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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 24 14
Rank change year-on-year +8 -10 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 572 248 815
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.98% 7.62% 8.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.66% 28.90% 28.66%
Number of salaries quoted 296 147 590
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,650 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £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 1,373 858 2,844
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.75% 26.36% 28.77%
Number of salaries quoted 950 580 2,238
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £66,222
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,525 £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 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 9 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 +2 181 £60,000 - 87
Bristol +6 149 £62,500 -3.85% 60
Devon +23 97 £52,500 +5.00% 17
Somerset +16 79 £31,500 -42.73% 34
Dorset -9 29 £40,000 -17.95% 22
Wiltshire -19 22 £60,000 +32.53% 26
Cornwall +9 11 £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 26 (4.55%) Apache
2 17 (2.97%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.75%) Confluence
4 8 (1.40%) Jupyter
5 4 (0.70%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.35%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.17%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 120 (20.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.22%) Chatbot
3 6 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.35%) Simulink
5 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.35%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 268 (46.85%) Azure
2 151 (26.40%) Azure AI
3 150 (26.22%) AWS
4 147 (25.70%) Power Platform
5 58 (10.14%) GCP
6 33 (5.77%) Serverless
7 29 (5.07%) GitHub
8 28 (4.90%) AWS Lambda
9 27 (4.72%) Amazon S3
9 27 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (3.50%) Amazon EC2
11 17 (2.97%) OpenShift
12 14 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
12 14 (2.45%) GitHub Actions
13 11 (1.92%) Amazon EKS
13 11 (1.92%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (1.57%) SaaS
14 9 (1.57%) Snowflake
15 8 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
16 7 (1.22%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.67%) Firewall
2 19 (3.32%) WAN
3 13 (2.27%) LAN
4 12 (2.10%) Broadband
5 11 (1.92%) Cisco ASA
6 10 (1.75%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.57%) Cisco Firepower
7 9 (1.57%) Unified Communications
7 9 (1.57%) VLAN
7 9 (1.57%) WebEx
8 8 (1.40%) SD-WAN
9 7 (1.22%) 5G
9 7 (1.22%) Network Security
10 6 (1.05%) DHCP
10 6 (1.05%) DNS
11 4 (0.70%) Internet
11 4 (0.70%) IPv4
11 4 (0.70%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (0.52%) AMQP
12 3 (0.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (22.55%) Power BI
2 124 (21.68%) Tableau
3 25 (4.37%) Elasticsearch
4 24 (4.20%) MongoDB
5 20 (3.50%) NoSQL
6 18 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
7 16 (2.80%) Big Data
8 15 (2.62%) Amazon RDS
8 15 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (2.27%) Data Lake
10 10 (1.75%) BigQuery
11 9 (1.57%) SQL Server
12 8 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (1.22%) InfluxDB
13 7 (1.22%) MySQL
14 6 (1.05%) Data Vault
14 6 (1.05%) Relational Database
14 6 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 5 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
15 5 (0.87%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 89 (15.56%) Git
2 54 (9.44%) Jenkins
3 42 (7.34%) GitLab
4 23 (4.02%) Subversion
5 17 (2.97%) Eclipse
5 17 (2.97%) JIRA
6 15 (2.62%) Bitbucket
7 11 (1.92%) Cucumber
7 11 (1.92%) SonarQube
8 10 (1.75%) JUnit
8 10 (1.75%) Visual Studio Code
9 9 (1.57%) Selenium
10 8 (1.40%) Cypress.io
11 7 (1.22%) LabVIEW
11 7 (1.22%) Robot Framework
11 7 (1.22%) TestRail
12 4 (0.70%) CircleCI
12 4 (0.70%) MSI
13 3 (0.52%) MLflow
14 2 (0.35%) DBeaver
General
1 206 (36.01%) Social Skills
2 52 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (8.39%) Finance
4 35 (6.12%) Public Sector
5 24 (4.20%) Aerospace
6 23 (4.02%) Retail
7 21 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (2.27%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.10%) Banking
9 12 (2.10%) Electronics
9 12 (2.10%) Marketing
10 9 (1.57%) Tech for Good
11 8 (1.40%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.22%) Games
13 5 (0.87%) Aviation
13 5 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.70%) Law
14 4 (0.70%) Multimedia
15 3 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 133 (23.25%) Analyst
2 125 (21.85%) Junior
3 123 (21.50%) Data Analyst
4 109 (19.06%) Junior Analyst
4 109 (19.06%) Junior Data Analyst
5 76 (13.29%) Developer
5 76 (13.29%) Software Engineer
6 66 (11.54%) Senior
7 47 (8.22%) Data Engineer
8 42 (7.34%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 33 (5.77%) Python Engineer
10 28 (4.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 28 (4.90%) Lead
11 27 (4.72%) DevOps Engineer
12 25 (4.37%) Java Developer
12 25 (4.37%) Python Developer
13 18 (3.15%) Architect
13 18 (3.15%) Test Engineer
14 17 (2.97%) Senior Software Engineer
14 17 (2.97%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (6.12%) React
2 29 (5.07%) Node.js
2 29 (5.07%) RESTful
3 25 (4.37%) Elastic Stack
4 24 (4.20%) Vue
5 23 (4.02%) Spring
5 23 (4.02%) Spring Boot
6 20 (3.50%) REST
7 18 (3.15%) Apache NiFi
8 17 (2.97%) CSS
9 16 (2.80%) J2EE
9 16 (2.80%) Struts
9 16 (2.80%) Web Services
10 14 (2.45%) .NET
10 14 (2.45%) Kafka
10 14 (2.45%) pytest
11 13 (2.27%) AngularJS
11 13 (2.27%) FastAPI
12 12 (2.10%) HTML
13 11 (1.92%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 40 (6.99%) Cloud Native
2 19 (3.32%) Algorithms
3 17 (2.97%) Hybrid Cloud
4 15 (2.62%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (1.92%) Product Ownership
8 10 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.57%) FlexPod
9 9 (1.57%) Video Conferencing
9 9 (1.57%) Video\Live Streaming
10 8 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.22%) CUDA
11 7 (1.22%) Embedded Systems
12 6 (1.05%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.05%) Over-the-Top Content
12 6 (1.05%) Replication
12 6 (1.05%) Self-Driving Car
13 5 (0.87%) Distributed Computing
13 5 (0.87%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 99 (17.31%) Linux
2 57 (9.97%) Windows
3 19 (3.32%) Unix
4 17 (2.97%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.10%) CentOS
6 6 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.87%) Debian
7 5 (0.87%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.52%) VMS
9 2 (0.35%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.17%) Rocky
10 1 (0.17%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (43.01%) AI
2 158 (27.62%) Business Intelligence
3 129 (22.55%) CI/CD
4 124 (21.68%) Software Engineering
5 119 (20.80%) DevOps
6 107 (18.71%) Agile
7 94 (16.43%) Infrastructure as Code
8 89 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
9 74 (12.94%) Containerisation
10 63 (11.01%) Test Automation
11 61 (10.66%) Full-Stack Development
12 57 (9.97%) Analytics
13 52 (9.09%) Data Science
14 49 (8.57%) Machine Learning
15 48 (8.39%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
15 48 (8.39%) Continuous Improvement
16 46 (8.04%) Data Pipeline
17 43 (7.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 41 (7.17%) Mentoring
19 38 (6.64%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 192 (33.57%) SQL
2 112 (19.58%) Java
3 104 (18.18%) JavaScript
4 82 (14.34%) Bash
5 61 (10.66%) C++
6 49 (8.57%) PowerShell
7 37 (6.47%) C#
8 35 (6.12%) Go
9 30 (5.24%) TypeScript
10 19 (3.32%) C
11 16 (2.80%) Perl
11 16 (2.80%) PHP
12 12 (2.10%) MATLAB
13 11 (1.92%) R
13 11 (1.92%) Rust
14 9 (1.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (1.40%) Scala
16 7 (1.22%) Groovy
17 5 (0.87%) VBA
18 4 (0.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 159 (27.80%) Azure Certification
2 140 (24.48%) Security Cleared
3 85 (14.86%) DV Cleared
4 55 (9.62%) Degree
5 48 (8.39%) SC Cleared
6 22 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (3.15%) AWS Certification
8 17 (2.97%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 8 (1.40%) HND
9 8 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.22%) PhD
11 6 (1.05%) RHCSA
12 5 (0.87%) CREST Certified
13 4 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.70%) CISSP
13 4 (0.70%) OSCP
13 4 (0.70%) RHCE
13 4 (0.70%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.20%) Data Quality
2 17 (2.97%) QA
3 13 (2.27%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.22%) WCAG
5 5 (0.87%) GDPR
5 5 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.70%) NCSC
7 3 (0.52%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.17%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.17%) JTAG
8 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 89 (15.56%) Docker
2 22 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.27%) Firmware
4 10 (1.75%) vSphere
5 9 (1.57%) Active Directory
6 8 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.05%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (1.05%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.70%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.70%) iptables
8 4 (0.70%) Squid
8 4 (0.70%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 104 (18.18%) Kubernetes
2 93 (16.26%) Terraform
3 85 (14.86%) Ansible
4 46 (8.04%) Grafana
5 18 (3.15%) Puppet
6 17 (2.97%) Kibana
6 17 (2.97%) logstash
7 16 (2.80%) Prometheus
8 9 (1.57%) Cisco CUCM
8 9 (1.57%) Rancher
9 8 (1.40%) Argo
9 8 (1.40%) Packer
10 7 (1.22%) vCenter Server
10 7 (1.22%) yum
11 6 (1.05%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.87%) Kubeflow
12 5 (0.87%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.52%) SCCM
13 3 (0.52%) SCOM
13 3 (0.52%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 178 (31.12%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.02%) Splunk
3 22 (3.85%) VMware
4 19 (3.32%) Red Hat
5 17 (2.97%) Cisco
5 17 (2.97%) Databricks
6 11 (1.92%) Fortinet
6 11 (1.92%) Palo Alto
7 9 (1.57%) Atlassian
8 8 (1.40%) Oracle
9 6 (1.05%) Cognos
9 6 (1.05%) Google
9 6 (1.05%) MicroStrategy
9 6 (1.05%) NetApp
10 5 (0.87%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.70%) Typelevel
12 3 (0.52%) Intel
12 3 (0.52%) OneLogin
12 3 (0.52%) SaltStack
13 2 (0.35%) Veeam