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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 16 21
Rank change year-on-year -11 +5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Python 128 208 238
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 4.71% 9.57% 8.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.62% 32.96% 24.49%
Number of salaries quoted 95 145 188
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,750 £37,125
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £62,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +20.48% -0.40%
75th Percentile £78,500 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £86,450
South East median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -

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 418 631 972
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 15.37% 29.02% 34.07%
Number of salaries quoted 354 435 850
10th Percentile £32,750 £38,044 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,813 £46,250 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +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 20 February 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 20 February 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 +6 32 £65,000 +20.37% 22
Portsmouth +2 24 £70,000 +40.00% 17
Winchester +4 16 £52,500 -16.00% 6
Basingstoke -28 8 £71,250 -5.00% 9
Alton - 7 £50,000 -
Farnborough -10 6 £75,000 +114.29% 10
Romsey +8 4 £90,000 +12.50% 1
Fareham -20 4 £70,000 +12.00% 10
Hook - 2 - -
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 18 (14.06%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.34%) Apache
2 3 (2.34%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (2.34%) Appian
3 2 (1.56%) Apache Qpid
4 1 (0.78%) Confluence
4 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.78%) WordPress
Applications
1 40 (31.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.78%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.78%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 55 (42.97%) Azure
2 43 (33.59%) Power Platform
3 27 (21.09%) AWS
4 26 (20.31%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (15.63%) Azure AI
6 18 (14.06%) PowerApps
7 6 (4.69%) GCP
8 5 (3.91%) Amazon S3
8 5 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.91%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (3.91%) GitHub
9 4 (3.13%) Entra ID
10 3 (2.34%) MinIO
11 2 (1.56%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (1.56%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (1.56%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (1.56%) Azure Stack
11 2 (1.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (1.56%) SaaS
12 1 (0.78%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.59%) Firewall
2 9 (7.03%) Wireless
3 8 (6.25%) BGP
3 8 (6.25%) LAN
3 8 (6.25%) MPLS
3 8 (6.25%) OSPF
3 8 (6.25%) SD-WAN
3 8 (6.25%) VPN
3 8 (6.25%) VXLAN
3 8 (6.25%) WAN
4 5 (3.91%) Internet
5 3 (2.34%) MQTT
5 3 (2.34%) Software-Defined Radio
6 1 (0.78%) InfiniBand
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (31.25%) Power BI
2 22 (17.19%) Tableau
3 6 (4.69%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.13%) Oracle Database
4 4 (3.13%) Oracle Database 10g
4 4 (3.13%) Oracle Database 11g
4 4 (3.13%) Oracle Database 12c
4 4 (3.13%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.34%) Airbyte
6 2 (1.56%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.56%) Data Mining
6 2 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.56%) Redis
7 1 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.78%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.78%) Big Data
7 1 (0.78%) DB2
7 1 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.78%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.78%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (14.84%) Git
2 11 (8.59%) GitLab
3 6 (4.69%) Robot Framework
4 5 (3.91%) JIRA
4 5 (3.91%) Selenium
5 3 (2.34%) Jenkins
5 3 (2.34%) Snyk
6 2 (1.56%) TestRail
6 2 (1.56%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.78%) Postman
7 1 (0.78%) SonarQube
General
1 56 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 8 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (4.69%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (3.91%) Multimedia
5 4 (3.13%) Aerospace
5 4 (3.13%) Electronics
6 3 (2.34%) Agriculture
6 3 (2.34%) Aviation
6 3 (2.34%) Finance
6 3 (2.34%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.56%) Marketing
8 1 (0.78%) Games
8 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (22.66%) Analyst
2 24 (18.75%) Consultant
3 20 (15.63%) Data Analyst
3 20 (15.63%) Junior
3 20 (15.63%) Junior Analyst
3 20 (15.63%) Junior Data Analyst
4 18 (14.06%) Senior
5 16 (12.50%) Developer
5 16 (12.50%) Software Engineer
6 12 (9.38%) Principal Consultant
7 10 (7.81%) Python Developer
8 9 (7.03%) Full-Stack Developer
9 8 (6.25%) Cisco Consultant
9 8 (6.25%) Cisco Network Consultant
9 8 (6.25%) Network Consultant
9 8 (6.25%) WAN Consultant
10 7 (5.47%) Full-Stack Python Developer
10 7 (5.47%) React Developer
10 7 (5.47%) Trainee
11 6 (4.69%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.59%) REST
2 10 (7.81%) React
3 8 (6.25%) Kafka
4 7 (5.47%) CSS
4 7 (5.47%) HTML
5 6 (4.69%) ARM Templates
6 3 (2.34%) Apache NiFi
7 2 (1.56%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (1.56%) JSON
7 2 (1.56%) Node.js
7 2 (1.56%) SOAP
7 2 (1.56%) XML
8 1 (0.78%) Django
8 1 (0.78%) FastAPI
8 1 (0.78%) Flask
8 1 (0.78%) PySpark
8 1 (0.78%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.03%) Data Centre
2 6 (4.69%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (3.91%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.13%) Algorithms
4 4 (3.13%) ARM Cortex
4 4 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (3.13%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.13%) Replication
5 3 (2.34%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.34%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.56%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.78%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.78%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.78%) FPGA
7 1 (0.78%) GNSS
7 1 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.78%) PKI
7 1 (0.78%) Robotics
7 1 (0.78%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.03%) Linux
2 4 (3.13%) Windows
3 3 (2.34%) Ubuntu
3 3 (2.34%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.56%) CentOS
4 2 (1.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.78%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (32.03%) Agile
2 40 (31.25%) AI
3 30 (23.44%) Data Science
4 25 (19.53%) Software Engineering
5 24 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
6 22 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (15.63%) Data Analysis
7 20 (15.63%) Decision-Making
8 18 (14.06%) CI/CD
9 15 (11.72%) DevOps
10 14 (10.94%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (10.94%) Technical Architecture
11 13 (10.16%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (10.16%) Infrastructure as Code
11 13 (10.16%) Project Management
12 12 (9.38%) Digital Enablement
12 12 (9.38%) Mentoring
12 12 (9.38%) Visualisation
13 11 (8.59%) Analytics
13 11 (8.59%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 36 (28.13%) SQL
2 18 (14.06%) PowerShell
2 18 (14.06%) VBA
3 16 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 13 (10.16%) Rust
5 10 (7.81%) TypeScript
6 8 (6.25%) Bash
7 6 (4.69%) C#
7 6 (4.69%) C++
7 6 (4.69%) MATLAB
8 5 (3.91%) Java
9 4 (3.13%) Bicep
9 4 (3.13%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (2.34%) C
10 3 (2.34%) R
11 2 (1.56%) Go
11 2 (1.56%) PHP
12 1 (0.78%) VB
Qualifications
1 54 (42.19%) Security Cleared
2 46 (35.94%) SC Cleared
3 35 (27.34%) Degree
4 26 (20.31%) Azure Certification
5 22 (17.19%) Master's Degree
6 12 (9.38%) APMP
6 12 (9.38%) MBA
7 10 (7.81%) DV Cleared
8 8 (6.25%) CCNP
8 8 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (3.91%) AWS Certification
9 5 (3.91%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.56%) CEH
11 2 (1.56%) CompTIA CySA+
11 2 (1.56%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (1.56%) GCIH
11 2 (1.56%) ISTQB
11 2 (1.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.13%) GDPR
3 3 (2.34%) QA
4 2 (1.56%) NIST
System Software
1 16 (12.50%) Docker
2 5 (3.91%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.78%) Ceph
3 1 (0.78%) Firmware
3 1 (0.78%) Lustre
3 1 (0.78%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 20 (15.63%) Ansible
2 18 (14.06%) Terraform
3 14 (10.94%) Kubernetes
4 8 (6.25%) FortiGate
5 7 (5.47%) Grafana
5 7 (5.47%) Prometheus
6 3 (2.34%) Nagios
7 2 (1.56%) Nessus
8 1 (0.78%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.78%) Podman
8 1 (0.78%) Puppet
8 1 (0.78%) WMI
Vendors
1 43 (33.59%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.25%) Cisco
2 8 (6.25%) Fortinet
2 8 (6.25%) Meraki
3 7 (5.47%) Oracle
3 7 (5.47%) Splunk
4 4 (3.13%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (3.13%) SAP
4 4 (3.13%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.13%) VMware
5 3 (2.34%) BiZZdesign
5 3 (2.34%) Black Duck
5 3 (2.34%) Blue Prism
5 3 (2.34%) Coverity
5 3 (2.34%) UiPath
6 2 (1.56%) Databricks
7 1 (0.78%) ANSYS
7 1 (0.78%) IFS
7 1 (0.78%) Keysight
7 1 (0.78%) Tenable