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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 27 18
Rank change year-on-year +10 -9 0
Permanent jobs citing Python 249 113 372
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 5.68% 6.00% 9.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.47% 22.51% 29.69%
Number of salaries quoted 184 91 267
10th Percentile £48,750 £31,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £39,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,450 £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% -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 702 502 1,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 16.03% 26.66% 31.77%
Number of salaries quoted 571 361 979
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £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 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,850
South East median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.33%

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 27 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 27 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 +15 69 £63,750 +34.21% 24
Fareham -6 34 £70,000 +115.38% 6
Winchester - 30 £57,500 - 5
Farnborough -9 25 £63,750 +74.66% 13
Romsey +3 21 £82,500 +120.00% 2
Portsmouth -5 20 £62,500 +8.70% 10
Eastleigh +5 7 £65,000 +33.33%
Andover - 6 £90,000 - 4
Waterlooville - 4 £75,000 -
Basingstoke -10 3 £52,500 -38.24% 9
Havant -6 1 £57,500 +4.55% 1
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 (4.42%) Confluence
1 11 (4.42%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.21%) Apache
3 2 (0.80%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (18.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.21%) Simulink
3 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 111 (44.58%) Azure
2 48 (19.28%) Power Platform
3 43 (17.27%) AWS
4 42 (16.87%) Azure AI
5 23 (9.24%) Serverless
6 17 (6.83%) GCP
7 14 (5.62%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (5.62%) PowerApps
8 10 (4.02%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (3.61%) Entra ID
10 8 (3.21%) Azure Functions
10 8 (3.21%) Azure Monitor
11 7 (2.81%) Azure Stack
11 7 (2.81%) GitHub
12 5 (2.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (2.01%) Amazon S3
12 5 (2.01%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (2.01%) Datadog
12 5 (2.01%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.82%) MQTT
2 10 (4.02%) TCP/IP
3 8 (3.21%) Wireless
4 6 (2.41%) Firewall
4 6 (2.41%) Wireshark
5 4 (1.61%) VPN
5 4 (1.61%) WAN
6 3 (1.20%) 5G
6 3 (1.20%) Internet
6 3 (1.20%) LAN
6 3 (1.20%) Network Security
7 2 (0.80%) ATM
7 2 (0.80%) BGP
7 2 (0.80%) FTP
7 2 (0.80%) HTTP
7 2 (0.80%) MPLS
7 2 (0.80%) SMTP
7 2 (0.80%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.40%) DNS
8 1 (0.40%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (19.28%) Power BI
2 31 (12.45%) Tableau
3 12 (4.82%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (3.61%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (3.61%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (1.20%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.80%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.80%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.80%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.80%) Looker
7 2 (0.80%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.80%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.80%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.40%) Metadata
8 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 63 (25.30%) Git
2 32 (12.85%) GitLab
3 15 (6.02%) JIRA
3 15 (6.02%) Visual Studio Code
4 10 (4.02%) Jenkins
5 5 (2.01%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.20%) CMake
6 3 (1.20%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.80%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.80%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.40%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.40%) Gatling
8 1 (0.40%) JMeter
8 1 (0.40%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.40%) Postman
8 1 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.40%) Selenium
8 1 (0.40%) Subversion
8 1 (0.40%) Toad
General
1 90 (36.14%) Social Skills
2 16 (6.43%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (6.02%) Finance
3 15 (6.02%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (3.61%) Electronics
5 8 (3.21%) Aerospace
5 8 (3.21%) Aviation
5 8 (3.21%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.01%) Automotive
7 3 (1.20%) Legal
8 2 (0.80%) Advertising
8 2 (0.80%) Games
8 2 (0.80%) Law
8 2 (0.80%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.40%) Billing
9 1 (0.40%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.40%) Marketing
9 1 (0.40%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 89 (35.74%) Software Engineer
2 45 (18.07%) Analyst
3 33 (13.25%) Data Analyst
4 32 (12.85%) Senior
5 30 (12.05%) Junior
5 30 (12.05%) Junior Analyst
5 30 (12.05%) Junior Data Analyst
6 27 (10.84%) Lead
7 22 (8.84%) Senior Software Engineer
8 19 (7.63%) Developer
9 17 (6.83%) Principal Engineer
10 15 (6.02%) Data Engineer
10 15 (6.02%) Principal Software Engineer
11 14 (5.62%) Consultant
12 13 (5.22%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 13 (5.22%) Python Engineer
12 13 (5.22%) Python Software Engineer
13 12 (4.82%) Embedded Engineer
13 12 (4.82%) Software Developer
14 10 (4.02%) DevSecOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.63%) JSON
2 16 (6.43%) CSS
2 16 (6.43%) HTML
2 16 (6.43%) React
2 16 (6.43%) XML
3 14 (5.62%) Kafka
4 11 (4.42%) ARM Templates
5 10 (4.02%) REST
6 9 (3.61%) .NET
7 7 (2.81%) YAML
8 6 (2.41%) AngularJS
8 6 (2.41%) Django
8 6 (2.41%) Node.js
8 6 (2.41%) WebSockets
9 5 (2.01%) Loki
9 5 (2.01%) OpenTelemetry
10 4 (1.61%) gRPC
10 4 (1.61%) Protocol Buffers
10 4 (1.61%) SOAP
10 4 (1.61%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 38 (15.26%) Algorithms
2 20 (8.03%) Product Ownership
3 18 (7.23%) Robotics
4 13 (5.22%) Embedded Systems
5 10 (4.02%) Data Structures
5 10 (4.02%) FPGA
6 9 (3.61%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.81%) Verilog
7 7 (2.81%) VHDL
8 6 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.41%) PCIe
9 5 (2.01%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.61%) ASIC
11 3 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.20%) IoT
11 3 (1.20%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.20%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 2 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.80%) MISP
12 2 (0.80%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 72 (28.92%) Linux
2 33 (13.25%) Windows
3 11 (4.42%) Ubuntu
3 11 (4.42%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.81%) CentOS
5 7 (2.81%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (2.01%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.80%) Debian
7 2 (0.80%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (41.37%) Software Engineering
2 83 (33.33%) AI
3 78 (31.33%) CI/CD
4 72 (28.92%) Agile
5 60 (24.10%) DevOps
6 44 (17.67%) Containerisation
7 43 (17.27%) Problem-Solving
8 39 (15.66%) Business Intelligence
9 37 (14.86%) Computer Science
10 35 (14.06%) Software Architecture
11 26 (10.44%) Observability
12 24 (9.64%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (9.64%) Decision-Making
12 24 (9.64%) Scrum
13 22 (8.84%) Infrastructure as Code
14 21 (8.43%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 21 (8.43%) Test Automation
15 20 (8.03%) Cybersecurity
15 20 (8.03%) Data Analysis
15 20 (8.03%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 74 (29.72%) C++
2 69 (27.71%) SQL
3 39 (15.66%) JavaScript
4 32 (12.85%) C#
5 30 (12.05%) C
6 27 (10.84%) Bash
7 21 (8.43%) PowerShell
8 20 (8.03%) Java
9 19 (7.63%) Rust
10 15 (6.02%) TypeScript
11 12 (4.82%) Go
12 11 (4.42%) VBA
13 10 (4.02%) MATLAB
13 10 (4.02%) PHP
14 9 (3.61%) Embedded C++
15 7 (2.81%) Embedded C
16 3 (1.20%) Ada
17 2 (0.80%) Perl
17 2 (0.80%) Ruby
18 1 (0.40%) R
Qualifications
1 100 (40.16%) Security Cleared
2 78 (31.33%) Degree
3 56 (22.49%) SC Cleared
4 52 (20.88%) Azure Certification
5 26 (10.44%) DV Cleared
6 24 (9.64%) Master's Degree
7 10 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (3.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.61%) APMP
9 4 (1.61%) MBA
10 2 (0.80%) CEH
10 2 (0.80%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.80%) CREST Certified
11 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.40%) CCA
11 1 (0.40%) CCNP
11 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.40%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.21%) GDPR
2 7 (2.81%) QA
3 4 (1.61%) ISO 26262
4 2 (0.80%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.40%) NIST
System Software
1 62 (24.90%) Docker
2 16 (6.43%) Firmware
3 10 (4.02%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (1.20%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.80%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 2 (0.80%) Xen
6 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 43 (17.27%) Kubernetes
2 38 (15.26%) Terraform
3 34 (13.65%) Ansible
4 17 (6.83%) Grafana
4 17 (6.83%) Prometheus
5 9 (3.61%) Nagios
5 9 (3.61%) Podman
6 7 (2.81%) Puppet
7 5 (2.01%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (1.61%) Functional Safety
9 3 (1.20%) Scalr
10 2 (0.80%) FlexNet
10 2 (0.80%) QRadar
10 2 (0.80%) Rancher
10 2 (0.80%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.40%) Cilium
11 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.40%) Istio
Vendors
1 51 (20.48%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.42%) Oracle
2 11 (4.42%) Splunk
3 5 (2.01%) Tenable
4 4 (1.61%) NVIDIA
5 2 (0.80%) Atlassian
5 2 (0.80%) Databricks
5 2 (0.80%) Google
5 2 (0.80%) NetApp
5 2 (0.80%) Red Hat
5 2 (0.80%) Yahoo!
6 1 (0.40%) Cisco
6 1 (0.40%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.40%) IBM
6 1 (0.40%) IFS
6 1 (0.40%) Meraki