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 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 16 15
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 -3
Permanent jobs citing Python 298 425 557
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 6.03% 9.31% 13.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.60% 29.05% 32.12%
Number of salaries quoted 186 266 355
10th Percentile £30,165 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,069 £49,063 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +6.15%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,500 £87,500 £91,934
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% +3.57%

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 772 1,463 1,734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.62% 32.06% 41.57%
Number of salaries quoted 573 816 1,397
10th Percentile £30,850 £35,000 £35,149
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,375 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 17 December 2025.

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 17 December 2025. 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 -8 109 £60,000 -17.24% 84
Gloucestershire +14 82 £67,500 +1.89% 68
Devon -9 38 £45,000 -35.71% 35
Wiltshire -9 21 £36,650 -24.82% 35
Somerset -9 19 £72,500 +31.82% 35
Dorset -8 16 £101,250 +102.50% 28
Cornwall -19 5 £55,000 -8.33% 1
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 13 (4.36%) Apache
2 8 (2.68%) Confluence
3 3 (1.01%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.34%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.34%) JBoss
5 1 (0.34%) SAS
5 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (15.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.34%) Doxygen
3 1 (0.34%) Weka
3 1 (0.34%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.34%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 124 (41.61%) Azure
2 108 (36.24%) AWS
3 51 (17.11%) Power Platform
4 41 (13.76%) GitHub
5 35 (11.74%) Azure AI
6 22 (7.38%) Amazon S3
7 21 (7.05%) Serverless
8 18 (6.04%) GCP
9 17 (5.70%) AWS Lambda
9 17 (5.70%) GitHub Actions
10 16 (5.37%) Amazon EC2
11 14 (4.70%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (4.36%) OpenShift
13 6 (2.01%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (1.68%) AWS CloudFormation
15 4 (1.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 4 (1.34%) Azure Data Factory
15 4 (1.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 3 (1.01%) Amazon SageMaker
16 3 (1.01%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.04%) Internet
2 15 (5.03%) TCP/IP
3 12 (4.03%) DNS
4 11 (3.69%) Firewall
5 10 (3.36%) WAN
6 7 (2.35%) SD-WAN
7 6 (2.01%) 5G
7 6 (2.01%) HTTP
7 6 (2.01%) LAN
8 5 (1.68%) DHCP
8 5 (1.68%) Network Security
8 5 (1.68%) VPN
8 5 (1.68%) Wireshark
9 4 (1.34%) Ethernet
9 4 (1.34%) SMTP
9 4 (1.34%) VSAN
9 4 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (1.01%) BGP
10 3 (1.01%) MPLS
10 3 (1.01%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (17.11%) Power BI
2 49 (16.44%) Tableau
3 14 (4.70%) Elasticsearch
4 13 (4.36%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (4.03%) MongoDB
5 12 (4.03%) NoSQL
6 11 (3.69%) MySQL
6 11 (3.69%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (3.69%) Relational Database
7 9 (3.02%) SQL Server
8 7 (2.35%) Data Mining
8 7 (2.35%) Neo4j
9 6 (2.01%) Big Data
10 4 (1.34%) BigQuery
10 4 (1.34%) ClickHouse
10 4 (1.34%) InfluxDB
10 4 (1.34%) Metadata
11 3 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.01%) Delta Lake
11 3 (1.01%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 64 (21.48%) Git
2 28 (9.40%) Jenkins
3 19 (6.38%) GitLab
4 11 (3.69%) JUnit
5 9 (3.02%) JIRA
6 7 (2.35%) Bitbucket
6 7 (2.35%) Cucumber
6 7 (2.35%) Cypress.io
6 7 (2.35%) LabVIEW
7 5 (1.68%) Selenium
8 4 (1.34%) CircleCI
8 4 (1.34%) IDA Disassembler
8 4 (1.34%) Postman
8 4 (1.34%) REST Assured
8 4 (1.34%) Zephyr
9 3 (1.01%) Balsamiq
9 3 (1.01%) Subversion
10 2 (0.67%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.67%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.67%) TestNG
General
1 92 (30.87%) Social Skills
2 51 (17.11%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (15.10%) Finance
4 22 (7.38%) Electronics
5 18 (6.04%) Manufacturing
6 16 (5.37%) Multimedia
6 16 (5.37%) Public Sector
7 13 (4.36%) Aerospace
7 13 (4.36%) Marketing
8 9 (3.02%) Retail
9 8 (2.68%) Law
9 8 (2.68%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.68%) Avionics
11 5 (1.68%) Military
11 5 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.34%) Tech for Good
13 3 (1.01%) Aeronautics
13 3 (1.01%) Aviation
13 3 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 62 (20.81%) Analyst
2 49 (16.44%) Data Analyst
3 37 (12.42%) Junior
3 37 (12.42%) Software Engineer
4 35 (11.74%) Junior Analyst
4 35 (11.74%) Junior Data Analyst
5 31 (10.40%) Senior
6 24 (8.05%) Developer
7 23 (7.72%) Trainee
8 17 (5.70%) Data Engineer
9 13 (4.36%) DevOps Engineer
9 13 (4.36%) Python Engineer
9 13 (4.36%) Test Engineer
10 10 (3.36%) Lead
10 10 (3.36%) Python Software Engineer
10 10 (3.36%) Security Engineer
11 9 (3.02%) Administrator
12 8 (2.68%) Product Engineer
12 8 (2.68%) Software Developer
13 7 (2.35%) Product Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.06%) React
2 21 (7.05%) HTML
3 20 (6.71%) CSS
4 13 (4.36%) AngularJS
5 11 (3.69%) PySpark
6 10 (3.36%) pytest
7 9 (3.02%) Apache NiFi
8 8 (2.68%) Spring
8 8 (2.68%) Spring Boot
9 7 (2.35%) REST
10 6 (2.01%) Kafka
10 6 (2.01%) MERN Stack
10 6 (2.01%) Pandas
10 6 (2.01%) RabbitMQ
11 5 (1.68%) Hibernate
11 5 (1.68%) JSF
11 5 (1.68%) PyTorch
11 5 (1.68%) TensorFlow
12 4 (1.34%) PrimeFaces
12 4 (1.34%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.70%) Cloud Native
2 13 (4.36%) Algorithms
2 13 (4.36%) Linux Command Line
3 11 (3.69%) IoT
4 9 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.68%) GNSS
5 8 (2.68%) Satnav
6 7 (2.35%) Embedded Systems
7 6 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.68%) Analogue Electronics
8 5 (1.68%) Private Cloud
8 5 (1.68%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.68%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.34%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.34%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.34%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.34%) Self-Driving Car
10 3 (1.01%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 61 (20.47%) Linux
2 27 (9.06%) Windows
3 13 (4.36%) Unix
4 11 (3.69%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (2.01%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.68%) CentOS
7 5 (1.68%) Debian
8 3 (1.01%) FreeRTOS
8 3 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.67%) CoreOS
9 2 (0.67%) Solaris
10 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (24.83%) AI
2 65 (21.81%) Business Intelligence
3 63 (21.14%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (20.81%) Software Engineering
5 58 (19.46%) Agile
5 58 (19.46%) DevOps
6 56 (18.79%) CI/CD
7 47 (15.77%) Analytics
8 36 (12.08%) Infrastructure as Code
9 34 (11.41%) Mentoring
10 32 (10.74%) Machine Learning
11 31 (10.40%) Cybersecurity
12 30 (10.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 30 (10.07%) Test Automation
13 29 (9.73%) Containerisation
14 28 (9.40%) Data Science
15 27 (9.06%) Data Analysis
16 24 (8.05%) Data Analytics
17 23 (7.72%) ETL
18 22 (7.38%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 104 (34.90%) SQL
2 62 (20.81%) Java
3 60 (20.13%) JavaScript
4 47 (15.77%) Bash
5 35 (11.74%) C++
6 34 (11.41%) C
6 34 (11.41%) PowerShell
7 26 (8.72%) R
8 22 (7.38%) TypeScript
9 19 (6.38%) C#
10 13 (4.36%) MATLAB
11 11 (3.69%) Go
12 7 (2.35%) Bicep
13 5 (1.68%) Embedded C
14 4 (1.34%) Kotlin
15 3 (1.01%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (1.01%) Shell Script
15 3 (1.01%) Tcl
15 3 (1.01%) VBA
15 3 (1.01%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 81 (27.18%) Security Cleared
2 56 (18.79%) Azure Certification
3 52 (17.45%) Degree
4 47 (15.77%) DV Cleared
5 43 (14.43%) SC Cleared
6 19 (6.38%) AWS Certification
7 16 (5.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 16 (5.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (3.69%) CREST Certified
9 9 (3.02%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (2.68%) Master's Degree
11 7 (2.35%) HND
12 6 (2.01%) CISSP
12 6 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (2.01%) SANS
13 5 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (1.01%) CCNP
14 3 (1.01%) CITP
15 2 (0.67%) CCNA
15 2 (0.67%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.36%) QA
2 9 (3.02%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.35%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.34%) GDPR
6 2 (0.67%) NCSC
6 2 (0.67%) NIST
7 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.34%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.34%) IEC 62304
7 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 43 (14.43%) Docker
2 7 (2.35%) Firmware
3 6 (2.01%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.68%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.67%) vSphere
7 1 (0.34%) Ceph
7 1 (0.34%) iptables
7 1 (0.34%) KVM
7 1 (0.34%) Lustre
7 1 (0.34%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 53 (17.79%) Kubernetes
2 38 (12.75%) Terraform
3 31 (10.40%) Ansible
4 9 (3.02%) Grafana
5 8 (2.68%) Kibana
6 5 (1.68%) Progress Chef
6 5 (1.68%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.01%) Argo
7 3 (1.01%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (1.01%) McAfee ePO
7 3 (1.01%) Puppet
7 3 (1.01%) Rancher
7 3 (1.01%) SCVMM
7 3 (1.01%) yum
8 2 (0.67%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.67%) Nagios
8 2 (0.67%) Nmap
9 1 (0.34%) Control-M
9 1 (0.34%) Nessus
9 1 (0.34%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 73 (24.50%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.37%) Oracle
3 15 (5.03%) Google
4 11 (3.69%) Databricks
4 11 (3.69%) Red Hat
5 7 (2.35%) Atlassian
6 6 (2.01%) Cisco
6 6 (2.01%) SAP
6 6 (2.01%) VMware
7 5 (1.68%) EMC
7 5 (1.68%) Splunk
8 4 (1.34%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.34%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.34%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.01%) McAfee
10 2 (0.67%) Palantir
10 2 (0.67%) Talend
11 1 (0.34%) Foundry
11 1 (0.34%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.34%) Zoho