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 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 17 15
Rank change year-on-year -5 -2 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 308 397 568
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.08% 9.32% 12.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.79% 28.48% 31.07%
Number of salaries quoted 194 239 363
10th Percentile £28,550 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £41,925 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £91,934
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% +3.57%

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 755 1,394 1,828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.91% 32.72% 39.66%
Number of salaries quoted 560 759 1,483
10th Percentile £30,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,679 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,444 £71,875 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 7 January 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 7 January 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 -7 118 £55,000 -20.00% 74
Gloucestershire +16 84 £67,500 +3.85% 85
Devon -4 39 £45,000 -34.55% 44
Wiltshire -12 18 £36,000 -10.00% 34
Somerset -13 18 £73,750 +34.09% 38
Dorset -5 17 £101,250 +113.16% 39
Cornwall -19 6 £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 13 (4.22%) Apache
2 10 (3.25%) Confluence
3 2 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.65%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Superset
4 1 (0.32%) JBoss
4 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 48 (15.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.32%) Doxygen
3 1 (0.32%) Weka
3 1 (0.32%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.32%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 137 (44.48%) Azure
2 114 (37.01%) AWS
3 56 (18.18%) Power Platform
4 52 (16.88%) GitHub
5 35 (11.36%) Azure AI
6 21 (6.82%) Amazon S3
7 20 (6.49%) Serverless
8 18 (5.84%) AWS Lambda
8 18 (5.84%) GitHub Actions
9 16 (5.19%) Amazon EC2
9 16 (5.19%) GCP
10 15 (4.87%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (4.22%) OpenShift
12 6 (1.95%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (1.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 5 (1.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 5 (1.62%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (1.30%) SaaS
15 3 (0.97%) Google Workspace
15 3 (0.97%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.47%) Internet
2 15 (4.87%) TCP/IP
3 12 (3.90%) DNS
3 12 (3.90%) WAN
4 10 (3.25%) Firewall
5 9 (2.92%) SD-WAN
6 8 (2.60%) 5G
7 6 (1.95%) HTTP
7 6 (1.95%) LAN
8 5 (1.62%) DHCP
8 5 (1.62%) Network Security
8 5 (1.62%) VPN
8 5 (1.62%) Wireshark
9 4 (1.30%) Ethernet
9 4 (1.30%) SMTP
9 4 (1.30%) VSAN
9 4 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.97%) BGP
10 3 (0.97%) MPLS
10 3 (0.97%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (18.18%) Power BI
2 47 (15.26%) Tableau
3 14 (4.55%) MongoDB
4 13 (4.22%) Amazon RDS
4 13 (4.22%) Elasticsearch
5 12 (3.90%) NoSQL
5 12 (3.90%) Relational Database
5 12 (3.90%) SQL Server
6 11 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (3.25%) MySQL
8 8 (2.60%) Data Mining
9 7 (2.27%) Neo4j
10 6 (1.95%) Big Data
11 4 (1.30%) CockroachDB
11 4 (1.30%) InfluxDB
11 4 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.97%) ClickHouse
12 3 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.97%) Metadata
12 3 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 73 (23.70%) Git
2 33 (10.71%) Jenkins
3 20 (6.49%) GitLab
4 14 (4.55%) JUnit
5 11 (3.57%) JIRA
6 10 (3.25%) LabVIEW
7 9 (2.92%) Cypress.io
8 7 (2.27%) Bitbucket
8 7 (2.27%) Cucumber
8 7 (2.27%) Selenium
9 4 (1.30%) CircleCI
9 4 (1.30%) IDA Disassembler
9 4 (1.30%) Postman
9 4 (1.30%) REST Assured
9 4 (1.30%) TestNG
9 4 (1.30%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.97%) Balsamiq
10 3 (0.97%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.97%) Subversion
11 2 (0.65%) Maven
General
1 85 (27.60%) Social Skills
2 51 (16.56%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (14.94%) Finance
4 24 (7.79%) Electronics
5 21 (6.82%) Multimedia
6 17 (5.52%) Manufacturing
6 17 (5.52%) Public Sector
7 15 (4.87%) Marketing
8 12 (3.90%) Aerospace
9 10 (3.25%) Telecoms
10 9 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.60%) Law
12 5 (1.62%) Avionics
12 5 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.30%) Military
13 4 (1.30%) Retail
14 3 (0.97%) Aviation
14 3 (0.97%) Billing
14 3 (0.97%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 59 (19.16%) Analyst
2 49 (15.91%) Data Analyst
3 38 (12.34%) Software Engineer
4 37 (12.01%) Junior
5 35 (11.36%) Junior Analyst
5 35 (11.36%) Junior Data Analyst
6 29 (9.42%) Trainee
7 28 (9.09%) Developer
7 28 (9.09%) Senior
8 18 (5.84%) Data Engineer
9 16 (5.19%) Test Engineer
10 13 (4.22%) Python Engineer
11 12 (3.90%) Software Developer
12 11 (3.57%) Lead
12 11 (3.57%) Product Engineer
13 10 (3.25%) Product Test Engineer
13 10 (3.25%) Python Software Engineer
13 10 (3.25%) Security Engineer
13 10 (3.25%) Verification Engineer
14 9 (2.92%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (9.09%) HTML
2 27 (8.77%) CSS
2 27 (8.77%) React
3 13 (4.22%) AngularJS
3 13 (4.22%) pytest
4 11 (3.57%) PySpark
5 10 (3.25%) Spring
5 10 (3.25%) Spring Boot
6 9 (2.92%) Apache NiFi
6 9 (2.92%) REST
7 7 (2.27%) Elastic Stack
8 6 (1.95%) MERN Stack
9 5 (1.62%) Hibernate
9 5 (1.62%) JSF
9 5 (1.62%) Kafka
9 5 (1.62%) Pandas
9 5 (1.62%) RabbitMQ
10 4 (1.30%) PrimeFaces
10 4 (1.30%) PyTorch
10 4 (1.30%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.22%) Algorithms
1 13 (4.22%) Cloud Native
2 12 (3.90%) Linux Command Line
2 12 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (3.25%) IoT
4 8 (2.60%) GNSS
4 8 (2.60%) Satnav
5 7 (2.27%) Embedded Systems
5 7 (2.27%) Private Cloud
6 6 (1.95%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (1.95%) Security Posture
6 6 (1.95%) Self-Driving Car
7 5 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.30%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.30%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.97%) Analogue Electronics
9 3 (0.97%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.97%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.97%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 62 (20.13%) Linux
2 30 (9.74%) Windows
3 16 (5.19%) Unix
4 11 (3.57%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.95%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.62%) CentOS
7 5 (1.62%) Debian
8 3 (0.97%) FreeRTOS
8 3 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.65%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.65%) Solaris
10 1 (0.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (24.68%) AI
2 69 (22.40%) Business Intelligence
3 67 (21.75%) Problem-Solving
4 63 (20.45%) Software Engineering
5 62 (20.13%) DevOps
6 61 (19.81%) CI/CD
7 59 (19.16%) Agile
8 49 (15.91%) Analytics
9 40 (12.99%) Mentoring
10 35 (11.36%) Cybersecurity
10 35 (11.36%) Infrastructure as Code
10 35 (11.36%) Test Automation
11 32 (10.39%) Containerisation
11 32 (10.39%) Continuous Improvement
11 32 (10.39%) Machine Learning
12 28 (9.09%) Data Analysis
12 28 (9.09%) Data Science
13 24 (7.79%) Data Analytics
13 24 (7.79%) Project Management
13 24 (7.79%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 100 (32.47%) SQL
2 66 (21.43%) Java
2 66 (21.43%) JavaScript
3 52 (16.88%) Bash
4 35 (11.36%) PowerShell
5 34 (11.04%) C++
6 32 (10.39%) C
7 28 (9.09%) R
8 21 (6.82%) TypeScript
9 19 (6.17%) C#
10 15 (4.87%) MATLAB
11 12 (3.90%) Go
12 6 (1.95%) Bicep
13 5 (1.62%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.97%) Embedded C
14 3 (0.97%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.97%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.97%) Tcl
14 3 (0.97%) VBA
14 3 (0.97%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 84 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 59 (19.16%) Azure Certification
3 51 (16.56%) Degree
3 51 (16.56%) DV Cleared
4 45 (14.61%) SC Cleared
5 25 (8.12%) AWS Certification
6 21 (6.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 21 (6.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (3.57%) CREST Certified
8 10 (3.25%) HND
9 9 (2.92%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (2.60%) Master's Degree
11 7 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.95%) CISSP
12 6 (1.95%) SANS
13 5 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.97%) CCNP
14 3 (0.97%) CITP
15 2 (0.65%) CCNA
15 2 (0.65%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.57%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.92%) QA
3 7 (2.27%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.65%) NCSC
5 2 (0.65%) NIST
6 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.32%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.32%) GDPR
6 1 (0.32%) IEC 62304
6 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 46 (14.94%) Docker
2 6 (1.95%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.62%) Firmware
3 5 (1.62%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.65%) vSphere
6 1 (0.32%) Ceph
6 1 (0.32%) iptables
6 1 (0.32%) KVM
6 1 (0.32%) Lustre
6 1 (0.32%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 54 (17.53%) Kubernetes
2 38 (12.34%) Terraform
3 32 (10.39%) Ansible
4 13 (4.22%) Grafana
5 10 (3.25%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.27%) Kibana
7 5 (1.62%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.30%) Argo
9 3 (0.97%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.97%) McAfee ePO
9 3 (0.97%) Puppet
9 3 (0.97%) Rancher
9 3 (0.97%) SCVMM
9 3 (0.97%) yum
10 2 (0.65%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.65%) Nagios
10 2 (0.65%) Nmap
11 1 (0.32%) Control-M
11 1 (0.32%) Nessus
11 1 (0.32%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 80 (25.97%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.84%) Oracle
3 15 (4.87%) Google
4 11 (3.57%) Red Hat
5 10 (3.25%) Databricks
6 8 (2.60%) SAP
7 7 (2.27%) Atlassian
7 7 (2.27%) Splunk
8 6 (1.95%) Cisco
8 6 (1.95%) VMware
9 4 (1.30%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.30%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.97%) EMC
10 3 (0.97%) McAfee
11 2 (0.65%) Palantir
11 2 (0.65%) Talend
12 1 (0.32%) Alteryx
12 1 (0.32%) Foundry
12 1 (0.32%) HubSpot
12 1 (0.32%) Zoho