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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 20 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 -5 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 357 353 718
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.40% 9.41% 11.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.60% 27.13% 27.78%
Number of salaries quoted 207 208 498
10th Percentile £29,999 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,231 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +12.07% +0.87%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £88,050
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 838 1,301 2,585
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.03% 34.69% 39.74%
Number of salaries quoted 588 699 2,169
10th Percentile £32,350 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.00% -1.40%
75th Percentile £67,725 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,300 £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 6 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 6 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 -4 131 £55,000 -21.43% 69
Gloucestershire +14 103 £65,000 - 90
Devon +6 45 £52,500 -19.23% 20
Somerset -19 23 £75,000 +36.36% 20
Dorset +1 22 £100,000 +150.00% 15
Wiltshire -18 16 £47,500 +18.75% 26
Cornwall -7 7 £55,000 -8.33% 3
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 (4.48%) Apache
2 9 (2.52%) Confluence
3 6 (1.68%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.56%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.56%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.28%) JBoss
6 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 69 (19.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.28%) Doxygen
4 1 (0.28%) Weka
4 1 (0.28%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 173 (48.46%) Azure
2 135 (37.82%) AWS
3 78 (21.85%) Power Platform
4 58 (16.25%) GitHub
5 56 (15.69%) Azure AI
6 29 (8.12%) GCP
7 23 (6.44%) Serverless
8 21 (5.88%) Amazon S3
8 21 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
9 20 (5.60%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (4.48%) Amazon EC2
11 14 (3.92%) OpenShift
12 13 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (1.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 6 (1.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 5 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
15 5 (1.40%) Datadog
16 4 (1.12%) Amazon EKS
16 4 (1.12%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.44%) Internet
2 18 (5.04%) TCP/IP
3 15 (4.20%) DNS
3 15 (4.20%) WAN
4 11 (3.08%) Firewall
4 11 (3.08%) SD-WAN
5 10 (2.80%) 5G
6 8 (2.24%) DHCP
7 7 (1.96%) LAN
8 6 (1.68%) HTTP
8 6 (1.68%) Network Security
9 5 (1.40%) BGP
9 5 (1.40%) MPLS
9 5 (1.40%) VPN
9 5 (1.40%) VSAN
9 5 (1.40%) Wireshark
10 4 (1.12%) 4G
10 4 (1.12%) Ethernet
10 4 (1.12%) SMTP
10 4 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (21.85%) Power BI
2 70 (19.61%) Tableau
3 18 (5.04%) Elasticsearch
4 15 (4.20%) NoSQL
5 14 (3.92%) MongoDB
6 13 (3.64%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (3.64%) SQL Server
7 12 (3.36%) Big Data
7 12 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (2.80%) Data Mining
9 9 (2.52%) Neo4j
10 8 (2.24%) MySQL
10 8 (2.24%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.12%) CockroachDB
11 4 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.84%) InfluxDB
12 3 (0.84%) Metadata
12 3 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.56%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.56%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 74 (20.73%) Git
2 44 (12.32%) Jenkins
3 22 (6.16%) GitLab
4 13 (3.64%) JUnit
5 12 (3.36%) LabVIEW
6 10 (2.80%) Cucumber
6 10 (2.80%) Cypress.io
6 10 (2.80%) JIRA
7 9 (2.52%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.96%) Selenium
9 6 (1.68%) CircleCI
10 5 (1.40%) SonarQube
10 5 (1.40%) Subversion
11 4 (1.12%) IDA Disassembler
11 4 (1.12%) Postman
11 4 (1.12%) REST Assured
11 4 (1.12%) TestNG
12 3 (0.84%) Balsamiq
12 3 (0.84%) Burp Suite
12 3 (0.84%) Metasploit
General
1 113 (31.65%) Social Skills
2 59 (16.53%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (15.97%) Finance
4 23 (6.44%) Electronics
5 21 (5.88%) Multimedia
6 19 (5.32%) Public Sector
7 18 (5.04%) Aerospace
8 16 (4.48%) Manufacturing
9 13 (3.64%) Marketing
9 13 (3.64%) Telecoms
10 12 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.96%) Law
12 6 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.40%) Avionics
14 4 (1.12%) Banking
14 4 (1.12%) Military
14 4 (1.12%) Retail
15 3 (0.84%) Billing
Job Titles
1 77 (21.57%) Analyst
2 71 (19.89%) Data Analyst
3 58 (16.25%) Junior
4 56 (15.69%) Junior Analyst
4 56 (15.69%) Junior Data Analyst
5 45 (12.61%) Software Engineer
6 33 (9.24%) Developer
6 33 (9.24%) Senior
6 33 (9.24%) Trainee
7 21 (5.88%) Data Engineer
8 20 (5.60%) Test Engineer
9 13 (3.64%) Lead
9 13 (3.64%) Product Engineer
9 13 (3.64%) Python Engineer
9 13 (3.64%) Security Engineer
10 12 (3.36%) DevOps Engineer
10 12 (3.36%) Product Test Engineer
10 12 (3.36%) Software Developer
10 12 (3.36%) Verification Engineer
11 11 (3.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (9.24%) React
2 29 (8.12%) HTML
3 28 (7.84%) CSS
4 19 (5.32%) AngularJS
5 16 (4.48%) pytest
6 13 (3.64%) Spring
6 13 (3.64%) Spring Boot
7 11 (3.08%) Apache NiFi
7 11 (3.08%) Elastic Stack
8 9 (2.52%) Node.js
8 9 (2.52%) PySpark
8 9 (2.52%) REST
8 9 (2.52%) Vue
9 8 (2.24%) MERN Stack
10 5 (1.40%) Kafka
10 5 (1.40%) Middleware
10 5 (1.40%) Pandas
10 5 (1.40%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (1.12%) Hibernate
11 4 (1.12%) JSF
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.76%) Algorithms
1 17 (4.76%) Cloud Native
2 16 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (2.24%) GNSS
3 8 (2.24%) Linux Command Line
3 8 (2.24%) Satnav
3 8 (2.24%) Self-Driving Car
4 7 (1.96%) Private Cloud
5 6 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (1.68%) IoT
5 6 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (1.68%) Security Posture
6 5 (1.40%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (1.40%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.12%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.12%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.84%) Augmented Reality
8 3 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.84%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 73 (20.45%) Linux
2 34 (9.52%) Windows
3 18 (5.04%) Unix
4 11 (3.08%) Windows Server
5 10 (2.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (2.24%) CentOS
7 6 (1.68%) Ubuntu
8 5 (1.40%) Debian
9 4 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.84%) CoreOS
10 3 (0.84%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.56%) Solaris
12 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (28.85%) AI
2 92 (25.77%) Business Intelligence
3 76 (21.29%) Agile
3 76 (21.29%) DevOps
3 76 (21.29%) Problem-Solving
4 72 (20.17%) CI/CD
5 70 (19.61%) Software Engineering
6 54 (15.13%) Analytics
7 46 (12.89%) Mentoring
8 43 (12.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 42 (11.76%) Test Automation
10 41 (11.48%) Containerisation
10 41 (11.48%) Infrastructure as Code
11 39 (10.92%) Cybersecurity
12 36 (10.08%) Machine Learning
13 32 (8.96%) Data Science
14 26 (7.28%) Data Analysis
14 26 (7.28%) Project Management
15 25 (7.00%) Data Analytics
16 24 (6.72%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 113 (31.65%) SQL
2 79 (22.13%) Java
2 79 (22.13%) JavaScript
3 75 (21.01%) Bash
4 45 (12.61%) PowerShell
5 37 (10.36%) C++
6 29 (8.12%) C
7 28 (7.84%) R
8 26 (7.28%) TypeScript
9 19 (5.32%) C#
10 17 (4.76%) MATLAB
11 14 (3.92%) Go
12 6 (1.68%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.12%) Bicep
14 3 (0.84%) Elixir
14 3 (0.84%) Erlang
14 3 (0.84%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.84%) Groovy
14 3 (0.84%) Tcl
14 3 (0.84%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 99 (27.73%) Security Cleared
2 78 (21.85%) Azure Certification
3 55 (15.41%) DV Cleared
4 47 (13.17%) SC Cleared
5 46 (12.89%) Degree
6 27 (7.56%) AWS Certification
7 24 (6.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 21 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (4.20%) CREST Certified
10 12 (3.36%) HND
11 9 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (2.52%) CISSP
11 9 (2.52%) SANS
12 7 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (1.96%) Master's Degree
13 4 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.84%) CCNP
14 3 (0.84%) CITP
15 2 (0.56%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.48%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.80%) Accessibility
2 10 (2.80%) QA
3 6 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.56%) NCSC
4 2 (0.56%) NIST
5 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.28%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.28%) GDPR
5 1 (0.28%) IEC 62304
5 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 55 (15.41%) Docker
2 6 (1.68%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.68%) Hyper-V
2 6 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.56%) Firmware
4 2 (0.56%) iptables
4 2 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.28%) Ceph
5 1 (0.28%) Lustre
5 1 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 71 (19.89%) Kubernetes
2 49 (13.73%) Terraform
3 43 (12.04%) Ansible
4 20 (5.60%) Grafana
5 11 (3.08%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.24%) Kibana
7 7 (1.96%) Puppet
8 6 (1.68%) Argo
9 5 (1.40%) Rancher
9 5 (1.40%) yum
10 4 (1.12%) logstash
10 4 (1.12%) McAfee ePO
10 4 (1.12%) Progress Chef
10 4 (1.12%) SCVMM
11 3 (0.84%) Nmap
12 2 (0.56%) Data Guard
12 2 (0.56%) Nagios
12 2 (0.56%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.56%) Podman
12 2 (0.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 106 (29.69%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.04%) Oracle
3 15 (4.20%) Google
4 14 (3.92%) Red Hat
5 9 (2.52%) Databricks
6 8 (2.24%) Atlassian
6 8 (2.24%) Cisco
6 8 (2.24%) SAP
6 8 (2.24%) Splunk
7 7 (1.96%) VMware
8 4 (1.12%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.12%) McAfee
8 4 (1.12%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.56%) Dell
9 2 (0.56%) HP
9 2 (0.56%) Juniper
9 2 (0.56%) Palantir
9 2 (0.56%) Veeam
10 1 (0.28%) Foundry
10 1 (0.28%) Talend