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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 6 43
Rank change year-on-year -5 +37 -34
Permanent jobs citing Python 66 76 72
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 8.07% 14.62% 5.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 54.10% 43.18% 15.45%
Number of salaries quoted 29 43 47
10th Percentile £41,000 £33,900 £40,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,500 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.48% +3.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £63,750 £112,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £69,250 - £85,250
Berkshire median annual salary £47,500 £62,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -24.30% +4.58% -

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 122 176 466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 14.91% 33.85% 34.39%
Number of salaries quoted 74 94 331
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,313 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +6.78% -9.23%
75th Percentile £69,688 £82,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,625 £112,500 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +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 13 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 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (1.52%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.52%) Camunda
1 1 (1.52%) Jupyter
1 1 (1.52%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (21.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.52%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 46 (69.70%) Azure
2 32 (48.48%) AWS
3 23 (34.85%) Power Platform
4 18 (27.27%) GCP
5 13 (19.70%) Azure AI
6 10 (15.15%) OpenShift
7 8 (12.12%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (10.61%) Azure Logic Apps
9 6 (9.09%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (9.09%) Amazon ECS
9 6 (9.09%) Amazon EKS
9 6 (9.09%) Serverless
10 5 (7.58%) Apigee
10 5 (7.58%) Kong
11 4 (6.06%) GitHub
12 3 (4.55%) Figma
13 2 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
14 1 (1.52%) Azure Service Bus
14 1 (1.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 1 (1.52%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (18.18%) Firewall
2 5 (7.58%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (3.03%) DNS
4 1 (1.52%) Internet
4 1 (1.52%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (22.73%) Power BI
1 15 (22.73%) Tableau
2 9 (13.64%) Relational Database
3 7 (10.61%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (9.09%) RDBMS
5 2 (3.03%) Data Lake
5 2 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.03%) Metadata
6 1 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.52%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.52%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (1.52%) Looker
6 1 (1.52%) MySQL
6 1 (1.52%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (1.52%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (19.70%) Git
2 12 (18.18%) GitLab
3 7 (10.61%) Jenkins
4 6 (9.09%) JMeter
4 6 (9.09%) JUnit
4 6 (9.09%) Mockito
5 2 (3.03%) Cucumber
5 2 (3.03%) Postman
5 2 (3.03%) Selenium
5 2 (3.03%) SoapUI
6 1 (1.52%) Bitbucket
6 1 (1.52%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 28 (42.42%) Social Skills
2 14 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (21.21%) Finance
3 13 (19.70%) Telecoms
4 6 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 5 (7.58%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.52%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.52%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (27.27%) Developer
2 14 (21.21%) Analyst
2 14 (21.21%) Data Analyst
2 14 (21.21%) Junior
2 14 (21.21%) Software Engineer
3 13 (19.70%) Junior Analyst
3 13 (19.70%) Junior Data Analyst
4 12 (18.18%) Automation Engineer
5 10 (15.15%) Network Engineer
5 10 (15.15%) Telecoms Engineer
6 7 (10.61%) Power Platform Developer
7 6 (9.09%) Automation Specialist
7 6 (9.09%) Full-Stack Developer
7 6 (9.09%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 6 (9.09%) Java Developer
7 6 (9.09%) Mid-Level Java Developer
7 6 (9.09%) Network Specialist
7 6 (9.09%) Telecoms Specialist
8 3 (4.55%) Python Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (24.24%) JSON
2 15 (22.73%) REST
3 11 (16.67%) XML
4 10 (15.15%) Jinja
4 10 (15.15%) YAML
5 9 (13.64%) Web Services
6 7 (10.61%) HTML
6 7 (10.61%) Spring
6 7 (10.61%) Spring Boot
7 6 (9.09%) ActiveMQ
7 6 (9.09%) Apache Camel
7 6 (9.09%) Hibernate
7 6 (9.09%) jQuery
7 6 (9.09%) WireMock
8 5 (7.58%) YANG
9 4 (6.06%) NumPy
9 4 (6.06%) Pandas
9 4 (6.06%) React
10 3 (4.55%) Twisted
10 3 (4.55%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 17 (25.76%) Distributed Systems
2 11 (16.67%) Client/Server
3 8 (12.12%) Low-Code
3 8 (12.12%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (6.06%) Algorithms
4 4 (6.06%) Cloud Native
5 3 (4.55%) Product Ownership
5 3 (4.55%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (3.03%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.52%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (33.33%) Linux
2 5 (7.58%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (43.94%) CI/CD
2 22 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (27.27%) AI
4 17 (25.76%) Test Automation
5 16 (24.24%) Containerisation
6 15 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (22.73%) DevOps
6 15 (22.73%) Software Engineering
7 14 (21.21%) Code Quality
7 14 (21.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 13 (19.70%) Computer Science
9 12 (18.18%) Microservices
10 11 (16.67%) System Testing
11 10 (15.15%) Agile
11 10 (15.15%) API Management
11 10 (15.15%) Full-Stack Development
11 10 (15.15%) Task Automation
12 8 (12.12%) Collaborative Culture
12 8 (12.12%) Data Governance
12 8 (12.12%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 23 (34.85%) JavaScript
2 19 (28.79%) SQL
3 11 (16.67%) C
3 11 (16.67%) C++
3 11 (16.67%) Rust
4 9 (13.64%) Java
5 7 (10.61%) C#
6 6 (9.09%) Shell Script
7 4 (6.06%) TypeScript
8 3 (4.55%) Go
9 2 (3.03%) PHP
9 2 (3.03%) R
10 1 (1.52%) Apex Code
10 1 (1.52%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (21.21%) Azure Certification
1 14 (21.21%) Degree
2 12 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (12.12%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.03%) AWS Certification
4 2 (3.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (19.70%) QA
2 2 (3.03%) Data Quality
System Software
1 11 (16.67%) Hyper-V
1 11 (16.67%) KVM
1 11 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (15.15%) Docker
3 3 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (13.64%) Kubernetes
2 6 (9.09%) Kibana
Vendors
1 23 (34.85%) Microsoft
2 11 (16.67%) VMware
3 10 (15.15%) Cisco
3 10 (15.15%) Red Hat
4 6 (9.09%) Dynatrace
4 6 (9.09%) Splunk
5 5 (7.58%) F5
5 5 (7.58%) Juniper
5 5 (7.58%) Palo Alto
6 2 (3.03%) Databricks
7 1 (1.52%) Automation Anywhere
7 1 (1.52%) Informatica
7 1 (1.52%) Pega
7 1 (1.52%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.52%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.52%) UiPath