Python Job Trends in the South East

Python
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 22 28
Rank change year-on-year +3 +6 -7
Permanent jobs citing Python 877 615 1,171
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 6.04% 7.84% 6.52%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.05% 32.49% 23.00%
Number of salaries quoted 503 329 871
10th Percentile £41,250 £33,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,625
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -6.67%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,502 1,893 5,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 17.24% 24.12% 28.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,888 1,287 4,125
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -5.98%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £68,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Python job vacancy trend in the South East

Python
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the South East over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in the South East

Python
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +6 328 £60,000 +8.53% 150
Hampshire +3 200 £70,000 +24.44% 119
Surrey +4 155 £60,000 -9.43% 61
Berkshire +25 135 £57,500 +12.75% 60
Oxfordshire +2 112 £63,125 +5.21% 58
Buckinghamshire +4 81 £56,000 -13.85% 32
Kent +10 80 £29,000 -57.04% 37
East Sussex +18 60 £85,000 +47.83% 8
West Sussex +7 42 £70,000 +33.33% 21
Isle of Wight -5 7 £50,000 -9.09% 1
Sussex -13 1 £65,000 -16.13% 3
Python
England

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 16 (1.82%) Confluence
2 14 (1.60%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.14%) Apache
3 10 (1.14%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.57%) IIS
5 5 (0.57%) WordPress
6 4 (0.46%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.46%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.23%) Apache Qpid
8 1 (0.11%) Camunda
8 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
Applications
1 204 (23.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
3 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (0.68%) Simulink
5 3 (0.34%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.23%) CATIA
7 1 (0.11%) Lightworks
7 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.34%) SAP SD
2 2 (0.23%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 465 (53.02%) Azure
2 252 (28.73%) Power Platform
3 233 (26.57%) Azure AI
4 194 (22.12%) AWS
5 63 (7.18%) GCP
6 41 (4.68%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (4.22%) Serverless
8 32 (3.65%) GitHub
9 31 (3.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 29 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
10 29 (3.31%) SaaS
11 27 (3.08%) Amazon EKS
12 23 (2.62%) Snowflake
13 22 (2.51%) Entra ID
14 19 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
15 18 (2.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 18 (2.05%) Amazon EC2
16 17 (1.94%) OpenShift
17 16 (1.82%) Azure Sentinel
17 16 (1.82%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 48 (5.47%) Firewall
2 34 (3.88%) VPN
3 32 (3.65%) DNS
4 19 (2.17%) HTTP
5 18 (2.05%) TCP/IP
6 12 (1.37%) MQTT
6 12 (1.37%) Wireless
7 11 (1.25%) LAN
7 11 (1.25%) WAN
8 10 (1.14%) BGP
8 10 (1.14%) MPLS
8 10 (1.14%) OSPF
8 10 (1.14%) VoIP
9 8 (0.91%) Broadband
9 8 (0.91%) Internet
10 7 (0.80%) Network Security
10 7 (0.80%) SD-WAN
10 7 (0.80%) SSL
10 7 (0.80%) VXLAN
10 7 (0.80%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 236 (26.91%) Power BI
2 184 (20.98%) Tableau
3 56 (6.39%) PostgreSQL
4 41 (4.68%) SQL Server
5 36 (4.10%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (2.51%) MySQL
7 20 (2.28%) MongoDB
7 20 (2.28%) Relational Database
8 19 (2.17%) NoSQL
9 13 (1.48%) Data Lake
10 11 (1.25%) Data Mining
11 10 (1.14%) Redis
12 8 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (0.80%) Big Data
14 6 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (0.68%) Hadoop
14 6 (0.68%) Metadata
14 6 (0.68%) RDBMS
15 5 (0.57%) Airbyte
Development Applications
1 122 (13.91%) Git
2 65 (7.41%) GitLab
3 35 (3.99%) JIRA
4 20 (2.28%) Visual Studio Code
5 18 (2.05%) Jenkins
6 12 (1.37%) SonarQube
7 8 (0.91%) JUnit
8 7 (0.80%) JMeter
8 7 (0.80%) Mockito
9 6 (0.68%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.57%) Selenium
11 4 (0.46%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.46%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.46%) Octopus Deploy
12 3 (0.34%) Polyspace
12 3 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
12 3 (0.34%) VectorCAST
12 3 (0.34%) Visual Studio
13 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.23%) Mocha
General
1 442 (50.40%) Social Skills
2 114 (13.00%) Analytical Skills
3 89 (10.15%) Finance
4 28 (3.19%) Manufacturing
5 27 (3.08%) Retail
6 22 (2.51%) Aerospace
7 21 (2.39%) Telecoms
8 15 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (1.71%) Games
8 15 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (1.60%) Public Sector
10 13 (1.48%) Electronics
11 12 (1.37%) Marketing
12 11 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.14%) Automotive
13 10 (1.14%) Aviation
14 8 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 7 (0.80%) Law
15 7 (0.80%) Legal
Job Titles
1 231 (26.34%) Analyst
2 202 (23.03%) Data Analyst
3 174 (19.84%) Junior
4 170 (19.38%) Junior Analyst
4 170 (19.38%) Junior Data Analyst
5 152 (17.33%) Software Engineer
6 105 (11.97%) Developer
7 101 (11.52%) Senior
8 91 (10.38%) Python Engineer
9 73 (8.32%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 72 (8.21%) Python Software Engineer
11 47 (5.36%) C++ Software Engineer
12 44 (5.02%) Data Engineer
13 36 (4.10%) Full-Stack Developer
13 36 (4.10%) Python Developer
14 35 (3.99%) Senior Software Engineer
15 33 (3.76%) Lead
16 29 (3.31%) C# Software Engineer
17 26 (2.96%) Consultant
18 25 (2.85%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (5.93%) REST
2 45 (5.13%) React
3 44 (5.02%) HTML
4 41 (4.68%) JSON
5 37 (4.22%) CSS
6 36 (4.10%) .NET
7 28 (3.19%) XML
8 26 (2.96%) YAML
9 20 (2.28%) jQuery
10 19 (2.17%) Kafka
11 18 (2.05%) Django
12 15 (1.71%) Node.js
13 14 (1.60%) HTML5
13 14 (1.60%) Pandas
14 13 (1.48%) Jinja
14 13 (1.48%) NumPy
15 12 (1.37%) Ajax
15 12 (1.37%) CSS3
15 12 (1.37%) LESS
15 12 (1.37%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 61 (6.96%) Algorithms
2 44 (5.02%) Distributed Systems
3 31 (3.53%) Cloud Native
4 27 (3.08%) Low-Code
5 24 (2.74%) Product Ownership
6 22 (2.51%) Data Structures
7 19 (2.17%) Embedded Systems
7 19 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (2.05%) Onboarding
9 17 (1.94%) Life Science
10 16 (1.82%) Client/Server
10 16 (1.82%) Distributed Computing
11 13 (1.48%) Security Operations Centre
12 12 (1.37%) Data Centre
13 11 (1.25%) Hackathon
13 11 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (1.25%) Private Cloud
13 11 (1.25%) Robotics
14 10 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (1.03%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 157 (17.90%) Linux
2 47 (5.36%) Windows
3 19 (2.17%) Ubuntu
4 16 (1.82%) CentOS
4 16 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (1.71%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.80%) Unix
7 5 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.46%) Debian
8 4 (0.46%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.11%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.11%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.11%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (43.56%) AI
2 236 (26.91%) Business Intelligence
3 204 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
4 199 (22.69%) Software Engineering
5 198 (22.58%) CI/CD
6 183 (20.87%) Agile
7 150 (17.10%) DevOps
8 110 (12.54%) Computer Science
9 106 (12.09%) Machine Learning
10 96 (10.95%) Data Modelling
11 94 (10.72%) Containerisation
12 86 (9.81%) Analytics
13 83 (9.46%) Continuous Improvement
14 80 (9.12%) Test Automation
15 77 (8.78%) Infrastructure as Code
16 73 (8.32%) ETL
17 70 (7.98%) Decision-Making
18 63 (7.18%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
19 60 (6.84%) Data Governance
20 57 (6.50%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 334 (38.08%) SQL
2 133 (15.17%) C++
3 111 (12.66%) C#
4 108 (12.31%) JavaScript
5 79 (9.01%) PowerShell
6 72 (8.21%) Java
7 61 (6.96%) Bash
8 53 (6.04%) TypeScript
9 43 (4.90%) C
10 34 (3.88%) Rust
11 26 (2.96%) Go
12 25 (2.85%) VBA
13 23 (2.62%) PHP
14 18 (2.05%) MATLAB
14 18 (2.05%) Perl
15 14 (1.60%) R
16 13 (1.48%) Shell Script
17 12 (1.37%) Scala
18 10 (1.14%) Embedded C
18 10 (1.14%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 248 (28.28%) Azure Certification
2 202 (23.03%) Degree
3 120 (13.68%) Security Cleared
4 82 (9.35%) SC Cleared
5 78 (8.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 74 (8.44%) Master's Degree
7 22 (2.51%) DV Cleared
7 22 (2.51%) PhD
8 17 (1.94%) AWS Certification
9 13 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (1.37%) MBA
11 10 (1.14%) CCNP
11 10 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.14%) CompTIA Security+
12 9 (1.03%) ACCA
12 9 (1.03%) CIMA
13 8 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (0.80%) APMP
14 7 (0.80%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 7 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (6.96%) Data Quality
2 59 (6.73%) QA
3 21 (2.39%) GDPR
4 16 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.37%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.91%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.80%) ISO 26262
8 6 (0.68%) Def Stans
8 6 (0.68%) NIST
8 6 (0.68%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.57%) SLA
10 4 (0.46%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.34%) IEC 61508
11 3 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 12207
12 2 (0.23%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.23%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 1 (0.11%) 21 CFR Part 11
13 1 (0.11%) GxP
System Software
1 116 (13.23%) Docker
2 26 (2.96%) Hyper-V
2 26 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (2.62%) KVM
4 20 (2.28%) Active Directory
5 13 (1.48%) Firmware
6 6 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.34%) Kamailio
9 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 109 (12.43%) Kubernetes
2 81 (9.24%) Terraform
3 60 (6.84%) Ansible
4 31 (3.53%) Grafana
4 31 (3.53%) Prometheus
5 17 (1.94%) Proxmox
6 13 (1.48%) Graylog
7 11 (1.25%) Argo
8 10 (1.14%) FortiGate
8 10 (1.14%) Nagios
8 10 (1.14%) Puppet
9 9 (1.03%) Kibana
9 9 (1.03%) Podman
10 8 (0.91%) ZABBIX
11 5 (0.57%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.57%) Functional Safety
12 4 (0.46%) Kustomize
12 4 (0.46%) Packer
13 3 (0.34%) QRadar
13 3 (0.34%) Scalr
Vendors
1 278 (31.70%) Microsoft
2 44 (5.02%) Databricks
3 35 (3.99%) VMware
4 31 (3.53%) Oracle
5 23 (2.62%) Splunk
6 20 (2.28%) Cisco
7 16 (1.82%) Google
7 16 (1.82%) Red Hat
7 16 (1.82%) Veeam
8 14 (1.60%) SAP
9 13 (1.48%) Fortinet
10 11 (1.25%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.14%) Dynatrace
11 10 (1.14%) IBM
12 8 (0.91%) BT
13 7 (0.80%) Informatica
13 7 (0.80%) Meraki
14 5 (0.57%) AppDynamics
14 5 (0.57%) NVIDIA
14 5 (0.57%) Palo Alto