Python Jobs in the South East

Python
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Python skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Python over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 19 19
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 +8
Permanent jobs citing Python 1,085 1,144 2,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.19% 9.87% 10.12%
As % of the Programming Languages category 25.42% 24.97% 22.59%
Number of salaries quoted 726 687 1,108
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £72,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +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 4,268 4,582 9,889
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 28.28% 39.54% 44.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3,238 3,284 6,128
10th Percentile £35,500 £35,018 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,000 £74,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Python as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Python in the South East

Python
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Python in the South East.

Salary trend for Python in the South East

Python
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 -6 424 £55,000 -18.52% 66
Hampshire +2 372 £55,000 - 43
Berkshire -5 232 £60,000 -14.29% 30
Surrey +4 208 £57,500 +2.22% 15
Oxfordshire 0 141 £52,500 -6.67% 18
Buckinghamshire -31 51 £55,000 -21.43% 18
East Sussex -7 35 £45,846 -34.51% 5
Kent -9 28 £38,000 -36.67% 12
West Sussex +1 24 £60,000 +17.07% 3
Middlesex -26 1 - - 1
Sussex -27 1 £32,500 -35.00%
Python
England

Python
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 19 (1.75%) ArcGIS
1 19 (1.75%) GeoServer
1 19 (1.75%) OpenStack
2 18 (1.66%) Apache
3 13 (1.20%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.11%) SAS
5 10 (0.92%) nginx
6 6 (0.55%) Confluence
7 1 (0.092%) Kinematics
7 1 (0.092%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 100 (9.22%) Simulink
2 17 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.46%) Stateflow
4 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.37%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (0.28%) Fusion 360
5 3 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.28%) Siemens NX
6 2 (0.18%) GNU Octave
6 2 (0.18%) OrCAD
7 1 (0.092%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.092%) Doxygen
7 1 (0.092%) Revit
7 1 (0.092%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 8 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.46%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.46%) Odoo
3 1 (0.092%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.092%) FastStats
3 1 (0.092%) Unica
Cloud Services
1 374 (34.47%) Azure
2 265 (24.42%) AWS
3 108 (9.95%) Serverless
4 97 (8.94%) Azure DevOps
5 77 (7.10%) Azure API Management
5 77 (7.10%) Azure Functions
6 76 (7.00%) Azure Logic Apps
6 76 (7.00%) Azure Service Bus
7 75 (6.91%) IBM Cloud
8 46 (4.24%) GCP
9 45 (4.15%) GitHub
10 40 (3.69%) Power Platform
11 38 (3.50%) Cloud Computing
12 24 (2.21%) Amazon S3
12 24 (2.21%) SaaS
13 18 (1.66%) Amazon EC2
13 18 (1.66%) IaaS
14 15 (1.38%) Amazon ECS
15 14 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
16 13 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 57 (5.25%) Firewall
2 34 (3.13%) VPN
3 25 (2.30%) DNS
4 24 (2.21%) Wireless
5 22 (2.03%) 5G
6 17 (1.57%) Network Security
7 15 (1.38%) TCP/IP
8 14 (1.29%) Bluetooth
8 14 (1.29%) HTTP
9 13 (1.20%) Internet
9 13 (1.20%) WAN
10 12 (1.11%) LAN
10 12 (1.11%) SNMP
11 11 (1.01%) DHCP
12 9 (0.83%) Intrusion Detection
12 9 (0.83%) IPsec
12 9 (0.83%) Modbus
12 9 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (0.74%) PSTN
13 8 (0.74%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 216 (19.91%) PostgreSQL
2 183 (16.87%) NoSQL
3 143 (13.18%) MongoDB
4 110 (10.14%) Relational Database
5 75 (6.91%) DB2
6 64 (5.90%) Hadoop
7 38 (3.50%) Big Data
8 36 (3.32%) MySQL
8 36 (3.32%) Power BI
9 33 (3.04%) GIS
10 31 (2.86%) SQL Server
11 28 (2.58%) Tableau
12 23 (2.12%) QGIS
13 22 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
14 14 (1.29%) Redis
15 13 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
15 13 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
16 10 (0.92%) RDBMS
17 9 (0.83%) BigQuery
17 9 (0.83%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 121 (11.15%) Git
2 64 (5.90%) Jenkins
3 46 (4.24%) GitLab
3 46 (4.24%) JIRA
4 33 (3.04%) Vagrant
5 26 (2.40%) Visual Studio
6 22 (2.03%) Robot Framework
7 15 (1.38%) Bitbucket
8 13 (1.20%) LabVIEW
9 12 (1.11%) SonarQube
10 10 (0.92%) JUnit
10 10 (0.92%) Subversion
11 9 (0.83%) Trac
12 8 (0.74%) JMeter
13 7 (0.65%) Mockito
13 7 (0.65%) Selenium
14 6 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
15 5 (0.46%) Artifactory
15 5 (0.46%) Maven
15 5 (0.46%) MSI
General
1 248 (22.86%) Social Skills
2 126 (11.61%) Analytical Skills
3 119 (10.97%) Public Sector
4 93 (8.57%) Finance
5 47 (4.33%) Electronics
6 46 (4.24%) Manufacturing
7 42 (3.87%) Telecoms
8 38 (3.50%) Military
9 26 (2.40%) Automotive
10 25 (2.30%) Aerospace
11 22 (2.03%) Marketing
12 17 (1.57%) Legal
12 17 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (1.57%) Retail
13 15 (1.38%) Aviation
14 12 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (1.01%) Tech for Good
16 10 (0.92%) Games
17 9 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
18 8 (0.74%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 277 (25.53%) Software Engineer
2 253 (23.32%) Developer
3 205 (18.89%) Senior
4 98 (9.03%) Full Stack Developer
5 87 (8.02%) DevOps Engineer
6 84 (7.74%) Senior Software Engineer
7 79 (7.28%) Azure Developer
8 72 (6.64%) Lead
9 67 (6.18%) Software Developer
10 64 (5.90%) Architect
10 64 (5.90%) Python Engineer
11 53 (4.88%) Analyst
12 40 (3.69%) Graduate
13 35 (3.23%) Python Software Engineer
14 32 (2.95%) Embedded Developer
14 32 (2.95%) Embedded Software Developer
14 32 (2.95%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
15 28 (2.58%) Embedded Engineer
16 27 (2.49%) Data Engineer
17 26 (2.40%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (16.59%) React
2 154 (14.19%) Node.js
3 152 (14.01%) HTML
4 139 (12.81%) .NET
4 139 (12.81%) CSS
5 123 (11.34%) AngularJS
6 99 (9.12%) REST
6 99 (9.12%) Web Services
7 90 (8.29%) ASP.NET
8 89 (8.20%) jQuery
9 87 (8.02%) Vue
10 80 (7.37%) Kafka
11 79 (7.28%) ASP.NET Core
12 77 (7.10%) Ember.js
13 75 (6.91%) Backbone.js
13 75 (6.91%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 69 (6.36%) Middleware
15 35 (3.23%) Django
16 27 (2.49%) XML
17 25 (2.30%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 214 (19.72%) Algorithms
2 90 (8.29%) Data Structures
3 84 (7.74%) Hybrid Cloud
4 75 (6.91%) Blockchain
5 54 (4.98%) IoT
6 37 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
7 33 (3.04%) Data Centre
8 25 (2.30%) Embedded Systems
9 23 (2.12%) Management Information System
9 23 (2.12%) Product Ownership
10 20 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
10 20 (1.84%) Robotics
11 19 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
12 17 (1.57%) CUDA
13 16 (1.47%) PKI
14 13 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
15 11 (1.01%) Low-Code
15 11 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
16 10 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
17 9 (0.83%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 407 (37.51%) Linux
2 192 (17.70%) Windows
3 115 (10.60%) Android
4 80 (7.37%) Apple iOS
5 52 (4.79%) Unix
6 51 (4.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 48 (4.42%) CentOS
8 43 (3.96%) Embedded Linux
9 42 (3.87%) Ubuntu
10 21 (1.94%) Windows Server
11 12 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
12 7 (0.65%) Windows 10
13 6 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
13 6 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
14 5 (0.46%) Data ONTAP
14 5 (0.46%) Kali Linux
15 3 (0.28%) Debian
15 3 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
15 3 (0.28%) Rocky
15 3 (0.28%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 411 (37.88%) Software Engineering
2 346 (31.89%) DevOps
3 320 (29.49%) Computer Science
4 273 (25.16%) Artificial Intelligence
5 258 (23.78%) Agile
6 249 (22.95%) Problem-Solving
7 176 (16.22%) Machine Learning
8 150 (13.82%) Mathematics
9 143 (13.18%) Full Stack Development
10 131 (12.07%) Physics
11 112 (10.32%) Software Testing
11 112 (10.32%) Web Development
12 107 (9.86%) CI/CD
13 102 (9.40%) OO
14 99 (9.12%) Collaborative Working
15 95 (8.76%) Signal Processing
16 90 (8.29%) User Experience
17 86 (7.93%) OOP
18 84 (7.74%) Microservices
19 82 (7.56%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 396 (36.50%) Java
2 344 (31.71%) SQL
3 311 (28.66%) JavaScript
4 274 (25.25%) C++
5 218 (20.09%) C#
6 180 (16.59%) C
7 143 (13.18%) Bash
8 86 (7.93%) Fortran
9 75 (6.91%) Kotlin
10 72 (6.64%) PowerShell
11 69 (6.36%) MATLAB
12 58 (5.35%) R
13 48 (4.42%) TypeScript
14 41 (3.78%) Perl
15 28 (2.58%) Go
16 17 (1.57%) Shell Script
17 16 (1.47%) Haskell
18 15 (1.38%) PHP
18 15 (1.38%) Ruby
19 12 (1.11%) Scala
Qualifications
1 450 (41.47%) Degree
2 354 (32.63%) Security Cleared
3 207 (19.08%) SC Cleared
4 191 (17.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 95 (8.76%) Master's Degree
6 75 (6.91%) PhD
7 57 (5.25%) DV Cleared
8 16 (1.47%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.11%) Azure Certification
10 10 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (0.74%) ISTQB
12 8 (0.74%) Numerate Degree
13 7 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 6 (0.55%) CISSP
15 5 (0.46%) CCNA
16 4 (0.37%) CCIE
16 4 (0.37%) CTC Cleared
16 4 (0.37%) DBS Check
16 4 (0.37%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.13%) QA
2 30 (2.76%) Data Quality
3 12 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (1.11%) PCI DSS
4 9 (0.83%) GDPR
5 6 (0.55%) ISO 13485
5 6 (0.55%) NIST
6 5 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 5 (0.46%) SLA
6 5 (0.46%) Solvency II
7 3 (0.28%) Automotive SPICE
7 3 (0.28%) AUTOSAR
7 3 (0.28%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.28%) ISO 26262
7 3 (0.28%) MISRA
8 2 (0.18%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.092%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.092%) PMO
System Software
1 148 (13.64%) Docker
2 41 (3.78%) Active Directory
3 31 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (2.49%) Firmware
5 22 (2.03%) Hyper-V
5 22 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.83%) Embedded Firmware
6 9 (0.83%) NFS
6 9 (0.83%) pfSense
7 5 (0.46%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 3 (0.28%) Ceph
8 3 (0.28%) GPFS
8 3 (0.28%) HDFS
8 3 (0.28%) Lustre
8 3 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.092%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.092%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.092%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 121 (11.15%) Ansible
2 119 (10.97%) Terraform
3 108 (9.95%) Kubernetes
4 18 (1.66%) Puppet
5 16 (1.47%) Grafana
6 10 (0.92%) ZABBIX
7 9 (0.83%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 9 (0.83%) SCDPM
8 8 (0.74%) Prometheus
9 7 (0.65%) Kibana
9 7 (0.65%) WMI
10 6 (0.55%) Podman
11 5 (0.46%) Nagios
11 5 (0.46%) Red Hat Spacewalk
11 5 (0.46%) SELinux
11 5 (0.46%) Suricata
11 5 (0.46%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.37%) Cacti
13 3 (0.28%) NetBackup
13 3 (0.28%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 151 (13.92%) Microsoft
2 87 (8.02%) Red Hat
3 82 (7.56%) IBM
4 78 (7.19%) Xilinx
5 41 (3.78%) VMware
6 28 (2.58%) SAP
7 24 (2.21%) Google
8 23 (2.12%) Juniper
9 20 (1.84%) Splunk
10 19 (1.75%) ESRI
11 14 (1.29%) Cisco
11 14 (1.29%) Fortinet
11 14 (1.29%) Oracle
11 14 (1.29%) ServiceNow
12 12 (1.11%) Palo Alto
13 10 (0.92%) Databricks
14 9 (0.83%) McAfee
14 9 (0.83%) Veeam
15 8 (0.74%) Alteryx
15 8 (0.74%) NetApp