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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 21 14
Rank change year-on-year -14 -7 +14
Permanent jobs citing Python 102 221 271
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 4.05% 8.69% 11.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category 27.27% 30.91% 30.04%
Number of salaries quoted 76 152 194
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £49,688 £49,688 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £75,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +22.95% -4.31%
75th Percentile £78,500 £82,500 £76,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £90,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.40% +13.91% -4.17%

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 374 715 902
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 14.84% 28.11% 36.62%
Number of salaries quoted 318 480 756
10th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,313 £69,063
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 25 January 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 25 January 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 +10 25 £63,750 +50.00% 20
Portsmouth -1 22 £70,000 +40.00% 26
Winchester +9 12 £52,500 -16.00% 8
Basingstoke -22 8 £71,250 -5.00% 26
Alton - 7 £50,000 -
Farnborough -11 5 £73,750 +104.86% 12
Hook - 2 - - 2
Fareham -14 1 £55,000 -12.00% 8
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 15 (14.71%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.94%) Apache
2 3 (2.94%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (2.94%) Appian
3 2 (1.96%) Apache Qpid
4 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.98%) WordPress
Applications
1 31 (30.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.98%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.98%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 38 (37.25%) Azure
2 35 (34.31%) Power Platform
3 23 (22.55%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (20.59%) AWS
5 15 (14.71%) PowerApps
6 12 (11.76%) Azure AI
7 5 (4.90%) Amazon S3
7 5 (4.90%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (4.90%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (4.90%) GitHub
8 4 (3.92%) Entra ID
9 3 (2.94%) MinIO
10 2 (1.96%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (1.96%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (1.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.96%) GCP
11 1 (0.98%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.98%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.98%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.80%) Firewall
2 8 (7.84%) Wireless
3 7 (6.86%) BGP
3 7 (6.86%) LAN
3 7 (6.86%) MPLS
3 7 (6.86%) OSPF
3 7 (6.86%) SD-WAN
3 7 (6.86%) VPN
3 7 (6.86%) VXLAN
3 7 (6.86%) WAN
4 5 (4.90%) Internet
5 2 (1.96%) InfiniBand
5 2 (1.96%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (31.37%) Power BI
2 15 (14.71%) Tableau
3 6 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.92%) Oracle Database
4 4 (3.92%) Oracle Database 10g
4 4 (3.92%) Oracle Database 11g
4 4 (3.92%) Oracle Database 12c
4 4 (3.92%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.94%) Airbyte
6 2 (1.96%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.96%) Data Mining
6 2 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.96%) Redis
7 1 (0.98%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.98%) Big Data
7 1 (0.98%) DB2
7 1 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.98%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 13 (12.75%) Git
2 6 (5.88%) Robot Framework
3 5 (4.90%) Selenium
4 4 (3.92%) GitLab
5 3 (2.94%) Jenkins
5 3 (2.94%) JIRA
5 3 (2.94%) Snyk
6 2 (1.96%) TestRail
7 1 (0.98%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 42 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 6 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (4.90%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (4.90%) Multimedia
4 4 (3.92%) Aerospace
4 4 (3.92%) Electronics
4 4 (3.92%) Finance
5 3 (2.94%) Agriculture
6 2 (1.96%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.96%) Marketing
6 2 (1.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (23.53%) Analyst
2 20 (19.61%) Consultant
3 17 (16.67%) Senior
4 13 (12.75%) Data Analyst
5 12 (11.76%) Junior
5 12 (11.76%) Junior Analyst
5 12 (11.76%) Junior Data Analyst
6 11 (10.78%) Software Engineer
7 10 (9.80%) Developer
8 9 (8.82%) Principal Consultant
9 8 (7.84%) Full-Stack Developer
10 7 (6.86%) Cisco Consultant
10 7 (6.86%) Cisco Network Consultant
10 7 (6.86%) Network Consultant
10 7 (6.86%) Trainee
10 7 (6.86%) WAN Consultant
11 6 (5.88%) Data Engineer
11 6 (5.88%) Full-Stack Python Developer
11 6 (5.88%) Python Developer
11 6 (5.88%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.82%) React
2 8 (7.84%) REST
3 6 (5.88%) CSS
3 6 (5.88%) HTML
4 5 (4.90%) Kafka
5 4 (3.92%) ARM Templates
6 3 (2.94%) Apache NiFi
7 2 (1.96%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (1.96%) Node.js
8 1 (0.98%) Django
8 1 (0.98%) FastAPI
8 1 (0.98%) Flask
8 1 (0.98%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.82%) Data Centre
2 6 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (3.92%) ARM Cortex
3 4 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (3.92%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.92%) Replication
4 3 (2.94%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.94%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.96%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.96%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.96%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.96%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.98%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.98%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.98%) FPGA
6 1 (0.98%) GNSS
6 1 (0.98%) PKI
6 1 (0.98%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.90%) Linux
2 2 (1.96%) Windows
3 1 (0.98%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.98%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.98%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (31.37%) AI
2 30 (29.41%) Agile
3 26 (25.49%) Data Science
4 19 (18.63%) Business Intelligence
4 19 (18.63%) Software Engineering
5 18 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (16.67%) Data Analysis
6 17 (16.67%) Decision-Making
7 12 (11.76%) Analytics
8 11 (10.78%) CI/CD
8 11 (10.78%) Technical Architecture
9 10 (9.80%) Cybersecurity
9 10 (9.80%) DevOps
9 10 (9.80%) Infrastructure as Code
9 10 (9.80%) Mentoring
9 10 (9.80%) Project Management
9 10 (9.80%) Visualisation
10 9 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (8.82%) Machine Learning
10 9 (8.82%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 29 (28.43%) SQL
2 16 (15.69%) PowerShell
3 15 (14.71%) VBA
4 14 (13.73%) JavaScript
5 9 (8.82%) Rust
6 8 (7.84%) TypeScript
7 7 (6.86%) Bash
8 5 (4.90%) MATLAB
9 4 (3.92%) Bicep
9 4 (3.92%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (2.94%) C++
10 3 (2.94%) R
11 2 (1.96%) Java
12 1 (0.98%) C
12 1 (0.98%) C#
12 1 (0.98%) Go
12 1 (0.98%) VB
Qualifications
1 41 (40.20%) Security Cleared
2 35 (34.31%) SC Cleared
3 29 (28.43%) Degree
4 18 (17.65%) Azure Certification
5 17 (16.67%) Master's Degree
6 10 (9.80%) DV Cleared
7 9 (8.82%) APMP
7 9 (8.82%) MBA
8 7 (6.86%) CCNP
8 7 (6.86%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (4.90%) AWS Certification
9 5 (4.90%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 5 (4.90%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (3.92%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.96%) CEH
11 2 (1.96%) CompTIA CySA+
11 2 (1.96%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (1.96%) GCIH
11 2 (1.96%) ISTQB
11 2 (1.96%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.92%) GDPR
3 2 (1.96%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (8.82%) Docker
2 5 (4.90%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.96%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.98%) Ceph
4 1 (0.98%) Firmware
4 1 (0.98%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 14 (13.73%) Ansible
2 12 (11.76%) Terraform
3 8 (7.84%) Kubernetes
4 7 (6.86%) FortiGate
5 3 (2.94%) Grafana
5 3 (2.94%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.96%) Nessus
7 1 (0.98%) Nagios
7 1 (0.98%) WMI
Vendors
1 34 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.86%) Cisco
2 7 (6.86%) Fortinet
2 7 (6.86%) Meraki
3 6 (5.88%) Oracle
4 5 (4.90%) Splunk
5 4 (3.92%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (3.92%) SAP
5 4 (3.92%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.92%) VMware
6 3 (2.94%) BiZZdesign
6 3 (2.94%) Black Duck
6 3 (2.94%) Blue Prism
6 3 (2.94%) Coverity
6 3 (2.94%) UiPath
7 2 (1.96%) Databricks
8 1 (0.98%) ANSYS
8 1 (0.98%) Google
8 1 (0.98%) Keysight