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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 26 6
Rank change year-on-year +5 -20 +3
Permanent jobs citing Python 82 39 177
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 5.07% 7.46% 13.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.62% 36.45% 47.33%
Number of salaries quoted 46 12 83
10th Percentile - £50,848 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £54,899 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £82,500 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.30% +36.36% +5.22%
75th Percentile £68,750 £99,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £111,250 £87,000
Berkshire median annual salary £61,250 £47,520 £62,500
% change year-on-year +28.89% -23.97% -3.85%

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 197 107 374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 12.19% 20.46% 27.56%
Number of salaries quoted 128 56 183
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,149 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +7.63% -1.67%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £73,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,125 £85,000
Berkshire median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +8.33%

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 19 September 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 (2.44%) Apache Spark
1 2 (2.44%) Confluence
2 1 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 11 (13.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.66%) Mathematica
Cloud Services
1 33 (40.24%) Azure
2 26 (31.71%) AWS
3 16 (19.51%) Azure AI
3 16 (19.51%) Serverless
4 14 (17.07%) Amazon EC2
4 14 (17.07%) Amazon EKS
5 13 (15.85%) Power Platform
6 10 (12.20%) GitHub
7 8 (9.76%) Amazon ECS
8 6 (7.32%) Amazon S3
8 6 (7.32%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (7.32%) GCP
9 4 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (4.88%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (4.88%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (3.66%) Anthropic Claude
10 3 (3.66%) Azure Cognitive Services
10 3 (3.66%) Azure Machine Learning
10 3 (3.66%) GitHub Copilot
10 3 (3.66%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.44%) DNS
1 2 (2.44%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (14.63%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (13.41%) Power BI
3 10 (12.20%) Tableau
4 8 (9.76%) Relational Database
5 6 (7.32%) RDBMS
6 2 (2.44%) MongoDB
6 2 (2.44%) MySQL
6 2 (2.44%) NoSQL
6 2 (2.44%) Redis
7 1 (1.22%) Data Lake
7 1 (1.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 17 (20.73%) Git
2 14 (17.07%) Jenkins
3 10 (12.20%) GitLab
4 9 (10.98%) JMeter
5 8 (9.76%) JIRA
5 8 (9.76%) JUnit
5 8 (9.76%) Mockito
6 6 (7.32%) SonarQube
7 5 (6.10%) Cucumber
8 4 (4.88%) Artifactory
9 3 (3.66%) Selenium
10 2 (2.44%) MLflow
10 2 (2.44%) Mocha
11 1 (1.22%) Burp Suite
General
1 44 (53.66%) Social Skills
2 12 (14.63%) Finance
3 9 (10.98%) Public Sector
4 7 (8.54%) Retail
5 5 (6.10%) Aerospace
6 4 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.66%) Mandarin Language
8 2 (2.44%) Aviation
8 2 (2.44%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (23.17%) Developer
1 19 (23.17%) Software Engineer
2 17 (20.73%) Analyst
3 10 (12.20%) Data Analyst
4 8 (9.76%) DevOps Engineer
4 8 (9.76%) Java Engineer
5 7 (8.54%) Junior
5 7 (8.54%) Junior Analyst
5 7 (8.54%) Junior Data Analyst
5 7 (8.54%) Python Engineer
5 7 (8.54%) Python Software Engineer
6 6 (7.32%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 6 (7.32%) Java Developer
6 6 (7.32%) Security Analyst
6 6 (7.32%) Senior
7 5 (6.10%) Python Developer
7 5 (6.10%) Software Developer
8 4 (4.88%) Senior Developer
8 4 (4.88%) Support Engineer
9 3 (3.66%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (21.95%) REST
2 15 (18.29%) React
3 11 (13.41%) JSON
4 10 (12.20%) HTML
5 9 (10.98%) Spring
6 8 (9.76%) ActiveMQ
6 8 (9.76%) Apache Camel
6 8 (9.76%) Hibernate
6 8 (9.76%) jQuery
6 8 (9.76%) Spring Boot
6 8 (9.76%) WireMock
7 7 (8.54%) NumPy
7 7 (8.54%) Pandas
7 7 (8.54%) Web Services
8 6 (7.32%) Django
8 6 (7.32%) Terraform
8 6 (7.32%) XML
9 5 (6.10%) FastAPI
9 5 (6.10%) Lightning Web Components
9 5 (6.10%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.29%) Distributed Systems
2 10 (12.20%) Algorithms
3 7 (8.54%) Cloud Native
3 7 (8.54%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (6.10%) Synthetic Data
5 4 (4.88%) Product Ownership
6 3 (3.66%) AI Agents
7 2 (2.44%) Autonomous Agent
7 2 (2.44%) Client/Server
7 2 (2.44%) CUDA
7 2 (2.44%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (2.44%) Hackathon
7 2 (2.44%) Security Posture
7 2 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.22%) Clustering
8 1 (1.22%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.22%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (17.07%) Linux
2 1 (1.22%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (43.90%) AI
2 27 (32.93%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (31.71%) Agile
4 25 (30.49%) Software Engineering
5 23 (28.05%) CI/CD
6 21 (25.61%) Microservices
7 20 (24.39%) Business Intelligence
8 19 (23.17%) SDLC
9 18 (21.95%) DevOps
10 17 (20.73%) Stakeholder Management
11 16 (19.51%) Open Source
12 15 (18.29%) Workflow
13 13 (15.85%) Containerisation
14 12 (14.63%) Business Analysis
14 12 (14.63%) Process Improvement
15 11 (13.41%) Mentoring
15 11 (13.41%) Test Automation
15 11 (13.41%) User Experience
16 10 (12.20%) Data Engineering
16 10 (12.20%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 28 (34.15%) Java
1 28 (34.15%) JavaScript
2 20 (24.39%) SQL
3 17 (20.73%) TypeScript
4 15 (18.29%) C++
5 10 (12.20%) C#
5 10 (12.20%) Shell Script
6 6 (7.32%) Groovy
7 5 (6.10%) Apex Code
8 4 (4.88%) Perl
9 3 (3.66%) Bash
9 3 (3.66%) C
9 3 (3.66%) MATLAB
9 3 (3.66%) Rust
10 1 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (1.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (21.95%) Security Cleared
2 16 (19.51%) Azure Certification
3 15 (18.29%) SC Cleared
4 12 (14.63%) Degree
5 7 (8.54%) Master's Degree
6 5 (6.10%) PhD
7 4 (4.88%) CISSP
7 4 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (1.22%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.76%) QA
2 4 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.44%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.44%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.22%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (18.29%) Docker
2 3 (3.66%) KVM
2 3 (3.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.44%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (24.39%) Kubernetes
2 8 (9.76%) Kibana
3 6 (7.32%) Ansible
4 4 (4.88%) Packer
5 2 (2.44%) Argo
5 2 (2.44%) Grafana
5 2 (2.44%) Kustomize
5 2 (2.44%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.22%) Istio
6 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.22%) Podman
Vendors
1 11 (13.41%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.76%) Dynatrace
2 8 (9.76%) Splunk
3 5 (6.10%) AppDynamics
3 5 (6.10%) Salesforce
3 5 (6.10%) Thales
4 4 (4.88%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (4.88%) Darktrace
4 4 (4.88%) IBM
5 3 (3.66%) OpenAI
5 3 (3.66%) VMware
6 2 (2.44%) Databricks
6 2 (2.44%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.22%) Atlassian