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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 36 19
Rank change year-on-year +10 -17 +6
Permanent jobs citing Python 131 67 193
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 5.74% 5.64% 9.54%
As % of the Programming Languages category 28.29% 27.57% 35.03%
Number of salaries quoted 91 42 155
10th Percentile £38,920 £44,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £59,688 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £67,500 £66,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £74,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

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 463 243 551
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 20.28% 20.47% 27.24%
Number of salaries quoted 395 192 398
10th Percentile £43,600 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £92,500 £72,500 £69,688
90th Percentile £100,000 £84,875 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -5.98%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 +7 49 £82,500 +43.48% 5
Redhill - 14 £55,000 -
Reigate -3 12 £112,500 - 2
Staines +2 10 £50,000 -
Leatherhead - 8 £35,000 -
Woking -23 3 £70,000 -12.50% 4
Epsom -15 2 - -
Camberley - 2 £52,500 - 1
Esher 0 1 £62,500 -3.85%
Godalming - 1 £32,000 -
Chertsey - 1 £52,500 -
Egham - 1 £72,500 - 1
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 10 (7.63%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (4.58%) Apache
3 5 (3.82%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (8.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.76%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 49 (37.40%) Azure
2 47 (35.88%) AWS
3 17 (12.98%) Azure AI
3 17 (12.98%) Power Platform
4 15 (11.45%) GCP
5 9 (6.87%) GitHub
6 7 (5.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 7 (5.34%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (5.34%) SaaS
7 6 (4.58%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (4.58%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (4.58%) OpenShift
8 5 (3.82%) Amazon EKS
8 5 (3.82%) Entra ID
8 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (3.82%) Snowflake
9 4 (3.05%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (3.05%) Amazon S3
9 4 (3.05%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (2.29%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.11%) VoIP
2 6 (4.58%) DNS
2 6 (4.58%) VPN
3 5 (3.82%) Broadband
3 5 (3.82%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.05%) HTTP
4 4 (3.05%) LAN
4 4 (3.05%) Network Security
4 4 (3.05%) WAN
5 3 (2.29%) BGP
5 3 (2.29%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (2.29%) Firewall
5 3 (2.29%) IPsec
5 3 (2.29%) MPLS
5 3 (2.29%) Multicast
5 3 (2.29%) OSPF
6 1 (0.76%) Asterisk PBX
6 1 (0.76%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.76%) RS-232
6 1 (0.76%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.92%) Tableau
2 12 (9.16%) Power BI
3 10 (7.63%) MySQL
4 7 (5.34%) MongoDB
4 7 (5.34%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (4.58%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (4.58%) NoSQL
6 3 (2.29%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (2.29%) Relational Database
6 3 (2.29%) Spark SQL
7 2 (1.53%) Apache Hive
7 2 (1.53%) Delta Lake
7 2 (1.53%) DocumentDB
7 2 (1.53%) Impala
7 2 (1.53%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.53%) Parquet
7 2 (1.53%) Pinecone
7 2 (1.53%) Redis
8 1 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.76%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 24 (18.32%) Git
2 11 (8.40%) JIRA
3 7 (5.34%) GitLab
4 5 (3.82%) Bitbucket
5 4 (3.05%) Jenkins
5 4 (3.05%) Selenium
6 3 (2.29%) Cypress.io
6 3 (2.29%) SpecFlow
6 3 (2.29%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (1.53%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (1.53%) MSI
7 2 (1.53%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.76%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.76%) HP UFT
8 1 (0.76%) JUnit
8 1 (0.76%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.76%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.76%) TestNG
8 1 (0.76%) WebDriver
General
1 44 (33.59%) Social Skills
2 20 (15.27%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (5.34%) Finance
4 6 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (4.58%) Games
5 5 (3.82%) Telecoms
6 4 (3.05%) Legal
7 3 (2.29%) Retail
8 2 (1.53%) Banking
8 2 (1.53%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.76%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.76%) Electronics
9 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.76%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 27 (20.61%) Senior
2 22 (16.79%) Software Engineer
3 20 (15.27%) Developer
4 19 (14.50%) Python Engineer
5 18 (13.74%) Analyst
6 15 (11.45%) Junior
7 14 (10.69%) C++ Software Engineer
7 14 (10.69%) Junior Analyst
7 14 (10.69%) Python Software Engineer
8 12 (9.16%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 12 (9.16%) Data Analyst
9 11 (8.40%) Data Engineer
9 11 (8.40%) Junior Data Analyst
10 9 (6.87%) Lead
11 8 (6.11%) Senior Software Engineer
12 6 (4.58%) Administrator
12 6 (4.58%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 6 (4.58%) Systems Administrator
12 6 (4.58%) Systems Developer
13 5 (3.82%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.16%) PySpark
2 9 (6.87%) React
3 7 (5.34%) Node.js
3 7 (5.34%) REST
4 6 (4.58%) FastAPI
5 5 (3.82%) HTML
6 4 (3.05%) CSS
6 4 (3.05%) Laravel
6 4 (3.05%) Tailwind CSS
6 4 (3.05%) Vue
7 3 (2.29%) 802.1X
7 3 (2.29%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (2.29%) Gherkin
7 3 (2.29%) Jest
7 3 (2.29%) LAMP
7 3 (2.29%) pytest
8 2 (1.53%) ADO
8 2 (1.53%) SOAP
8 2 (1.53%) Spring
8 2 (1.53%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.11%) Onboarding
2 7 (5.34%) Algorithms
3 6 (4.58%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (4.58%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (4.58%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 5 (3.82%) Data Structures
5 4 (3.05%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.05%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (3.05%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.05%) IoT
5 4 (3.05%) Low-Code
5 4 (3.05%) PKI
5 4 (3.05%) Security Posture
5 4 (3.05%) Video\Live Streaming
6 3 (2.29%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.53%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.76%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 29 (22.14%) Linux
2 6 (4.58%) Windows
2 6 (4.58%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.82%) Debian
3 5 (3.82%) Ubuntu
4 4 (3.05%) CentOS
4 4 (3.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.76%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (51.15%) AI
2 40 (30.53%) CI/CD
3 39 (29.77%) Software Engineering
4 35 (26.72%) Machine Learning
5 33 (25.19%) Agile
6 28 (21.37%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (17.56%) Data Pipeline
8 20 (15.27%) Infrastructure as Code
9 19 (14.50%) Analytics
10 18 (13.74%) Mentoring
11 16 (12.21%) Data Engineering
11 16 (12.21%) DevOps
12 15 (11.45%) Business Intelligence
12 15 (11.45%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (10.69%) Computer Science
13 14 (10.69%) Observability
13 14 (10.69%) Test Automation
14 12 (9.16%) Decision-Making
14 12 (9.16%) Generative AI
14 12 (9.16%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 38 (29.01%) SQL
2 29 (22.14%) C++
3 20 (15.27%) C#
4 18 (13.74%) PowerShell
5 16 (12.21%) Java
6 15 (11.45%) JavaScript
6 15 (11.45%) PHP
7 12 (9.16%) Bash
8 10 (7.63%) TypeScript
9 8 (6.11%) Go
10 6 (4.58%) Perl
11 5 (3.82%) Julia
12 4 (3.05%) C
12 4 (3.05%) Scala
13 2 (1.53%) Bicep
14 1 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.76%) Groovy
14 1 (0.76%) Rust
14 1 (0.76%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 35 (26.72%) Degree
2 22 (16.79%) Master's Degree
3 21 (16.03%) Azure Certification
4 16 (12.21%) PhD
5 14 (10.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (4.58%) CISM
6 6 (4.58%) CISSP
6 6 (4.58%) Security Cleared
7 5 (3.82%) CEH
7 5 (3.82%) DV Cleared
7 5 (3.82%) GIAC
8 4 (3.05%) AWS Certification
8 4 (3.05%) HND
9 3 (2.29%) CCNA
9 3 (2.29%) CCNP
9 3 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.76%) HNC
10 1 (0.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.63%) QA
2 5 (3.82%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (3.82%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.82%) NIST
3 3 (2.29%) SLA
4 2 (1.53%) GDPR
4 2 (1.53%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.76%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.76%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.76%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 16 (12.21%) Docker
2 3 (2.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 26 (19.85%) Kubernetes
2 23 (17.56%) Terraform
3 8 (6.11%) Grafana
4 6 (4.58%) Ansible
4 6 (4.58%) Prometheus
5 4 (3.05%) Kibana
6 3 (2.29%) Argo
6 3 (2.29%) FortiGate
6 3 (2.29%) Proxmox
7 2 (1.53%) Istio
8 1 (0.76%) CASB
8 1 (0.76%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 29 (22.14%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.16%) Databricks
3 6 (4.58%) Google
4 5 (3.82%) New Relic
4 5 (3.82%) Qualys
4 5 (3.82%) Splunk
5 4 (3.05%) SolarWinds
5 4 (3.05%) VMware
5 4 (3.05%) Zerto
6 3 (2.29%) Cisco
6 3 (2.29%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.53%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.53%) Oracle
7 2 (1.53%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.76%) EMC
8 1 (0.76%) Foundry
8 1 (0.76%) Lattice Semiconductor
8 1 (0.76%) Typelevel
8 1 (0.76%) Xilinx