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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 13 24
Rank change year-on-year -11 +11 -5
Permanent jobs citing Python 143 112 192
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 6.67% 10.87% 7.96%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.44% 40.73% 27.55%
Number of salaries quoted 92 87 153
10th Percentile £32,500 £50,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £62,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £86,250 £84,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -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 372 275 697
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 17.36% 26.70% 28.91%
Number of salaries quoted 297 222 536
10th Percentile £35,750 £37,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,813 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £84,875 £85,000
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 10 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 10 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 +7 55 £62,500 -10.71% 11
Redhill +25 21 £35,000 -60.45% 6
Staines 0 11 £47,500 -26.92% 1
Woking -3 10 £42,500 -48.48% 4
Reigate +3 6 £85,000 - 1
Epsom -13 2 - - 1
Egham - 2 £72,500 - 1
Esher -2 1 £62,500 -
Godalming - 1 £32,000 -
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 8 (5.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.20%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (3.50%) IIS
4 3 (2.10%) Apache
5 2 (1.40%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 25 (17.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.70%) CATIA
3 1 (0.70%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.70%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.70%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (0.70%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 48 (33.57%) Azure
2 37 (25.87%) Power Platform
3 28 (19.58%) AWS
4 27 (18.88%) Azure AI
5 19 (13.29%) SaaS
6 12 (8.39%) Mimecast
6 12 (8.39%) Snowflake
7 11 (7.69%) GitHub
7 11 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
8 10 (6.99%) GCP
9 9 (6.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 8 (5.59%) Amazon EKS
10 8 (5.59%) Entra ID
10 8 (5.59%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (2.80%) AWS Data Pipeline
11 4 (2.80%) Prefect
12 3 (2.10%) Azure Storage
13 2 (1.40%) Amazon S3
13 2 (1.40%) OpenShift
14 1 (0.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.69%) HTTP
1 11 (7.69%) VPN
2 8 (5.59%) DNS
2 8 (5.59%) Firewall
3 6 (4.20%) Broadband
3 6 (4.20%) VoIP
4 3 (2.10%) BGP
4 3 (2.10%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (2.10%) IPsec
4 3 (2.10%) MPLS
4 3 (2.10%) Multicast
4 3 (2.10%) Network Security
4 3 (2.10%) OSPF
4 3 (2.10%) RTP
4 3 (2.10%) Unified Communications
4 3 (2.10%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (25.87%) Power BI
2 28 (19.58%) Tableau
3 15 (10.49%) MySQL
4 13 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (6.99%) MongoDB
5 10 (6.99%) NoSQL
6 8 (5.59%) SQL Server
6 8 (5.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (4.90%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (3.50%) Big Data
8 5 (3.50%) Data Mining
8 5 (3.50%) Hadoop
9 4 (2.80%) Apache Cassandra
9 4 (2.80%) Relational Database
10 2 (1.40%) Apache Hive
10 2 (1.40%) Impala
10 2 (1.40%) Oracle Database
10 2 (1.40%) Parquet
10 2 (1.40%) Spark SQL
11 1 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 14 (9.79%) Git
2 7 (4.90%) GitLab
3 4 (2.80%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (1.40%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.70%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.70%) JIRA
5 1 (0.70%) Terragrunt
General
1 55 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 27 (18.88%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (13.99%) Retail
4 13 (9.09%) Finance
5 7 (4.90%) Games
5 7 (4.90%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (4.20%) Marketing
7 4 (2.80%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.40%) Banking
9 2 (1.40%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.70%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.70%) Legal
10 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (25.17%) Analyst
2 31 (21.68%) Data Analyst
3 23 (16.08%) Senior
4 21 (14.69%) Junior
4 21 (14.69%) Junior Analyst
4 21 (14.69%) Junior Data Analyst
5 17 (11.89%) Software Engineer
6 16 (11.19%) Python Engineer
7 12 (8.39%) Help Desk Technician
8 11 (7.69%) Developer
9 10 (6.99%) C++ Software Engineer
9 10 (6.99%) Data Engineer
9 10 (6.99%) Linux Engineer
9 10 (6.99%) Linux Support
9 10 (6.99%) Linux Support Engineer
9 10 (6.99%) Python Software Engineer
9 10 (6.99%) Support Engineer
10 8 (5.59%) Senior DevOps
10 8 (5.59%) SQL Analyst
10 8 (5.59%) SSRS Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.59%) JSON
1 8 (5.59%) XML
2 5 (3.50%) HTML
2 5 (3.50%) Play Framework
2 5 (3.50%) PySpark
2 5 (3.50%) REST
3 4 (2.80%) CSS
3 4 (2.80%) Django
3 4 (2.80%) Flask
4 3 (2.10%) 802.1X
4 3 (2.10%) FreeSWITCH
4 3 (2.10%) Jinja
4 3 (2.10%) OAuth
4 3 (2.10%) OAuth2
4 3 (2.10%) pytest
4 3 (2.10%) RFC 2833
4 3 (2.10%) SQLAlchemy
4 3 (2.10%) WebRTC
5 2 (1.40%) gRPC
5 2 (1.40%) React
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 12 (8.39%) Algorithms
3 9 (6.29%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (5.59%) Data Structures
4 8 (5.59%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (5.59%) Private Cloud
5 6 (4.20%) Video\Live Streaming
6 4 (2.80%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.40%) Over-the-Top Content
7 2 (1.40%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (1.40%) Video on Demand
8 1 (0.70%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.70%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.70%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.70%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.70%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (19.58%) Linux
2 10 (6.99%) CentOS
2 10 (6.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (2.10%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.70%) Unix
4 1 (0.70%) Windows
4 1 (0.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (42.66%) AI
2 37 (25.87%) Business Intelligence
3 33 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (18.88%) Agile
5 23 (16.08%) Machine Learning
6 21 (14.69%) CI/CD
6 21 (14.69%) Software Engineering
7 19 (13.29%) Data Modelling
8 15 (10.49%) Computer Science
8 15 (10.49%) ETL
9 14 (9.79%) Analytics
9 14 (9.79%) Decision-Making
10 13 (9.09%) Data Pipeline
10 13 (9.09%) Data Science
10 13 (9.09%) Mathematics
11 11 (7.69%) Cloud Security
11 11 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
11 11 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
11 11 (7.69%) Roadmaps
11 11 (7.69%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 62 (43.36%) SQL
2 26 (18.18%) PowerShell
3 19 (13.29%) C++
4 15 (10.49%) Java
5 14 (9.79%) Bash
6 12 (8.39%) Perl
7 11 (7.69%) Go
7 11 (7.69%) PHP
7 11 (7.69%) Scala
8 8 (5.59%) T-SQL
9 7 (4.90%) C#
9 7 (4.90%) JavaScript
10 6 (4.20%) R
11 5 (3.50%) C
12 3 (2.10%) VBA
13 2 (1.40%) Julia
13 2 (1.40%) Shell Script
13 2 (1.40%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.70%) Rust
Qualifications
1 28 (19.58%) Degree
2 27 (18.88%) Azure Certification
3 23 (16.08%) Master's Degree
4 15 (10.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (6.99%) PhD
6 8 (5.59%) AWS Certification
7 5 (3.50%) MBA
7 5 (3.50%) Security Cleared
8 4 (2.80%) DV Cleared
9 3 (2.10%) CCNA
9 3 (2.10%) CCNP
9 3 (2.10%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.40%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.70%) CISM
11 1 (0.70%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (12.59%) Data Quality
2 14 (9.79%) GDPR
3 11 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (6.29%) QA
5 5 (3.50%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (2.80%) PCI DSS
7 3 (2.10%) SLA
8 2 (1.40%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (6.99%) Docker
2 8 (5.59%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.10%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 15 (10.49%) Kubernetes
2 13 (9.09%) Terraform
3 11 (7.69%) Ansible
4 8 (5.59%) Grafana
4 8 (5.59%) Prometheus
4 8 (5.59%) Proxmox
5 3 (2.10%) Argo
5 3 (2.10%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.70%) CASB
Vendors
1 37 (25.87%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.39%) Veeam
3 9 (6.29%) Databricks
3 9 (6.29%) Oracle
4 8 (5.59%) BT
4 8 (5.59%) VMware
5 7 (4.90%) Informatica
6 6 (4.20%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.10%) Cisco
7 3 (2.10%) Mitel
8 2 (1.40%) Google
8 2 (1.40%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.40%) Typelevel
9 1 (0.70%) Foundry