Python Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Python
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 29 46
Rank change year-on-year +1 +17 -25
Permanent jobs citing Python 87 72 97
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 4.82% 8.16% 4.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.83% 35.47% 20.59%
Number of salaries quoted 54 28 51
10th Percentile £38,625 £42,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +14.29% -19.23%
75th Percentile £63,750 £74,063 £62,500
90th Percentile - £87,500 £71,250
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -12.00%

All Programming Languages
Buckinghamshire

Python falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 265 203 471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 14.69% 23.02% 24.01%
Number of salaries quoted 200 131 371
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,501
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.28% +0.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,875 £76,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Python job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Python
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 3 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in Buckinghamshire

Python
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 3 May 2026. 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
Milton Keynes +2 78 £56,750 -12.69% 20
Aylesbury - 5 £42,500 - 2
Bletchley -7 3 £40,000 -30.43%
High Wycombe - 1 - - 6
Python
South East

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (1.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 38 (43.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (13.79%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.45%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 50 (57.47%) Azure
2 38 (43.68%) Power Platform
3 27 (31.03%) Azure AI
4 10 (11.49%) AWS
4 10 (11.49%) Azure Data Factory
5 7 (8.05%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (6.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 6 (6.90%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 6 (6.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 5 (5.75%) Cloudflare
7 5 (5.75%) GCP
8 4 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (3.45%) Entra ID
9 3 (3.45%) Power Automate
9 3 (3.45%) PowerApps
9 3 (3.45%) Sumo Logic
10 2 (2.30%) GitHub
10 2 (2.30%) GitHub Copilot
10 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (10.34%) DNS
2 5 (5.75%) SSL
3 4 (4.60%) TCP/IP
4 3 (3.45%) Firewall
4 3 (3.45%) HTTP
5 2 (2.30%) VPN
6 1 (1.15%) Broadband
6 1 (1.15%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (43.68%) Power BI
2 24 (27.59%) Tableau
3 6 (6.90%) Data Lake
3 6 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (6.90%) SQL Server
4 5 (5.75%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (4.60%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.30%) Metadata
6 2 (2.30%) SAP BW
6 2 (2.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.15%) DynamoDB
7 1 (1.15%) MongoDB
7 1 (1.15%) NoSQL
7 1 (1.15%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 4 (4.60%) JIRA
2 3 (3.45%) Git
3 2 (2.30%) Claude Code
3 2 (2.30%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.15%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (1.15%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.15%) GitLab
4 1 (1.15%) Postman
4 1 (1.15%) Selenium
4 1 (1.15%) SoapUI
General
1 68 (78.16%) Social Skills
2 28 (32.18%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (21.84%) Finance
4 12 (13.79%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (8.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (6.90%) Law
6 6 (6.90%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.60%) Games
7 4 (4.60%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.45%) Marketing
9 2 (2.30%) Retail
10 1 (1.15%) Banking
Job Titles
1 49 (56.32%) Analyst
2 34 (39.08%) Data Analyst
3 21 (24.14%) Junior
3 21 (24.14%) Junior Analyst
3 21 (24.14%) Junior Data Analyst
4 12 (13.79%) Financial Analyst
5 11 (12.64%) Data Engineer
6 9 (10.34%) SOC Analyst
7 7 (8.05%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 7 (8.05%) Automation Engineer
7 7 (8.05%) Senior
8 6 (6.90%) Azure Data Engineer
8 6 (6.90%) Azure Engineer
8 6 (6.90%) Developer
8 6 (6.90%) Microsoft Engineer
8 6 (6.90%) Salesforce Developer
9 5 (5.75%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 5 (5.75%) Incident Analyst
9 5 (5.75%) Security Analyst
9 5 (5.75%) Security Incident Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.20%) .NET
1 8 (9.20%) REST
2 7 (8.05%) SOAP
3 6 (6.90%) Lightning Web Components
3 6 (6.90%) Middleware
3 6 (6.90%) Visualforce
4 2 (2.30%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.15%) FastAPI
5 1 (1.15%) GStreamer
5 1 (1.15%) Laravel
5 1 (1.15%) NumPy
5 1 (1.15%) Pandas
5 1 (1.15%) pytest
5 1 (1.15%) PyTorch
5 1 (1.15%) React
5 1 (1.15%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.05%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (4.60%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (4.60%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.45%) Algorithms
3 3 (3.45%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (3.45%) Data Structures
3 3 (3.45%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.45%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.45%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.30%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.30%) PKI
5 1 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.15%) IoT
5 1 (1.15%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.15%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.15%) Sports Betting
5 1 (1.15%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 13 (14.94%) Linux
2 12 (13.79%) Windows
3 3 (3.45%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (47.13%) AI
2 38 (43.68%) Business Intelligence
3 24 (27.59%) Agile
4 21 (24.14%) CI/CD
4 21 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (22.99%) ETL
6 19 (21.84%) Analytics
7 18 (20.69%) Data Modelling
8 17 (19.54%) Decision-Making
9 16 (18.39%) DevOps
10 14 (16.09%) ITIL
11 13 (14.94%) Performance Analysis
12 12 (13.79%) Budgeting
12 12 (13.79%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 12 (13.79%) Cost Optimisation
12 12 (13.79%) ERP
12 12 (13.79%) Financial Analysis
13 10 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
13 10 (11.49%) Data Governance
13 10 (11.49%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 54 (62.07%) SQL
2 15 (17.24%) VBA
3 12 (13.79%) PowerShell
4 11 (12.64%) Java
5 8 (9.20%) JavaScript
6 6 (6.90%) Apex Code
7 4 (4.60%) Go
8 3 (3.45%) Bash
8 3 (3.45%) R
8 3 (3.45%) TypeScript
9 2 (2.30%) C#
9 2 (2.30%) C++
10 1 (1.15%) PHP
10 1 (1.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 27 (31.03%) Azure Certification
2 14 (16.09%) SC Cleared
2 14 (16.09%) Security Cleared
3 13 (14.94%) Degree
4 12 (13.79%) ACCA
4 12 (13.79%) CIMA
5 6 (6.90%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (6.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (3.45%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.15%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (1.15%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.75%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.45%) QA
3 2 (2.30%) ISO 22301
3 2 (2.30%) ISO 9001
3 2 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (6.90%) Active Directory
1 6 (6.90%) Docker
2 2 (2.30%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.30%) KVM
2 2 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (5.75%) Graylog
2 3 (3.45%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.30%) Proxmox
3 2 (2.30%) Terraform
3 2 (2.30%) ZABBIX
4 1 (1.15%) Ansible
4 1 (1.15%) Control-M
4 1 (1.15%) Grafana
4 1 (1.15%) Kibana
4 1 (1.15%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.15%) QRadar
Vendors
1 38 (43.68%) Microsoft
2 17 (19.54%) SAP
3 6 (6.90%) MuleSoft
3 6 (6.90%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.60%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (3.45%) Databricks
5 3 (3.45%) Google
5 3 (3.45%) Oracle
5 3 (3.45%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.30%) Veeam
6 2 (2.30%) VMware
7 1 (1.15%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.15%) IBM
7 1 (1.15%) NVIDIA
7 1 (1.15%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.15%) Splunk