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Python in internship postings

From the 12,147 open internship postings we track that have a description · as of Nov 6, 2026

Postings that ask for it20.7%2,511 postings (2,603 requisitions) of 12,147 postings with a description
Remote3.5%87 of the 2,511 Python postings
Median pay with it+38.9%$37.50/h (N=1012) vs $27.00/h for all postings with pay (N=4545)

How to read this: this compares pay in postings that ask for the skill with pay in all postings. It mostly shows which kinds of jobs ask for it — not what the skill alone does to your pay.

Postings that ask for Python are concentrated in software, data and engineering roles, which pay more than most fields — that is most of this gap. Python alone does not set the salary; it puts you in the pool for the higher-paying kinds of internships.

Fields that ask for it
Share of the 2,511 Python postings in each field. A posting can be in several fields, or none.
  1. Computer Science30.3% (762 of 2,511)
  2. Data Science24.7% (621 of 2,511)
  3. Engineering18% (453 of 2,511)
  4. Business9.5% (238 of 2,511)
  5. Finance4.8% (120 of 2,511)
  6. Product & Design4.2% (105 of 2,511)
Employers asking for it most
Postings per employer, out of the 2,511 Python postings.
  1. RTX2.2% (55 of 2,511)
  2. Micron Technology2.1% (52 of 2,511)
  3. Astera Labs2.1% (52 of 2,511)
  4. The Aerospace Corporation2% (50 of 2,511)
  5. Marvell1.9% (48 of 2,511)
  6. Hewlett Packard Enterprise1.9% (47 of 2,511)
  7. NVIDIA1.8% (46 of 2,511)
  8. General Motors1.7% (42 of 2,511)
Learned Python? Add one of these next
The skills Python postings most often ask for alongside it: the share of Python postings that also name each one.
  1. C++32.7% (822 of 2,511)
  2. SQL25.2% (633 of 2,511)
  3. Java19.1% (479 of 2,511)
  4. Git18.4% (463 of 2,511)
  5. C17.1% (430 of 2,511)
How to build it
Free resources, one project and a resume bullet to adapt. Time spans are rough estimates.

Project: Automate a real chore

about 2–3 weeks part time (estimate)

Pick a repetitive task (cleaning a spreadsheet export, renaming files, pulling data from a public API) and write a script that does it end to end, with a README and a few tests.

Sample resume bullet

Built a Python script that automated [weekly report prep], cutting manual work by [X%] for [N] teammates.

Replace every [bracket] with your real numbers; never invent them.

Open postings that ask for Python
The newest ones, still open when these numbers were computed.
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How these numbers are made

Counting unit: a posting is one role. Repeat requisitions from the same employer with the same title and the same location (city, state or province, country, and remote or not) count once, using the newest one. Counted over open, de-duplicated postings with a description (12,147), once per posting; the 2,511 Python postings stand for 2,603 requisitions. Every share, median and pairing below uses postings, not requisitions. A posting counts as asking for Python when its description matches: word, any case. A skill is never counted for its own employer's postings. Shares show their N and denominator: 20.7% (2,511 of 12,147).

Pay compares hourly US-dollar pay (weekly, monthly and yearly pay converted, ranges at their midpoint), only for postings that publish it: 1012 Python postings against 4545 postings overall. Medians, not averages.