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In high demand and still growing — a core skill that's well worth building now.
Is it in demand?
High, and rising
Worth learning?
Yes — build it
For your org?
A core skill — keep it
How rare is it?
Moderately common
Skill RatingHow ratings are madeEach rating is a forward-looking call produced by our own model, which draws on a broad base of economic, labour-market and innovation evidence and weighs it across several time horizons. No single signal, and no opinion, decides a rating. The model is ours; what it is built to measure, and how it is validated, is set out in our published methodology.98% confidence
One of the most in-demand programming languages across data science, AI, web development, and automation. Exceptional growth trajectory and versatility.
Deep DiveMeasured, not opinion
Behind the rating: a selection of the live signals we read for this skill. Most tools wait on lagging indicators — job postings are months behind, salaries a year, résumés years — by which point the skill has already moved. We read what's coming first: from what's being invented, to who's hiring for it right now. Read each on its own terms — no single input determines a skill's trajectory, and the rating weighs more than is shown here. The Four-Factor Framework →
Research Publications
what's being studied and published about it
18–36 mo ahead
Patents
what's being built with this skill
12–24 mo ahead
Labour Market Intel
the workforce that employs it
live
Job postings
where it's hiring right now
today
Developer Adoption
what developers are building with it
earliest signal
We read all of global science — 510M research records — so we catch what's rising early.
Published research naming this skill — how academic attention is trending, and where it points next.
On its current trend, ~650 papers/year by 2028 — likely between 440 and 960.
Projected by least-squares regression on 10 complete years (R² 0.94, ~20%/yr). Shaded = 95% range. Source: SynapseScope Skills & Workforce Intelligence 2026.
We track every invention filed worldwide — 90M+ patents, updated through June 2026.
New inventions naming this skill, by the year filed.
Patent families by filing year · Source: SynapseScope Skills & Workforce Intelligence 2026.
Demand trend · overall, then by the titles Python appears in
188,174 US postings name Python · ▲ 9%Jan → Jun · size-adjusted
The skill's own demand — every posting that names Python, before breaking it down by role.
21,811 Software Engineer postings name Python · ▲ 11%Jan → Jun
Steady climb — Python is increasingly expected in Software-Engineer postings.
6,520 Data Engineer postings name Python · ▲ 8%Jan → Jun
Rising — Python is core to Data-Engineer demand.
4,820 Data Scientist postings name Python · ▲ 14%Jan → Jun
Fast growth — Python is central to Data-Science hiring.
4,180 ML Engineer postings name Python · ▲ 19%Jan → Jun
The steepest riser — Python demand in ML-Engineer roles is up sharply.
4,620 Data Analyst postings name Python · ▼ 6%Jan → Jun
Softening — Python-linked Data-Analyst postings have eased over the half-year.
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How this skill sits among related skills — distance is similarity, size is demand, colour is our rating. Click any to open it.
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The recipe: pair Python with TensorFlow, Machine Learning and Docker — the three pairings carrying high momentum.
high or moderately high momentumnot rated yetcloser = pairs more often bigger = pays more ($)
Salary Intelligence · —
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median salary offered
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middle half of postings
middle 50% (P25 – P75) median
Roles where Python lifts pay
The same role, split by whether the posting asks for it. The green jump is the lift.
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Highest-paying roles for Python
roles that ask for this skill · ranked by median pay offered
Role
Median pay
Postings
Machine Learning Engineer
$182,000
3,700
Data Engineer
$168,000
6,100
Software Engineer
$155,000
9,800
DevOps Engineer
$148,000
2,600
Data Analyst
$118,000
4,900
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Who pays the most for Python
median pay offered · top 5 of 340 employers
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$375k
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Anthropic
$353k
117 ads
Perplexity
$313k
9 ads
OpenAI
$310k
67 ads
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$300k
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Source: SynapseScope Salary Index 2026 · independent, vendor-agnostic research · tracking 54k+ capabilities worldwide · n = 44.0M job postings · United States · Oct 2025 – Jul 2026.
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