Python Job Trends in Hampshire

Python
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 23 13
Rank change year-on-year -12 -10 +16
Permanent jobs citing Python 97 230 246
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 3.88% 8.63% 12.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 23.77% 29.75% 34.02%
Number of salaries quoted 74 159 169
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,125 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +25.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,500 £82,500 £75,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £90,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -8.33%

All Programming Languages
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 408 773 723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 16.33% 29.02% 37.27%
Number of salaries quoted 342 519 595
10th Percentile £29,750 £38,500 £31,350
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% +6.36% -
75th Percentile £68,438 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,400 £85,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Python job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Python
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in Hampshire over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in Hampshire

Python
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 9 January 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
Southampton +2 22 £60,000 +71.43% 32
Portsmouth -4 21 £70,000 +40.00% 49
Winchester +11 11 £52,500 -16.00% 4
Basingstoke -21 10 £71,250 -5.00% 38
Alton - 7 £50,000 -
Farnborough -13 3 £75,000 +108.33% 6
Hook - 2 - - 1
Fareham -15 1 £55,000 -12.00% 5
Petersfield - 1 £75,900 - 3
Python
South East

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 13 (13.40%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.15%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (5.15%) Appian
3 4 (4.12%) Apache
4 2 (2.06%) Apache Spark
5 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (1.03%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (27.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.03%) GNU Octave
2 1 (1.03%) Mathcad
2 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.03%) Simulink
2 1 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.03%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 38 (39.18%) Azure
2 33 (34.02%) Power Platform
3 22 (22.68%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (21.65%) AWS
5 13 (13.40%) PowerApps
6 10 (10.31%) Azure AI
7 7 (7.22%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (5.15%) Amazon S3
8 5 (5.15%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (5.15%) Entra ID
8 5 (5.15%) GitHub
8 5 (5.15%) MinIO
9 3 (3.09%) SaaS
10 2 (2.06%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (2.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (2.06%) GCP
11 1 (1.03%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (1.03%) AWS Step Functions
11 1 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (1.03%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.28%) Firewall
2 7 (7.22%) Wireless
3 6 (6.19%) BGP
3 6 (6.19%) LAN
3 6 (6.19%) MPLS
3 6 (6.19%) OSPF
3 6 (6.19%) SD-WAN
3 6 (6.19%) VPN
3 6 (6.19%) VXLAN
3 6 (6.19%) WAN
4 5 (5.15%) Internet
5 2 (2.06%) InfiniBand
6 1 (1.03%) HTTP
6 1 (1.03%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (28.87%) Power BI
2 13 (13.40%) Tableau
3 7 (7.22%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (4.12%) Airbyte
4 4 (4.12%) Oracle Database
4 4 (4.12%) Oracle Database 10g
4 4 (4.12%) Oracle Database 11g
4 4 (4.12%) Oracle Database 12c
4 4 (4.12%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.06%) Data Mining
5 2 (2.06%) DB2
6 1 (1.03%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.03%) Delta Lake
6 1 (1.03%) DynamoDB
6 1 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (1.03%) MariaDB
6 1 (1.03%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 12 (12.37%) Git
2 7 (7.22%) Robot Framework
2 7 (7.22%) Selenium
3 5 (5.15%) Snyk
4 4 (4.12%) Jenkins
5 3 (3.09%) GitLab
5 3 (3.09%) JIRA
6 2 (2.06%) TestRail
7 1 (1.03%) Cucumber
7 1 (1.03%) Gradle
General
1 39 (40.21%) Social Skills
2 7 (7.22%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (6.19%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (5.15%) Finance
4 5 (5.15%) Multimedia
5 4 (4.12%) Aerospace
6 3 (3.09%) Agriculture
6 3 (3.09%) Electronics
6 3 (3.09%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.06%) Marketing
7 2 (2.06%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (22.68%) Analyst
2 17 (17.53%) Consultant
3 16 (16.49%) Senior
4 11 (11.34%) Data Analyst
5 10 (10.31%) Developer
5 10 (10.31%) Junior
5 10 (10.31%) Junior Analyst
5 10 (10.31%) Junior Data Analyst
6 9 (9.28%) Software Engineer
7 7 (7.22%) Full-Stack Developer
7 7 (7.22%) Principal Consultant
7 7 (7.22%) Trainee
8 6 (6.19%) Architect
8 6 (6.19%) Cisco Consultant
8 6 (6.19%) Cisco Network Consultant
8 6 (6.19%) Lead
8 6 (6.19%) Network Consultant
8 6 (6.19%) WAN Consultant
9 5 (5.15%) Full-Stack Python Developer
9 5 (5.15%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.28%) React
2 7 (7.22%) REST
3 6 (6.19%) CSS
3 6 (6.19%) HTML
4 5 (5.15%) Apache NiFi
4 5 (5.15%) Kafka
5 4 (4.12%) ARM Templates
6 2 (2.06%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (2.06%) Node.js
7 1 (1.03%) Django
7 1 (1.03%) Drools
7 1 (1.03%) FastAPI
7 1 (1.03%) Flask
7 1 (1.03%) Hugging Face
7 1 (1.03%) PySpark
7 1 (1.03%) RESTful
7 1 (1.03%) scikit-learn
7 1 (1.03%) Spring
7 1 (1.03%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.25%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.19%) Cloud Native
2 6 (6.19%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (5.15%) Low-Code
4 4 (4.12%) ARM Cortex
4 4 (4.12%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (4.12%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.12%) Replication
5 2 (2.06%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (2.06%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.06%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.03%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.03%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.03%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.03%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.03%) PKI
6 1 (1.03%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.06%) Linux
2 1 (1.03%) Windows
2 1 (1.03%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (28.87%) AI
2 27 (27.84%) Agile
3 25 (25.77%) Data Science
4 20 (20.62%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (17.53%) Business Intelligence
6 16 (16.49%) Decision-Making
6 16 (16.49%) Software Engineering
7 15 (15.46%) Data Analysis
8 11 (11.34%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (11.34%) Infrastructure as Code
9 10 (10.31%) Analytics
9 10 (10.31%) DevOps
9 10 (10.31%) Mathematics
9 10 (10.31%) Test Automation
10 9 (9.28%) CI/CD
10 9 (9.28%) Data Pipeline
10 9 (9.28%) Technical Architecture
10 9 (9.28%) Use Case
11 8 (8.25%) Full-Stack Development
11 8 (8.25%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 28 (28.87%) SQL
2 16 (16.49%) PowerShell
3 15 (15.46%) JavaScript
4 13 (13.40%) VBA
5 7 (7.22%) Rust
5 7 (7.22%) TypeScript
6 6 (6.19%) Bash
7 5 (5.15%) MATLAB
8 4 (4.12%) Bicep
8 4 (4.12%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (3.09%) Java
9 3 (3.09%) R
10 1 (1.03%) C++
10 1 (1.03%) Go
10 1 (1.03%) VB
Qualifications
1 37 (38.14%) Security Cleared
2 30 (30.93%) SC Cleared
3 25 (25.77%) Degree
4 16 (16.49%) Azure Certification
5 13 (13.40%) Master's Degree
6 10 (10.31%) DV Cleared
7 7 (7.22%) APMP
7 7 (7.22%) MBA
8 6 (6.19%) CCNP
8 6 (6.19%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (5.15%) AWS Certification
9 5 (5.15%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (5.15%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (5.15%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (2.06%) CEH
10 2 (2.06%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (2.06%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (2.06%) GCIH
10 2 (2.06%) ISTQB
10 2 (2.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (5.15%) GDPR
3 2 (2.06%) NIST
4 1 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 6 (6.19%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.15%) Docker
3 2 (2.06%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (1.03%) Ceph
4 1 (1.03%) Lustre
4 1 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (15.46%) Ansible
2 14 (14.43%) Terraform
3 6 (6.19%) FortiGate
3 6 (6.19%) Kubernetes
4 4 (4.12%) Prometheus
5 3 (3.09%) Grafana
6 2 (2.06%) Nessus
7 1 (1.03%) WMI
Vendors
1 33 (34.02%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.22%) Oracle
3 6 (6.19%) Cisco
3 6 (6.19%) Fortinet
3 6 (6.19%) Meraki
3 6 (6.19%) VMware
4 5 (5.15%) BiZZdesign
4 5 (5.15%) Black Duck
4 5 (5.15%) SAP
4 5 (5.15%) UiPath
5 4 (4.12%) Blue Prism
5 4 (4.12%) Coverity
5 4 (4.12%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (4.12%) ServiceNow
5 4 (4.12%) Splunk
6 2 (2.06%) Databricks
7 1 (1.03%) ANSYS
7 1 (1.03%) Keysight
7 1 (1.03%) MathWorks