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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 38 20
Rank change year-on-year +8 -18 -9
Permanent jobs citing Python 222 90 340
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 4.15% 4.41% 9.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.13% 18.79% 30.71%
Number of salaries quoted 177 67 226
10th Percentile £48,750 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £42,500 £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 £57,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% +0.88% -5.00%

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 670 479 1,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 12.52% 23.48% 30.94%
Number of salaries quoted 548 346 722
10th Percentile £36,250 £28,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £39,156 £42,788
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £69,688 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 11 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 11 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 +12 52 £70,000 +60.00% 45
Fareham -4 34 £55,000 +69.23% 16
Farnborough -16 33 £63,750 -22.73% 25
Romsey +3 21 £62,500 +66.67% 1
Portsmouth -7 17 £70,000 +28.85% 23
Winchester +3 16 £57,500 +4.55% 5
Andover - 12 £90,000 - 4
Basingstoke -7 5 £40,000 -37.50% 24
Waterlooville - 4 £75,000 - 1
Eastleigh +5 3 - - 4
Havant -5 1 £57,500 +4.55% 1
Southsea - 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 10 (4.50%) Apache
2 5 (2.25%) Confluence
2 5 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.35%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.90%) Palantir Foundry
5 1 (0.45%) IIS
5 1 (0.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (10.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.50%) Simulink
3 6 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Odoo
1 1 (0.45%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 83 (37.39%) Azure
2 38 (17.12%) AWS
3 26 (11.71%) Power Platform
4 19 (8.56%) Serverless
5 16 (7.21%) GCP
6 12 (5.41%) Azure AI
6 12 (5.41%) GitHub
7 8 (3.60%) Azure Functions
7 8 (3.60%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (3.15%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (3.15%) PowerApps
9 6 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (2.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (2.70%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.80%) Azure Stack
10 4 (1.80%) SaaS
11 3 (1.35%) Google Sheets
11 3 (1.35%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.86%) TCP/IP
2 11 (4.95%) Wireless
3 9 (4.05%) MQTT
4 8 (3.60%) 5G
4 8 (3.60%) Firewall
5 7 (3.15%) Wireshark
6 6 (2.70%) VPN
6 6 (2.70%) WAN
7 5 (2.25%) LAN
8 4 (1.80%) FTP
8 4 (1.80%) HTTP
8 4 (1.80%) Network Security
8 4 (1.80%) SMTP
8 4 (1.80%) Software-Defined Radio
9 2 (0.90%) 3GPP
9 2 (0.90%) ATM
9 2 (0.90%) Internet
10 1 (0.45%) BGP
10 1 (0.45%) DNS
10 1 (0.45%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (10.81%) Power BI
2 12 (5.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (4.05%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (4.05%) SQL Server
4 7 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.70%) Star Schema
5 6 (2.70%) Tableau
6 5 (2.25%) Metadata
7 4 (1.80%) Power Query
8 3 (1.35%) BigQuery
8 3 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.90%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.90%) Looker
9 2 (0.90%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.45%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.45%) MySQL
10 1 (0.45%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.45%) Parquet
10 1 (0.45%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 58 (26.13%) Git
2 24 (10.81%) GitLab
3 13 (5.86%) Jenkins
3 13 (5.86%) Visual Studio Code
4 7 (3.15%) JIRA
5 5 (2.25%) CMake
6 4 (1.80%) SonarQube
7 3 (1.35%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.90%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.90%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.45%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.45%) ERwin
9 1 (0.45%) Gatling
9 1 (0.45%) GDB
9 1 (0.45%) JMeter
9 1 (0.45%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.45%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.45%) Selenium
9 1 (0.45%) Subversion
General
1 60 (27.03%) Social Skills
2 24 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (7.21%) Organisational Skills
4 14 (6.31%) Finance
5 13 (5.86%) Aerospace
6 9 (4.05%) Electronics
7 7 (3.15%) Aviation
8 6 (2.70%) Advertising
9 5 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.25%) Military
10 3 (1.35%) Marketing
10 3 (1.35%) Police
10 3 (1.35%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.90%) Automotive
11 2 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.90%) Law
11 2 (0.90%) Retail
12 1 (0.45%) Aeronautics
12 1 (0.45%) Brand Awareness
12 1 (0.45%) Cyber-Physical System
Job Titles
1 84 (37.84%) Software Engineer
2 34 (15.32%) Senior
3 32 (14.41%) Lead
4 28 (12.61%) Analyst
5 20 (9.01%) Senior Software Engineer
6 17 (7.66%) Developer
7 16 (7.21%) Data Engineer
8 14 (6.31%) Principal Engineer
9 12 (5.41%) Embedded Engineer
10 10 (4.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 10 (4.50%) Consultant
10 10 (4.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 10 (4.50%) FPGA Engineer
10 10 (4.50%) Lead Software Engineer
11 9 (4.05%) Junior
12 8 (3.60%) Data Analyst
12 8 (3.60%) Lead Data Engineer
12 8 (3.60%) Software Developer
12 8 (3.60%) Systems Engineer
13 7 (3.15%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (13.51%) Terraform
2 22 (9.91%) React
3 17 (7.66%) JSON
4 16 (7.21%) CSS
4 16 (7.21%) HTML
4 16 (7.21%) XML
5 11 (4.95%) Kafka
6 10 (4.50%) .NET
6 10 (4.50%) ARM Templates
7 7 (3.15%) AngularJS
7 7 (3.15%) Django
7 7 (3.15%) Node.js
7 7 (3.15%) WebSockets
8 6 (2.70%) PySpark
8 6 (2.70%) REST
9 5 (2.25%) gRPC
9 5 (2.25%) Yocto
10 4 (1.80%) GraphQL
10 4 (1.80%) LDAP
10 4 (1.80%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 45 (20.27%) Algorithms
2 21 (9.46%) Robotics
3 17 (7.66%) FPGA
4 15 (6.76%) Embedded Systems
5 14 (6.31%) Product Ownership
6 13 (5.86%) Data Structures
7 11 (4.95%) Verilog
8 10 (4.50%) VHDL
9 9 (4.05%) Cloud Native
9 9 (4.05%) PCIe
10 5 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.80%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.80%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (1.35%) IoT
12 3 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (1.35%) Onboarding
12 3 (1.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 2 (0.90%) Low-Code
13 2 (0.90%) MISP
Operating Systems
1 72 (32.43%) Linux
2 32 (14.41%) Windows
3 9 (4.05%) Embedded Linux
4 7 (3.15%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.70%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.80%) CentOS
6 4 (1.80%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.90%) Debian
7 2 (0.90%) Rocky
8 1 (0.45%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (46.85%) Software Engineering
2 76 (34.23%) CI/CD
3 65 (29.28%) AI
4 59 (26.58%) Agile
5 52 (23.42%) DevOps
6 44 (19.82%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (18.92%) Containerisation
8 36 (16.22%) Computer Science
9 33 (14.86%) Software Architecture
10 29 (13.06%) Test Automation
11 24 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (9.91%) Business Intelligence
12 22 (9.91%) Decision-Making
13 21 (9.46%) Scrum
13 21 (9.46%) SDLC
14 20 (9.01%) DevSecOps
14 20 (9.01%) Machine Learning
15 19 (8.56%) Data Engineering
16 18 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
16 18 (8.11%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 87 (39.19%) C++
2 55 (24.77%) SQL
3 46 (20.72%) JavaScript
4 36 (16.22%) C
5 28 (12.61%) C#
6 25 (11.26%) Bash
6 25 (11.26%) Java
7 20 (9.01%) TypeScript
8 18 (8.11%) PowerShell
8 18 (8.11%) Rust
9 17 (7.66%) Go
10 14 (6.31%) MATLAB
11 13 (5.86%) Embedded C++
12 11 (4.95%) PHP
13 9 (4.05%) Embedded C
14 5 (2.25%) VBA
15 4 (1.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (1.80%) Perl
15 4 (1.80%) T-SQL
16 3 (1.35%) Ada
Qualifications
1 103 (46.40%) Security Cleared
2 71 (31.98%) Degree
3 47 (21.17%) SC Cleared
4 33 (14.86%) DV Cleared
5 21 (9.46%) Azure Certification
6 11 (4.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (4.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (4.50%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.80%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (1.35%) HNC
10 2 (0.90%) CEH
10 2 (0.90%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (0.90%) CREST Certified
11 1 (0.45%) CCA
11 1 (0.45%) CCNA
11 1 (0.45%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.60%) GDPR
2 7 (3.15%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.35%) QA
4 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.45%) NIST
System Software
1 57 (25.68%) Docker
2 15 (6.76%) Firmware
3 10 (4.50%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (1.80%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.90%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 2 (0.90%) Xen
6 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 39 (17.57%) Kubernetes
2 27 (12.16%) Ansible
3 9 (4.05%) Grafana
3 9 (4.05%) Podman
3 9 (4.05%) Prometheus
4 7 (3.15%) Puppet
5 4 (1.80%) Docker Swarm
5 4 (1.80%) Nagios
5 4 (1.80%) QRadar
6 2 (0.90%) FlexNet
6 2 (0.90%) Rancher
6 2 (0.90%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.45%) Cilium
7 1 (0.45%) Istio
Vendors
1 34 (15.32%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.05%) Oracle
3 8 (3.60%) Splunk
4 5 (2.25%) Google
5 4 (1.80%) Databricks
5 4 (1.80%) NVIDIA
5 4 (1.80%) Tenable
6 2 (0.90%) Atlassian
6 2 (0.90%) Foundry
6 2 (0.90%) NetApp
6 2 (0.90%) Palantir
6 2 (0.90%) Red Hat
6 2 (0.90%) Yahoo!
7 1 (0.45%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.45%) Cisco
7 1 (0.45%) EMC
7 1 (0.45%) F5
7 1 (0.45%) IBM
7 1 (0.45%) Xilinx