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 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -7 +3 0
Permanent jobs citing Python 21 60 80
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxford 7.69% 21.90% 15.69%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.38% 52.63% 39.60%
Number of salaries quoted 13 32 74
10th Percentile £52,000 £43,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,000 £41,391
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +26.05% -0.83%
75th Percentile £93,750 £93,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £128,000 £100,000 £73,750
Oxfordshire median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +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 52 114 202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxford 19.05% 41.61% 39.61%
Number of salaries quoted 37 73 191
10th Percentile £49,000 £44,400 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £46,250
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 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,000 £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 7 February 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 (4.76%) Kinematics
Applications
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (47.62%) Azure
2 8 (38.10%) Azure AI
2 8 (38.10%) Power Platform
3 5 (23.81%) AWS
4 1 (4.76%) Amazon S3
4 1 (4.76%) Amazon SageMaker
4 1 (4.76%) Amazon SQS
4 1 (4.76%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (4.76%) GitHub
4 1 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (4.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (38.10%) Power BI
1 8 (38.10%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Git
General
1 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Automotive
3 1 (4.76%) Aviation
3 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Junior
2 8 (38.10%) Analyst
2 8 (38.10%) Data Analyst
2 8 (38.10%) Junior Analyst
2 8 (38.10%) Junior Data Analyst
3 7 (33.33%) Software Engineer
4 6 (28.57%) Python Engineer
4 6 (28.57%) Python Software Engineer
5 5 (23.81%) Developer
6 3 (14.29%) C++ Software Engineer
6 3 (14.29%) Senior
7 2 (9.52%) Lead
7 2 (9.52%) Lead Developer
7 2 (9.52%) Python Developer
7 2 (9.52%) Senior Developer
7 2 (9.52%) Senior Python Developer
7 2 (9.52%) Senior Software Developer
7 2 (9.52%) Software Developer
8 1 (4.76%) Junior Software Engineer
8 1 (4.76%) Lead Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) React
1 2 (9.52%) REST
2 1 (4.76%) Blazor
2 1 (4.76%) Kafka
2 1 (4.76%) LangGraph
2 1 (4.76%) Middleware
2 1 (4.76%) ModSecurity
2 1 (4.76%) RESTful
2 1 (4.76%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) AI Agents
1 1 (4.76%) Algorithms
1 1 (4.76%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Linux
1 1 (4.76%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) AI
2 8 (38.10%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (38.10%) Software Engineering
3 4 (19.05%) Agile
3 4 (19.05%) CI/CD
3 4 (19.05%) Machine Learning
4 3 (14.29%) Business Development
4 3 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (9.52%) TDD
6 1 (4.76%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (4.76%) Client Onboarding
6 1 (4.76%) Control Theory
6 1 (4.76%) Decision-Making
6 1 (4.76%) Multi-Agent System
6 1 (4.76%) Observability
6 1 (4.76%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (4.76%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (4.76%) Translating Business Requirements
6 1 (4.76%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 10 (47.62%) SQL
2 5 (23.81%) C++
3 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 2 (9.52%) Java
5 1 (4.76%) Bash
5 1 (4.76%) C#
5 1 (4.76%) Go
5 1 (4.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) Azure Certification
2 4 (19.05%) Degree
3 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (9.52%) Master's Degree
3 2 (9.52%) PhD
4 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
1 2 (9.52%) Terraform
2 1 (4.76%) Argo
2 1 (4.76%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) NVIDIA