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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 34 17
Rank change year-on-year +7 -17 -3
Permanent jobs citing Python 334 268 406
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.83% 6.87% 8.03%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.57% 37.64% 29.92%
Number of salaries quoted 215 113 230
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,603 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,770 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -18.52%
75th Percentile £65,625 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,250 £93,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

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 1,058 712 1,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.30% 18.25% 26.84%
Number of salaries quoted 825 418 922
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,563 £44,121
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -7.50%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,565 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.98% +1.03% -4.35%

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 1 September 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 1 September 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 +5 153 £60,000 -5.88% 131
Berkshire +14 116 £60,000 +26.26% 120
Buckinghamshire -4 65 £51,500 -20.77% 50
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 7 (2.10%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.80%) Confluence
3 3 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.60%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.60%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.60%) WordPress
5 1 (0.30%) Apache
5 1 (0.30%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 34 (10.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.50%) Lightworks
3 3 (0.90%) Simulink
4 2 (0.60%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.30%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.30%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 6 (1.80%) Raiser’s Edge
2 2 (0.60%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 145 (43.41%) Azure
2 122 (36.53%) AWS
3 49 (14.67%) Azure AI
4 48 (14.37%) Power Platform
5 32 (9.58%) GitHub
6 25 (7.49%) Azure Sentinel
6 25 (7.49%) GCP
7 18 (5.39%) Amazon EKS
8 16 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (4.49%) Azure Data Factory
9 15 (4.49%) Serverless
10 14 (4.19%) Cloudflare
11 13 (3.89%) Amazon EC2
12 11 (3.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 11 (3.29%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
13 10 (2.99%) OpenShift
14 8 (2.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (2.40%) Amazon ECS
14 8 (2.40%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 36 (10.78%) Firewall
2 33 (9.88%) DNS
3 17 (5.09%) VPN
4 14 (4.19%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.99%) DHCP
6 9 (2.69%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (2.69%) Wireless
7 8 (2.40%) SSL
8 7 (2.10%) VLAN
9 6 (1.80%) HTTP
10 5 (1.50%) MQTT
11 4 (1.20%) Ethernet
12 3 (0.90%) Cisco ASA
13 2 (0.60%) Internet
13 2 (0.60%) IPv4
13 2 (0.60%) IPv6
13 2 (0.60%) SNMP
13 2 (0.60%) WireGuard
14 1 (0.30%) DNSSEC
14 1 (0.30%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (13.77%) Power BI
2 31 (9.28%) Tableau
3 28 (8.38%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (3.89%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.40%) MongoDB
5 8 (2.40%) SQL Server
6 7 (2.10%) Data Lake
6 7 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (2.10%) Metadata
6 7 (2.10%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.80%) Airbyte
7 6 (1.80%) RDBMS
7 6 (1.80%) Star Schema
8 5 (1.50%) Amazon QuickSight
8 5 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.50%) DynamoDB
8 5 (1.50%) MySQL
8 5 (1.50%) Snowflake Schema
9 4 (1.20%) Redis
10 2 (0.60%) GIS
Development Applications
1 50 (14.97%) Git
2 24 (7.19%) GitLab
3 19 (5.69%) Jenkins
4 13 (3.89%) JIRA
5 8 (2.40%) JUnit
5 8 (2.40%) LabVIEW
6 7 (2.10%) JMeter
6 7 (2.10%) Mockito
7 6 (1.80%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.50%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.20%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.90%) PetaLinux
10 3 (0.90%) Polyspace
10 3 (0.90%) VectorCAST
11 2 (0.60%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.60%) Eclipse RCP
11 2 (0.60%) Mocha
11 2 (0.60%) Selenium
12 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.30%) Zephyr
General
1 134 (40.12%) Social Skills
2 39 (11.68%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (10.18%) Manufacturing
4 24 (7.19%) Finance
5 12 (3.59%) Aerospace
5 12 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (2.99%) Electronics
6 10 (2.99%) Public Sector
6 10 (2.99%) Retail
7 9 (2.69%) Automotive
7 9 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (2.69%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.10%) Health Technology
9 5 (1.50%) Legal
10 4 (1.20%) Banking
10 4 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.90%) Mandarin Language
11 3 (0.90%) Marketing
12 2 (0.60%) Games
12 2 (0.60%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 85 (25.45%) Software Engineer
2 74 (22.16%) Python Engineer
3 58 (17.37%) Senior
4 56 (16.77%) Python Software Engineer
5 52 (15.57%) Analyst
6 39 (11.68%) C++ Software Engineer
7 32 (9.58%) Data Analyst
8 28 (8.38%) C# Software Engineer
8 28 (8.38%) Developer
8 28 (8.38%) Junior
9 27 (8.08%) Junior Analyst
9 27 (8.08%) Junior Data Analyst
10 25 (7.49%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 23 (6.89%) AWS Engineer
12 22 (6.59%) Network Engineer
13 21 (6.29%) AWS Software Engineer
13 21 (6.29%) Data Engineer
14 18 (5.39%) Java Engineer
15 15 (4.49%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 14 (4.19%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (11.08%) React
2 26 (7.78%) Terraform
3 25 (7.49%) REST
4 21 (6.29%) JSON
5 19 (5.69%) Django
6 14 (4.19%) HTML
7 12 (3.59%) NumPy
7 12 (3.59%) Pandas
8 11 (3.29%) Node.js
8 11 (3.29%) XML
9 10 (2.99%) Vue
9 10 (2.99%) YAML
10 9 (2.69%) Spring
10 9 (2.69%) Spring Boot
10 9 (2.69%) Web Services
11 7 (2.10%) .NET
11 7 (2.10%) ActiveMQ
11 7 (2.10%) Apache Camel
11 7 (2.10%) CSS
11 7 (2.10%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.89%) Distributed Systems
1 23 (6.89%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (6.59%) Distributed Computing
3 16 (4.79%) Security Operations Centre
4 14 (4.19%) Algorithms
5 13 (3.89%) Product Ownership
6 11 (3.29%) Cloud Native
6 11 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (3.29%) Life Science
6 11 (3.29%) Robotics
7 10 (2.99%) Embedded Systems
8 9 (2.69%) Cyber Defence
9 8 (2.40%) Fibre Optics
9 8 (2.40%) IoT
9 8 (2.40%) PKI
10 7 (2.10%) Renewable Energy
11 6 (1.80%) CCTV
11 6 (1.80%) CSOC
11 6 (1.80%) Hackathon
11 6 (1.80%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 77 (23.05%) Linux
2 33 (9.88%) Windows
3 6 (1.80%) Debian
4 3 (0.90%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (0.90%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (0.90%) Gentoo
4 3 (0.90%) Unix
5 2 (0.60%) Robot Operating System
5 2 (0.60%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (32.93%) AI
2 103 (30.84%) Software Engineering
3 86 (25.75%) CI/CD
4 85 (25.45%) Problem-Solving
5 70 (20.96%) Agile
6 57 (17.07%) Business Intelligence
6 57 (17.07%) DevOps
7 42 (12.57%) Analytics
8 40 (11.98%) Computer Science
9 39 (11.68%) Machine Learning
10 36 (10.78%) Containerisation
11 35 (10.48%) Data Modelling
11 35 (10.48%) Test Automation
12 34 (10.18%) Continuous Improvement
13 33 (9.88%) Full-Stack Development
13 33 (9.88%) SIEM
14 28 (8.38%) Infrastructure as Code
15 27 (8.08%) Microservices
16 26 (7.78%) Mentoring
16 26 (7.78%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 81 (24.25%) SQL
2 67 (20.06%) C++
3 54 (16.17%) C#
4 49 (14.67%) JavaScript
5 42 (12.57%) PowerShell
6 39 (11.68%) Java
7 37 (11.08%) TypeScript
8 33 (9.88%) Bash
9 13 (3.89%) C
10 12 (3.59%) Go
11 11 (3.29%) MATLAB
12 10 (2.99%) Rust
13 9 (2.69%) Shell Script
14 6 (1.80%) Groovy
14 6 (1.80%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (1.50%) Apex Code
16 4 (1.20%) Perl
16 4 (1.20%) Ruby
17 2 (0.60%) R
17 2 (0.60%) VBA
Qualifications
1 81 (24.25%) Degree
2 51 (15.27%) Azure Certification
3 50 (14.97%) Computer Science Degree
4 35 (10.48%) Security Cleared
5 31 (9.28%) SC Cleared
6 27 (8.08%) Master's Degree
7 17 (5.09%) PhD
8 15 (4.49%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (2.40%) CISSP
10 7 (2.10%) CompTIA CySA+
10 7 (2.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (1.80%) GCIA
11 6 (1.80%) GIAC
12 5 (1.50%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.50%) CCNA CyberOps
12 5 (1.50%) CEH
13 3 (0.90%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.30%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.28%) QA
2 20 (5.99%) Data Quality
3 11 (3.29%) GDPR
4 6 (1.80%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.50%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.90%) ECSS
6 3 (0.90%) IEC 61508
6 3 (0.90%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.60%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.60%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.60%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 47 (14.07%) Docker
2 23 (6.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (6.59%) Hyper-V
4 16 (4.79%) Active Directory
5 14 (4.19%) KVM
6 6 (1.80%) vSphere
7 5 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.60%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.60%) Firmware
8 2 (0.60%) iptables
Systems Management
1 46 (13.77%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.49%) Graylog
3 12 (3.59%) Ansible
4 10 (2.99%) Grafana
4 10 (2.99%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.40%) Kibana
5 8 (2.40%) Proxmox
5 8 (2.40%) ZABBIX
6 6 (1.80%) Argo
7 4 (1.20%) Kustomize
7 4 (1.20%) Packer
7 4 (1.20%) Podman
8 3 (0.90%) Istio
9 1 (0.30%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.30%) QRadar
9 1 (0.30%) WMI
Vendors
1 86 (25.75%) Microsoft
2 23 (6.89%) VMware
3 11 (3.29%) Cisco
4 10 (2.99%) Red Hat
4 10 (2.99%) Splunk
5 9 (2.69%) Databricks
6 8 (2.40%) CrowdStrike
6 8 (2.40%) IBM
6 8 (2.40%) Veeam
7 7 (2.10%) Dynatrace
8 5 (1.50%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.50%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.50%) Informatica
8 5 (1.50%) New Relic
8 5 (1.50%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.50%) Talend
9 4 (1.20%) Oracle
9 4 (1.20%) Xilinx
10 3 (0.90%) F5
10 3 (0.90%) Palo Alto