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 11 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 14 15
Rank change year-on-year -29 +1 -8
Permanent jobs citing Python 184 403 345
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.82% 10.19% 10.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.35% 29.90% 25.61%
Number of salaries quoted 100 199 206
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £39,065
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +22.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,313 £79,375 £79,688
90th Percentile £87,500 £101,500 £90,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -8.33%

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 587 1,348 1,347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.37% 34.09% 41.18%
Number of salaries quoted 422 794 951
10th Percentile £33,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,755 £47,500 £45,225
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,050
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +8.99% -8.25%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £87,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -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 11 December 2025.

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 11 December 2025. 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 -28 89 £46,000 -34.29% 68
Oxfordshire -6 48 £65,000 +13.04% 72
Buckinghamshire -5 47 £60,000 +4.35% 30
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 4 (2.17%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.09%) Confluence
3 1 (0.54%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.54%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.54%) CMS
3 1 (0.54%) Kinematics
3 1 (0.54%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (13.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.80%) MadCap Flare
3 3 (1.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.54%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 57 (30.98%) Azure
2 56 (30.43%) AWS
3 52 (28.26%) Power Platform
4 31 (16.85%) GCP
5 23 (12.50%) Amazon EC2
6 22 (11.96%) Serverless
7 19 (10.33%) Amazon EKS
8 18 (9.78%) Amazon ECS
9 15 (8.15%) GitHub
10 13 (7.07%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (6.52%) Azure AI
12 7 (3.80%) dbt
12 7 (3.80%) Google Analytics
12 7 (3.80%) Google Docs
13 6 (3.26%) Amazon S3
13 6 (3.26%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (3.26%) SaaS
13 6 (3.26%) Snowflake
14 5 (2.72%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (2.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.80%) DNS
1 7 (3.80%) Firewall
2 5 (2.72%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.17%) Wireless
4 3 (1.63%) Broadband
4 3 (1.63%) HTTP
4 3 (1.63%) Internet
5 2 (1.09%) 5G
5 2 (1.09%) FTP
5 2 (1.09%) MQTT
5 2 (1.09%) SMTP
5 2 (1.09%) SSH
6 1 (0.54%) 4G
6 1 (0.54%) DHCP
6 1 (0.54%) MIMO
6 1 (0.54%) Modbus
6 1 (0.54%) NGN
6 1 (0.54%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.54%) SpaceWire
6 1 (0.54%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (25.00%) Power BI
2 27 (14.67%) Relational Database
3 24 (13.04%) BigQuery
3 24 (13.04%) Tableau
4 21 (11.41%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (9.78%) RDBMS
6 15 (8.15%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (5.43%) Metadata
8 6 (3.26%) SQL Server
9 5 (2.72%) Qlik Sense
10 3 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.63%) Data Hub
10 3 (1.63%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.63%) Looker
10 3 (1.63%) MySQL
10 3 (1.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (1.09%) Airbyte
11 2 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (1.09%) Snowflake Schema
11 2 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 30 (16.30%) Jenkins
2 21 (11.41%) Git
3 18 (9.78%) JMeter
3 18 (9.78%) JUnit
3 18 (9.78%) Mockito
4 9 (4.89%) JIRA
5 6 (3.26%) GitLab
6 5 (2.72%) MLflow
6 5 (2.72%) Selenium
7 4 (2.17%) Cucumber
7 4 (2.17%) Postman
7 4 (2.17%) SoapUI
7 4 (2.17%) SonarQube
8 3 (1.63%) Burp Suite
8 3 (1.63%) Metasploit
9 2 (1.09%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (1.09%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.54%) Appium
10 1 (0.54%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.54%) Browser DevTools
General
1 63 (34.24%) Social Skills
2 33 (17.93%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (15.22%) Law
4 26 (14.13%) Marketing
5 24 (13.04%) Finance
6 22 (11.96%) Public Sector
7 14 (7.61%) Manufacturing
8 7 (3.80%) Retail
8 7 (3.80%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.17%) Legal
10 3 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.63%) Retail Finance
11 2 (1.09%) Banking
11 2 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.09%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.54%) Aviation
12 1 (0.54%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 35 (19.02%) Developer
2 33 (17.93%) Analyst
3 24 (13.04%) Architect
3 24 (13.04%) Senior
4 20 (10.87%) Cloud Architect
4 20 (10.87%) GCP Architect
4 20 (10.87%) Java Developer
4 20 (10.87%) Platform Architect
5 18 (9.78%) Data Analyst
6 17 (9.24%) Full-Stack Developer
6 17 (9.24%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 15 (8.15%) Mid-Level Java Developer
8 13 (7.07%) Junior
8 13 (7.07%) Software Engineer
9 12 (6.52%) Junior Analyst
9 12 (6.52%) Junior Data Analyst
10 9 (4.89%) Lead
11 8 (4.35%) Automation Engineer
11 8 (4.35%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 7 (3.80%) Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (16.30%) REST
2 21 (11.41%) HTML
3 20 (10.87%) Spring
3 20 (10.87%) Spring Boot
4 19 (10.33%) JSON
4 19 (10.33%) Web Services
4 19 (10.33%) XML
5 18 (9.78%) ActiveMQ
5 18 (9.78%) Apache Camel
5 18 (9.78%) Hibernate
5 18 (9.78%) jQuery
5 18 (9.78%) WireMock
6 12 (6.52%) SOAP
7 9 (4.89%) .NET
8 8 (4.35%) Middleware
9 5 (2.72%) Lightning Web Components
9 5 (2.72%) PyTorch
9 5 (2.72%) React
9 5 (2.72%) Visualforce
10 4 (2.17%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 24 (13.04%) Cloud Native
2 18 (9.78%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (4.35%) Life Science
4 7 (3.80%) Algorithms
5 6 (3.26%) Low-Code
6 5 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.17%) Industry 4.0
7 4 (2.17%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 4 (2.17%) SCADA
8 3 (1.63%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.63%) Animation
8 3 (1.63%) Learning Management System
8 3 (1.63%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.63%) Replication
9 2 (1.09%) Hackathon
9 2 (1.09%) IoT
9 2 (1.09%) LIMS
10 1 (0.54%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.54%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.54%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 28 (15.22%) Linux
2 11 (5.98%) Windows
3 10 (5.43%) Unix
4 3 (1.63%) Kali Linux
5 2 (1.09%) Amazon Linux
5 2 (1.09%) VMS
6 1 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.54%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.54%) VxWorks
6 1 (0.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (30.98%) Agile
2 56 (30.43%) Analytics
3 50 (27.17%) CI/CD
4 49 (26.63%) Business Intelligence
5 35 (19.02%) Continuous Improvement
6 33 (17.93%) Roadmaps
7 32 (17.39%) Mentoring
8 31 (16.85%) AI
8 31 (16.85%) Data Science
9 30 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
10 28 (15.22%) Strategic Roadmap
11 27 (14.67%) Cloud Security
11 27 (14.67%) DevOps
12 25 (13.59%) ETL
12 25 (13.59%) SDLC
13 24 (13.04%) Computer Science
13 24 (13.04%) Cost Optimisation
13 24 (13.04%) Machine Learning
13 24 (13.04%) Performance Optimisation
14 23 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 72 (39.13%) SQL
2 56 (30.43%) Java
3 41 (22.28%) JavaScript
4 26 (14.13%) Go
5 21 (11.41%) Shell Script
6 15 (8.15%) C++
7 14 (7.61%) Bash
7 14 (7.61%) C#
8 12 (6.52%) PowerShell
9 7 (3.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (2.72%) Apex Code
10 5 (2.72%) C
10 5 (2.72%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (2.72%) PHP
11 4 (2.17%) Fortran
11 4 (2.17%) R
11 4 (2.17%) T-SQL
11 4 (2.17%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.63%) Groovy
12 3 (1.63%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 40 (21.74%) Degree
2 27 (14.67%) Security Cleared
3 18 (9.78%) Azure Certification
4 15 (8.15%) Master's Degree
5 9 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (4.89%) SC Cleared
6 6 (3.26%) PhD
7 4 (2.17%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.63%) ACCA
8 3 (1.63%) CIMA
8 3 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.63%) OSCP
9 2 (1.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (1.09%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.54%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.54%) GPEN
10 1 (0.54%) MCSE
10 1 (0.54%) RHCE
10 1 (0.54%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.15%) Data Quality
2 8 (4.35%) QA
3 4 (2.17%) GDPR
4 3 (1.63%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.63%) ECSS
4 3 (1.63%) NIST
5 2 (1.09%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 2 (1.09%) GxP
6 1 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 34 (18.48%) Docker
2 4 (2.17%) vCloud
3 3 (1.63%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.09%) DFS Replication
4 2 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.54%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.54%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 54 (29.35%) Kubernetes
2 19 (10.33%) Kibana
3 11 (5.98%) Ansible
3 11 (5.98%) Terraform
4 4 (2.17%) Docker Swarm
4 4 (2.17%) Kubeflow
4 4 (2.17%) Rundeck
5 3 (1.63%) Argo
5 3 (1.63%) Grafana
5 3 (1.63%) Nmap
5 3 (1.63%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.54%) Control-M
6 1 (0.54%) PingFederate
6 1 (0.54%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.54%) SCCM
6 1 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.54%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.54%) WSUS
Vendors
1 31 (16.85%) Google
2 19 (10.33%) Dynatrace
2 19 (10.33%) Microsoft
3 18 (9.78%) Splunk
4 7 (3.80%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.26%) Databricks
5 6 (3.26%) VMware
6 5 (2.72%) MuleSoft
7 4 (2.17%) Allen-Bradley
7 4 (2.17%) SAP
7 4 (2.17%) Siemens
8 3 (1.63%) Red Hat
8 3 (1.63%) Talend
9 2 (1.09%) Agilent
9 2 (1.09%) Alteryx
9 2 (1.09%) Cognos
9 2 (1.09%) IBM
9 2 (1.09%) Informatica
9 2 (1.09%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.09%) Zoho