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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 17 21
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Python 160 89 220
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 8.00% 8.93% 8.32%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.55% 35.46% 29.29%
Number of salaries quoted 105 66 173
10th Percentile £34,000 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £62,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £77,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +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 415 251 751
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 20.76% 25.18% 28.40%
Number of salaries quoted 334 202 570
10th Percentile £40,725 £37,500 £33,450
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +15.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £72,500 £67,188
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,625 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 15 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 15 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 +11 60 £62,500 -5.66% 12
Redhill - 22 £45,000 - 5
Reigate +3 12 £85,000 - 1
Staines +2 12 £47,500 -26.92% 1
Woking -7 11 £42,500 -48.48% 6
Leatherhead - 3 - - 4
Epsom -15 2 - -
Egham - 2 £72,500 -
Esher +1 1 £62,500 -
Godalming - 1 £32,000 -
Chertsey - 1 £52,500 -
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 9 (5.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.75%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (3.13%) Apache
4 3 (1.88%) IIS
5 2 (1.25%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.63%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 53 (33.13%) Azure
2 41 (25.63%) AWS
3 35 (21.88%) Power Platform
4 22 (13.75%) Azure AI
5 18 (11.25%) SaaS
6 15 (9.38%) GitHub
7 14 (8.75%) GCP
8 12 (7.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 12 (7.50%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (6.88%) Entra ID
10 10 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (6.25%) Snowflake
11 8 (5.00%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (5.00%) Mimecast
12 4 (2.50%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (2.50%) AWS Data Pipeline
12 4 (2.50%) OpenShift
12 4 (2.50%) Prefect
13 3 (1.88%) Azure Key Vault
13 3 (1.88%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.88%) VPN
2 10 (6.25%) HTTP
2 10 (6.25%) VoIP
3 9 (5.63%) DNS
4 8 (5.00%) Firewall
5 7 (4.38%) Broadband
6 3 (1.88%) BGP
6 3 (1.88%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (1.88%) IPsec
6 3 (1.88%) LAN
6 3 (1.88%) MPLS
6 3 (1.88%) Multicast
6 3 (1.88%) Network Security
6 3 (1.88%) OSPF
6 3 (1.88%) RTP
6 3 (1.88%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.88%) Unified Communications
6 3 (1.88%) WAN
6 3 (1.88%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.63%) Asterisk PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (20.00%) Power BI
2 21 (13.13%) MySQL
2 21 (13.13%) Tableau
3 16 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (8.13%) MongoDB
5 11 (6.88%) NoSQL
6 8 (5.00%) SQL Server
6 8 (5.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (4.38%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (2.50%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (2.50%) Apache Cassandra
8 4 (2.50%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.88%) Big Data
9 3 (1.88%) Data Mining
9 3 (1.88%) Hadoop
10 2 (1.25%) Apache Hive
10 2 (1.25%) Oracle Database
10 2 (1.25%) Parquet
10 2 (1.25%) Redis
10 2 (1.25%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 21 (13.13%) Git
2 8 (5.00%) GitLab
3 7 (4.38%) JIRA
4 4 (2.50%) Bitbucket
4 4 (2.50%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (1.88%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.25%) IBM UrbanCode
6 2 (1.25%) MSI
6 2 (1.25%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.63%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.63%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.63%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.63%) JUnit
7 1 (0.63%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.63%) Selenium
7 1 (0.63%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.63%) TestNG
7 1 (0.63%) WebDriver
General
1 58 (36.25%) Social Skills
2 31 (19.38%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (10.00%) Finance
3 16 (10.00%) Retail
4 8 (5.00%) Games
5 5 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (3.13%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.50%) Marketing
7 2 (1.25%) Banking
7 2 (1.25%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.25%) Legal
8 1 (0.63%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.63%) Electronics
8 1 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (20.63%) Senior
2 32 (20.00%) Analyst
3 26 (16.25%) Data Analyst
4 23 (14.38%) Python Engineer
4 23 (14.38%) Software Engineer
5 22 (13.75%) Developer
6 16 (10.00%) Junior
6 16 (10.00%) Junior Analyst
6 16 (10.00%) Junior Data Analyst
7 15 (9.38%) C++ Software Engineer
7 15 (9.38%) Python Software Engineer
8 11 (6.88%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 11 (6.88%) Data Engineer
9 10 (6.25%) Lead
9 10 (6.25%) Senior DevOps
10 9 (5.63%) Administrator
10 9 (5.63%) Python Developer
10 9 (5.63%) Senior Software Engineer
10 9 (5.63%) Systems Administrator
11 8 (5.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.63%) React
1 9 (5.63%) REST
2 8 (5.00%) HTML
2 8 (5.00%) JSON
2 8 (5.00%) XML
3 7 (4.38%) CSS
4 6 (3.75%) FastAPI
4 6 (3.75%) Flask
4 6 (3.75%) Node.js
4 6 (3.75%) PySpark
4 6 (3.75%) pytest
5 4 (2.50%) Django
5 4 (2.50%) Laravel
5 4 (2.50%) Tailwind CSS
5 4 (2.50%) Vue
6 3 (1.88%) FreeSWITCH
6 3 (1.88%) Kafka
6 3 (1.88%) OAuth
6 3 (1.88%) Spring
6 3 (1.88%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.75%) Onboarding
2 12 (7.50%) Algorithms
3 11 (6.88%) Data Structures
4 10 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (5.63%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (5.00%) Private Cloud
7 6 (3.75%) Video\Live Streaming
8 5 (3.13%) Management Information System
9 4 (2.50%) Low-Code
10 2 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.25%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (1.25%) Over-the-Top Content
10 2 (1.25%) PKI
10 2 (1.25%) Security Operations Centre
11 1 (0.63%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 1 (0.63%) IoT
11 1 (0.63%) Linux Command Line
11 1 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 33 (20.63%) Linux
2 7 (4.38%) CentOS
2 7 (4.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 7 (4.38%) Ubuntu
3 4 (2.50%) Debian
4 2 (1.25%) Windows
4 2 (1.25%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (43.75%) AI
2 38 (23.75%) Agile
3 36 (22.50%) CI/CD
3 36 (22.50%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (21.25%) Machine Learning
5 33 (20.63%) Business Intelligence
5 33 (20.63%) Software Engineering
6 20 (12.50%) Data Modelling
7 19 (11.88%) Infrastructure as Code
8 18 (11.25%) Computer Science
8 18 (11.25%) Data Pipeline
9 16 (10.00%) Analytics
9 16 (10.00%) ETL
9 16 (10.00%) Test Automation
10 15 (9.38%) Data Science
10 15 (9.38%) Decision-Making
10 15 (9.38%) DevOps
11 14 (8.75%) Mentoring
11 14 (8.75%) Validation
12 13 (8.13%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 60 (37.50%) SQL
2 29 (18.13%) C++
3 28 (17.50%) PowerShell
4 17 (10.63%) Java
4 17 (10.63%) PHP
5 14 (8.75%) Bash
5 14 (8.75%) C#
5 14 (8.75%) JavaScript
6 12 (7.50%) Go
7 9 (5.63%) Perl
7 9 (5.63%) Scala
8 8 (5.00%) T-SQL
9 7 (4.38%) TypeScript
10 6 (3.75%) C
11 4 (2.50%) Julia
11 4 (2.50%) R
12 3 (1.88%) VBA
13 2 (1.25%) Groovy
14 1 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.63%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 36 (22.50%) Degree
2 26 (16.25%) Master's Degree
3 25 (15.63%) Azure Certification
4 16 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (9.38%) PhD
6 9 (5.63%) AWS Certification
7 7 (4.38%) Security Cleared
8 5 (3.13%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.88%) CCNA
9 3 (1.88%) CCNP
9 3 (1.88%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.88%) MBA
9 3 (1.88%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.25%) CISM
10 2 (1.25%) CISSP
10 2 (1.25%) HND
11 1 (0.63%) CEH
11 1 (0.63%) GIAC
11 1 (0.63%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.25%) Data Quality
2 12 (7.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (6.88%) QA
4 10 (6.25%) GDPR
5 4 (2.50%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.88%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (1.88%) SLA
7 2 (1.25%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.63%) NIST
8 1 (0.63%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.63%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 15 (9.38%) Docker
2 8 (5.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.88%) Kamailio
4 1 (0.63%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (14.38%) Kubernetes
2 21 (13.13%) Terraform
3 11 (6.88%) Ansible
4 10 (6.25%) Grafana
4 10 (6.25%) Prometheus
5 8 (5.00%) Proxmox
6 6 (3.75%) Argo
7 3 (1.88%) FortiGate
8 2 (1.25%) Kibana
9 1 (0.63%) CASB
9 1 (0.63%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 40 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.63%) Oracle
2 9 (5.63%) VMware
3 8 (5.00%) Databricks
3 8 (5.00%) Veeam
4 7 (4.38%) Informatica
5 6 (3.75%) BT
5 6 (3.75%) Fortinet
5 6 (3.75%) Google
6 3 (1.88%) Cisco
6 3 (1.88%) Mitel
7 2 (1.25%) New Relic
7 2 (1.25%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.25%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.25%) Typelevel
8 1 (0.63%) EMC
8 1 (0.63%) Qualys
8 1 (0.63%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.63%) Splunk
8 1 (0.63%) Zerto