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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 20 20
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -1
Permanent jobs citing Python 201 119 382
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 5.34% 7.54% 8.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.29% 26.62% 26.56%
Number of salaries quoted 142 99 279
10th Percentile £48,750 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £36,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% - -10.86%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £89,650 - £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -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 539 447 1,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 14.33% 28.33% 31.21%
Number of salaries quoted 427 336 1,148
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £34,175
25th Percentile £48,750 £41,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,325 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.45% -1.23% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,313 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,375 £82,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -7.56%

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 14 June 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 14 June 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 62 £65,000 +30.00% 11
Winchester - 26 £57,500 - 5
Farnborough -14 21 £66,250 +89.29% 11
Fareham -12 20 £70,000 +115.38% 20
Romsey +6 19 £82,500 +120.00% 5
Portsmouth -12 18 £57,500 +5.99% 11
Eastleigh +2 4 £65,000 +52.94% 1
Waterlooville - 4 £75,000 -
Basingstoke -6 2 £52,500 -38.24% 1
Havant -6 1 £57,500 +4.55% 3
Aldershot - 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 11 (5.47%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.98%) Confluence
3 4 (1.99%) Apache
4 2 (1.00%) Apache Qpid
5 1 (0.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 44 (21.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.99%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 96 (47.76%) Azure
2 46 (22.89%) Power Platform
3 44 (21.89%) Azure AI
4 39 (19.40%) AWS
5 21 (10.45%) Serverless
6 15 (7.46%) GCP
7 14 (6.97%) PowerApps
8 11 (5.47%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (3.98%) Azure Functions
9 8 (3.98%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (3.48%) Amazon S3
10 7 (3.48%) Azure Stack
10 7 (3.48%) Entra ID
11 6 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (2.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (2.49%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (2.49%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (2.49%) Datadog
13 3 (1.49%) Amazon ECS
13 3 (1.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.98%) MQTT
2 9 (4.48%) Wireless
3 8 (3.98%) Firewall
3 8 (3.98%) TCP/IP
4 7 (3.48%) LAN
4 7 (3.48%) VPN
4 7 (3.48%) WAN
5 5 (2.49%) BGP
5 5 (2.49%) MPLS
5 5 (2.49%) OSPF
5 5 (2.49%) SD-WAN
5 5 (2.49%) VXLAN
6 4 (1.99%) Wireshark
7 3 (1.49%) Internet
7 3 (1.49%) Network Security
7 3 (1.49%) Software-Defined Radio
8 2 (1.00%) FTP
8 2 (1.00%) HTTP
8 2 (1.00%) SMTP
9 1 (0.50%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (22.89%) Power BI
2 33 (16.42%) Tableau
3 12 (5.97%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (4.48%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.99%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.49%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.00%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.00%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.00%) Data Mining
7 2 (1.00%) Looker
7 2 (1.00%) Metadata
7 2 (1.00%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.00%) Redis
7 2 (1.00%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.50%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.50%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 57 (28.36%) Git
2 29 (14.43%) GitLab
3 15 (7.46%) Visual Studio Code
4 12 (5.97%) JIRA
5 5 (2.49%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.49%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.50%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.50%) Postman
7 1 (0.50%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.50%) Toad
7 1 (0.50%) utPLSQL
7 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 85 (42.29%) Social Skills
2 13 (6.47%) Finance
3 11 (5.47%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (2.99%) Aerospace
5 6 (2.99%) Aviation
5 6 (2.99%) Electronics
6 4 (1.99%) Automotive
7 3 (1.49%) Legal
7 3 (1.49%) Marketing
8 2 (1.00%) Games
9 1 (0.50%) Billing
9 1 (0.50%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.50%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 63 (31.34%) Software Engineer
2 41 (20.40%) Analyst
3 35 (17.41%) Data Analyst
4 32 (15.92%) Junior
4 32 (15.92%) Junior Analyst
4 32 (15.92%) Junior Data Analyst
5 25 (12.44%) Senior
6 23 (11.44%) Developer
7 19 (9.45%) Senior Software Engineer
8 16 (7.96%) Consultant
9 14 (6.97%) Lead
10 13 (6.47%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 11 (5.47%) Software Developer
12 10 (4.98%) DevSecOps Engineer
12 10 (4.98%) Python Engineer
12 10 (4.98%) Python Software Engineer
12 10 (4.98%) Site Engineer
12 10 (4.98%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 9 (4.48%) Embedded Engineer
13 9 (4.48%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (9.95%) React
2 14 (6.97%) REST
3 13 (6.47%) JSON
4 12 (5.97%) Kafka
5 10 (4.98%) CSS
5 10 (4.98%) HTML
5 10 (4.98%) XML
6 9 (4.48%) .NET
7 7 (3.48%) ARM Templates
7 7 (3.48%) YAML
8 6 (2.99%) Node.js
9 5 (2.49%) Loki
9 5 (2.49%) OpenTelemetry
10 4 (1.99%) AngularJS
10 4 (1.99%) Django
10 4 (1.99%) gRPC
10 4 (1.99%) Protocol Buffers
10 4 (1.99%) SOAP
10 4 (1.99%) WebSockets
11 3 (1.49%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 32 (15.92%) Algorithms
2 17 (8.46%) Product Ownership
3 10 (4.98%) Data Structures
3 10 (4.98%) Embedded Systems
4 9 (4.48%) Robotics
5 7 (3.48%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.48%) FPGA
6 6 (2.99%) Verilog
6 6 (2.99%) VHDL
7 5 (2.49%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.49%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (2.49%) PCIe
8 4 (1.99%) ASIC
8 4 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.49%) IoT
9 3 (1.49%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (1.00%) Client/Server
10 2 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.00%) MISP
10 2 (1.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 50 (24.88%) Linux
2 21 (10.45%) Windows
3 10 (4.98%) Ubuntu
3 10 (4.98%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.48%) CentOS
4 7 (3.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (2.49%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.99%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (39.30%) Software Engineering
2 73 (36.32%) AI
3 66 (32.84%) Agile
4 62 (30.85%) CI/CD
5 49 (24.38%) DevOps
6 38 (18.91%) Business Intelligence
7 35 (17.41%) Computer Science
8 34 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
9 33 (16.42%) Containerisation
10 25 (12.44%) Observability
11 24 (11.94%) Software Architecture
12 22 (10.95%) Infrastructure as Code
12 22 (10.95%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 21 (10.45%) Decision-Making
14 20 (9.95%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (9.95%) Scrum
15 18 (8.96%) Kanban
16 17 (8.46%) DevSecOps
17 16 (7.96%) Cybersecurity
17 16 (7.96%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 62 (30.85%) SQL
2 48 (23.88%) C++
3 29 (14.43%) JavaScript
4 27 (13.43%) C#
5 19 (9.45%) Rust
6 18 (8.96%) Bash
6 18 (8.96%) PowerShell
6 18 (8.96%) TypeScript
7 15 (7.46%) C
7 15 (7.46%) Java
8 11 (5.47%) Go
8 11 (5.47%) VBA
9 9 (4.48%) MATLAB
10 6 (2.99%) Embedded C
10 6 (2.99%) Embedded C++
10 6 (2.99%) PHP
11 2 (1.00%) Perl
11 2 (1.00%) Ruby
12 1 (0.50%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 76 (37.81%) Security Cleared
2 64 (31.84%) Degree
3 52 (25.87%) Azure Certification
4 45 (22.39%) SC Cleared
5 25 (12.44%) Master's Degree
6 14 (6.97%) DV Cleared
7 9 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (3.98%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (3.48%) APMP
9 7 (3.48%) MBA
10 5 (2.49%) CCNP
10 5 (2.49%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (1.00%) CEH
11 2 (1.00%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (1.00%) CREST Certified
12 1 (0.50%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 1 (0.50%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.98%) GDPR
2 6 (2.99%) QA
3 4 (1.99%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.50%) NIST
System Software
1 55 (27.36%) Docker
2 13 (6.47%) Firmware
3 6 (2.99%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 34 (16.92%) Kubernetes
2 28 (13.93%) Ansible
2 28 (13.93%) Terraform
3 15 (7.46%) Grafana
3 15 (7.46%) Prometheus
4 10 (4.98%) Nagios
5 9 (4.48%) Podman
6 7 (3.48%) Puppet
7 5 (2.49%) Docker Swarm
7 5 (2.49%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.99%) Functional Safety
9 3 (1.49%) Scalr
10 2 (1.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 49 (24.38%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.97%) Splunk
3 11 (5.47%) Oracle
4 5 (2.49%) Cisco
4 5 (2.49%) Fortinet
4 5 (2.49%) Meraki
4 5 (2.49%) Tenable
5 4 (1.99%) NVIDIA
6 3 (1.49%) Google
7 1 (0.50%) IFS