Python Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Python
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Python skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 29 21
Rank change year-on-year +5 -8 -4
Permanent jobs citing Python 343 289 401
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.40% 8.01% 7.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 34.40% 37.63% 27.19%
Number of salaries quoted 206 119 249
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,350 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,565 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.48% +1.03% -18.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £78,125 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 997 768 1,475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.71% 21.29% 26.40%
Number of salaries quoted 759 457 1,117
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.33%

Python
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Python relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Python job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Python
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Python.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Python

Python
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Python in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 27 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Python in the Thames Valley

Python
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Python within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 27 July 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
Oxfordshire +4 137 £60,000 -4.00% 46
Berkshire +9 130 £60,000 +26.26% 34
Buckinghamshire -7 76 £53,750 -23.21% 20
Python
South East

Python
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (1.75%) Confluence
1 6 (1.75%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.87%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.58%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.58%) WordPress
4 1 (0.29%) Apache
4 1 (0.29%) Camunda
4 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
Applications
1 55 (16.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.46%) Lightworks
3 3 (0.87%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.87%) Simulink
3 3 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.75%) Raiser’s Edge
2 3 (0.87%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 161 (46.94%) Azure
2 119 (34.69%) AWS
3 66 (19.24%) Azure AI
4 65 (18.95%) Power Platform
5 30 (8.75%) GCP
6 23 (6.71%) GitHub
7 20 (5.83%) Azure Sentinel
8 16 (4.66%) Amazon EKS
9 15 (4.37%) Serverless
10 14 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
10 14 (4.08%) OpenShift
11 13 (3.79%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (3.79%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (3.79%) Cloudflare
12 8 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (2.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (2.04%) Amazon ECS
13 7 (2.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 6 (1.75%) Amazon S3
14 6 (1.75%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 38 (11.08%) Firewall
2 30 (8.75%) DNS
3 16 (4.66%) VPN
4 13 (3.79%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.92%) DHCP
6 9 (2.62%) Wireless
7 8 (2.33%) SSL
8 7 (2.04%) HTTP
8 7 (2.04%) VLAN
9 6 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (1.46%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (1.46%) MQTT
11 3 (0.87%) Ethernet
12 2 (0.58%) Internet
13 1 (0.29%) Broadband
13 1 (0.29%) HTTPS
13 1 (0.29%) Network Security
13 1 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
13 1 (0.29%) SMTP
13 1 (0.29%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (17.78%) Power BI
2 49 (14.29%) Tableau
3 25 (7.29%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (4.08%) Relational Database
5 9 (2.62%) Data Lake
6 7 (2.04%) SQL Server
7 6 (1.75%) Airbyte
7 6 (1.75%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.17%) MySQL
9 3 (0.87%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.87%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.87%) Redis
10 2 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.58%) GIS
10 2 (0.58%) Metadata
10 2 (0.58%) QGIS
10 2 (0.58%) Spotfire
10 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.29%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 44 (12.83%) Git
2 25 (7.29%) GitLab
3 19 (5.54%) Jenkins
4 15 (4.37%) JIRA
5 8 (2.33%) JUnit
5 8 (2.33%) LabVIEW
6 7 (2.04%) JMeter
6 7 (2.04%) Mockito
7 6 (1.75%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.46%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.17%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.87%) PetaLinux
10 3 (0.87%) Polyspace
10 3 (0.87%) VectorCAST
11 2 (0.58%) Mocha
11 2 (0.58%) Selenium
12 1 (0.29%) Eclipse
12 1 (0.29%) Eclipse RCP
12 1 (0.29%) Subversion
12 1 (0.29%) Zephyr
General
1 150 (43.73%) Social Skills
2 51 (14.87%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (9.62%) Manufacturing
4 25 (7.29%) Finance
5 15 (4.37%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (4.37%) Telecoms
6 11 (3.21%) Public Sector
7 10 (2.92%) Aerospace
7 10 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.62%) Electronics
9 7 (2.04%) Health Technology
9 7 (2.04%) Retail
10 6 (1.75%) Automotive
10 6 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.17%) Banking
11 4 (1.17%) Games
12 3 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.87%) Law
12 3 (0.87%) Mandarin Language
12 3 (0.87%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 84 (24.49%) Software Engineer
2 73 (21.28%) Analyst
3 71 (20.70%) Python Engineer
4 56 (16.33%) Python Software Engineer
5 55 (16.03%) Data Analyst
6 46 (13.41%) Junior
7 45 (13.12%) Junior Analyst
7 45 (13.12%) Junior Data Analyst
8 44 (12.83%) Senior
9 37 (10.79%) C++ Software Engineer
10 29 (8.45%) C# Software Engineer
10 29 (8.45%) Developer
11 25 (7.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 24 (7.00%) Network Engineer
13 23 (6.71%) Data Engineer
14 20 (5.83%) AWS Engineer
15 18 (5.25%) Automation Engineer
15 18 (5.25%) AWS Software Engineer
16 15 (4.37%) Java Engineer
17 12 (3.50%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.16%) REST
2 25 (7.29%) JSON
3 23 (6.71%) React
4 16 (4.66%) Django
5 14 (4.08%) HTML
5 14 (4.08%) YAML
6 13 (3.79%) XML
7 12 (3.50%) NumPy
7 12 (3.50%) Pandas
8 10 (2.92%) Jinja
8 10 (2.92%) Web Services
9 8 (2.33%) Spring
9 8 (2.33%) Spring Boot
10 7 (2.04%) ActiveMQ
10 7 (2.04%) Apache Camel
10 7 (2.04%) CSS
10 7 (2.04%) Hibernate
10 7 (2.04%) jQuery
10 7 (2.04%) Node.js
10 7 (2.04%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.16%) Distributed Systems
2 25 (7.29%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (5.54%) Distributed Computing
4 15 (4.37%) Algorithms
4 15 (4.37%) Cloud Native
5 14 (4.08%) Security Operations Centre
6 12 (3.50%) Life Science
6 12 (3.50%) Low-Code
7 10 (2.92%) Client/Server
8 8 (2.33%) Cyber Defence
8 8 (2.33%) Embedded Systems
8 8 (2.33%) Fibre Optics
8 8 (2.33%) Hackathon
8 8 (2.33%) PKI
8 8 (2.33%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.04%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.75%) CCTV
10 6 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.75%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (1.46%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 76 (22.16%) Linux
2 29 (8.45%) Windows
3 6 (1.75%) Unix
4 4 (1.17%) Debian
5 3 (0.87%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.87%) Gentoo
5 3 (0.87%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.29%) FreeBSD
6 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.29%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (35.28%) AI
2 97 (28.28%) Software Engineering
3 86 (25.07%) Problem-Solving
4 81 (23.62%) CI/CD
5 73 (21.28%) Business Intelligence
6 65 (18.95%) Agile
7 51 (14.87%) DevOps
8 42 (12.24%) Analytics
9 41 (11.95%) Containerisation
10 40 (11.66%) Continuous Improvement
11 39 (11.37%) Computer Science
12 38 (11.08%) Test Automation
13 36 (10.50%) Machine Learning
14 35 (10.20%) Data Modelling
15 29 (8.45%) Infrastructure as Code
16 28 (8.16%) SIEM
17 27 (7.87%) Full-Stack Development
17 27 (7.87%) Microservices
18 24 (7.00%) Data Pipeline
18 24 (7.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 99 (28.86%) SQL
2 66 (19.24%) C++
3 49 (14.29%) C#
4 46 (13.41%) JavaScript
5 40 (11.66%) PowerShell
6 36 (10.50%) Java
7 30 (8.75%) Bash
8 29 (8.45%) TypeScript
9 18 (5.25%) C
10 14 (4.08%) Rust
11 11 (3.21%) MATLAB
12 10 (2.92%) Shell Script
13 7 (2.04%) Go
14 6 (1.75%) Groovy
14 6 (1.75%) VBA
15 5 (1.46%) Apex Code
15 5 (1.46%) Kusto Query Language
16 4 (1.17%) Perl
16 4 (1.17%) R
16 4 (1.17%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 81 (23.62%) Degree
2 67 (19.53%) Azure Certification
3 51 (14.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 36 (10.50%) Security Cleared
5 31 (9.04%) SC Cleared
6 27 (7.87%) Master's Degree
7 14 (4.08%) PhD
8 13 (3.79%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (2.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (1.75%) CompTIA CySA+
11 5 (1.46%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.46%) GCIA
11 5 (1.46%) GIAC
12 4 (1.17%) CCNA CyberOps
12 4 (1.17%) CEH
12 4 (1.17%) CISSP
13 3 (0.87%) ACCA
13 3 (0.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 3 (0.87%) CIMA
13 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.04%) QA
2 17 (4.96%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.33%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.75%) GDPR
5 5 (1.46%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.87%) ECSS
6 3 (0.87%) IEC 61508
6 3 (0.87%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.58%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.58%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.58%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.29%) MISRA
8 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 42 (12.24%) Docker
2 29 (8.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (8.16%) Hyper-V
4 20 (5.83%) KVM
5 17 (4.96%) Active Directory
6 6 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.75%) vSphere
7 1 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.29%) Firmware
7 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 39 (11.37%) Kubernetes
2 23 (6.71%) Terraform
3 14 (4.08%) Graylog
4 13 (3.79%) Ansible
5 9 (2.62%) Proxmox
6 8 (2.33%) Grafana
6 8 (2.33%) Kibana
6 8 (2.33%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.33%) ZABBIX
7 6 (1.75%) Argo
8 4 (1.17%) Kustomize
8 4 (1.17%) Packer
8 4 (1.17%) Podman
9 3 (0.87%) Istio
10 1 (0.29%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.29%) QRadar
Vendors
1 98 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.45%) VMware
3 14 (4.08%) Cisco
3 14 (4.08%) Red Hat
4 10 (2.92%) Splunk
5 9 (2.62%) Databricks
6 8 (2.33%) IBM
6 8 (2.33%) Oracle
6 8 (2.33%) Veeam
7 7 (2.04%) Dynatrace
7 7 (2.04%) SAP
8 5 (1.46%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.46%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (1.46%) F5
8 5 (1.46%) Juniper
8 5 (1.46%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.46%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.17%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.17%) Google
9 4 (1.17%) Xilinx