Python Jobs in the South West

Python
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Python skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Python over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 10 13
Rank change year-on-year -7 +3 +3
Permanent jobs citing Python 733 910 1,418
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 8.34% 14.62% 15.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.46% 39.48% 32.91%
Number of salaries quoted 472 556 677
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,375 £31,558
25th Percentile £48,463 £46,306 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% +8.37%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,585 £73,675
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £72,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +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 2,330 2,305 4,309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 26.50% 37.04% 47.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,711 1,609 2,766
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,000 £31,680
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Python in the South West

Python
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Python in the South West.

Salary trend for Python in the South West

Python
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the South West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 -10 248 £70,000 +12.45% 49
Gloucestershire -6 223 £55,000 -15.38% 25
Devon +16 87 £49,515 +29.15% 18
Dorset +29 68 £55,000 -12.00% 7
Wiltshire -15 56 £50,000 -1.96% 8
Somerset -13 21 £55,000 -3.68% 8
Cornwall -23 6 - - 1
Python
England

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 63 (8.59%) Apache
2 49 (6.68%) Apache Spark
3 23 (3.14%) Jupyter
4 20 (2.73%) nginx
5 19 (2.59%) ArcGIS
5 19 (2.59%) GeoServer
6 14 (1.91%) SAS
7 8 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
8 7 (0.95%) Confluence
8 7 (0.95%) Luigi
8 7 (0.95%) SharePoint
9 4 (0.55%) JBoss
9 4 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.41%) CloudStack
11 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 22 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.95%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.82%) Trello
5 5 (0.68%) Simulink
6 3 (0.41%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.27%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 4 (0.55%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.27%) iTrent
2 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 253 (34.52%) AWS
2 194 (26.47%) Azure
3 87 (11.87%) OpenShift
4 54 (7.37%) GCP
5 49 (6.68%) Power Platform
6 36 (4.91%) SaaS
7 34 (4.64%) Amazon S3
8 31 (4.23%) GitHub
9 30 (4.09%) Serverless
10 27 (3.68%) AWS Lambda
11 25 (3.41%) AWS CloudFormation
12 21 (2.86%) IaaS
13 20 (2.73%) Amazon EKS
14 19 (2.59%) PaaS
15 16 (2.18%) MinIO
16 13 (1.77%) Snowflake
17 9 (1.23%) Amazon EC2
17 9 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
18 8 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
19 7 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 41 (5.59%) TCP/IP
2 38 (5.18%) HTTP
3 36 (4.91%) DNS
4 28 (3.82%) DHCP
5 24 (3.27%) AMQP
6 21 (2.86%) Internet
7 17 (2.32%) Firewall
8 16 (2.18%) Network Security
8 16 (2.18%) VSAN
9 9 (1.23%) VPN
10 8 (1.09%) SMTP
11 6 (0.82%) Wireless
12 5 (0.68%) WAN
13 4 (0.55%) 5G
13 4 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
13 4 (0.55%) IPsec
13 4 (0.55%) RTP
13 4 (0.55%) SD-WAN
13 4 (0.55%) SNMP
13 4 (0.55%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (9.28%) Big Data
2 51 (6.96%) PostgreSQL
3 48 (6.55%) Tableau
4 46 (6.28%) Power BI
5 38 (5.18%) Hadoop
6 29 (3.96%) Data Warehouse
7 25 (3.41%) Relational Database
8 24 (3.27%) Elasticsearch
9 19 (2.59%) GIS
10 18 (2.46%) Cloudera CDH
10 18 (2.46%) QGIS
11 17 (2.32%) Qlik Sense
12 16 (2.18%) Presto
13 15 (2.05%) SQL Server
14 14 (1.91%) Data Lake
15 11 (1.50%) MongoDB
15 11 (1.50%) Redis
16 10 (1.36%) Star Schema
17 9 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
17 9 (1.23%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 85 (11.60%) Git
2 61 (8.32%) Jenkins
3 25 (3.41%) JIRA
4 23 (3.14%) LabVIEW
5 22 (3.00%) Visual Studio
6 19 (2.59%) Subversion
7 16 (2.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 10 (1.36%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.95%) NetBeans
9 7 (0.95%) Selenium
10 6 (0.82%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.82%) Eclipse
11 5 (0.68%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.68%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.68%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.55%) GitLab
12 4 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.55%) Toad
13 3 (0.41%) Android Studio
14 2 (0.27%) YouTrack
General
1 124 (16.92%) Social Skills
2 120 (16.37%) Analytical Skills
3 81 (11.05%) Aerospace
4 79 (10.78%) Finance
5 45 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 44 (6.00%) Marketing
7 34 (4.64%) Law
8 25 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
9 24 (3.27%) Manufacturing
9 24 (3.27%) Telecoms
10 18 (2.46%) Public Sector
11 17 (2.32%) Legal
11 17 (2.32%) Tech for Good
12 15 (2.05%) Banking
13 13 (1.77%) Retail
14 11 (1.50%) Advertising
14 11 (1.50%) Automotive
15 10 (1.36%) Electronics
15 10 (1.36%) Investment Banking
16 8 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 214 (29.20%) Software Engineer
2 161 (21.96%) Senior
3 69 (9.41%) Senior Software Engineer
4 65 (8.87%) Developer
5 64 (8.73%) Lead
6 60 (8.19%) DevOps Engineer
7 50 (6.82%) Embedded Engineer
7 50 (6.82%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 45 (6.14%) Analyst
9 41 (5.59%) Data Engineer
10 40 (5.46%) Consultant
10 40 (5.46%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
11 38 (5.18%) Architect
11 38 (5.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 37 (5.05%) Data Scientist
13 35 (4.77%) Test Engineer
14 32 (4.37%) Data Analyst
15 26 (3.55%) Python Engineer
15 26 (3.55%) Systems Engineer
16 25 (3.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (11.60%) React
2 52 (7.09%) AngularJS
3 44 (6.00%) RabbitMQ
4 41 (5.59%) REST
5 40 (5.46%) .NET
6 39 (5.32%) Node.js
7 32 (4.37%) Spring
8 31 (4.23%) CSS
9 25 (3.41%) .NET Core
10 24 (3.27%) Apache NiFi
11 23 (3.14%) HTML
11 23 (3.14%) Spring Boot
12 22 (3.00%) Pandas
13 20 (2.73%) PySpark
13 20 (2.73%) TensorFlow
13 20 (2.73%) YAML
14 19 (2.59%) OpenAPI
14 19 (2.59%) Swagger
15 18 (2.46%) gRPC
15 18 (2.46%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 48 (6.55%) Cloud Native
2 40 (5.46%) Algorithms
3 35 (4.77%) Hybrid Cloud
4 27 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (3.41%) Public Cloud
6 24 (3.27%) Linux Command Line
7 23 (3.14%) Data Structures
8 22 (3.00%) Management Information System
9 20 (2.73%) GNSS
10 17 (2.32%) Reinsurance
11 16 (2.18%) Enterprise Cloud
11 16 (2.18%) Onboarding
12 14 (1.91%) Data Centre
13 12 (1.64%) Product Ownership
14 11 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
15 9 (1.23%) CUDA
15 9 (1.23%) Mobile App
16 8 (1.09%) Tandem
17 7 (0.95%) Credit Risk
18 6 (0.82%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 287 (39.15%) Linux
2 89 (12.14%) Windows
3 77 (10.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 48 (6.55%) Embedded Linux
5 35 (4.77%) Debian
6 32 (4.37%) Ubuntu
7 29 (3.96%) Unix
8 23 (3.14%) CentOS
9 14 (1.91%) Android
10 8 (1.09%) Windows Server
11 4 (0.55%) CoreOS
11 4 (0.55%) Data ONTAP
12 3 (0.41%) Alpine Linux
12 3 (0.41%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.41%) SUSE
12 3 (0.41%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 3 (0.41%) VMS
13 2 (0.27%) AIX
14 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (39.97%) Software Engineering
2 240 (32.74%) Agile
3 188 (25.65%) DevOps
4 177 (24.15%) Problem-Solving
5 113 (15.42%) Infrastructure as Code
6 105 (14.32%) Cybersecurity
7 103 (14.05%) CI/CD
8 94 (12.82%) Containerisation
8 94 (12.82%) Machine Learning
9 87 (11.87%) Computer Science
10 86 (11.73%) Collaborative Working
11 83 (11.32%) Analytics
12 82 (11.19%) Artificial Intelligence
12 82 (11.19%) Configuration Management
13 78 (10.64%) Data Science
14 77 (10.50%) Actionable Insight
15 76 (10.37%) Business Intelligence
16 71 (9.69%) Test Automation
17 65 (8.87%) SDLC
18 63 (8.59%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 212 (28.92%) Java
2 178 (24.28%) Bash
3 151 (20.60%) SQL
4 134 (18.28%) JavaScript
5 131 (17.87%) C
6 103 (14.05%) C++
7 61 (8.32%) C#
8 57 (7.78%) Perl
9 54 (7.37%) Rust
10 53 (7.23%) Embedded C
11 46 (6.28%) PowerShell
12 42 (5.73%) MATLAB
13 41 (5.59%) R
14 33 (4.50%) TypeScript
15 25 (3.41%) Shell Script
16 24 (3.27%) Go
17 17 (2.32%) Julia
18 14 (1.91%) Scala
19 12 (1.64%) VBA
20 8 (1.09%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 324 (44.20%) Security Cleared
2 166 (22.65%) DV Cleared
3 161 (21.96%) Degree
4 107 (14.60%) SC Cleared
5 47 (6.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (3.68%) Master's Degree
7 16 (2.18%) ISTQB
8 13 (1.77%) PhD
9 12 (1.64%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.64%) HND
10 8 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (0.95%) CCNA
11 7 (0.95%) CCNP
11 7 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.82%) IIBA
12 6 (0.82%) SANS
13 5 (0.68%) CISSP
13 5 (0.68%) CRISC
13 5 (0.68%) PCI QSA
13 5 (0.68%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.41%) Data Quality
2 20 (2.73%) PMO
3 17 (2.32%) QA
4 15 (2.05%) ISO 9001
5 12 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.82%) NIST
6 6 (0.82%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.82%) TickIT
7 5 (0.68%) GRC
8 2 (0.27%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.14%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.14%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.14%) GDPR
System Software
1 144 (19.65%) Docker
2 55 (7.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (3.68%) Hyper-V
4 14 (1.91%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (1.91%) vSphere
5 13 (1.77%) Firmware
6 8 (1.09%) Embedded Firmware
6 8 (1.09%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 7 (0.95%) Active Directory
8 6 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.68%) KVM
10 4 (0.55%) Lustre
10 4 (0.55%) NFS
10 4 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.41%) Ceph
11 3 (0.41%) Gluster
11 3 (0.41%) oVirt
Systems Management
1 176 (24.01%) Kubernetes
2 159 (21.69%) Ansible
3 119 (16.23%) Terraform
4 100 (13.64%) Puppet
5 30 (4.09%) Grafana
5 30 (4.09%) Prometheus
6 28 (3.82%) Progress Chef
7 20 (2.73%) vCenter Server
8 16 (2.18%) HAProxy
9 15 (2.05%) Salt
10 8 (1.09%) Kibana
10 8 (1.09%) Nagios
11 7 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.68%) Docker Swarm
13 4 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.55%) Podman
14 3 (0.41%) Cisco Prime
14 3 (0.41%) Graylog
14 3 (0.41%) Observium
14 3 (0.41%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 64 (8.73%) Red Hat
2 61 (8.32%) VMware
3 51 (6.96%) Microsoft
4 39 (5.32%) Google
5 31 (4.23%) Databricks
6 21 (2.86%) Oracle
7 20 (2.73%) SaltStack
8 19 (2.59%) ESRI
9 17 (2.32%) Alteryx
9 17 (2.32%) Cisco
10 16 (2.18%) Atlassian
11 7 (0.95%) IBM
11 7 (0.95%) Pega
11 7 (0.95%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.95%) UiPath
12 5 (0.68%) SAP
13 4 (0.55%) Civica
13 4 (0.55%) NEC
13 4 (0.55%) NetApp
13 4 (0.55%) Palo Alto