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 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 16 24
Rank change year-on-year +5 +8 -7
Permanent jobs citing Python 157 90 213
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 7.93% 8.97% 8.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 39.05% 35.86% 29.14%
Number of salaries quoted 101 66 167
10th Percentile £32,500 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £62,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% +10.42% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £77,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%

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 402 251 731
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 20.29% 25.02% 28.04%
Number of salaries quoted 320 199 555
10th Percentile £40,450 £37,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £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 £90,313 £72,500 £66,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +9 60 £71,250 +7.55% 8
Redhill - 22 £45,000 - 6
Reigate +3 12 £85,000 - 3
Staines +1 11 £47,500 -26.92%
Woking -5 10 £42,500 -48.48% 4
Epsom -13 2 - -
Egham - 2 £72,500 -
Esher +1 1 £62,500 -
Chertsey - 1 £52,500 - 1
Godalming - 1 £32,000 -
Leatherhead - 1 - - 2
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 (5.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.82%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (3.18%) Apache
3 5 (3.18%) IIS
4 2 (1.27%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 21 (13.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.64%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 52 (33.12%) Azure
2 41 (26.11%) AWS
3 35 (22.29%) Power Platform
4 23 (14.65%) Azure AI
5 18 (11.46%) SaaS
6 13 (8.28%) GCP
6 13 (8.28%) GitHub
7 12 (7.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 12 (7.64%) Snowflake
8 11 (7.01%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (6.37%) Entra ID
10 9 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (5.10%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (5.10%) Mimecast
12 4 (2.55%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (2.55%) AWS Data Pipeline
12 4 (2.55%) Prefect
13 3 (1.91%) Azure Storage
13 3 (1.91%) OpenShift
14 2 (1.27%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.01%) VPN
2 10 (6.37%) HTTP
2 10 (6.37%) VoIP
3 9 (5.73%) DNS
4 8 (5.10%) Firewall
5 7 (4.46%) Broadband
6 3 (1.91%) BGP
6 3 (1.91%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (1.91%) IPsec
6 3 (1.91%) LAN
6 3 (1.91%) MPLS
6 3 (1.91%) Multicast
6 3 (1.91%) Network Security
6 3 (1.91%) OSPF
6 3 (1.91%) RTP
6 3 (1.91%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.91%) Unified Communications
6 3 (1.91%) WAN
6 3 (1.91%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.64%) Asterisk PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (21.02%) Power BI
2 24 (15.29%) Tableau
3 20 (12.74%) MySQL
4 15 (9.55%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (7.64%) MongoDB
5 12 (7.64%) NoSQL
6 8 (5.10%) SQL Server
6 8 (5.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (4.46%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (3.18%) Big Data
8 5 (3.18%) Data Mining
8 5 (3.18%) Hadoop
9 4 (2.55%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (2.55%) Apache Cassandra
9 4 (2.55%) Relational Database
10 2 (1.27%) Apache Hive
10 2 (1.27%) Impala
10 2 (1.27%) Oracle Database
10 2 (1.27%) Parquet
10 2 (1.27%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 20 (12.74%) Git
2 8 (5.10%) GitLab
3 7 (4.46%) JIRA
4 4 (2.55%) Bitbucket
4 4 (2.55%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (1.91%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.27%) IBM UrbanCode
6 2 (1.27%) MSI
6 2 (1.27%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.64%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.64%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.64%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.64%) JUnit
7 1 (0.64%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.64%) Selenium
7 1 (0.64%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.64%) TestNG
7 1 (0.64%) WebDriver
General
1 57 (36.31%) Social Skills
2 32 (20.38%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (10.19%) Finance
3 16 (10.19%) Retail
4 8 (5.10%) Games
5 7 (4.46%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (3.82%) Marketing
7 5 (3.18%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.27%) Banking
9 2 (1.27%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.27%) Legal
10 1 (0.64%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.64%) Electronics
10 1 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (21.66%) Senior
2 33 (21.02%) Analyst
3 27 (17.20%) Data Analyst
4 23 (14.65%) Software Engineer
5 22 (14.01%) Python Engineer
6 20 (12.74%) Developer
7 17 (10.83%) Junior
7 17 (10.83%) Junior Analyst
7 17 (10.83%) Junior Data Analyst
8 15 (9.55%) C++ Software Engineer
8 15 (9.55%) Python Software Engineer
9 11 (7.01%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 10 (6.37%) Data Engineer
10 10 (6.37%) Senior DevOps
11 9 (5.73%) Lead
11 9 (5.73%) Python Developer
11 9 (5.73%) Senior Software Engineer
12 8 (5.10%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 8 (5.10%) Help Desk Technician
12 8 (5.10%) Senior Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.73%) React
2 8 (5.10%) HTML
2 8 (5.10%) JSON
2 8 (5.10%) REST
2 8 (5.10%) XML
3 7 (4.46%) CSS
4 6 (3.82%) pytest
5 5 (3.18%) FastAPI
5 5 (3.18%) Flask
5 5 (3.18%) Node.js
5 5 (3.18%) Play Framework
5 5 (3.18%) PySpark
6 4 (2.55%) Django
6 4 (2.55%) Laravel
6 4 (2.55%) Tailwind CSS
6 4 (2.55%) Vue
7 3 (1.91%) 802.1X
7 3 (1.91%) Jinja
7 3 (1.91%) RFC 2833
7 3 (1.91%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.28%) Algorithms
1 13 (8.28%) Onboarding
2 11 (7.01%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (5.73%) Data Structures
3 9 (5.73%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (5.10%) Private Cloud
5 6 (3.82%) Video\Live Streaming
6 5 (3.18%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.55%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.27%) Over-the-Top Content
8 2 (1.27%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.64%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.64%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.64%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.64%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 33 (21.02%) Linux
2 7 (4.46%) CentOS
2 7 (4.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 7 (4.46%) Ubuntu
3 4 (2.55%) Debian
4 2 (1.27%) Windows
4 2 (1.27%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (45.86%) AI
2 39 (24.84%) Agile
3 37 (23.57%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (22.29%) Machine Learning
5 33 (21.02%) Business Intelligence
5 33 (21.02%) CI/CD
6 32 (20.38%) Software Engineering
7 19 (12.10%) Computer Science
7 19 (12.10%) Data Modelling
8 18 (11.46%) Infrastructure as Code
9 16 (10.19%) Analytics
9 16 (10.19%) Data Science
9 16 (10.19%) Decision-Making
9 16 (10.19%) Test Automation
10 15 (9.55%) Data Pipeline
10 15 (9.55%) ETL
10 15 (9.55%) Mathematics
11 14 (8.92%) Roadmaps
11 14 (8.92%) Validation
12 13 (8.28%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 61 (38.85%) SQL
2 27 (17.20%) PowerShell
3 26 (16.56%) C++
4 17 (10.83%) Java
4 17 (10.83%) PHP
5 14 (8.92%) Bash
5 14 (8.92%) C#
6 13 (8.28%) JavaScript
7 12 (7.64%) Go
8 11 (7.01%) Scala
9 9 (5.73%) Perl
10 8 (5.10%) T-SQL
11 7 (4.46%) TypeScript
12 6 (3.82%) R
13 5 (3.18%) C
14 4 (2.55%) Julia
15 3 (1.91%) VBA
16 2 (1.27%) Groovy
17 1 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 1 (0.64%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 37 (23.57%) Degree
2 28 (17.83%) Master's Degree
3 26 (16.56%) Azure Certification
4 16 (10.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (9.55%) PhD
6 9 (5.73%) AWS Certification
7 7 (4.46%) Security Cleared
8 5 (3.18%) DV Cleared
8 5 (3.18%) MBA
9 3 (1.91%) CCNA
9 3 (1.91%) CCNP
9 3 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.91%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.27%) CISM
10 2 (1.27%) CISSP
11 1 (0.64%) CEH
11 1 (0.64%) GIAC
11 1 (0.64%) HNC
11 1 (0.64%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.46%) Data Quality
2 12 (7.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (7.01%) QA
4 10 (6.37%) GDPR
5 5 (3.18%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (2.55%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.91%) SLA
8 2 (1.27%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.64%) NIST
9 1 (0.64%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.64%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 13 (8.28%) Docker
2 8 (5.10%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.91%) Kamailio
4 1 (0.64%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (13.38%) Kubernetes
2 20 (12.74%) Terraform
3 11 (7.01%) Ansible
4 10 (6.37%) Grafana
4 10 (6.37%) Prometheus
5 8 (5.10%) Proxmox
6 6 (3.82%) Argo
7 3 (1.91%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.64%) CASB
8 1 (0.64%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.64%) Kibana
Vendors
1 39 (24.84%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.73%) Databricks
2 9 (5.73%) Oracle
2 9 (5.73%) VMware
3 8 (5.10%) BT
3 8 (5.10%) Veeam
4 7 (4.46%) Informatica
5 6 (3.82%) Fortinet
6 5 (3.18%) Google
7 3 (1.91%) Cisco
7 3 (1.91%) Mitel
8 2 (1.27%) New Relic
8 2 (1.27%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.27%) Typelevel
9 1 (0.64%) EMC
9 1 (0.64%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.64%) Qualys
9 1 (0.64%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.64%) Splunk
9 1 (0.64%) Zerto