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 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 25 16
Rank change year-on-year +11 -9 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 618 252 644
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.89% 7.16% 8.01%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.45% 31.27% 31.31%
Number of salaries quoted 331 148 439
10th Percentile £34,500 £36,650 £42,250
25th Percentile £45,375 £46,006 £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 £75,625 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £74,435 £75,000
% change year-on-year -5.96% -0.75% -

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 1,491 806 2,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.63% 22.91% 25.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,058 531 1,503
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,875 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +2.46% -6.15%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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 0 209 £62,500 +8.70% 98
Bristol +6 161 £62,500 - 122
Devon +21 93 £62,500 +31.58% 28
Somerset +22 88 £37,500 -28.57% 22
Dorset -6 28 £40,000 -17.95% 31
Wiltshire -8 27 £57,500 +53.33% 15
Cornwall +14 9 £52,246 -16.41%
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 37 (5.99%) Apache
2 24 (3.88%) Apache Spark
3 19 (3.07%) Confluence
4 8 (1.29%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.81%) nginx
6 4 (0.65%) JBoss
6 4 (0.65%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.65%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.32%) SAS
8 1 (0.16%) Kinematics
8 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 93 (15.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.81%) Simulink
4 3 (0.49%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.16%) MicroStation
5 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.16%) Revit
5 1 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.32%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 259 (41.91%) Azure
2 156 (25.24%) AWS
3 125 (20.23%) Azure AI
3 125 (20.23%) Power Platform
4 52 (8.41%) GCP
5 37 (5.99%) Microsoft 365
6 29 (4.69%) Serverless
7 25 (4.05%) AWS Lambda
8 23 (3.72%) GitHub
8 23 (3.72%) OpenShift
9 22 (3.56%) Amazon S3
10 20 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (3.07%) Amazon EC2
12 16 (2.59%) AWS CloudFormation
13 15 (2.43%) Azure Data Factory
14 13 (2.10%) SaaS
15 11 (1.78%) Amazon EKS
16 9 (1.46%) GitHub Actions
16 9 (1.46%) Snowflake
17 6 (0.97%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.05%) Firewall
2 23 (3.72%) WAN
3 18 (2.91%) LAN
4 13 (2.10%) Cisco ASA
4 13 (2.10%) VLAN
5 11 (1.78%) Cisco Firepower
6 10 (1.62%) SD-WAN
6 10 (1.62%) TCP/IP
6 10 (1.62%) Unified Communications
6 10 (1.62%) WebEx
7 8 (1.29%) Broadband
7 8 (1.29%) DNS
7 8 (1.29%) Network Security
7 8 (1.29%) VPN
8 6 (0.97%) DHCP
8 6 (0.97%) Wireless
9 5 (0.81%) 5G
9 5 (0.81%) BGP
9 5 (0.81%) OSPF
9 5 (0.81%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (15.86%) Power BI
2 96 (15.53%) Tableau
3 24 (3.88%) Big Data
3 24 (3.88%) MongoDB
4 23 (3.72%) Elasticsearch
4 23 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (3.56%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (3.40%) NoSQL
7 18 (2.91%) Data Lake
8 15 (2.43%) Hadoop
9 14 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (1.62%) BigQuery
10 10 (1.62%) MySQL
11 9 (1.46%) Relational Database
12 8 (1.29%) Geospatial Data
12 8 (1.29%) SQL Server
13 6 (0.97%) InfluxDB
13 6 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 122 (19.74%) Git
2 51 (8.25%) Jenkins
3 46 (7.44%) GitLab
4 33 (5.34%) Subversion
5 32 (5.18%) JIRA
6 26 (4.21%) Eclipse
7 21 (3.40%) JUnit
8 16 (2.59%) Bitbucket
9 15 (2.43%) Selenium
10 12 (1.94%) Cypress.io
10 12 (1.94%) SonarQube
11 8 (1.29%) Cucumber
11 8 (1.29%) TestRail
12 7 (1.13%) LabVIEW
12 7 (1.13%) MSI
12 7 (1.13%) Robot Framework
13 6 (0.97%) Visual Studio Code
14 4 (0.65%) Postman
15 3 (0.49%) MLflow
15 3 (0.49%) Snyk
General
1 200 (32.36%) Social Skills
2 71 (11.49%) Finance
3 67 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (6.63%) Public Sector
5 30 (4.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (4.37%) Aerospace
7 20 (3.24%) Retail
8 17 (2.75%) Telecoms
9 16 (2.59%) Marketing
10 13 (2.10%) Electronics
11 11 (1.78%) Banking
12 9 (1.46%) Games
12 9 (1.46%) Law
13 8 (1.29%) Aviation
13 8 (1.29%) Military
14 7 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.97%) Legal
15 6 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.81%) Tech for Good
17 4 (0.65%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 108 (17.48%) Junior
2 106 (17.15%) Analyst
3 98 (15.86%) Software Engineer
4 95 (15.37%) Data Analyst
5 88 (14.24%) Developer
6 84 (13.59%) Senior
7 82 (13.27%) Junior Analyst
7 82 (13.27%) Junior Data Analyst
8 61 (9.87%) Data Engineer
9 48 (7.77%) Python Engineer
10 43 (6.96%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 38 (6.15%) Lead
12 33 (5.34%) Java Developer
13 28 (4.53%) DevOps Engineer
13 28 (4.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 27 (4.37%) Architect
15 26 (4.21%) Solutions Architect
16 23 (3.72%) Test Engineer
17 22 (3.56%) Junior Developer
17 22 (3.56%) Junior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (7.77%) React
2 45 (7.28%) RESTful
3 33 (5.34%) Spring
3 33 (5.34%) Spring Boot
4 29 (4.69%) Node.js
5 26 (4.21%) REST
6 24 (3.88%) Elastic Stack
6 24 (3.88%) Jakarta EE
6 24 (3.88%) Struts
6 24 (3.88%) Web Services
7 23 (3.72%) CSS
8 22 (3.56%) .NET
8 22 (3.56%) Apache NiFi
8 22 (3.56%) Kafka
9 20 (3.24%) Vue
10 18 (2.91%) HTML
11 14 (2.27%) pytest
12 13 (2.10%) AngularJS
12 13 (2.10%) FastAPI
12 13 (2.10%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 57 (9.22%) Cloud Native
2 28 (4.53%) Onboarding
3 22 (3.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 18 (2.91%) Algorithms
5 17 (2.75%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (2.43%) Greenfield Project
7 14 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.94%) Product Ownership
9 11 (1.78%) Data Centre
10 10 (1.62%) FlexPod
10 10 (1.62%) Video Conferencing
11 9 (1.46%) Embedded Systems
12 8 (1.29%) IoT
13 7 (1.13%) CUDA
13 7 (1.13%) Replication
13 7 (1.13%) Video\Live Streaming
14 6 (0.97%) Data Structures
14 6 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (0.97%) Raspberry Pi
14 6 (0.97%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 100 (16.18%) Linux
2 67 (10.84%) Windows
3 18 (2.91%) Windows Server
4 16 (2.59%) Unix
5 12 (1.94%) CentOS
6 8 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.81%) Debian
7 5 (0.81%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.49%) Android
8 3 (0.49%) VMS
9 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.32%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.16%) Rocky
10 1 (0.16%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (39.97%) AI
2 165 (26.70%) Software Engineering
3 158 (25.57%) CI/CD
4 140 (22.65%) Agile
4 140 (22.65%) DevOps
5 130 (21.04%) Business Intelligence
6 119 (19.26%) Infrastructure as Code
7 111 (17.96%) Problem-Solving
8 89 (14.40%) Containerisation
9 87 (14.08%) Test Automation
10 80 (12.94%) Full-Stack Development
11 70 (11.33%) Analytics
12 66 (10.68%) Machine Learning
13 63 (10.19%) Data Pipeline
14 62 (10.03%) Continuous Improvement
15 58 (9.39%) Data Science
16 49 (7.93%) ETL
16 49 (7.93%) Mentoring
17 46 (7.44%) Data Engineering
17 46 (7.44%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 187 (30.26%) SQL
2 144 (23.30%) Java
3 141 (22.82%) JavaScript
4 90 (14.56%) C++
5 71 (11.49%) Bash
6 58 (9.39%) C#
7 40 (6.47%) PowerShell
8 39 (6.31%) Go
9 33 (5.34%) TypeScript
10 25 (4.05%) Perl
11 23 (3.72%) C
12 17 (2.75%) PHP
13 15 (2.43%) Rust
14 13 (2.10%) MATLAB
14 13 (2.10%) Scala
15 9 (1.46%) R
16 8 (1.29%) Groovy
17 7 (1.13%) Bicep
17 7 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 5 (0.81%) VBA
Qualifications
1 182 (29.45%) Security Cleared
2 136 (22.01%) Azure Certification
3 102 (16.50%) DV Cleared
4 81 (13.11%) Degree
5 75 (12.14%) SC Cleared
6 37 (5.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (2.75%) AWS Certification
8 15 (2.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 11 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.46%) PhD
11 8 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.97%) HND
13 6 (0.97%) RHCSA
14 4 (0.65%) CCNA
14 4 (0.65%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.65%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.65%) OSCP
14 4 (0.65%) RHCE
15 3 (0.49%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.69%) Data Quality
1 29 (4.69%) QA
2 26 (4.21%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.78%) WCAG
4 10 (1.62%) NCSC
5 7 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.97%) GDPR
7 5 (0.81%) NIST
8 4 (0.65%) PMO
9 3 (0.49%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.16%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.16%) JTAG
System Software
1 102 (16.50%) Docker
2 24 (3.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.07%) Firmware
4 11 (1.78%) Active Directory
4 11 (1.78%) vSphere
5 8 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 7 (1.13%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.81%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.81%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.65%) Squid
9 3 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.16%) iptables
11 1 (0.16%) KVM
Systems Management
1 112 (18.12%) Kubernetes
2 110 (17.80%) Terraform
3 96 (15.53%) Ansible
4 39 (6.31%) Grafana
5 20 (3.24%) Puppet
6 15 (2.43%) Prometheus
7 14 (2.27%) Kibana
7 14 (2.27%) logstash
8 10 (1.62%) Cisco CUCM
9 9 (1.46%) Packer
10 7 (1.13%) Argo
10 7 (1.13%) Rancher
10 7 (1.13%) vCenter Server
10 7 (1.13%) ZABBIX
11 5 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.81%) Kubeflow
11 5 (0.81%) Nagios
11 5 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.81%) yum
12 4 (0.65%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 158 (25.57%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.05%) Red Hat
2 25 (4.05%) Splunk
3 24 (3.88%) VMware
4 21 (3.40%) Cisco
5 20 (3.24%) Databricks
6 15 (2.43%) Fortinet
7 13 (2.10%) Palo Alto
8 12 (1.94%) Atlassian
9 9 (1.46%) Oracle
10 7 (1.13%) Google
10 7 (1.13%) NetApp
10 7 (1.13%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.81%) Intel
11 5 (0.81%) SolarWinds
12 4 (0.65%) Cognos
12 4 (0.65%) MicroStrategy
12 4 (0.65%) OneLogin
13 3 (0.49%) New Relic
13 3 (0.49%) SaltStack