Which roles ask for Python at tech companies · 868 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
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868 roles counted that list Python, one per company, title and level; 2,183 postings in the window.
In short
Python: listed in 868 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 767 and preferred in 101. The largest group is software engineer roles: 242 of 868 (28%).
- Required
- 767 of 868 (88%)
- Of the roles that list Python
- Preferred
- 101 of 868 (12%)
- Of the roles that list Python
- Largest group
- 242 of 868 (28%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for Python
Roles listing Python, by title family. Where the role has a page, the count is also out of that role's roles whose requirements we read.
| Role | Roles | Of the role's roles we read |
|---|---|---|
| Software engineer | 242 | 242 of 719 (34%) |
| Data scientist | 97 | 97 of 112 (87%) |
| Data engineer | 78 | 78 of 99 (79%) |
| Security engineer | 73 | 73 of 126 (58%) |
| Machine learning engineer | 63 | 63 of 79 (80%) |
| Site reliability engineer | 53 | 53 of 70 (76%) |
| AI engineer | 51 | 51 of 70 (73%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 44 | 44 of 63 (70%) |
| DevOps engineer | 38 | 38 of 58 (66%) |
| Platform engineer | 34 | 34 of 57 (60%) |
Companies that ask for it most
Asked alongside
Out of the 868 Python roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| SQL | 258 of 868 (30%) |
| AWS | 231 of 868 (27%) |
| Go | 206 of 868 (24%) |
| CI/CD | 200 of 868 (23%) |
| AI | 164 of 868 (19%) |
| Kubernetes | 164 of 868 (19%) |
| Machine Learning | 154 of 868 (18%) |
| GCP | 138 of 868 (16%) |
| Docker | 136 of 868 (16%) |
| TypeScript | 134 of 868 (15%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| AWS | 88 of 868 (10%) |
| AI | 87 of 868 (10%) |
| CI/CD | 84 of 868 (10%) |
| LLMs | 83 of 868 (10%) |
| Kubernetes | 74 of 868 (9%) |
| Docker | 71 of 868 (8%) |
| GCP | 68 of 868 (8%) |
| Azure | 62 of 868 (7%) |
| Machine Learning | 62 of 868 (7%) |
| Open Source | 62 of 868 (7%) |
Experience
Of the 482 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 479 of 482 (99%)
- 2+ years
- 472 of 482 (98%)
- 3+ years
- 435 of 482 (90%)
- 5+ years
- 326 of 482 (68%)
- 8+ years
- 90 of 482 (19%)
- 10+ years
- 35 of 482 (7%)
Degree
Of the 655 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 89 of 655 (14%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 136 of 655 (21%)
- Preferred
- 31 of 655 (5%)
- Not mentioned
- 399 of 655 (61%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 868 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Median stated pay
- $186.5k a year
- Roles stating pay
- 377 of 868 (43%)
- Remote roles
- 540 of 868 (62%)
How we count: 868 roles from 409 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology