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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 7 21
Rank change year-on-year -12 +14 -11
Permanent jobs citing Python 38 98 99
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 6.21% 13.78% 8.66%
As % of the Programming Languages category 41.30% 41.53% 23.19%
Number of salaries quoted 13 53 47
10th Percentile - £51,500 £43,450
25th Percentile £42,500 £58,750 £48,445
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £72,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% +20.83% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £100,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £105,750 £112,500 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £47,520 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -32.11% +27.27% -10.20%

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 92 236 427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 15.03% 33.19% 37.36%
Number of salaries quoted 55 103 270
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,000 £34,900
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £56,713
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +14.61% -12.75%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,500 £112,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year -18.52% +14.41% -6.72%

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 20 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:

Applications
1 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 21 (55.26%) Azure
2 19 (50.00%) AWS
3 13 (34.21%) Power Platform
4 11 (28.95%) Amazon EC2
4 11 (28.95%) Amazon ECS
4 11 (28.95%) Amazon EKS
4 11 (28.95%) Serverless
5 7 (18.42%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (18.42%) GCP
6 6 (15.79%) Azure AI
7 4 (10.53%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (2.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (2.63%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (2.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (2.63%) dbt
9 1 (2.63%) SaaS
9 1 (2.63%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 1 (2.63%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.26%) DNS
1 2 (5.26%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (39.47%) Relational Database
2 12 (31.58%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (28.95%) RDBMS
4 8 (21.05%) Power BI
5 7 (18.42%) Tableau
6 2 (5.26%) Data Hub
6 2 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (5.26%) Metadata
7 1 (2.63%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (2.63%) Data Lake
7 1 (2.63%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (2.63%) Looker
7 1 (2.63%) MySQL
7 1 (2.63%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (2.63%) SQL Server
7 1 (2.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (31.58%) Jenkins
2 11 (28.95%) JMeter
2 11 (28.95%) JUnit
2 11 (28.95%) Mockito
3 3 (7.89%) Cucumber
3 3 (7.89%) Git
3 3 (7.89%) Postman
3 3 (7.89%) Selenium
3 3 (7.89%) SoapUI
4 2 (5.26%) GitLab
5 1 (2.63%) Bitbucket
General
1 11 (28.95%) Public Sector
2 10 (26.32%) Finance
3 7 (18.42%) Social Skills
4 5 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (44.74%) Developer
2 11 (28.95%) Full-Stack Developer
2 11 (28.95%) Full-Stack Java Developer
2 11 (28.95%) Java Developer
2 11 (28.95%) Mid-Level Java Developer
3 6 (15.79%) Analyst
3 6 (15.79%) Data Analyst
3 6 (15.79%) Junior
3 6 (15.79%) Junior Analyst
3 6 (15.79%) Junior Data Analyst
4 4 (10.53%) Power Platform Developer
4 4 (10.53%) Software Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) Automation Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) Lead
5 3 (7.89%) QA Automation Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) QA Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 1 (2.63%) Java Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (31.58%) REST
1 12 (31.58%) Spring
1 12 (31.58%) Spring Boot
2 11 (28.95%) ActiveMQ
2 11 (28.95%) Apache Camel
2 11 (28.95%) Hibernate
2 11 (28.95%) HTML
2 11 (28.95%) jQuery
2 11 (28.95%) JSON
2 11 (28.95%) Web Services
2 11 (28.95%) WireMock
2 11 (28.95%) XML
3 4 (10.53%) SOAP
4 3 (7.89%) pytest
5 1 (2.63%) Middleware
5 1 (2.63%) NumPy
5 1 (2.63%) Pandas
5 1 (2.63%) React
5 1 (2.63%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (2.63%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 15 (39.47%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (10.53%) Client/Server
2 4 (10.53%) Low-Code
3 3 (7.89%) Cloud Native
4 2 (5.26%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.63%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.63%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (55.26%) CI/CD
2 15 (39.47%) Agile
3 12 (31.58%) Full-Stack Development
3 12 (31.58%) Microservices
4 11 (28.95%) BDD
4 11 (28.95%) Process Management
4 11 (28.95%) SDLC
4 11 (28.95%) TDD
4 11 (28.95%) Workflow
5 10 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (23.68%) AI
6 9 (23.68%) DevOps
7 8 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (21.05%) Test Automation
8 7 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (13.16%) Computer Science
9 5 (13.16%) Data Governance
9 5 (13.16%) Deployment Automation
10 4 (10.53%) Business Process Analysis
10 4 (10.53%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 16 (42.11%) JavaScript
2 15 (39.47%) Java
3 12 (31.58%) SQL
4 11 (28.95%) Shell Script
5 4 (10.53%) C
5 4 (10.53%) C#
5 4 (10.53%) C++
5 4 (10.53%) Go
5 4 (10.53%) Rust
6 3 (7.89%) PHP
7 1 (2.63%) Apex Code
7 1 (2.63%) R
7 1 (2.63%) Ruby
7 1 (2.63%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (34.21%) Security Cleared
2 8 (21.05%) Azure Certification
3 5 (13.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (13.16%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.42%) QA
2 2 (5.26%) Data Quality
System Software
1 11 (28.95%) Docker
2 4 (10.53%) Hyper-V
2 4 (10.53%) KVM
2 4 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (36.84%) Kubernetes
2 11 (28.95%) Kibana
Vendors
1 11 (28.95%) Dynatrace
1 11 (28.95%) Splunk
2 10 (26.32%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.53%) VMware
4 3 (7.89%) Databricks
5 1 (2.63%) Informatica
5 1 (2.63%) Salesforce