retail
7 18 (3.42%) Electronics
8 15 (2.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (2.66%) Marketing
9 14 (2.66%) Telecoms
10 12 (2.28%) Banking
11 10 (1.90%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.90%) Multimedia
12 9 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.71%) Tech for Good
13 4 (0.76%) Aviation
13 4 (0.76%) Games
13 4 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.57%) Law
Job Titles
1 138 (26.24%) Analyst
2 127 (24.14%) Data Analyst
3 124 (23.57%) Junior
4 116 (22.05%) Junior Analyst
4 116 (22.05%) Junior Data Analyst
5 62 (11.79%) Developer
6 56 (10.65%) Software Engineer
7 46 (8.75%) Senior
8 42 (7.98%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 42 (7.98%) Data Engineer
9 24 (4.56%) Python Developer
10 22 (4.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 22 (4.18%) Lead
11 21 (3.99%) Data Scientist
11 21 (3.99%) Python Engineer
11 21 (3.99%) Trainee
12 17 (3.23%) DevOps Engineer
12 17 (3.23%) Java Developer
12 17 (3.23%) Test Engineer
13 14 (2.66%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.94%) React
2 24 (4.56%) Node.js
3 20 (3.80%) CSS
4 17 (3.23%) Vue
5 16 (3.04%) Elastic Stack
5 16 (3.04%) HTML
5 16 (3.04%) REST
5 16 (3.04%) RESTful
6 14 (2.66%) pytest
7 12 (2.28%) AngularJS
8 11 (2.09%) Apache NiFi
8 11 (2.09%) FastAPI
8 11 (2.09%) Pandas
9 10 (1.90%) NumPy
9 10 (1.90%) Spring
9 10 (1.90%) Spring Boot
10 9 (1.71%) .NET
10 9 (1.71%) Django
10 9 (1.71%) XMPP
11 8 (1.52%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.70%) Cloud Native
2 20 (3.80%) Algorithms
3 14 (2.66%) Greenfield Project
3 14 (2.66%) Hybrid Cloud
4 12 (2.28%) Onboarding
4 12 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (1.90%) Self-Driving Car
6 9 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (1.71%) FlexPod
6 9 (1.71%) Video Conferencing
6 9 (1.71%) Video\Live Streaming
7 7 (1.33%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.14%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.14%) Over-the-Top Content
8 6 (1.14%) Replication
9 5 (0.95%) Embedded Systems
9 5 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (0.95%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.76%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 71 (13.50%) Linux
2 45 (8.56%) Windows
3 19 (3.61%) Unix
4 17 (3.23%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.52%) CentOS
6 5 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.57%) VMS
8 2 (0.38%) CoreOS
8 2 (0.38%) Debian
8 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.19%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (46.01%) AI
2 171 (32.51%) Business Intelligence
3 97 (18.44%) CI/CD
4 93 (17.68%) Software Engineering
5 92 (17.49%) DevOps
6 81 (15.40%) Agile
7 72 (13.69%) Problem-Solving
8 66 (12.55%) Infrastructure as Code
9 58 (11.03%) Analytics
10 57 (10.84%) Containerisation
11 53 (10.08%) Data Science
12 50 (9.51%) Test Automation
13 48 (9.13%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
13 48 (9.13%) Machine Learning
14 44 (8.37%) Mentoring
15 41 (7.79%) Full-Stack Development
16 40 (7.60%) Continuous Improvement
17 35 (6.65%) Data Engineering
18 34 (6.46%) Data Pipeline
18 34 (6.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 194 (36.88%) SQL
2 88 (16.73%) JavaScript
3 83 (15.78%) Java
4 73 (13.88%) Bash
5 46 (8.75%) C++
6 45 (8.56%) PowerShell
7 30 (5.70%) C#
8 26 (4.94%) TypeScript
9 24 (4.56%) Go
10 21 (3.99%) R
11 17 (3.23%) C
12 15 (2.85%) MATLAB
13 13 (2.47%) PHP
14 10 (1.90%) Scala
15 8 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (1.52%) Perl
16 7 (1.33%) Rust
17 5 (0.95%) Groovy
17 5 (0.95%) VBA
18 3 (0.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 168 (31.94%) Azure Certification
2 101 (19.20%) Security Cleared
3 69 (13.12%) DV Cleared
4 48 (9.13%) Degree
5 33 (6.27%) SC Cleared
6 25 (4.75%) AWS Certification
7 20 (3.80%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 15 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (2.28%) HND
11 5 (0.95%) CREST Certified
11 5 (0.95%) PhD
12 4 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.76%) CCNA
12 4 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.76%) CISSP
12 4 (0.76%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.76%) RHCE
12 4 (0.76%) RHCSA
12 4 (0.76%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.56%) Data Quality
2 15 (2.85%) QA
3 6 (1.14%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.95%) GDPR
4 5 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.57%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.19%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.19%) NCSC
6 1 (0.19%) NIST
6 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 74 (14.07%) Docker
2 19 (3.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.28%) Firmware
4 10 (1.90%) vSphere
5 9 (1.71%) Active Directory
6 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (1.14%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.76%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.76%) iptables
8 4 (0.76%) Squid
8 4 (0.76%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.38%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 79 (15.02%) Kubernetes
2 73 (13.88%) Terraform
3 63 (11.98%) Ansible
4 41 (7.79%) Grafana
5 19 (3.61%) Prometheus
6 13 (2.47%) Puppet
7 10 (1.90%) Kibana
7 10 (1.90%) logstash
8 9 (1.71%) Cisco CUCM
9 8 (1.52%) Argo
10 7 (1.33%) Rancher
11 6 (1.14%) yum
11 6 (1.14%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.95%) Kubeflow
12 5 (0.95%) Packer
12 5 (0.95%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.76%) vCenter Server
14 3 (0.57%) SCCM
14 3 (0.57%) SCOM
14 3 (0.57%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 186 (35.36%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.18%) Splunk
3 19 (3.61%) VMware
4 18 (3.42%) Databricks
5 17 (3.23%) Cisco
6 14 (2.66%) Red Hat
7 11 (2.09%) Fortinet
7 11 (2.09%) Palo Alto
8 10 (1.90%) Oracle
9 8 (1.52%) Google
10 6 (1.14%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.14%) Cognos
10 6 (1.14%) MicroStrategy
10 6 (1.14%) NetApp
11 4 (0.76%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.76%) Typelevel
12 3 (0.57%) BMC
12 3 (0.57%) SAP
13 2 (0.38%) HP
13 2 (0.38%) Juniper