Job market reports · Skill · September 2026
python
9,454 live US technical postings name python in September 2026. Here is which roles ask for it, what those roles pay, and where they are.
Which roles ask for it
Share of the 9,454 postings naming python that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".
- 1Software Engineer45.3%
- 2DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer11.5%
- 3Data Scientist10.7%
- 4Data Engineer7.3%
- 5Machine Learning Engineer6.2%
- 6AI Engineer5.1%
- 7Security Engineer4.7%
- 8Full-Stack Engineer4.3%
What postings asking for it pay
Across every role, for the postings that both name this skill and disclose a salary. A skill does not cause a salary — senior roles ask for more of everything — so read this as association, not as a raise.
Where those jobs are
Metro share of the postings naming this skill.
- 1San Francisco, CA14.2%
- 2Remote12.3%
- 3New York, NY10.5%
- 4Silicon Valley, CA9.8%
- 5Washington, DC3.6%
- 6Seattle, WA3%
- 7Boston, MA2.9%
- 8Austin, TX2.1%
How we counted
668,970 live US postings read directly from 79,892 employers’ own careers pages in September 2026 — not from a jobs aggregator, so a role reposted across several sites is counted once. Full methodology, limitations and external checks.