Skills: pay and hiring demand

Python jobs and pay

How many open roles ask for Python, what employers state they pay for it, and where that demand sits.

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9,587 open roles · 7.2% of postings · Median $171,750/yr as of 2026-10-18

Citable summary

Python appears in 9,587 open roles (7.2% of postings) with an employer-stated median of 171,750 (P25 121,700 – P75 218,400), as of 2026-10-18.

n=9,587, as of 2026-10-18 · How these skill figures are calculated

9,587
Open roles
7.2%
Share of all postings
of postings
4,164
Postings with a salary range
$171,750
Median stated pay
P25 $121,700 · P75 $218,400

Which job families hire for this skill

Where roles naming this skill are concentrated across job families.

Engineering53.0% (5,085)Data & ML31.6% (3,028)Consulting6.3% (607)Other3.6% (344)Operations1.9% (178)Finance0.9% (83)Product0.8% (79)Sales0.6% (58)

Demand by job family

Job family Open roles Share of skill's roles
Engineering 5,085 53.0%
Data & ML 3,028 31.6%
Consulting 607 6.3%
Other 344 3.6%
Operations 178 1.9%
Finance 83 0.9%
Product 79 0.8%
Sales 58 0.6%
Support 28 0.3%
Marketing 27 0.3%
People & HR 21 0.2%
Design 20 0.2%
Legal 15 0.2%
Retail & Hospitality 11 0.1%
Skilled Trades 3 0.0%

Skill demand by country

Country Open roles Share of skill's roles
United States 4,103 42.8%
India 621 6.5%
United Kingdom 591 6.2%
Canada 469 4.9%
Germany 352 3.7%
Singapore 251 2.6%
Brazil 199 2.1%
France 197 2.1%
Spain 172 1.8%
Poland 157 1.6%
Mexico 152 1.6%
Ireland 113 1.2%
Portugal 112 1.2%
Netherlands 87 0.9%
Australia 85 0.9%
Switzerland 82 0.9%
Japan 72 0.8%
China 62 0.6%
AR 58 0.6%
Sweden 55 0.6%
South Korea 52 0.5%
CO 41 0.4%
Slovakia 41 0.4%
Italy 40 0.4%
Israel 38 0.4%
Greece 35 0.4%
PE 33 0.3%
UA 33 0.3%
United Arab Emirates 31 0.3%
EG 29 0.3%
CL 28 0.3%
Taiwan 28 0.3%
Czechia 27 0.3%
Belgium 25 0.3%
Hungary 22 0.2%
PH 22 0.2%
UY 22 0.2%
Austria 21 0.2%
New Zealand 21 0.2%
Bulgaria 20 0.2%
CR 18 0.2%
MY 18 0.2%
SA 18 0.2%
Denmark 16 0.2%
VN 16 0.2%
RS 15 0.2%
Finland 14 0.1%
Hong Kong 14 0.1%
TH 14 0.1%
Romania 13 0.1%
ID 11 0.1%
Lithuania 11 0.1%
Luxembourg 9 0.1%
Latvia 9 0.1%
MA 7 0.1%
Norway 7 0.1%
CY 6 0.1%
Estonia 6 0.1%
TR 6 0.1%
MT 5 0.1%
QA 5 0.1%
ZA 5 0.1%
Croatia 2 0.0%
NG 2 0.0%
Slovenia 2 0.0%
KE 1 0.0%
TN 1 0.0%

Skills that appear alongside

Skills most often requested in the same job postings as Python.

Excel n=9,003 SQL n=7,324 Roadmapping n=7,151 AWS n=6,210 LLM n=5,045 Agile n=4,513 CI/CD n=4,455 iOS n=4,411 Salesforce n=4,044 CRM n=3,905 Azure n=3,894 Procurement n=3,893

Related skills

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Method: counts come from public job postings; pay figures use only postings with an employer-stated salary range. salaries.geo_answer_method →