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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 29 16
Rank change year-on-year +14 -13 -7
Permanent jobs citing Python 602 226 635
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.33% 6.49% 8.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.50% 29.93% 31.25%
Number of salaries quoted 333 144 422
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,370 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £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 £84,500 £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 1,524 755 2,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.03% 21.70% 25.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,107 516 1,388
10th Percentile £34,200 £30,375 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,375 £38,063 £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 £80,000 £81,325
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 1 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 1 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 -1 213 £62,500 +13.64% 180
Bristol +4 151 £62,500 +4.17% 147
Devon +20 90 £62,500 +31.58% 36
Somerset +20 86 £37,500 -31.82% 36
Wiltshire -11 26 £56,250 +51.72% 22
Dorset -12 25 £40,000 -20.00% 35
Cornwall +12 8 £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 37 (6.15%) Apache
2 21 (3.49%) Apache Spark
2 21 (3.49%) Confluence
3 7 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.83%) nginx
4 5 (0.83%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.66%) JBoss
6 2 (0.33%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.33%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) Kinematics
7 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 74 (12.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.00%) Simulink
3 2 (0.33%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.17%) MicroStation
4 1 (0.17%) Revit
4 1 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 243 (40.37%) Azure
2 153 (25.42%) AWS
3 107 (17.77%) Power Platform
4 106 (17.61%) Azure AI
5 54 (8.97%) GCP
6 36 (5.98%) Microsoft 365
7 27 (4.49%) Serverless
8 25 (4.15%) OpenShift
9 23 (3.82%) AWS Lambda
9 23 (3.82%) GitHub
10 21 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (3.32%) Amazon S3
12 18 (2.99%) Amazon EC2
13 17 (2.82%) AWS CloudFormation
14 14 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (2.16%) SaaS
16 11 (1.83%) Amazon EKS
17 9 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
17 9 (1.50%) Snowflake
18 6 (1.00%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.99%) Firewall
2 22 (3.65%) WAN
3 17 (2.82%) LAN
4 11 (1.83%) Cisco ASA
4 11 (1.83%) SD-WAN
4 11 (1.83%) VLAN
5 10 (1.66%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.50%) Cisco Firepower
6 9 (1.50%) DNS
6 9 (1.50%) VPN
7 8 (1.33%) Network Security
7 8 (1.33%) Unified Communications
7 8 (1.33%) WebEx
8 7 (1.16%) Broadband
8 7 (1.16%) Wireless
9 6 (1.00%) BGP
9 6 (1.00%) DHCP
9 6 (1.00%) OSPF
10 5 (0.83%) 5G
10 5 (0.83%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (13.29%) Power BI
2 74 (12.29%) Tableau
3 24 (3.99%) MongoDB
4 23 (3.82%) Big Data
4 23 (3.82%) Elasticsearch
4 23 (3.82%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (3.49%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (3.32%) NoSQL
7 17 (2.82%) Data Lake
8 15 (2.49%) Hadoop
9 13 (2.16%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (1.66%) BigQuery
10 10 (1.66%) MySQL
10 10 (1.66%) SQL Server
11 8 (1.33%) Geospatial Data
11 8 (1.33%) Relational Database
12 7 (1.16%) InfluxDB
13 5 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 126 (20.93%) Git
2 53 (8.80%) Jenkins
3 48 (7.97%) GitLab
4 36 (5.98%) Subversion
5 34 (5.65%) JIRA
6 28 (4.65%) Eclipse
7 22 (3.65%) JUnit
8 16 (2.66%) Selenium
9 15 (2.49%) Bitbucket
10 13 (2.16%) Cypress.io
11 12 (1.99%) SonarQube
12 11 (1.83%) LabVIEW
13 9 (1.50%) 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
1 182 (30.23%) Social Skills
2 73 (12.13%) Finance
3 69 (11.46%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (6.48%) Public Sector
5 27 (4.49%) Aerospace
6 26 (4.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (2.99%) Retail
8 16 (2.66%) Electronics
8 16 (2.66%) Telecoms
9 14 (2.33%) Marketing
10 9 (1.50%) Banking
10 9 (1.50%) Games
11 8 (1.33%) Aviation
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 (15.95%) Software Engineer
2 91 (15.12%) Junior
3 88 (14.62%) Analyst
3 88 (14.62%) Developer
4 84 (13.95%) Senior
5 76 (12.62%) Data Analyst
6 64 (10.63%) Junior Analyst
7 63 (10.47%) Junior Data Analyst
8 59 (9.80%) Data Engineer
9 51 (8.47%) Python Engineer
10 43 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 39 (6.48%) Lead
12 33 (5.48%) DevOps Engineer
12 33 (5.48%) Java Developer
13 29 (4.82%) Test Engineer
14 28 (4.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 26 (4.32%) Architect
15 26 (4.32%) Solutions Architect
16 24 (3.99%) Python Software Engineer
17 23 (3.82%) Junior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (19.44%) Terraform
2 49 (8.14%) React
3 47 (7.81%) RESTful
4 36 (5.98%) Spring
4 36 (5.98%) Spring Boot
5 27 (4.49%) Node.js
6 26 (4.32%) Elastic Stack
6 26 (4.32%) Jakarta EE
6 26 (4.32%) Struts
6 26 (4.32%) Web Services
7 25 (4.15%) REST
8 23 (3.82%) Kafka
9 22 (3.65%) Apache NiFi
9 22 (3.65%) CSS
10 21 (3.49%) .NET
11 19 (3.16%) Vue
12 17 (2.82%) HTML
13 15 (2.49%) pytest
14 14 (2.33%) Keycloak
15 13 (2.16%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 58 (9.63%) Cloud Native
2 28 (4.65%) Onboarding
3 20 (3.32%) Hybrid Cloud
4 16 (2.66%) Algorithms
5 14 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
5 14 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (1.99%) Data Centre
6 12 (1.99%) Product Ownership
7 11 (1.83%) Embedded Systems
8 8 (1.33%) FlexPod
8 8 (1.33%) IoT
8 8 (1.33%) Video Conferencing
9 7 (1.16%) CUDA
9 7 (1.16%) Raspberry Pi
10 6 (1.00%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.00%) Distributed Computing
10 6 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.00%) Robotics
10 6 (1.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 102 (16.94%) Linux
2 67 (11.13%) Windows
3 18 (2.99%) Unix
4 16 (2.66%) 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 (37.04%) AI
2 166 (27.57%) Software Engineering
3 162 (26.91%) CI/CD
4 147 (24.42%) DevOps
5 142 (23.59%) Agile
6 125 (20.76%) Infrastructure as Code
7 119 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
8 110 (18.27%) Business Intelligence
9 91 (15.12%) Containerisation
9 91 (15.12%) Test Automation
10 81 (13.46%) Full-Stack Development
11 68 (11.30%) Continuous Improvement
12 67 (11.13%) Analytics
13 63 (10.47%) Data Pipeline
14 59 (9.80%) Machine Learning
15 53 (8.80%) Data Science
15 53 (8.80%) Mentoring
16 50 (8.31%) ETL
17 47 (7.81%) Computer Science
18 46 (7.64%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 169 (28.07%) SQL
2 151 (25.08%) Java
3 140 (23.26%) JavaScript
4 94 (15.61%) C++
5 75 (12.46%) Bash
6 59 (9.80%) C#
7 42 (6.98%) PowerShell
8 40 (6.64%) Go
9 31 (5.15%) TypeScript
10 27 (4.49%) Perl
11 23 (3.82%) C
12 16 (2.66%) PHP
13 14 (2.33%) MATLAB
13 14 (2.33%) Rust
14 11 (1.83%) Scala
15 8 (1.33%) Groovy
15 8 (1.33%) R
16 7 (1.16%) Bicep
17 6 (1.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 5 (0.83%) VBA
Qualifications
1 186 (30.90%) Security Cleared
2 118 (19.60%) Azure Certification
3 101 (16.78%) DV Cleared
4 82 (13.62%) Degree
5 76 (12.62%) SC Cleared
6 38 (6.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (2.49%) AWS Certification
8 14 (2.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 12 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (1.33%) HND
12 7 (1.16%) PhD
13 6 (1.00%) RHCSA
14 4 (0.66%) CCNA
14 4 (0.66%) CCNP
14 4 (0.66%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.66%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.66%) OSCP
14 4 (0.66%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.48%) QA
2 29 (4.82%) Data Quality
3 27 (4.49%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.83%) WCAG
5 10 (1.66%) NCSC
6 8 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.00%) GDPR
8 5 (0.83%) NIST
8 5 (0.83%) PMO
9 3 (0.50%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.17%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.17%) JTAG
System Software
1 102 (16.94%) Docker
2 24 (3.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (3.65%) Firmware
4 12 (1.99%) Active Directory
5 9 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.50%) vSphere
6 6 (1.00%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.83%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.66%) Squid
9 3 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.17%) iptables
11 1 (0.17%) KVM
Systems Management
1 116 (19.27%) Kubernetes
2 102 (16.94%) Ansible
3 40 (6.64%) Grafana
4 21 (3.49%) Puppet
5 17 (2.82%) Prometheus
6 15 (2.49%) Kibana
6 15 (2.49%) logstash
7 9 (1.50%) Argo
7 9 (1.50%) Packer
8 8 (1.33%) Cisco CUCM
8 8 (1.33%) Rancher
8 8 (1.33%) vCenter Server
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%) SCCM
12 3 (0.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 137 (22.76%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.32%) Red Hat
3 24 (3.99%) Splunk
3 24 (3.99%) VMware
4 21 (3.49%) Cisco
5 18 (2.99%) Databricks
6 14 (2.33%) Fortinet
7 13 (2.16%) Atlassian
8 11 (1.83%) Palo Alto
9 10 (1.66%) Google
10 8 (1.33%) Oracle
11 6 (1.00%) OpenAI
11 6 (1.00%) SolarWinds
12 5 (0.83%) Intel
12 5 (0.83%) NetApp
13 4 (0.66%) OneLogin
14 3 (0.50%) F5
14 3 (0.50%) New Relic
14 3 (0.50%) SaltStack
14 3 (0.50%) ServiceNow