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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 36 17
Rank change year-on-year +15 -19 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 249 98 381
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 5.05% 4.96% 9.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.83% 19.41% 31.41%
Number of salaries quoted 194 76 270
10th Percentile £47,725 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £39,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £54,700 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.83% -0.55% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

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 715 505 1,213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 14.51% 25.58% 31.15%
Number of salaries quoted 587 359 896
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.60% +0.45% -5.58%

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 August 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 August 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 +15 67 £65,000 +44.44% 18
Farnborough -14 35 £65,000 +7.88% 13
Fareham -12 32 £70,000 +115.38% 3
Winchester - 28 £57,500 - 1
Romsey +4 20 £65,000 +73.33% 2
Portsmouth -7 19 £63,750 +4.08% 9
Andover - 8 £90,000 - 3
Eastleigh +5 7 £65,000 +33.33%
Basingstoke -5 6 £46,250 -35.31% 4
Waterlooville - 4 £75,000 -
Havant -5 1 £57,500 +4.55%
Aldershot - 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 10 (4.02%) Confluence
2 8 (3.21%) Apache
2 8 (3.21%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.80%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.80%) Palantir Foundry
3 2 (0.80%) WordPress
4 1 (0.40%) IIS
Applications
1 38 (15.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.61%) Simulink
3 5 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 104 (41.77%) Azure
2 45 (18.07%) AWS
3 41 (16.47%) Power Platform
4 32 (12.85%) Azure AI
5 23 (9.24%) Serverless
6 16 (6.43%) GCP
7 12 (4.82%) GitHub
8 11 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (4.42%) PowerApps
9 10 (4.02%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (3.61%) Entra ID
11 8 (3.21%) Azure Functions
11 8 (3.21%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (2.41%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (2.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 5 (2.01%) Amazon S3
13 5 (2.01%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (2.01%) Datadog
14 4 (1.61%) Azure Stack
14 4 (1.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.22%) TCP/IP
2 12 (4.82%) Wireless
3 10 (4.02%) MQTT
4 9 (3.61%) Firewall
5 7 (2.81%) 5G
6 6 (2.41%) VPN
6 6 (2.41%) WAN
6 6 (2.41%) Wireshark
7 5 (2.01%) LAN
8 4 (1.61%) FTP
8 4 (1.61%) HTTP
8 4 (1.61%) Network Security
8 4 (1.61%) SMTP
9 3 (1.20%) Internet
10 2 (0.80%) 3GPP
10 2 (0.80%) ATM
10 2 (0.80%) DNS
11 1 (0.40%) Broadband
11 1 (0.40%) DHCP
11 1 (0.40%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (15.66%) Power BI
2 21 (8.43%) Tableau
3 12 (4.82%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (4.42%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (3.61%) SQL Server
6 6 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.61%) Star Schema
8 3 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.20%) Metadata
9 2 (0.80%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.80%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.80%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.80%) Looker
9 2 (0.80%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.80%) Power Query
9 2 (0.80%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.80%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.40%) MySQL
10 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 65 (26.10%) Git
2 27 (10.84%) GitLab
3 16 (6.43%) Visual Studio Code
4 12 (4.82%) Jenkins
4 12 (4.82%) JIRA
5 5 (2.01%) CMake
6 4 (1.61%) SonarQube
7 3 (1.20%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.80%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.80%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.40%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.40%) GDB
9 1 (0.40%) JMeter
9 1 (0.40%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.40%) Selenium
9 1 (0.40%) Subversion
9 1 (0.40%) Toad
9 1 (0.40%) utPLSQL
General
1 80 (32.13%) Social Skills
2 20 (8.03%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (7.63%) Finance
4 18 (7.23%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (4.82%) Electronics
6 11 (4.42%) Aerospace
7 5 (2.01%) Automotive
7 5 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.61%) Aviation
9 3 (1.20%) Legal
9 3 (1.20%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.80%) Advertising
10 2 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.80%) Law
10 2 (0.80%) Military
11 1 (0.40%) Billing
11 1 (0.40%) Games
11 1 (0.40%) Marketing
11 1 (0.40%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.40%) Retail
Job Titles
1 95 (38.15%) Software Engineer
2 42 (16.87%) Analyst
3 36 (14.46%) Senior
4 29 (11.65%) Lead
5 23 (9.24%) Data Analyst
5 23 (9.24%) Junior
6 21 (8.43%) Senior Software Engineer
7 20 (8.03%) Junior Analyst
7 20 (8.03%) Junior Data Analyst
8 19 (7.63%) Principal Engineer
9 17 (6.83%) Data Engineer
10 15 (6.02%) Developer
11 14 (5.62%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 14 (5.62%) Principal Software Engineer
12 13 (5.22%) Embedded Engineer
13 12 (4.82%) Consultant
14 11 (4.42%) Python Engineer
14 11 (4.42%) Python Software Engineer
15 10 (4.02%) Embedded Software Engineer
15 10 (4.02%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (13.65%) Terraform
2 20 (8.03%) React
3 17 (6.83%) JSON
4 15 (6.02%) CSS
4 15 (6.02%) HTML
5 14 (5.62%) XML
6 12 (4.82%) Kafka
7 9 (3.61%) .NET
7 9 (3.61%) ARM Templates
8 8 (3.21%) REST
9 7 (2.81%) YAML
10 6 (2.41%) AngularJS
10 6 (2.41%) Django
10 6 (2.41%) Node.js
10 6 (2.41%) WebSockets
11 5 (2.01%) gRPC
11 5 (2.01%) Loki
11 5 (2.01%) OpenTelemetry
11 5 (2.01%) OpenTofu
11 5 (2.01%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 43 (17.27%) Algorithms
2 17 (6.83%) Product Ownership
2 17 (6.83%) Robotics
3 13 (5.22%) Data Structures
3 13 (5.22%) Embedded Systems
4 11 (4.42%) FPGA
5 9 (3.61%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.21%) Verilog
6 8 (3.21%) VHDL
7 7 (2.81%) PCIe
8 6 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.41%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.61%) ASIC
9 4 (1.61%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.20%) IoT
10 3 (1.20%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.20%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.20%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.20%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 74 (29.72%) Linux
2 32 (12.85%) Windows
3 9 (3.61%) Embedded Linux
3 9 (3.61%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.21%) Ubuntu
5 6 (2.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.61%) CentOS
6 4 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.80%) Debian
7 2 (0.80%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (44.98%) Software Engineering
2 82 (32.93%) AI
2 82 (32.93%) CI/CD
3 70 (28.11%) Agile
4 57 (22.89%) DevOps
5 47 (18.88%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (17.67%) Containerisation
7 38 (15.26%) Computer Science
8 35 (14.06%) Software Architecture
9 33 (13.25%) Business Intelligence
10 28 (11.24%) Test Automation
11 25 (10.04%) Continuous Improvement
12 23 (9.24%) Decision-Making
12 23 (9.24%) Scrum
13 21 (8.43%) Data Analysis
13 21 (8.43%) DevSecOps
13 21 (8.43%) SDLC
13 21 (8.43%) Validation
14 20 (8.03%) Infrastructure as Code
15 19 (7.63%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 81 (32.53%) C++
2 65 (26.10%) SQL
3 44 (17.67%) JavaScript
4 31 (12.45%) C
4 31 (12.45%) C#
5 29 (11.65%) Bash
6 25 (10.04%) Java
7 23 (9.24%) PowerShell
8 19 (7.63%) Rust
8 19 (7.63%) TypeScript
9 18 (7.23%) Go
10 12 (4.82%) Embedded C++
11 10 (4.02%) MATLAB
11 10 (4.02%) PHP
12 8 (3.21%) Embedded C
12 8 (3.21%) VBA
13 4 (1.61%) Perl
14 3 (1.20%) Ada
15 2 (0.80%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.80%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 101 (40.56%) Security Cleared
2 76 (30.52%) Degree
3 52 (20.88%) SC Cleared
4 42 (16.87%) Azure Certification
5 30 (12.05%) DV Cleared
6 20 (8.03%) Master's Degree
7 10 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (4.02%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.80%) CEH
9 2 (0.80%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (0.80%) CREST Certified
9 2 (0.80%) HNC
10 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.40%) CCA
10 1 (0.40%) CCNA
10 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.21%) GDPR
2 6 (2.41%) QA
3 4 (1.61%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.61%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.40%) NIST
System Software
1 63 (25.30%) Docker
2 16 (6.43%) Firmware
3 10 (4.02%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (1.61%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.80%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 2 (0.80%) Xen
6 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 41 (16.47%) Kubernetes
2 29 (11.65%) Ansible
3 13 (5.22%) Grafana
3 13 (5.22%) Prometheus
4 9 (3.61%) Podman
5 7 (2.81%) Puppet
6 6 (2.41%) Nagios
7 4 (1.61%) Docker Swarm
7 4 (1.61%) Functional Safety
7 4 (1.61%) QRadar
8 3 (1.20%) Scalr
9 2 (0.80%) FlexNet
9 2 (0.80%) Rancher
9 2 (0.80%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.40%) Cilium
10 1 (0.40%) Istio
Vendors
1 49 (19.68%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.02%) Oracle
2 10 (4.02%) Splunk
3 4 (1.61%) Google
3 4 (1.61%) NVIDIA
3 4 (1.61%) Tenable
4 2 (0.80%) Atlassian
4 2 (0.80%) Databricks
4 2 (0.80%) Foundry
4 2 (0.80%) NetApp
4 2 (0.80%) Palantir
4 2 (0.80%) Red Hat
4 2 (0.80%) Yahoo!
5 1 (0.40%) CheckPoint
5 1 (0.40%) Cisco
5 1 (0.40%) F5
5 1 (0.40%) IBM