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 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 17 22
Rank change year-on-year -22 +5 -15
Permanent jobs citing Python 184 332 403
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.33% 9.80% 7.64%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.56% 30.46% 22.49%
Number of salaries quoted 104 169 288
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,500 £47,000 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.40% +19.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £71,563 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £108,500 £83,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -

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 602 1,090 1,792
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.16% 32.17% 33.99%
Number of salaries quoted 453 628 1,437
10th Percentile £33,250 £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 £71,250 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £86,250
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 2 February 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 2 February 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 -34 71 £45,000 -35.71% 57
Oxfordshire -3 58 £68,750 -1.79% 65
Buckinghamshire -12 55 £60,000 - 26
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 (3.26%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.09%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.54%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.54%) Camunda
3 1 (0.54%) Kinematics
3 1 (0.54%) SAS
Applications
1 39 (21.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (5.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 72 (39.13%) Azure
2 70 (38.04%) Power Platform
3 44 (23.91%) AWS
4 22 (11.96%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (11.41%) Azure AI
6 15 (8.15%) GCP
7 13 (7.07%) Serverless
8 12 (6.52%) Amazon EC2
8 12 (6.52%) Azure Logic Apps
9 11 (5.98%) Amazon EKS
10 10 (5.43%) SaaS
11 9 (4.89%) Amazon ECS
11 9 (4.89%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (4.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 7 (3.80%) GitHub
13 7 (3.80%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 5 (2.72%) dbt
15 4 (2.17%) Amazon S3
15 4 (2.17%) AWS Lambda
15 4 (2.17%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.26%) DNS
1 6 (3.26%) Firewall
1 6 (3.26%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.63%) Internet
2 3 (1.63%) MQTT
3 2 (1.09%) 5G
3 2 (1.09%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (1.09%) SpaceWire
4 1 (0.54%) 4G
4 1 (0.54%) Intranet
4 1 (0.54%) MIMO
4 1 (0.54%) Modbus
4 1 (0.54%) NGN
4 1 (0.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (29.89%) Power BI
2 32 (17.39%) Tableau
3 16 (8.70%) Relational Database
4 14 (7.61%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (5.98%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (5.43%) Metadata
7 9 (4.89%) RDBMS
8 5 (2.72%) Qlik Sense
8 5 (2.72%) SQL Server
9 3 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (1.63%) Data Hub
9 3 (1.63%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.63%) MySQL
9 3 (1.63%) Spark SQL
10 2 (1.09%) Airbyte
10 2 (1.09%) BigQuery
10 2 (1.09%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.54%) Big Data
11 1 (0.54%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 21 (11.41%) Git
2 15 (8.15%) Jenkins
3 9 (4.89%) JMeter
3 9 (4.89%) JUnit
3 9 (4.89%) Mockito
4 7 (3.80%) GitLab
4 7 (3.80%) MLflow
5 4 (2.17%) Selenium
6 3 (1.63%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.63%) Postman
6 3 (1.63%) SoapUI
7 2 (1.09%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.54%) Appium
8 1 (0.54%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.54%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.54%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.54%) LabVIEW
General
1 75 (40.76%) Social Skills
2 46 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (20.65%) Finance
4 16 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 15 (8.15%) Manufacturing
6 11 (5.98%) Law
7 10 (5.43%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (3.26%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.09%) Automotive
11 2 (1.09%) Aviation
11 2 (1.09%) Banking
11 2 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.09%) Marketing
11 2 (1.09%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.54%) Aeronautics
12 1 (0.54%) Electronics
12 1 (0.54%) Legal
12 1 (0.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 47 (25.54%) Analyst
2 41 (22.28%) Developer
3 35 (19.02%) Data Analyst
4 24 (13.04%) Senior
5 22 (11.96%) Junior
6 21 (11.41%) Junior Analyst
6 21 (11.41%) Junior Data Analyst
6 21 (11.41%) Software Engineer
7 12 (6.52%) Full-Stack Developer
7 12 (6.52%) Lead
7 12 (6.52%) Power Platform Developer
8 10 (5.43%) Financial Analyst
8 10 (5.43%) Java Developer
9 9 (4.89%) Data Engineer
9 9 (4.89%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 9 (4.89%) Mid-Level Java Developer
10 7 (3.80%) Associate Engineer
10 7 (3.80%) Customer Engineer
10 7 (3.80%) Python Engineer
10 7 (3.80%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (13.04%) REST
2 15 (8.15%) SOAP
3 14 (7.61%) .NET
4 12 (6.52%) Middleware
5 11 (5.98%) HTML
5 11 (5.98%) Spring Boot
6 10 (5.43%) JSON
6 10 (5.43%) Spring
6 10 (5.43%) Web Services
6 10 (5.43%) XML
7 9 (4.89%) ActiveMQ
7 9 (4.89%) Apache Camel
7 9 (4.89%) Hibernate
7 9 (4.89%) jQuery
7 9 (4.89%) WireMock
8 8 (4.35%) Lightning Web Components
8 8 (4.35%) Visualforce
9 5 (2.72%) PyTorch
10 4 (2.17%) React
10 4 (2.17%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.33%) Low-Code
2 16 (8.70%) Life Science
3 14 (7.61%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (3.80%) Algorithms
5 6 (3.26%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.72%) Hackathon
6 5 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.17%) AI Agents
7 4 (2.17%) Client/Server
7 4 (2.17%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.63%) Animation
8 3 (1.63%) LIMS
9 2 (1.09%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.09%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (1.09%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.09%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.54%) Arduino
10 1 (0.54%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.54%) IoT
10 1 (0.54%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (13.04%) Linux
2 9 (4.89%) Unix
3 4 (2.17%) Windows
4 2 (1.09%) VxWorks
5 1 (0.54%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (34.24%) CI/CD
2 56 (30.43%) Agile
3 54 (29.35%) Business Intelligence
4 52 (28.26%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (27.72%) AI
6 37 (20.11%) DevOps
7 36 (19.57%) Computer Science
8 35 (19.02%) Software Engineering
9 32 (17.39%) Decision-Making
9 32 (17.39%) ETL
10 28 (15.22%) Analytics
11 27 (14.67%) Data Governance
11 27 (14.67%) Data Modelling
12 26 (14.13%) Machine Learning
13 20 (10.87%) Continuous Improvement
14 19 (10.33%) Deployment Automation
15 18 (9.78%) Data Pipeline
15 18 (9.78%) Full-Stack Development
15 18 (9.78%) SDLC
16 17 (9.24%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 77 (41.85%) SQL
2 37 (20.11%) JavaScript
3 30 (16.30%) Java
4 25 (13.59%) C++
5 23 (12.50%) C#
6 13 (7.07%) Shell Script
7 11 (5.98%) Bash
7 11 (5.98%) C
8 10 (5.43%) VBA
9 8 (4.35%) Apex Code
10 6 (3.26%) PowerShell
10 6 (3.26%) TypeScript
11 5 (2.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (2.72%) Go
11 5 (2.72%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (2.17%) Fortran
12 4 (2.17%) Rust
13 3 (1.63%) PHP
13 3 (1.63%) R
14 2 (1.09%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (27.72%) Degree
2 25 (13.59%) Azure Certification
3 24 (13.04%) Security Cleared
4 22 (11.96%) Master's Degree
5 14 (7.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (5.43%) ACCA
6 10 (5.43%) CIMA
6 10 (5.43%) SC Cleared
7 7 (3.80%) PhD
8 2 (1.09%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.54%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.70%) Data Quality
1 16 (8.70%) QA
2 4 (2.17%) ECSS
3 3 (1.63%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 3 (1.63%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.63%) GDPR
3 3 (1.63%) GxP
4 1 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 22 (11.96%) Docker
2 5 (2.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.17%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.17%) KVM
4 1 (0.54%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (13.04%) Kubernetes
2 12 (6.52%) Terraform
3 10 (5.43%) Kibana
4 6 (3.26%) Ansible
5 4 (2.17%) Kubeflow
6 3 (1.63%) Argo
7 1 (0.54%) Control-M
7 1 (0.54%) Grafana
7 1 (0.54%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.54%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 37 (20.11%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.52%) SAP
3 10 (5.43%) Databricks
3 10 (5.43%) Dynatrace
4 9 (4.89%) Splunk
5 8 (4.35%) MuleSoft
5 8 (4.35%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.72%) VMware
7 4 (2.17%) Google
8 3 (1.63%) Agilent
8 3 (1.63%) Oracle
9 2 (1.09%) Cognos
9 2 (1.09%) IBM
9 2 (1.09%) Informatica
9 2 (1.09%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.54%) ANSYS
10 1 (0.54%) Dell
10 1 (0.54%) Epicor
10 1 (0.54%) Software AG
10 1 (0.54%) TIBCO