Python Jobs in the Thames Valley

Python
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Python skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Python over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 9 15
Rank change year-on-year -19 +6 +1
Permanent jobs citing Python 460 800 837
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.87% 13.51% 11.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.35% 33.87% 26.55%
Number of salaries quoted 334 289 469
10th Percentile £37,500 £27,800 £34,990
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% +4.55%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

Python is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,889 2,362 3,153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 28.23% 39.89% 44.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,541 1,385 1,876
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,921 £34,990
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +5.77%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -25 191 £60,000 -14.29% 72
Oxfordshire -4 186 £55,000 +57.14% 57
Buckinghamshire -31 83 £51,000 -15.00% 29
Python
South East

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 29 (6.30%) ArcGIS
1 29 (6.30%) GeoServer
2 24 (5.22%) OpenStack
3 7 (1.52%) Apache
4 6 (1.30%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.09%) nginx
6 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.43%) IBM Domino
7 2 (0.43%) SAS
8 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.22%) Kinematics
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 5 (1.09%) Simulink
2 2 (0.43%) Stateflow
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.22%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 128 (27.83%) AWS
1 128 (27.83%) Azure
2 30 (6.52%) Serverless
3 20 (4.35%) Power Platform
4 19 (4.13%) Amazon ECS
4 19 (4.13%) GitHub
5 18 (3.91%) Amazon EKS
5 18 (3.91%) Amazon S3
6 16 (3.48%) GCP
7 14 (3.04%) Cloud Computing
8 11 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (1.96%) Amazon EC2
9 9 (1.96%) AWS Lambda
9 9 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (1.96%) Snowflake
10 7 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (1.52%) IaaS
11 6 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (1.30%) SaaS
11 6 (1.30%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.65%) Wireless
2 23 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
3 22 (4.78%) 5G
3 22 (4.78%) Bluetooth
3 22 (4.78%) GSM
3 22 (4.78%) ISDN
3 22 (4.78%) LTE
3 22 (4.78%) PSTN
3 22 (4.78%) UMTS
4 19 (4.13%) VPN
5 16 (3.48%) Internet
6 14 (3.04%) Firewall
7 11 (2.39%) Network Security
8 9 (1.96%) LAN
8 9 (1.96%) WAN
9 7 (1.52%) NAS
9 7 (1.52%) SAN
9 7 (1.52%) SNMP
10 5 (1.09%) IPsec
10 5 (1.09%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (16.96%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (7.83%) GIS
3 29 (6.30%) QGIS
4 26 (5.65%) NoSQL
5 23 (5.00%) MySQL
5 23 (5.00%) Relational Database
6 20 (4.35%) Data Lake
7 18 (3.91%) Power BI
8 17 (3.70%) SQL Server
9 13 (2.83%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (2.61%) Tableau
11 10 (2.17%) MongoDB
12 9 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
13 8 (1.74%) Big Data
13 8 (1.74%) RDBMS
13 8 (1.74%) Redis
14 7 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (1.30%) Hadoop
16 5 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
16 5 (1.09%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 37 (8.04%) Git
2 27 (5.87%) Jenkins
3 22 (4.78%) LabVIEW
4 15 (3.26%) GitLab
5 12 (2.61%) Visual Studio
6 11 (2.39%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.09%) JIRA
7 5 (1.09%) JMeter
7 5 (1.09%) JUnit
8 4 (0.87%) Mockito
9 3 (0.65%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.65%) JDeveloper
10 2 (0.43%) Selenium
11 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.22%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.22%) ERwin
11 1 (0.22%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.22%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.22%) TestNG
General
1 104 (22.61%) Social Skills
2 59 (12.83%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (8.91%) Public Sector
4 31 (6.74%) Telecoms
5 25 (5.43%) Finance
6 22 (4.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (3.04%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.17%) Electronics
8 10 (2.17%) Marketing
9 9 (1.96%) Aerospace
10 7 (1.52%) Retail
11 6 (1.30%) Automotive
11 6 (1.30%) Games
11 6 (1.30%) Legal
12 5 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.87%) Aeronautics
14 3 (0.65%) Banking
14 3 (0.65%) Law
14 3 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.43%) Billing
Job Titles
1 109 (23.70%) Senior
2 105 (22.83%) Software Engineer
3 89 (19.35%) Developer
4 39 (8.48%) Senior Software Engineer
5 33 (7.17%) Python Engineer
6 28 (6.09%) Hardware Engineer
7 26 (5.65%) Junior
8 25 (5.43%) Java Developer
9 24 (5.22%) Architect
10 22 (4.78%) Full Stack Developer
10 22 (4.78%) Python Developer
10 22 (4.78%) Research Engineer
11 21 (4.57%) Data Engineer
11 21 (4.57%) Lead
12 20 (4.35%) Senior Developer
13 19 (4.13%) Analyst
14 18 (3.91%) Software Developer
15 17 (3.70%) Data Scientist
16 12 (2.61%) Data Analyst
16 12 (2.61%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (15.87%) React
2 35 (7.61%) .NET
2 35 (7.61%) CSS
3 34 (7.39%) OpenLayers
4 31 (6.74%) Leaflet
5 29 (6.30%) PostGIS
6 27 (5.87%) Spring
7 26 (5.65%) REST
8 25 (5.43%) .NET Core
9 23 (5.00%) Django
9 23 (5.00%) Web Services
10 22 (4.78%) AngularJS
11 21 (4.57%) Kafka
11 21 (4.57%) Node.js
12 20 (4.35%) OpenMP
13 19 (4.13%) Spring Boot
14 18 (3.91%) HTML
15 17 (3.70%) Apache Camel
16 15 (3.26%) JSON
17 14 (3.04%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 106 (23.04%) Algorithms
2 25 (5.43%) IoT
3 22 (4.78%) Acoustics
3 22 (4.78%) Satnav
4 21 (4.57%) Data Structures
5 20 (4.35%) CUDA
6 18 (3.91%) Distributed Systems
7 17 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (3.70%) Management Information System
8 13 (2.83%) Data Centre
8 13 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (2.39%) Life Science
10 7 (1.52%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.52%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.30%) Embedded Systems
11 6 (1.30%) PKI
12 5 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.09%) Robotics
12 5 (1.09%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 112 (24.35%) Linux
2 35 (7.61%) Unix
3 25 (5.43%) Windows
4 7 (1.52%) CentOS
4 7 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.30%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.09%) Data ONTAP
6 5 (1.09%) Kali Linux
6 5 (1.09%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.65%) Debian
7 3 (0.65%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.65%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (33.26%) Agile
2 148 (32.17%) Software Engineering
3 146 (31.74%) Computer Science
4 107 (23.26%) Physics
5 104 (22.61%) Problem-Solving
6 93 (20.22%) DevOps
7 80 (17.39%) Mathematics
8 71 (15.43%) Machine Learning
9 58 (12.61%) Full Stack Development
10 47 (10.22%) Software Testing
11 46 (10.00%) Parallel Programming
12 43 (9.35%) CI/CD
12 43 (9.35%) Microservices
13 42 (9.13%) Artificial Intelligence
14 41 (8.91%) Coaching
15 40 (8.70%) Actionable Insight
15 40 (8.70%) SDLC
16 39 (8.48%) Test Automation
17 37 (8.04%) Web Development
18 34 (7.39%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 104 (22.61%) Java
2 97 (21.09%) JavaScript
3 81 (17.61%) C
3 81 (17.61%) Fortran
4 80 (17.39%) C++
5 71 (15.43%) SQL
6 64 (13.91%) C#
7 50 (10.87%) Bash
8 26 (5.65%) R
9 25 (5.43%) MATLAB
9 25 (5.43%) TypeScript
10 18 (3.91%) Perl
10 18 (3.91%) PowerShell
11 17 (3.70%) Go
11 17 (3.70%) Shell Script
12 15 (3.26%) Ruby
13 12 (2.61%) Scala
14 10 (2.17%) Kotlin
15 6 (1.30%) Embedded C
16 4 (0.87%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 214 (46.52%) Degree
2 116 (25.22%) Security Cleared
3 92 (20.00%) PhD
4 84 (18.26%) Master's Degree
5 53 (11.52%) SC Cleared
6 51 (11.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (2.61%) AWS Certification
8 11 (2.39%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.09%) CISSP
11 4 (0.87%) CCNA
11 4 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.87%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.87%) MCSE
12 3 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.43%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.22%) JNCIE
14 1 (0.22%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.26%) QA
2 14 (3.04%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 5 (1.09%) NIST
4 5 (1.09%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.65%) SLA
6 2 (0.43%) PMO
6 2 (0.43%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 83 (18.04%) Docker
2 18 (3.91%) Hyper-V
2 18 (3.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (3.26%) Firmware
4 13 (2.83%) Active Directory
5 5 (1.09%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 4 (0.87%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.65%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 57 (12.39%) Kubernetes
2 36 (7.83%) Ansible
3 31 (6.74%) Terraform
4 6 (1.30%) Puppet
5 5 (1.09%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.09%) Red Hat Spacewalk
5 5 (1.09%) Suricata
5 5 (1.09%) vCenter Server
6 4 (0.87%) Kibana
7 3 (0.65%) ZABBIX
8 2 (0.43%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.43%) Nagios
8 2 (0.43%) Netcool
9 1 (0.22%) Packer
9 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.22%) Salt
Vendors
1 70 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.30%) ESRI
3 18 (3.91%) VMware
4 13 (2.83%) WSO2
5 12 (2.61%) Splunk
6 11 (2.39%) Juniper
7 10 (2.17%) Cisco
7 10 (2.17%) Google
7 10 (2.17%) Palo Alto
8 9 (1.96%) Databricks
9 8 (1.74%) SAP
10 6 (1.30%) Dynatrace
10 6 (1.30%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.09%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.09%) NetApp
11 5 (1.09%) Oracle
11 5 (1.09%) SolidFire
12 4 (0.87%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.87%) Talend
13 3 (0.65%) Cloudera