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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 23 15
Rank change year-on-year +7 -8 -3
Permanent jobs citing Python 562 241 790
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.75% 7.24% 8.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.99% 28.79% 29.46%
Number of salaries quoted 301 140 569
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,650 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,063 £78,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £95,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -6.67%

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 1,371 837 2,682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.48% 25.15% 28.32%
Number of salaries quoted 970 561 2,091
10th Percentile £33,675 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,250 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 17 July 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 17 July 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 -2 177 £60,250 +2.55% 58
Bristol +12 149 £62,500 +2.04% 48
Devon +25 94 £52,500 +5.00% 13
Somerset +17 79 £31,500 -40.00% 29
Dorset -9 28 £40,000 -17.95% 10
Wiltshire -18 22 £57,500 +27.01% 12
Cornwall +14 10 £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 24 (4.27%) Apache
2 16 (2.85%) Apache Spark
3 11 (1.96%) Confluence
4 9 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.42%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.53%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.36%) SAS
8 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 113 (20.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.25%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.36%) Simulink
5 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.36%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 256 (45.55%) Azure
2 144 (25.62%) Azure AI
3 143 (25.44%) AWS
4 137 (24.38%) Power Platform
5 52 (9.25%) GCP
6 30 (5.34%) Serverless
7 27 (4.80%) Microsoft 365
8 26 (4.63%) AWS Lambda
9 25 (4.45%) Amazon S3
10 24 (4.27%) GitHub
11 20 (3.56%) Amazon EC2
12 14 (2.49%) OpenShift
13 13 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
14 12 (2.14%) Azure Data Factory
15 11 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
15 11 (1.96%) SaaS
16 10 (1.78%) Amazon EKS
17 8 (1.42%) Cloud Computing
17 8 (1.42%) Snowflake
18 7 (1.25%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.56%) Firewall
2 18 (3.20%) WAN
3 13 (2.31%) LAN
4 11 (1.96%) Cisco ASA
5 10 (1.78%) Broadband
6 9 (1.60%) Cisco Firepower
6 9 (1.60%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.60%) Unified Communications
6 9 (1.60%) VLAN
6 9 (1.60%) WebEx
7 7 (1.25%) SD-WAN
8 6 (1.07%) 5G
8 6 (1.07%) Network Security
9 5 (0.89%) DHCP
9 5 (0.89%) DNS
10 4 (0.71%) Internet
10 4 (0.71%) IPv4
10 4 (0.71%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (0.53%) VPN
12 2 (0.36%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (21.17%) Power BI
2 118 (21.00%) Tableau
3 24 (4.27%) Elasticsearch
4 23 (4.09%) MongoDB
5 19 (3.38%) NoSQL
5 19 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (2.67%) Amazon RDS
6 15 (2.67%) Big Data
7 14 (2.49%) Data Lake
8 13 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (1.78%) BigQuery
10 8 (1.42%) SQL Server
10 8 (1.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (1.25%) MySQL
11 7 (1.25%) Relational Database
12 6 (1.07%) Data Vault
12 6 (1.07%) Geospatial Data
12 6 (1.07%) InfluxDB
13 5 (0.89%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.89%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 90 (16.01%) Git
2 46 (8.19%) Jenkins
3 38 (6.76%) GitLab
4 23 (4.09%) Subversion
5 19 (3.38%) JIRA
6 18 (3.20%) Eclipse
7 12 (2.14%) Bitbucket
8 11 (1.96%) JUnit
9 10 (1.78%) Visual Studio Code
10 9 (1.60%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.60%) Selenium
10 9 (1.60%) SonarQube
11 7 (1.25%) Cypress.io
12 6 (1.07%) LabVIEW
12 6 (1.07%) Robot Framework
12 6 (1.07%) TestRail
13 5 (0.89%) MSI
14 3 (0.53%) CircleCI
14 3 (0.53%) MLflow
15 1 (0.18%) Claude Code
General
1 195 (34.70%) Social Skills
2 53 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (9.07%) Finance
4 35 (6.23%) Public Sector
5 23 (4.09%) Retail
6 20 (3.56%) Aerospace
6 20 (3.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (2.31%) Marketing
8 12 (2.14%) Banking
9 11 (1.96%) Electronics
9 11 (1.96%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.60%) Tech for Good
11 8 (1.42%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.25%) Games
13 6 (1.07%) Aviation
14 4 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.71%) Law
14 4 (0.71%) Multimedia
14 4 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 129 (22.95%) Analyst
2 119 (21.17%) Junior
3 117 (20.82%) Data Analyst
4 102 (18.15%) Junior Analyst
4 102 (18.15%) Junior Data Analyst
5 81 (14.41%) Software Engineer
6 76 (13.52%) Developer
7 73 (12.99%) Senior
8 47 (8.36%) Data Engineer
9 42 (7.47%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 38 (6.76%) Python Engineer
11 29 (5.16%) Lead
12 26 (4.63%) Java Developer
13 25 (4.45%) DevOps Engineer
13 25 (4.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 25 (4.45%) Python Developer
14 21 (3.74%) Senior Software Engineer
15 18 (3.20%) Architect
16 17 (3.02%) Solutions Architect
16 17 (3.02%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (6.05%) React
2 32 (5.69%) RESTful
3 27 (4.80%) Node.js
4 24 (4.27%) Spring
4 24 (4.27%) Spring Boot
5 21 (3.74%) Elastic Stack
5 21 (3.74%) REST
5 21 (3.74%) Vue
6 18 (3.20%) CSS
7 17 (3.02%) J2EE
7 17 (3.02%) Struts
7 17 (3.02%) Web Services
8 15 (2.67%) Apache NiFi
8 15 (2.67%) Kafka
9 14 (2.49%) .NET
9 14 (2.49%) FastAPI
10 13 (2.31%) Django
10 13 (2.31%) HTML
11 12 (2.14%) pytest
12 11 (1.96%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.30%) Cloud Native
2 18 (3.20%) Algorithms
2 18 (3.20%) Hybrid Cloud
3 17 (3.02%) Onboarding
4 15 (2.67%) Greenfield Project
5 13 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (1.96%) Product Ownership
7 9 (1.60%) FlexPod
7 9 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (1.60%) Video Conferencing
7 9 (1.60%) Video\Live Streaming
8 7 (1.25%) CUDA
8 7 (1.25%) Embedded Systems
9 6 (1.07%) IoT
9 6 (1.07%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.07%) Over-the-Top Content
9 6 (1.07%) Replication
9 6 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (0.89%) Distributed Computing
10 5 (0.89%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 93 (16.55%) Linux
2 58 (10.32%) Windows
3 17 (3.02%) Unix
3 17 (3.02%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.78%) CentOS
5 5 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.71%) Debian
6 4 (0.71%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.53%) VMS
8 2 (0.36%) CoreOS
8 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.18%) Rocky
9 1 (0.18%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (43.24%) AI
2 148 (26.33%) Business Intelligence
3 129 (22.95%) Software Engineering
4 125 (22.24%) CI/CD
5 111 (19.75%) DevOps
6 103 (18.33%) Agile
7 95 (16.90%) Infrastructure as Code
8 87 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
9 74 (13.17%) Containerisation
10 64 (11.39%) Full-Stack Development
11 61 (10.85%) Test Automation
12 58 (10.32%) Analytics
13 50 (8.90%) Machine Learning
14 49 (8.72%) Data Science
15 48 (8.54%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
15 48 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
15 48 (8.54%) Data Pipeline
16 39 (6.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 39 (6.94%) Microservices
17 38 (6.76%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 186 (33.10%) SQL
2 111 (19.75%) Java
3 102 (18.15%) JavaScript
4 70 (12.46%) Bash
5 61 (10.85%) C++
6 43 (7.65%) PowerShell
7 36 (6.41%) C#
8 34 (6.05%) Go
9 28 (4.98%) TypeScript
10 19 (3.38%) C
11 17 (3.02%) Perl
12 16 (2.85%) PHP
13 11 (1.96%) MATLAB
14 10 (1.78%) R
14 10 (1.78%) Rust
15 9 (1.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 9 (1.60%) Scala
16 6 (1.07%) Groovy
17 5 (0.89%) Bicep
17 5 (0.89%) VBA
Qualifications
1 153 (27.22%) Azure Certification
2 138 (24.56%) Security Cleared
3 85 (15.12%) DV Cleared
4 58 (10.32%) Degree
5 51 (9.07%) SC Cleared
6 24 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (3.02%) AWS Certification
8 16 (2.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.42%) PhD
10 7 (1.25%) HND
11 6 (1.07%) RHCSA
12 4 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.71%) CCNA
12 4 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.71%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.71%) OSCP
12 4 (0.71%) RHCE
13 3 (0.53%) CREST Certified
13 3 (0.53%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.91%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.02%) QA
3 14 (2.49%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.42%) WCAG
5 5 (0.89%) GDPR
5 5 (0.89%) NCSC
6 4 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.53%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.18%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.18%) JTAG
8 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 88 (15.66%) Docker
2 20 (3.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.31%) Firmware
4 10 (1.78%) vSphere
5 9 (1.60%) Active Directory
6 7 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (1.07%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.71%) Squid
8 4 (0.71%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.53%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.53%) iptables
10 2 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 100 (17.79%) Kubernetes
2 89 (15.84%) Terraform
3 78 (13.88%) Ansible
4 40 (7.12%) Grafana
5 16 (2.85%) Puppet
6 14 (2.49%) Kibana
6 14 (2.49%) logstash
6 14 (2.49%) Prometheus
7 9 (1.60%) Cisco CUCM
7 9 (1.60%) Packer
8 8 (1.42%) Argo
8 8 (1.42%) Rancher
9 6 (1.07%) vCenter Server
9 6 (1.07%) yum
9 6 (1.07%) ZABBIX
10 5 (0.89%) Kubeflow
11 4 (0.71%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.53%) SCCM
12 3 (0.53%) SCOM
12 3 (0.53%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 170 (30.25%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.91%) Splunk
3 20 (3.56%) VMware
4 17 (3.02%) Databricks
5 16 (2.85%) Red Hat
6 14 (2.49%) Cisco
7 11 (1.96%) Fortinet
7 11 (1.96%) Palo Alto
8 8 (1.42%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.07%) Cognos
9 6 (1.07%) MicroStrategy
9 6 (1.07%) NetApp
9 6 (1.07%) Oracle
10 5 (0.89%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.71%) Google
11 4 (0.71%) Intel
11 4 (0.71%) Typelevel
12 3 (0.53%) OneLogin
13 2 (0.36%) BMC
13 2 (0.36%) McAfee