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 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 17 15
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 368 358 710
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.32% 9.93% 10.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.69% 28.06% 27.23%
Number of salaries quoted 213 198 500
10th Percentile £30,165 £38,375 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,298 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,763
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +10.61% -0.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £89,125 £87,525
England median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% -3.45%

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 862 1,276 2,607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.80% 35.40% 39.16%
Number of salaries quoted 602 674 2,201
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -1.90%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,852 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,050 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

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 16 February 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 16 February 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 -1 137 £55,000 -21.43% 55
Gloucestershire +8 104 £62,500 -3.85% 67
Devon +9 50 £52,500 -19.23% 27
Dorset -4 22 £100,000 +122.22% 14
Somerset -16 22 £73,750 +34.09% 22
Wiltshire -23 16 £55,000 +37.50% 23
Cornwall -9 8 £55,000 -8.33% 21
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 15 (4.08%) Apache
2 5 (1.36%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.36%) Confluence
3 4 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.09%) Jupyter
4 2 (0.54%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.27%) JBoss
5 1 (0.27%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 75 (20.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.09%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.27%) Weka
4 1 (0.27%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 176 (47.83%) Azure
2 137 (37.23%) AWS
3 84 (22.83%) Power Platform
4 62 (16.85%) Azure AI
5 60 (16.30%) GitHub
6 32 (8.70%) GCP
7 23 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
7 23 (6.25%) Serverless
8 21 (5.71%) Amazon S3
9 20 (5.43%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (4.35%) Amazon EC2
11 12 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (3.26%) OpenShift
12 8 (2.17%) AWS CloudFormation
12 8 (2.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 7 (1.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 6 (1.63%) Datadog
15 5 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
15 5 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
16 4 (1.09%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.25%) Internet
2 18 (4.89%) TCP/IP
3 15 (4.08%) DNS
3 15 (4.08%) WAN
4 11 (2.99%) Firewall
4 11 (2.99%) SD-WAN
5 10 (2.72%) 5G
6 8 (2.17%) DHCP
7 7 (1.90%) LAN
7 7 (1.90%) Network Security
8 6 (1.63%) HTTP
9 5 (1.36%) BGP
9 5 (1.36%) Broadband
9 5 (1.36%) MPLS
9 5 (1.36%) VPN
9 5 (1.36%) VSAN
9 5 (1.36%) Wireshark
10 4 (1.09%) Ethernet
10 4 (1.09%) SMTP
10 4 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (22.83%) Power BI
2 77 (20.92%) Tableau
3 17 (4.62%) Elasticsearch
4 15 (4.08%) NoSQL
5 13 (3.53%) Amazon RDS
5 13 (3.53%) MongoDB
6 12 (3.26%) Big Data
6 12 (3.26%) SQL Server
7 11 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (2.72%) Data Mining
9 9 (2.45%) Neo4j
10 7 (1.90%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.63%) MySQL
12 4 (1.09%) CockroachDB
13 3 (0.82%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 2 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.54%) DB2
14 2 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 71 (19.29%) Git
2 44 (11.96%) Jenkins
3 21 (5.71%) GitLab
4 12 (3.26%) JUnit
4 12 (3.26%) LabVIEW
5 10 (2.72%) Cucumber
6 9 (2.45%) Bitbucket
6 9 (2.45%) Cypress.io
7 7 (1.90%) CircleCI
8 6 (1.63%) JIRA
8 6 (1.63%) Selenium
8 6 (1.63%) Subversion
9 5 (1.36%) SonarQube
10 4 (1.09%) IDA Disassembler
10 4 (1.09%) TestNG
10 4 (1.09%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.82%) Burp Suite
11 3 (0.82%) Metasploit
11 3 (0.82%) Postman
11 3 (0.82%) REST Assured
General
1 121 (32.88%) Social Skills
2 60 (16.30%) Finance
3 58 (15.76%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (6.25%) Electronics
5 21 (5.71%) Multimedia
6 19 (5.16%) Aerospace
6 19 (5.16%) Public Sector
7 18 (4.89%) Manufacturing
8 13 (3.53%) Marketing
8 13 (3.53%) Telecoms
9 12 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.63%) Law
11 6 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.63%) Retail
12 5 (1.36%) Avionics
13 4 (1.09%) Banking
13 4 (1.09%) Military
13 4 (1.09%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 85 (23.10%) Analyst
2 78 (21.20%) Data Analyst
3 64 (17.39%) Junior
4 62 (16.85%) Junior Analyst
4 62 (16.85%) Junior Data Analyst
5 46 (12.50%) Software Engineer
6 37 (10.05%) Developer
7 35 (9.51%) Senior
7 35 (9.51%) Trainee
8 20 (5.43%) Data Engineer
9 18 (4.89%) Test Engineer
10 15 (4.08%) DevOps Engineer
11 14 (3.80%) Lead
11 14 (3.80%) Security Engineer
12 13 (3.53%) Product Engineer
12 13 (3.53%) Python Engineer
13 12 (3.26%) Product Test Engineer
13 12 (3.26%) Software Developer
13 12 (3.26%) Verification Engineer
14 11 (2.99%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (8.70%) React
2 28 (7.61%) CSS
2 28 (7.61%) HTML
3 19 (5.16%) AngularJS
4 16 (4.35%) pytest
5 13 (3.53%) Spring
5 13 (3.53%) Spring Boot
6 11 (2.99%) Elastic Stack
7 10 (2.72%) Apache NiFi
8 9 (2.45%) Node.js
8 9 (2.45%) Vue
9 8 (2.17%) MERN Stack
9 8 (2.17%) REST
10 7 (1.90%) PySpark
11 6 (1.63%) Django
11 6 (1.63%) NumPy
11 6 (1.63%) Pandas
11 6 (1.63%) scikit-learn
12 5 (1.36%) Hugging Face
12 5 (1.36%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.16%) Algorithms
2 18 (4.89%) Cloud Native
3 16 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.17%) GNSS
4 8 (2.17%) Satnav
4 8 (2.17%) Self-Driving Car
5 7 (1.90%) Private Cloud
6 6 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.63%) Security Posture
7 5 (1.36%) IoT
7 5 (1.36%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (1.36%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.09%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.09%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.82%) Augmented Reality
9 3 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.82%) Embedded Systems
9 3 (0.82%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 71 (19.29%) Linux
2 34 (9.24%) Windows
3 16 (4.35%) Unix
4 10 (2.72%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.90%) CentOS
7 5 (1.36%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.09%) Debian
8 4 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.54%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.54%) Solaris
10 1 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (30.71%) AI
2 98 (26.63%) Business Intelligence
3 80 (21.74%) Agile
4 78 (21.20%) DevOps
4 78 (21.20%) Problem-Solving
5 71 (19.29%) CI/CD
6 70 (19.02%) Software Engineering
7 55 (14.95%) Analytics
8 48 (13.04%) Mentoring
9 46 (12.50%) Containerisation
9 46 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 43 (11.68%) Infrastructure as Code
11 42 (11.41%) Test Automation
12 40 (10.87%) Machine Learning
13 39 (10.60%) Cybersecurity
14 34 (9.24%) Data Science
15 25 (6.79%) Data Analysis
15 25 (6.79%) Data Analytics
15 25 (6.79%) Project Management
16 23 (6.25%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 116 (31.52%) SQL
2 78 (21.20%) Bash
2 78 (21.20%) Java
2 78 (21.20%) JavaScript
3 47 (12.77%) PowerShell
4 35 (9.51%) C++
5 28 (7.61%) R
6 27 (7.34%) C
7 24 (6.52%) TypeScript
8 17 (4.62%) C#
8 17 (4.62%) Go
8 17 (4.62%) MATLAB
9 6 (1.63%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.09%) Bicep
10 4 (1.09%) Scala
11 3 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.82%) Elixir
11 3 (0.82%) Erlang
11 3 (0.82%) Google Apps Script
11 3 (0.82%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 98 (26.63%) Security Cleared
2 84 (22.83%) Azure Certification
3 55 (14.95%) DV Cleared
4 49 (13.32%) Degree
5 43 (11.68%) SC Cleared
6 30 (8.15%) AWS Certification
7 26 (7.07%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 21 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (4.35%) CREST Certified
10 12 (3.26%) HND
11 10 (2.72%) CISSP
11 10 (2.72%) SANS
12 9 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (1.63%) Master's Degree
15 4 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
16 3 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 3 (0.82%) CCNP
16 3 (0.82%) CITP
17 2 (0.54%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.80%) Data Quality
2 12 (3.26%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.99%) QA
4 5 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.54%) NCSC
5 2 (0.54%) NIST
6 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.27%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.27%) GDPR
6 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 59 (16.03%) Docker
2 6 (1.63%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.63%) Hyper-V
2 6 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.82%) iptables
3 3 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.54%) Firmware
4 2 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.27%) Ceph
5 1 (0.27%) Lustre
5 1 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 74 (20.11%) Kubernetes
2 51 (13.86%) Terraform
3 42 (11.41%) Ansible
4 22 (5.98%) Grafana
5 12 (3.26%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.17%) Argo
7 7 (1.90%) Kibana
7 7 (1.90%) Puppet
8 6 (1.63%) Rancher
8 6 (1.63%) yum
9 4 (1.09%) logstash
9 4 (1.09%) McAfee ePO
9 4 (1.09%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.09%) SCVMM
10 3 (0.82%) Nmap
11 2 (0.54%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.54%) Istio
11 2 (0.54%) Nagios
11 2 (0.54%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.54%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 114 (30.98%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.35%) Oracle
3 15 (4.08%) Google
4 12 (3.26%) Red Hat
5 9 (2.45%) Splunk
6 8 (2.17%) Cisco
6 8 (2.17%) SAP
7 7 (1.90%) Atlassian
7 7 (1.90%) VMware
8 6 (1.63%) Databricks
9 4 (1.09%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.09%) McAfee
9 4 (1.09%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.54%) Cognos
10 2 (0.54%) Dell
10 2 (0.54%) HP
10 2 (0.54%) Juniper
10 2 (0.54%) MicroStrategy
10 2 (0.54%) Palantir
10 2 (0.54%) Veeam