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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 22 20
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 +1
Permanent jobs citing Python 197 125 345
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 5.55% 7.76% 8.69%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.25% 28.15% 26.81%
Number of salaries quoted 133 110 255
10th Percentile £48,750 £31,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £42,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +22.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,500 - £82,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -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 515 444 1,287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 14.52% 27.56% 32.43%
Number of salaries quoted 405 359 1,069
10th Percentile £40,500 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £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 15 May 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 15 May 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 +15 66 £66,250 +32.50% 22
Winchester +6 30 £57,500 -11.54% 6
Portsmouth -7 21 £67,500 +28.57% 16
Romsey +4 18 £82,500 +120.00% 8
Farnborough -10 13 £72,500 +107.14% 15
Fareham -17 11 £70,000 +115.38% 14
Eastleigh -1 4 £65,000 +8.33%
Basingstoke -7 3 £52,500 -38.24% 6
Waterlooville - 3 £75,000 -
Alton - 3 £50,000 -
Havant -4 1 £57,500 +4.55% 1
Aldershot - 1 - -
Hook - 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 (5.58%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.06%) Confluence
3 2 (1.02%) Apache Qpid
4 1 (0.51%) Apache
4 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 54 (27.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.03%) Simulink
3 1 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 103 (52.28%) Azure
2 58 (29.44%) Power Platform
3 54 (27.41%) Azure AI
4 36 (18.27%) AWS
5 19 (9.64%) Serverless
6 14 (7.11%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (7.11%) PowerApps
7 13 (6.60%) GCP
8 8 (4.06%) Entra ID
9 7 (3.55%) Amazon S3
9 7 (3.55%) Azure Functions
9 7 (3.55%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (2.54%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (2.54%) Azure Stack
11 4 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (1.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (1.52%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (1.52%) Datadog
12 3 (1.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.09%) Wireless
2 10 (5.08%) Firewall
3 9 (4.57%) LAN
3 9 (4.57%) MQTT
3 9 (4.57%) VPN
3 9 (4.57%) WAN
4 8 (4.06%) BGP
4 8 (4.06%) MPLS
4 8 (4.06%) OSPF
4 8 (4.06%) SD-WAN
4 8 (4.06%) VXLAN
5 4 (2.03%) Internet
5 4 (2.03%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.52%) Network Security
7 2 (1.02%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.51%) DHCP
8 1 (0.51%) DNS
8 1 (0.51%) FTP
8 1 (0.51%) SMTP
8 1 (0.51%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (29.44%) Power BI
2 43 (21.83%) Tableau
3 12 (6.09%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (4.06%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.03%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.52%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.02%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.02%) Metadata
8 2 (1.02%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.02%) Redis
8 2 (1.02%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.02%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.51%) Big Data
9 1 (0.51%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.51%) Pinecone
9 1 (0.51%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 51 (25.89%) Git
2 27 (13.71%) GitLab
3 15 (7.61%) Visual Studio Code
4 10 (5.08%) JIRA
5 5 (2.54%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.52%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.51%) Postman
7 1 (0.51%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.51%) Toad
7 1 (0.51%) utPLSQL
General
1 92 (46.70%) Social Skills
2 12 (6.09%) Finance
3 9 (4.57%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (2.54%) Electronics
5 4 (2.03%) Aerospace
5 4 (2.03%) Automotive
5 4 (2.03%) Aviation
5 4 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (1.52%) Legal
6 3 (1.52%) Marketing
6 3 (1.52%) Multimedia
7 2 (1.02%) Games
7 2 (1.02%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.51%) Billing
Job Titles
1 49 (24.87%) Software Engineer
2 48 (24.37%) Analyst
3 44 (22.34%) Data Analyst
4 42 (21.32%) Junior
4 42 (21.32%) Junior Analyst
4 42 (21.32%) Junior Data Analyst
5 24 (12.18%) Developer
6 22 (11.17%) Senior
7 19 (9.64%) Consultant
8 14 (7.11%) Senior Software Engineer
9 12 (6.09%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 11 (5.58%) Python Developer
11 10 (5.08%) DevSecOps Engineer
11 10 (5.08%) Lead
11 10 (5.08%) Python Engineer
11 10 (5.08%) Python Software Engineer
11 10 (5.08%) Software Developer
12 9 (4.57%) Full-Stack Developer
12 9 (4.57%) Principal Engineer
12 9 (4.57%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.63%) REST
2 14 (7.11%) React
3 11 (5.58%) Kafka
4 7 (3.55%) .NET
4 7 (3.55%) ARM Templates
4 7 (3.55%) JSON
5 6 (3.05%) CSS
5 6 (3.05%) HTML
6 5 (2.54%) YAML
7 4 (2.03%) gRPC
7 4 (2.03%) Protocol Buffers
7 4 (2.03%) SOAP
7 4 (2.03%) XML
8 3 (1.52%) HTML5 Canvas
8 3 (1.52%) Keycloak
8 3 (1.52%) Loki
8 3 (1.52%) Node.js
8 3 (1.52%) OpenTelemetry
9 1 (0.51%) Flask
9 1 (0.51%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.18%) Algorithms
2 16 (8.12%) Product Ownership
3 9 (4.57%) Embedded Systems
4 8 (4.06%) Data Centre
5 6 (3.05%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.54%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.54%) FPGA
6 5 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.03%) ASIC
7 4 (2.03%) Robotics
7 4 (2.03%) Verilog
7 4 (2.03%) VHDL
8 3 (1.52%) IoT
8 3 (1.52%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.52%) PCIe
8 3 (1.52%) Security Operations Centre
8 3 (1.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (1.02%) ARM Cortex
9 2 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.02%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 39 (19.80%) Linux
2 12 (6.09%) Windows
3 8 (4.06%) Ubuntu
3 8 (4.06%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.54%) CentOS
4 5 (2.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.52%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (40.61%) AI
2 65 (32.99%) Software Engineering
3 57 (28.93%) Agile
4 51 (25.89%) CI/CD
5 50 (25.38%) Business Intelligence
6 37 (18.78%) DevOps
7 32 (16.24%) Problem-Solving
8 28 (14.21%) Computer Science
9 24 (12.18%) Containerisation
10 22 (11.17%) Decision-Making
10 22 (11.17%) Infrastructure as Code
11 21 (10.66%) Observability
12 19 (9.64%) Continuous Improvement
12 19 (9.64%) Scrum
12 19 (9.64%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 18 (9.14%) Software Architecture
14 17 (8.63%) Data Science
14 17 (8.63%) Kanban
15 15 (7.61%) Cybersecurity
15 15 (7.61%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 70 (35.53%) SQL
2 32 (16.24%) C++
3 26 (13.20%) C#
4 23 (11.68%) JavaScript
5 19 (9.64%) Rust
6 16 (8.12%) PowerShell
7 15 (7.61%) TypeScript
8 13 (6.60%) Bash
9 11 (5.58%) VBA
10 9 (4.57%) Java
11 8 (4.06%) C
12 6 (3.05%) Go
12 6 (3.05%) MATLAB
13 4 (2.03%) Embedded C
13 4 (2.03%) Embedded C++
13 4 (2.03%) PHP
14 3 (1.52%) R
15 2 (1.02%) Bicep
15 2 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.51%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (31.98%) Azure Certification
1 63 (31.98%) Security Cleared
2 52 (26.40%) Degree
3 46 (23.35%) SC Cleared
4 24 (12.18%) Master's Degree
5 9 (4.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (4.06%) APMP
6 8 (4.06%) CCNP
6 8 (4.06%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (4.06%) MBA
7 7 (3.55%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.52%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.52%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.51%) CCA
10 1 (0.51%) CEH
10 1 (0.51%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.51%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.06%) GDPR
2 6 (3.05%) QA
3 4 (2.03%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.51%) NIST
System Software
1 43 (21.83%) Docker
2 8 (4.06%) Firmware
3 3 (1.52%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (1.02%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (14.21%) Ansible
1 28 (14.21%) Kubernetes
2 25 (12.69%) Terraform
3 13 (6.60%) Grafana
3 13 (6.60%) Prometheus
4 8 (4.06%) FortiGate
4 8 (4.06%) Nagios
5 7 (3.55%) Podman
5 7 (3.55%) Puppet
6 4 (2.03%) Functional Safety
7 3 (1.52%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (1.52%) Scalr
8 1 (0.51%) QRadar
Vendors
1 63 (31.98%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.58%) Oracle
2 11 (5.58%) Splunk
3 8 (4.06%) Cisco
3 8 (4.06%) Fortinet
3 8 (4.06%) Meraki
4 5 (2.54%) Tenable
5 4 (2.03%) NVIDIA
6 2 (1.02%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (1.02%) Google
6 2 (1.02%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.51%) Databricks
7 1 (0.51%) IFS
7 1 (0.51%) SAP