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 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 30 19
Rank change year-on-year +5 -11 -2
Permanent jobs citing Python 345 276 385
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.12% 7.52% 7.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.24% 37.81% 28.56%
Number of salaries quoted 210 113 233
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,648 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -18.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,250 £90,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 1,038 730 1,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.41% 19.89% 26.00%
Number of salaries quoted 793 426 976
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,000 £38,315
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,563 £43,911
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.47%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £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 14 August 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 14 August 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 +4 147 £60,000 -4.00% 80
Berkshire +18 127 £60,000 +26.26% 85
Buckinghamshire 0 71 £52,500 -19.23% 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 7 (2.03%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.74%) Confluence
3 3 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.58%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.58%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.58%) WordPress
5 1 (0.29%) Apache
5 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
Applications
1 44 (12.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.45%) Lightworks
3 3 (0.87%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.87%) Simulink
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.29%) Zemax
Business Applications
1 6 (1.74%) Raiser’s Edge
2 3 (0.87%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 155 (44.93%) Azure
2 124 (35.94%) AWS
3 58 (16.81%) Azure AI
4 54 (15.65%) Power Platform
5 29 (8.41%) GCP
5 29 (8.41%) GitHub
6 23 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
7 18 (5.22%) Amazon EKS
8 16 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (4.35%) Serverless
10 14 (4.06%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (3.77%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (3.77%) Cloudflare
12 12 (3.48%) OpenShift
13 9 (2.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 8 (2.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (2.32%) Amazon ECS
14 8 (2.32%) GitHub Actions
15 7 (2.03%) Azure Logic Apps
15 7 (2.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (11.30%) Firewall
2 33 (9.57%) DNS
3 18 (5.22%) VPN
4 14 (4.06%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.90%) DHCP
6 9 (2.61%) Wireless
7 8 (2.32%) SSL
7 8 (2.32%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (2.03%) HTTP
8 7 (2.03%) VLAN
9 5 (1.45%) MQTT
10 4 (1.16%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (0.87%) Ethernet
12 2 (0.58%) Internet
12 2 (0.58%) IPv4
12 2 (0.58%) IPv6
12 2 (0.58%) WireGuard
13 1 (0.29%) Broadband
13 1 (0.29%) DNSSEC
13 1 (0.29%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (15.36%) Power BI
2 40 (11.59%) Tableau
3 29 (8.41%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (3.77%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.32%) Data Lake
5 8 (2.32%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.74%) Airbyte
6 6 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.74%) RDBMS
7 5 (1.45%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.45%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.16%) Metadata
8 4 (1.16%) MySQL
8 4 (1.16%) Redis
9 3 (0.87%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.87%) Star Schema
10 2 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.58%) GIS
10 2 (0.58%) QGIS
10 2 (0.58%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 47 (13.62%) Git
2 24 (6.96%) GitLab
3 19 (5.51%) Jenkins
4 15 (4.35%) JIRA
5 8 (2.32%) JUnit
5 8 (2.32%) LabVIEW
6 7 (2.03%) JMeter
6 7 (2.03%) Mockito
7 6 (1.74%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.45%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.16%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.87%) PetaLinux
10 3 (0.87%) Polyspace
10 3 (0.87%) VectorCAST
11 2 (0.58%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.58%) Eclipse RCP
11 2 (0.58%) Mocha
11 2 (0.58%) Selenium
12 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.29%) Zephyr
General
1 146 (42.32%) Social Skills
2 45 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (10.14%) Manufacturing
4 23 (6.67%) Finance
5 15 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (3.48%) Telecoms
7 11 (3.19%) Aerospace
7 11 (3.19%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.90%) Electronics
8 10 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.61%) Retail
10 8 (2.32%) Automotive
11 7 (2.03%) Health Technology
12 5 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.45%) Legal
13 4 (1.16%) Banking
13 4 (1.16%) Games
13 4 (1.16%) Marketing
14 3 (0.87%) Law
14 3 (0.87%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 83 (24.06%) Software Engineer
2 73 (21.16%) Python Engineer
3 64 (18.55%) Analyst
4 55 (15.94%) Python Software Engineer
5 53 (15.36%) Senior
6 43 (12.46%) Data Analyst
7 37 (10.72%) C++ Software Engineer
7 37 (10.72%) Junior
8 36 (10.43%) Junior Analyst
8 36 (10.43%) Junior Data Analyst
9 29 (8.41%) Developer
10 28 (8.12%) C# Software Engineer
11 25 (7.25%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 24 (6.96%) Network Engineer
13 22 (6.38%) Data Engineer
14 21 (6.09%) AWS Engineer
15 19 (5.51%) AWS Software Engineer
16 16 (4.64%) Java Engineer
17 15 (4.35%) Automation Engineer
18 14 (4.06%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (8.99%) React
2 28 (8.12%) REST
3 23 (6.67%) JSON
4 19 (5.51%) Django
5 14 (4.06%) HTML
6 12 (3.48%) NumPy
6 12 (3.48%) Pandas
6 12 (3.48%) XML
6 12 (3.48%) YAML
7 10 (2.90%) Web Services
8 9 (2.61%) Node.js
8 9 (2.61%) Vue
9 8 (2.32%) Jinja
9 8 (2.32%) Spring
9 8 (2.32%) Spring Boot
10 7 (2.03%) .NET
10 7 (2.03%) ActiveMQ
10 7 (2.03%) CSS
10 7 (2.03%) Hibernate
10 7 (2.03%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.25%) Distributed Systems
1 25 (7.25%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (5.80%) Distributed Computing
3 15 (4.35%) Algorithms
3 15 (4.35%) Security Operations Centre
4 13 (3.77%) Cloud Native
4 13 (3.77%) Life Science
5 11 (3.19%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.61%) Embedded Systems
6 9 (2.61%) IoT
6 9 (2.61%) Robotics
7 8 (2.32%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (2.32%) Fibre Optics
7 8 (2.32%) Hackathon
7 8 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (2.32%) PKI
7 8 (2.32%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.03%) Client/Server
8 7 (2.03%) Low-Code
8 7 (2.03%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 80 (23.19%) Linux
2 32 (9.28%) Windows
3 5 (1.45%) Unix
4 4 (1.16%) Debian
5 3 (0.87%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.87%) Gentoo
5 3 (0.87%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.58%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.29%) FreeBSD
7 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.29%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (35.07%) AI
2 99 (28.70%) Software Engineering
3 86 (24.93%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (24.06%) CI/CD
5 70 (20.29%) Agile
6 65 (18.84%) Business Intelligence
7 57 (16.52%) DevOps
8 46 (13.33%) Analytics
9 40 (11.59%) Computer Science
10 39 (11.30%) Containerisation
10 39 (11.30%) Machine Learning
11 38 (11.01%) Continuous Improvement
12 37 (10.72%) Data Modelling
12 37 (10.72%) Test Automation
13 32 (9.28%) SIEM
14 29 (8.41%) Full-Stack Development
14 29 (8.41%) Infrastructure as Code
15 28 (8.12%) Microservices
16 26 (7.54%) Mentoring
16 26 (7.54%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 94 (27.25%) SQL
2 67 (19.42%) C++
3 50 (14.49%) C#
4 45 (13.04%) JavaScript
5 42 (12.17%) PowerShell
6 38 (11.01%) Java
7 35 (10.14%) TypeScript
8 32 (9.28%) Bash
9 14 (4.06%) C
10 12 (3.48%) Go
10 12 (3.48%) Rust
11 11 (3.19%) MATLAB
12 10 (2.90%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.74%) Apex Code
13 6 (1.74%) Groovy
13 6 (1.74%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (1.16%) Perl
14 4 (1.16%) Ruby
15 3 (0.87%) R
15 3 (0.87%) VBA
Qualifications
1 82 (23.77%) Degree
2 59 (17.10%) Azure Certification
3 50 (14.49%) Computer Science Degree
4 36 (10.43%) Security Cleared
5 32 (9.28%) SC Cleared
6 27 (7.83%) Master's Degree
7 15 (4.35%) PhD
8 14 (4.06%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (2.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 7 (2.03%) CISSP
10 7 (2.03%) CompTIA CySA+
11 6 (1.74%) GCIA
11 6 (1.74%) GIAC
12 5 (1.45%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.45%) CCNA CyberOps
12 5 (1.45%) CEH
13 3 (0.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 3 (0.87%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.99%) QA
2 19 (5.51%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.32%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.32%) GDPR
4 5 (1.45%) SOC 2
5 4 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.87%) ECSS
6 3 (0.87%) IEC 61508
6 3 (0.87%) ISO 26262
7 2 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.58%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.58%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.58%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 47 (13.62%) Docker
2 26 (7.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (7.25%) Hyper-V
4 17 (4.93%) Active Directory
4 17 (4.93%) KVM
5 6 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.74%) vSphere
6 2 (0.58%) iptables
7 1 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.29%) Firmware
7 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 45 (13.04%) Kubernetes
2 27 (7.83%) Terraform
3 14 (4.06%) Graylog
4 13 (3.77%) Ansible
5 10 (2.90%) Grafana
5 10 (2.90%) Prometheus
6 9 (2.61%) Proxmox
7 8 (2.32%) Kibana
7 8 (2.32%) ZABBIX
8 6 (1.74%) Argo
9 4 (1.16%) Kustomize
9 4 (1.16%) Packer
9 4 (1.16%) Podman
10 3 (0.87%) Istio
11 1 (0.29%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.29%) QRadar
Vendors
1 93 (26.96%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.54%) VMware
3 13 (3.77%) Cisco
4 12 (3.48%) Red Hat
5 10 (2.90%) Databricks
5 10 (2.90%) Splunk
6 8 (2.32%) IBM
6 8 (2.32%) Oracle
6 8 (2.32%) Veeam
7 7 (2.03%) CrowdStrike
7 7 (2.03%) Dynatrace
8 6 (1.74%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.45%) AppDynamics
9 5 (1.45%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.45%) New Relic
10 4 (1.16%) F5
10 4 (1.16%) Google
10 4 (1.16%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.16%) SAP
10 4 (1.16%) Xilinx