Python Job Trends in Reading

Python
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 9 36
Rank change year-on-year 0 +27 -25
Permanent jobs citing Python 87 68 83
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 9.23% 13.77% 5.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 52.73% 43.04% 17.33%
Number of salaries quoted 38 43 61
10th Percentile £42,500 £33,900 £39,000
25th Percentile £43,125 £51,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £108,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £114,500 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £61,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.20% +2.08% -7.69%

All Programming Languages
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 165 158 479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 17.50% 31.98% 32.63%
Number of salaries quoted 102 93 351
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +10.17% -15.71%
75th Percentile £76,875 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £112,500 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Python job vacancy trend in Reading

Python
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in Reading over the 6 months to 7 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in Reading

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 2 (2.30%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.15%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.15%) Camunda
2 1 (1.15%) Jupyter
2 1 (1.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (21.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.15%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 58 (66.67%) Azure
2 41 (47.13%) AWS
3 28 (32.18%) Power Platform
4 22 (25.29%) GCP
5 21 (24.14%) Azure AI
6 11 (12.64%) Amazon EC2
6 11 (12.64%) Amazon EKS
6 11 (12.64%) Serverless
7 10 (11.49%) OpenShift
8 8 (9.20%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (8.05%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (6.90%) Amazon S3
10 6 (6.90%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (6.90%) GitHub
11 5 (5.75%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (5.75%) Apigee
11 5 (5.75%) Figma
11 5 (5.75%) Kong
12 2 (2.30%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (2.30%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 12 (13.79%) Firewall
2 5 (5.75%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (2.30%) DNS
4 1 (1.15%) Internet
4 1 (1.15%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (22.99%) Power BI
1 20 (22.99%) Tableau
2 8 (9.20%) Relational Database
3 6 (6.90%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (5.75%) RDBMS
5 2 (2.30%) Data Lake
5 2 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.30%) Metadata
6 1 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.15%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.15%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (1.15%) Looker
6 1 (1.15%) MySQL
6 1 (1.15%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (1.15%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (25.29%) Git
2 18 (20.69%) GitLab
3 12 (13.79%) Jenkins
4 7 (8.05%) Cucumber
5 6 (6.90%) SonarQube
6 5 (5.75%) JIRA
6 5 (5.75%) JMeter
6 5 (5.75%) JUnit
6 5 (5.75%) Mockito
7 4 (4.60%) Artifactory
8 2 (2.30%) Postman
8 2 (2.30%) Selenium
8 2 (2.30%) SoapUI
9 1 (1.15%) Bitbucket
9 1 (1.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 41 (47.13%) Social Skills
2 15 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (16.09%) Finance
3 14 (16.09%) Telecoms
4 6 (6.90%) Public Sector
5 5 (5.75%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.15%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.15%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.15%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (25.29%) Developer
2 20 (22.99%) Analyst
3 19 (21.84%) Data Analyst
3 19 (21.84%) Junior
4 18 (20.69%) Junior Analyst
4 18 (20.69%) Junior Data Analyst
4 18 (20.69%) Software Engineer
5 12 (13.79%) Automation Engineer
6 10 (11.49%) Network Engineer
6 10 (11.49%) Telecoms Engineer
7 8 (9.20%) DevOps Engineer
8 7 (8.05%) Java Developer
8 7 (8.05%) Power Platform Developer
9 6 (6.90%) Automation Specialist
9 6 (6.90%) Network Specialist
9 6 (6.90%) Python Developer
9 6 (6.90%) Telecoms Specialist
10 5 (5.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 5 (5.75%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 4 (4.60%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (24.14%) REST
2 20 (22.99%) JSON
3 14 (16.09%) YAML
4 10 (11.49%) Jinja
4 10 (11.49%) Web Services
4 10 (11.49%) XML
5 7 (8.05%) NumPy
5 7 (8.05%) Pandas
5 7 (8.05%) React
5 7 (8.05%) Spring
6 6 (6.90%) HTML
6 6 (6.90%) Spring Boot
7 5 (5.75%) Apache Camel
7 5 (5.75%) Django
7 5 (5.75%) Hibernate
7 5 (5.75%) jQuery
7 5 (5.75%) Twisted
7 5 (5.75%) WebSockets
7 5 (5.75%) WireMock
7 5 (5.75%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 23 (26.44%) Distributed Systems
2 13 (14.94%) Client/Server
3 10 (11.49%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (9.20%) Low-Code
5 7 (8.05%) Algorithms
6 5 (5.75%) Product Ownership
6 5 (5.75%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (4.60%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.30%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (1.15%) Private Cloud
9 1 (1.15%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 33 (37.93%) Linux
2 5 (5.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (37.93%) CI/CD
2 27 (31.03%) Test Automation
3 26 (29.89%) AI
4 25 (28.74%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (24.14%) Containerisation
5 21 (24.14%) DevOps
5 21 (24.14%) Software Engineering
6 20 (22.99%) Business Intelligence
7 18 (20.69%) Code Quality
8 17 (19.54%) Microservices
9 16 (18.39%) Computer Science
9 16 (18.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (17.24%) Agile
11 14 (16.09%) Deployment Automation
12 13 (14.94%) System Testing
13 12 (13.79%) Infrastructure as Code
14 10 (11.49%) API Management
14 10 (11.49%) Full-Stack Development
14 10 (11.49%) Task Automation
15 9 (10.34%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 24 (27.59%) JavaScript
1 24 (27.59%) SQL
2 14 (16.09%) Java
3 13 (14.94%) C
3 13 (14.94%) C++
3 13 (14.94%) Rust
4 8 (9.20%) C#
5 7 (8.05%) Shell Script
6 6 (6.90%) Groovy
6 6 (6.90%) TypeScript
7 4 (4.60%) Perl
8 3 (3.45%) Go
9 2 (2.30%) PHP
9 2 (2.30%) R
10 1 (1.15%) Apex Code
10 1 (1.15%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 22 (25.29%) Azure Certification
2 18 (20.69%) Degree
3 15 (17.24%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (12.64%) Security Cleared
5 4 (4.60%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.30%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.30%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.15%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (25.29%) QA
2 2 (2.30%) Data Quality
System Software
1 14 (16.09%) Docker
2 13 (14.94%) Hyper-V
2 13 (14.94%) KVM
2 13 (14.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (5.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (16.09%) Kubernetes
2 6 (6.90%) Ansible
2 6 (6.90%) Terraform
3 5 (5.75%) Kibana
4 4 (4.60%) Packer
Vendors
1 28 (32.18%) Microsoft
2 13 (14.94%) VMware
3 10 (11.49%) Cisco
3 10 (11.49%) Red Hat
4 5 (5.75%) AppDynamics
4 5 (5.75%) Dynatrace
4 5 (5.75%) F5
4 5 (5.75%) Juniper
4 5 (5.75%) Palo Alto
4 5 (5.75%) Splunk
5 4 (4.60%) IBM
6 3 (3.45%) Databricks
7 1 (1.15%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.15%) Automation Anywhere
7 1 (1.15%) Informatica
7 1 (1.15%) Pega
7 1 (1.15%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.15%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.15%) UiPath