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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 17 14
Rank change year-on-year -3 -3 -3
Permanent jobs citing Python 339 379 639
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.50% 9.33% 11.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.80% 27.72% 29.71%
Number of salaries quoted 202 222 425
10th Percentile £29,792 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,231 £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 £77,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £90,000
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 792 1,367 2,151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.18% 33.65% 39.21%
Number of salaries quoted 563 729 1,767
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £39,281 £43,650 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,575 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +7.44% -6.92%

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 21 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 21 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 0 127 £60,000 -14.29% 80
Gloucestershire +17 97 £67,500 +3.85% 98
Devon +1 43 £53,750 -23.21% 55
Wiltshire -9 19 £40,000 - 39
Somerset -17 19 £75,000 +36.36% 45
Dorset -5 18 £130,000 +188.89% 36
Cornwall -13 7 £55,000 -8.33% 24
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 17 (5.01%) Apache
2 10 (2.95%) Confluence
3 4 (1.18%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.59%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.29%) JBoss
6 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 55 (16.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.29%) Doxygen
3 1 (0.29%) Weka
3 1 (0.29%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.29%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 154 (45.43%) Azure
2 131 (38.64%) AWS
3 65 (19.17%) Power Platform
4 58 (17.11%) GitHub
5 42 (12.39%) Azure AI
6 26 (7.67%) GCP
7 25 (7.37%) Serverless
8 23 (6.78%) Amazon S3
9 22 (6.49%) AWS Lambda
10 21 (6.19%) GitHub Actions
11 17 (5.01%) Amazon EC2
12 16 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (4.72%) OpenShift
13 7 (2.06%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (2.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 6 (1.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 5 (1.47%) Amazon SageMaker
15 5 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
16 4 (1.18%) Amazon EKS
16 4 (1.18%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.78%) Internet
2 17 (5.01%) TCP/IP
3 15 (4.42%) WAN
4 14 (4.13%) DNS
5 11 (3.24%) Firewall
5 11 (3.24%) SD-WAN
6 10 (2.95%) 5G
7 7 (2.06%) DHCP
7 7 (2.06%) LAN
8 6 (1.77%) HTTP
8 6 (1.77%) Network Security
9 5 (1.47%) BGP
9 5 (1.47%) MPLS
9 5 (1.47%) VPN
9 5 (1.47%) VSAN
9 5 (1.47%) Wireshark
10 4 (1.18%) AMQP
10 4 (1.18%) Ethernet
10 4 (1.18%) SMTP
10 4 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (19.17%) Power BI
2 54 (15.93%) Tableau
3 15 (4.42%) Elasticsearch
3 15 (4.42%) MongoDB
4 14 (4.13%) Amazon RDS
4 14 (4.13%) NoSQL
5 13 (3.83%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (3.83%) Relational Database
5 13 (3.83%) SQL Server
6 9 (2.65%) Big Data
6 9 (2.65%) MySQL
7 8 (2.36%) Data Mining
8 7 (2.06%) Neo4j
9 5 (1.47%) InfluxDB
10 4 (1.18%) CockroachDB
10 4 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.88%) Metadata
12 2 (0.59%) ClickHouse
12 2 (0.59%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 81 (23.89%) Git
2 44 (12.98%) Jenkins
3 25 (7.37%) GitLab
4 14 (4.13%) JUnit
5 12 (3.54%) LabVIEW
6 11 (3.24%) JIRA
7 10 (2.95%) Bitbucket
7 10 (2.95%) Cypress.io
8 9 (2.65%) Cucumber
9 8 (2.36%) Selenium
10 5 (1.47%) CircleCI
10 5 (1.47%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.47%) Subversion
11 4 (1.18%) IDA Disassembler
11 4 (1.18%) Postman
11 4 (1.18%) REST Assured
11 4 (1.18%) TestNG
11 4 (1.18%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.88%) Balsamiq
12 3 (0.88%) Metasploit
General
1 97 (28.61%) Social Skills
2 57 (16.81%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (15.34%) Finance
4 24 (7.08%) Electronics
5 21 (6.19%) Multimedia
6 18 (5.31%) Public Sector
7 17 (5.01%) Aerospace
8 15 (4.42%) Manufacturing
8 15 (4.42%) Marketing
9 13 (3.83%) Telecoms
10 11 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.06%) Law
12 6 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.47%) Avionics
14 4 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.18%) Military
15 3 (0.88%) Aeronautics
15 3 (0.88%) Aviation
15 3 (0.88%) Billing
Job Titles
1 65 (19.17%) Analyst
2 56 (16.52%) Data Analyst
3 44 (12.98%) Junior
4 42 (12.39%) Junior Analyst
4 42 (12.39%) Junior Data Analyst
5 40 (11.80%) Software Engineer
6 30 (8.85%) Developer
7 29 (8.55%) Trainee
8 28 (8.26%) Senior
9 19 (5.60%) Data Engineer
9 19 (5.60%) Test Engineer
10 15 (4.42%) Lead
11 14 (4.13%) DevOps Engineer
12 13 (3.83%) Product Engineer
12 13 (3.83%) Python Engineer
13 12 (3.54%) Product Test Engineer
13 12 (3.54%) Software Developer
13 12 (3.54%) Verification Engineer
14 11 (3.24%) Security Engineer
15 10 (2.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (9.44%) React
2 28 (8.26%) HTML
3 27 (7.96%) CSS
4 16 (4.72%) AngularJS
4 16 (4.72%) pytest
5 12 (3.54%) Apache NiFi
5 12 (3.54%) Spring
5 12 (3.54%) Spring Boot
6 11 (3.24%) Elastic Stack
7 10 (2.95%) PySpark
8 9 (2.65%) REST
9 7 (2.06%) RabbitMQ
9 7 (2.06%) Vue
10 6 (1.77%) MERN Stack
11 5 (1.47%) Hibernate
11 5 (1.47%) JSF
11 5 (1.47%) Kafka
11 5 (1.47%) Node.js
11 5 (1.47%) Pandas
12 4 (1.18%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.72%) Cloud Native
2 15 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (4.13%) Algorithms
4 11 (3.24%) Linux Command Line
5 8 (2.36%) GNSS
5 8 (2.36%) Satnav
5 8 (2.36%) Self-Driving Car
6 7 (2.06%) IoT
6 7 (2.06%) Private Cloud
7 6 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.77%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
8 5 (1.47%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.18%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.88%) Augmented Reality
10 3 (0.88%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.88%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.88%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 74 (21.83%) Linux
2 35 (10.32%) Windows
3 18 (5.31%) Unix
4 12 (3.54%) Windows Server
5 10 (2.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (2.36%) CentOS
7 7 (2.06%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.77%) Debian
9 4 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.88%) CoreOS
10 3 (0.88%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.59%) Solaris
12 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (25.37%) AI
2 80 (23.60%) DevOps
3 79 (23.30%) Business Intelligence
4 78 (23.01%) CI/CD
5 76 (22.42%) Problem-Solving
6 74 (21.83%) Agile
7 68 (20.06%) Software Engineering
8 51 (15.04%) Analytics
9 48 (14.16%) Mentoring
10 45 (13.27%) Infrastructure as Code
11 42 (12.39%) Containerisation
12 41 (12.09%) Test Automation
13 39 (11.50%) Continuous Improvement
14 36 (10.62%) Cybersecurity
15 33 (9.73%) Machine Learning
16 32 (9.44%) Data Science
17 26 (7.67%) Data Analysis
17 26 (7.67%) Validation
18 25 (7.37%) ETL
19 24 (7.08%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 107 (31.56%) SQL
2 78 (23.01%) Java
3 74 (21.83%) JavaScript
4 68 (20.06%) Bash
5 42 (12.39%) PowerShell
6 35 (10.32%) C++
7 28 (8.26%) C
8 27 (7.96%) R
9 25 (7.37%) TypeScript
10 21 (6.19%) C#
11 17 (5.01%) MATLAB
12 15 (4.42%) Go
13 6 (1.77%) Bicep
13 6 (1.77%) Kotlin
14 4 (1.18%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.88%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.88%) Groovy
15 3 (0.88%) Tcl
15 3 (0.88%) VBA
15 3 (0.88%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 97 (28.61%) Security Cleared
2 66 (19.47%) Azure Certification
3 57 (16.81%) DV Cleared
4 50 (14.75%) Degree
5 46 (13.57%) SC Cleared
6 26 (7.67%) AWS Certification
7 22 (6.49%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 21 (6.19%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (3.83%) CREST Certified
10 12 (3.54%) HND
11 9 (2.65%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (2.06%) CISSP
12 7 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (2.06%) Master's Degree
12 7 (2.06%) SANS
13 5 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.88%) CCNP
14 3 (0.88%) CITP
15 2 (0.59%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.42%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.24%) QA
3 8 (2.36%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.59%) NCSC
5 2 (0.59%) NIST
6 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.29%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.29%) GDPR
6 1 (0.29%) IEC 62304
6 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 54 (15.93%) Docker
2 7 (2.06%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.06%) Hyper-V
2 7 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.88%) Firmware
3 3 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.59%) iptables
4 2 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.59%) vSphere
5 1 (0.29%) Ceph
5 1 (0.29%) KVM
5 1 (0.29%) Lustre
5 1 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 68 (20.06%) Kubernetes
2 50 (14.75%) Terraform
3 43 (12.68%) Ansible
4 20 (5.90%) Grafana
5 13 (3.83%) Prometheus
6 10 (2.95%) Kibana
7 7 (2.06%) Puppet
8 6 (1.77%) Argo
8 6 (1.77%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.47%) Rancher
9 5 (1.47%) yum
10 4 (1.18%) logstash
10 4 (1.18%) McAfee ePO
10 4 (1.18%) SCVMM
11 3 (0.88%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.88%) Nmap
12 2 (0.59%) Data Guard
12 2 (0.59%) Nagios
12 2 (0.59%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.59%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 87 (25.66%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.90%) Oracle
3 17 (5.01%) Google
4 15 (4.42%) Red Hat
5 9 (2.65%) Atlassian
5 9 (2.65%) Cisco
5 9 (2.65%) Databricks
6 8 (2.36%) SAP
6 8 (2.36%) Splunk
6 8 (2.36%) VMware
7 4 (1.18%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.18%) McAfee
7 4 (1.18%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.59%) Dell
8 2 (0.59%) HP
8 2 (0.59%) Juniper
8 2 (0.59%) Palantir
8 2 (0.59%) Talend
8 2 (0.59%) Veeam
9 1 (0.29%) Foundry