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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 18 15
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 336 384 599
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.49% 9.37% 11.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 42.86% 27.93% 29.98%
Number of salaries quoted 201 226 390
10th Percentile £29,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,298 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £77,650
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,125 £91,934
England median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% -1.60%

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 784 1,375 1,998
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.14% 33.54% 39.12%
Number of salaries quoted 559 738 1,635
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,281 £43,650 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.29%
75th Percentile £68,575 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,450
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

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 18 January 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 18 January 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 -1 127 £60,000 -14.29% 97
Gloucestershire +17 95 £67,500 +3.85% 115
Devon 0 42 £53,750 -23.21% 68
Dorset -3 19 £101,250 +125.00% 59
Somerset -13 19 £75,000 +34.83% 67
Wiltshire -13 18 £38,000 -5.00% 59
Cornwall -10 7 £55,000 -8.33% 3
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 17 (5.06%) Apache
2 10 (2.98%) Confluence
3 4 (1.19%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.60%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.30%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.30%) JBoss
6 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 55 (16.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.30%) Doxygen
3 1 (0.30%) Weka
3 1 (0.30%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.30%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 153 (45.54%) Azure
2 128 (38.10%) AWS
3 66 (19.64%) Power Platform
4 57 (16.96%) GitHub
5 42 (12.50%) Azure AI
6 25 (7.44%) GCP
7 24 (7.14%) Serverless
8 23 (6.85%) Amazon S3
9 21 (6.25%) AWS Lambda
9 21 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
10 17 (5.06%) Amazon EC2
11 16 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (4.76%) OpenShift
12 7 (2.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (1.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 6 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
14 5 (1.49%) Amazon SageMaker
15 4 (1.19%) Amazon EKS
15 4 (1.19%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.85%) Internet
2 16 (4.76%) TCP/IP
3 13 (3.87%) DNS
3 13 (3.87%) WAN
4 11 (3.27%) Firewall
5 10 (2.98%) SD-WAN
6 9 (2.68%) 5G
7 6 (1.79%) DHCP
7 6 (1.79%) HTTP
7 6 (1.79%) LAN
7 6 (1.79%) Network Security
8 5 (1.49%) BGP
8 5 (1.49%) MPLS
8 5 (1.49%) VPN
8 5 (1.49%) Wireshark
9 4 (1.19%) 4G
9 4 (1.19%) AMQP
9 4 (1.19%) Ethernet
9 4 (1.19%) SMTP
9 4 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (19.64%) Power BI
2 54 (16.07%) Tableau
3 15 (4.46%) Elasticsearch
3 15 (4.46%) MongoDB
4 14 (4.17%) Amazon RDS
4 14 (4.17%) NoSQL
5 13 (3.87%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (3.87%) Relational Database
5 13 (3.87%) SQL Server
6 10 (2.98%) MySQL
7 9 (2.68%) Big Data
8 8 (2.38%) Data Mining
9 7 (2.08%) Neo4j
10 5 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.49%) InfluxDB
10 5 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (1.19%) CockroachDB
12 3 (0.89%) ClickHouse
12 3 (0.89%) Metadata
12 3 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 79 (23.51%) Git
2 43 (12.80%) Jenkins
3 25 (7.44%) GitLab
4 14 (4.17%) JUnit
5 11 (3.27%) JIRA
5 11 (3.27%) LabVIEW
6 10 (2.98%) Bitbucket
6 10 (2.98%) Cypress.io
7 9 (2.68%) Cucumber
8 8 (2.38%) Selenium
9 5 (1.49%) CircleCI
9 5 (1.49%) SonarQube
9 5 (1.49%) Subversion
10 4 (1.19%) IDA Disassembler
10 4 (1.19%) Postman
10 4 (1.19%) REST Assured
10 4 (1.19%) TestNG
10 4 (1.19%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.89%) Balsamiq
11 3 (0.89%) Burp Suite
General
1 98 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 56 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (15.48%) Finance
4 23 (6.85%) Electronics
5 21 (6.25%) Multimedia
6 18 (5.36%) Public Sector
7 17 (5.06%) Aerospace
8 15 (4.46%) Manufacturing
8 15 (4.46%) Marketing
9 13 (3.87%) Telecoms
10 10 (2.98%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.08%) Law
12 6 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.49%) Avionics
13 5 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.19%) Military
15 3 (0.89%) Aviation
15 3 (0.89%) Retail
15 3 (0.89%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 65 (19.35%) Analyst
2 56 (16.67%) Data Analyst
3 44 (13.10%) Junior
4 42 (12.50%) Junior Analyst
4 42 (12.50%) Junior Data Analyst
5 40 (11.90%) Software Engineer
6 29 (8.63%) Developer
6 29 (8.63%) Senior
6 29 (8.63%) Trainee
7 21 (6.25%) Data Engineer
8 18 (5.36%) Test Engineer
9 14 (4.17%) Lead
10 13 (3.87%) DevOps Engineer
10 13 (3.87%) Python Engineer
11 12 (3.57%) Product Engineer
11 12 (3.57%) Software Developer
12 11 (3.27%) Product Test Engineer
12 11 (3.27%) Security Engineer
12 11 (3.27%) Verification Engineer
13 10 (2.98%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (8.93%) React
2 28 (8.33%) HTML
3 27 (8.04%) CSS
4 15 (4.46%) AngularJS
4 15 (4.46%) pytest
5 12 (3.57%) Apache NiFi
5 12 (3.57%) Spring
5 12 (3.57%) Spring Boot
6 11 (3.27%) Elastic Stack
6 11 (3.27%) PySpark
7 9 (2.68%) REST
8 7 (2.08%) RabbitMQ
9 6 (1.79%) MERN Stack
9 6 (1.79%) Vue
10 5 (1.49%) Hibernate
10 5 (1.49%) JSF
10 5 (1.49%) Kafka
10 5 (1.49%) Pandas
11 4 (1.19%) Middleware
11 4 (1.19%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.76%) Cloud Native
2 14 (4.17%) Algorithms
2 14 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (3.27%) Linux Command Line
4 8 (2.38%) GNSS
4 8 (2.38%) IoT
4 8 (2.38%) Satnav
5 7 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.08%) Private Cloud
5 7 (2.08%) Self-Driving Car
6 6 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (1.79%) Security Posture
7 5 (1.49%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (1.49%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.19%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (0.89%) Augmented Reality
9 3 (0.89%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.89%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.89%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 73 (21.73%) Linux
2 33 (9.82%) Windows
3 17 (5.06%) Unix
4 11 (3.27%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.08%) CentOS
6 7 (2.08%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.79%) Debian
8 3 (0.89%) FreeRTOS
8 3 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.60%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.60%) Solaris
10 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (25.30%) AI
2 80 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
3 78 (23.21%) DevOps
4 76 (22.62%) CI/CD
5 74 (22.02%) Problem-Solving
6 73 (21.73%) Agile
7 68 (20.24%) Software Engineering
8 52 (15.48%) Analytics
9 45 (13.39%) Mentoring
10 44 (13.10%) Infrastructure as Code
11 41 (12.20%) Containerisation
12 40 (11.90%) Test Automation
13 39 (11.61%) Continuous Improvement
14 36 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
15 33 (9.82%) Machine Learning
16 32 (9.52%) Data Science
17 26 (7.74%) Data Analysis
17 26 (7.74%) ETL
18 25 (7.44%) Validation
19 24 (7.14%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 109 (32.44%) SQL
2 76 (22.62%) Java
3 72 (21.43%) JavaScript
4 67 (19.94%) Bash
5 41 (12.20%) PowerShell
6 35 (10.42%) C++
7 28 (8.33%) C
8 27 (8.04%) R
9 25 (7.44%) TypeScript
10 20 (5.95%) C#
11 16 (4.76%) MATLAB
12 15 (4.46%) Go
13 6 (1.79%) Bicep
13 6 (1.79%) Kotlin
14 4 (1.19%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.89%) Erlang
15 3 (0.89%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.89%) Groovy
15 3 (0.89%) Tcl
15 3 (0.89%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 96 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 66 (19.64%) Azure Certification
3 57 (16.96%) DV Cleared
4 49 (14.58%) Degree
5 46 (13.69%) SC Cleared
6 26 (7.74%) AWS Certification
7 22 (6.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 21 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (3.87%) CREST Certified
10 11 (3.27%) HND
11 9 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (2.08%) CISSP
12 7 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (2.08%) Master's Degree
12 7 (2.08%) SANS
13 5 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.89%) CCNP
14 3 (0.89%) CITP
15 2 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.46%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.27%) QA
3 8 (2.38%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.60%) NCSC
5 2 (0.60%) NIST
6 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.30%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.30%) GDPR
6 1 (0.30%) IEC 62304
6 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.30%) SLA
System Software
1 54 (16.07%) Docker
2 7 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.79%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.89%) Firmware
4 3 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.60%) iptables
5 2 (0.60%) vSphere
6 1 (0.30%) Ceph
6 1 (0.30%) KVM
6 1 (0.30%) Lustre
6 1 (0.30%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 67 (19.94%) Kubernetes
2 48 (14.29%) Terraform
3 43 (12.80%) Ansible
4 20 (5.95%) Grafana
5 13 (3.87%) Prometheus
6 10 (2.98%) Kibana
7 7 (2.08%) Puppet
8 6 (1.79%) Argo
8 6 (1.79%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.49%) Rancher
9 5 (1.49%) yum
10 4 (1.19%) logstash
11 3 (0.89%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.89%) McAfee ePO
11 3 (0.89%) Nmap
11 3 (0.89%) SCVMM
12 2 (0.60%) Data Guard
12 2 (0.60%) Nagios
12 2 (0.60%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.60%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 88 (26.19%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.95%) Oracle
3 17 (5.06%) Google
4 14 (4.17%) Red Hat
5 11 (3.27%) Databricks
6 9 (2.68%) Cisco
7 8 (2.38%) Atlassian
7 8 (2.38%) SAP
7 8 (2.38%) Splunk
7 8 (2.38%) VMware
8 4 (1.19%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.19%) Palo Alto
9 3 (0.89%) McAfee
10 2 (0.60%) Dell
10 2 (0.60%) HP
10 2 (0.60%) Juniper
10 2 (0.60%) Palantir
10 2 (0.60%) Talend
10 2 (0.60%) Veeam
11 1 (0.30%) Alteryx