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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 32 18
Rank change year-on-year +11 -14 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 252 106 374
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 5.28% 5.42% 9.87%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.59% 21.12% 31.19%
Number of salaries quoted 192 82 265
10th Percentile £48,250 £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% - -
75th Percentile £77,813 £73,063 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 708 502 1,199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 14.83% 25.68% 31.64%
Number of salaries quoted 576 358 901
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,875 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,500 £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 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,500 £78,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -5.17%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 +14 68 £65,000 +44.44% 21
Farnborough -9 33 £65,000 +7.88% 12
Fareham -7 32 £70,000 +115.38% 7
Winchester - 30 £57,500 - 2
Romsey +1 19 £72,500 +93.33% 4
Portsmouth -1 19 £63,750 +6.25% 12
Andover - 8 £90,000 - 1
Eastleigh +6 7 £65,000 +33.33% 4
Basingstoke -6 6 £46,250 -43.08% 11
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 10 (3.97%) Confluence
2 9 (3.57%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.17%) Apache
4 2 (0.79%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.79%) Palantir Foundry
4 2 (0.79%) WordPress
Applications
1 43 (17.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.57%) Simulink
3 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 105 (41.67%) Azure
2 44 (17.46%) AWS
2 44 (17.46%) Power Platform
3 36 (14.29%) Azure AI
4 23 (9.13%) Serverless
5 16 (6.35%) GCP
6 12 (4.76%) GitHub
6 12 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (4.76%) PowerApps
7 10 (3.97%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (3.57%) Entra ID
9 8 (3.17%) Azure Functions
9 8 (3.17%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (1.98%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.98%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (1.98%) Azure Stack
11 5 (1.98%) Datadog
12 3 (1.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.16%) TCP/IP
2 11 (4.37%) Wireless
3 10 (3.97%) MQTT
4 8 (3.17%) Firewall
5 6 (2.38%) 5G
5 6 (2.38%) VPN
5 6 (2.38%) WAN
5 6 (2.38%) Wireshark
6 5 (1.98%) LAN
7 4 (1.59%) FTP
7 4 (1.59%) HTTP
7 4 (1.59%) Network Security
7 4 (1.59%) SMTP
8 3 (1.19%) Internet
9 2 (0.79%) 3GPP
9 2 (0.79%) ATM
9 2 (0.79%) Software-Defined Radio
10 1 (0.40%) Broadband
10 1 (0.40%) MPLS
10 1 (0.40%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (16.67%) Power BI
2 25 (9.92%) Tableau
3 12 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (4.37%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (3.57%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.79%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.79%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.79%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.79%) Looker
8 2 (0.79%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.79%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.79%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.79%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.40%) Metadata
9 1 (0.40%) MySQL
9 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 64 (25.40%) Git
2 28 (11.11%) GitLab
3 16 (6.35%) Visual Studio Code
4 13 (5.16%) JIRA
5 12 (4.76%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.98%) CMake
7 4 (1.59%) SonarQube
8 3 (1.19%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.79%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.79%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.40%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.40%) Gatling
10 1 (0.40%) JMeter
10 1 (0.40%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.40%) Selenium
10 1 (0.40%) Subversion
10 1 (0.40%) Toad
10 1 (0.40%) utPLSQL
General
1 86 (34.13%) Social Skills
2 19 (7.54%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (6.75%) Finance
5 12 (4.76%) Electronics
6 11 (4.37%) Aerospace
7 6 (2.38%) Aviation
7 6 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.98%) Automotive
9 3 (1.19%) Legal
9 3 (1.19%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.79%) Advertising
10 2 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.79%) Law
10 2 (0.79%) Military
11 1 (0.40%) Billing
11 1 (0.40%) Games
11 1 (0.40%) Marketing
11 1 (0.40%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.40%) Retail
Job Titles
1 95 (37.70%) Software Engineer
2 44 (17.46%) Analyst
3 36 (14.29%) Senior
4 29 (11.51%) Lead
5 27 (10.71%) Data Analyst
6 26 (10.32%) Junior
7 24 (9.52%) Junior Analyst
7 24 (9.52%) Junior Data Analyst
8 21 (8.33%) Senior Software Engineer
9 19 (7.54%) Principal Engineer
10 17 (6.75%) Data Engineer
11 15 (5.95%) Developer
11 15 (5.95%) Principal Software Engineer
12 14 (5.56%) Embedded Engineer
13 13 (5.16%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 13 (5.16%) Consultant
14 12 (4.76%) Python Engineer
14 12 (4.76%) Python Software Engineer
15 11 (4.37%) Embedded Software Engineer
16 10 (3.97%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.54%) React
2 17 (6.75%) JSON
3 15 (5.95%) CSS
3 15 (5.95%) HTML
4 14 (5.56%) XML
5 12 (4.76%) Kafka
6 10 (3.97%) ARM Templates
7 9 (3.57%) .NET
8 8 (3.17%) REST
9 7 (2.78%) YAML
10 6 (2.38%) AngularJS
10 6 (2.38%) Django
10 6 (2.38%) Node.js
10 6 (2.38%) WebSockets
11 5 (1.98%) gRPC
11 5 (1.98%) Loki
11 5 (1.98%) OpenTelemetry
11 5 (1.98%) Yocto
12 4 (1.59%) GraphQL
12 4 (1.59%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 42 (16.67%) Algorithms
2 17 (6.75%) Product Ownership
2 17 (6.75%) Robotics
3 13 (5.16%) Embedded Systems
4 12 (4.76%) Data Structures
5 11 (4.37%) FPGA
6 9 (3.57%) Cloud Native
7 8 (3.17%) Verilog
7 8 (3.17%) VHDL
8 7 (2.78%) PCIe
9 6 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.38%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.59%) ASIC
10 4 (1.59%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.19%) IoT
11 3 (1.19%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.19%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.19%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.19%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 74 (29.37%) Linux
2 32 (12.70%) Windows
3 9 (3.57%) Embedded Linux
3 9 (3.57%) Ubuntu
3 9 (3.57%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.98%) CentOS
6 4 (1.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.79%) Debian
7 2 (0.79%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (44.05%) Software Engineering
2 85 (33.73%) AI
3 81 (32.14%) CI/CD
4 71 (28.17%) Agile
5 58 (23.02%) DevOps
6 46 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (17.06%) Containerisation
8 39 (15.48%) Computer Science
9 35 (13.89%) Business Intelligence
9 35 (13.89%) Software Architecture
10 27 (10.71%) Test Automation
11 24 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (9.52%) Decision-Making
12 23 (9.13%) Scrum
13 22 (8.73%) Data Analysis
14 20 (7.94%) Data Science
14 20 (7.94%) DevSecOps
14 20 (7.94%) Infrastructure as Code
14 20 (7.94%) Observability
14 20 (7.94%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 81 (32.14%) C++
2 67 (26.59%) SQL
3 43 (17.06%) JavaScript
4 32 (12.70%) C
5 30 (11.90%) C#
6 29 (11.51%) Bash
7 23 (9.13%) Java
7 23 (9.13%) PowerShell
8 18 (7.14%) Rust
8 18 (7.14%) TypeScript
9 16 (6.35%) Go
10 12 (4.76%) Embedded C++
11 11 (4.37%) MATLAB
12 10 (3.97%) PHP
13 9 (3.57%) VBA
14 8 (3.17%) Embedded C
15 4 (1.59%) Perl
16 3 (1.19%) Ada
17 2 (0.79%) Ruby
17 2 (0.79%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 100 (39.68%) Security Cleared
2 78 (30.95%) Degree
3 52 (20.63%) SC Cleared
4 46 (18.25%) Azure Certification
5 30 (11.90%) DV Cleared
6 22 (8.73%) Master's Degree
7 10 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.79%) CEH
10 2 (0.79%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (0.79%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.79%) HNC
11 1 (0.40%) APMP
11 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.40%) CCA
11 1 (0.40%) CCNA
11 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.40%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.17%) GDPR
2 6 (2.38%) QA
3 4 (1.59%) ISO 26262
4 2 (0.79%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.40%) NIST
System Software
1 63 (25.00%) Docker
2 16 (6.35%) Firmware
3 10 (3.97%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (1.19%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.79%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 2 (0.79%) Xen
6 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 41 (16.27%) Kubernetes
2 34 (13.49%) Terraform
3 29 (11.51%) Ansible
4 13 (5.16%) Grafana
4 13 (5.16%) Prometheus
5 9 (3.57%) Podman
6 7 (2.78%) Nagios
6 7 (2.78%) Puppet
7 4 (1.59%) Docker Swarm
7 4 (1.59%) Functional Safety
7 4 (1.59%) QRadar
8 3 (1.19%) Scalr
9 2 (0.79%) FlexNet
9 2 (0.79%) Rancher
9 2 (0.79%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.40%) Cilium
10 1 (0.40%) Istio
Vendors
1 50 (19.84%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.37%) Splunk
3 10 (3.97%) Oracle
4 4 (1.59%) Google
4 4 (1.59%) NVIDIA
4 4 (1.59%) Tenable
5 2 (0.79%) Atlassian
5 2 (0.79%) Databricks
5 2 (0.79%) Foundry
5 2 (0.79%) NetApp
5 2 (0.79%) Palantir
5 2 (0.79%) Red Hat
5 2 (0.79%) Yahoo!
6 1 (0.40%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.40%) Cisco
6 1 (0.40%) F5
6 1 (0.40%) IBM