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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 20 13
Rank change year-on-year +5 -7 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 537 260 841
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.76% 9.02% 8.14%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.99% 30.73% 27.97%
Number of salaries quoted 270 155 612
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £44,063 £46,250 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,998 £57,443 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -0.96% -3.33%
75th Percentile £73,250 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £96,500 £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 1,279 846 3,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.11% 29.33% 29.10%
Number of salaries quoted 867 565 2,373
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,350 £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 24 June 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 24 June 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 +2 163 £60,000 - 49
Bristol +2 142 £60,000 - 45
Devon +18 93 £51,250 -2.38% 17
Somerset +12 74 £32,500 -43.48% 20
Dorset 0 29 £40,000 -17.95% 12
Wiltshire -23 21 £60,000 +32.53% 23
Cornwall +7 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 22 (4.10%) Apache
2 17 (3.17%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.86%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.86%) Confluence
4 8 (1.49%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.56%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.19%) SAS
7 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 121 (22.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.30%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.37%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 262 (48.79%) Azure
2 151 (28.12%) Azure AI
3 148 (27.56%) AWS
4 144 (26.82%) Power Platform
5 56 (10.43%) GCP
6 36 (6.70%) GitHub
7 32 (5.96%) Serverless
8 29 (5.40%) Amazon S3
8 29 (5.40%) AWS Lambda
9 23 (4.28%) Microsoft 365
10 21 (3.91%) Amazon EC2
11 16 (2.98%) OpenShift
12 15 (2.79%) GitHub Actions
13 13 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
14 10 (1.86%) Amazon EKS
14 10 (1.86%) SaaS
15 9 (1.68%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (1.68%) Snowflake
16 8 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
16 8 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.91%) WAN
2 20 (3.72%) Firewall
3 13 (2.42%) LAN
4 12 (2.23%) Broadband
5 11 (2.05%) Cisco ASA
6 10 (1.86%) SD-WAN
6 10 (1.86%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.68%) 5G
7 9 (1.68%) Cisco Firepower
7 9 (1.68%) Unified Communications
7 9 (1.68%) VLAN
7 9 (1.68%) WebEx
8 7 (1.30%) Internet
8 7 (1.30%) Network Security
9 6 (1.12%) DHCP
9 6 (1.12%) DNS
10 4 (0.74%) IPv4
10 4 (0.74%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (0.56%) AMQP
11 3 (0.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (24.21%) Power BI
2 124 (23.09%) Tableau
3 21 (3.91%) Elasticsearch
4 19 (3.54%) MongoDB
5 16 (2.98%) Amazon RDS
5 16 (2.98%) Big Data
5 16 (2.98%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (2.79%) NoSQL
7 12 (2.23%) Data Lake
8 11 (2.05%) SQL Server
9 10 (1.86%) BigQuery
10 8 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (1.30%) Relational Database
12 6 (1.12%) Data Vault
12 6 (1.12%) InfluxDB
12 6 (1.12%) MySQL
12 6 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.74%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 85 (15.83%) Git
2 51 (9.50%) Jenkins
3 37 (6.89%) GitLab
4 19 (3.54%) Subversion
5 16 (2.98%) JIRA
6 14 (2.61%) Bitbucket
6 14 (2.61%) Eclipse
7 11 (2.05%) SonarQube
8 10 (1.86%) Cucumber
8 10 (1.86%) Visual Studio Code
9 8 (1.49%) Cypress.io
9 8 (1.49%) JUnit
9 8 (1.49%) LabVIEW
9 8 (1.49%) Selenium
10 6 (1.12%) Robot Framework
10 6 (1.12%) TestRail
11 4 (0.74%) CircleCI
12 3 (0.56%) MLflow
12 3 (0.56%) MSI
13 2 (0.37%) DBeaver
General
1 206 (38.36%) Social Skills
2 54 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (8.38%) Finance
4 34 (6.33%) Public Sector
5 24 (4.47%) Aerospace
6 22 (4.10%) Retail
7 19 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (2.98%) Electronics
9 14 (2.61%) Marketing
9 14 (2.61%) Telecoms
10 12 (2.23%) Banking
11 10 (1.86%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.68%) Tech for Good
13 7 (1.30%) Multimedia
13 7 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.12%) Games
15 4 (0.74%) Aviation
15 4 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 133 (24.77%) Analyst
2 123 (22.91%) Data Analyst
3 122 (22.72%) Junior
4 109 (20.30%) Junior Analyst
4 109 (20.30%) Junior Data Analyst
5 72 (13.41%) Developer
6 60 (11.17%) Software Engineer
7 51 (9.50%) Senior
8 42 (7.82%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 39 (7.26%) Data Engineer
10 27 (5.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 27 (5.03%) Python Engineer
11 25 (4.66%) Python Developer
12 22 (4.10%) Java Developer
13 20 (3.72%) Lead
14 18 (3.35%) Data Scientist
14 18 (3.35%) DevOps Engineer
14 18 (3.35%) Trainee
15 17 (3.17%) Test Engineer
16 14 (2.61%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (5.77%) React
2 27 (5.03%) Node.js
2 27 (5.03%) RESTful
3 21 (3.91%) Elastic Stack
3 21 (3.91%) Vue
4 20 (3.72%) CSS
5 19 (3.54%) REST
6 16 (2.98%) HTML
7 15 (2.79%) pytest
8 14 (2.61%) Apache NiFi
9 13 (2.42%) J2EE
9 13 (2.42%) Struts
9 13 (2.42%) Web Services
10 12 (2.23%) .NET
10 12 (2.23%) AngularJS
10 12 (2.23%) FastAPI
10 12 (2.23%) Spring
10 12 (2.23%) Spring Boot
11 11 (2.05%) Pandas
12 10 (1.86%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.52%) Cloud Native
2 20 (3.72%) Algorithms
3 15 (2.79%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (2.61%) Greenfield Project
4 14 (2.61%) Onboarding
5 10 (1.86%) Product Ownership
5 10 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (1.68%) FlexPod
6 9 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (1.68%) Video Conferencing
6 9 (1.68%) Video\Live Streaming
7 8 (1.49%) Self-Driving Car
8 6 (1.12%) CUDA
8 6 (1.12%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.12%) Over-the-Top Content
8 6 (1.12%) Replication
9 5 (0.93%) Embedded Systems
9 5 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.74%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 86 (16.01%) Linux
2 52 (9.68%) Windows
3 20 (3.72%) Unix
4 17 (3.17%) Windows Server
5 11 (2.05%) CentOS
6 6 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.93%) Debian
7 5 (0.93%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.56%) VMS
9 2 (0.37%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.19%) Rocky
10 1 (0.19%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (43.95%) AI
2 159 (29.61%) Business Intelligence
3 112 (20.86%) CI/CD
4 105 (19.55%) Software Engineering
5 101 (18.81%) DevOps
6 94 (17.50%) Agile
7 81 (15.08%) Problem-Solving
8 78 (14.53%) Infrastructure as Code
9 65 (12.10%) Containerisation
10 55 (10.24%) Test Automation
11 53 (9.87%) Analytics
12 52 (9.68%) Full-Stack Development
13 51 (9.50%) Data Science
14 48 (8.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
15 46 (8.57%) Machine Learning
16 43 (8.01%) Continuous Improvement
17 41 (7.64%) Mentoring
18 39 (7.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 36 (6.70%) Data Pipeline
20 31 (5.77%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 185 (34.45%) SQL
2 94 (17.50%) JavaScript
3 89 (16.57%) Java
4 82 (15.27%) Bash
5 56 (10.43%) C++
6 49 (9.12%) PowerShell
7 31 (5.77%) C#
8 28 (5.21%) Go
9 27 (5.03%) TypeScript
10 18 (3.35%) C
11 16 (2.98%) PHP
11 16 (2.98%) R
12 13 (2.42%) MATLAB
12 13 (2.42%) Perl
13 9 (1.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (1.68%) Rust
14 8 (1.49%) Scala
15 5 (0.93%) VBA
16 4 (0.74%) Groovy
16 4 (0.74%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 159 (29.61%) Azure Certification
2 119 (22.16%) Security Cleared
3 73 (13.59%) DV Cleared
4 52 (9.68%) Degree
5 43 (8.01%) SC Cleared
6 21 (3.91%) AWS Certification
7 20 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (3.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 11 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (1.86%) HND
11 5 (0.93%) CREST Certified
11 5 (0.93%) PhD
11 5 (0.93%) RHCSA
12 4 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.74%) CCNA
12 4 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.74%) CISSP
12 4 (0.74%) OSCP
12 4 (0.74%) RHCE
12 4 (0.74%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.10%) Data Quality
2 16 (2.98%) QA
3 11 (2.05%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.93%) GDPR
4 5 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.93%) WCAG
5 3 (0.56%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.56%) NCSC
6 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.19%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.19%) NIST
System Software
1 79 (14.71%) Docker
2 21 (3.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (2.23%) Firmware
4 10 (1.86%) vSphere
5 9 (1.68%) Active Directory
6 7 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.74%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.74%) iptables
8 4 (0.74%) Squid
8 4 (0.74%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 89 (16.57%) Kubernetes
2 83 (15.46%) Terraform
3 75 (13.97%) Ansible
4 46 (8.57%) Grafana
5 18 (3.35%) Prometheus
6 16 (2.98%) Puppet
7 15 (2.79%) Kibana
7 15 (2.79%) logstash
8 9 (1.68%) Cisco CUCM
9 8 (1.49%) Rancher
10 7 (1.30%) Argo
11 6 (1.12%) Packer
11 6 (1.12%) vCenter Server
11 6 (1.12%) yum
11 6 (1.12%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.93%) Kubeflow
12 5 (0.93%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.56%) SCCM
13 3 (0.56%) SCOM
13 3 (0.56%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 176 (32.77%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.28%) Splunk
3 21 (3.91%) VMware
4 18 (3.35%) Red Hat
5 17 (3.17%) Cisco
5 17 (3.17%) Databricks
6 11 (2.05%) Fortinet
6 11 (2.05%) Palo Alto
7 9 (1.68%) Oracle
8 8 (1.49%) Atlassian
9 7 (1.30%) Google
10 6 (1.12%) Cognos
10 6 (1.12%) MicroStrategy
10 6 (1.12%) NetApp
11 4 (0.74%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.74%) SAP
11 4 (0.74%) Typelevel
12 3 (0.56%) SaltStack
13 2 (0.37%) SolarWinds
13 2 (0.37%) Veeam