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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 11 25
Rank change year-on-year -16 +14 -6
Permanent jobs citing Python 139 116 182
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 6.24% 12.18% 7.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.61% 43.12% 27.08%
Number of salaries quoted 88 90 146
10th Percentile £32,500 £53,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,188 £62,500 £47,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £71,563 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £93,875 £86,250 £82,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -10.86%

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 360 269 672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 16.17% 28.26% 28.55%
Number of salaries quoted 284 218 520
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £66,563
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,375 £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 28 April 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 28 April 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 52 £62,500 -10.71% 5
Redhill +19 21 £35,000 -54.55% 1
Woking -2 10 £42,500 -48.48% 4
Staines 0 8 £47,500 -26.92% 2
Reigate +4 7 £85,000 - 1
Epsom -15 2 - -
Egham - 2 £72,500 - 1
Esher -3 1 £62,500 -
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 (5.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.32%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (3.60%) IIS
4 3 (2.16%) Apache
5 2 (1.44%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 25 (17.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (5.76%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.44%) CATIA
3 2 (1.44%) Siemens NX
3 2 (1.44%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (1.44%) Windchill
4 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.44%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 47 (33.81%) Azure
2 37 (26.62%) Power Platform
3 27 (19.42%) Azure AI
4 25 (17.99%) AWS
5 21 (15.11%) SaaS
6 13 (9.35%) Mimecast
7 12 (8.63%) Snowflake
8 11 (7.91%) GitHub
8 11 (7.91%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (7.19%) GCP
10 8 (5.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 8 (5.76%) Amazon EKS
10 8 (5.76%) Entra ID
10 8 (5.76%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (2.88%) AWS Data Pipeline
11 4 (2.88%) Prefect
12 2 (1.44%) Amazon S3
12 2 (1.44%) OpenShift
13 1 (0.72%) Copilot Studio
13 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.91%) HTTP
2 10 (7.19%) VPN
3 8 (5.76%) DNS
3 8 (5.76%) Firewall
4 6 (4.32%) Broadband
5 5 (3.60%) VoIP
6 3 (2.16%) RTP
6 3 (2.16%) Unified Communications
6 3 (2.16%) Wireshark
7 2 (1.44%) BGP
7 2 (1.44%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (1.44%) IPsec
7 2 (1.44%) MPLS
7 2 (1.44%) Multicast
7 2 (1.44%) Network Security
7 2 (1.44%) OSPF
8 1 (0.72%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (26.62%) Power BI
2 28 (20.14%) Tableau
3 15 (10.79%) MySQL
4 13 (9.35%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (7.19%) MongoDB
5 10 (7.19%) NoSQL
6 8 (5.76%) SQL Server
6 8 (5.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (5.04%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (3.60%) Big Data
8 5 (3.60%) Data Mining
8 5 (3.60%) Hadoop
8 5 (3.60%) Relational Database
9 4 (2.88%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (1.44%) Apache Hive
10 2 (1.44%) Impala
10 2 (1.44%) Oracle Database
10 2 (1.44%) Parquet
10 2 (1.44%) Spark SQL
11 1 (0.72%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 13 (9.35%) Git
2 5 (3.60%) GitLab
3 4 (2.88%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (1.44%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.72%) Jenkins
General
1 53 (38.13%) Social Skills
2 27 (19.42%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (15.11%) Retail
4 13 (9.35%) Finance
5 7 (5.04%) Games
5 7 (5.04%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (4.32%) Marketing
7 3 (2.16%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.44%) Banking
8 2 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.44%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.44%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.72%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.72%) Law
9 1 (0.72%) Legal
9 1 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (25.90%) Analyst
2 31 (22.30%) Data Analyst
3 23 (16.55%) Senior
4 21 (15.11%) Junior
4 21 (15.11%) Junior Analyst
4 21 (15.11%) Junior Data Analyst
5 16 (11.51%) Python Engineer
5 16 (11.51%) Software Engineer
6 13 (9.35%) Help Desk Technician
6 13 (9.35%) Support Engineer
7 12 (8.63%) Linux Engineer
7 12 (8.63%) Linux Support
7 12 (8.63%) Linux Support Engineer
8 10 (7.19%) C++ Software Engineer
8 10 (7.19%) Data Engineer
8 10 (7.19%) Python Software Engineer
9 8 (5.76%) Senior DevOps
9 8 (5.76%) SQL Analyst
9 8 (5.76%) SQL Data Analyst
9 8 (5.76%) SSRS Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.76%) JSON
1 8 (5.76%) XML
2 5 (3.60%) Play Framework
3 4 (2.88%) Django
3 4 (2.88%) Flask
3 4 (2.88%) HTML
3 4 (2.88%) REST
4 3 (2.16%) CSS
4 3 (2.16%) FreeSWITCH
4 3 (2.16%) Jinja
4 3 (2.16%) OAuth
4 3 (2.16%) OAuth2
4 3 (2.16%) PySpark
4 3 (2.16%) pytest
4 3 (2.16%) RFC 2833
4 3 (2.16%) SQLAlchemy
4 3 (2.16%) WebRTC
5 2 (1.44%) 802.1X
5 2 (1.44%) gRPC
6 1 (0.72%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.35%) Onboarding
2 12 (8.63%) Algorithms
3 8 (5.76%) Data Structures
3 8 (5.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (5.76%) Private Cloud
3 8 (5.76%) Video\Live Streaming
4 7 (5.04%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (2.88%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.88%) Video on Demand
6 2 (1.44%) Over-the-Top Content
6 2 (1.44%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.72%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.72%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.72%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.72%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (18.71%) Linux
2 12 (8.63%) CentOS
2 12 (8.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (2.16%) Ubuntu
3 3 (2.16%) Windows
3 3 (2.16%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (42.45%) AI
2 37 (26.62%) Business Intelligence
3 31 (22.30%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (17.27%) Agile
5 22 (15.83%) Machine Learning
6 19 (13.67%) Data Modelling
7 18 (12.95%) CI/CD
7 18 (12.95%) Software Engineering
8 15 (10.79%) Computer Science
8 15 (10.79%) ETL
9 14 (10.07%) Analytics
9 14 (10.07%) Decision-Making
10 13 (9.35%) Data Science
10 13 (9.35%) Mathematics
11 11 (7.91%) Cloud Security
11 11 (7.91%) Line Management
11 11 (7.91%) Validation
12 10 (7.19%) Data Pipeline
12 10 (7.19%) Infrastructure as Code
12 10 (7.19%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 61 (43.88%) SQL
2 29 (20.86%) PowerShell
3 19 (13.67%) C++
4 15 (10.79%) Bash
5 14 (10.07%) Java
6 12 (8.63%) Perl
7 11 (7.91%) Go
7 11 (7.91%) Scala
8 8 (5.76%) PHP
8 8 (5.76%) T-SQL
9 6 (4.32%) C#
9 6 (4.32%) R
10 5 (3.60%) C
10 5 (3.60%) JavaScript
11 4 (2.88%) Shell Script
12 3 (2.16%) VBA
13 2 (1.44%) Julia
14 1 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.72%) Rust
14 1 (0.72%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (20.14%) Degree
2 27 (19.42%) Azure Certification
3 23 (16.55%) Master's Degree
4 15 (10.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (7.19%) PhD
6 8 (5.76%) AWS Certification
7 5 (3.60%) MBA
8 4 (2.88%) Security Cleared
9 3 (2.16%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.44%) CCNA
10 2 (1.44%) CCNP
10 2 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.44%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.72%) CISM
11 1 (0.72%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (12.95%) Data Quality
2 15 (10.79%) GDPR
3 11 (7.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (5.04%) QA
5 5 (3.60%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (2.88%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.44%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.44%) SLA
8 1 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.72%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (6.47%) Active Directory
1 9 (6.47%) Docker
2 3 (2.16%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 13 (9.35%) Kubernetes
2 10 (7.19%) Terraform
3 9 (6.47%) Ansible
4 8 (5.76%) Grafana
4 8 (5.76%) Prometheus
4 8 (5.76%) Proxmox
5 3 (2.16%) Argo
6 2 (1.44%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.72%) CASB
Vendors
1 38 (27.34%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.35%) Veeam
3 9 (6.47%) Oracle
4 8 (5.76%) BT
4 8 (5.76%) VMware
5 7 (5.04%) Databricks
5 7 (5.04%) Informatica
6 5 (3.60%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.16%) Mitel
8 2 (1.44%) Cisco
8 2 (1.44%) Google
8 2 (1.44%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.44%) Typelevel
9 1 (0.72%) Foundry