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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 7 22
Rank change year-on-year -12 +15 -11
Permanent jobs citing Python 37 97 103
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 5.83% 13.80% 8.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.78% 41.63% 22.20%
Number of salaries quoted 12 50 53
10th Percentile - £50,950 £41,300
25th Percentile £42,500 £59,063 £48,140
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% +11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £74,375 £109,375 £77,500
90th Percentile £108,500 £112,500 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £45,000 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -35.71% +27.27% -8.33%

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 93 233 464
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 14.65% 33.14% 37.66%
Number of salaries quoted 57 98 303
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,625 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £66,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.21% +15.22% -11.54%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,188 £73,125
90th Percentile £85,000 £112,500 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.52% +12.50% -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 30 January 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 (2.70%) Apache Spark
1 1 (2.70%) Camunda
Applications
1 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 22 (59.46%) Azure
2 19 (51.35%) AWS
3 13 (35.14%) Power Platform
4 10 (27.03%) Amazon EC2
4 10 (27.03%) Amazon ECS
4 10 (27.03%) Amazon EKS
4 10 (27.03%) Serverless
5 8 (21.62%) GCP
6 7 (18.92%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (16.22%) Azure AI
8 4 (10.81%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (5.41%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (2.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (2.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (2.70%) dbt
10 1 (2.70%) SaaS
10 1 (2.70%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 1 (2.70%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) DNS
1 2 (5.41%) Firewall
2 1 (2.70%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (35.14%) Relational Database
2 11 (29.73%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (27.03%) RDBMS
4 8 (21.62%) Power BI
5 7 (18.92%) Tableau
6 2 (5.41%) Data Hub
6 2 (5.41%) Data Lake
6 2 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (5.41%) Metadata
7 1 (2.70%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (2.70%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (2.70%) Looker
7 1 (2.70%) MySQL
7 1 (2.70%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
7 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (29.73%) Jenkins
2 10 (27.03%) JMeter
2 10 (27.03%) JUnit
2 10 (27.03%) Mockito
3 3 (8.11%) Git
4 2 (5.41%) Cucumber
4 2 (5.41%) GitLab
4 2 (5.41%) Postman
4 2 (5.41%) Selenium
4 2 (5.41%) SoapUI
5 1 (2.70%) Bitbucket
General
1 10 (27.03%) Public Sector
2 9 (24.32%) Finance
3 8 (21.62%) Social Skills
4 5 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (43.24%) Developer
2 10 (27.03%) Full-Stack Developer
2 10 (27.03%) Full-Stack Java Developer
2 10 (27.03%) Java Developer
2 10 (27.03%) Mid-Level Java Developer
3 6 (16.22%) Analyst
3 6 (16.22%) Data Analyst
3 6 (16.22%) Junior
3 6 (16.22%) Junior Analyst
3 6 (16.22%) Junior Data Analyst
4 4 (10.81%) Power Platform Developer
4 4 (10.81%) Software Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Lead
6 2 (5.41%) Automation Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) QA Automation Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) QA Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 1 (2.70%) Java Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (29.73%) REST
1 11 (29.73%) Spring
1 11 (29.73%) Spring Boot
2 10 (27.03%) ActiveMQ
2 10 (27.03%) Apache Camel
2 10 (27.03%) Hibernate
2 10 (27.03%) HTML
2 10 (27.03%) jQuery
2 10 (27.03%) JSON
2 10 (27.03%) Web Services
2 10 (27.03%) WireMock
2 10 (27.03%) XML
3 3 (8.11%) SOAP
4 2 (5.41%) pytest
5 1 (2.70%) Kafka
5 1 (2.70%) Middleware
5 1 (2.70%) NumPy
5 1 (2.70%) Pandas
5 1 (2.70%) React
5 1 (2.70%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 14 (37.84%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (13.51%) Low-Code
3 4 (10.81%) Client/Server
3 4 (10.81%) Cloud Native
4 2 (5.41%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.70%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.70%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (54.05%) CI/CD
2 14 (37.84%) Agile
3 11 (29.73%) Full-Stack Development
3 11 (29.73%) Microservices
4 10 (27.03%) AI
4 10 (27.03%) BDD
4 10 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (27.03%) Process Management
4 10 (27.03%) SDLC
4 10 (27.03%) TDD
4 10 (27.03%) Workflow
5 9 (24.32%) DevOps
6 8 (21.62%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (18.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (18.92%) Test Automation
8 6 (16.22%) Computer Science
9 5 (13.51%) Data Governance
9 5 (13.51%) Deployment Automation
10 4 (10.81%) Business Process Analysis
10 4 (10.81%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 15 (40.54%) JavaScript
2 13 (35.14%) Java
3 11 (29.73%) SQL
4 10 (27.03%) Shell Script
5 4 (10.81%) C
5 4 (10.81%) C#
5 4 (10.81%) C++
5 4 (10.81%) Rust
6 3 (8.11%) Go
7 2 (5.41%) PHP
8 1 (2.70%) Apex Code
8 1 (2.70%) R
8 1 (2.70%) Ruby
8 1 (2.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (32.43%) Security Cleared
2 8 (21.62%) Azure Certification
3 6 (16.22%) Degree
4 5 (13.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) QA
2 2 (5.41%) Data Quality
System Software
1 10 (27.03%) Docker
2 4 (10.81%) Hyper-V
2 4 (10.81%) KVM
2 4 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (35.14%) Kubernetes
2 10 (27.03%) Kibana
Vendors
1 10 (27.03%) Dynatrace
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft
1 10 (27.03%) Splunk
2 4 (10.81%) VMware
3 3 (8.11%) Databricks
4 1 (2.70%) Automation Anywhere
4 1 (2.70%) Informatica
4 1 (2.70%) Pega
4 1 (2.70%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.70%) UiPath