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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 25 17
Rank change year-on-year +9 -8 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 593 247 670
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.90% 7.21% 7.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.35% 29.87% 30.45%
Number of salaries quoted 311 144 467
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,905 £41,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £95,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -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 1,434 827 2,200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.68% 24.15% 26.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,005 552 1,660
10th Percentile £32,850 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £68,750
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 29 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 29 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 0 187 £60,500 +2.98% 70
Bristol +7 162 £62,500 +2.04% 52
Devon +26 95 £57,500 +15.00% 18
Somerset +18 82 £31,500 -40.00% 28
Dorset -9 30 £40,000 -20.00% 11
Wiltshire -19 24 £55,000 +21.49% 13
Cornwall +15 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 33 (5.56%) Apache
2 18 (3.04%) Apache Spark
3 15 (2.53%) Confluence
4 7 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.18%) Jupyter
5 4 (0.67%) JBoss
5 4 (0.67%) nginx
6 3 (0.51%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.34%) SAS
8 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 113 (19.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.01%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.51%) Simulink
5 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 264 (44.52%) Azure
2 144 (24.28%) AWS
2 144 (24.28%) Azure AI
2 144 (24.28%) Power Platform
3 50 (8.43%) GCP
4 34 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (4.72%) Serverless
6 24 (4.05%) AWS Lambda
7 23 (3.88%) Amazon S3
8 22 (3.71%) GitHub
9 19 (3.20%) Amazon EC2
10 18 (3.04%) OpenShift
11 16 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (2.19%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (2.02%) SaaS
14 10 (1.69%) Amazon EKS
14 10 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
16 8 (1.35%) Snowflake
17 7 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.54%) Firewall
2 19 (3.20%) WAN
3 14 (2.36%) LAN
4 11 (1.85%) Cisco ASA
5 10 (1.69%) Broadband
5 10 (1.69%) Cisco Firepower
5 10 (1.69%) VLAN
6 9 (1.52%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.52%) Unified Communications
6 9 (1.52%) WebEx
7 8 (1.35%) SD-WAN
8 6 (1.01%) DNS
8 6 (1.01%) Network Security
9 5 (0.84%) 5G
9 5 (0.84%) DHCP
10 4 (0.67%) Internet
10 4 (0.67%) IPv4
10 4 (0.67%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (0.67%) VPN
11 3 (0.51%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (20.07%) Power BI
2 117 (19.73%) Tableau
3 25 (4.22%) MongoDB
4 21 (3.54%) NoSQL
4 21 (3.54%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (3.37%) Elasticsearch
6 19 (3.20%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (3.04%) Big Data
8 15 (2.53%) Data Lake
9 14 (2.36%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (1.69%) BigQuery
11 9 (1.52%) Hadoop
11 9 (1.52%) MySQL
11 9 (1.52%) SQL Server
12 7 (1.18%) Geospatial Data
12 7 (1.18%) Relational Database
12 7 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (1.01%) InfluxDB
14 5 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (0.84%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 105 (17.71%) Git
2 48 (8.09%) Jenkins
3 42 (7.08%) GitLab
4 27 (4.55%) Subversion
5 25 (4.22%) JIRA
6 20 (3.37%) Eclipse
7 15 (2.53%) Bitbucket
8 13 (2.19%) JUnit
8 13 (2.19%) Selenium
9 10 (1.69%) SonarQube
10 9 (1.52%) Visual Studio Code
11 8 (1.35%) Cucumber
12 7 (1.18%) Cypress.io
12 7 (1.18%) Robot Framework
13 6 (1.01%) MSI
13 6 (1.01%) TestRail
14 5 (0.84%) LabVIEW
15 3 (0.51%) MLflow
16 2 (0.34%) Postman
17 1 (0.17%) git-flow
General
1 208 (35.08%) Social Skills
2 58 (9.78%) Analytical Skills
2 58 (9.78%) Finance
3 36 (6.07%) Public Sector
4 26 (4.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (4.05%) Aerospace
6 22 (3.71%) Retail
7 14 (2.36%) Marketing
7 14 (2.36%) Telecoms
8 10 (1.69%) Banking
8 10 (1.69%) Electronics
9 9 (1.52%) Tech for Good
10 8 (1.35%) Aviation
10 8 (1.35%) Games
11 7 (1.18%) Law
11 7 (1.18%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.84%) Military
14 4 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 129 (21.75%) Analyst
2 122 (20.57%) Junior
3 117 (19.73%) Data Analyst
4 102 (17.20%) Junior Analyst
4 102 (17.20%) Junior Data Analyst
5 85 (14.33%) Software Engineer
6 79 (13.32%) Developer
7 77 (12.98%) Senior
8 53 (8.94%) Data Engineer
9 42 (7.08%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 42 (7.08%) Python Engineer
10 32 (5.40%) Lead
11 27 (4.55%) DevOps Engineer
11 27 (4.55%) Java Developer
12 26 (4.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 25 (4.22%) Architect
13 25 (4.22%) Python Developer
14 24 (4.05%) Solutions Architect
15 20 (3.37%) Senior Software Engineer
16 18 (3.04%) Junior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (6.07%) React
2 35 (5.90%) RESTful
3 26 (4.38%) Spring
3 26 (4.38%) Spring Boot
4 24 (4.05%) Node.js
5 23 (3.88%) REST
6 22 (3.71%) Elastic Stack
7 21 (3.54%) CSS
8 20 (3.37%) Apache NiFi
9 19 (3.20%) Kafka
9 19 (3.20%) Vue
10 18 (3.04%) Jakarta EE
10 18 (3.04%) Struts
10 18 (3.04%) Web Services
11 17 (2.87%) .NET
12 16 (2.70%) HTML
13 14 (2.36%) FastAPI
14 13 (2.19%) Django
15 12 (2.02%) pytest
16 11 (1.85%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 46 (7.76%) Cloud Native
2 22 (3.71%) Onboarding
3 19 (3.20%) Hybrid Cloud
4 18 (3.04%) Algorithms
5 16 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (1.85%) Product Ownership
8 9 (1.52%) FlexPod
8 9 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
8 9 (1.52%) Video\Live Streaming
9 8 (1.35%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.35%) Embedded Systems
10 7 (1.18%) CUDA
10 7 (1.18%) IoT
11 6 (1.01%) Distributed Computing
11 6 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.01%) Over-the-Top Content
11 6 (1.01%) Replication
12 5 (0.84%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 96 (16.19%) Linux
2 64 (10.79%) Windows
3 17 (2.87%) Windows Server
4 16 (2.70%) Unix
5 11 (1.85%) CentOS
6 7 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.67%) Debian
7 4 (0.67%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.51%) VMS
9 2 (0.34%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.17%) Android
10 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.17%) Rocky
10 1 (0.17%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (43.51%) AI
2 150 (25.30%) Business Intelligence
3 141 (23.78%) Software Engineering
4 139 (23.44%) CI/CD
5 124 (20.91%) DevOps
6 121 (20.40%) Agile
7 102 (17.20%) Infrastructure as Code
8 97 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
9 80 (13.49%) Containerisation
10 72 (12.14%) Test Automation
11 67 (11.30%) Full-Stack Development
12 64 (10.79%) Analytics
13 60 (10.12%) Machine Learning
14 55 (9.27%) Continuous Improvement
14 55 (9.27%) Data Science
15 54 (9.11%) Data Pipeline
16 47 (7.93%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
17 44 (7.42%) Mentoring
18 42 (7.08%) Microservices
19 41 (6.91%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 199 (33.56%) SQL
2 119 (20.07%) Java
3 116 (19.56%) JavaScript
4 72 (12.14%) C++
5 70 (11.80%) Bash
6 50 (8.43%) C#
7 41 (6.91%) PowerShell
8 37 (6.24%) Go
9 26 (4.38%) TypeScript
10 18 (3.04%) C
10 18 (3.04%) Perl
11 15 (2.53%) PHP
12 11 (1.85%) MATLAB
12 11 (1.85%) Rust
12 11 (1.85%) Scala
13 10 (1.69%) R
14 8 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (1.35%) Groovy
15 6 (1.01%) Bicep
16 5 (0.84%) VBA
Qualifications
1 154 (25.97%) Azure Certification
2 153 (25.80%) Security Cleared
3 95 (16.02%) DV Cleared
4 68 (11.47%) Degree
5 58 (9.78%) SC Cleared
6 28 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (2.87%) AWS Certification
8 16 (2.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 9 (1.52%) PhD
10 8 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.01%) HND
11 6 (1.01%) RHCSA
12 4 (0.67%) CCNA
12 4 (0.67%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.67%) OSCP
12 4 (0.67%) RHCE
13 3 (0.51%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.34%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.22%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.05%) QA
3 19 (3.20%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.52%) WCAG
5 7 (1.18%) NCSC
6 5 (0.84%) GDPR
6 5 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.51%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.34%) NIST
8 2 (0.34%) PMO
9 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.17%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.17%) JTAG
System Software
1 93 (15.68%) Docker
2 21 (3.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.53%) Firmware
4 10 (1.69%) Active Directory
4 10 (1.69%) vSphere
5 8 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.67%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.67%) Squid
7 4 (0.67%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.34%) iptables
Systems Management
1 101 (17.03%) Kubernetes
2 93 (15.68%) Terraform
3 85 (14.33%) Ansible
4 39 (6.58%) Grafana
5 17 (2.87%) Puppet
6 15 (2.53%) Prometheus
7 14 (2.36%) Kibana
7 14 (2.36%) logstash
8 9 (1.52%) Argo
8 9 (1.52%) Cisco CUCM
8 9 (1.52%) Packer
9 8 (1.35%) Rancher
10 6 (1.01%) vCenter Server
10 6 (1.01%) yum
10 6 (1.01%) ZABBIX
11 5 (0.84%) Kubeflow
11 5 (0.84%) Nagios
12 4 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.67%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 176 (29.68%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.22%) Splunk
3 21 (3.54%) Red Hat
3 21 (3.54%) VMware
4 18 (3.04%) Databricks
5 17 (2.87%) Cisco
6 12 (2.02%) Fortinet
7 11 (1.85%) Atlassian
7 11 (1.85%) Palo Alto
8 8 (1.35%) Oracle
9 6 (1.01%) NetApp
9 6 (1.01%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.84%) Cognos
10 5 (0.84%) Google
10 5 (0.84%) Intel
10 5 (0.84%) MicroStrategy
11 4 (0.67%) Typelevel
12 3 (0.51%) New Relic
12 3 (0.51%) OneLogin
12 3 (0.51%) SolarWinds