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 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -7 +3 0
Permanent jobs citing Python 19 59 73
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxford 7.31% 21.61% 15.84%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.78% 52.68% 39.89%
Number of salaries quoted 12 31 67
10th Percentile - £43,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,375 £43,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £100,313 £95,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £129,000 £100,000 £77,750
Oxfordshire median annual salary £68,750 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.79% +21.74% +13.09%

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 49 112 183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxford 18.85% 41.03% 39.70%
Number of salaries quoted 35 71 172
10th Percentile £48,500 £43,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,875 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,980 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +4.35% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,250 £70,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £97,500 £85,000
Oxfordshire median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% +9.09% +10.00%

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 31 January 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 1 (5.26%) Kinematics
Applications
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (42.11%) Azure
2 7 (36.84%) Azure AI
2 7 (36.84%) Power Platform
3 4 (21.05%) AWS
4 1 (5.26%) Amazon S3
4 1 (5.26%) Amazon SageMaker
4 1 (5.26%) Amazon SQS
4 1 (5.26%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (5.26%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (5.26%) GitHub
4 1 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (5.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (36.84%) Power BI
1 7 (36.84%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Git
General
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.26%) Automotive
2 1 (5.26%) Aviation
2 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Junior
2 7 (36.84%) Analyst
2 7 (36.84%) Data Analyst
2 7 (36.84%) Junior Analyst
2 7 (36.84%) Junior Data Analyst
3 6 (31.58%) Software Engineer
4 5 (26.32%) Developer
4 5 (26.32%) Python Engineer
4 5 (26.32%) Python Software Engineer
5 3 (15.79%) Senior
6 2 (10.53%) C++ Software Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Lead
6 2 (10.53%) Lead Developer
6 2 (10.53%) Python Developer
6 2 (10.53%) Senior Developer
6 2 (10.53%) Senior Python Developer
6 2 (10.53%) Senior Software Developer
6 2 (10.53%) Software Developer
7 1 (5.26%) Principal Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) React
1 2 (10.53%) REST
2 1 (5.26%) Kafka
2 1 (5.26%) LangGraph
2 1 (5.26%) Middleware
2 1 (5.26%) ModSecurity
2 1 (5.26%) RESTful
2 1 (5.26%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) AI Agents
1 1 (5.26%) Algorithms
1 1 (5.26%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Linux
1 1 (5.26%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) AI
2 7 (36.84%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (36.84%) Software Engineering
3 4 (21.05%) Agile
4 3 (15.79%) Business Development
4 3 (15.79%) CI/CD
4 3 (15.79%) Machine Learning
5 2 (10.53%) Full-Stack Development
6 1 (5.26%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (5.26%) Client Onboarding
6 1 (5.26%) Cloud Security
6 1 (5.26%) Containerisation
6 1 (5.26%) Control Theory
6 1 (5.26%) Decision-Making
6 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure as Code
6 1 (5.26%) LLM
6 1 (5.26%) MLOps
6 1 (5.26%) Multi-Agent System
6 1 (5.26%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (5.26%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 9 (47.37%) SQL
2 4 (21.05%) C++
3 2 (10.53%) Java
3 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.26%) Bash
4 1 (5.26%) Go
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) Azure Certification
2 3 (15.79%) Degree
3 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.26%) PhD
3 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.26%) Argo
2 1 (5.26%) Kubeflow
2 1 (5.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) NVIDIA