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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 26 19
Rank change year-on-year +1 -7 -8
Permanent jobs citing Python 542 226 529
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 5.10% 6.30% 8.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.72% 31.56% 29.24%
Number of salaries quoted 344 144 318
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,250 £55,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.82% -18.52% +12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -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 1,561 716 1,809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.69% 19.97% 27.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,171 499 1,009
10th Percentile £36,250 £29,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £79,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% 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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -1 221 £72,500 +20.83% 109
Bristol -3 138 £65,000 +8.33% 80
Devon +3 69 £67,750 +26.05% 27
Somerset +16 64 £37,500 -40.00% 38
Wiltshire -12 27 £57,500 +56.89% 22
Dorset -21 11 £40,000 -44.83% 23
Cornwall +12 6 £52,246 -5.01% 1
Avon - 1 - - 28
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 43 (7.93%) Apache
2 24 (4.43%) Apache Spark
3 21 (3.87%) Confluence
4 7 (1.29%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.11%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.92%) nginx
7 4 (0.74%) JBoss
8 2 (0.37%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.37%) SAS
9 1 (0.18%) Kinematics
9 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.66%) Simulink
3 6 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.37%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.37%) MicroStation
4 2 (0.37%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.37%) Revit
4 2 (0.37%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.37%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 167 (30.81%) AWS
2 166 (30.63%) Azure
3 56 (10.33%) Power Platform
4 51 (9.41%) GCP
5 35 (6.46%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (5.54%) Serverless
7 27 (4.98%) OpenShift
8 26 (4.80%) AWS Lambda
9 24 (4.43%) Azure DevOps
10 23 (4.24%) GitHub
11 20 (3.69%) Amazon S3
11 20 (3.69%) AWS CloudFormation
12 19 (3.51%) Azure Data Factory
13 18 (3.32%) Amazon EC2
14 16 (2.95%) Azure AI
15 14 (2.58%) Amazon EKS
16 13 (2.40%) SaaS
17 10 (1.85%) Snowflake
18 9 (1.66%) GitHub Actions
19 6 (1.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.87%) Firewall
2 19 (3.51%) WAN
3 14 (2.58%) LAN
4 12 (2.21%) SD-WAN
5 10 (1.85%) Wireless
6 9 (1.66%) DNS
6 9 (1.66%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.66%) VPN
7 7 (1.29%) BGP
7 7 (1.29%) Cisco ASA
7 7 (1.29%) OSPF
7 7 (1.29%) VLAN
8 6 (1.11%) Network Security
9 5 (0.92%) 5G
9 5 (0.92%) AMQP
9 5 (0.92%) Broadband
9 5 (0.92%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (0.92%) DHCP
9 5 (0.92%) Software-Defined Networking
9 5 (0.92%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (5.35%) Elasticsearch
1 29 (5.35%) Power BI
2 26 (4.80%) Big Data
3 24 (4.43%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (4.43%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (3.69%) MongoDB
4 20 (3.69%) NoSQL
4 20 (3.69%) Tableau
5 17 (3.14%) Hadoop
6 15 (2.77%) Data Lake
7 12 (2.21%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (1.85%) BigQuery
8 10 (1.85%) MySQL
9 9 (1.66%) Geospatial Data
9 9 (1.66%) SQL Server
10 6 (1.11%) Amazon Athena
10 6 (1.11%) InfluxDB
10 6 (1.11%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 124 (22.88%) Git
2 58 (10.70%) Jenkins
3 53 (9.78%) GitLab
4 39 (7.20%) Subversion
5 31 (5.72%) JIRA
6 27 (4.98%) Eclipse
7 22 (4.06%) JUnit
8 16 (2.95%) Selenium
9 15 (2.77%) LabVIEW
10 14 (2.58%) Bitbucket
11 13 (2.40%) SonarQube
12 12 (2.21%) Cypress.io
13 10 (1.85%) Cucumber
14 8 (1.48%) TestRail
15 7 (1.29%) MSI
15 7 (1.29%) Robot Framework
16 5 (0.92%) Postman
17 3 (0.55%) NUnit
17 3 (0.55%) Snyk
17 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 97 (17.90%) Social Skills
2 85 (15.68%) Finance
3 72 (13.28%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (6.64%) Public Sector
5 31 (5.72%) Aerospace
6 23 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (3.87%) Electronics
8 14 (2.58%) Retail
9 13 (2.40%) Telecoms
10 10 (1.85%) Marketing
11 9 (1.66%) Games
11 9 (1.66%) Law
11 9 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.29%) Aviation
12 7 (1.29%) Banking
13 6 (1.11%) Legal
13 6 (1.11%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.11%) Military
13 6 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.92%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 104 (19.19%) Software Engineer
2 88 (16.24%) Senior
3 73 (13.47%) Developer
4 63 (11.62%) Python Engineer
5 60 (11.07%) Data Engineer
6 44 (8.12%) Lead
7 41 (7.56%) DevOps Engineer
8 35 (6.46%) Junior
9 34 (6.27%) Analyst
10 32 (5.90%) Test Engineer
11 31 (5.72%) Java Developer
12 30 (5.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 28 (5.17%) Python Software Engineer
14 27 (4.98%) Architect
14 27 (4.98%) Solutions Architect
15 26 (4.80%) Cloud Engineer
16 23 (4.24%) Data Analyst
16 23 (4.24%) Junior Developer
16 23 (4.24%) Junior Java Developer
17 21 (3.87%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (23.99%) Terraform
2 54 (9.96%) React
3 48 (8.86%) Spring
3 48 (8.86%) Spring Boot
4 46 (8.49%) RESTful
5 29 (5.35%) Elastic Stack
6 27 (4.98%) Web Services
7 26 (4.80%) Jakarta EE
7 26 (4.80%) Kafka
7 26 (4.80%) Struts
8 25 (4.61%) Node.js
9 24 (4.43%) REST
10 23 (4.24%) Apache NiFi
11 19 (3.51%) .NET
11 19 (3.51%) Keycloak
12 18 (3.32%) CSS
12 18 (3.32%) Vue
13 16 (2.95%) HTML
13 16 (2.95%) pytest
14 15 (2.77%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 68 (12.55%) Cloud Native
2 25 (4.61%) Onboarding
3 22 (4.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 16 (2.95%) Algorithms
5 15 (2.77%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (2.40%) Data Centre
8 11 (2.03%) Embedded Systems
8 11 (2.03%) Product Ownership
9 10 (1.85%) FPGA
10 9 (1.66%) Robotics
11 7 (1.29%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.29%) Raspberry Pi
12 6 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (0.92%) 3D Printing
13 5 (0.92%) Arduino
13 5 (0.92%) IoT
13 5 (0.92%) PKI
13 5 (0.92%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 104 (19.19%) Linux
2 62 (11.44%) Windows
3 20 (3.69%) Unix
4 14 (2.58%) CentOS
5 11 (2.03%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.29%) Debian
7 7 (1.29%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.55%) Android
9 2 (0.37%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.37%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.37%) Rocky
9 2 (0.37%) VMS
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (33.95%) CI/CD
2 167 (30.81%) DevOps
3 164 (30.26%) Software Engineering
4 152 (28.04%) Agile
5 149 (27.49%) AI
6 141 (26.01%) Infrastructure as Code
7 127 (23.43%) Problem-Solving
8 106 (19.56%) Containerisation
9 103 (19.00%) Test Automation
10 79 (14.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 79 (14.58%) Full-Stack Development
11 70 (12.92%) Analytics
11 70 (12.92%) Data Pipeline
12 64 (11.81%) Machine Learning
13 57 (10.52%) Validation
14 54 (9.96%) ETL
14 54 (9.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 53 (9.78%) Business Intelligence
16 52 (9.59%) Mentoring
17 51 (9.41%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 170 (31.37%) Java
2 134 (24.72%) JavaScript
3 123 (22.69%) SQL
4 99 (18.27%) C++
5 84 (15.50%) Bash
6 58 (10.70%) C#
7 46 (8.49%) Go
8 37 (6.83%) PowerShell
9 33 (6.09%) TypeScript
10 28 (5.17%) Perl
11 26 (4.80%) C
12 17 (3.14%) MATLAB
12 17 (3.14%) Rust
13 10 (1.85%) PHP
14 8 (1.48%) Scala
15 7 (1.29%) Bicep
15 7 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 7 (1.29%) R
16 6 (1.11%) Groovy
16 6 (1.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 220 (40.59%) Security Cleared
2 117 (21.59%) DV Cleared
3 91 (16.79%) SC Cleared
4 85 (15.68%) Degree
5 37 (6.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (5.72%) Azure Certification
7 12 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (2.03%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 9 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.48%) HND
11 6 (1.11%) PhD
11 6 (1.11%) RHCSA
12 5 (0.92%) CCNP
12 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.74%) CCNA
13 4 (0.74%) ISTQB
13 4 (0.74%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.74%) OSCP
13 4 (0.74%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.90%) QA
2 30 (5.54%) Accessibility
2 30 (5.54%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.03%) WCAG
4 10 (1.85%) NCSC
5 5 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.92%) PMO
6 4 (0.74%) NIST
7 3 (0.55%) GDPR
8 2 (0.37%) Def Stans
8 2 (0.37%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.18%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.18%) DO-254
9 1 (0.18%) JTAG
System Software
1 111 (20.48%) Docker
2 23 (4.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.51%) Firmware
4 11 (2.03%) Active Directory
5 8 (1.48%) VMware NSX
6 7 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.11%) vSphere
8 5 (0.92%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.74%) Squid
10 3 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.18%) KVM
Systems Management
1 137 (25.28%) Kubernetes
2 117 (21.59%) Ansible
3 39 (7.20%) Grafana
4 30 (5.54%) Puppet
5 18 (3.32%) Prometheus
6 16 (2.95%) Kibana
6 16 (2.95%) logstash
7 13 (2.40%) Argo
8 10 (1.85%) Rancher
8 10 (1.85%) vCenter Server
9 9 (1.66%) Packer
10 8 (1.48%) yum
11 7 (1.29%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 5 (0.92%) Nagios
12 5 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
13 4 (0.74%) Docker Swarm
13 4 (0.74%) Istio
13 4 (0.74%) linkerd
13 4 (0.74%) Mesos
Vendors
1 85 (15.68%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.98%) Red Hat
3 23 (4.24%) VMware
4 18 (3.32%) Splunk
5 17 (3.14%) Cisco
6 16 (2.95%) Databricks
7 14 (2.58%) Google
8 12 (2.21%) Atlassian
9 11 (2.03%) Fortinet
9 11 (2.03%) OpenAI
10 7 (1.29%) EMC
10 7 (1.29%) Oracle
10 7 (1.29%) Palo Alto
10 7 (1.29%) SolarWinds
11 6 (1.11%) Intel
12 5 (0.92%) SaltStack
13 4 (0.74%) Meraki
13 4 (0.74%) Netskope
13 4 (0.74%) OneLogin
13 4 (0.74%) ServiceNow