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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 7 31
Rank change year-on-year -9 +24 -20
Permanent jobs citing Python 47 92 90
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 6.70% 14.00% 7.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 45.19% 42.20% 19.07%
Number of salaries quoted 19 46 48
10th Percentile - £44,250 £40,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £58,750 £48,598
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £73,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.03% +13.46% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £112,500 £77,813
90th Percentile £89,250 - £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £45,000 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -35.71% +21.74% -4.17%

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 104 218 472
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 14.84% 33.18% 37.17%
Number of salaries quoted 65 95 319
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,500 £47,820
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £70,750 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,500 £112,500 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.52% +12.50% -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 14 February 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 1 (2.13%) Apache Spark
1 1 (2.13%) Camunda
Applications
1 9 (19.15%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 32 (68.09%) Azure
2 22 (46.81%) AWS
3 19 (40.43%) Power Platform
4 11 (23.40%) GCP
5 10 (21.28%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (19.15%) Amazon EC2
6 9 (19.15%) Amazon ECS
6 9 (19.15%) Amazon EKS
6 9 (19.15%) Azure AI
6 9 (19.15%) Serverless
7 7 (14.89%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (4.26%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (4.26%) OpenShift
9 1 (2.13%) Apigee
9 1 (2.13%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (2.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (2.13%) Kong
9 1 (2.13%) SaaS
9 1 (2.13%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 1 (2.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.51%) Firewall
2 2 (4.26%) DNS
3 1 (2.13%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (2.13%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (25.53%) Relational Database
2 11 (23.40%) Power BI
3 10 (21.28%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (21.28%) Tableau
4 9 (19.15%) RDBMS
5 2 (4.26%) Data Hub
5 2 (4.26%) Data Lake
5 2 (4.26%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (4.26%) Metadata
6 1 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (2.13%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (2.13%) Looker
6 1 (2.13%) MySQL
6 1 (2.13%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
6 1 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (21.28%) Jenkins
2 9 (19.15%) JMeter
2 9 (19.15%) JUnit
2 9 (19.15%) Mockito
3 4 (8.51%) Git
3 4 (8.51%) GitLab
4 2 (4.26%) Cucumber
4 2 (4.26%) Postman
4 2 (4.26%) Selenium
4 2 (4.26%) SoapUI
5 1 (2.13%) Bitbucket
General
1 13 (27.66%) Social Skills
2 12 (25.53%) Finance
3 9 (19.15%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (19.15%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.51%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (38.30%) Developer
2 9 (19.15%) Analyst
2 9 (19.15%) Data Analyst
2 9 (19.15%) Full-Stack Developer
2 9 (19.15%) Full-Stack Java Developer
2 9 (19.15%) Java Developer
2 9 (19.15%) Junior
2 9 (19.15%) Junior Analyst
2 9 (19.15%) Junior Data Analyst
2 9 (19.15%) Mid-Level Java Developer
3 7 (14.89%) Power Platform Developer
3 7 (14.89%) Software Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Automation Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) Lead
6 2 (4.26%) Distributed Systems Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Python Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) QA Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Senior
6 2 (4.26%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (23.40%) JSON
1 11 (23.40%) REST
2 10 (21.28%) Spring
2 10 (21.28%) Spring Boot
2 10 (21.28%) XML
3 9 (19.15%) ActiveMQ
3 9 (19.15%) Apache Camel
3 9 (19.15%) Hibernate
3 9 (19.15%) HTML
3 9 (19.15%) jQuery
3 9 (19.15%) Web Services
3 9 (19.15%) WireMock
4 3 (6.38%) SOAP
5 2 (4.26%) Jinja
5 2 (4.26%) pytest
5 2 (4.26%) YAML
6 1 (2.13%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (2.13%) Pandas
6 1 (2.13%) PySpark
6 1 (2.13%) React
Miscellaneous
1 16 (34.04%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (17.02%) Low-Code
3 7 (14.89%) Client/Server
4 4 (8.51%) Cloud Native
5 2 (4.26%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (2.13%) Algorithms
6 1 (2.13%) Private Cloud
6 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (21.28%) Linux
2 1 (2.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (51.06%) CI/CD
2 15 (31.91%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (27.66%) Agile
3 13 (27.66%) AI
3 13 (27.66%) DevOps
4 11 (23.40%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (23.40%) Microservices
5 10 (21.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (21.28%) Full-Stack Development
5 10 (21.28%) Test Automation
6 9 (19.15%) BDD
6 9 (19.15%) Computer Science
6 9 (19.15%) Process Management
6 9 (19.15%) SDLC
6 9 (19.15%) TDD
6 9 (19.15%) Workflow
7 8 (17.02%) Data Governance
7 8 (17.02%) Deployment Automation
8 7 (14.89%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (14.89%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 18 (38.30%) JavaScript
2 14 (29.79%) SQL
3 12 (25.53%) Java
4 9 (19.15%) Shell Script
5 7 (14.89%) C
5 7 (14.89%) C#
5 7 (14.89%) C++
5 7 (14.89%) Rust
6 3 (6.38%) Go
7 2 (4.26%) PHP
8 1 (2.13%) Apex Code
8 1 (2.13%) R
8 1 (2.13%) Ruby
8 1 (2.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (23.40%) Azure Certification
1 11 (23.40%) Security Cleared
2 9 (19.15%) Degree
3 8 (17.02%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (2.13%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.89%) QA
2 2 (4.26%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (19.15%) Docker
2 7 (14.89%) Hyper-V
2 7 (14.89%) KVM
2 7 (14.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (25.53%) Kubernetes
2 9 (19.15%) Kibana
Vendors
1 16 (34.04%) Microsoft
2 9 (19.15%) Dynatrace
2 9 (19.15%) Splunk
3 7 (14.89%) VMware
4 3 (6.38%) Databricks
5 2 (4.26%) Cisco
5 2 (4.26%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.13%) Automation Anywhere
6 1 (2.13%) F5
6 1 (2.13%) Informatica
6 1 (2.13%) Juniper
6 1 (2.13%) Palo Alto
6 1 (2.13%) Pega
6 1 (2.13%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.13%) UiPath