Python Job Trends in Oxford

Python
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 5 8
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 +1
Permanent jobs citing Python 88 29 51
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxford 11.81% 13.62% 14.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 60.27% 49.15% 41.13%
Number of salaries quoted 57 20 29
10th Percentile £46,189 £55,000 £42,400
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,438 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £65,000 £90,625 £78,750
90th Percentile £70,500 £99,750 £91,250
Oxfordshire median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +23.81% -8.70%

All Programming Languages
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 146 59 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxford 19.60% 27.70% 34.25%
Number of salaries quoted 113 43 90
10th Percentile £46,189 £50,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% -10.16%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £77,500 £92,000 £80,500
Oxfordshire median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +25.00% -16.67%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Oxford.

Python job vacancy trend in Oxford

Python
Salary Trend in Oxford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in Oxford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in Oxford over the 6 months to 29 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in Oxford

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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 6 (6.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.14%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (6.82%) Lightworks
2 5 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (4.55%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (6.82%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 35 (39.77%) AWS
2 29 (32.95%) Azure
3 14 (15.91%) Power Platform
4 10 (11.36%) Azure AI
5 9 (10.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 9 (10.23%) Azure Data Factory
5 9 (10.23%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (10.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 4 (4.55%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (3.41%) GCP
7 3 (3.41%) GitHub
7 3 (3.41%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.14%) BrowserStack
9 1 (1.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.36%) Wireless
2 6 (6.82%) DHCP
2 6 (6.82%) DNS
2 6 (6.82%) Firewall
2 6 (6.82%) MQTT
2 6 (6.82%) VLAN
2 6 (6.82%) VPN
2 6 (6.82%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (4.55%) Ethernet
4 2 (2.27%) HTTP
4 2 (2.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (15.91%) Power BI
2 12 (13.64%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (10.23%) Amazon QuickSight
3 9 (10.23%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (10.23%) DynamoDB
3 9 (10.23%) Metadata
3 9 (10.23%) MongoDB
3 9 (10.23%) NoSQL
3 9 (10.23%) Snowflake Schema
3 9 (10.23%) SQL Server
3 9 (10.23%) Star Schema
4 5 (5.68%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (5.68%) Tableau
5 3 (3.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (22.73%) Git
2 8 (9.09%) LabVIEW
3 4 (4.55%) PetaLinux
4 3 (3.41%) GitLab
5 1 (1.14%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.14%) Mocha
General
1 29 (32.95%) Social Skills
2 14 (15.91%) Manufacturing
3 9 (10.23%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (9.09%) Electronics
4 8 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (6.82%) Aerospace
6 5 (5.68%) Automotive
7 1 (1.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 40 (45.45%) Software Engineer
2 36 (40.91%) Python Engineer
3 34 (38.64%) Python Software Engineer
4 33 (37.50%) C++ Software Engineer
5 22 (25.00%) C# Software Engineer
6 20 (22.73%) Senior
7 18 (20.45%) AWS Engineer
7 18 (20.45%) AWS Software Engineer
8 15 (17.05%) Cloud Engineer
9 12 (13.64%) Cloud Software Engineer
10 11 (12.50%) Azure Engineer
11 10 (11.36%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 10 (11.36%) Systems Engineer
12 6 (6.82%) Data Engineer
12 6 (6.82%) IT Engineer
12 6 (6.82%) Network Engineer
12 6 (6.82%) Network Operations Engineer
12 6 (6.82%) Operations Engineer
13 5 (5.68%) Junior Analyst
13 5 (5.68%) Junior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.23%) Django
1 9 (10.23%) Vue
2 7 (7.95%) React
3 4 (4.55%) Node.js
3 4 (4.55%) Terraform
3 4 (4.55%) Yocto
4 3 (3.41%) PySpark
5 2 (2.27%) .NET
5 2 (2.27%) ASP.NET
5 2 (2.27%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (2.27%) Blazor
5 2 (2.27%) gRPC
5 2 (2.27%) JSON
5 2 (2.27%) Protocol Buffers
5 2 (2.27%) RESTful
6 1 (1.14%) FastAPI
6 1 (1.14%) Flask
6 1 (1.14%) Gradio
6 1 (1.14%) Kafka
6 1 (1.14%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 19 (21.59%) Distributed Computing
2 10 (11.36%) Product Ownership
3 9 (10.23%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (10.23%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (9.09%) Fibre Optics
5 6 (6.82%) CCTV
5 6 (6.82%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (4.55%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (4.55%) FPGA
6 4 (4.55%) IoT
6 4 (4.55%) Verilog
6 4 (4.55%) VHDL
7 3 (3.41%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (3.41%) Robotics
8 2 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 14 (15.91%) Linux
2 9 (10.23%) Windows
3 4 (4.55%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (3.41%) Debian
4 3 (3.41%) Robot Operating System
4 3 (3.41%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (52.27%) Software Engineering
2 28 (31.82%) CI/CD
3 22 (25.00%) Agile
3 22 (25.00%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
3 22 (25.00%) Finite Element Analysis
4 20 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (21.59%) AI
6 15 (17.05%) Data Protection
7 14 (15.91%) Business Intelligence
7 14 (15.91%) Computer Science
8 13 (14.77%) Analytics
8 13 (14.77%) Containerisation
9 12 (13.64%) Data Modelling
9 12 (13.64%) DevOps
9 12 (13.64%) ETL
10 11 (12.50%) Data Management
10 11 (12.50%) Design Patterns
11 10 (11.36%) Clean Code
11 10 (11.36%) Machine Learning
12 9 (10.23%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 39 (44.32%) C++
2 35 (39.77%) C#
3 18 (20.45%) SQL
4 12 (13.64%) MATLAB
4 12 (13.64%) TypeScript
5 7 (7.95%) JavaScript
6 6 (6.82%) PowerShell
7 4 (4.55%) Bash
7 4 (4.55%) C
7 4 (4.55%) Rust
8 2 (2.27%) Shell Script
9 1 (1.14%) Java
Qualifications
1 44 (50.00%) Degree
2 23 (26.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (18.18%) Master's Degree
4 14 (15.91%) PhD
5 10 (11.36%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.27%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (17.05%) GDPR
2 12 (13.64%) Data Quality
3 9 (10.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 5 (5.68%) QA
5 4 (4.55%) ECSS
System Software
1 14 (15.91%) Docker
2 6 (6.82%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.82%) Hyper-V
2 6 (6.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (6.82%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (15.91%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 23 (26.14%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.23%) Informatica
2 9 (10.23%) Talend
3 6 (6.82%) VMware
4 4 (4.55%) Xilinx
5 3 (3.41%) Databricks
5 3 (3.41%) NVIDIA