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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 28 16
Rank change year-on-year +11 -12 -7
Permanent jobs citing Python 603 225 632
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.32% 6.51% 8.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.57% 30.08% 31.21%
Number of salaries quoted 335 144 421
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,370 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £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 £85,000 £90,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% -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 1,524 748 2,025
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.97% 21.63% 25.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,110 511 1,385
10th Percentile £33,675 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,063 £37,500 £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 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £81,400
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% 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 3 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 3 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 -2 215 £63,750 +15.91% 182
Bristol +1 150 £62,500 +4.17% 157
Devon +20 89 £62,500 +31.58% 39
Somerset +19 86 £37,500 -31.82% 44
Wiltshire -13 26 £56,250 +51.72% 23
Dorset -12 25 £40,000 -20.00% 38
Cornwall +11 8 £52,246 -16.41% 1
Avon - 1 - - 45
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 38 (6.30%) Apache
2 22 (3.65%) Apache Spark
3 21 (3.48%) Confluence
4 7 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.83%) nginx
5 5 (0.83%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.66%) JBoss
7 2 (0.33%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.33%) SAS
8 1 (0.17%) Kinematics
8 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 74 (12.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.16%) Simulink
3 6 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.17%) MicroStation
5 1 (0.17%) Revit
5 1 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 245 (40.63%) Azure
2 150 (24.88%) AWS
3 109 (18.08%) Power Platform
4 106 (17.58%) Azure AI
5 54 (8.96%) GCP
6 35 (5.80%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (4.15%) OpenShift
7 25 (4.15%) Serverless
8 23 (3.81%) GitHub
9 21 (3.48%) AWS Lambda
9 21 (3.48%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (3.15%) Amazon S3
11 17 (2.82%) AWS CloudFormation
12 16 (2.65%) Amazon EC2
13 15 (2.49%) Azure Data Factory
14 11 (1.82%) Amazon EKS
14 11 (1.82%) SaaS
15 10 (1.66%) Snowflake
16 9 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
17 6 (1.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.65%) Firewall
1 22 (3.65%) WAN
2 17 (2.82%) LAN
3 12 (1.99%) SD-WAN
4 10 (1.66%) Cisco ASA
4 10 (1.66%) DNS
4 10 (1.66%) TCP/IP
4 10 (1.66%) VLAN
5 9 (1.49%) VPN
6 8 (1.33%) Cisco Firepower
6 8 (1.33%) Wireless
7 7 (1.16%) BGP
7 7 (1.16%) Broadband
7 7 (1.16%) Network Security
7 7 (1.16%) OSPF
7 7 (1.16%) Unified Communications
7 7 (1.16%) WebEx
8 6 (1.00%) DHCP
9 5 (0.83%) Software-Defined Networking
9 5 (0.83%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (13.60%) Power BI
2 74 (12.27%) Tableau
3 24 (3.98%) Elasticsearch
3 24 (3.98%) MongoDB
3 24 (3.98%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (3.81%) Big Data
4 23 (3.81%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (3.32%) NoSQL
6 17 (2.82%) Data Lake
7 15 (2.49%) Hadoop
8 11 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (1.66%) BigQuery
9 10 (1.66%) MySQL
9 10 (1.66%) SQL Server
10 8 (1.33%) Geospatial Data
10 8 (1.33%) Relational Database
11 7 (1.16%) InfluxDB
12 5 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 127 (21.06%) Git
2 53 (8.79%) Jenkins
3 49 (8.13%) GitLab
4 36 (5.97%) Subversion
5 34 (5.64%) JIRA
6 28 (4.64%) Eclipse
7 22 (3.65%) JUnit
8 16 (2.65%) Selenium
9 15 (2.49%) Bitbucket
10 13 (2.16%) Cypress.io
11 12 (1.99%) SonarQube
12 11 (1.82%) LabVIEW
13 9 (1.49%) TestRail
14 8 (1.33%) Cucumber
14 8 (1.33%) Robot Framework
15 7 (1.16%) MSI
16 4 (0.66%) Postman
16 4 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
17 3 (0.50%) MLflow
17 3 (0.50%) Snyk
General
1 181 (30.02%) Social Skills
2 74 (12.27%) Finance
3 72 (11.94%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (6.30%) Public Sector
5 28 (4.64%) Aerospace
6 26 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (2.82%) Retail
8 16 (2.65%) Electronics
8 16 (2.65%) Telecoms
9 13 (2.16%) Marketing
10 9 (1.49%) Games
11 8 (1.33%) Aviation
11 8 (1.33%) Banking
11 8 (1.33%) Law
11 8 (1.33%) Military
11 8 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.00%) Legal
12 6 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.83%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.66%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 96 (15.92%) Software Engineer
2 91 (15.09%) Junior
3 89 (14.76%) Analyst
4 88 (14.59%) Developer
5 84 (13.93%) Senior
6 77 (12.77%) Data Analyst
7 64 (10.61%) Junior Analyst
8 63 (10.45%) Junior Data Analyst
9 60 (9.95%) Data Engineer
10 52 (8.62%) Python Engineer
11 43 (7.13%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 39 (6.47%) Lead
13 33 (5.47%) DevOps Engineer
13 33 (5.47%) Java Developer
14 29 (4.81%) Test Engineer
15 27 (4.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 26 (4.31%) Architect
16 26 (4.31%) Solutions Architect
17 24 (3.98%) Python Software Engineer
18 23 (3.81%) Junior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (19.24%) Terraform
2 49 (8.13%) React
3 47 (7.79%) RESTful
4 36 (5.97%) Spring
4 36 (5.97%) Spring Boot
5 27 (4.48%) Node.js
6 26 (4.31%) Elastic Stack
6 26 (4.31%) Jakarta EE
6 26 (4.31%) Struts
6 26 (4.31%) Web Services
7 25 (4.15%) REST
8 24 (3.98%) Kafka
9 22 (3.65%) Apache NiFi
9 22 (3.65%) CSS
10 20 (3.32%) .NET
11 19 (3.15%) Vue
12 17 (2.82%) HTML
13 15 (2.49%) Keycloak
13 15 (2.49%) pytest
14 13 (2.16%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 56 (9.29%) Cloud Native
2 28 (4.64%) Onboarding
3 20 (3.32%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (2.82%) Algorithms
5 14 (2.32%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (2.32%) Greenfield Project
5 14 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (2.16%) Data Centre
7 12 (1.99%) Product Ownership
8 11 (1.82%) Embedded Systems
9 7 (1.16%) CUDA
9 7 (1.16%) FlexPod
9 7 (1.16%) Raspberry Pi
9 7 (1.16%) Robotics
9 7 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (1.00%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.00%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.00%) IoT
10 6 (1.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 101 (16.75%) Linux
2 66 (10.95%) Windows
3 18 (2.99%) Unix
4 15 (2.49%) Windows Server
5 13 (2.16%) CentOS
6 8 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.83%) Debian
7 5 (0.83%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.50%) Android
8 3 (0.50%) 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 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.17%) Rocky
10 1 (0.17%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (36.98%) AI
2 165 (27.36%) CI/CD
3 164 (27.20%) Software Engineering
4 147 (24.38%) DevOps
5 142 (23.55%) Agile
6 125 (20.73%) Infrastructure as Code
7 120 (19.90%) Problem-Solving
8 111 (18.41%) Business Intelligence
9 91 (15.09%) Test Automation
10 89 (14.76%) Containerisation
11 80 (13.27%) Full-Stack Development
12 69 (11.44%) Analytics
13 68 (11.28%) Continuous Improvement
14 65 (10.78%) Data Pipeline
15 60 (9.95%) Machine Learning
16 54 (8.96%) Data Science
17 53 (8.79%) ETL
18 52 (8.62%) Mentoring
19 48 (7.96%) Computer Science
19 48 (7.96%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 171 (28.36%) SQL
2 151 (25.04%) Java
3 140 (23.22%) JavaScript
4 95 (15.75%) C++
5 75 (12.44%) Bash
6 59 (9.78%) C#
7 41 (6.80%) Go
7 41 (6.80%) PowerShell
8 31 (5.14%) TypeScript
9 27 (4.48%) Perl
10 24 (3.98%) C
11 15 (2.49%) MATLAB
12 14 (2.32%) PHP
12 14 (2.32%) Rust
13 12 (1.99%) Scala
14 8 (1.33%) Groovy
14 8 (1.33%) R
15 7 (1.16%) Bicep
15 7 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 5 (0.83%) VBA
Qualifications
1 188 (31.18%) Security Cleared
2 120 (19.90%) Azure Certification
3 103 (17.08%) DV Cleared
4 83 (13.76%) Degree
5 77 (12.77%) SC Cleared
6 38 (6.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (2.49%) AWS Certification
8 14 (2.32%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 12 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.33%) HND
12 7 (1.16%) PhD
13 6 (1.00%) RHCSA
14 5 (0.83%) CCNP
15 4 (0.66%) CCNA
15 4 (0.66%) ISTQB
15 4 (0.66%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.66%) OSCP
15 4 (0.66%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.14%) QA
2 30 (4.98%) Data Quality
3 27 (4.48%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.82%) WCAG
5 10 (1.66%) NCSC
6 6 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.83%) GDPR
7 5 (0.83%) PMO
8 4 (0.66%) NIST
9 1 (0.17%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.17%) JTAG
System Software
1 101 (16.75%) Docker
2 23 (3.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (3.48%) Firmware
4 12 (1.99%) Active Directory
5 9 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (1.33%) vSphere
7 6 (1.00%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.83%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (0.66%) Squid
9 4 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.17%) iptables
12 1 (0.17%) KVM
Systems Management
1 115 (19.07%) Kubernetes
2 102 (16.92%) Ansible
3 39 (6.47%) Grafana
4 21 (3.48%) Puppet
5 17 (2.82%) Prometheus
6 15 (2.49%) Kibana
6 15 (2.49%) logstash
7 9 (1.49%) Argo
7 9 (1.49%) Packer
8 8 (1.33%) Rancher
8 8 (1.33%) vCenter Server
9 7 (1.16%) Cisco CUCM
9 7 (1.16%) ZABBIX
10 6 (1.00%) yum
11 5 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.83%) Kubeflow
11 5 (0.83%) Nagios
11 5 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.50%) Istio
12 3 (0.50%) linkerd
Vendors
1 137 (22.72%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.31%) Red Hat
3 23 (3.81%) Splunk
3 23 (3.81%) VMware
4 21 (3.48%) Cisco
5 18 (2.99%) Databricks
6 14 (2.32%) Fortinet
7 13 (2.16%) Atlassian
8 10 (1.66%) Google
8 10 (1.66%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.33%) Oracle
10 7 (1.16%) OpenAI
10 7 (1.16%) SolarWinds
11 5 (0.83%) Intel
12 4 (0.66%) Avaya
12 4 (0.66%) F5
12 4 (0.66%) Infoblox
12 4 (0.66%) NetApp
12 4 (0.66%) Netskope
12 4 (0.66%) ServiceNow