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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 24 17
Rank change year-on-year +8 -7 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 576 246 723
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.82% 7.27% 8.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.03% 29.18% 29.56%
Number of salaries quoted 310 143 513
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,443 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.45% -4.26% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £94,250 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% - -3.33%

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 1,404 843 2,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.62% 24.92% 27.38%
Number of salaries quoted 997 567 1,889
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,875 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £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 23 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 23 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 -3 178 £60,500 +5.22% 72
Bristol +10 156 £62,500 - 56
Devon +26 93 £55,000 +10.00% 19
Somerset +18 82 £31,500 -40.00% 28
Dorset -1 31 £40,000 -20.00% 12
Wiltshire -19 22 £55,000 +21.49% 16
Cornwall +13 10 £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 (4.51%) Apache
2 18 (3.13%) Apache Spark
3 12 (2.08%) Confluence
4 9 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.39%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.52%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.35%) SAS
8 1 (0.17%) JBoss
8 1 (0.17%) nginx
8 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 113 (19.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.22%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.35%) Simulink
5 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.35%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 255 (44.27%) Azure
2 144 (25.00%) Azure AI
3 139 (24.13%) AWS
3 139 (24.13%) Power Platform
4 50 (8.68%) GCP
5 29 (5.03%) Serverless
6 28 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (4.34%) Amazon S3
7 25 (4.34%) AWS Lambda
8 21 (3.65%) GitHub
9 20 (3.47%) Amazon EC2
10 15 (2.60%) OpenShift
11 14 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (2.26%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (2.08%) SaaS
14 10 (1.74%) Amazon EKS
15 9 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
16 8 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
16 8 (1.39%) Snowflake
17 6 (1.04%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.65%) Firewall
2 17 (2.95%) WAN
3 12 (2.08%) LAN
4 11 (1.91%) Cisco ASA
5 10 (1.74%) Broadband
5 10 (1.74%) Cisco Firepower
5 10 (1.74%) VLAN
6 9 (1.56%) Unified Communications
6 9 (1.56%) WebEx
7 8 (1.39%) TCP/IP
8 7 (1.22%) Network Security
8 7 (1.22%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.87%) 5G
10 4 (0.69%) DHCP
10 4 (0.69%) DNS
10 4 (0.69%) Internet
10 4 (0.69%) IPv4
10 4 (0.69%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (0.52%) NGFW
11 3 (0.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (20.83%) Power BI
2 119 (20.66%) Tableau
3 24 (4.17%) MongoDB
4 23 (3.99%) Elasticsearch
5 21 (3.65%) NoSQL
5 21 (3.65%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (3.13%) Big Data
7 15 (2.60%) Amazon RDS
7 15 (2.60%) Data Lake
7 15 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (1.74%) BigQuery
9 9 (1.56%) SQL Server
10 8 (1.39%) MySQL
10 8 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (1.22%) Geospatial Data
11 7 (1.22%) Hadoop
11 7 (1.22%) Relational Database
12 6 (1.04%) Data Vault
12 6 (1.04%) InfluxDB
13 5 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 95 (16.49%) Git
2 46 (7.99%) Jenkins
3 41 (7.12%) GitLab
4 25 (4.34%) Subversion
5 21 (3.65%) JIRA
6 19 (3.30%) Eclipse
7 13 (2.26%) Bitbucket
8 12 (2.08%) JUnit
9 11 (1.91%) Selenium
10 10 (1.74%) Visual Studio Code
11 9 (1.56%) SonarQube
12 8 (1.39%) Cucumber
13 7 (1.22%) Robot Framework
14 6 (1.04%) Cypress.io
14 6 (1.04%) MSI
14 6 (1.04%) TestRail
15 5 (0.87%) LabVIEW
16 3 (0.52%) MLflow
17 2 (0.35%) CircleCI
18 1 (0.17%) Postman
General
1 202 (35.07%) Social Skills
2 56 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (9.55%) Finance
4 36 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 25 (4.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 24 (4.17%) Aerospace
7 23 (3.99%) Retail
8 14 (2.43%) Marketing
9 12 (2.08%) Banking
9 12 (2.08%) Telecoms
10 10 (1.74%) Electronics
11 9 (1.56%) Tech for Good
12 8 (1.39%) Games
12 8 (1.39%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.22%) Aviation
14 5 (0.87%) Law
15 4 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.69%) Multimedia
16 3 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 130 (22.57%) Analyst
2 121 (21.01%) Junior
3 118 (20.49%) Data Analyst
4 102 (17.71%) Junior Analyst
4 102 (17.71%) Junior Data Analyst
5 86 (14.93%) Software Engineer
6 78 (13.54%) Senior
7 76 (13.19%) Developer
8 52 (9.03%) Data Engineer
9 42 (7.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 41 (7.12%) Python Engineer
11 32 (5.56%) Lead
12 27 (4.69%) Java Developer
13 25 (4.34%) DevOps Engineer
13 25 (4.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 25 (4.34%) Python Developer
14 22 (3.82%) Senior Software Engineer
15 19 (3.30%) Architect
16 18 (3.13%) Junior Developer
16 18 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (5.90%) RESTful
2 32 (5.56%) React
3 25 (4.34%) Node.js
4 24 (4.17%) Spring
4 24 (4.17%) Spring Boot
5 23 (3.99%) REST
6 21 (3.65%) Elastic Stack
7 19 (3.30%) CSS
7 19 (3.30%) Vue
8 18 (3.13%) Apache NiFi
8 18 (3.13%) Jakarta EE
8 18 (3.13%) Kafka
8 18 (3.13%) Struts
8 18 (3.13%) Web Services
9 16 (2.78%) .NET
10 15 (2.60%) HTML
11 14 (2.43%) FastAPI
12 13 (2.26%) Django
13 11 (1.91%) Pandas
13 11 (1.91%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.29%) Cloud Native
2 20 (3.47%) Algorithms
2 20 (3.47%) Onboarding
3 19 (3.30%) Hybrid Cloud
4 15 (2.60%) Greenfield Project
5 14 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (1.91%) Product Ownership
7 10 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.56%) FlexPod
8 9 (1.56%) Video Conferencing
8 9 (1.56%) Video\Live Streaming
9 7 (1.22%) CUDA
9 7 (1.22%) Embedded Systems
9 7 (1.22%) IoT
10 6 (1.04%) Over-the-Top Content
10 6 (1.04%) Replication
11 5 (0.87%) Data Structures
11 5 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.87%) Mobile App
11 5 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 95 (16.49%) Linux
2 60 (10.42%) Windows
3 16 (2.78%) Unix
3 16 (2.78%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.56%) CentOS
5 5 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.69%) Debian
6 4 (0.69%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.52%) VMS
8 1 (0.17%) CoreOS
8 1 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.17%) Rocky
8 1 (0.17%) ThreadX
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (43.40%) AI
2 151 (26.22%) Business Intelligence
3 136 (23.61%) Software Engineering
4 134 (23.26%) CI/CD
5 116 (20.14%) DevOps
6 109 (18.92%) Agile
7 97 (16.84%) Infrastructure as Code
8 91 (15.80%) Problem-Solving
9 75 (13.02%) Containerisation
10 66 (11.46%) Test Automation
11 65 (11.28%) Full-Stack Development
12 62 (10.76%) Analytics
13 57 (9.90%) Machine Learning
14 54 (9.38%) Data Science
15 53 (9.20%) Data Pipeline
16 51 (8.85%) Continuous Improvement
17 48 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
18 41 (7.12%) Microservices
19 40 (6.94%) ETL
19 40 (6.94%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 194 (33.68%) SQL
2 112 (19.44%) Java
3 103 (17.88%) JavaScript
4 69 (11.98%) Bash
5 66 (11.46%) C++
6 42 (7.29%) C#
7 41 (7.12%) PowerShell
8 36 (6.25%) Go
9 25 (4.34%) TypeScript
10 18 (3.13%) Perl
11 17 (2.95%) C
12 15 (2.60%) PHP
13 11 (1.91%) R
14 10 (1.74%) MATLAB
14 10 (1.74%) Rust
14 10 (1.74%) Scala
15 9 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 7 (1.22%) Groovy
17 6 (1.04%) Bicep
18 5 (0.87%) VBA
Qualifications
1 154 (26.74%) Azure Certification
2 144 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 90 (15.63%) DV Cleared
4 65 (11.28%) Degree
5 57 (9.90%) SC Cleared
6 28 (4.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (2.95%) AWS Certification
8 16 (2.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 9 (1.56%) PhD
10 8 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (1.04%) HND
12 6 (1.04%) RHCSA
13 5 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.69%) CCNA
14 4 (0.69%) ISTQB
14 4 (0.69%) OSCP
14 4 (0.69%) RHCE
15 3 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 3 (0.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.17%) Data Quality
2 21 (3.65%) QA
3 17 (2.95%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.56%) WCAG
5 6 (1.04%) NCSC
6 5 (0.87%) GDPR
7 4 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.52%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.17%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.17%) JTAG
9 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 88 (15.28%) Docker
2 20 (3.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.43%) Firmware
4 10 (1.74%) vSphere
5 8 (1.39%) Active Directory
6 7 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.04%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.69%) Squid
8 4 (0.69%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.52%) iptables
10 2 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
11 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 100 (17.36%) Kubernetes
2 90 (15.63%) Terraform
3 81 (14.06%) Ansible
4 39 (6.77%) Grafana
5 17 (2.95%) Puppet
6 14 (2.43%) Kibana
6 14 (2.43%) logstash
6 14 (2.43%) Prometheus
7 9 (1.56%) Cisco CUCM
7 9 (1.56%) Packer
8 8 (1.39%) Argo
8 8 (1.39%) Rancher
9 6 (1.04%) vCenter Server
9 6 (1.04%) yum
9 6 (1.04%) ZABBIX
10 5 (0.87%) Kubeflow
10 5 (0.87%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.52%) SCCM
11 3 (0.52%) SCOM
11 3 (0.52%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 173 (30.03%) Microsoft
2 23 (3.99%) Splunk
3 20 (3.47%) VMware
4 19 (3.30%) Databricks
5 16 (2.78%) Red Hat
6 15 (2.60%) Cisco
7 11 (1.91%) Fortinet
7 11 (1.91%) Palo Alto
8 7 (1.22%) Atlassian
8 7 (1.22%) Oracle
9 6 (1.04%) Cognos
9 6 (1.04%) MicroStrategy
9 6 (1.04%) NetApp
10 5 (0.87%) Intel
10 5 (0.87%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.69%) Google
11 4 (0.69%) Typelevel
12 3 (0.52%) OneLogin
13 2 (0.35%) BMC
13 2 (0.35%) SolarWinds