Python Job Trends in Fife

Python
Scotland > Fife

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Fife requiring Python skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 12 9
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 +6
Permanent jobs citing Python 1 7 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Fife 2.78% 7.78% 10.71%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.88% 33.33% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - - £43,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile - - £56,500
Scotland median annual salary £53,750 £60,000 £59,451
% change year-on-year -10.42% +0.92% -0.92%

All Programming Languages
Fife

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 Fife.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 17 21 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Fife 47.22% 23.33% 32.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6 8 7
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,425 £41,100
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £55,250
90th Percentile £53,125 - £61,500
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +0.88%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Fife

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Fife.

Job vacancy trend for Python in Fife

Python
Salary Trend in Fife

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Fife citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Fife citing Python

Python
Job Locations in Fife

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Fife region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
St Andrews - 1 £50,000 -
Python
Scotland

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Fife by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Scala
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft