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 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 1 8
Rank change year-on-year -9 +7 +5
Permanent jobs citing Python 40 57 86
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxford 9.78% 25.22% 14.12%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.00% 54.81% 38.39%
Number of salaries quoted 18 32 77
10th Percentile £49,025 £43,750 £40,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £70,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.57% +18.64% -18.62%
75th Percentile £80,313 £85,938 £73,750
90th Percentile £89,375 £100,000 £75,350
Oxfordshire median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +13.64% +10.00%

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 80 104 224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxford 19.56% 46.02% 36.78%
Number of salaries quoted 50 72 210
10th Percentile £44,500 £43,750 £39,900
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -5.17%
75th Percentile £69,688 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £94,750 £80,000
Oxfordshire median annual salary £63,750 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.91% - +4.76%

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 6 April 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 (2.50%) Kinematics
Applications
1 18 (45.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 24 (60.00%) Azure
2 21 (52.50%) Azure AI
3 18 (45.00%) Power Platform
4 7 (17.50%) AWS
5 1 (2.50%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.50%) Amazon SQS
5 1 (2.50%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (2.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.50%) Modbus
1 1 (2.50%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (45.00%) Power BI
1 18 (45.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Git
2 1 (2.50%) JIRA
2 1 (2.50%) Zephyr
General
1 24 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.50%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.50%) Automotive
3 1 (2.50%) Aviation
3 1 (2.50%) Electronics
3 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (47.50%) Junior
2 18 (45.00%) Analyst
2 18 (45.00%) Data Analyst
2 18 (45.00%) Junior Analyst
2 18 (45.00%) Junior Data Analyst
3 13 (32.50%) Python Engineer
3 13 (32.50%) Software Engineer
4 12 (30.00%) Python Software Engineer
5 6 (15.00%) C++ Software Engineer
6 5 (12.50%) Senior
7 4 (10.00%) C# Software Engineer
7 4 (10.00%) Developer
8 3 (7.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 3 (7.50%) Senior Software Engineer
9 2 (5.00%) Python Developer
9 2 (5.00%) Senior Developer
9 2 (5.00%) Senior Python Developer
9 2 (5.00%) Senior Software Developer
9 2 (5.00%) Software Developer
10 1 (2.50%) Process Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) Blazor
1 2 (5.00%) React
2 1 (2.50%) Middleware
2 1 (2.50%) Playwright
2 1 (2.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (2.50%) FPGA
2 1 (2.50%) Robotics
2 1 (2.50%) Verilog
2 1 (2.50%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.50%) Linux
1 1 (2.50%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (57.50%) AI
2 18 (45.00%) Business Intelligence
3 15 (37.50%) Software Engineering
4 4 (10.00%) Agile
4 4 (10.00%) CI/CD
4 4 (10.00%) TDD
5 3 (7.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
5 3 (7.50%) Business Development
5 3 (7.50%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (7.50%) Machine Learning
5 3 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (5.00%) Data Management
6 2 (5.00%) Design Patterns
6 2 (5.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (5.00%) OOP
6 2 (5.00%) Predictive Modelling
6 2 (5.00%) Test Automation
6 2 (5.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (5.00%) Validation
6 2 (5.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 20 (50.00%) SQL
2 9 (22.50%) C++
3 4 (10.00%) C#
3 4 (10.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (5.00%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.50%) C
5 1 (2.50%) Java
5 1 (2.50%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 21 (52.50%) Azure Certification
2 7 (17.50%) Degree
3 5 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (7.50%) Master's Degree
4 3 (7.50%) PhD
5 1 (2.50%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.00%) Terraform
2 1 (2.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (45.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.50%) NVIDIA
2 1 (2.50%) Xilinx