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 15 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 13 27
Rank change year-on-year -14 +14 -9
Permanent jobs citing Python 134 104 165
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 6.18% 11.28% 7.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.51% 38.95% 26.74%
Number of salaries quoted 85 88 131
10th Percentile £32,500 £53,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £62,500 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £88,750 £77,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,253
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.53% -7.21%

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 348 267 617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 16.04% 28.96% 27.43%
Number of salaries quoted 271 223 494
10th Percentile £33,125 £37,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £44,192
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £84,375 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £84,625
South East median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 15 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 15 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 48 £62,500 -13.49% 7
Redhill +18 20 £35,000 -55.41% 2
Woking 0 11 £42,500 - 5
Reigate +5 9 £85,000 - 4
Staines -1 8 £47,500 -26.92%
Epsom -12 2 - -
Egham - 2 £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 8 (5.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.73%) IIS
3 4 (2.99%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (2.24%) Apache
5 2 (1.49%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 24 (17.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (7.46%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.24%) CATIA
3 3 (2.24%) Siemens NX
3 3 (2.24%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (2.24%) Windchill
4 1 (0.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 43 (32.09%) Azure
2 36 (26.87%) Power Platform
3 25 (18.66%) Azure AI
4 23 (17.16%) AWS
5 21 (15.67%) SaaS
6 13 (9.70%) Mimecast
7 12 (8.96%) Snowflake
8 11 (8.21%) GitHub
8 11 (8.21%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (5.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 8 (5.97%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (5.97%) Entra ID
9 8 (5.97%) GCP
9 8 (5.97%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.49%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.49%) AWS Data Pipeline
10 2 (1.49%) OpenShift
10 2 (1.49%) Prefect
11 1 (0.75%) Copilot Studio
11 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.21%) HTTP
2 9 (6.72%) VPN
3 8 (5.97%) DNS
3 8 (5.97%) Firewall
4 6 (4.48%) Broadband
5 4 (2.99%) VoIP
6 3 (2.24%) RTP
6 3 (2.24%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.24%) Unified Communications
6 3 (2.24%) Wireless
6 3 (2.24%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.75%) BGP
7 1 (0.75%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.75%) IPsec
7 1 (0.75%) MPLS
7 1 (0.75%) Multicast
7 1 (0.75%) Network Security
7 1 (0.75%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (26.87%) Power BI
2 28 (20.90%) Tableau
3 13 (9.70%) MySQL
4 11 (8.21%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (5.97%) MongoDB
5 8 (5.97%) NoSQL
5 8 (5.97%) SQL Server
5 8 (5.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (5.22%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (3.73%) Big Data
7 5 (3.73%) Data Mining
7 5 (3.73%) Hadoop
7 5 (3.73%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.49%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (1.49%) Apache Hive
8 2 (1.49%) Impala
8 2 (1.49%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.49%) Parquet
8 2 (1.49%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.75%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 10 (7.46%) Git
2 4 (2.99%) GitLab
3 3 (2.24%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (1.49%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
General
1 50 (37.31%) Social Skills
2 30 (22.39%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (15.67%) Retail
4 13 (9.70%) Finance
5 7 (5.22%) Games
5 7 (5.22%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (4.48%) Marketing
7 3 (2.24%) Law
7 3 (2.24%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.49%) Banking
8 2 (1.49%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.49%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.75%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.75%) Legal
9 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (25.37%) Analyst
2 29 (21.64%) Data Analyst
3 22 (16.42%) Senior
4 20 (14.93%) Junior
4 20 (14.93%) Junior Analyst
4 20 (14.93%) Junior Data Analyst
5 15 (11.19%) Support Engineer
6 14 (10.45%) Python Engineer
7 13 (9.70%) Help Desk Technician
7 13 (9.70%) Software Engineer
8 12 (8.96%) Linux Engineer
8 12 (8.96%) Linux Support
8 12 (8.96%) Linux Support Engineer
9 8 (5.97%) Administrator
9 8 (5.97%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 8 (5.97%) C++ Software Engineer
9 8 (5.97%) DevOps Administrator
9 8 (5.97%) Python Software Engineer
9 8 (5.97%) Senior Systems Administrator
9 8 (5.97%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.97%) JSON
1 8 (5.97%) XML
2 5 (3.73%) Play Framework
3 4 (2.99%) Django
3 4 (2.99%) Flask
3 4 (2.99%) HTML
3 4 (2.99%) REST
4 3 (2.24%) CSS
4 3 (2.24%) FreeSWITCH
4 3 (2.24%) Jinja
4 3 (2.24%) OAuth
4 3 (2.24%) OAuth2
4 3 (2.24%) PySpark
4 3 (2.24%) pytest
4 3 (2.24%) RFC 2833
4 3 (2.24%) SQLAlchemy
4 3 (2.24%) WebRTC
5 2 (1.49%) gRPC
6 1 (0.75%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (0.75%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.70%) Onboarding
2 11 (8.21%) Algorithms
3 8 (5.97%) Data Structures
3 8 (5.97%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (5.97%) Private Cloud
3 8 (5.97%) Video\Live Streaming
4 7 (5.22%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.99%) Video on Demand
6 3 (2.24%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.49%) Over-the-Top Content
7 2 (1.49%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.75%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.75%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.75%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.75%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (18.66%) Linux
2 12 (8.96%) CentOS
2 12 (8.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (4.48%) Windows
3 6 (4.48%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.24%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (41.79%) AI
2 36 (26.87%) Business Intelligence
3 33 (24.63%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (15.67%) Agile
4 21 (15.67%) Machine Learning
5 18 (13.43%) CI/CD
6 16 (11.94%) Data Modelling
7 15 (11.19%) Software Engineering
8 13 (9.70%) ETL
9 12 (8.96%) Analytics
9 12 (8.96%) Computer Science
9 12 (8.96%) Decision-Making
10 11 (8.21%) Cloud Security
10 11 (8.21%) Data Science
10 11 (8.21%) Mathematics
10 11 (8.21%) Validation
11 10 (7.46%) Infrastructure as Code
11 10 (7.46%) Line Management
11 10 (7.46%) Roadmaps
12 9 (6.72%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 59 (44.03%) SQL
2 32 (23.88%) PowerShell
3 16 (11.94%) Bash
3 16 (11.94%) C++
4 12 (8.96%) Java
4 12 (8.96%) Perl
5 11 (8.21%) Go
6 9 (6.72%) Scala
7 8 (5.97%) PHP
7 8 (5.97%) T-SQL
8 6 (4.48%) R
9 5 (3.73%) C
9 5 (3.73%) C#
9 5 (3.73%) JavaScript
10 4 (2.99%) Shell Script
11 3 (2.24%) VBA
12 2 (1.49%) Julia
13 1 (0.75%) Groovy
13 1 (0.75%) Rust
13 1 (0.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (18.66%) Azure Certification
2 23 (17.16%) Degree
3 18 (13.43%) Master's Degree
4 11 (8.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (5.97%) AWS Certification
5 8 (5.97%) PhD
6 5 (3.73%) MBA
7 3 (2.24%) Security Cleared
8 2 (1.49%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.49%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.75%) CCNA
9 1 (0.75%) CCNP
9 1 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.75%) CISM
9 1 (0.75%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.94%) Data Quality
2 15 (11.19%) GDPR
3 11 (8.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (5.22%) QA
5 5 (3.73%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (2.99%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.49%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.75%) SLA
8 1 (0.75%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (8.21%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.97%) Docker
3 3 (2.24%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 13 (9.70%) Kubernetes
2 10 (7.46%) Terraform
3 9 (6.72%) Ansible
4 8 (5.97%) Grafana
4 8 (5.97%) Prometheus
4 8 (5.97%) Proxmox
5 3 (2.24%) Argo
6 1 (0.75%) CASB
6 1 (0.75%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 39 (29.10%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.70%) Veeam
3 9 (6.72%) Oracle
4 8 (5.97%) BT
4 8 (5.97%) VMware
5 7 (5.22%) Informatica
6 6 (4.48%) Databricks
7 4 (2.99%) Fortinet
8 3 (2.24%) Mitel
9 2 (1.49%) Google
9 2 (1.49%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.49%) Typelevel
10 1 (0.75%) Cisco
10 1 (0.75%) Foundry