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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 24 7
Rank change year-on-year +4 -17 +2
Permanent jobs citing Python 83 39 173
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 5.25% 7.36% 12.66%
As % of the Programming Languages category 43.23% 35.14% 46.63%
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 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.30% +42.24% +0.87%
75th Percentile £68,750 £99,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £111,250 £85,000
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 192 111 371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 12.14% 20.94% 27.14%
Number of salaries quoted 128 57 186
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £65,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +12.07% -7.20%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,000 £85,000
Berkshire median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% +4.17%

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 12 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 (2.41%) Apache Spark
1 2 (2.41%) Confluence
2 1 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 11 (13.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.41%) Mathematica
Cloud Services
1 35 (42.17%) Azure
2 28 (33.73%) AWS
3 17 (20.48%) Azure AI
4 16 (19.28%) Serverless
5 14 (16.87%) Amazon EC2
5 14 (16.87%) Amazon EKS
6 13 (15.66%) Power Platform
7 11 (13.25%) GitHub
8 8 (9.64%) Amazon ECS
8 8 (9.64%) GCP
9 6 (7.23%) Amazon S3
9 6 (7.23%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (4.82%) OpenShift
11 3 (3.61%) Anthropic Claude
11 3 (3.61%) Azure Cognitive Services
11 3 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (3.61%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (3.61%) Azure Machine Learning
11 3 (3.61%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (3.61%) WeChat
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.82%) Firewall
2 2 (2.41%) DNS
3 1 (1.20%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (14.46%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (13.25%) Power BI
2 11 (13.25%) Tableau
3 8 (9.64%) Relational Database
4 6 (7.23%) RDBMS
5 2 (2.41%) MongoDB
5 2 (2.41%) MySQL
5 2 (2.41%) NoSQL
5 2 (2.41%) Redis
6 1 (1.20%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.20%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 19 (22.89%) Git
2 14 (16.87%) Jenkins
3 12 (14.46%) GitLab
4 8 (9.64%) JMeter
4 8 (9.64%) JUnit
4 8 (9.64%) Mockito
5 7 (8.43%) JIRA
6 6 (7.23%) SonarQube
7 5 (6.02%) Cucumber
8 4 (4.82%) Artifactory
9 2 (2.41%) MLflow
9 2 (2.41%) Mocha
9 2 (2.41%) Selenium
General
1 45 (54.22%) Social Skills
2 11 (13.25%) Finance
3 9 (10.84%) Public Sector
4 6 (7.23%) Retail
5 4 (4.82%) Aerospace
5 4 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.82%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.61%) Mandarin Language
7 2 (2.41%) Aviation
8 1 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (24.10%) Software Engineer
2 19 (22.89%) Developer
3 16 (19.28%) Analyst
4 11 (13.25%) Data Analyst
5 8 (9.64%) DevOps Engineer
5 8 (9.64%) Java Engineer
5 8 (9.64%) Junior
5 8 (9.64%) Junior Analyst
5 8 (9.64%) Junior Data Analyst
6 7 (8.43%) Python Engineer
6 7 (8.43%) Python Software Engineer
7 6 (7.23%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 6 (7.23%) Java Developer
7 6 (7.23%) Senior
8 5 (6.02%) Python Developer
8 5 (6.02%) Security Analyst
8 5 (6.02%) Software Developer
9 4 (4.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 4 (4.82%) Senior Developer
9 4 (4.82%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (24.10%) REST
2 16 (19.28%) React
3 13 (15.66%) JSON
4 10 (12.05%) HTML
5 9 (10.84%) Spring
6 8 (9.64%) ActiveMQ
6 8 (9.64%) Apache Camel
6 8 (9.64%) Hibernate
6 8 (9.64%) jQuery
6 8 (9.64%) Spring Boot
6 8 (9.64%) Web Services
6 8 (9.64%) WireMock
7 7 (8.43%) Django
7 7 (8.43%) NumPy
7 7 (8.43%) Pandas
7 7 (8.43%) XML
8 6 (7.23%) Terraform
8 6 (7.23%) YAML
9 5 (6.02%) FastAPI
9 5 (6.02%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 16 (19.28%) Distributed Systems
2 9 (10.84%) Algorithms
3 7 (8.43%) Cloud Native
3 7 (8.43%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (4.82%) Product Ownership
4 4 (4.82%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (4.82%) Synthetic Data
5 3 (3.61%) AI Agents
5 3 (3.61%) Client/Server
6 2 (2.41%) Autonomous Agent
6 2 (2.41%) CUDA
6 2 (2.41%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (2.41%) Hackathon
6 2 (2.41%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.41%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.20%) Clustering
7 1 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 17 (20.48%) Linux
2 1 (1.20%) Debian
2 1 (1.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (42.17%) AI
2 26 (31.33%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (31.33%) Software Engineering
3 25 (30.12%) Agile
4 24 (28.92%) CI/CD
5 22 (26.51%) Microservices
6 19 (22.89%) Business Intelligence
7 18 (21.69%) DevOps
8 17 (20.48%) SDLC
9 16 (19.28%) Containerisation
10 15 (18.07%) Open Source
11 14 (16.87%) Stakeholder Management
11 14 (16.87%) Workflow
12 12 (14.46%) Code Quality
12 12 (14.46%) Test Automation
13 11 (13.25%) Business Analysis
13 11 (13.25%) Full-Stack Development
13 11 (13.25%) Process Improvement
13 11 (13.25%) User Experience
14 9 (10.84%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 28 (33.73%) JavaScript
2 26 (31.33%) Java
3 21 (25.30%) SQL
4 17 (20.48%) TypeScript
5 14 (16.87%) C++
6 10 (12.05%) C#
6 10 (12.05%) Shell Script
7 6 (7.23%) Groovy
8 5 (6.02%) Apex Code
9 4 (4.82%) C
9 4 (4.82%) Perl
9 4 (4.82%) Rust
10 3 (3.61%) Bash
11 2 (2.41%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 17 (20.48%) Azure Certification
2 16 (19.28%) Security Cleared
3 13 (15.66%) SC Cleared
4 12 (14.46%) Degree
5 6 (7.23%) Master's Degree
6 5 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (4.82%) PhD
8 3 (3.61%) CISSP
8 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.05%) QA
2 3 (3.61%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.41%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.41%) Data Quality
System Software
1 16 (19.28%) Docker
2 4 (4.82%) KVM
2 4 (4.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.61%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (24.10%) Kubernetes
2 8 (9.64%) Kibana
3 6 (7.23%) Ansible
4 4 (4.82%) Packer
5 2 (2.41%) Argo
5 2 (2.41%) Grafana
5 2 (2.41%) Kustomize
5 2 (2.41%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.20%) Istio
6 1 (1.20%) Podman
Vendors
1 11 (13.25%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.64%) Dynatrace
2 8 (9.64%) Splunk
3 5 (6.02%) AppDynamics
3 5 (6.02%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.82%) IBM
4 4 (4.82%) Red Hat
4 4 (4.82%) Thales
4 4 (4.82%) VMware
5 3 (3.61%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (3.61%) Darktrace
5 3 (3.61%) OpenAI
6 2 (2.41%) Cisco
6 2 (2.41%) Databricks
7 1 (1.20%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.20%) F5
7 1 (1.20%) Juniper
7 1 (1.20%) Palo Alto