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 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 16 21
Rank change year-on-year -4 +5 +2
Permanent jobs citing Python 186 138 336
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 5.34% 8.82% 8.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.42% 30.26% 26.58%
Number of salaries quoted 123 121 250
10th Percentile £47,500 £31,250 £34,200
25th Percentile £51,875 £48,750 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +36.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 - £82,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -10.86%

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 497 456 1,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 14.27% 29.14% 32.60%
Number of salaries quoted 389 380 1,055
10th Percentile £44,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,438 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,750
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +0.46% +0.92%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,125 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £82,500
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 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 26 April 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 26 April 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 +13 60 £65,000 +23.81% 16
Winchester +7 32 £57,500 -11.54% 5
Portsmouth -6 23 £70,000 +33.33% 15
Romsey +5 12 £82,500 +120.00% 4
Fareham -23 8 £78,000 +140.00% 15
Farnborough -11 7 £72,500 +107.14% 12
Alton - 6 £50,000 -
Basingstoke -13 5 £58,750 -30.88% 6
Eastleigh -3 4 £65,000 -17.46% 1
Waterlooville - 2 £75,000 - 2
Havant - 1 £57,500 - 1
Aldershot - 1 - - 1
Hook - 1 - - 1
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 15 (8.06%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.23%) Confluence
3 2 (1.08%) Apache Qpid
4 1 (0.54%) WordPress
Applications
1 58 (31.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.54%) Simulink
2 1 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 95 (51.08%) Azure
2 62 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 54 (29.03%) Azure AI
4 31 (16.67%) AWS
5 22 (11.83%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (9.68%) PowerApps
7 9 (4.84%) Serverless
8 7 (3.76%) Amazon S3
8 7 (3.76%) Entra ID
9 6 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (3.23%) GCP
10 5 (2.69%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (2.69%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.69%) GitHub
11 3 (1.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (1.61%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (1.61%) Azure Stack
11 3 (1.61%) Datadog
11 3 (1.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.45%) Wireless
2 11 (5.91%) Firewall
3 8 (4.30%) BGP
3 8 (4.30%) LAN
3 8 (4.30%) MPLS
3 8 (4.30%) OSPF
3 8 (4.30%) SD-WAN
3 8 (4.30%) VPN
3 8 (4.30%) VXLAN
3 8 (4.30%) WAN
4 5 (2.69%) Internet
5 4 (2.15%) MQTT
6 2 (1.08%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.54%) Broadband
7 1 (0.54%) DHCP
7 1 (0.54%) DNS
7 1 (0.54%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (33.33%) Power BI
2 43 (23.12%) Tableau
3 9 (4.84%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.69%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.15%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.61%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.08%) Metadata
7 2 (1.08%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.08%) Redis
7 2 (1.08%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.54%) Big Data
8 1 (0.54%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.54%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.54%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.54%) Oracle Database 10g
8 1 (0.54%) Oracle Database 11g
8 1 (0.54%) Oracle Database 12c
8 1 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 40 (21.51%) Git
2 20 (10.75%) GitLab
3 14 (7.53%) Visual Studio Code
4 9 (4.84%) JIRA
5 3 (1.61%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (1.08%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.54%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.54%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.54%) Postman
7 1 (0.54%) Selenium
7 1 (0.54%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.54%) TestRail
7 1 (0.54%) Toad
7 1 (0.54%) utPLSQL
General
1 89 (47.85%) Social Skills
2 10 (5.38%) Finance
3 7 (3.76%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (2.69%) Electronics
4 5 (2.69%) Multimedia
4 5 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (2.15%) Automotive
5 4 (2.15%) Aviation
6 3 (1.61%) Aerospace
6 3 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (1.61%) Legal
7 2 (1.08%) Games
7 2 (1.08%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.08%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 50 (26.88%) Analyst
2 43 (23.12%) Data Analyst
3 42 (22.58%) Junior
3 42 (22.58%) Junior Analyst
3 42 (22.58%) Junior Data Analyst
4 39 (20.97%) Software Engineer
5 25 (13.44%) Senior
6 22 (11.83%) Developer
7 21 (11.29%) Consultant
8 12 (6.45%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 12 (6.45%) Senior Software Engineer
9 11 (5.91%) Python Developer
10 10 (5.38%) Principal Consultant
10 10 (5.38%) Python Engineer
10 10 (5.38%) Python Software Engineer
11 9 (4.84%) Full-Stack Developer
11 9 (4.84%) Principal Engineer
11 9 (4.84%) Principal Software Engineer
12 8 (4.30%) Cisco Consultant
12 8 (4.30%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (8.06%) REST
2 10 (5.38%) React
3 7 (3.76%) ARM Templates
4 6 (3.23%) CSS
4 6 (3.23%) HTML
4 6 (3.23%) Kafka
5 5 (2.69%) JSON
5 5 (2.69%) YAML
6 4 (2.15%) SOAP
7 3 (1.61%) .NET
7 3 (1.61%) HTML5 Canvas
7 3 (1.61%) Loki
7 3 (1.61%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (1.08%) Node.js
8 2 (1.08%) XML
9 1 (0.54%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (0.54%) FastAPI
9 1 (0.54%) Flask
9 1 (0.54%) PySpark
9 1 (0.54%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.68%) Algorithms
2 14 (7.53%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.30%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.76%) Embedded Systems
5 6 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (2.15%) ARM Cortex
6 4 (2.15%) ASIC
6 4 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.15%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.61%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.08%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.08%) FPGA
8 2 (1.08%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.54%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.54%) Replication
9 1 (0.54%) Verilog
9 1 (0.54%) VHDL
9 1 (0.54%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 23 (12.37%) Linux
2 7 (3.76%) Windows
3 6 (3.23%) Ubuntu
3 6 (3.23%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.61%) CentOS
4 3 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.08%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (39.25%) AI
2 53 (28.49%) Agile
3 51 (27.42%) Software Engineering
4 50 (26.88%) Business Intelligence
5 34 (18.28%) CI/CD
6 31 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (13.98%) DevOps
8 24 (12.90%) Data Science
9 23 (12.37%) Decision-Making
10 20 (10.75%) Computer Science
11 17 (9.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (9.14%) Scrum
12 16 (8.60%) Data Analysis
12 16 (8.60%) Infrastructure as Code
13 15 (8.06%) Cybersecurity
13 15 (8.06%) Kanban
13 15 (8.06%) Observability
13 15 (8.06%) Software Architecture
14 14 (7.53%) Mentoring
14 14 (7.53%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 65 (34.95%) SQL
2 21 (11.29%) C#
2 21 (11.29%) PowerShell
3 20 (10.75%) C++
4 18 (9.68%) JavaScript
5 15 (8.06%) VBA
6 13 (6.99%) Rust
7 12 (6.45%) Bash
8 9 (4.84%) TypeScript
9 4 (2.15%) Bicep
9 4 (2.15%) C
9 4 (2.15%) Java
9 4 (2.15%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.61%) Go
10 3 (1.61%) MATLAB
10 3 (1.61%) R
11 2 (1.08%) PHP
12 1 (0.54%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.54%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.54%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (32.80%) Azure Certification
2 52 (27.96%) Security Cleared
3 47 (25.27%) SC Cleared
4 46 (24.73%) Degree
5 28 (15.05%) Master's Degree
6 10 (5.38%) APMP
6 10 (5.38%) MBA
7 8 (4.30%) CCNP
7 8 (4.30%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (3.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (2.69%) AWS Certification
9 5 (2.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 3 (1.61%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.08%) CEH
11 2 (1.08%) CompTIA CySA+
11 2 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (1.08%) GCIH
12 1 (0.54%) CCA
12 1 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.54%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.23%) GDPR
1 6 (3.23%) QA
2 5 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.15%) ISO 26262
4 3 (1.61%) NIST
5 1 (0.54%) Accessibility
System Software
1 30 (16.13%) Docker
2 4 (2.15%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.15%) Firmware
3 2 (1.08%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (10.22%) Ansible
1 19 (10.22%) Terraform
2 16 (8.60%) Kubernetes
3 9 (4.84%) Grafana
3 9 (4.84%) Prometheus
4 8 (4.30%) FortiGate
5 6 (3.23%) Nagios
6 4 (2.15%) Functional Safety
7 3 (1.61%) Scalr
8 1 (0.54%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.54%) Nessus
8 1 (0.54%) Podman
8 1 (0.54%) Puppet
Vendors
1 65 (34.95%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.38%) Splunk
3 8 (4.30%) Cisco
3 8 (4.30%) Fortinet
3 8 (4.30%) Meraki
3 8 (4.30%) Oracle
4 4 (2.15%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (2.15%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.61%) SAP
6 1 (0.54%) Databricks
6 1 (0.54%) Google
6 1 (0.54%) IFS
6 1 (0.54%) Tenable