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

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 20 16
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 409 306 752
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.58% 9.85% 10.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 44.22% 27.57% 27.06%
Number of salaries quoted 223 188 523
10th Percentile £30,332 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,231 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,497 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.01% +13.04% -2.86%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,375 £87,500
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 925 1,110 2,779
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.89% 35.74% 37.54%
Number of salaries quoted 625 652 2,335
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -3.83%
75th Percentile £67,425 £73,784 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £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 8 March 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 8 March 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 -1 144 £55,000 -21.43% 76
Gloucestershire +13 123 £60,000 -7.69% 71
Devon +27 60 £52,500 -25.00% 37
Dorset -5 24 £100,000 +142.42% 15
Somerset -11 23 £72,500 +31.82% 28
Wiltshire -13 17 £55,000 +37.50% 29
Cornwall -3 9 £55,000 -8.33% 13
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 (3.91%) Apache
2 9 (2.20%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.47%) Jupyter
4 5 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.22%) Confluence
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.24%) JBoss
6 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 94 (22.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.47%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.24%) Weka
4 1 (0.24%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 191 (46.70%) Azure
2 145 (35.45%) AWS
3 104 (25.43%) Power Platform
4 81 (19.80%) Azure AI
5 57 (13.94%) GitHub
6 33 (8.07%) GCP
7 28 (6.85%) Serverless
8 27 (6.60%) Amazon S3
9 25 (6.11%) AWS Lambda
10 22 (5.38%) GitHub Actions
11 20 (4.89%) Amazon EC2
12 11 (2.69%) OpenShift
13 10 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (2.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 8 (1.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 8 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
16 7 (1.71%) Azure Data Factory
16 7 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
17 6 (1.47%) Datadog
18 5 (1.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.89%) Internet
2 19 (4.65%) TCP/IP
3 18 (4.40%) WAN
4 16 (3.91%) DNS
5 13 (3.18%) Firewall
6 11 (2.69%) SD-WAN
7 10 (2.44%) 5G
7 10 (2.44%) LAN
8 9 (2.20%) DHCP
8 9 (2.20%) Network Security
9 6 (1.47%) Broadband
9 6 (1.47%) HTTP
9 6 (1.47%) VLAN
10 5 (1.22%) BGP
10 5 (1.22%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (1.22%) MPLS
10 5 (1.22%) VPN
10 5 (1.22%) VSAN
10 5 (1.22%) Wireshark
11 4 (0.98%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (25.43%) Power BI
2 97 (23.72%) Tableau
3 19 (4.65%) Elasticsearch
4 17 (4.16%) Amazon RDS
5 15 (3.67%) NoSQL
6 12 (2.93%) Big Data
7 11 (2.69%) MongoDB
7 11 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (2.69%) SQL Server
8 10 (2.44%) Data Mining
9 8 (1.96%) Neo4j
9 8 (1.96%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.47%) MySQL
11 4 (0.98%) CockroachDB
11 4 (0.98%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.73%) Data Vault
12 3 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.49%) DB2
Development Applications
1 72 (17.60%) Git
2 44 (10.76%) Jenkins
3 22 (5.38%) GitLab
4 12 (2.93%) JUnit
4 12 (2.93%) LabVIEW
5 11 (2.69%) Bitbucket
6 10 (2.44%) Cucumber
7 8 (1.96%) Cypress.io
8 7 (1.71%) CircleCI
9 6 (1.47%) JIRA
9 6 (1.47%) Subversion
9 6 (1.47%) Visual Studio Code
10 5 (1.22%) Selenium
10 5 (1.22%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.98%) IDA Disassembler
11 4 (0.98%) TestNG
12 3 (0.73%) Balsamiq
12 3 (0.73%) Burp Suite
12 3 (0.73%) Metasploit
13 2 (0.49%) Maven
General
1 144 (35.21%) Social Skills
2 61 (14.91%) Finance
3 60 (14.67%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (5.87%) Public Sector
5 23 (5.62%) Electronics
6 20 (4.89%) Aerospace
6 20 (4.89%) Manufacturing
7 19 (4.65%) Multimedia
8 16 (3.91%) Marketing
8 16 (3.91%) Telecoms
9 13 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (2.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (2.69%) Retail
12 7 (1.71%) Banking
12 7 (1.71%) Tech for Good
13 6 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.22%) Avionics
14 5 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.22%) Law
15 4 (0.98%) Military
Job Titles
1 105 (25.67%) Analyst
2 98 (23.96%) Data Analyst
3 83 (20.29%) Junior
4 81 (19.80%) Junior Analyst
4 81 (19.80%) Junior Data Analyst
5 51 (12.47%) Software Engineer
6 43 (10.51%) Senior
7 37 (9.05%) Developer
8 35 (8.56%) Trainee
9 22 (5.38%) Data Engineer
10 17 (4.16%) Test Engineer
11 16 (3.91%) Data Scientist
11 16 (3.91%) DevOps Engineer
11 16 (3.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 15 (3.67%) Lead
12 15 (3.67%) Python Engineer
12 15 (3.67%) Security Engineer
13 13 (3.18%) Product Engineer
14 12 (2.93%) Product Test Engineer
14 12 (2.93%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (7.09%) React
2 27 (6.60%) CSS
2 27 (6.60%) HTML
3 18 (4.40%) AngularJS
4 16 (3.91%) pytest
5 13 (3.18%) Spring
5 13 (3.18%) Spring Boot
6 12 (2.93%) Node.js
7 11 (2.69%) Elastic Stack
8 10 (2.44%) Apache NiFi
8 10 (2.44%) Vue
9 8 (1.96%) MERN Stack
9 8 (1.96%) NumPy
9 8 (1.96%) Pandas
9 8 (1.96%) PySpark
9 8 (1.96%) REST
9 8 (1.96%) scikit-learn
10 7 (1.71%) Django
10 7 (1.71%) Hugging Face
11 6 (1.47%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.13%) Algorithms
2 19 (4.65%) Cloud Native
3 17 (4.16%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (1.96%) GNSS
4 8 (1.96%) Satnav
4 8 (1.96%) Self-Driving Car
5 7 (1.71%) IoT
5 7 (1.71%) Private Cloud
6 6 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.47%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.47%) Security Posture
7 5 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.22%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.22%) Replication
8 4 (0.98%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (0.98%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (0.98%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 74 (18.09%) Linux
2 37 (9.05%) Windows
3 16 (3.91%) Unix
4 12 (2.93%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.71%) CentOS
7 4 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.49%) CoreOS
8 2 (0.49%) Solaris
8 2 (0.49%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.24%) Debian
9 1 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (33.99%) AI
2 121 (29.58%) Business Intelligence
3 80 (19.56%) Agile
4 79 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
5 76 (18.58%) DevOps
6 75 (18.34%) CI/CD
6 75 (18.34%) Software Engineering
7 56 (13.69%) Analytics
8 52 (12.71%) Containerisation
9 49 (11.98%) Machine Learning
9 49 (11.98%) Mentoring
10 48 (11.74%) Continuous Improvement
11 44 (10.76%) Infrastructure as Code
12 43 (10.51%) Data Science
13 42 (10.27%) Test Automation
14 39 (9.54%) Cybersecurity
15 30 (7.33%) Visualisation
16 26 (6.36%) Data Analysis
17 25 (6.11%) Data Analytics
17 25 (6.11%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 137 (33.50%) SQL
2 81 (19.80%) Bash
3 80 (19.56%) JavaScript
4 79 (19.32%) Java
5 50 (12.22%) PowerShell
6 38 (9.29%) C++
7 28 (6.85%) C
7 28 (6.85%) R
8 24 (5.87%) TypeScript
9 18 (4.40%) C#
10 17 (4.16%) Go
10 17 (4.16%) MATLAB
11 7 (1.71%) Scala
12 6 (1.47%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.98%) PHP
14 3 (0.73%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.73%) Tcl
14 3 (0.73%) VBA
14 3 (0.73%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 105 (25.67%) Security Cleared
2 101 (24.69%) Azure Certification
3 64 (15.65%) DV Cleared
4 56 (13.69%) Degree
5 41 (10.02%) SC Cleared
6 31 (7.58%) AWS Certification
7 26 (6.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 19 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (3.91%) CREST Certified
10 12 (2.93%) HND
11 10 (2.44%) CISSP
11 10 (2.44%) SANS
12 9 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (1.47%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (0.98%) PhD
16 3 (0.73%) CCNP
16 3 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
16 3 (0.73%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.67%) Data Quality
2 13 (3.18%) QA
3 12 (2.93%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.73%) NIST
6 2 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.49%) GDPR
6 2 (0.49%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.49%) NCSC
7 1 (0.24%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 66 (16.14%) Docker
2 9 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.47%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.47%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.98%) Firmware
4 4 (0.98%) iptables
4 4 (0.98%) vSphere
5 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.24%) Ceph
6 1 (0.24%) Lustre
6 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 78 (19.07%) Kubernetes
2 53 (12.96%) Terraform
3 45 (11.00%) Ansible
4 26 (6.36%) Grafana
5 13 (3.18%) Prometheus
6 9 (2.20%) Puppet
7 8 (1.96%) Argo
8 7 (1.71%) Kibana
9 6 (1.47%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.47%) Rancher
9 6 (1.47%) yum
10 4 (0.98%) logstash
10 4 (0.98%) McAfee ePO
10 4 (0.98%) SCVMM
11 3 (0.73%) Cisco CUCM
11 3 (0.73%) Nmap
12 2 (0.49%) Data Guard
12 2 (0.49%) Nagios
12 2 (0.49%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.49%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 138 (33.74%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.91%) Oracle
3 15 (3.67%) Google
4 12 (2.93%) Splunk
5 11 (2.69%) Cisco
6 10 (2.44%) VMware
7 9 (2.20%) Red Hat
8 8 (1.96%) SAP
9 7 (1.71%) Atlassian
9 7 (1.71%) Databricks
9 7 (1.71%) Fortinet
9 7 (1.71%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.98%) McAfee
11 3 (0.73%) Cognos
11 3 (0.73%) MicroStrategy
11 3 (0.73%) NetApp
11 3 (0.73%) Typelevel
12 2 (0.49%) HP
12 2 (0.49%) Palantir
12 2 (0.49%) Veeam