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 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 17 23
Rank change year-on-year +2 +6 -6
Permanent jobs citing Python 154 96 202
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 7.45% 9.75% 8.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.69% 38.71% 28.65%
Number of salaries quoted 97 72 162
10th Percentile £32,500 £44,875 £42,500
25th Percentile £43,500 £62,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +12.50% -2.04%
75th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £77,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £61,500 £63,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.38% +14.55% -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 398 248 705
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 19.25% 25.18% 28.71%
Number of salaries quoted 314 198 543
10th Percentile £38,938 £37,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,678 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.76% +1.23% -6.78%

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +6 59 £62,500 -5.66% 10
Redhill - 22 £45,000 - 4
Reigate +4 12 £85,000 - 2
Staines 0 11 £47,500 -26.92%
Woking -6 10 £42,500 -48.48% 4
Epsom -14 2 - - 2
Egham - 2 £72,500 - 1
Esher -1 1 £62,500 -
Godalming - 1 £32,000 -
Chertsey - 1 £52,500 - 1
Leatherhead - 1 - - 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 (5.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.90%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (3.25%) Apache
3 5 (3.25%) IIS
4 2 (1.30%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 23 (14.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.65%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 53 (34.42%) Azure
2 37 (24.03%) AWS
2 37 (24.03%) Power Platform
3 25 (16.23%) Azure AI
4 19 (12.34%) SaaS
5 12 (7.79%) GCP
5 12 (7.79%) GitHub
5 12 (7.79%) Snowflake
6 11 (7.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 11 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
7 10 (6.49%) Entra ID
8 9 (5.84%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (5.84%) Mimecast
9 8 (5.19%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (2.60%) AWS Data Pipeline
10 4 (2.60%) Prefect
11 3 (1.95%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (1.95%) Azure Storage
11 3 (1.95%) OpenShift
12 2 (1.30%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.14%) HTTP
1 11 (7.14%) VPN
2 10 (6.49%) DNS
3 9 (5.84%) VoIP
4 8 (5.19%) Firewall
5 6 (3.90%) Broadband
6 3 (1.95%) BGP
6 3 (1.95%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (1.95%) IPsec
6 3 (1.95%) MPLS
6 3 (1.95%) Multicast
6 3 (1.95%) Network Security
6 3 (1.95%) OSPF
6 3 (1.95%) RTP
6 3 (1.95%) Unified Communications
6 3 (1.95%) Wireshark
7 2 (1.30%) LAN
7 2 (1.30%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.30%) WAN
8 1 (0.65%) Asterisk PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (22.73%) Power BI
2 26 (16.88%) Tableau
3 18 (11.69%) MySQL
4 13 (8.44%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (7.14%) NoSQL
6 10 (6.49%) MongoDB
7 8 (5.19%) SQL Server
7 8 (5.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (3.25%) Big Data
9 5 (3.25%) Data Mining
9 5 (3.25%) Hadoop
10 4 (2.60%) Apache Cassandra
10 4 (2.60%) Relational Database
11 3 (1.95%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (1.30%) Apache Hive
12 2 (1.30%) Impala
12 2 (1.30%) Oracle Database
12 2 (1.30%) Parquet
12 2 (1.30%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 18 (11.69%) Git
2 8 (5.19%) GitLab
3 6 (3.90%) JIRA
4 4 (2.60%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (1.95%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.30%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.30%) IBM UrbanCode
6 2 (1.30%) MSI
6 2 (1.30%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.65%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.65%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.65%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.65%) JUnit
7 1 (0.65%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.65%) Selenium
7 1 (0.65%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.65%) TestNG
7 1 (0.65%) WebDriver
General
1 59 (38.31%) Social Skills
2 31 (20.13%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (11.04%) Retail
4 15 (9.74%) Finance
5 7 (4.55%) Games
5 7 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (3.90%) Marketing
7 5 (3.25%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.30%) Banking
9 2 (1.30%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.30%) Legal
10 1 (0.65%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.65%) Electronics
10 1 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (22.73%) Analyst
2 31 (20.13%) Senior
3 29 (18.83%) Data Analyst
4 21 (13.64%) Software Engineer
5 20 (12.99%) Python Engineer
6 19 (12.34%) Junior
6 19 (12.34%) Junior Analyst
6 19 (12.34%) Junior Data Analyst
7 16 (10.39%) Developer
8 13 (8.44%) C++ Software Engineer
8 13 (8.44%) Python Software Engineer
9 10 (6.49%) Data Engineer
9 10 (6.49%) Senior DevOps
10 9 (5.84%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 9 (5.84%) Help Desk Technician
11 8 (5.19%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 8 (5.19%) Linux Engineer
11 8 (5.19%) Linux Support
11 8 (5.19%) Linux Support Engineer
11 8 (5.19%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.19%) JSON
1 8 (5.19%) XML
2 7 (4.55%) HTML
2 7 (4.55%) React
2 7 (4.55%) REST
3 6 (3.90%) CSS
4 5 (3.25%) Play Framework
4 5 (3.25%) PySpark
4 5 (3.25%) pytest
5 4 (2.60%) Django
5 4 (2.60%) Flask
6 3 (1.95%) 802.1X
6 3 (1.95%) FreeSWITCH
6 3 (1.95%) Jinja
6 3 (1.95%) Laravel
6 3 (1.95%) Node.js
6 3 (1.95%) OAuth
6 3 (1.95%) OAuth2
6 3 (1.95%) SQLAlchemy
6 3 (1.95%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.44%) Onboarding
2 12 (7.79%) Algorithms
3 9 (5.84%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (5.19%) Data Structures
4 8 (5.19%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (5.19%) Private Cloud
5 5 (3.25%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.25%) Video\Live Streaming
6 3 (1.95%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.30%) Over-the-Top Content
7 2 (1.30%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.65%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.65%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.65%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.65%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.65%) Robotics
8 1 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (20.78%) Linux
2 8 (5.19%) CentOS
2 8 (5.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (3.90%) Ubuntu
4 3 (1.95%) Debian
5 2 (1.30%) Windows
5 2 (1.30%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (44.81%) AI
2 38 (24.68%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (22.73%) Agile
3 35 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
4 30 (19.48%) Machine Learning
5 29 (18.83%) CI/CD
5 29 (18.83%) Software Engineering
6 19 (12.34%) Computer Science
6 19 (12.34%) Data Modelling
7 16 (10.39%) Analytics
7 16 (10.39%) Decision-Making
7 16 (10.39%) Infrastructure as Code
8 15 (9.74%) Data Pipeline
8 15 (9.74%) Data Science
8 15 (9.74%) ETL
8 15 (9.74%) Mathematics
8 15 (9.74%) Test Automation
9 13 (8.44%) DevOps
9 13 (8.44%) Roadmaps
9 13 (8.44%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 62 (40.26%) SQL
2 28 (18.18%) PowerShell
3 23 (14.94%) C++
4 16 (10.39%) Java
4 16 (10.39%) PHP
5 14 (9.09%) Bash
6 12 (7.79%) C#
6 12 (7.79%) JavaScript
7 11 (7.14%) Go
7 11 (7.14%) Scala
8 10 (6.49%) Perl
9 8 (5.19%) T-SQL
10 6 (3.90%) R
10 6 (3.90%) TypeScript
11 5 (3.25%) C
12 4 (2.60%) Julia
13 3 (1.95%) VBA
14 2 (1.30%) Groovy
15 1 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.65%) Rust
Qualifications
1 35 (22.73%) Degree
2 28 (18.18%) Azure Certification
3 26 (16.88%) Master's Degree
4 16 (10.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (8.44%) PhD
6 9 (5.84%) AWS Certification
7 7 (4.55%) Security Cleared
8 5 (3.25%) DV Cleared
8 5 (3.25%) MBA
9 3 (1.95%) CCNA
9 3 (1.95%) CCNP
9 3 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.95%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.30%) CISM
10 2 (1.30%) CISSP
11 1 (0.65%) CEH
11 1 (0.65%) GIAC
11 1 (0.65%) HNC
11 1 (0.65%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.69%) Data Quality
2 12 (7.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (7.14%) GDPR
3 11 (7.14%) QA
4 5 (3.25%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (2.60%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.95%) SLA
7 2 (1.30%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.65%) NIST
8 1 (0.65%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.65%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 12 (7.79%) Docker
2 8 (5.19%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.95%) Kamailio
4 1 (0.65%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (12.99%) Kubernetes
2 18 (11.69%) Terraform
3 11 (7.14%) Ansible
4 10 (6.49%) Grafana
4 10 (6.49%) Prometheus
5 8 (5.19%) Proxmox
6 6 (3.90%) Argo
7 3 (1.95%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.65%) CASB
8 1 (0.65%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.65%) Kibana
Vendors
1 40 (25.97%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.84%) Databricks
2 9 (5.84%) Oracle
2 9 (5.84%) Veeam
2 9 (5.84%) VMware
3 8 (5.19%) BT
4 7 (4.55%) Informatica
5 6 (3.90%) Fortinet
6 4 (2.60%) Google
7 3 (1.95%) Cisco
7 3 (1.95%) Mitel
8 2 (1.30%) New Relic
8 2 (1.30%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.30%) Typelevel
9 1 (0.65%) EMC
9 1 (0.65%) Foundry
9 1 (0.65%) Qualys
9 1 (0.65%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.65%) Splunk
9 1 (0.65%) Zerto