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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 7 15
Rank change year-on-year -18 +8 +1
Permanent jobs citing Python 485 868 803
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.19% 14.12% 11.74%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.58% 35.00% 26.24%
Number of salaries quoted 347 312 451
10th Percentile £37,500 £27,875 £34,990
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £88,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £61,700 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.86% +7.30% +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 1,973 2,480 3,060
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 29.25% 40.33% 44.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,613 1,433 1,913
10th Percentile £36,600 £34,324 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

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 26 April 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 26 April 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 -26 197 £58,000 -14.07% 57
Oxfordshire -4 190 £55,000 +45.60% 51
Buckinghamshire -26 98 £52,500 -19.23% 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 (5.98%) ArcGIS
1 29 (5.98%) GeoServer
2 24 (4.95%) OpenStack
3 18 (3.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.44%) Apache
5 5 (1.03%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.03%) nginx
6 2 (0.41%) Confluence
6 2 (0.41%) IBM Domino
6 2 (0.41%) SAS
7 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.21%) Kinematics
7 1 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 5 (1.03%) Simulink
2 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.41%) SPSS
2 2 (0.41%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 132 (27.22%) Azure
2 130 (26.80%) AWS
3 34 (7.01%) Serverless
4 21 (4.33%) GitHub
5 20 (4.12%) Power Platform
6 19 (3.92%) Amazon EKS
6 19 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (3.71%) Amazon ECS
8 17 (3.51%) Amazon S3
9 14 (2.89%) GCP
10 12 (2.47%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
12 10 (2.06%) Amazon EC2
12 10 (2.06%) Snowflake
13 9 (1.86%) Azure Data Factory
13 9 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
14 7 (1.44%) IaaS
15 6 (1.24%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (1.24%) SaaS
16 5 (1.03%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.36%) Wireless
2 23 (4.74%) Wi-Fi
3 22 (4.54%) 5G
3 22 (4.54%) Bluetooth
3 22 (4.54%) GSM
3 22 (4.54%) ISDN
3 22 (4.54%) LTE
3 22 (4.54%) PSTN
3 22 (4.54%) UMTS
4 17 (3.51%) VPN
5 15 (3.09%) Internet
6 12 (2.47%) Firewall
7 9 (1.86%) LAN
7 9 (1.86%) Network Security
7 9 (1.86%) WAN
8 7 (1.44%) NAS
8 7 (1.44%) SAN
8 7 (1.44%) SNMP
9 5 (1.03%) IPsec
9 5 (1.03%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (16.29%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (7.42%) GIS
3 29 (5.98%) QGIS
4 25 (5.15%) MongoDB
4 25 (5.15%) NoSQL
5 23 (4.74%) MySQL
5 23 (4.74%) Relational Database
6 21 (4.33%) Data Lake
7 18 (3.71%) Power BI
7 18 (3.71%) SQL Server
8 14 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (2.47%) Tableau
10 11 (2.27%) Elasticsearch
11 10 (2.06%) Redis
12 8 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (1.65%) RDBMS
13 6 (1.24%) Big Data
13 6 (1.24%) Geospatial Data
14 5 (1.03%) Amazon Athena
14 5 (1.03%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 43 (8.87%) Git
2 31 (6.39%) Jenkins
3 22 (4.54%) LabVIEW
4 11 (2.27%) GitLab
5 10 (2.06%) Bitbucket
6 8 (1.65%) JIRA
6 8 (1.65%) Visual Studio
7 6 (1.24%) JUnit
8 5 (1.03%) JMeter
8 5 (1.03%) Mockito
8 5 (1.03%) Selenium
9 4 (0.82%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.62%) JDeveloper
10 3 (0.62%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.41%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.41%) Maven
11 2 (0.41%) Postman
11 2 (0.41%) Robot Framework
11 2 (0.41%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.41%) TestNG
General
1 102 (21.03%) Social Skills
2 58 (11.96%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (8.45%) Public Sector
4 36 (7.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (6.60%) Telecoms
6 24 (4.95%) Finance
7 16 (3.30%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.06%) Electronics
8 10 (2.06%) Marketing
9 8 (1.65%) Aerospace
10 7 (1.44%) Retail
11 6 (1.24%) Games
12 5 (1.03%) Automotive
12 5 (1.03%) Legal
12 5 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.82%) Aeronautics
13 4 (0.82%) Law
14 3 (0.62%) Banking
14 3 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.41%) Billing
Job Titles
1 110 (22.68%) Senior
2 104 (21.44%) Software Engineer
3 95 (19.59%) Developer
4 39 (8.04%) Senior Software Engineer
5 31 (6.39%) Python Engineer
6 28 (5.77%) Hardware Engineer
7 26 (5.36%) Full Stack Developer
7 26 (5.36%) Java Developer
8 25 (5.15%) Junior
9 24 (4.95%) Python Developer
10 23 (4.74%) Analyst
11 21 (4.33%) Research Engineer
12 20 (4.12%) Data Engineer
12 20 (4.12%) Data Scientist
12 20 (4.12%) Senior Developer
13 19 (3.92%) Architect
13 19 (3.92%) Lead
14 18 (3.71%) Software Developer
15 15 (3.09%) Support Engineer
16 12 (2.47%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (16.70%) React
2 36 (7.42%) .NET
3 35 (7.22%) CSS
4 34 (7.01%) OpenLayers
5 33 (6.80%) Spring
6 31 (6.39%) Leaflet
7 29 (5.98%) PostGIS
8 28 (5.77%) REST
9 25 (5.15%) .NET Core
10 24 (4.95%) AngularJS
11 23 (4.74%) Django
12 22 (4.54%) Node.js
12 22 (4.54%) Web Services
13 21 (4.33%) Kafka
14 20 (4.12%) OpenMP
14 20 (4.12%) Spring Boot
15 17 (3.51%) Apache Camel
15 17 (3.51%) HTML
16 15 (3.09%) Elastic Stack
16 15 (3.09%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 108 (22.27%) Algorithms
2 29 (5.98%) IoT
2 29 (5.98%) Management Information System
3 22 (4.54%) Acoustics
3 22 (4.54%) Satnav
4 21 (4.33%) Data Structures
5 20 (4.12%) CUDA
6 19 (3.92%) Distributed Systems
7 17 (3.51%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (2.27%) Life Science
8 11 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.86%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.86%) Mobile App
9 9 (1.86%) PKI
10 6 (1.24%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.24%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.03%) Robotics
11 5 (1.03%) Verilog
12 4 (0.82%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 115 (23.71%) Linux
2 35 (7.22%) Unix
3 32 (6.60%) Windows
4 8 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.24%) CentOS
6 5 (1.03%) Data ONTAP
6 5 (1.03%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.03%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.03%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.62%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.62%) FreeRTOS
7 3 (0.62%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.41%) Android
8 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.41%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (32.16%) Agile
2 148 (30.52%) Software Engineering
3 135 (27.84%) Computer Science
4 113 (23.30%) DevOps
5 105 (21.65%) Problem-Solving
6 98 (20.21%) Physics
7 79 (16.29%) Mathematics
8 72 (14.85%) Machine Learning
9 60 (12.37%) Full Stack Development
10 52 (10.72%) Microservices
11 46 (9.48%) Parallel Programming
12 45 (9.28%) CI/CD
13 44 (9.07%) Actionable Insight
14 43 (8.87%) Coaching
15 42 (8.66%) Artificial Intelligence
15 42 (8.66%) Software Testing
16 40 (8.25%) Test Automation
17 38 (7.84%) Data Science
17 38 (7.84%) SDLC
18 36 (7.42%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 107 (22.06%) Java
2 103 (21.24%) JavaScript
3 83 (17.11%) SQL
4 81 (16.70%) C
5 77 (15.88%) Fortran
6 76 (15.67%) C++
7 67 (13.81%) Bash
8 61 (12.58%) C#
9 40 (8.25%) PowerShell
10 29 (5.98%) TypeScript
11 26 (5.36%) R
12 23 (4.74%) MATLAB
13 19 (3.92%) Perl
14 18 (3.71%) Ruby
15 17 (3.51%) Shell Script
16 15 (3.09%) Go
17 12 (2.47%) Scala
18 10 (2.06%) Kotlin
19 6 (1.24%) Embedded C
19 6 (1.24%) PHP
Qualifications
1 216 (44.54%) Degree
2 120 (24.74%) Security Cleared
3 92 (18.97%) PhD
4 84 (17.32%) Master's Degree
5 59 (12.16%) SC Cleared
6 48 (9.90%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (3.71%) CCNA
7 18 (3.71%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (2.06%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.86%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.82%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.82%) MCSE
12 3 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.62%) CISSP
13 2 (0.41%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.21%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.21%) JNCIP
14 1 (0.21%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.71%) Data Quality
1 18 (3.71%) QA
2 8 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.62%) GDPR
3 3 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (0.62%) NIST
3 3 (0.62%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.62%) SLA
4 2 (0.41%) PMO
4 2 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 89 (18.35%) Docker
2 33 (6.80%) Active Directory
3 25 (5.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (3.71%) Hyper-V
5 15 (3.09%) Firmware
6 5 (1.03%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 4 (0.82%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.62%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 59 (12.16%) Kubernetes
2 36 (7.42%) Ansible
3 35 (7.22%) Terraform
4 6 (1.24%) Puppet
5 5 (1.03%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.03%) Red Hat Spacewalk
5 5 (1.03%) vCenter Server
6 4 (0.82%) Kibana
7 3 (0.62%) Nessus
7 3 (0.62%) Suricata
7 3 (0.62%) ZABBIX
8 2 (0.41%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.41%) Nagios
8 2 (0.41%) Netcool
9 1 (0.21%) Consul
9 1 (0.21%) Packer
9 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.21%) Salt
Vendors
1 71 (14.64%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.98%) ESRI
3 25 (5.15%) VMware
4 22 (4.54%) Cisco
5 13 (2.68%) WSO2
6 11 (2.27%) Databricks
7 9 (1.86%) Google
7 9 (1.86%) Juniper
7 9 (1.86%) SAP
7 9 (1.86%) Splunk
8 8 (1.65%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.24%) Dynatrace
9 6 (1.24%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.03%) Fortinet
10 5 (1.03%) NetApp
10 5 (1.03%) Oracle
10 5 (1.03%) SolidFire
10 5 (1.03%) Talend
11 4 (0.82%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.62%) Cloudera