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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 9 36
Rank change year-on-year 0 +27 -25
Permanent jobs citing Python 72 68 77
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 8.43% 13.96% 5.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 54.14% 41.98% 16.42%
Number of salaries quoted 31 42 53
10th Percentile - £32,825 £39,100
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £71,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.82% +9.62% +10.17%
75th Percentile £63,750 £112,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £68,750 - £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £47,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -24.00% +4.17% -

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 133 162 469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 15.57% 33.26% 33.36%
Number of salaries quoted 81 93 339
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +10.17% -12.59%
75th Percentile £70,000 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £112,500 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £56,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.08% +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 24 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 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (1.39%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.39%) Camunda
1 1 (1.39%) Jupyter
1 1 (1.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.39%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 52 (72.22%) Azure
2 35 (48.61%) AWS
3 25 (34.72%) Power Platform
4 22 (30.56%) GCP
5 15 (20.83%) Azure AI
6 10 (13.89%) OpenShift
7 8 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (9.72%) Azure Logic Apps
9 6 (8.33%) GitHub
10 5 (6.94%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (6.94%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (6.94%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (6.94%) Apigee
10 5 (6.94%) Figma
10 5 (6.94%) Kong
10 5 (6.94%) Serverless
11 2 (2.78%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (1.39%) Azure Service Bus
12 1 (1.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (1.39%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (16.67%) Firewall
2 5 (6.94%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (2.78%) DNS
4 1 (1.39%) Internet
4 1 (1.39%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (23.61%) Power BI
1 17 (23.61%) Tableau
2 8 (11.11%) Relational Database
3 6 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (6.94%) RDBMS
5 2 (2.78%) Data Lake
5 2 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.78%) Metadata
6 1 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.39%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.39%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (1.39%) Looker
6 1 (1.39%) MySQL
6 1 (1.39%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (1.39%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 15 (20.83%) Git
2 12 (16.67%) GitLab
3 6 (8.33%) Jenkins
4 5 (6.94%) JMeter
4 5 (6.94%) JUnit
4 5 (6.94%) Mockito
5 2 (2.78%) Cucumber
5 2 (2.78%) Postman
5 2 (2.78%) Selenium
5 2 (2.78%) SoapUI
6 1 (1.39%) Bitbucket
6 1 (1.39%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 32 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 14 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (19.44%) Finance
2 14 (19.44%) Telecoms
3 5 (6.94%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (6.94%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.39%) Multimedia
4 1 (1.39%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (25.00%) Developer
1 18 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 16 (22.22%) Analyst
2 16 (22.22%) Data Analyst
2 16 (22.22%) Junior
3 15 (20.83%) Junior Analyst
3 15 (20.83%) Junior Data Analyst
4 12 (16.67%) Automation Engineer
5 10 (13.89%) Network Engineer
5 10 (13.89%) Telecoms Engineer
6 7 (9.72%) Power Platform Developer
7 6 (8.33%) Automation Specialist
7 6 (8.33%) Network Specialist
7 6 (8.33%) Telecoms Specialist
8 5 (6.94%) Full-Stack Developer
8 5 (6.94%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 5 (6.94%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 5 (6.94%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
8 5 (6.94%) Java Developer
8 5 (6.94%) Mid-Level Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (22.22%) REST
2 15 (20.83%) JSON
3 10 (13.89%) Jinja
3 10 (13.89%) Web Services
3 10 (13.89%) XML
3 10 (13.89%) YAML
4 6 (8.33%) HTML
4 6 (8.33%) React
4 6 (8.33%) Spring
4 6 (8.33%) Spring Boot
5 5 (6.94%) Apache Camel
5 5 (6.94%) Django
5 5 (6.94%) Hibernate
5 5 (6.94%) jQuery
5 5 (6.94%) NumPy
5 5 (6.94%) Pandas
5 5 (6.94%) Twisted
5 5 (6.94%) WebSockets
5 5 (6.94%) WireMock
5 5 (6.94%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 18 (25.00%) Distributed Systems
2 13 (18.06%) Client/Server
3 10 (13.89%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (11.11%) Low-Code
5 5 (6.94%) Algorithms
5 5 (6.94%) Product Ownership
5 5 (6.94%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (5.56%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.78%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (1.39%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (36.11%) Linux
2 5 (6.94%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (38.89%) CI/CD
2 23 (31.94%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (29.17%) Test Automation
4 20 (27.78%) AI
5 19 (26.39%) Software Engineering
6 18 (25.00%) Code Quality
6 18 (25.00%) Containerisation
7 17 (23.61%) Business Intelligence
8 16 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (20.83%) Computer Science
9 15 (20.83%) DevOps
10 13 (18.06%) System Testing
11 11 (15.28%) Full-Stack Development
11 11 (15.28%) Microservices
12 10 (13.89%) API Management
12 10 (13.89%) Task Automation
13 9 (12.50%) Agile
13 9 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
14 8 (11.11%) Data Governance
14 8 (11.11%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 24 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 21 (29.17%) SQL
3 13 (18.06%) C
3 13 (18.06%) C++
3 13 (18.06%) Rust
4 8 (11.11%) Java
5 7 (9.72%) C#
6 6 (8.33%) TypeScript
7 5 (6.94%) Shell Script
8 3 (4.17%) Go
9 2 (2.78%) PHP
9 2 (2.78%) R
10 1 (1.39%) Apex Code
10 1 (1.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 16 (22.22%) Azure Certification
1 16 (22.22%) Degree
2 14 (19.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (9.72%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.78%) AWS Certification
4 2 (2.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.39%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (22.22%) QA
2 2 (2.78%) Data Quality
System Software
1 13 (18.06%) Hyper-V
1 13 (18.06%) KVM
1 13 (18.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (15.28%) Docker
3 5 (6.94%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 5 (6.94%) Kibana
Vendors
1 25 (34.72%) Microsoft
2 13 (18.06%) VMware
3 10 (13.89%) Cisco
3 10 (13.89%) Red Hat
4 5 (6.94%) Dynatrace
4 5 (6.94%) F5
4 5 (6.94%) Juniper
4 5 (6.94%) Palo Alto
4 5 (6.94%) Splunk
5 2 (2.78%) Databricks
6 1 (1.39%) Automation Anywhere
6 1 (1.39%) Informatica
6 1 (1.39%) Pega
6 1 (1.39%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.39%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.39%) UiPath