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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 30 26
Rank change year-on-year +8 -4 -12
Permanent jobs citing Python 327 271 451
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.77% 8.04% 6.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 35.50% 38.22% 23.91%
Number of salaries quoted 181 116 340
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,375 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,625 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £93,125 £82,500
South East median annual salary £62,250 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.40% +13.64% -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 921 709 1,886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.24% 21.04% 27.13%
Number of salaries quoted 688 431 1,559
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -5.98%

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 5 June 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 5 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
Berkshire +26 134 £57,500 +15.00% 61
Oxfordshire 0 112 £63,125 +9.78% 64
Buckinghamshire +2 81 £56,000 -13.85% 31
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 (1.83%) Confluence
2 5 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.61%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.61%) WordPress
4 1 (0.31%) Apache
4 1 (0.31%) Camunda
4 1 (0.31%) Jupyter
Applications
1 65 (19.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.75%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.92%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.31%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 3 (0.92%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 167 (51.07%) Azure
2 102 (31.19%) AWS
3 83 (25.38%) Power Platform
4 72 (22.02%) Azure AI
5 32 (9.79%) GCP
6 17 (5.20%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (4.59%) Azure Data Factory
7 15 (4.59%) Azure Sentinel
7 15 (4.59%) Serverless
8 14 (4.28%) Amazon EKS
8 14 (4.28%) OpenShift
9 13 (3.98%) Amazon EC2
9 13 (3.98%) GitHub
10 12 (3.67%) Azure Logic Apps
10 12 (3.67%) Cloudflare
11 10 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (2.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (2.45%) SaaS
13 7 (2.14%) Amazon ECS
14 6 (1.83%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 29 (8.87%) Firewall
2 20 (6.12%) DNS
3 10 (3.06%) VPN
4 8 (2.45%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.14%) SSL
6 6 (1.83%) HTTP
7 5 (1.53%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (0.92%) DHCP
9 2 (0.61%) Internet
9 2 (0.61%) MQTT
10 1 (0.31%) Broadband
10 1 (0.31%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.31%) Network Security
10 1 (0.31%) Radio Access Network
10 1 (0.31%) SMTP
10 1 (0.31%) Software-Defined Radio
10 1 (0.31%) SpaceWire
10 1 (0.31%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (21.10%) Power BI
2 53 (16.21%) Tableau
3 23 (7.03%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.36%) Relational Database
5 9 (2.75%) Data Lake
5 9 (2.75%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.83%) RDBMS
7 5 (1.53%) Airbyte
7 5 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.92%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.92%) MySQL
8 3 (0.92%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.61%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.61%) Redis
9 2 (0.61%) SAP BW
9 2 (0.61%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.31%) Big Data
10 1 (0.31%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.31%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 43 (13.15%) Git
2 25 (7.65%) GitLab
3 17 (5.20%) Jenkins
4 15 (4.59%) JIRA
5 7 (2.14%) JMeter
5 7 (2.14%) JUnit
5 7 (2.14%) Mockito
6 6 (1.83%) SonarQube
7 5 (1.53%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.22%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.92%) Polyspace
9 3 (0.92%) VectorCAST
10 2 (0.61%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.61%) MLflow
10 2 (0.61%) Mocha
10 2 (0.61%) Selenium
11 1 (0.31%) LabVIEW
11 1 (0.31%) Subversion
11 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.31%) Zephyr
General
1 149 (45.57%) Social Skills
2 54 (16.51%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (11.01%) Finance
4 25 (7.65%) Manufacturing
5 16 (4.89%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.67%) Public Sector
7 9 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (2.14%) Aerospace
8 7 (2.14%) Law
8 7 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.83%) Retail
10 5 (1.53%) Automotive
10 5 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.22%) Games
11 4 (1.22%) Health Technology
12 3 (0.92%) Marketing
13 2 (0.61%) Aviation
13 2 (0.61%) Electronics
13 2 (0.61%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 82 (25.08%) Analyst
2 66 (20.18%) Software Engineer
3 64 (19.57%) Data Analyst
4 57 (17.43%) Python Engineer
5 52 (15.90%) Junior
6 51 (15.60%) Junior Analyst
6 51 (15.60%) Junior Data Analyst
7 47 (14.37%) Python Software Engineer
8 41 (12.54%) Developer
9 31 (9.48%) C++ Software Engineer
10 28 (8.56%) Senior
11 24 (7.34%) C# Software Engineer
12 22 (6.73%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 22 (6.73%) Data Engineer
13 18 (5.50%) Automation Engineer
13 18 (5.50%) Network Engineer
14 16 (4.89%) AWS Engineer
15 15 (4.59%) AWS Software Engineer
16 13 (3.98%) DevOps Engineer
17 12 (3.67%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.56%) REST
2 21 (6.42%) JSON
3 14 (4.28%) YAML
4 13 (3.98%) HTML
4 13 (3.98%) NumPy
4 13 (3.98%) Pandas
5 11 (3.36%) React
6 10 (3.06%) Django
6 10 (3.06%) Jinja
6 10 (3.06%) Web Services
6 10 (3.06%) XML
7 9 (2.75%) .NET
8 8 (2.45%) Spring
9 7 (2.14%) ActiveMQ
9 7 (2.14%) Apache Camel
9 7 (2.14%) Hibernate
9 7 (2.14%) jQuery
9 7 (2.14%) Spring Boot
9 7 (2.14%) WireMock
10 6 (1.83%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.17%) Distributed Systems
2 23 (7.03%) Low-Code
3 18 (5.50%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (5.20%) Life Science
5 16 (4.89%) Algorithms
6 15 (4.59%) Cloud Native
6 15 (4.59%) Distributed Computing
7 14 (4.28%) Client/Server
8 11 (3.36%) Hackathon
9 9 (2.75%) Cyber Defence
9 9 (2.75%) Security Operations Centre
10 8 (2.45%) PKI
11 7 (2.14%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.83%) Product Ownership
13 5 (1.53%) Embedded Systems
13 5 (1.53%) Renewable Energy
13 5 (1.53%) Video Conferencing
13 5 (1.53%) Virtual Team
14 4 (1.22%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 65 (19.88%) Linux
2 22 (6.73%) Windows
3 6 (1.83%) Unix
4 3 (0.92%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.31%) FreeBSD
5 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.31%) OpenBSD
5 1 (0.31%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (35.78%) AI
2 87 (26.61%) CI/CD
3 76 (23.24%) Business Intelligence
4 75 (22.94%) Software Engineering
5 74 (22.63%) Problem-Solving
6 69 (21.10%) Agile
7 58 (17.74%) DevOps
8 44 (13.46%) Computer Science
9 43 (13.15%) Analytics
9 43 (13.15%) Continuous Improvement
10 38 (11.62%) Containerisation
11 36 (11.01%) Test Automation
12 34 (10.40%) Machine Learning
13 33 (10.09%) Data Modelling
14 32 (9.79%) Deployment Automation
15 30 (9.17%) Data Governance
16 27 (8.26%) Infrastructure as Code
17 26 (7.95%) Cybersecurity
17 26 (7.95%) ETL
18 25 (7.65%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 106 (32.42%) SQL
2 56 (17.13%) C++
3 49 (14.98%) JavaScript
4 47 (14.37%) C#
5 31 (9.48%) Java
6 26 (7.95%) PowerShell
7 21 (6.42%) Bash
8 19 (5.81%) C
9 16 (4.89%) TypeScript
10 14 (4.28%) Rust
11 12 (3.67%) VBA
12 11 (3.36%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.83%) Groovy
14 5 (1.53%) Apex Code
15 4 (1.22%) Go
15 4 (1.22%) Perl
15 4 (1.22%) R
16 1 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
16 1 (0.31%) Ruby
16 1 (0.31%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 80 (24.46%) Degree
2 73 (22.32%) Azure Certification
3 47 (14.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 33 (10.09%) Security Cleared
5 27 (8.26%) SC Cleared
6 22 (6.73%) Master's Degree
7 9 (2.75%) ACCA
7 9 (2.75%) CIMA
8 8 (2.45%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (2.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 7 (2.14%) PhD
10 4 (1.22%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 3 (0.92%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.61%) CompTIA CySA+
12 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.31%) GCIA
13 1 (0.31%) GIAC
13 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.31%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (11.01%) QA
2 16 (4.89%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.06%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.92%) IEC 61508
4 3 (0.92%) ISO 26262
4 3 (0.92%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.61%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.61%) ISO 22301
5 2 (0.61%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.31%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.31%) ECSS
6 1 (0.31%) GxP
6 1 (0.31%) MISRA
6 1 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (9.48%) Docker
2 26 (7.95%) Hyper-V
2 26 (7.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (7.03%) KVM
4 10 (3.06%) Active Directory
5 5 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.31%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.31%) Firmware
6 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 34 (10.40%) Kubernetes
2 18 (5.50%) Terraform
3 13 (3.98%) Graylog
4 10 (3.06%) Ansible
5 9 (2.75%) Proxmox
6 8 (2.45%) Kibana
6 8 (2.45%) ZABBIX
7 7 (2.14%) Grafana
7 7 (2.14%) Prometheus
8 5 (1.53%) Argo
9 4 (1.22%) Kustomize
9 4 (1.22%) Packer
10 3 (0.92%) Istio
11 1 (0.31%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.31%) QRadar
Vendors
1 100 (30.58%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.95%) VMware
3 14 (4.28%) Red Hat
3 14 (4.28%) SAP
4 13 (3.98%) Databricks
5 10 (3.06%) Cisco
5 10 (3.06%) Oracle
5 10 (3.06%) Splunk
6 8 (2.45%) IBM
6 8 (2.45%) Veeam
7 7 (2.14%) Dynatrace
8 5 (1.53%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.53%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (1.53%) F5
8 5 (1.53%) Google
8 5 (1.53%) Juniper
8 5 (1.53%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.53%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.22%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.22%) ServiceNow