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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 25 18
Rank change year-on-year +7 -7 0
Permanent jobs citing Python 239 119 390
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 5.76% 6.64% 8.80%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.76% 24.54% 27.86%
Number of salaries quoted 173 97 286
10th Percentile £48,750 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £71,250
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% -15.38%

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 633 485 1,400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 15.26% 27.06% 31.58%
Number of salaries quoted 507 357 1,122
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £40,600 £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 £85,000 £80,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -6.78%

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 9 July 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 9 July 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 +13 66 £65,000 +30.00% 19
Fareham -8 32 £70,000 +115.38% 13
Winchester - 29 £57,500 - 4
Farnborough -12 23 £61,250 +75.00% 19
Romsey +5 21 £82,500 +120.00% 2
Portsmouth -7 20 £62,500 +14.26% 14
Eastleigh +5 7 £65,000 +33.33%
Waterlooville - 4 £75,000 -
Basingstoke -8 3 £52,500 -38.24% 7
Andover - 2 £90,000 - 3
Havant -6 1 £57,500 +4.55% 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 12 (5.02%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.60%) Confluence
3 6 (2.51%) Apache
4 2 (0.84%) Apache Qpid
5 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 48 (20.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.35%) Simulink
3 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 108 (45.19%) Azure
2 50 (20.92%) Power Platform
3 44 (18.41%) AWS
3 44 (18.41%) Azure AI
4 23 (9.62%) Serverless
5 17 (7.11%) GCP
6 15 (6.28%) PowerApps
7 14 (5.86%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (3.35%) Azure Functions
8 8 (3.35%) Azure Monitor
8 8 (3.35%) Entra ID
9 7 (2.93%) Amazon S3
9 7 (2.93%) Azure Stack
10 6 (2.51%) GitHub
11 5 (2.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (2.09%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (2.09%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (2.09%) Datadog
12 4 (1.67%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.02%) MQTT
2 9 (3.77%) TCP/IP
3 6 (2.51%) Firewall
3 6 (2.51%) Wireless
4 5 (2.09%) VPN
4 5 (2.09%) WAN
4 5 (2.09%) Wireshark
5 4 (1.67%) LAN
6 3 (1.26%) BGP
6 3 (1.26%) Internet
6 3 (1.26%) MPLS
6 3 (1.26%) Network Security
6 3 (1.26%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.84%) ATM
7 2 (0.84%) FTP
7 2 (0.84%) HTTP
7 2 (0.84%) OSPF
7 2 (0.84%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.84%) SMTP
7 2 (0.84%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (20.92%) Power BI
2 33 (13.81%) Tableau
3 12 (5.02%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (3.77%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.09%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.26%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.26%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.84%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.84%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.84%) Looker
8 2 (0.84%) Metadata
8 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.84%) Redis
8 2 (0.84%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.42%) Big Data
9 1 (0.42%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.42%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 63 (26.36%) Git
2 33 (13.81%) GitLab
3 16 (6.69%) Visual Studio Code
4 15 (6.28%) JIRA
5 6 (2.51%) Jenkins
6 5 (2.09%) SonarQube
7 3 (1.26%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.84%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.42%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.42%) CMake
9 1 (0.42%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.42%) Gatling
9 1 (0.42%) JMeter
9 1 (0.42%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.42%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.42%) Selenium
9 1 (0.42%) Toad
9 1 (0.42%) utPLSQL
General
1 90 (37.66%) Social Skills
2 15 (6.28%) Finance
3 14 (5.86%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.02%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (3.35%) Aviation
5 8 (3.35%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.93%) Aerospace
6 7 (2.93%) Electronics
7 5 (2.09%) Automotive
8 3 (1.26%) Legal
9 2 (0.84%) Advertising
9 2 (0.84%) Games
9 2 (0.84%) Law
10 1 (0.42%) Billing
10 1 (0.42%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.42%) Marketing
10 1 (0.42%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 85 (35.56%) Software Engineer
2 45 (18.83%) Analyst
3 35 (14.64%) Data Analyst
4 32 (13.39%) Junior
4 32 (13.39%) Junior Analyst
4 32 (13.39%) Junior Data Analyst
4 32 (13.39%) Senior
5 24 (10.04%) Senior Software Engineer
6 22 (9.21%) Lead
7 19 (7.95%) Developer
8 15 (6.28%) Consultant
9 14 (5.86%) Principal Engineer
9 14 (5.86%) Principal Software Engineer
10 13 (5.44%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 13 (5.44%) Python Engineer
10 13 (5.44%) Python Software Engineer
11 12 (5.02%) Data Engineer
12 11 (4.60%) Embedded Engineer
12 11 (4.60%) Software Developer
13 10 (4.18%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.53%) JSON
2 16 (6.69%) Kafka
2 16 (6.69%) React
3 15 (6.28%) CSS
3 15 (6.28%) HTML
3 15 (6.28%) XML
4 11 (4.60%) REST
5 10 (4.18%) ARM Templates
6 9 (3.77%) .NET
7 7 (2.93%) YAML
8 5 (2.09%) AngularJS
8 5 (2.09%) Django
8 5 (2.09%) Loki
8 5 (2.09%) Node.js
8 5 (2.09%) OpenTelemetry
8 5 (2.09%) WebSockets
9 4 (1.67%) gRPC
9 4 (1.67%) Protocol Buffers
9 4 (1.67%) SOAP
10 3 (1.26%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 38 (15.90%) Algorithms
2 19 (7.95%) Product Ownership
3 17 (7.11%) Robotics
4 12 (5.02%) Embedded Systems
5 10 (4.18%) Data Structures
6 9 (3.77%) Cloud Native
6 9 (3.77%) FPGA
7 7 (2.93%) Verilog
7 7 (2.93%) VHDL
8 6 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.51%) PCIe
9 5 (2.09%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.67%) ASIC
11 3 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.26%) IoT
11 3 (1.26%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 2 (0.84%) Data Centre
12 2 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.84%) MISP
Operating Systems
1 68 (28.45%) Linux
2 31 (12.97%) Windows
3 11 (4.60%) Ubuntu
3 11 (4.60%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.93%) CentOS
6 5 (2.09%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (2.09%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.42%) Debian
7 1 (0.42%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (41.84%) Software Engineering
2 82 (34.31%) AI
3 75 (31.38%) Agile
4 73 (30.54%) CI/CD
5 59 (24.69%) DevOps
6 42 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (17.15%) Containerisation
8 39 (16.32%) Business Intelligence
9 38 (15.90%) Computer Science
10 32 (13.39%) Software Architecture
11 26 (10.88%) Observability
11 26 (10.88%) Scrum
12 25 (10.46%) Continuous Improvement
13 23 (9.62%) Decision-Making
14 22 (9.21%) Infrastructure as Code
14 22 (9.21%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 21 (8.79%) Kanban
15 21 (8.79%) Mentoring
16 20 (8.37%) Data Analysis
17 19 (7.95%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 69 (28.87%) C++
2 66 (27.62%) SQL
3 38 (15.90%) JavaScript
4 32 (13.39%) C#
5 28 (11.72%) C
6 24 (10.04%) Bash
7 21 (8.79%) PowerShell
7 21 (8.79%) Rust
8 19 (7.95%) Java
9 16 (6.69%) TypeScript
10 12 (5.02%) VBA
11 11 (4.60%) Go
11 11 (4.60%) MATLAB
12 9 (3.77%) PHP
13 7 (2.93%) Embedded C
13 7 (2.93%) Embedded C++
14 3 (1.26%) Ada
15 2 (0.84%) Perl
15 2 (0.84%) Ruby
16 1 (0.42%) R
Qualifications
1 100 (41.84%) Security Cleared
2 76 (31.80%) Degree
3 58 (24.27%) SC Cleared
4 53 (22.18%) Azure Certification
5 27 (11.30%) Master's Degree
6 25 (10.46%) DV Cleared
7 9 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (3.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (2.51%) APMP
9 6 (2.51%) MBA
10 2 (0.84%) CCNP
10 2 (0.84%) CEH
10 2 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.84%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.84%) CREST Certified
11 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.42%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.35%) GDPR
2 7 (2.93%) QA
3 4 (1.67%) ISO 26262
4 2 (0.84%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.42%) NIST
System Software
1 61 (25.52%) Docker
2 17 (7.11%) Firmware
3 10 (4.18%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.84%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.42%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.42%) Xen
Systems Management
1 42 (17.57%) Kubernetes
2 35 (14.64%) Terraform
3 32 (13.39%) Ansible
4 16 (6.69%) Grafana
4 16 (6.69%) Prometheus
5 10 (4.18%) Nagios
6 9 (3.77%) Podman
7 7 (2.93%) Puppet
8 5 (2.09%) Docker Swarm
9 4 (1.67%) Functional Safety
10 3 (1.26%) Scalr
11 2 (0.84%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.84%) QRadar
12 1 (0.42%) Cilium
12 1 (0.42%) FlexNet
12 1 (0.42%) Istio
12 1 (0.42%) Rancher
12 1 (0.42%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 51 (21.34%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.02%) Splunk
3 11 (4.60%) Oracle
4 5 (2.09%) Tenable
5 4 (1.67%) NVIDIA
6 3 (1.26%) Google
7 2 (0.84%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.84%) Cisco
7 2 (0.84%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.84%) Meraki
7 2 (0.84%) Yahoo!
8 1 (0.42%) Databricks
8 1 (0.42%) IBM
8 1 (0.42%) IFS
8 1 (0.42%) NetApp
8 1 (0.42%) Red Hat