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 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 12 25
Rank change year-on-year -19 +13 -7
Permanent jobs citing Python 104 156 133
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 5.58% 14.72% 7.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.99% 38.05% 25.33%
Number of salaries quoted 72 114 110
10th Percentile £32,500 £52,875 £43,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £60,313 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.63% +12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £62,813 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,750
South East median annual salary £60,250 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.93% +16.67% -

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 289 410 525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 15.50% 38.68% 31.53%
Number of salaries quoted 230 251 428
10th Percentile £32,750 £42,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £41,563 £52,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £66,563
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £83,750
South East median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 27 February 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 27 February 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 +3 23 £62,500 -13.49% 8
Redhill +8 18 £35,000 -54.55% 1
Woking 0 12 £42,500 -46.88% 2
Reigate +5 11 £85,000 +25.93% 3
Staines -1 6 £47,500 -26.92% 1
Epsom -12 2 - - 1
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 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.81%) IIS
3 3 (2.88%) Apache
3 3 (2.88%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.92%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 18 (17.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.88%) CATIA
3 3 (2.88%) Siemens NX
3 3 (2.88%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (2.88%) Windchill
4 1 (0.96%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.88%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 27 (25.96%) Power Platform
2 26 (25.00%) Azure
3 19 (18.27%) SaaS
4 17 (16.35%) AWS
5 13 (12.50%) Mimecast
6 12 (11.54%) Snowflake
7 11 (10.58%) Azure AI
8 9 (8.65%) GitHub
8 9 (8.65%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (7.69%) Entra ID
9 8 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (5.77%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 6 (5.77%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (4.81%) GCP
12 2 (1.92%) Amazon S3
12 2 (1.92%) OpenShift
13 1 (0.96%) AWS Data Pipeline
13 1 (0.96%) Azure Machine Learning
13 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Copilot
13 1 (0.96%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.65%) HTTP
2 7 (6.73%) DNS
2 7 (6.73%) Firewall
3 6 (5.77%) TCP/IP
3 6 (5.77%) VPN
3 6 (5.77%) Wireless
4 3 (2.88%) Broadband
4 3 (2.88%) RTP
4 3 (2.88%) Unified Communications
4 3 (2.88%) VoIP
4 3 (2.88%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (25.96%) Power BI
2 20 (19.23%) Tableau
3 12 (11.54%) MySQL
4 9 (8.65%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (8.65%) SQL Server
5 8 (7.69%) NoSQL
5 8 (7.69%) Relational Database
5 8 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (6.73%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (5.77%) MongoDB
8 5 (4.81%) Big Data
8 5 (4.81%) Data Mining
8 5 (4.81%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.92%) Apache Hive
9 2 (1.92%) Impala
9 2 (1.92%) Oracle Database
9 2 (1.92%) Parquet
9 2 (1.92%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.96%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.96%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 7 (6.73%) Git
2 2 (1.92%) GitLab
2 2 (1.92%) IBM UrbanCode
3 1 (0.96%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.96%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 34 (32.69%) Social Skills
2 27 (25.96%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (19.23%) Retail
4 13 (12.50%) Finance
5 7 (6.73%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (5.77%) Games
6 6 (5.77%) Marketing
7 5 (4.81%) Law
8 3 (2.88%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.92%) Banking
9 2 (1.92%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.96%) Legal
10 1 (0.96%) Local Government
10 1 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.96%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (27.88%) Analyst
2 20 (19.23%) Data Analyst
3 17 (16.35%) Senior
4 14 (13.46%) Support Engineer
5 13 (12.50%) Help Desk Technician
6 11 (10.58%) Junior
6 11 (10.58%) Junior Analyst
6 11 (10.58%) Junior Data Analyst
7 10 (9.62%) Linux Engineer
7 10 (9.62%) Linux Support
7 10 (9.62%) Linux Support Engineer
8 8 (7.69%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 8 (7.69%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
8 8 (7.69%) Python Engineer
8 8 (7.69%) SQL Analyst
8 8 (7.69%) SQL Data Analyst
8 8 (7.69%) SSRS Analyst
9 7 (6.73%) Data Engineer
9 7 (6.73%) IT Support
10 6 (5.77%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.69%) JSON
1 8 (7.69%) XML
2 5 (4.81%) Play Framework
3 4 (3.85%) Django
3 4 (3.85%) Flask
4 3 (2.88%) CSS
4 3 (2.88%) FreeSWITCH
4 3 (2.88%) HTML
4 3 (2.88%) Jinja
4 3 (2.88%) OAuth
4 3 (2.88%) OAuth2
4 3 (2.88%) pytest
4 3 (2.88%) REST
4 3 (2.88%) RFC 2833
4 3 (2.88%) SQLAlchemy
4 3 (2.88%) WebRTC
5 2 (1.92%) LangChain
5 2 (1.92%) PySpark
5 2 (1.92%) PyTorch
5 2 (1.92%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.54%) Onboarding
2 8 (7.69%) Data Structures
3 7 (6.73%) Algorithms
4 6 (5.77%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (5.77%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (5.77%) Private Cloud
4 6 (5.77%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (5.77%) Video\Live Streaming
5 4 (3.85%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (3.85%) Video on Demand
5 4 (3.85%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.92%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.96%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.96%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (0.96%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.96%) Over-the-Top Content
7 1 (0.96%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 20 (19.23%) Linux
2 10 (9.62%) CentOS
2 10 (9.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 10 (9.62%) Windows
3 9 (8.65%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.85%) Unix
5 3 (2.88%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (31.73%) AI
1 33 (31.73%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (25.96%) Business Intelligence
3 17 (16.35%) Agile
4 15 (14.42%) CI/CD
5 14 (13.46%) Data Modelling
6 13 (12.50%) Machine Learning
7 12 (11.54%) ETL
8 11 (10.58%) Analytics
9 10 (9.62%) Computer Science
9 10 (9.62%) Data Science
9 10 (9.62%) Decision-Making
9 10 (9.62%) Mathematics
9 10 (9.62%) Process Improvement
9 10 (9.62%) Roadmaps
9 10 (9.62%) Test Automation
9 10 (9.62%) Validation
10 9 (8.65%) Cloud Security
10 9 (8.65%) Collaborative Working
10 9 (8.65%) Operations Research
Programming Languages
1 49 (47.12%) SQL
2 32 (30.77%) PowerShell
3 14 (13.46%) Bash
4 10 (9.62%) Perl
5 9 (8.65%) Java
6 8 (7.69%) T-SQL
7 7 (6.73%) C++
7 7 (6.73%) Go
7 7 (6.73%) R
7 7 (6.73%) Scala
8 6 (5.77%) PHP
9 5 (4.81%) C
10 4 (3.85%) JavaScript
10 4 (3.85%) Shell Script
11 3 (2.88%) C#
11 3 (2.88%) VBA
12 2 (1.92%) Julia
13 1 (0.96%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 14 (13.46%) Degree
2 11 (10.58%) Azure Certification
3 10 (9.62%) Master's Degree
4 6 (5.77%) AWS Certification
5 5 (4.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (4.81%) MBA
6 2 (1.92%) PhD
6 2 (1.92%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.92%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.96%) CISM
7 1 (0.96%) CISSP
7 1 (0.96%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (14.42%) Data Quality
1 15 (14.42%) GDPR
2 11 (10.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (5.77%) QA
4 5 (4.81%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (3.85%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.92%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.96%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (13.46%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.77%) Docker
3 3 (2.88%) Kamailio
4 1 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (10.58%) Kubernetes
2 8 (7.69%) Terraform
3 7 (6.73%) Ansible
4 6 (5.77%) Grafana
4 6 (5.77%) Prometheus
4 6 (5.77%) Proxmox
5 3 (2.88%) Argo
6 1 (0.96%) CASB
6 1 (0.96%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 34 (32.69%) Microsoft
2 13 (12.50%) Veeam
3 10 (9.62%) Oracle
4 8 (7.69%) BT
5 7 (6.73%) Informatica
5 7 (6.73%) VMware
6 5 (4.81%) Databricks
7 3 (2.88%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.88%) Mitel
8 2 (1.92%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.96%) Foundry
9 1 (0.96%) Google
9 1 (0.96%) Typelevel