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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 33 17
Rank change year-on-year +8 -16 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 245 94 370
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 4.62% 4.77% 9.92%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.51% 18.65% 31.71%
Number of salaries quoted 189 71 254
10th Percentile £48,650 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £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 710 504 1,167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 13.38% 25.58% 31.30%
Number of salaries quoted 581 359 795
10th Percentile £36,250 £29,950 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £70,000
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 20 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 20 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 +16 62 £62,500 +38.89% 47
Fareham 0 34 £62,500 +92.31% 12
Farnborough -14 33 £63,750 -22.73% 27
Winchester +6 25 £57,500 +4.55% 3
Romsey +1 21 £62,500 +66.67% 8
Portsmouth -10 17 £70,000 +14.29% 19
Andover - 12 £90,000 - 2
Basingstoke -6 6 £46,250 -31.73% 21
Eastleigh +6 5 £65,000 +33.33% 5
Waterlooville - 4 £75,000 - 1
Havant -6 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 (4.08%) Apache
2 8 (3.27%) Confluence
3 7 (2.86%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.22%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.82%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.41%) IIS
6 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 31 (12.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.08%) Simulink
3 5 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 98 (40.00%) Azure
2 41 (16.73%) AWS
3 36 (14.69%) Power Platform
4 26 (10.61%) Azure AI
5 22 (8.98%) Serverless
6 15 (6.12%) GCP
7 12 (4.90%) GitHub
8 10 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (4.08%) PowerApps
9 9 (3.67%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (3.27%) Azure Functions
10 8 (3.27%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (3.27%) Entra ID
11 7 (2.86%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (2.04%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (2.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (1.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 4 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (1.63%) Azure Stack
13 4 (1.63%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.71%) Wireless
2 13 (5.31%) TCP/IP
3 9 (3.67%) MQTT
4 8 (3.27%) Firewall
5 7 (2.86%) 5G
5 7 (2.86%) Wireshark
6 6 (2.45%) VPN
6 6 (2.45%) WAN
7 5 (2.04%) LAN
8 4 (1.63%) FTP
8 4 (1.63%) HTTP
8 4 (1.63%) Network Security
8 4 (1.63%) SMTP
8 4 (1.63%) Software-Defined Radio
9 2 (0.82%) 3GPP
9 2 (0.82%) ATM
9 2 (0.82%) Internet
10 1 (0.41%) BGP
10 1 (0.41%) DNS
10 1 (0.41%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (13.88%) Power BI
2 14 (5.71%) Azure SQL Database
2 14 (5.71%) Tableau
3 10 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (3.67%) SQL Server
5 7 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.04%) Star Schema
7 4 (1.63%) Metadata
8 3 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.22%) Power Query
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%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.41%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.41%) MySQL
10 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.41%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 62 (25.31%) Git
2 27 (11.02%) GitLab
3 16 (6.53%) Visual Studio Code
4 13 (5.31%) Jenkins
5 10 (4.08%) JIRA
6 5 (2.04%) CMake
7 4 (1.63%) SonarQube
8 3 (1.22%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.82%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.41%) Gatling
10 1 (0.41%) GDB
10 1 (0.41%) JMeter
10 1 (0.41%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.41%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.41%) Selenium
10 1 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 73 (29.80%) Social Skills
2 21 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (7.35%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (6.94%) Finance
5 12 (4.90%) Aerospace
6 11 (4.49%) Electronics
7 6 (2.45%) Aviation
8 5 (2.04%) Advertising
8 5 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.04%) Military
9 4 (1.63%) Automotive
10 3 (1.22%) Police
10 3 (1.22%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.82%) Law
11 2 (0.82%) Legal
12 1 (0.41%) Billing
12 1 (0.41%) Marketing
12 1 (0.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 91 (37.14%) Software Engineer
2 36 (14.69%) Analyst
3 35 (14.29%) Senior
4 33 (13.47%) Lead
5 21 (8.57%) Senior Software Engineer
6 18 (7.35%) Principal Engineer
7 17 (6.94%) Data Engineer
7 17 (6.94%) Junior
8 16 (6.53%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 16 (6.53%) Data Analyst
8 16 (6.53%) Developer
9 14 (5.71%) Junior Analyst
9 14 (5.71%) Junior Data Analyst
10 13 (5.31%) Embedded Engineer
11 12 (4.90%) Consultant
12 10 (4.08%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 10 (4.08%) FPGA Engineer
12 10 (4.08%) Lead Software Engineer
12 10 (4.08%) Principal Software Engineer
13 9 (3.67%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (12.65%) Terraform
2 22 (8.98%) React
3 18 (7.35%) JSON
4 16 (6.53%) CSS
4 16 (6.53%) HTML
4 16 (6.53%) XML
5 11 (4.49%) Kafka
6 10 (4.08%) .NET
6 10 (4.08%) ARM Templates
7 7 (2.86%) AngularJS
7 7 (2.86%) Django
7 7 (2.86%) Node.js
7 7 (2.86%) REST
7 7 (2.86%) WebSockets
8 6 (2.45%) YAML
9 5 (2.04%) gRPC
9 5 (2.04%) PySpark
9 5 (2.04%) Yocto
10 4 (1.63%) OpenTelemetry
10 4 (1.63%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 47 (19.18%) Algorithms
2 19 (7.76%) Robotics
3 16 (6.53%) Embedded Systems
3 16 (6.53%) FPGA
4 15 (6.12%) Product Ownership
5 12 (4.90%) Data Structures
6 10 (4.08%) Verilog
6 10 (4.08%) VHDL
7 9 (3.67%) Cloud Native
8 8 (3.27%) PCIe
9 6 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (2.04%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.63%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (1.22%) ASIC
12 3 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (1.22%) IoT
12 3 (1.22%) Management Information System
12 3 (1.22%) Onboarding
12 3 (1.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 2 (0.82%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 74 (30.20%) Linux
2 32 (13.06%) Windows
3 9 (3.67%) Embedded Linux
4 7 (2.86%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.45%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.63%) CentOS
6 4 (1.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.82%) Debian
7 2 (0.82%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (44.90%) Software Engineering
2 81 (33.06%) CI/CD
3 79 (32.24%) AI
4 65 (26.53%) Agile
5 55 (22.45%) DevOps
6 46 (18.78%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (17.14%) Containerisation
8 39 (15.92%) Computer Science
9 36 (14.69%) Software Architecture
10 29 (11.84%) Business Intelligence
11 28 (11.43%) Test Automation
12 24 (9.80%) Scrum
13 23 (9.39%) Continuous Improvement
13 23 (9.39%) Decision-Making
14 21 (8.57%) SDLC
15 20 (8.16%) Data Analysis
15 20 (8.16%) DevSecOps
15 20 (8.16%) Machine Learning
16 19 (7.76%) Data Science
16 19 (7.76%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 87 (35.51%) C++
2 63 (25.71%) SQL
3 46 (18.78%) JavaScript
4 35 (14.29%) C
5 31 (12.65%) C#
6 27 (11.02%) Bash
7 25 (10.20%) Java
8 20 (8.16%) PowerShell
8 20 (8.16%) TypeScript
9 18 (7.35%) Rust
10 17 (6.94%) Go
11 14 (5.71%) MATLAB
12 13 (5.31%) Embedded C++
13 11 (4.49%) PHP
14 9 (3.67%) Embedded C
15 7 (2.86%) VBA
16 4 (1.63%) Perl
17 3 (1.22%) Ada
17 3 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 3 (1.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 106 (43.27%) Security Cleared
2 77 (31.43%) Degree
3 51 (20.82%) SC Cleared
4 35 (14.29%) Azure Certification
5 33 (13.47%) DV Cleared
6 18 (7.35%) Master's Degree
7 10 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.82%) CEH
9 2 (0.82%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (0.82%) CREST Certified
9 2 (0.82%) HNC
10 1 (0.41%) CCA
10 1 (0.41%) CCNA
10 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.27%) GDPR
2 5 (2.04%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.22%) ISO 26262
3 3 (1.22%) QA
4 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.41%) NIST
System Software
1 61 (24.90%) Docker
2 16 (6.53%) Firmware
3 10 (4.08%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (1.63%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.82%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 2 (0.82%) Xen
6 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 39 (15.92%) Kubernetes
2 27 (11.02%) Ansible
3 11 (4.49%) Grafana
3 11 (4.49%) Prometheus
4 9 (3.67%) Podman
5 7 (2.86%) Puppet
6 4 (1.63%) Docker Swarm
6 4 (1.63%) Nagios
6 4 (1.63%) QRadar
7 3 (1.22%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.82%) FlexNet
8 2 (0.82%) Rancher
8 2 (0.82%) Scalr
8 2 (0.82%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.41%) Cilium
9 1 (0.41%) Istio
Vendors
1 41 (16.73%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.67%) Oracle
3 8 (3.27%) Splunk
4 4 (1.63%) Google
4 4 (1.63%) NVIDIA
4 4 (1.63%) Tenable
5 3 (1.22%) Databricks
6 2 (0.82%) Atlassian
6 2 (0.82%) Foundry
6 2 (0.82%) NetApp
6 2 (0.82%) Palantir
6 2 (0.82%) Red Hat
6 2 (0.82%) Yahoo!
7 1 (0.41%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.41%) Cisco
7 1 (0.41%) F5
7 1 (0.41%) IBM