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 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 13 30
Rank change year-on-year -18 +17 -23
Permanent jobs citing Python 214 295 372
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.74% 10.00% 6.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.49% 31.32% 20.23%
Number of salaries quoted 114 164 277
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £82,813 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,625 £107,500 £83,750
South East median annual salary £61,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.86% +16.67% -2.76%

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 639 942 1,839
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.15% 31.92% 32.40%
Number of salaries quoted 467 589 1,497
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £71,000 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,500
South East median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +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 3 March 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 3 March 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 -19 87 £46,750 -30.74% 168
Oxfordshire -7 65 £70,000 +7.69% 60
Buckinghamshire -2 62 £60,000 - 56
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 (2.80%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.93%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.47%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.47%) Camunda
3 1 (0.47%) Kinematics
3 1 (0.47%) SAS
Applications
1 53 (24.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (5.61%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) SAP SD
1 1 (0.47%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 98 (45.79%) Azure
2 84 (39.25%) Power Platform
3 54 (25.23%) AWS
4 33 (15.42%) Azure AI
5 24 (11.21%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (10.75%) GCP
7 15 (7.01%) Azure Logic Apps
8 12 (5.61%) Serverless
9 11 (5.14%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (4.67%) Amazon EKS
10 10 (4.67%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (4.67%) SaaS
11 9 (4.21%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 8 (3.74%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (3.74%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 6 (2.80%) GitHub
14 5 (2.34%) dbt
14 5 (2.34%) OpenShift
15 4 (1.87%) AWS Lambda
15 4 (1.87%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.74%) Firewall
2 5 (2.34%) DNS
3 4 (1.87%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.40%) MQTT
5 2 (0.93%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (0.93%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.93%) SpaceWire
6 1 (0.47%) 5G
6 1 (0.47%) HTTP
6 1 (0.47%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.47%) Internet
6 1 (0.47%) Intranet
6 1 (0.47%) MIMO
6 1 (0.47%) Modbus
6 1 (0.47%) NGN
6 1 (0.47%) SMTP
6 1 (0.47%) SSL
6 1 (0.47%) VLAN
6 1 (0.47%) VPN
6 1 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (30.84%) Power BI
2 43 (20.09%) Tableau
3 15 (7.01%) Relational Database
4 14 (6.54%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (5.14%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (4.21%) Metadata
7 8 (3.74%) RDBMS
8 7 (3.27%) SQL Server
9 4 (1.87%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.87%) Qlik Sense
10 3 (1.40%) Spark SQL
10 3 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.93%) Airbyte
11 2 (0.93%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.93%) Data Hub
11 2 (0.93%) SAP BW
11 2 (0.93%) Snowflake Schema
12 1 (0.47%) Big Data
12 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
12 1 (0.47%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 23 (10.75%) Git
2 15 (7.01%) Jenkins
3 11 (5.14%) GitLab
4 8 (3.74%) JMeter
4 8 (3.74%) JUnit
4 8 (3.74%) Mockito
5 7 (3.27%) MLflow
6 4 (1.87%) Selenium
7 3 (1.40%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.40%) Postman
7 3 (1.40%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.93%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.93%) JIRA
9 1 (0.47%) Appium
9 1 (0.47%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.47%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.47%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.47%) Subversion
General
1 101 (47.20%) Social Skills
2 58 (27.10%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (20.56%) Finance
4 18 (8.41%) Manufacturing
5 16 (7.48%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.61%) Influencing Skills
6 12 (5.61%) Law
7 11 (5.14%) Telecoms
8 8 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.40%) Aviation
9 3 (1.40%) Marketing
9 3 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.93%) Aeronautics
10 2 (0.93%) Automotive
10 2 (0.93%) Banking
10 2 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.93%) Games
11 1 (0.47%) Electronics
11 1 (0.47%) Legal
Job Titles
1 64 (29.91%) Analyst
2 50 (23.36%) Data Analyst
3 41 (19.16%) Developer
4 34 (15.89%) Junior
5 33 (15.42%) Junior Analyst
5 33 (15.42%) Junior Data Analyst
6 29 (13.55%) Software Engineer
7 25 (11.68%) Senior
8 15 (7.01%) Power Platform Developer
9 14 (6.54%) Python Engineer
10 12 (5.61%) Data Engineer
10 12 (5.61%) Financial Analyst
10 12 (5.61%) Python Software Engineer
11 11 (5.14%) Full-Stack Developer
12 10 (4.67%) Automation Engineer
12 10 (4.67%) Lead
13 9 (4.21%) Java Developer
14 8 (3.74%) Full-Stack Java Developer
14 8 (3.74%) Mid-Level Java Developer
14 8 (3.74%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (12.62%) REST
2 16 (7.48%) SOAP
3 15 (7.01%) .NET
4 13 (6.07%) JSON
4 13 (6.07%) Middleware
5 11 (5.14%) XML
6 10 (4.67%) Spring Boot
6 10 (4.67%) Web Services
7 9 (4.21%) HTML
7 9 (4.21%) Lightning Web Components
7 9 (4.21%) Spring
7 9 (4.21%) Visualforce
8 8 (3.74%) ActiveMQ
8 8 (3.74%) Apache Camel
8 8 (3.74%) Hibernate
8 8 (3.74%) jQuery
8 8 (3.74%) WireMock
9 6 (2.80%) React
10 5 (2.34%) PyTorch
11 4 (1.87%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 24 (11.21%) Low-Code
2 18 (8.41%) Distributed Systems
2 18 (8.41%) Life Science
3 9 (4.21%) Client/Server
3 9 (4.21%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.27%) Hackathon
4 7 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.80%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.87%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.40%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.40%) Animation
7 3 (1.40%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (1.40%) LIMS
8 2 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (0.93%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.93%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (14.95%) Linux
2 9 (4.21%) Unix
3 5 (2.34%) Windows
4 2 (0.93%) VxWorks
4 2 (0.93%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.47%) FreeBSD
5 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.47%) OpenBSD
5 1 (0.47%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (34.11%) CI/CD
2 70 (32.71%) AI
3 67 (31.31%) Business Intelligence
4 63 (29.44%) Agile
4 63 (29.44%) Problem-Solving
5 45 (21.03%) DevOps
6 44 (20.56%) Software Engineering
7 42 (19.63%) Computer Science
8 36 (16.82%) Decision-Making
9 34 (15.89%) Analytics
10 32 (14.95%) ETL
11 31 (14.49%) Continuous Improvement
11 31 (14.49%) Data Governance
11 31 (14.49%) Data Modelling
11 31 (14.49%) Machine Learning
12 24 (11.21%) Deployment Automation
13 21 (9.81%) Data Pipeline
14 20 (9.35%) Containerisation
14 20 (9.35%) Data Science
15 19 (8.88%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 95 (44.39%) SQL
2 43 (20.09%) JavaScript
3 34 (15.89%) C++
4 31 (14.49%) Java
5 30 (14.02%) C#
6 15 (7.01%) C
7 13 (6.07%) VBA
8 12 (5.61%) Shell Script
9 9 (4.21%) Apex Code
9 9 (4.21%) Rust
10 8 (3.74%) TypeScript
11 6 (2.80%) Bash
12 5 (2.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (2.34%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (2.34%) R
13 4 (1.87%) Go
13 4 (1.87%) PowerShell
14 3 (1.40%) PHP
15 2 (0.93%) Fortran
16 1 (0.47%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 63 (29.44%) Degree
2 35 (16.36%) Azure Certification
3 25 (11.68%) Security Cleared
4 23 (10.75%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (10.75%) Master's Degree
5 12 (5.61%) ACCA
5 12 (5.61%) CIMA
5 12 (5.61%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.80%) PhD
7 2 (0.93%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.47%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.88%) QA
2 17 (7.94%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.34%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.87%) ECSS
5 3 (1.40%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (1.40%) GDPR
5 3 (1.40%) GxP
6 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.47%) MISRA
6 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (11.21%) Docker
2 11 (5.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.67%) Hyper-V
3 10 (4.67%) KVM
4 2 (0.93%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.93%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (10.75%) Kubernetes
2 13 (6.07%) Terraform
3 9 (4.21%) Kibana
4 7 (3.27%) Ansible
5 3 (1.40%) Kubeflow
6 2 (0.93%) Argo
7 1 (0.47%) Control-M
7 1 (0.47%) Grafana
7 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.47%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.47%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 54 (25.23%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.48%) SAP
3 11 (5.14%) Databricks
3 11 (5.14%) VMware
4 9 (4.21%) Dynatrace
4 9 (4.21%) MuleSoft
4 9 (4.21%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.74%) Splunk
6 6 (2.80%) Google
6 6 (2.80%) Oracle
6 6 (2.80%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.87%) Cisco
8 3 (1.40%) Agilent
8 3 (1.40%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.93%) F5
9 2 (0.93%) IBM
9 2 (0.93%) Informatica
9 2 (0.93%) Juniper
9 2 (0.93%) NVIDIA
9 2 (0.93%) Palo Alto