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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 8 43
Rank change year-on-year -1 +35 -33
Permanent jobs citing Python 74 64 74
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 8.61% 13.50% 5.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 53.24% 41.03% 15.81%
Number of salaries quoted 31 41 53
10th Percentile - £31,750 £39,100
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% - +16.67%
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 139 156 468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 16.18% 32.91% 32.87%
Number of salaries quoted 85 93 340
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 £70,750 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,250 £112,500 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +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 27 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 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (1.35%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.35%) Camunda
1 1 (1.35%) Jupyter
1 1 (1.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (22.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.35%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 54 (72.97%) Azure
2 35 (47.30%) AWS
3 26 (35.14%) Power Platform
4 22 (29.73%) GCP
5 17 (22.97%) Azure AI
6 10 (13.51%) OpenShift
7 8 (10.81%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (9.46%) Azure Logic Apps
9 6 (8.11%) GitHub
10 5 (6.76%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (6.76%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (6.76%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (6.76%) Apigee
10 5 (6.76%) Figma
10 5 (6.76%) Kong
10 5 (6.76%) Serverless
11 2 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (1.35%) Azure Service Bus
12 1 (1.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (1.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (16.22%) Firewall
2 5 (6.76%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (2.70%) DNS
4 1 (1.35%) Internet
4 1 (1.35%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (24.32%) Power BI
1 18 (24.32%) Tableau
2 8 (10.81%) Relational Database
3 6 (8.11%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (6.76%) RDBMS
5 2 (2.70%) Data Lake
5 2 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.70%) Metadata
6 1 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.35%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.35%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (1.35%) Looker
6 1 (1.35%) MySQL
6 1 (1.35%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (1.35%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 15 (20.27%) Git
2 12 (16.22%) GitLab
3 6 (8.11%) Jenkins
4 5 (6.76%) JMeter
4 5 (6.76%) JUnit
4 5 (6.76%) Mockito
5 2 (2.70%) Cucumber
5 2 (2.70%) Postman
5 2 (2.70%) Selenium
5 2 (2.70%) SoapUI
6 1 (1.35%) Bitbucket
6 1 (1.35%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 34 (45.95%) Social Skills
2 14 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (18.92%) Finance
2 14 (18.92%) Telecoms
3 5 (6.76%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (6.76%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.35%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.35%) Multimedia
4 1 (1.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (24.32%) Developer
1 18 (24.32%) Software Engineer
2 17 (22.97%) Analyst
2 17 (22.97%) Data Analyst
2 17 (22.97%) Junior
3 16 (21.62%) Junior Analyst
3 16 (21.62%) Junior Data Analyst
4 12 (16.22%) Automation Engineer
5 10 (13.51%) Network Engineer
5 10 (13.51%) Telecoms Engineer
6 7 (9.46%) Power Platform Developer
7 6 (8.11%) Automation Specialist
7 6 (8.11%) Network Specialist
7 6 (8.11%) Telecoms Specialist
8 5 (6.76%) Full-Stack Developer
8 5 (6.76%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 5 (6.76%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 5 (6.76%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
8 5 (6.76%) Java Developer
8 5 (6.76%) Mid-Level Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (21.62%) REST
2 15 (20.27%) JSON
3 10 (13.51%) Jinja
3 10 (13.51%) Web Services
3 10 (13.51%) XML
3 10 (13.51%) YAML
4 6 (8.11%) HTML
4 6 (8.11%) React
4 6 (8.11%) Spring
4 6 (8.11%) Spring Boot
5 5 (6.76%) Apache Camel
5 5 (6.76%) Django
5 5 (6.76%) Hibernate
5 5 (6.76%) jQuery
5 5 (6.76%) NumPy
5 5 (6.76%) Pandas
5 5 (6.76%) Twisted
5 5 (6.76%) WebSockets
5 5 (6.76%) WireMock
5 5 (6.76%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 18 (24.32%) Distributed Systems
2 13 (17.57%) Client/Server
3 10 (13.51%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (10.81%) Low-Code
5 5 (6.76%) Algorithms
5 5 (6.76%) Product Ownership
5 5 (6.76%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (5.41%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.70%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (1.35%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (35.14%) Linux
2 5 (6.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (37.84%) CI/CD
2 23 (31.08%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (29.73%) AI
4 21 (28.38%) Test Automation
5 19 (25.68%) Software Engineering
6 18 (24.32%) Business Intelligence
6 18 (24.32%) Code Quality
6 18 (24.32%) Containerisation
7 16 (21.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (20.27%) Computer Science
8 15 (20.27%) DevOps
9 13 (17.57%) System Testing
10 11 (14.86%) Full-Stack Development
10 11 (14.86%) Microservices
11 10 (13.51%) API Management
11 10 (13.51%) Task Automation
12 9 (12.16%) Agile
12 9 (12.16%) Collaborative Culture
13 8 (10.81%) Data Governance
13 8 (10.81%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 24 (32.43%) JavaScript
2 22 (29.73%) SQL
3 13 (17.57%) C
3 13 (17.57%) C++
3 13 (17.57%) Rust
4 8 (10.81%) Java
5 7 (9.46%) C#
6 6 (8.11%) TypeScript
7 5 (6.76%) Shell Script
8 3 (4.05%) Go
9 2 (2.70%) PHP
9 2 (2.70%) R
10 1 (1.35%) Apex Code
10 1 (1.35%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 18 (24.32%) Azure Certification
2 16 (21.62%) Degree
3 14 (18.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (9.46%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.70%) AWS Certification
5 2 (2.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (1.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.35%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (21.62%) QA
2 2 (2.70%) Data Quality
System Software
1 13 (17.57%) Hyper-V
1 13 (17.57%) KVM
1 13 (17.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (14.86%) Docker
3 5 (6.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (10.81%) Kubernetes
2 5 (6.76%) Kibana
Vendors
1 26 (35.14%) Microsoft
2 13 (17.57%) VMware
3 10 (13.51%) Cisco
3 10 (13.51%) Red Hat
4 5 (6.76%) Dynatrace
4 5 (6.76%) F5
4 5 (6.76%) Juniper
4 5 (6.76%) Palo Alto
4 5 (6.76%) Splunk
5 2 (2.70%) Databricks
6 1 (1.35%) Automation Anywhere
6 1 (1.35%) Informatica
6 1 (1.35%) Pega
6 1 (1.35%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.35%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.35%) UiPath