Python Job Trends in Surrey

Python
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 12 24
Rank change year-on-year -14 +12 -6
Permanent jobs citing Python 128 109 155
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 6.02% 11.83% 7.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 37.21% 38.79% 25.83%
Number of salaries quoted 83 90 126
10th Percentile £32,500 £53,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £62,500 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £78,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -6.81%

All Programming Languages
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 344 281 600
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 16.17% 30.51% 28.94%
Number of salaries quoted 269 230 486
10th Percentile £33,050 £37,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £84,375
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Python job vacancy trend in Surrey

Python
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in Surrey over the 6 months to 7 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in Surrey

Python
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 7 April 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
Guildford +5 43 £62,500 -13.49% 14
Redhill +13 19 £35,000 -55.41% 5
Woking -3 11 £42,500 - 4
Reigate +5 10 £85,000 +25.93% 2
Staines -3 8 £47,500 -26.92%
Epsom -13 2 - -
Egham - 2 £72,500 -
Python
South East

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 8 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.91%) IIS
3 4 (3.13%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (2.34%) Apache
5 2 (1.56%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 23 (17.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (8.59%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.34%) CATIA
3 3 (2.34%) Siemens NX
3 3 (2.34%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (2.34%) Windchill
4 1 (0.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.34%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 39 (30.47%) Azure
2 34 (26.56%) Power Platform
3 23 (17.97%) AWS
4 21 (16.41%) Azure AI
4 21 (16.41%) SaaS
5 13 (10.16%) Mimecast
6 12 (9.38%) Snowflake
7 11 (8.59%) GitHub
7 11 (8.59%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (6.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 8 (6.25%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (6.25%) Entra ID
8 8 (6.25%) GCP
8 8 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.56%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.56%) AWS Data Pipeline
9 2 (1.56%) OpenShift
9 2 (1.56%) Prefect
10 1 (0.78%) Copilot Studio
10 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.59%) HTTP
2 8 (6.25%) DNS
2 8 (6.25%) Firewall
2 8 (6.25%) VPN
3 6 (4.69%) Broadband
4 4 (3.13%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.13%) Wireless
5 3 (2.34%) RTP
5 3 (2.34%) Unified Communications
5 3 (2.34%) VoIP
5 3 (2.34%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (26.56%) Power BI
2 26 (20.31%) Tableau
3 13 (10.16%) MySQL
4 11 (8.59%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (6.25%) MongoDB
5 8 (6.25%) NoSQL
5 8 (6.25%) SQL Server
5 8 (6.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (5.47%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (4.69%) Relational Database
8 5 (3.91%) Big Data
8 5 (3.91%) Data Mining
8 5 (3.91%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.56%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (1.56%) Apache Hive
9 2 (1.56%) Impala
9 2 (1.56%) Oracle Database
9 2 (1.56%) Parquet
9 2 (1.56%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.78%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 9 (7.03%) Git
2 3 (2.34%) GitLab
3 2 (1.56%) IBM UrbanCode
3 2 (1.56%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.78%) Jenkins
General
1 45 (35.16%) Social Skills
2 30 (23.44%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (16.41%) Retail
4 13 (10.16%) Finance
5 7 (5.47%) Games
5 7 (5.47%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (4.69%) Marketing
7 4 (3.13%) Law
8 3 (2.34%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.56%) Banking
9 2 (1.56%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.78%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.78%) Legal
10 1 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (25.78%) Analyst
2 27 (21.09%) Data Analyst
3 21 (16.41%) Senior
4 18 (14.06%) Junior
4 18 (14.06%) Junior Analyst
4 18 (14.06%) Junior Data Analyst
5 16 (12.50%) Support Engineer
6 13 (10.16%) Help Desk Technician
6 13 (10.16%) Python Engineer
7 12 (9.38%) Linux Engineer
7 12 (9.38%) Linux Support
7 12 (9.38%) Linux Support Engineer
8 11 (8.59%) Software Engineer
9 8 (6.25%) Administrator
9 8 (6.25%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 8 (6.25%) Data Engineer
9 8 (6.25%) DevOps Administrator
9 8 (6.25%) Senior Systems Administrator
9 8 (6.25%) SQL Data Analyst
9 8 (6.25%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.25%) JSON
1 8 (6.25%) XML
2 5 (3.91%) Play Framework
3 4 (3.13%) Django
3 4 (3.13%) Flask
3 4 (3.13%) HTML
3 4 (3.13%) REST
4 3 (2.34%) CSS
4 3 (2.34%) FreeSWITCH
4 3 (2.34%) Jinja
4 3 (2.34%) OAuth
4 3 (2.34%) OAuth2
4 3 (2.34%) PySpark
4 3 (2.34%) pytest
4 3 (2.34%) RFC 2833
4 3 (2.34%) SQLAlchemy
4 3 (2.34%) WebRTC
5 2 (1.56%) gRPC
6 1 (0.78%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (0.78%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.16%) Onboarding
2 10 (7.81%) Algorithms
3 8 (6.25%) Data Structures
3 8 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (6.25%) Private Cloud
3 8 (6.25%) Video\Live Streaming
4 7 (5.47%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.13%) Video on Demand
7 2 (1.56%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.56%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.56%) Over-the-Top Content
7 2 (1.56%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.56%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.78%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.78%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.78%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.78%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (18.75%) Linux
2 12 (9.38%) CentOS
2 12 (9.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (5.47%) Windows
3 7 (5.47%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.34%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (39.84%) AI
2 34 (26.56%) Business Intelligence
2 34 (26.56%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (15.63%) Agile
3 20 (15.63%) Machine Learning
4 18 (14.06%) CI/CD
5 16 (12.50%) Data Modelling
6 13 (10.16%) ETL
6 13 (10.16%) Software Engineering
7 12 (9.38%) Analytics
7 12 (9.38%) Decision-Making
8 11 (8.59%) Cloud Security
8 11 (8.59%) Computer Science
8 11 (8.59%) Data Science
8 11 (8.59%) Mathematics
8 11 (8.59%) Validation
9 10 (7.81%) Infrastructure as Code
9 10 (7.81%) Roadmaps
10 9 (7.03%) Collaborative Working
10 9 (7.03%) Operations Research
Programming Languages
1 57 (44.53%) SQL
2 32 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 16 (12.50%) Bash
4 14 (10.94%) C++
5 12 (9.38%) Java
5 12 (9.38%) Perl
6 11 (8.59%) Go
7 9 (7.03%) Scala
8 8 (6.25%) PHP
8 8 (6.25%) T-SQL
9 6 (4.69%) R
10 5 (3.91%) C
10 5 (3.91%) JavaScript
11 4 (3.13%) C#
11 4 (3.13%) Shell Script
12 3 (2.34%) VBA
13 2 (1.56%) Julia
14 1 (0.78%) Groovy
14 1 (0.78%) Rust
14 1 (0.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (16.41%) Azure Certification
1 21 (16.41%) Degree
2 16 (12.50%) Master's Degree
3 10 (7.81%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (6.25%) AWS Certification
5 7 (5.47%) PhD
6 5 (3.91%) MBA
7 2 (1.56%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.56%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.78%) CISM
8 1 (0.78%) CISSP
8 1 (0.78%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (12.50%) Data Quality
2 15 (11.72%) GDPR
3 11 (8.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (5.47%) QA
5 5 (3.91%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (3.13%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.56%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.78%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.47%) Docker
3 3 (2.34%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 13 (10.16%) Kubernetes
2 10 (7.81%) Terraform
3 9 (7.03%) Ansible
4 8 (6.25%) Grafana
4 8 (6.25%) Prometheus
4 8 (6.25%) Proxmox
5 3 (2.34%) Argo
6 1 (0.78%) CASB
Vendors
1 38 (29.69%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.16%) Veeam
3 9 (7.03%) Oracle
4 8 (6.25%) BT
4 8 (6.25%) VMware
5 7 (5.47%) Informatica
6 6 (4.69%) Databricks
7 3 (2.34%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.34%) Mitel
8 2 (1.56%) Google
8 2 (1.56%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.56%) Typelevel
9 1 (0.78%) Foundry