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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 29 7
Rank change year-on-year +7 -22 +3
Permanent jobs citing Python 83 34 176
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 5.03% 6.54% 13.81%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.29% 35.42% 49.16%
Number of salaries quoted 46 10 73
10th Percentile - £49,888 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £61,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £82,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.30% +32.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £75,313 £94,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £111,250 £93,250
Berkshire median annual salary £61,250 £47,520 £67,500
% change year-on-year +28.89% -29.60% +12.50%

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 201 96 358
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 12.18% 18.46% 28.10%
Number of salaries quoted 128 49 160
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £38,950
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,848 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £59,563
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.93% +0.53%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,750 £85,100
Berkshire median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +11.11%

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 1 October 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 (2.41%) Apache Spark
1 2 (2.41%) Confluence
1 2 (2.41%) Palantir Foundry
2 1 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 8 (9.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.82%) Mathematica
3 1 (1.20%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 28 (33.73%) Azure
2 27 (32.53%) AWS
3 17 (20.48%) Serverless
4 15 (18.07%) Amazon EKS
5 14 (16.87%) Amazon EC2
6 11 (13.25%) Azure AI
6 11 (13.25%) Power Platform
7 9 (10.84%) Amazon ECS
7 9 (10.84%) GitHub
8 6 (7.23%) Amazon S3
8 6 (7.23%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (6.02%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (6.02%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (6.02%) GCP
10 4 (4.82%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (3.61%) Anthropic Claude
11 3 (3.61%) Azure Cognitive Services
11 3 (3.61%) Azure Machine Learning
11 3 (3.61%) GitHub Copilot
11 3 (3.61%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.41%) DNS
1 2 (2.41%) Firewall
1 2 (2.41%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (15.66%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (10.84%) Power BI
2 9 (10.84%) Relational Database
3 7 (8.43%) Tableau
4 6 (7.23%) RDBMS
5 3 (3.61%) Metadata
5 3 (3.61%) NoSQL
6 2 (2.41%) Data Lake
6 2 (2.41%) MongoDB
6 2 (2.41%) MySQL
6 2 (2.41%) Redis
7 1 (1.20%) Data Vault
7 1 (1.20%) Power Query
7 1 (1.20%) SQL Server
7 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.20%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 18 (21.69%) Git
2 15 (18.07%) Jenkins
3 10 (12.05%) GitLab
4 9 (10.84%) JMeter
5 8 (9.64%) JIRA
5 8 (9.64%) JUnit
5 8 (9.64%) Mockito
6 6 (7.23%) SonarQube
7 5 (6.02%) Cucumber
8 4 (4.82%) Artifactory
9 3 (3.61%) Selenium
10 2 (2.41%) MLflow
10 2 (2.41%) Mocha
11 1 (1.20%) Burp Suite
General
1 41 (49.40%) Social Skills
2 12 (14.46%) Finance
3 11 (13.25%) Retail
4 9 (10.84%) Aerospace
4 9 (10.84%) Public Sector
5 7 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.61%) Mandarin Language
7 2 (2.41%) Aviation
7 2 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.41%) Electronics
8 1 (1.20%) Military
8 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (22.89%) Developer
2 17 (20.48%) Software Engineer
3 15 (18.07%) Analyst
4 8 (9.64%) DevOps Engineer
4 8 (9.64%) Java Engineer
5 7 (8.43%) Data Analyst
5 7 (8.43%) Java Developer
5 7 (8.43%) Security Analyst
6 6 (7.23%) Python Engineer
6 6 (7.23%) Python Software Engineer
6 6 (7.23%) Senior
7 5 (6.02%) Software Developer
8 4 (4.82%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 4 (4.82%) Full-Stack Developer
8 4 (4.82%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 4 (4.82%) Junior
8 4 (4.82%) Junior Data Analyst
8 4 (4.82%) Python Developer
8 4 (4.82%) Senior Developer
8 4 (4.82%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (20.48%) REST
2 14 (16.87%) React
3 12 (14.46%) JSON
4 10 (12.05%) HTML
4 10 (12.05%) Spring
5 9 (10.84%) Hibernate
5 9 (10.84%) Spring Boot
6 8 (9.64%) ActiveMQ
6 8 (9.64%) Apache Camel
6 8 (9.64%) jQuery
6 8 (9.64%) WireMock
7 7 (8.43%) Web Services
7 7 (8.43%) XML
8 6 (7.23%) NumPy
8 6 (7.23%) Pandas
8 6 (7.23%) Terraform
9 5 (6.02%) Django
9 5 (6.02%) FastAPI
9 5 (6.02%) Lightning Web Components
9 5 (6.02%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.87%) Distributed Systems
2 10 (12.05%) Algorithms
3 8 (9.64%) Cloud Native
4 7 (8.43%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (7.23%) Synthetic Data
6 3 (3.61%) AI Agents
6 3 (3.61%) Product Ownership
6 3 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.41%) 3D Printing
7 2 (2.41%) Arduino
7 2 (2.41%) Autonomous Agent
7 2 (2.41%) BeagleBone
7 2 (2.41%) CUDA
7 2 (2.41%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (2.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (2.41%) Hackathon
7 2 (2.41%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.41%) Raspberry Pi
7 2 (2.41%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (2.41%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (14.46%) Linux
2 1 (1.20%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (39.76%) AI
2 31 (37.35%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (32.53%) Agile
4 25 (30.12%) CI/CD
5 23 (27.71%) Software Engineering
6 21 (25.30%) Microservices
7 20 (24.10%) DevOps
8 19 (22.89%) SDLC
9 18 (21.69%) Business Intelligence
9 18 (21.69%) Stakeholder Management
10 17 (20.48%) Workflow
11 16 (19.28%) Open Source
12 14 (16.87%) Mentoring
13 12 (14.46%) Business Analysis
13 12 (14.46%) Containerisation
13 12 (14.46%) Process Improvement
14 11 (13.25%) Data Engineering
14 11 (13.25%) Test Automation
15 10 (12.05%) BDD
15 10 (12.05%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 29 (34.94%) Java
2 27 (32.53%) JavaScript
3 20 (24.10%) SQL
4 17 (20.48%) C++
5 16 (19.28%) TypeScript
6 12 (14.46%) C#
7 10 (12.05%) Shell Script
8 6 (7.23%) Groovy
9 5 (6.02%) Apex Code
9 5 (6.02%) C
9 5 (6.02%) MATLAB
10 4 (4.82%) Perl
10 4 (4.82%) Rust
11 3 (3.61%) Bash
11 3 (3.61%) R
12 2 (2.41%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (2.41%) PowerShell
13 1 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 24 (28.92%) Security Cleared
2 20 (24.10%) SC Cleared
3 12 (14.46%) Degree
4 11 (13.25%) Azure Certification
5 8 (9.64%) Master's Degree
6 6 (7.23%) PhD
7 5 (6.02%) CISSP
8 3 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (2.41%) SANS
10 1 (1.20%) CREST Certified
10 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.43%) QA
2 6 (7.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (7.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.82%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.41%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.41%) NIST
5 1 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.20%) IASME
5 1 (1.20%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 15 (18.07%) Docker
2 2 (2.41%) KVM
2 2 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.20%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (25.30%) Kubernetes
2 8 (9.64%) Kibana
3 7 (8.43%) Ansible
4 4 (4.82%) Packer
5 3 (3.61%) Grafana
6 2 (2.41%) Argo
6 2 (2.41%) Kustomize
6 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (2.41%) Prometheus
7 1 (1.20%) Istio
7 1 (1.20%) Podman
Vendors
1 10 (12.05%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.84%) Dynatrace
2 9 (10.84%) Thales
3 8 (9.64%) Splunk
4 5 (6.02%) AppDynamics
4 5 (6.02%) CrowdStrike
4 5 (6.02%) Darktrace
4 5 (6.02%) Salesforce
5 4 (4.82%) IBM
6 3 (3.61%) Databricks
6 3 (3.61%) OpenAI
7 2 (2.41%) Foundry
7 2 (2.41%) Palantir
7 2 (2.41%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.41%) VMware
8 1 (1.20%) Atlassian
8 1 (1.20%) Cadence
8 1 (1.20%) ServiceNow