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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 15 26
Rank change year-on-year -9 +11 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 151 153 276
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 4.90% 9.40% 7.62%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.87% 32.69% 24.04%
Number of salaries quoted 108 133 222
10th Percentile £36,750 £31,500 £33,875
25th Percentile £50,938 £51,250 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +36.36% -10.86%
75th Percentile £78,500 £87,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 - £82,375
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.40% +13.91% -6.81%

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 433 468 1,148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 14.06% 28.76% 31.71%
Number of salaries quoted 363 403 1,005
10th Percentile £36,700 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £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 30 March 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 30 March 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 +18 46 £65,000 +23.81% 16
Winchester +7 21 £51,250 -21.15% 5
Portsmouth -6 21 £70,000 +33.33% 8
Farnborough -12 7 £72,500 +107.14% 11
Fareham -24 7 £70,000 +12.00% 12
Alton - 7 £50,000 -
Romsey +7 5 £90,000 +38.46%
Basingstoke -18 5 £65,000 -23.53% 4
Eastleigh -9 3 £65,000 -17.46% 7
Hook - 2 - -
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 17 (11.26%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.65%) Confluence
3 2 (1.32%) Apache Qpid
3 2 (1.32%) WordPress
4 1 (0.66%) Apache
4 1 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.66%) Appian
Applications
1 52 (34.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.66%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 74 (49.01%) Azure
2 52 (34.44%) Power Platform
3 34 (22.52%) Azure AI
4 29 (19.21%) AWS
5 25 (16.56%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (11.26%) PowerApps
7 6 (3.97%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (3.97%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (3.97%) Entra ID
7 6 (3.97%) GCP
7 6 (3.97%) GitHub
8 5 (3.31%) Amazon S3
9 4 (2.65%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.99%) Azure Stack
10 3 (1.99%) Serverless
11 2 (1.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (1.32%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (1.32%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (1.32%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (1.32%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.95%) Firewall
2 10 (6.62%) Wireless
3 8 (5.30%) BGP
3 8 (5.30%) LAN
3 8 (5.30%) MPLS
3 8 (5.30%) OSPF
3 8 (5.30%) SD-WAN
3 8 (5.30%) VPN
3 8 (5.30%) VXLAN
3 8 (5.30%) WAN
4 6 (3.97%) Internet
5 4 (2.65%) MQTT
6 2 (1.32%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.66%) Broadband
7 1 (0.66%) DHCP
7 1 (0.66%) DNS
7 1 (0.66%) InfiniBand
7 1 (0.66%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (33.77%) Power BI
2 35 (23.18%) Tableau
3 7 (4.64%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.65%) Oracle Database
4 4 (2.65%) Oracle Database 10g
4 4 (2.65%) Oracle Database 11g
4 4 (2.65%) Oracle Database 12c
4 4 (2.65%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.99%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.99%) Data Mining
6 2 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.32%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.32%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.32%) Redis
7 1 (0.66%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.66%) Metadata
7 1 (0.66%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.66%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 24 (15.89%) Git
2 12 (7.95%) GitLab
3 8 (5.30%) JIRA
4 4 (2.65%) Robot Framework
5 3 (1.99%) Selenium
6 2 (1.32%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.32%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (1.32%) TestRail
6 2 (1.32%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.66%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.66%) Postman
7 1 (0.66%) Snyk
7 1 (0.66%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.66%) Toad
7 1 (0.66%) utPLSQL
General
1 68 (45.03%) Social Skills
2 10 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (4.64%) Finance
4 6 (3.97%) Multimedia
5 4 (2.65%) Aviation
5 4 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (1.99%) Electronics
7 2 (1.32%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.32%) Automotive
7 2 (1.32%) Games
7 2 (1.32%) Legal
7 2 (1.32%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.32%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 39 (25.83%) Analyst
2 33 (21.85%) Data Analyst
3 32 (21.19%) Junior
3 32 (21.19%) Junior Analyst
3 32 (21.19%) Junior Data Analyst
4 23 (15.23%) Consultant
4 23 (15.23%) Software Engineer
5 17 (11.26%) Developer
5 17 (11.26%) Senior
6 13 (8.61%) Principal Consultant
7 11 (7.28%) Python Developer
8 9 (5.96%) Full-Stack Developer
8 9 (5.96%) Python Engineer
8 9 (5.96%) Trainee
9 8 (5.30%) Cisco Consultant
9 8 (5.30%) Cisco Network Consultant
9 8 (5.30%) Network Consultant
9 8 (5.30%) Python Software Engineer
9 8 (5.30%) WAN Consultant
10 7 (4.64%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.61%) REST
2 10 (6.62%) React
3 8 (5.30%) CSS
3 8 (5.30%) HTML
4 7 (4.64%) ARM Templates
4 7 (4.64%) Kafka
5 3 (1.99%) JSON
6 2 (1.32%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (1.32%) Loki
6 2 (1.32%) Node.js
6 2 (1.32%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (1.32%) SOAP
6 2 (1.32%) XML
6 2 (1.32%) YAML
7 1 (0.66%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (0.66%) Django
7 1 (0.66%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.66%) Flask
7 1 (0.66%) PySpark
7 1 (0.66%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.96%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.64%) Product Ownership
3 6 (3.97%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (3.31%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.65%) ARM Cortex
5 4 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.65%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.65%) Replication
6 2 (1.32%) ASIC
6 2 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.32%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.32%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.66%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.66%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.66%) FPGA
7 1 (0.66%) PKI
7 1 (0.66%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.66%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.61%) Linux
2 8 (5.30%) Windows
3 6 (3.97%) Ubuntu
3 6 (3.97%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.99%) CentOS
4 3 (1.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.66%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (35.76%) AI
2 45 (29.80%) Agile
3 36 (23.84%) Business Intelligence
4 33 (21.85%) Software Engineering
5 29 (19.21%) Data Science
6 26 (17.22%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (13.91%) CI/CD
8 20 (13.25%) Data Analysis
9 18 (11.92%) Decision-Making
10 17 (11.26%) DevOps
10 17 (11.26%) Infrastructure as Code
11 16 (10.60%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (10.60%) Cybersecurity
12 15 (9.93%) Containerisation
12 15 (9.93%) Mentoring
12 15 (9.93%) Observability
12 15 (9.93%) Technical Architecture
13 14 (9.27%) Project Management
14 13 (8.61%) Digital Enablement
14 13 (8.61%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 50 (33.11%) SQL
2 24 (15.89%) PowerShell
3 17 (11.26%) JavaScript
3 17 (11.26%) VBA
4 14 (9.27%) Rust
5 13 (8.61%) Bash
6 10 (6.62%) TypeScript
7 6 (3.97%) C#
8 5 (3.31%) C++
9 4 (2.65%) Bicep
9 4 (2.65%) Java
9 4 (2.65%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (2.65%) R
10 3 (1.99%) C
10 3 (1.99%) Go
11 2 (1.32%) MATLAB
11 2 (1.32%) PHP
12 1 (0.66%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (30.46%) Security Cleared
2 40 (26.49%) Azure Certification
2 40 (26.49%) SC Cleared
3 32 (21.19%) Degree
4 23 (15.23%) Master's Degree
5 13 (8.61%) APMP
5 13 (8.61%) MBA
6 8 (5.30%) CCNP
6 8 (5.30%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (3.97%) AWS Certification
7 6 (3.97%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 6 (3.97%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (3.31%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.32%) CEH
9 2 (1.32%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.32%) GCIH
9 2 (1.32%) ISTQB
9 2 (1.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (3.97%) QA
2 4 (2.65%) GDPR
3 2 (1.32%) ISO 26262
3 2 (1.32%) NIST
System Software
1 22 (14.57%) Docker
2 5 (3.31%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.66%) Ceph
3 1 (0.66%) Firmware
3 1 (0.66%) Lustre
3 1 (0.66%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 21 (13.91%) Ansible
1 21 (13.91%) Terraform
2 17 (11.26%) Kubernetes
3 9 (5.96%) Grafana
3 9 (5.96%) Prometheus
4 8 (5.30%) FortiGate
5 6 (3.97%) Nagios
6 2 (1.32%) Functional Safety
6 2 (1.32%) Nessus
6 2 (1.32%) Scalr
7 1 (0.66%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.66%) Podman
7 1 (0.66%) Puppet
7 1 (0.66%) WMI
Vendors
1 57 (37.75%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.62%) Splunk
3 8 (5.30%) Cisco
3 8 (5.30%) Fortinet
3 8 (5.30%) Meraki
4 7 (4.64%) Oracle
5 4 (2.65%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (2.65%) SAP
5 4 (2.65%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.32%) VMware
7 1 (0.66%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (0.66%) Black Duck
7 1 (0.66%) Blue Prism
7 1 (0.66%) Coverity
7 1 (0.66%) Databricks
7 1 (0.66%) Google
7 1 (0.66%) IFS
7 1 (0.66%) Tenable
7 1 (0.66%) UiPath