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The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Python skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Python over the 6 months to 6 June 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Python UK |
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6 months to
6 Jun 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
12 |
17 |
19 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+5 |
+2 |
+6 |
| Permanent jobs citing Python |
10,900 |
16,105 |
16,065 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK |
12.59% |
11.20% |
9.28% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
22.79% |
20.67% |
16.55% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
9,301 |
13,511 |
13,136 |
| Median annual salary |
£65,000 |
£60,000 |
£57,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+8.33% |
+4.35% |
+4.55% |
| 10th Percentile |
£37,500 |
£34,000 |
£35,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£105,000 |
£95,000 |
£90,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£51,500 |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.00% |
- |
+11.11% |
Python is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| All Programming Languages UK |
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills |
47,829 |
77,919 |
97,049 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
55.25% |
54.18% |
56.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
39,279 |
63,690 |
80,835 |
| Median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£52,000 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.77% |
+4.00% |
+5.26% |
| 10th Percentile |
£32,500 |
£31,250 |
£30,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£90,000 |
£85,000 |
£80,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.56% |
- |
+7.14% |
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Python
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Python
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Python.
Python
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Python over the 6 months to 6 June 2020.
Python
Top 18 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the UK over the 6 months to 6 June 2020.
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
Job
Vacancies |
| England |
+4 |
10,232 |
£65,000 |
+6.56% |
1,103 |
| London |
-2 |
6,138 |
£75,000 |
+7.14% |
551 |
| UK excluding London |
-1 |
4,597 |
£51,500 |
+3.00% |
618 |
| South East |
+3 |
1,480 |
£52,500 |
+5.00% |
138 |
| North of England |
+6 |
1,024 |
£52,500 |
- |
138 |
| Work from Home |
-1 |
661 |
£65,000 |
- |
130 |
| South West |
+3 |
617 |
£50,000 |
+5.26% |
91 |
| Midlands |
+25 |
513 |
£50,000 |
+5.26% |
83 |
| North West |
+6 |
490 |
£52,500 |
- |
82 |
| Yorkshire |
+9 |
448 |
£55,000 |
+10.00% |
36 |
| East of England |
+2 |
432 |
£55,000 |
- |
104 |
| Scotland |
+7 |
375 |
£50,000 |
+11.11% |
41 |
| West Midlands |
+28 |
356 |
£50,000 |
- |
53 |
| East Midlands |
+22 |
156 |
£50,000 |
+20.48% |
29 |
| Wales |
-9 |
99 |
£42,500 |
+5.59% |
16 |
| North East |
+7 |
86 |
£47,500 |
-3.72% |
20 |
| Northern Ireland |
+6 |
68 |
£40,000 |
-20.00% |
9 |
| Channel Islands |
-4 |
1 |
£70,000 |
-6.67% |
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For the 6 months to 6 June 2020, IT jobs citing Python also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for Python.
| 1 |
3,741 (34.32%) |
Java |
| 2 |
3,729 (34.21%) |
AWS |
| 3 |
3,394 (31.14%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 4 |
3,147 (28.87%) |
SQL |
| 5 |
3,049 (27.97%) |
DevOps |
| 6 |
2,732 (25.06%) |
Linux |
| 7 |
2,546 (23.36%) |
JavaScript |
| 8 |
2,470 (22.66%) |
Software Engineering |
| 9 |
2,425 (22.25%) |
Finance |
| 9 |
2,425 (22.25%) |
Docker |
| 10 |
2,297 (21.07%) |
Azure |
| 11 |
1,934 (17.74%) |
Kubernetes |
| 12 |
1,882 (17.27%) |
C# |
| 13 |
1,833 (16.82%) |
Analytics |
| 14 |
1,680 (15.41%) |
C++ |
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| 15 |
1,606 (14.73%) |
Degree |
| 16 |
1,561 (14.32%) |
Git (software) |
| 17 |
1,455 (13.35%) |
Ansible |
| 18 |
1,452 (13.32%) |
Jenkins |
| 19 |
1,429 (13.11%) |
Bash Shell |
| 20 |
1,424 (13.06%) |
Machine Learning |
| 21 |
1,378 (12.64%) |
Data Science |
| 22 |
1,372 (12.59%) |
Terraform |
| 23 |
1,354 (12.42%) |
GCP |
| 24 |
1,164 (10.68%) |
Computer Science |
| 25 |
1,139 (10.45%) |
R |
| 26 |
1,136 (10.42%) |
Windows |
| 27 |
1,063 (9.75%) |
Big Data |
| 28 |
1,053 (9.66%) |
Test Automation |
| 29 |
1,039 (9.53%) |
Node.js |
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Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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| Processes & Methodologies |
| 1 |
3,394 (31.14%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 2 |
3,049 (27.97%) |
DevOps |
| 3 |
2,470 (22.66%) |
Software Engineering |
| 4 |
1,833 (16.82%) |
Analytics |
| 5 |
1,424 (13.06%) |
Machine Learning |
| 6 |
1,378 (12.64%) |
Data Science |
| 7 |
1,164 (10.68%) |
Computer Science |
| 8 |
1,053 (9.66%) |
Test Automation |
| 9 |
1,012 (9.28%) |
Microservices |
| 10 |
1,000 (9.17%) |
Artificial Intelligence |
| 11 |
998 (9.16%) |
Continuous Integration |
| 12 |
970 (8.90%) |
Problem-Solving |
| 13 |
964 (8.84%) |
Fintech |
| 14 |
928 (8.51%) |
Business Intelligence |
| 15 |
844 (7.74%) |
Scrum |
| 16 |
835 (7.66%) |
TDD |
| 17 |
797 (7.31%) |
Mathematics |
| 18 |
789 (7.24%) |
Mentoring |
| 19 |
756 (6.94%) |
ETL |
| 20 |
715 (6.56%) |
Configuration Management |
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