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 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 19 14
Rank change year-on-year +8 -5 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 532 247 822
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.95% 9.17% 9.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 46.54% 28.99% 28.00%
Number of salaries quoted 238 170 598
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,375 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year - +2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,375 £97,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -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 1,143 852 2,936
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.93% 31.64% 32.74%
Number of salaries quoted 711 613 2,407
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,400 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £66,250 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,751 £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 9 May 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 9 May 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 +1 153 £60,000 - 45
Bristol +3 148 £60,000 -11.11% 73
Devon +33 106 £50,000 +8.11% 19
Somerset +16 58 £47,500 -20.83% 21
Dorset +4 39 £50,000 +8.11% 9
Wiltshire -21 12 £75,000 +45.35% 23
Cornwall - 10 £46,123 - 2
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 16 (3.01%) Apache
2 13 (2.44%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.32%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.94%) Confluence
6 2 (0.38%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.38%) Oracle Application Server
6 2 (0.38%) WordPress
7 1 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.19%) SAS
Applications
1 153 (28.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.13%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.19%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 289 (54.32%) Azure
2 186 (34.96%) Azure AI
3 173 (32.52%) Power Platform
4 141 (26.50%) AWS
5 43 (8.08%) GCP
5 43 (8.08%) GitHub
6 28 (5.26%) Amazon S3
7 27 (5.08%) Serverless
8 24 (4.51%) AWS Lambda
9 19 (3.57%) Amazon EC2
9 19 (3.57%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
11 12 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (1.88%) OpenShift
13 8 (1.50%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (1.50%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (1.50%) dbt
13 8 (1.50%) Snowflake
14 7 (1.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (1.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.14%) WAN
2 19 (3.57%) Firewall
3 14 (2.63%) Internet
3 14 (2.63%) LAN
3 14 (2.63%) TCP/IP
4 12 (2.26%) Cisco ASA
4 12 (2.26%) SD-WAN
5 11 (2.07%) DNS
5 11 (2.07%) VLAN
6 10 (1.88%) Broadband
7 9 (1.69%) 5G
7 9 (1.69%) Cisco Firepower
7 9 (1.69%) Network Security
7 9 (1.69%) Unified Communications
7 9 (1.69%) WebEx
8 7 (1.32%) DHCP
9 5 (0.94%) BGP
9 5 (0.94%) MPLS
9 5 (0.94%) VPN
10 4 (0.75%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (31.58%) Power BI
2 154 (28.95%) Tableau
3 21 (3.95%) Elasticsearch
4 17 (3.20%) Amazon RDS
4 17 (3.20%) NoSQL
5 15 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (2.44%) MongoDB
7 12 (2.26%) Big Data
7 12 (2.26%) SQL Server
8 10 (1.88%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.69%) Data Lake
10 8 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (1.50%) MySQL
11 6 (1.13%) Neo4j
12 5 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.94%) Data Mining
12 5 (0.94%) InfluxDB
12 5 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.75%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 69 (12.97%) Git
2 50 (9.40%) Jenkins
3 27 (5.08%) GitLab
4 12 (2.26%) Bitbucket
5 11 (2.07%) Cucumber
6 10 (1.88%) Cypress.io
6 10 (1.88%) JIRA
7 9 (1.69%) JUnit
7 9 (1.69%) SonarQube
8 8 (1.50%) LabVIEW
8 8 (1.50%) Selenium
8 8 (1.50%) Visual Studio Code
9 7 (1.32%) CircleCI
9 7 (1.32%) Subversion
10 5 (0.94%) TestRail
11 4 (0.75%) Robot Framework
11 4 (0.75%) TestNG
12 3 (0.56%) Burp Suite
12 3 (0.56%) Metasploit
13 2 (0.38%) SoapUI
General
1 241 (45.30%) Social Skills
2 53 (9.96%) Finance
3 51 (9.59%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (5.83%) Public Sector
5 22 (4.14%) Aerospace
6 20 (3.76%) Telecoms
7 19 (3.57%) Marketing
8 18 (3.38%) Electronics
9 15 (2.82%) Retail
10 14 (2.63%) Multimedia
11 13 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (2.44%) Manufacturing
12 12 (2.26%) Banking
13 11 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.69%) Tech for Good
15 4 (0.75%) Aviation
15 4 (0.75%) Avionics
15 4 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.75%) Law
15 4 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 161 (30.26%) Analyst
2 153 (28.76%) Data Analyst
3 145 (27.26%) Junior
4 144 (27.07%) Junior Analyst
4 144 (27.07%) Junior Data Analyst
5 56 (10.53%) Software Engineer
6 55 (10.34%) Developer
7 42 (7.89%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 36 (6.77%) Senior
9 33 (6.20%) Data Engineer
10 26 (4.89%) Trainee
11 25 (4.70%) Python Developer
12 23 (4.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 20 (3.76%) Python Engineer
14 19 (3.57%) Data Scientist
15 18 (3.38%) Lead
16 16 (3.01%) DevOps Engineer
16 16 (3.01%) Test Engineer
17 12 (2.26%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
18 11 (2.07%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.32%) CSS
2 21 (3.95%) React
3 19 (3.57%) HTML
4 18 (3.38%) Elastic Stack
5 17 (3.20%) Node.js
5 17 (3.20%) Vue
6 15 (2.82%) AngularJS
7 14 (2.63%) pytest
8 13 (2.44%) REST
9 11 (2.07%) Apache NiFi
9 11 (2.07%) Django
10 10 (1.88%) NumPy
10 10 (1.88%) Pandas
11 9 (1.69%) FastAPI
11 9 (1.69%) Spring
11 9 (1.69%) Spring Boot
11 9 (1.69%) XMPP
12 8 (1.50%) OAuth
12 8 (1.50%) PySpark
13 7 (1.32%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.14%) Cloud Native
2 18 (3.38%) Algorithms
3 16 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
5 12 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (1.88%) Onboarding
7 9 (1.69%) FlexPod
7 9 (1.69%) Product Ownership
7 9 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (1.50%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.50%) Self-Driving Car
9 7 (1.32%) Replication
10 6 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.13%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.13%) Video\Live Streaming
11 5 (0.94%) Over-the-Top Content
12 4 (0.75%) CUDA
12 4 (0.75%) GNSS
12 4 (0.75%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 81 (15.23%) Linux
2 42 (7.89%) Windows
3 14 (2.63%) Unix
4 13 (2.44%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.13%) CentOS
6 5 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.38%) Solaris
7 2 (0.38%) VMS
8 1 (0.19%) CoreOS
8 1 (0.19%) Debian
8 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.19%) ThreadX
8 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (46.80%) AI
2 193 (36.28%) Business Intelligence
3 94 (17.67%) CI/CD
4 89 (16.73%) DevOps
5 88 (16.54%) Software Engineering
6 79 (14.85%) Agile
7 66 (12.41%) Problem-Solving
8 62 (11.65%) Infrastructure as Code
9 54 (10.15%) Analytics
10 53 (9.96%) Containerisation
10 53 (9.96%) Test Automation
11 48 (9.02%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
12 46 (8.65%) Data Science
13 44 (8.27%) Machine Learning
13 44 (8.27%) Mentoring
14 42 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
15 35 (6.58%) Cybersecurity
15 35 (6.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 29 (5.45%) Full-Stack Development
17 28 (5.26%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 206 (38.72%) SQL
2 82 (15.41%) Bash
2 82 (15.41%) JavaScript
3 77 (14.47%) Java
4 48 (9.02%) PowerShell
5 38 (7.14%) C++
6 28 (5.26%) TypeScript
7 25 (4.70%) C#
7 25 (4.70%) Go
8 23 (4.32%) R
9 20 (3.76%) C
10 12 (2.26%) PHP
11 10 (1.88%) MATLAB
11 10 (1.88%) Scala
12 6 (1.13%) Rust
13 4 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.75%) Groovy
13 4 (0.75%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.56%) Elixir
14 3 (0.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 200 (37.59%) Azure Certification
2 96 (18.05%) Security Cleared
3 63 (11.84%) DV Cleared
4 42 (7.89%) Degree
5 29 (5.45%) SC Cleared
6 26 (4.89%) AWS Certification
7 24 (4.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 15 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.69%) CREST Certified
11 8 (1.50%) HND
12 6 (1.13%) CISSP
12 6 (1.13%) SANS
13 4 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.75%) PhD
14 3 (0.56%) CCNP
14 3 (0.56%) Master's Degree
15 2 (0.38%) ISTQB
16 1 (0.19%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.76%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.38%) QA
3 8 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.32%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.94%) GDPR
6 3 (0.56%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.56%) NIST
7 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.19%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 71 (13.35%) Docker
2 16 (3.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.07%) Firmware
4 7 (1.32%) vSphere
5 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (1.13%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (0.94%) Active Directory
6 5 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.75%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.75%) iptables
8 3 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.38%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.19%) Squid
10 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 81 (15.23%) Kubernetes
2 71 (13.35%) Terraform
3 62 (11.65%) Ansible
4 41 (7.71%) Grafana
5 17 (3.20%) Prometheus
6 12 (2.26%) Puppet
7 11 (2.07%) Kibana
8 10 (1.88%) logstash
9 9 (1.69%) Argo
9 9 (1.69%) Cisco CUCM
10 8 (1.50%) Rancher
11 7 (1.32%) yum
12 6 (1.13%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.75%) vCenter Server
14 3 (0.56%) Kubeflow
14 3 (0.56%) NetBackup
14 3 (0.56%) Nmap
14 3 (0.56%) SCCM
14 3 (0.56%) SCOM
14 3 (0.56%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 201 (37.78%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.95%) Splunk
3 19 (3.57%) Cisco
4 17 (3.20%) VMware
5 15 (2.82%) Databricks
6 13 (2.44%) Fortinet
6 13 (2.44%) Oracle
6 13 (2.44%) Palo Alto
7 10 (1.88%) Red Hat
8 8 (1.50%) Atlassian
8 8 (1.50%) Google
9 6 (1.13%) NetApp
9 6 (1.13%) SAP
10 4 (0.75%) Cognos
10 4 (0.75%) MicroStrategy
10 4 (0.75%) Typelevel
11 3 (0.56%) Dell
11 3 (0.56%) HP
11 3 (0.56%) Juniper
11 3 (0.56%) Veeam