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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 14 24
Rank change year-on-year -2 +10 -7
Permanent jobs citing Python 154 100 201
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 7.45% 10.14% 8.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.69% 39.53% 28.55%
Number of salaries quoted 98 76 161
10th Percentile £32,500 £44,375 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,750 £62,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +8.33% -2.04%
75th Percentile £84,688 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £77,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £62,250 £62,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.80% +14.09% -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 398 253 704
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 19.25% 25.66% 28.73%
Number of salaries quoted 315 202 542
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £88,125 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,625 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,565 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.98% +1.03% -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 27 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 27 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 59 £62,500 -5.66% 11
Redhill - 22 £45,000 - 5
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
7 10 (6.49%) Mimecast
8 9 (5.84%) Microsoft 365
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 10 (6.49%) MongoDB
5 10 (6.49%) NoSQL
6 8 (5.19%) SQL Server
6 8 (5.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (3.25%) Big Data
8 5 (3.25%) Data Mining
8 5 (3.25%) Hadoop
9 4 (2.60%) Apache Cassandra
9 4 (2.60%) Relational Database
10 3 (1.95%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (1.30%) Apache Hive
11 2 (1.30%) Impala
11 2 (1.30%) Oracle Database
11 2 (1.30%) Parquet
11 2 (1.30%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 17 (11.04%) Git
2 8 (5.19%) GitLab
3 5 (3.25%) 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%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.65%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.65%) SonarQube
General
1 59 (38.31%) Social Skills
2 31 (20.13%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (11.69%) 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 34 (22.08%) Analyst
2 30 (19.48%) 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%) Help Desk Technician
9 10 (6.49%) Senior DevOps
10 9 (5.84%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 8 (5.19%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
11 8 (5.19%) DevOps Administrator
11 8 (5.19%) SQL Analyst
11 8 (5.19%) SQL Data Analyst
11 8 (5.19%) SSRS Analyst
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%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.65%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.65%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.65%) Public Cloud
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 39 (25.32%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
4 34 (22.08%) Agile
5 30 (19.48%) Machine Learning
6 29 (18.83%) CI/CD
6 29 (18.83%) Software Engineering
7 19 (12.34%) Computer Science
7 19 (12.34%) Data Modelling
8 16 (10.39%) Analytics
8 16 (10.39%) Decision-Making
8 16 (10.39%) Infrastructure as Code
9 15 (9.74%) Data Pipeline
9 15 (9.74%) Data Science
9 15 (9.74%) ETL
9 15 (9.74%) Mathematics
10 14 (9.09%) Test Automation
11 13 (8.44%) DevOps
11 13 (8.44%) Roadmaps
11 13 (8.44%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 61 (39.61%) SQL
2 29 (18.83%) PowerShell
3 23 (14.94%) C++
4 16 (10.39%) PHP
5 15 (9.74%) Java
6 14 (9.09%) Bash
7 12 (7.79%) C#
8 11 (7.14%) Go
8 11 (7.14%) JavaScript
8 11 (7.14%) Scala
9 10 (6.49%) Perl
10 8 (5.19%) T-SQL
11 6 (3.90%) R
11 6 (3.90%) TypeScript
12 5 (3.25%) C
13 4 (2.60%) Julia
14 3 (1.95%) VBA
15 1 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.65%) Groovy
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%) GDPR
2 12 (7.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (6.49%) 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
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%) Kibana
Vendors
1 40 (25.97%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.49%) Veeam
3 9 (5.84%) Databricks
3 9 (5.84%) Oracle
3 9 (5.84%) VMware
4 8 (5.19%) BT
5 7 (4.55%) Informatica
6 6 (3.90%) Fortinet
7 4 (2.60%) Google
8 3 (1.95%) Cisco
8 3 (1.95%) Mitel
9 2 (1.30%) New Relic
9 2 (1.30%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.30%) Typelevel
10 1 (0.65%) EMC
10 1 (0.65%) Foundry
10 1 (0.65%) Qualys
10 1 (0.65%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.65%) Splunk
10 1 (0.65%) Zerto