Python Job Trends in the West Midlands

Python
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 40 51
Rank change year-on-year +12 +11 -22
Permanent jobs citing Python 317 179 325
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 3.97% 5.36% 4.01%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.12% 22.21% 16.90%
Number of salaries quoted 193 126 251
10th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £45,063 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £59,625 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.82% +1.92% -2.50%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £79,225
90th Percentile £84,500 £76,875 £93,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -6.67%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 987 806 1,923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.36% 24.15% 23.75%
Number of salaries quoted 744 631 1,545
10th Percentile £35,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Python job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Python
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in the West Midlands

Python
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
Birmingham -2 125 £65,000 -3.70% 36
Staffordshire +17 40 £47,500 -13.64% 15
Coventry +6 34 £55,000 -18.52% 3
Wolverhampton +3 33 £62,000 -34.74% 6
Herefordshire 0 31 £70,150 +75.38% 4
Worcestershire -1 20 £65,000 - 9
Shropshire -8 17 £53,178 -7.52% 3
Warwickshire -5 9 £62,500 +13.64% 19
Halesowen - 3 £47,500 -
Dudley - 2 £30,250 -
Solihull -8 1 £80,000 +45.45% 1
Python
England

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 8 (2.52%) Apache Airflow
1 8 (2.52%) Jupyter
2 7 (2.21%) Apache
2 7 (2.21%) WordPress
3 3 (0.95%) SAS
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 92 (29.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.52%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.26%) Line 50
2 3 (0.95%) Magento
2 3 (0.95%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 181 (57.10%) Azure
2 119 (37.54%) Power Platform
3 110 (34.70%) Azure AI
4 66 (20.82%) AWS
5 23 (7.26%) Snowflake
6 13 (4.10%) GCP
6 13 (4.10%) GitHub
6 13 (4.10%) SaaS
7 10 (3.15%) dbt
8 9 (2.84%) Azure Data Factory
9 8 (2.52%) Amazon S3
9 8 (2.52%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (2.52%) Serverless
10 7 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (2.21%) Azure Stack
10 7 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (2.21%) PaaS
11 6 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (1.58%) Anthropic Claude
13 4 (1.26%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.84%) VPN
2 8 (2.52%) Internet
2 8 (2.52%) LAN
2 8 (2.52%) Network Security
2 8 (2.52%) Wireless
3 7 (2.21%) WAN
4 6 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (1.58%) BGP
5 5 (1.58%) Bluetooth
5 5 (1.58%) OSPF
6 4 (1.26%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (1.26%) EIGRP
6 4 (1.26%) Firewall
6 4 (1.26%) VoIP
6 4 (1.26%) Wireshark
7 3 (0.95%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.63%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.63%) Modbus
8 2 (0.63%) VLAN
9 1 (0.32%) IPFIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (37.54%) Power BI
2 88 (27.76%) Tableau
3 18 (5.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (3.79%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.52%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (2.52%) SQL Server
6 7 (2.21%) Delta Lake
6 7 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (2.21%) Redis
7 5 (1.58%) Data Mining
7 5 (1.58%) MySQL
8 4 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.26%) FileMaker
9 3 (0.95%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.95%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.95%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.95%) Spark SQL
9 3 (0.95%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 29 (9.15%) Git
2 11 (3.47%) Cucumber
3 9 (2.84%) GitLab
4 8 (2.52%) Gatling
4 8 (2.52%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.52%) JMeter
4 8 (2.52%) Visual Studio Code
5 7 (2.21%) Selenium
6 6 (1.89%) LoadRunner
7 5 (1.58%) Cypress.io
7 5 (1.58%) Postman
7 5 (1.58%) REST Assured
7 5 (1.58%) SonarQube
7 5 (1.58%) Zephyr
8 4 (1.26%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.95%) HP UFT
9 3 (0.95%) JIRA
10 2 (0.63%) Locust
11 1 (0.32%) Maven
11 1 (0.32%) SoapUI
General
1 142 (44.79%) Social Skills
2 39 (12.30%) Finance
3 31 (9.78%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.68%) Manufacturing
5 13 (4.10%) Retail
6 11 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.15%) Law
7 10 (3.15%) Public Sector
8 8 (2.52%) Multimedia
9 7 (2.21%) Automotive
10 6 (1.89%) Electronics
11 4 (1.26%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.95%) Games
12 3 (0.95%) Marketing
13 2 (0.63%) Fire and Rescue
13 2 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.32%) Digital Health
14 1 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.32%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 98 (30.91%) Analyst
2 92 (29.02%) Data Analyst
3 88 (27.76%) Junior
4 85 (26.81%) Junior Analyst
4 85 (26.81%) Junior Data Analyst
5 52 (16.40%) Data Engineer
6 48 (15.14%) Senior
7 32 (10.09%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 32 (10.09%) Python Engineer
8 25 (7.89%) Lead
9 22 (6.94%) Developer
9 22 (6.94%) Software Engineer
10 20 (6.31%) Senior Data Engineer
10 20 (6.31%) Trainee
11 19 (5.99%) Azure Engineer
12 17 (5.36%) Azure Data Engineer
12 17 (5.36%) Snowflake Data Engineer
12 17 (5.36%) Snowflake Engineer
13 16 (5.05%) Python Data Engineer
14 15 (4.73%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.68%) CSS
1 18 (5.68%) HTML
2 15 (4.73%) PySpark
3 12 (3.79%) RESTful
4 11 (3.47%) REST
5 10 (3.15%) NumPy
5 10 (3.15%) Pandas
5 10 (3.15%) Playwright
6 9 (2.84%) Kafka
6 9 (2.84%) React
6 9 (2.84%) scikit-learn
6 9 (2.84%) Streamlit
7 8 (2.52%) Hugging Face
7 8 (2.52%) Matplotlib
8 5 (1.58%) FastAPI
8 5 (1.58%) Node.js
8 5 (1.58%) SQLAlchemy
9 4 (1.26%) GraphQL
10 3 (0.95%) OpenCV
10 3 (0.95%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.73%) Cloud Native
2 11 (3.47%) Algorithms
3 9 (2.84%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.52%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (1.89%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.58%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (1.58%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.26%) CAN bus
7 4 (1.26%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.95%) ARM Cortex
8 3 (0.95%) IoT
8 3 (0.95%) iSeries
8 3 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (0.95%) Security Posture
8 3 (0.95%) Sports Betting
9 2 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.63%) Lidar
9 2 (0.63%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.73%) Linux
2 12 (3.79%) Windows
3 6 (1.89%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (1.58%) Mac OS
4 5 (1.58%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.26%) Kali Linux
5 4 (1.26%) Unix
6 2 (0.63%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.32%) Android
7 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (49.21%) AI
2 119 (37.54%) Business Intelligence
3 45 (14.20%) Analytics
4 44 (13.88%) CI/CD
5 39 (12.30%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
6 34 (10.73%) Data Pipeline
6 34 (10.73%) ETL
7 32 (10.09%) DevOps
7 32 (10.09%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (9.78%) Data Engineering
9 30 (9.46%) Decision-Making
9 30 (9.46%) Software Engineering
10 26 (8.20%) Agile
10 26 (8.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (7.57%) LLM
11 24 (7.57%) Test Automation
12 23 (7.26%) Visualisation
13 22 (6.94%) Data Modelling
14 20 (6.31%) Machine Learning
15 19 (5.99%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 166 (52.37%) SQL
2 25 (7.89%) Java
3 20 (6.31%) JavaScript
4 16 (5.05%) PowerShell
4 16 (5.05%) R
5 12 (3.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 10 (3.15%) C
6 10 (3.15%) TypeScript
7 9 (2.84%) Bash
8 8 (2.52%) C#
8 8 (2.52%) C++
9 6 (1.89%) Go
10 5 (1.58%) PHP
11 4 (1.26%) Bicep
11 4 (1.26%) Embedded C
11 4 (1.26%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.63%) Groovy
12 2 (0.63%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.63%) Scala
13 1 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 126 (39.75%) Azure Certification
2 25 (7.89%) Degree
3 19 (5.99%) Security Cleared
4 17 (5.36%) AWS Certification
4 17 (5.36%) SC Cleared
5 16 (5.05%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 8 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.21%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.89%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.26%) CCNP
9 4 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.63%) PhD
12 1 (0.32%) CREST Certified
12 1 (0.32%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.32%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.31%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.15%) Accessibility
2 10 (3.15%) QA
3 9 (2.84%) GDPR
4 4 (1.26%) ISO 14001
4 4 (1.26%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.63%) IEC 61508
5 2 (0.63%) MISRA
5 2 (0.63%) MISRA C
5 2 (0.63%) NIST
5 2 (0.63%) WCAG
6 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.32%) JTAG
6 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.32%) PSD2
6 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (4.42%) Docker
2 7 (2.21%) Embedded Firmware
2 7 (2.21%) Firmware
3 4 (1.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (5.36%) Terraform
2 13 (4.10%) Grafana
3 11 (3.47%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.58%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.26%) HP Fortify
6 3 (0.95%) Nagios
7 2 (0.63%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.32%) Argo
8 1 (0.32%) Podman
8 1 (0.32%) SCCM
8 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 122 (38.49%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.05%) Databricks
3 8 (2.52%) Google
4 7 (2.21%) Cisco
4 7 (2.21%) Meraki
5 6 (1.89%) Informatica
6 5 (1.58%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.26%) Adobe
7 4 (1.26%) Apple
7 4 (1.26%) Sage
7 4 (1.26%) Veracode
8 3 (0.95%) Cloudera
8 3 (0.95%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.95%) Oracle
8 3 (0.95%) SolarWinds
8 3 (0.95%) Talend
9 2 (0.63%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.63%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.63%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.63%) Splunk