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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 33 17
Rank change year-on-year +11 -16 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 243 94 376
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 4.66% 4.75% 10.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.42% 18.84% 32.05%
Number of salaries quoted 188 71 254
10th Percentile £48,750 £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 £79,063 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £85,000
South East median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +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 706 499 1,173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 13.54% 25.23% 31.50%
Number of salaries quoted 579 349 815
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,000 £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 £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 13 September 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 13 September 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 +12 60 £65,000 +52.94% 34
Farnborough -15 33 £63,750 -22.73% 22
Fareham -4 32 £70,000 +115.38% 6
Winchester +9 26 £57,500 +4.55% 3
Romsey +4 21 £62,500 +66.67% 3
Portsmouth -7 17 £70,000 +14.29% 12
Andover - 12 £90,000 - 3
Eastleigh +6 6 £65,000 +33.33% 4
Basingstoke -3 6 £46,250 -31.73% 13
Waterlooville - 4 £75,000 -
Havant -5 1 £57,500 +4.55%
Aldershot - 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 9 (3.70%) Confluence
2 8 (3.29%) Apache
2 8 (3.29%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.82%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.82%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.41%) IIS
4 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (13.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.12%) Simulink
3 5 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 97 (39.92%) Azure
2 41 (16.87%) AWS
3 37 (15.23%) Power Platform
4 28 (11.52%) Azure AI
5 22 (9.05%) Serverless
6 15 (6.17%) GCP
7 11 (4.53%) GitHub
7 11 (4.53%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (4.53%) PowerApps
8 8 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (3.29%) Azure Functions
8 8 (3.29%) Azure Monitor
8 8 (3.29%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.47%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (1.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (1.65%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (1.65%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.65%) Azure Stack
10 4 (1.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (1.65%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.76%) Wireless
2 12 (4.94%) TCP/IP
3 9 (3.70%) MQTT
4 8 (3.29%) Firewall
5 7 (2.88%) 5G
6 6 (2.47%) VPN
6 6 (2.47%) WAN
6 6 (2.47%) Wireshark
7 5 (2.06%) LAN
8 4 (1.65%) FTP
8 4 (1.65%) HTTP
8 4 (1.65%) Network Security
8 4 (1.65%) SMTP
9 3 (1.23%) Software-Defined Radio
10 2 (0.82%) 3GPP
10 2 (0.82%) ATM
10 2 (0.82%) Internet
11 1 (0.41%) BGP
11 1 (0.41%) Broadband
11 1 (0.41%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (14.40%) Power BI
2 16 (6.58%) Tableau
3 14 (5.76%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (4.53%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (3.70%) SQL Server
6 6 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.65%) Star Schema
8 3 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.23%) Metadata
9 2 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.82%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.82%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.82%) Looker
9 2 (0.82%) Power Query
9 2 (0.82%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.41%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.41%) MySQL
10 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 61 (25.10%) Git
2 26 (10.70%) GitLab
3 16 (6.58%) Visual Studio Code
4 12 (4.94%) Jenkins
5 11 (4.53%) JIRA
6 5 (2.06%) CMake
7 4 (1.65%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.82%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.82%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.41%) Gatling
9 1 (0.41%) GDB
9 1 (0.41%) JMeter
9 1 (0.41%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.41%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.41%) Selenium
9 1 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 75 (30.86%) Social Skills
2 19 (7.82%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (7.00%) Finance
5 12 (4.94%) Electronics
6 11 (4.53%) Aerospace
7 5 (2.06%) Automotive
7 5 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.65%) Advertising
8 4 (1.65%) Aviation
8 4 (1.65%) Military
9 3 (1.23%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.82%) Law
10 2 (0.82%) Legal
10 2 (0.82%) Police
11 1 (0.41%) Billing
11 1 (0.41%) Games
11 1 (0.41%) Marketing
11 1 (0.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 91 (37.45%) Software Engineer
2 37 (15.23%) Analyst
3 36 (14.81%) Senior
4 33 (13.58%) Lead
5 21 (8.64%) Senior Software Engineer
6 19 (7.82%) Junior
7 18 (7.41%) Data Analyst
7 18 (7.41%) Principal Engineer
8 17 (7.00%) Data Engineer
9 16 (6.58%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 16 (6.58%) Junior Analyst
9 16 (6.58%) Junior Data Analyst
10 15 (6.17%) Developer
11 13 (5.35%) Embedded Engineer
12 12 (4.94%) Consultant
13 11 (4.53%) Principal Software Engineer
14 10 (4.12%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 10 (4.12%) Senior Analyst
15 9 (3.70%) Lead Software Engineer
15 9 (3.70%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (12.35%) Terraform
2 21 (8.64%) React
3 16 (6.58%) JSON
4 14 (5.76%) CSS
4 14 (5.76%) HTML
4 14 (5.76%) XML
5 11 (4.53%) Kafka
6 9 (3.70%) .NET
6 9 (3.70%) ARM Templates
7 8 (3.29%) REST
8 6 (2.47%) AngularJS
8 6 (2.47%) Django
8 6 (2.47%) Node.js
8 6 (2.47%) WebSockets
8 6 (2.47%) YAML
9 5 (2.06%) gRPC
9 5 (2.06%) Yocto
10 4 (1.65%) OpenTelemetry
10 4 (1.65%) Protocol Buffers
10 4 (1.65%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 47 (19.34%) Algorithms
2 17 (7.00%) Robotics
3 16 (6.58%) Product Ownership
4 15 (6.17%) Embedded Systems
5 14 (5.76%) FPGA
6 12 (4.94%) Data Structures
7 9 (3.70%) Cloud Native
7 9 (3.70%) Verilog
7 9 (3.70%) VHDL
8 8 (3.29%) PCIe
9 6 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (2.06%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.65%) ASIC
11 4 (1.65%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (1.23%) IoT
12 3 (1.23%) Low-Code
12 3 (1.23%) Management Information System
12 3 (1.23%) Onboarding
12 3 (1.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 71 (29.22%) Linux
2 29 (11.93%) Windows
3 9 (3.70%) Embedded Linux
4 7 (2.88%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.47%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.65%) CentOS
6 4 (1.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.82%) Debian
7 2 (0.82%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (45.27%) Software Engineering
2 80 (32.92%) AI
3 79 (32.51%) CI/CD
4 64 (26.34%) Agile
5 53 (21.81%) DevOps
6 45 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (16.87%) Containerisation
8 38 (15.64%) Computer Science
9 35 (14.40%) Software Architecture
10 29 (11.93%) Business Intelligence
11 28 (11.52%) Test Automation
12 24 (9.88%) Continuous Improvement
13 23 (9.47%) Decision-Making
14 22 (9.05%) Scrum
15 21 (8.64%) Machine Learning
15 21 (8.64%) SDLC
15 21 (8.64%) Validation
16 20 (8.23%) Data Analysis
16 20 (8.23%) DevSecOps
17 19 (7.82%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 84 (34.57%) C++
2 63 (25.93%) SQL
3 44 (18.11%) JavaScript
4 34 (13.99%) C
5 31 (12.76%) C#
6 26 (10.70%) Bash
7 25 (10.29%) Java
8 20 (8.23%) TypeScript
9 19 (7.82%) PowerShell
10 18 (7.41%) Go
10 18 (7.41%) Rust
11 13 (5.35%) Embedded C++
11 13 (5.35%) MATLAB
12 10 (4.12%) PHP
13 9 (3.70%) Embedded C
14 8 (3.29%) VBA
15 4 (1.65%) Perl
16 3 (1.23%) Ada
17 2 (0.82%) Shell Script
17 2 (0.82%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 103 (42.39%) Security Cleared
2 75 (30.86%) Degree
3 51 (20.99%) SC Cleared
4 37 (15.23%) Azure Certification
5 31 (12.76%) DV Cleared
6 20 (8.23%) Master's Degree
7 10 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.65%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.82%) CEH
10 2 (0.82%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (0.82%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.82%) HNC
11 1 (0.41%) CCA
11 1 (0.41%) CCNA
11 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.29%) GDPR
2 4 (1.65%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.65%) ISO 26262
2 4 (1.65%) QA
3 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.41%) NIST
System Software
1 60 (24.69%) Docker
2 16 (6.58%) Firmware
3 10 (4.12%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (1.65%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.82%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 2 (0.82%) Xen
6 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (15.64%) Kubernetes
2 26 (10.70%) Ansible
3 11 (4.53%) Grafana
3 11 (4.53%) Prometheus
4 9 (3.70%) Podman
5 7 (2.88%) Puppet
6 4 (1.65%) Docker Swarm
6 4 (1.65%) Functional Safety
6 4 (1.65%) Nagios
6 4 (1.65%) QRadar
7 2 (0.82%) FlexNet
7 2 (0.82%) Rancher
7 2 (0.82%) Scalr
7 2 (0.82%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.41%) Cilium
8 1 (0.41%) Istio
Vendors
1 42 (17.28%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.70%) Oracle
3 8 (3.29%) Splunk
4 4 (1.65%) Google
4 4 (1.65%) NVIDIA
4 4 (1.65%) Tenable
5 2 (0.82%) Atlassian
5 2 (0.82%) Databricks
5 2 (0.82%) Foundry
5 2 (0.82%) NetApp
5 2 (0.82%) Palantir
5 2 (0.82%) Red Hat
5 2 (0.82%) Yahoo!
6 1 (0.41%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.41%) Cisco
6 1 (0.41%) F5
6 1 (0.41%) IBM