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 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 4 8
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 +1
Permanent jobs citing Python 85 32 47
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxford 12.04% 14.55% 12.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 61.15% 49.23% 39.83%
Number of salaries quoted 49 19 32
10th Percentile £46,189 £55,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,750 £58,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.29% +27.27% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile - £97,500 £84,375
Oxfordshire median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +36.84% -20.83%

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 139 65 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxford 19.69% 29.55% 31.72%
Number of salaries quoted 101 44 101
10th Percentile £46,189 £50,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,938 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £69,750 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £80,000
Oxfordshire median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +30.00% -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 5 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 (7.06%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.18%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 9 (10.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.88%) Lightworks
3 3 (3.53%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (7.06%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 32 (37.65%) Azure
2 30 (35.29%) AWS
3 16 (18.82%) Power Platform
4 15 (17.65%) Azure AI
5 7 (8.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 7 (8.24%) Azure Data Factory
5 7 (8.24%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (8.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 4 (4.71%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (3.53%) GitHub
7 3 (3.53%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (2.35%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (2.35%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (10.59%) Wireless
2 6 (7.06%) DHCP
2 6 (7.06%) DNS
2 6 (7.06%) Firewall
2 6 (7.06%) VLAN
2 6 (7.06%) VPN
2 6 (7.06%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (5.88%) MQTT
4 3 (3.53%) Ethernet
5 2 (2.35%) HTTP
5 2 (2.35%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.18%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (18.82%) Power BI
2 9 (10.59%) Tableau
3 7 (8.24%) Amazon QuickSight
3 7 (8.24%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (8.24%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (8.24%) DynamoDB
3 7 (8.24%) Metadata
3 7 (8.24%) MongoDB
3 7 (8.24%) NoSQL
3 7 (8.24%) Snowflake Schema
3 7 (8.24%) SQL Server
3 7 (8.24%) Star Schema
4 4 (4.71%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (17.65%) Git
2 8 (9.41%) LabVIEW
3 3 (3.53%) GitLab
3 3 (3.53%) PetaLinux
4 1 (1.18%) JIRA
4 1 (1.18%) Zephyr
General
1 33 (38.82%) Social Skills
2 15 (17.65%) Manufacturing
3 9 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (10.59%) Electronics
4 8 (9.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (9.41%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (5.88%) Aerospace
6 4 (4.71%) Automotive
7 1 (1.18%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 38 (44.71%) Software Engineer
2 36 (42.35%) Python Engineer
3 33 (38.82%) Python Software Engineer
4 30 (35.29%) C++ Software Engineer
5 20 (23.53%) Senior
6 19 (22.35%) C# Software Engineer
7 13 (15.29%) AWS Engineer
7 13 (15.29%) AWS Software Engineer
7 13 (15.29%) Cloud Engineer
8 12 (14.12%) Cloud Software Engineer
9 10 (11.76%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 10 (11.76%) Systems Engineer
10 9 (10.59%) Analyst
10 9 (10.59%) Azure Engineer
10 9 (10.59%) Data Analyst
10 9 (10.59%) Junior
10 9 (10.59%) Junior Analyst
10 9 (10.59%) Junior Data Analyst
11 6 (7.06%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 6 (7.06%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.41%) Django
1 8 (9.41%) Vue
2 6 (7.06%) React
3 3 (3.53%) Blazor
3 3 (3.53%) Node.js
3 3 (3.53%) Terraform
3 3 (3.53%) Yocto
4 2 (2.35%) .NET
4 2 (2.35%) ASP.NET
4 2 (2.35%) ASP.NET Core
4 2 (2.35%) gRPC
4 2 (2.35%) JSON
4 2 (2.35%) Protocol Buffers
4 2 (2.35%) RESTful
5 1 (1.18%) FastAPI
5 1 (1.18%) Flask
5 1 (1.18%) Gradio
5 1 (1.18%) Kafka
5 1 (1.18%) Playwright
5 1 (1.18%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.47%) Distributed Computing
2 8 (9.41%) Fibre Optics
2 8 (9.41%) Product Ownership
3 7 (8.24%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (8.24%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (7.06%) CCTV
4 6 (7.06%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (4.71%) FPGA
5 4 (4.71%) Verilog
5 4 (4.71%) VHDL
6 3 (3.53%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (3.53%) IoT
6 3 (3.53%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (3.53%) Robotics
7 2 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.18%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 11 (12.94%) Linux
2 7 (8.24%) Windows
3 3 (3.53%) Debian
3 3 (3.53%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (3.53%) Robot Operating System
3 3 (3.53%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (51.76%) Software Engineering
2 22 (25.88%) AI
3 21 (24.71%) CI/CD
4 20 (23.53%) Agile
4 20 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (20.00%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
5 17 (20.00%) Finite Element Analysis
6 16 (18.82%) Business Intelligence
7 13 (15.29%) Containerisation
7 13 (15.29%) Data Protection
8 12 (14.12%) Computer Science
9 11 (12.94%) Design Patterns
10 10 (11.76%) Data Management
10 10 (11.76%) DevOps
10 10 (11.76%) Machine Learning
10 10 (11.76%) Validation
11 9 (10.59%) Full-Stack Development
11 9 (10.59%) Physics
12 8 (9.41%) Technical Leadership
12 8 (9.41%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 36 (42.35%) C++
2 30 (35.29%) C#
3 17 (20.00%) SQL
4 11 (12.94%) MATLAB
4 11 (12.94%) TypeScript
5 6 (7.06%) JavaScript
5 6 (7.06%) PowerShell
6 4 (4.71%) C
7 3 (3.53%) Bash
7 3 (3.53%) Rust
8 1 (1.18%) Java
8 1 (1.18%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 39 (45.88%) Degree
2 20 (23.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (18.82%) Master's Degree
4 15 (17.65%) Azure Certification
5 14 (16.47%) PhD
6 2 (2.35%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.35%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.18%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (15.29%) GDPR
2 7 (8.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 7 (8.24%) Data Quality
2 7 (8.24%) QA
3 3 (3.53%) ECSS
System Software
1 13 (15.29%) Docker
2 6 (7.06%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.06%) Hyper-V
2 6 (7.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (7.06%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (15.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 22 (25.88%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.24%) Informatica
2 7 (8.24%) Talend
3 6 (7.06%) VMware
4 4 (4.71%) Xilinx
5 3 (3.53%) NVIDIA