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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 38 18
Rank change year-on-year +6 -20 -7
Permanent jobs citing Python 230 88 351
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 4.30% 4.38% 9.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.14% 18.07% 30.82%
Number of salaries quoted 184 66 234
10th Percentile £48,400 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £53,438 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% -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 694 487 1,139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 12.98% 24.23% 30.98%
Number of salaries quoted 569 350 744
10th Percentile £36,250 £28,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £39,719 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £56,430 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.33% +2.60% -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 2 October 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 2 October 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 +18 56 £62,500 +42.86% 51
Fareham +2 33 £58,750 +80.77% 15
Farnborough -14 33 £63,750 -22.73% 31
Romsey +2 21 £62,500 +66.67% 2
Winchester +4 19 £57,500 +4.55% 6
Portsmouth -9 17 £70,000 +28.68% 26
Andover - 12 £90,000 - 3
Basingstoke -3 6 £46,250 -27.73% 25
Eastleigh +5 4 £65,000 +33.33% 3
Waterlooville - 4 £75,000 - 1
Havant -5 1 £57,500 +4.55% 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 (4.35%) Apache
2 7 (3.04%) Confluence
3 6 (2.61%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.30%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.87%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.43%) IIS
6 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (10.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.35%) Simulink
3 5 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 87 (37.83%) Azure
2 40 (17.39%) AWS
3 29 (12.61%) Power Platform
4 21 (9.13%) Serverless
5 16 (6.96%) Azure AI
6 15 (6.52%) GCP
7 12 (5.22%) GitHub
8 9 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (3.91%) PowerApps
9 8 (3.48%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (3.48%) Azure Functions
9 8 (3.48%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (3.04%) Entra ID
10 7 (3.04%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (2.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 4 (1.74%) Azure Stack
12 4 (1.74%) SaaS
13 3 (1.30%) Amazon S3
13 3 (1.30%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.65%) TCP/IP
1 13 (5.65%) Wireless
2 9 (3.91%) MQTT
3 8 (3.48%) Firewall
4 7 (3.04%) 5G
4 7 (3.04%) Wireshark
5 6 (2.61%) VPN
5 6 (2.61%) WAN
6 5 (2.17%) LAN
7 4 (1.74%) FTP
7 4 (1.74%) HTTP
7 4 (1.74%) Network Security
7 4 (1.74%) SMTP
7 4 (1.74%) Software-Defined Radio
8 2 (0.87%) 3GPP
8 2 (0.87%) ATM
8 2 (0.87%) Internet
9 1 (0.43%) BGP
9 1 (0.43%) DNS
9 1 (0.43%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (11.74%) Power BI
2 13 (5.65%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (3.91%) SQL Server
5 8 (3.48%) Tableau
6 7 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.17%) Star Schema
8 4 (1.74%) Metadata
9 3 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.30%) Power Query
10 2 (0.87%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.87%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.87%) Looker
10 2 (0.87%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.87%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.43%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.43%) MySQL
11 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.43%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 62 (26.96%) Git
2 27 (11.74%) GitLab
3 16 (6.96%) Visual Studio Code
4 13 (5.65%) Jenkins
5 9 (3.91%) JIRA
6 5 (2.17%) CMake
7 4 (1.74%) SonarQube
8 3 (1.30%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.87%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.43%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.43%) ERwin
10 1 (0.43%) Gatling
10 1 (0.43%) GDB
10 1 (0.43%) JMeter
10 1 (0.43%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.43%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.43%) Selenium
10 1 (0.43%) Subversion
General
1 63 (27.39%) Social Skills
2 22 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (7.39%) Organisational Skills
4 15 (6.52%) Finance
5 12 (5.22%) Aerospace
6 10 (4.35%) Electronics
7 6 (2.61%) Aviation
8 5 (2.17%) Advertising
8 5 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.17%) Military
9 3 (1.30%) Automotive
9 3 (1.30%) Police
9 3 (1.30%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.87%) Law
11 1 (0.43%) Billing
11 1 (0.43%) Legal
11 1 (0.43%) Marketing
11 1 (0.43%) Retail
Job Titles
1 88 (38.26%) Software Engineer
2 35 (15.22%) Senior
3 32 (13.91%) Lead
4 29 (12.61%) Analyst
5 21 (9.13%) Senior Software Engineer
6 17 (7.39%) Data Engineer
6 17 (7.39%) Developer
7 15 (6.52%) Principal Engineer
8 12 (5.22%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 12 (5.22%) Embedded Engineer
9 11 (4.78%) Consultant
9 11 (4.78%) Junior
10 10 (4.35%) Data Analyst
10 10 (4.35%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 10 (4.35%) FPGA Engineer
10 10 (4.35%) Lead Software Engineer
11 8 (3.48%) Junior Analyst
11 8 (3.48%) Junior Data Analyst
11 8 (3.48%) Senior Analyst
11 8 (3.48%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (13.48%) Terraform
2 22 (9.57%) React
3 18 (7.83%) JSON
4 16 (6.96%) CSS
4 16 (6.96%) HTML
4 16 (6.96%) XML
5 11 (4.78%) Kafka
6 10 (4.35%) .NET
6 10 (4.35%) ARM Templates
7 7 (3.04%) AngularJS
7 7 (3.04%) Django
7 7 (3.04%) Node.js
7 7 (3.04%) REST
7 7 (3.04%) WebSockets
8 5 (2.17%) gRPC
8 5 (2.17%) PySpark
8 5 (2.17%) YAML
8 5 (2.17%) Yocto
9 4 (1.74%) LDAP
9 4 (1.74%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 47 (20.43%) Algorithms
2 19 (8.26%) Robotics
3 16 (6.96%) FPGA
4 15 (6.52%) Embedded Systems
5 14 (6.09%) Product Ownership
6 13 (5.65%) Data Structures
7 10 (4.35%) Verilog
7 10 (4.35%) VHDL
8 9 (3.91%) Cloud Native
9 8 (3.48%) PCIe
10 6 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.74%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (1.30%) IoT
12 3 (1.30%) Management Information System
12 3 (1.30%) Onboarding
12 3 (1.30%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 2 (0.87%) Low-Code
13 2 (0.87%) MISP
Operating Systems
1 74 (32.17%) Linux
2 32 (13.91%) Windows
3 9 (3.91%) Embedded Linux
4 7 (3.04%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.61%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.74%) CentOS
6 4 (1.74%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.87%) Debian
7 2 (0.87%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (46.52%) Software Engineering
2 80 (34.78%) CI/CD
3 69 (30.00%) AI
4 62 (26.96%) Agile
5 55 (23.91%) DevOps
6 45 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (18.26%) Containerisation
8 39 (16.96%) Computer Science
9 36 (15.65%) Software Architecture
10 28 (12.17%) Test Automation
11 24 (10.43%) Scrum
12 23 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
12 23 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 22 (9.57%) Decision-Making
14 21 (9.13%) SDLC
15 20 (8.70%) DevSecOps
15 20 (8.70%) Machine Learning
16 19 (8.26%) Data Analysis
16 19 (8.26%) Data Engineering
17 18 (7.83%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 87 (37.83%) C++
2 57 (24.78%) SQL
3 46 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 35 (15.22%) C
5 31 (13.48%) C#
6 26 (11.30%) Bash
7 25 (10.87%) Java
8 20 (8.70%) TypeScript
9 19 (8.26%) PowerShell
10 18 (7.83%) Rust
11 17 (7.39%) Go
12 14 (6.09%) MATLAB
13 13 (5.65%) Embedded C++
14 11 (4.78%) PHP
15 9 (3.91%) Embedded C
16 6 (2.61%) VBA
17 4 (1.74%) Perl
18 3 (1.30%) Ada
18 3 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 3 (1.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 105 (45.65%) Security Cleared
2 75 (32.61%) Degree
3 50 (21.74%) SC Cleared
4 33 (14.35%) DV Cleared
5 25 (10.87%) Azure Certification
6 16 (6.96%) Master's Degree
7 10 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.74%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.87%) CEH
9 2 (0.87%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (0.87%) CREST Certified
9 2 (0.87%) HNC
10 1 (0.43%) CCA
10 1 (0.43%) CCNA
10 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.48%) GDPR
2 6 (2.61%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.30%) QA
4 2 (0.87%) ISO 26262
5 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.43%) NIST
System Software
1 60 (26.09%) Docker
2 15 (6.52%) Firmware
3 10 (4.35%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (1.74%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.87%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 2 (0.87%) Xen
6 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 39 (16.96%) Kubernetes
2 27 (11.74%) Ansible
3 10 (4.35%) Grafana
3 10 (4.35%) Prometheus
4 9 (3.91%) Podman
5 7 (3.04%) Puppet
6 4 (1.74%) Docker Swarm
6 4 (1.74%) Nagios
6 4 (1.74%) QRadar
7 2 (0.87%) FlexNet
7 2 (0.87%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.87%) Rancher
7 2 (0.87%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.43%) Cilium
8 1 (0.43%) Istio
8 1 (0.43%) Scalr
Vendors
1 35 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.91%) Oracle
3 8 (3.48%) Splunk
4 4 (1.74%) Databricks
4 4 (1.74%) Google
4 4 (1.74%) NVIDIA
4 4 (1.74%) Tenable
5 2 (0.87%) Atlassian
5 2 (0.87%) Foundry
5 2 (0.87%) NetApp
5 2 (0.87%) Palantir
5 2 (0.87%) Red Hat
5 2 (0.87%) Yahoo!
6 1 (0.43%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.43%) Cisco
6 1 (0.43%) F5
6 1 (0.43%) IBM