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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 29 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 -22 +3
Permanent jobs citing Python 75 30 172
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 4.53% 5.95% 13.79%
As % of the Programming Languages category 40.54% 33.71% 48.45%
Number of salaries quoted 40 8 68
10th Percentile £44,250 £51,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £71,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £85,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% +33.33% +15.70%
75th Percentile £66,875 £99,063 £78,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £111,250 £93,750
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £47,520 £68,750
% change year-on-year +26.26% -30.88% +14.58%

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 185 89 355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 11.18% 17.66% 28.47%
Number of salaries quoted 116 45 157
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £38,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £47,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,250 £86,100
Berkshire median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +13.04%

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 7 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 4 (5.33%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (2.67%) Apache Spark
2 2 (2.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (9.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.33%) Mathematica
3 1 (1.33%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 26 (34.67%) Azure
2 21 (28.00%) AWS
3 11 (14.67%) Serverless
4 10 (13.33%) Power Platform
5 9 (12.00%) Amazon ECS
5 9 (12.00%) Amazon EKS
5 9 (12.00%) Azure AI
5 9 (12.00%) GitHub
6 8 (10.67%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (6.67%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (6.67%) GCP
8 4 (5.33%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (4.00%) Anthropic Claude
9 3 (4.00%) Azure Cognitive Services
9 3 (4.00%) Azure Machine Learning
9 3 (4.00%) GitHub Copilot
9 3 (4.00%) WeChat
10 2 (2.67%) Azure Databricks
10 2 (2.67%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.67%) DNS
1 2 (2.67%) Firewall
1 2 (2.67%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (17.33%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (12.00%) Relational Database
3 8 (10.67%) Power BI
4 6 (8.00%) RDBMS
4 6 (8.00%) Tableau
5 5 (6.67%) Metadata
6 3 (4.00%) NoSQL
7 2 (2.67%) Data Lake
7 2 (2.67%) MongoDB
7 2 (2.67%) MySQL
7 2 (2.67%) Redis
8 1 (1.33%) Data Vault
8 1 (1.33%) Power Query
8 1 (1.33%) SQL Server
8 1 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (1.33%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 11 (14.67%) Git
2 9 (12.00%) Jenkins
2 9 (12.00%) JMeter
3 8 (10.67%) JUnit
3 8 (10.67%) Mockito
4 4 (5.33%) GitLab
5 3 (4.00%) JIRA
5 3 (4.00%) Selenium
6 2 (2.67%) MLflow
6 2 (2.67%) Mocha
7 1 (1.33%) Burp Suite
General
1 36 (48.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (16.00%) Finance
3 11 (14.67%) Retail
4 9 (12.00%) Aerospace
4 9 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (10.67%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.00%) Mandarin Language
7 2 (2.67%) Aviation
7 2 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.67%) Electronics
8 1 (1.33%) Military
8 1 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (22.67%) Software Engineer
2 15 (20.00%) Developer
3 14 (18.67%) Analyst
4 7 (9.33%) Security Analyst
5 6 (8.00%) Data Analyst
5 6 (8.00%) Java Engineer
5 6 (8.00%) Python Engineer
5 6 (8.00%) Python Software Engineer
6 5 (6.67%) Java Developer
6 5 (6.67%) Senior
6 5 (6.67%) Software Developer
7 4 (5.33%) Data Engineer
7 4 (5.33%) Full-Stack Developer
7 4 (5.33%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 4 (5.33%) Palantir Engineer
7 4 (5.33%) Senior Developer
7 4 (5.33%) Support Engineer
8 3 (4.00%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
8 3 (4.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 3 (4.00%) Sales Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (17.33%) React
2 12 (16.00%) REST
3 10 (13.33%) HTML
4 9 (12.00%) Hibernate
4 9 (12.00%) Spring
4 9 (12.00%) Spring Boot
5 8 (10.67%) ActiveMQ
5 8 (10.67%) Apache Camel
5 8 (10.67%) jQuery
5 8 (10.67%) WireMock
6 7 (9.33%) JSON
6 7 (9.33%) Web Services
6 7 (9.33%) XML
7 5 (6.67%) Django
7 5 (6.67%) FastAPI
7 5 (6.67%) Lightning Web Components
7 5 (6.67%) Node.js
8 4 (5.33%) NumPy
8 4 (5.33%) Pandas
9 3 (4.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.00%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (10.67%) Algorithms
2 8 (10.67%) Cloud Native
3 7 (9.33%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (8.00%) Synthetic Data
5 3 (4.00%) AI Agents
5 3 (4.00%) Product Ownership
5 3 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.67%) 3D Printing
6 2 (2.67%) Arduino
6 2 (2.67%) Autonomous Agent
6 2 (2.67%) BeagleBone
6 2 (2.67%) CUDA
6 2 (2.67%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (2.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (2.67%) Hackathon
6 2 (2.67%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.67%) Raspberry Pi
6 2 (2.67%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (2.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.67%) Linux
2 1 (1.33%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (41.33%) AI
2 30 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (29.33%) Software Engineering
4 21 (28.00%) Agile
5 20 (26.67%) CI/CD
6 19 (25.33%) SDLC
7 18 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (22.67%) Business Intelligence
8 17 (22.67%) Workflow
9 16 (21.33%) Open Source
10 15 (20.00%) Microservices
11 14 (18.67%) DevOps
11 14 (18.67%) Mentoring
12 12 (16.00%) Business Analysis
12 12 (16.00%) Data Modelling
12 12 (16.00%) Process Improvement
13 11 (14.67%) Data Engineering
14 10 (13.33%) Full-Stack Development
14 10 (13.33%) Requirements Gathering
14 10 (13.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 27 (36.00%) JavaScript
2 24 (32.00%) Java
3 21 (28.00%) SQL
4 17 (22.67%) C++
5 16 (21.33%) TypeScript
6 12 (16.00%) C#
7 8 (10.67%) Shell Script
8 5 (6.67%) Apex Code
8 5 (6.67%) C
8 5 (6.67%) MATLAB
9 4 (5.33%) Rust
10 3 (4.00%) Bash
10 3 (4.00%) R
11 2 (2.67%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (2.67%) PowerShell
12 1 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 19 (25.33%) Security Cleared
2 16 (21.33%) SC Cleared
3 11 (14.67%) Degree
4 9 (12.00%) Azure Certification
5 8 (10.67%) Master's Degree
6 6 (8.00%) PhD
7 5 (6.67%) CISSP
8 3 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (2.67%) SANS
10 1 (1.33%) CREST Certified
10 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (8.00%) Data Quality
1 6 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.67%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.67%) NIST
2 2 (2.67%) QA
3 1 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.33%) IASME
3 1 (1.33%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 12 (16.00%) Docker
2 2 (2.67%) KVM
2 2 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 8 (10.67%) Kibana
3 3 (4.00%) Grafana
4 2 (2.67%) Argo
4 2 (2.67%) Kustomize
4 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.67%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.33%) Ansible
5 1 (1.33%) Istio
5 1 (1.33%) Podman
Vendors
1 9 (12.00%) Dynatrace
1 9 (12.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (12.00%) Thales
2 8 (10.67%) Splunk
3 5 (6.67%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (6.67%) Darktrace
3 5 (6.67%) Salesforce
4 4 (5.33%) Foundry
4 4 (5.33%) Palantir
5 3 (4.00%) OpenAI
6 2 (2.67%) Databricks
6 2 (2.67%) Red Hat
6 2 (2.67%) VMware
7 1 (1.33%) Cadence
7 1 (1.33%) ServiceNow