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 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 6 46
Rank change year-on-year -8 +40 -36
Permanent jobs citing Python 58 79 72
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 7.27% 15.13% 5.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 51.33% 44.63% 15.35%
Number of salaries quoted 21 45 46
10th Percentile - £36,050 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,500 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% +3.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £63,750 £112,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £71,250 - £85,625
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £62,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.35% +4.58% -4.00%

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 113 177 469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 14.16% 33.91% 34.72%
Number of salaries quoted 66 94 332
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,313 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £63,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.75% +6.78% -9.23%
75th Percentile £70,563 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £112,500 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £56,430 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.18% +8.33% -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 11 March 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 (1.72%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.72%) Camunda
Applications
1 13 (22.41%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 43 (74.14%) Azure
2 28 (48.28%) AWS
3 23 (39.66%) Power Platform
4 18 (31.03%) GCP
5 13 (22.41%) Azure AI
6 8 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (12.07%) Azure Logic Apps
8 6 (10.34%) Amazon EC2
8 6 (10.34%) Amazon ECS
8 6 (10.34%) Amazon EKS
8 6 (10.34%) OpenShift
8 6 (10.34%) Serverless
9 3 (5.17%) Apigee
9 3 (5.17%) Figma
9 3 (5.17%) GitHub
9 3 (5.17%) Kong
10 2 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (1.72%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (1.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (1.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (13.79%) Firewall
2 3 (5.17%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (3.45%) DNS
4 1 (1.72%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (25.86%) Power BI
2 14 (24.14%) Tableau
3 9 (15.52%) Relational Database
4 7 (12.07%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (10.34%) RDBMS
6 2 (3.45%) Data Lake
6 2 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (3.45%) Metadata
7 1 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.72%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (1.72%) Looker
7 1 (1.72%) MySQL
7 1 (1.72%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
7 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (15.52%) Git
2 8 (13.79%) GitLab
3 7 (12.07%) Jenkins
4 6 (10.34%) JMeter
4 6 (10.34%) JUnit
4 6 (10.34%) Mockito
5 2 (3.45%) Cucumber
5 2 (3.45%) Postman
5 2 (3.45%) Selenium
5 2 (3.45%) SoapUI
6 1 (1.72%) Bitbucket
General
1 24 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 12 (20.69%) Finance
3 11 (18.97%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (15.52%) Telecoms
5 6 (10.34%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.17%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (27.59%) Developer
2 14 (24.14%) Software Engineer
3 13 (22.41%) Analyst
3 13 (22.41%) Data Analyst
3 13 (22.41%) Junior
3 13 (22.41%) Junior Analyst
3 13 (22.41%) Junior Data Analyst
4 8 (13.79%) Automation Engineer
5 7 (12.07%) Power Platform Developer
6 6 (10.34%) Full-Stack Developer
6 6 (10.34%) Full-Stack Java Developer
6 6 (10.34%) Java Developer
6 6 (10.34%) Mid-Level Java Developer
6 6 (10.34%) Network Engineer
6 6 (10.34%) Telecoms Engineer
7 3 (5.17%) Automation Specialist
7 3 (5.17%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 3 (5.17%) Network Specialist
7 3 (5.17%) Python Software Engineer
7 3 (5.17%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (22.41%) REST
2 12 (20.69%) JSON
3 9 (15.52%) Web Services
3 9 (15.52%) XML
4 7 (12.07%) Spring
4 7 (12.07%) Spring Boot
5 6 (10.34%) ActiveMQ
5 6 (10.34%) Apache Camel
5 6 (10.34%) Hibernate
5 6 (10.34%) HTML
5 6 (10.34%) Jinja
5 6 (10.34%) jQuery
5 6 (10.34%) WireMock
5 6 (10.34%) YAML
6 4 (6.90%) React
7 3 (5.17%) Django
7 3 (5.17%) SOAP
7 3 (5.17%) Twisted
7 3 (5.17%) WebSockets
7 3 (5.17%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 17 (29.31%) Distributed Systems
2 11 (18.97%) Client/Server
3 8 (13.79%) Low-Code
4 6 (10.34%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (6.90%) Cloud Native
6 3 (5.17%) Product Ownership
6 3 (5.17%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (3.45%) Algorithms
7 2 (3.45%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (1.72%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (32.76%) Linux
2 3 (5.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (43.10%) CI/CD
2 20 (34.48%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (29.31%) AI
3 17 (29.31%) Test Automation
4 15 (25.86%) Business Intelligence
5 14 (24.14%) Code Quality
5 14 (24.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (24.14%) Software Engineering
6 13 (22.41%) Computer Science
6 13 (22.41%) DevOps
7 12 (20.69%) Containerisation
8 11 (18.97%) System Testing
9 10 (17.24%) Agile
9 10 (17.24%) Full-Stack Development
9 10 (17.24%) Microservices
10 8 (13.79%) Collaborative Culture
10 8 (13.79%) Data Governance
10 8 (13.79%) Deployment Automation
11 7 (12.07%) Business Process Analysis
11 7 (12.07%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 20 (34.48%) JavaScript
2 18 (31.03%) SQL
3 11 (18.97%) C
3 11 (18.97%) C++
3 11 (18.97%) Rust
4 9 (15.52%) Java
5 7 (12.07%) C#
6 6 (10.34%) Shell Script
7 4 (6.90%) TypeScript
8 3 (5.17%) Go
9 2 (3.45%) PHP
10 1 (1.72%) Apex Code
10 1 (1.72%) R
10 1 (1.72%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 13 (22.41%) Azure Certification
1 13 (22.41%) Degree
2 12 (20.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (13.79%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (1.72%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (22.41%) QA
2 2 (3.45%) Data Quality
System Software
1 11 (18.97%) Hyper-V
1 11 (18.97%) KVM
1 11 (18.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (15.52%) Docker
3 3 (5.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (15.52%) Kubernetes
2 6 (10.34%) Kibana
Vendors
1 20 (34.48%) Microsoft
2 11 (18.97%) VMware
3 6 (10.34%) Cisco
3 6 (10.34%) Dynatrace
3 6 (10.34%) Red Hat
3 6 (10.34%) Splunk
4 3 (5.17%) F5
4 3 (5.17%) Juniper
4 3 (5.17%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.72%) Automation Anywhere
5 1 (1.72%) Databricks
5 1 (1.72%) Informatica
5 1 (1.72%) Pega
5 1 (1.72%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.72%) UiPath