Python Jobs in Scotland

Python
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 11 16
Rank change year-on-year -6 +5 0
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,255 646 706
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 18.35% 14.85% 11.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.12% 36.21% 25.79%
Number of salaries quoted 241 258 374
10th Percentile £38,250 £39,925 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,390 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% +14.56%
75th Percentile £71,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% +7.69%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

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 advertised in Scotland with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,678 1,784 2,737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 53.79% 41.00% 45.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,144 1,012 1,581
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,810 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.86% +5.11% +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,450 £83,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Python in Scotland

Python
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Python in Scotland.

Salary trend for Python in Scotland

Python
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Python in Scotland

Python
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Glasgow -10 993 £47,000 -18.48% 40
Edinburgh +1 190 £59,233 -8.87% 57
Dundee +3 20 £50,000 - 6
Fife +1 15 £50,000 +11.11% 3
Aberdeen -2 15 £38,500 -40.77% 2
Scottish Borders +7 4 - -
West Lothian -2 3 £30,000 -25.00% 2
Lanarkshire -10 3 £70,000 -9.68% 12
Midlothian - 3 - - 17
Inverclyde - 1 £50,000 -
Python
UK

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 276 (21.99%) Apache Spark
2 114 (9.08%) Apache Airflow
3 60 (4.78%) ArcGIS
3 60 (4.78%) GeoServer
4 39 (3.11%) Apache
5 18 (1.43%) Camunda
6 5 (0.40%) Tomcat
6 5 (0.40%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.24%) SAS
7 3 (0.24%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.080%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 659 (52.51%) AWS
2 173 (13.78%) Azure
3 95 (7.57%) GCP
4 52 (4.14%) Cloud Computing
5 37 (2.95%) SaaS
6 29 (2.31%) Amazon S3
7 23 (1.83%) Power Platform
8 17 (1.35%) Datadog
9 16 (1.27%) Amazon ECS
10 15 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
11 14 (1.12%) Amazon SQS
11 14 (1.12%) GitHub
11 14 (1.12%) Google Docs
11 14 (1.12%) Lucidchart
11 14 (1.12%) Miro
11 14 (1.12%) Slack
12 11 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (0.88%) Serverless
13 7 (0.56%) Amazon SageMaker
14 6 (0.48%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.27%) DSL
2 12 (0.96%) Firewall
3 11 (0.88%) SNMP
4 10 (0.80%) Internet
4 10 (0.80%) IPsec
4 10 (0.80%) Network Security
4 10 (0.80%) VPN
5 7 (0.56%) HTTP
5 7 (0.56%) MQTT
6 3 (0.24%) BGP
7 2 (0.16%) Wireless
8 1 (0.080%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.080%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.080%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.080%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (14.90%) NoSQL
2 183 (14.58%) Big Data
3 112 (8.92%) Apache Hive
4 103 (8.21%) Hadoop
5 98 (7.81%) HBase
6 79 (6.29%) PostgreSQL
7 62 (4.94%) GIS
7 62 (4.94%) MongoDB
8 60 (4.78%) Data Lake
8 60 (4.78%) QGIS
9 48 (3.82%) Relational Database
10 39 (3.11%) Qlik Sense
11 26 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
12 24 (1.91%) MySQL
12 24 (1.91%) Tableau
13 23 (1.83%) Power BI
14 16 (1.27%) DB2
15 15 (1.20%) Redis
16 14 (1.12%) Impala
16 14 (1.12%) Scylla
Development Applications
1 138 (11.00%) Jenkins
2 116 (9.24%) Git
3 84 (6.69%) Bitbucket Server
4 39 (3.11%) Maven
5 20 (1.59%) Gradle
6 19 (1.51%) GitLab
7 18 (1.43%) CircleCI
7 18 (1.43%) Travis CI
8 16 (1.27%) LabVIEW
9 14 (1.12%) JIRA
10 7 (0.56%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.48%) Selenium
12 5 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (0.32%) Appium
13 4 (0.32%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.32%) TeamCity
14 3 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
14 3 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
14 3 (0.24%) Spinnaker
General
1 939 (74.82%) Finance
2 931 (74.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 883 (70.36%) Law
4 532 (42.39%) Marketing
5 323 (25.74%) Legal
6 110 (8.76%) Financial Institution
7 107 (8.53%) Social Skills
8 106 (8.45%) Banking
9 82 (6.53%) Investment Banking
10 56 (4.46%) Presentation Skills
11 46 (3.67%) Analytical Skills
12 43 (3.43%) Games
13 29 (2.31%) Manufacturing
14 25 (1.99%) Electronics
15 19 (1.51%) Front Office
16 18 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
16 18 (1.43%) Publishing
17 13 (1.04%) Public Sector
18 10 (0.80%) Aerospace
19 8 (0.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 875 (69.72%) Software Engineer
2 324 (25.82%) Python Engineer
2 324 (25.82%) Python Software Engineer
3 231 (18.41%) Lead
4 206 (16.41%) Lead Software Engineer
5 205 (16.33%) Data Engineer
6 170 (13.55%) AWS Engineer
7 164 (13.07%) AWS Software Engineer
8 143 (11.39%) Senior
9 130 (10.36%) Big Data Engineer
9 130 (10.36%) Big Data Software Engineer
10 118 (9.40%) Developer
11 102 (8.13%) Senior Software Engineer
12 72 (5.74%) Java Engineer
13 71 (5.66%) Java Software Engineer
14 66 (5.26%) Engineering Manager
15 65 (5.18%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 60 (4.78%) Software Engineering Manager
17 57 (4.54%) Database Engineer
18 56 (4.46%) Full Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (13.86%) PySpark
2 161 (12.83%) React
3 104 (8.29%) Kafka
4 89 (7.09%) Spring
5 77 (6.14%) .NET
6 67 (5.34%) CSS
7 65 (5.18%) Pandas
8 64 (5.10%) Spring Boot
9 60 (4.78%) Leaflet
9 60 (4.78%) NumPy
9 60 (4.78%) OpenLayers
9 60 (4.78%) PostGIS
10 54 (4.30%) AngularJS
11 52 (4.14%) .NET Core
12 38 (3.03%) Django
13 36 (2.87%) REST
14 19 (1.51%) Apache NiFi
15 16 (1.27%) GraphQL
15 16 (1.27%) JPA
15 16 (1.27%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 398 (31.71%) Algorithms
2 315 (25.10%) Cloud Native
3 87 (6.93%) Onboarding
4 79 (6.29%) Public Cloud
5 68 (5.42%) Product Ownership
6 57 (4.54%) Market Risk
7 38 (3.03%) Data Structures
8 37 (2.95%) Reference Data
9 31 (2.47%) Credit Risk
10 21 (1.67%) Management Information System
11 19 (1.51%) Taxonomies
12 15 (1.20%) Distributed Applications
13 14 (1.12%) IoT
14 12 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
15 11 (0.88%) Data Centre
16 10 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
17 7 (0.56%) Arduino
17 7 (0.56%) Distributed Computing
17 7 (0.56%) Raspberry Pi
18 6 (0.48%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 152 (12.11%) Linux
2 133 (10.60%) Unix
3 27 (2.15%) Windows
4 10 (0.80%) Data ONTAP
4 10 (0.80%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.080%) Android
6 1 (0.080%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.080%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.080%) OpenWrt
6 1 (0.080%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,069 (85.18%) Software Engineering
2 923 (73.55%) Agile
3 798 (63.59%) SDLC
4 764 (60.88%) CI/CD
5 729 (58.09%) Operational Stability
6 620 (49.40%) Machine Learning
7 584 (46.53%) Community of Practice
8 571 (45.50%) Artificial Intelligence
9 362 (28.84%) Visualisation
10 358 (28.53%) Continuous Improvement
11 324 (25.82%) Risk Management
12 220 (17.53%) Decision-Making
13 213 (16.97%) Problem-Solving
14 192 (15.30%) Microservices
15 161 (12.83%) Test Automation
16 154 (12.27%) Continuous Delivery
17 141 (11.24%) Computer Science
18 124 (9.88%) Analytics
18 124 (9.88%) Scrum
19 115 (9.16%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 566 (45.10%) Java
2 470 (37.45%) SQL
3 207 (16.49%) JavaScript
4 139 (11.08%) PL/SQL
5 113 (9.00%) C#
6 61 (4.86%) C
7 54 (4.30%) C++
8 47 (3.75%) Scala
9 46 (3.67%) Bash
10 40 (3.19%) Go
11 33 (2.63%) TypeScript
12 26 (2.07%) Ruby
13 22 (1.75%) T-SQL
14 18 (1.43%) Groovy
14 18 (1.43%) PowerShell
15 17 (1.35%) Embedded C
16 12 (0.96%) Shell Script
17 11 (0.88%) R
18 10 (0.80%) Rust
19 9 (0.72%) Perl
Qualifications
1 75 (5.98%) Security Cleared
2 72 (5.74%) SC Cleared
3 61 (4.86%) Degree
4 25 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (1.75%) AWS Certification
6 15 (1.20%) PhD
7 14 (1.12%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.40%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.24%) CCNA
9 3 (0.24%) CCNP
9 3 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.24%) HND
10 2 (0.16%) ACCA
10 2 (0.16%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.080%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.080%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.080%) OCP
11 1 (0.080%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (2.71%) Data Quality
2 30 (2.39%) SLA
3 29 (2.31%) QA
4 23 (1.83%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.080%) Basel III
5 1 (0.080%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.080%) GDPR
5 1 (0.080%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 98 (7.81%) HDFS
2 58 (4.62%) Docker
3 16 (1.27%) Firmware
4 13 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.64%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 216 (17.21%) Kubernetes
2 149 (11.87%) Terraform
3 35 (2.79%) Grafana
4 29 (2.31%) Prometheus
5 27 (2.15%) Ansible
6 10 (0.80%) vCenter Server
7 5 (0.40%) ITRS Geneos
8 3 (0.24%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.24%) Puppet
9 2 (0.16%) Rancher
9 2 (0.16%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.080%) Kibana
Vendors
1 238 (18.96%) Databricks
2 163 (12.99%) Oracle
3 84 (6.69%) Informatica
4 68 (5.42%) Cloudera
5 60 (4.78%) ESRI
6 55 (4.38%) Alteryx
7 52 (4.14%) Google
8 37 (2.95%) Splunk
9 29 (2.31%) Dynatrace
10 21 (1.67%) Sybase
11 18 (1.43%) Pega
12 16 (1.27%) Cognos
13 15 (1.20%) VMware
14 14 (1.12%) Dell
15 11 (0.88%) Red Hat
16 10 (0.80%) NetApp
16 10 (0.80%) Palo Alto
16 10 (0.80%) SolidFire
17 9 (0.72%) Twitter
18 7 (0.56%) SAP