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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 35 20
Rank change year-on-year +12 -15 +3
Permanent jobs citing Python 144 73 191
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 6.39% 6.34% 9.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.03% 28.63% 34.35%
Number of salaries quoted 99 47 155
10th Percentile £37,636 £45,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,875 £62,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £85,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £79,500 £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 464 255 556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 20.60% 22.14% 26.82%
Number of salaries quoted 397 203 408
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £91,250 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,790 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.55% +1.44% -8.33%

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 3 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 3 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 +11 53 £81,250 +41.30% 8
Redhill - 17 £52,500 - 1
Reigate -2 13 £98,750 -
Staines +2 10 £50,000 - 2
Leatherhead - 8 £35,000 - 1
Woking -16 7 £63,000 -21.25% 9
Epsom -18 2 - -
Camberley - 2 £52,500 - 1
Egham - 2 £72,500 - 1
Esher 0 1 £62,500 -3.85%
Godalming - 1 £32,000 - 2
Chertsey - 1 £52,500 - 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 11 (7.64%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (4.17%) Apache
2 6 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.47%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (9.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 54 (37.50%) Azure
2 47 (32.64%) AWS
3 24 (16.67%) Power Platform
4 20 (13.89%) Azure AI
5 16 (11.11%) GCP
6 10 (6.94%) GitHub
6 10 (6.94%) SaaS
7 9 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (5.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 8 (5.56%) Entra ID
9 7 (4.86%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (4.17%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (4.17%) OpenShift
10 6 (4.17%) Snowflake
11 4 (2.78%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (2.78%) Amazon S3
11 4 (2.78%) AWS Data Pipeline
11 4 (2.78%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (2.78%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.56%) VoIP
2 7 (4.86%) VPN
3 6 (4.17%) DNS
4 5 (3.47%) Broadband
5 4 (2.78%) Firewall
5 4 (2.78%) HTTP
5 4 (2.78%) LAN
5 4 (2.78%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.78%) WAN
6 3 (2.08%) BGP
6 3 (2.08%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (2.08%) IPsec
6 3 (2.08%) MPLS
6 3 (2.08%) Multicast
6 3 (2.08%) Network Security
6 3 (2.08%) OSPF
7 1 (0.69%) Asterisk PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (13.19%) Power BI
2 16 (11.11%) Tableau
3 14 (9.72%) MySQL
4 11 (7.64%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (5.56%) MongoDB
6 7 (4.86%) NoSQL
7 6 (4.17%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (2.78%) Apache Cassandra
8 4 (2.78%) Relational Database
9 3 (2.08%) Spark SQL
9 3 (2.08%) SQL Server
9 3 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (1.39%) Apache Hive
10 2 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (1.39%) Delta Lake
10 2 (1.39%) DocumentDB
10 2 (1.39%) Impala
10 2 (1.39%) Oracle Database
10 2 (1.39%) Parquet
10 2 (1.39%) Redis
Development Applications
1 26 (18.06%) Git
2 10 (6.94%) JIRA
3 9 (6.25%) GitLab
4 5 (3.47%) Bitbucket
4 5 (3.47%) Jenkins
5 4 (2.78%) Selenium
5 4 (2.78%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (2.08%) Cypress.io
6 3 (2.08%) SpecFlow
7 2 (1.39%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (1.39%) MSI
7 2 (1.39%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.69%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.69%) HP UFT
8 1 (0.69%) JUnit
8 1 (0.69%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.69%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.69%) TestNG
8 1 (0.69%) WebDriver
General
1 50 (34.72%) Social Skills
2 23 (15.97%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (5.56%) Finance
4 7 (4.86%) Games
4 7 (4.86%) Retail
5 6 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.47%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.78%) Legal
8 2 (1.39%) Banking
8 2 (1.39%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.69%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.69%) Electronics
9 1 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.69%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 29 (20.14%) Senior
2 24 (16.67%) Analyst
2 24 (16.67%) Software Engineer
3 21 (14.58%) Python Engineer
4 20 (13.89%) Developer
5 18 (12.50%) Data Analyst
5 18 (12.50%) Junior
6 17 (11.81%) Junior Analyst
7 15 (10.42%) C++ Software Engineer
7 15 (10.42%) Python Software Engineer
8 14 (9.72%) Junior Data Analyst
9 13 (9.03%) Data Engineer
10 12 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 10 (6.94%) Lead
12 9 (6.25%) Senior Software Engineer
13 7 (4.86%) Administrator
13 7 (4.86%) Systems Administrator
14 6 (4.17%) DevOps Engineer
14 6 (4.17%) Senior DevOps
14 6 (4.17%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.33%) PySpark
2 10 (6.94%) React
3 7 (4.86%) Node.js
3 7 (4.86%) REST
4 6 (4.17%) FastAPI
5 5 (3.47%) HTML
6 4 (2.78%) CSS
6 4 (2.78%) Laravel
6 4 (2.78%) Tailwind CSS
6 4 (2.78%) Vue
7 3 (2.08%) 802.1X
7 3 (2.08%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (2.08%) Gherkin
7 3 (2.08%) Jest
7 3 (2.08%) JSON
7 3 (2.08%) LAMP
7 3 (2.08%) pytest
7 3 (2.08%) Spring
7 3 (2.08%) XML
8 2 (1.39%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.64%) Onboarding
2 9 (6.25%) Algorithms
3 8 (5.56%) Data Structures
4 7 (4.86%) Management Information System
5 6 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (3.47%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (3.47%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.78%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.78%) IoT
7 4 (2.78%) Low-Code
7 4 (2.78%) PKI
7 4 (2.78%) Private Cloud
7 4 (2.78%) Video\Live Streaming
8 3 (2.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (2.08%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (2.08%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.39%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.39%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 28 (19.44%) Linux
2 5 (3.47%) Debian
2 5 (3.47%) Ubuntu
3 4 (2.78%) CentOS
3 4 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (2.78%) Windows
3 4 (2.78%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.69%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (47.92%) AI
2 42 (29.17%) CI/CD
3 40 (27.78%) Software Engineering
4 36 (25.00%) Agile
5 35 (24.31%) Machine Learning
6 31 (21.53%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
8 22 (15.28%) Business Intelligence
8 22 (15.28%) Infrastructure as Code
9 19 (13.19%) Analytics
10 18 (12.50%) DevOps
10 18 (12.50%) Mentoring
11 17 (11.81%) Data Engineering
12 16 (11.11%) Computer Science
13 15 (10.42%) Data Modelling
13 15 (10.42%) Observability
13 15 (10.42%) Test Automation
14 14 (9.72%) Scrum
15 13 (9.03%) Continuous Improvement
16 12 (8.33%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 46 (31.94%) SQL
2 30 (20.83%) C++
3 22 (15.28%) PowerShell
4 21 (14.58%) C#
5 18 (12.50%) Java
6 16 (11.11%) JavaScript
7 15 (10.42%) PHP
8 13 (9.03%) Bash
9 10 (6.94%) TypeScript
10 9 (6.25%) Go
11 6 (4.17%) Perl
12 5 (3.47%) Julia
12 5 (3.47%) Scala
13 4 (2.78%) C
14 3 (2.08%) T-SQL
15 2 (1.39%) Bicep
16 1 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 1 (0.69%) Groovy
16 1 (0.69%) Rust
16 1 (0.69%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 36 (25.00%) Degree
2 24 (16.67%) Azure Certification
2 24 (16.67%) Master's Degree
3 16 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (11.11%) PhD
4 7 (4.86%) Security Cleared
5 6 (4.17%) DV Cleared
6 5 (3.47%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.78%) CISM
7 4 (2.78%) CISSP
7 4 (2.78%) HND
8 3 (2.08%) CCNA
8 3 (2.08%) CCNP
8 3 (2.08%) CEH
8 3 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (2.08%) GIAC
9 2 (1.39%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.69%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.64%) QA
2 9 (6.25%) Data Quality
3 6 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.47%) GDPR
5 3 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.08%) NIST
5 3 (2.08%) SLA
6 2 (1.39%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.69%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.69%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.69%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 17 (11.81%) Docker
2 3 (2.08%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 26 (18.06%) Kubernetes
2 25 (17.36%) Terraform
3 9 (6.25%) Grafana
4 8 (5.56%) Ansible
5 7 (4.86%) Prometheus
6 4 (2.78%) Kibana
6 4 (2.78%) Proxmox
7 3 (2.08%) Argo
7 3 (2.08%) FortiGate
8 2 (1.39%) Istio
9 1 (0.69%) CASB
9 1 (0.69%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 31 (21.53%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.33%) Databricks
3 6 (4.17%) Google
4 5 (3.47%) VMware
5 4 (2.78%) New Relic
6 3 (2.08%) Cisco
6 3 (2.08%) Fortinet
6 3 (2.08%) Oracle
6 3 (2.08%) Qualys
6 3 (2.08%) SolarWinds
6 3 (2.08%) Splunk
6 3 (2.08%) Veeam
6 3 (2.08%) Zerto
7 2 (1.39%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.39%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.69%) EMC
8 1 (0.69%) Foundry
8 1 (0.69%) Informatica
8 1 (0.69%) Typelevel