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 8 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 6 42
Rank change year-on-year -5 +36 -32
Permanent jobs citing Python 56 83 75
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 7.21% 15.29% 5.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 50.45% 44.15% 15.96%
Number of salaries quoted 21 47 47
10th Percentile - £38,200 £40,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £55,125 £48,445
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% +3.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £63,750 £112,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £71,250 - £85,250
Berkshire median annual salary £51,250 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.65% +5.00% -5.88%

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 111 188 470
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 14.29% 34.62% 35.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66 97 334
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £64,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.20% +8.47% -9.23%
75th Percentile £70,563 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £112,500 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £55,715 £66,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.90% +10.42% -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 8 March 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 (1.79%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.79%) Camunda
Applications
1 12 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 40 (71.43%) Azure
2 27 (48.21%) AWS
3 22 (39.29%) Power Platform
4 16 (28.57%) GCP
5 12 (21.43%) Azure AI
6 8 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (12.50%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (12.50%) Amazon ECS
7 7 (12.50%) Amazon EKS
7 7 (12.50%) Azure Logic Apps
7 7 (12.50%) Serverless
8 6 (10.71%) OpenShift
9 3 (5.36%) Apigee
9 3 (5.36%) Kong
10 2 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (3.57%) Figma
10 2 (3.57%) GitHub
11 1 (1.79%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (1.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (1.79%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.29%) Firewall
2 3 (5.36%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (3.57%) DNS
4 1 (1.79%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (25.00%) Power BI
2 13 (23.21%) Tableau
3 10 (17.86%) Relational Database
4 8 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (12.50%) RDBMS
6 2 (3.57%) Data Lake
6 2 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (3.57%) Metadata
7 1 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.79%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (1.79%) Looker
7 1 (1.79%) MySQL
7 1 (1.79%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (1.79%) SQL Server
7 1 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (14.29%) Git
1 8 (14.29%) GitLab
1 8 (14.29%) Jenkins
2 7 (12.50%) JMeter
2 7 (12.50%) JUnit
2 7 (12.50%) Mockito
3 2 (3.57%) Cucumber
3 2 (3.57%) Postman
3 2 (3.57%) Selenium
3 2 (3.57%) SoapUI
4 1 (1.79%) Bitbucket
General
1 22 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 12 (21.43%) Finance
3 11 (19.64%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (16.07%) Telecoms
5 7 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.36%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (30.36%) Developer
2 12 (21.43%) Analyst
2 12 (21.43%) Data Analyst
2 12 (21.43%) Junior
2 12 (21.43%) Junior Analyst
2 12 (21.43%) Junior Data Analyst
2 12 (21.43%) Software Engineer
3 8 (14.29%) Automation Engineer
4 7 (12.50%) Full-Stack Developer
4 7 (12.50%) Full-Stack Java Developer
4 7 (12.50%) Java Developer
4 7 (12.50%) Mid-Level Java Developer
4 7 (12.50%) Power Platform Developer
5 6 (10.71%) Network Engineer
5 6 (10.71%) Telecoms Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) Automation Specialist
6 3 (5.36%) Network Specialist
6 3 (5.36%) Python Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) Python Software Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (23.21%) JSON
1 13 (23.21%) REST
2 10 (17.86%) XML
3 9 (16.07%) Web Services
4 8 (14.29%) Spring
4 8 (14.29%) Spring Boot
5 7 (12.50%) ActiveMQ
5 7 (12.50%) Apache Camel
5 7 (12.50%) Hibernate
5 7 (12.50%) HTML
5 7 (12.50%) jQuery
5 7 (12.50%) WireMock
6 6 (10.71%) Jinja
6 6 (10.71%) YAML
7 3 (5.36%) React
7 3 (5.36%) SOAP
7 3 (5.36%) YANG
8 2 (3.57%) Pandas
8 2 (3.57%) pytest
8 2 (3.57%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 17 (30.36%) Distributed Systems
2 10 (17.86%) Client/Server
3 8 (14.29%) Low-Code
4 5 (8.93%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (7.14%) Cloud Native
6 2 (3.57%) Algorithms
6 2 (3.57%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (3.57%) Product Ownership
6 2 (3.57%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.79%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (30.36%) Linux
2 3 (5.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (46.43%) CI/CD
2 19 (33.93%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (28.57%) AI
4 15 (26.79%) Test Automation
5 14 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
6 13 (23.21%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (23.21%) DevOps
7 12 (21.43%) Code Quality
7 12 (21.43%) Computer Science
7 12 (21.43%) Software Engineering
8 11 (19.64%) Agile
8 11 (19.64%) Containerisation
8 11 (19.64%) Microservices
9 10 (17.86%) Full-Stack Development
9 10 (17.86%) System Testing
10 8 (14.29%) Data Governance
10 8 (14.29%) Deployment Automation
11 7 (12.50%) BDD
11 7 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
11 7 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 20 (35.71%) JavaScript
2 17 (30.36%) SQL
3 10 (17.86%) C
3 10 (17.86%) C++
3 10 (17.86%) Java
3 10 (17.86%) Rust
4 7 (12.50%) C#
4 7 (12.50%) Shell Script
5 3 (5.36%) Go
5 3 (5.36%) TypeScript
6 2 (3.57%) PHP
7 1 (1.79%) Apex Code
7 1 (1.79%) R
7 1 (1.79%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 12 (21.43%) Azure Certification
1 12 (21.43%) Degree
2 11 (19.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (16.07%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (1.79%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (19.64%) QA
2 2 (3.57%) Data Quality
System Software
1 10 (17.86%) Hyper-V
1 10 (17.86%) KVM
1 10 (17.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (16.07%) Docker
3 2 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (17.86%) Kubernetes
2 7 (12.50%) Kibana
Vendors
1 19 (33.93%) Microsoft
2 10 (17.86%) VMware
3 7 (12.50%) Dynatrace
3 7 (12.50%) Splunk
4 6 (10.71%) Cisco
4 6 (10.71%) Red Hat
5 3 (5.36%) F5
5 3 (5.36%) Juniper
5 3 (5.36%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.79%) Automation Anywhere
6 1 (1.79%) Databricks
6 1 (1.79%) Informatica
6 1 (1.79%) Pega
6 1 (1.79%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.79%) UiPath